Microsoft’s Reid Purvis will be in town and be sharing his experiences since the release of the R2 suit only a few months ago. There will also be lots of demos.
Zero downtime upgrades, HA considerations and the copy clusters feature discussions.
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My host (Windows 2012) was running 1 virtual machine.
I doubled clicked the iso to mount it, ran the setup, then selected install. I received no warning telling me to power off my VM.
Then selected No Thanks to downloading updates,
I then selected a GUI install
I then Accepted the terms and selected next,
I then Selected upgrade,
The install took slightly longer than 10 minutes. Once the install had finished and I logged in, the machine was on the domain, all roles and features were installed as expected, Hyper-V was fine. I powered on my Virtual DC. The DC powered on fine and there were no issues at all. This was a very painless operation with minimal downtime.
Aaron
Can’t attach existing generation 1 VHD to a new Virtual Machine? Hyper-v 2012 R2 will not let you add a W2k8r2 vhd to a generation 2 Virtual Machine. It must still be a generation 1 Virtual Machine.
If your existing generation 1 VHD is Windows 2012 it will let you create a VM that is generation 2. When you go to turn it on it will power on, but not boot correctly.
Hyper-V 2012 R2 can not be tricked and this will not work..
Aaron
This post is quiet handy as it has links to the videos on different topics, without having to watch the session from start to finish.
At TechEd last week there were 4 sessions on Hyper-V 2012 R2. This jam packed User Group session will condense these into 1 session. Giving you the best parts in the shortest time. This weeks session will demo the great new features in R2 and also 3 different migration scenarios and strategies. We will also talk about zero downtime upgrades, HA considerations, and utilize the copy clusters feature. There will be prizes on offer.
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Thanks to Chris for a great session, we had over 40 people in attendance!
Just a heads up that the week after TechEd (Thursday 12th) we will be having a session on VMM R2 and App Controller and Azure..
Save the Date.. Details to come soon…
Aaron
Chris Crampton Infrastructure SME from Technology Effect will be providing an overview and discussion on the new features and enhancements in the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Preview Release. The presentation will include demos showing off the new Hyper-V 2012 R2 features.
There will be prizes/giveaways and pizza.
The lifts close at 6:00 pm so please call Aaron on 0490074501, if you are late.
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