55021: Configuring and Administering Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 Training

After completing this module students will be able to describe virtualization as it relates to server environments. Students will be able to plan for hardware requirements, storage, availability, and security.

Overview of Microsoft Virtualization

Assessment of Virtualization Candidates

Planning for Virtualization

Lab1: Assessing the Environment for Virtualization

Planning for the Hyper-V Server Role

Assess the environment by using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe virtualization.

Describe the options available for server virtualization.

Describe requirements for Hyper-V sever role.

Design solutions using Hyper-V disks and storage.

Design solutions using high availability for Hyper-V.

Assess and environment using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit.

This module describes how to install and configure Hyper-V virtual machines, configuring virtual storage, and configuring virtual networks. Students will be able to design their Hyper-V environment and storage networks.

Implementing Hyper-V

Managing Virtual Machine Storage

Managing Virtual Networks

Lab1: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

Installing the Hyper-V Server Role

Plan for Virtual Switch Configuration

Configuring Virtual Networking

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Hyper-V integration services.

Install Hyper-V Server Role.

Manage virtual machine storage.

Manage virtual networks.

Describe Hyper-V Extensible Switch.

Describe Data Center Bridging (DCB)

Describe Resource Metering in Hyper-V

After completing this module students will be able to determine and configure the most appropriate virtual hard disk(s) format to use in their environment. Students also will be able to create and configure virtual machines.

Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks

Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines

Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots

Virtual Machine Import

Lab1: Creating Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

Creating Virtual Hard Disks

Creating New Virtual Machines

Modifying Virtual Machine Settings

Creating and Modifying Virtual Machine Snapshots

Import Virtual Machines into Hyper-V

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe storage options for virtual machines.

Describe the new vhdx format.

Attach physical disks to a virtual machine.

Describe pass-through disks.

Create a new virtual hard disk using the new Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.

Describe considerations for creating new virtual machines.

Create a new virtual machine.

Configure virtual machine settings.

Creating and managing virtual machine snapshots.

Describe Virtual Fibre Channel HBAs.

Describe Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality for Fibre Channel storage

Describe the new Virtual Machine import features in Windows Server 2012

Describe the P2V process

Import Virtual machines without exports

Plan for importing Virtual Machine from Windows Server 2008 R2

Describe the virtual machine compatibility report

Describe the PowerShell commands for importing Virtual Machines

This module describes all of the new network features available in Hyper-V. Students will be able to describe Hyper-V Network Virtualization along with the Hyper-V Extensible Switch. Students will also be able to plan how to implement the new networking features available with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.

Advanced features of Virtual Network Adapters

Hyper-V Network Virtualization

Hyper-V Extensible Switch

Lab1: Configuring Network Settings

Configure NIC Teaming

Configure Advanced Network Settings

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Hyper-V Extensible Switch.

Describe Hyper-V Network Virtualization.

Implement NIC Teaming.

Describe VLAN Tagging.

Understand MAC and ARP spoofing protections.

Describe SR-IOV networking

Implement Network QoS

Implement Network metering

Describe Network monitor modes

Describe IPsec task offload

Describe VM Trunk Mode

This module explains how Windows Server 2012 can be used to scale-up your virtual machines. Students will learn the details around non-uniform memory access (NUMA) and the other scale-up options in Windows Server 2012. It also compares the scale-up options in Windows Server 2012 with the options that were available in previous versions of Windows Server.

Overview of Scale-up options in Windows Server 2012

Non-uniform memory access (NUMA)

Hyper-v Scale Comparison

Lab1: Configuring NUMA

Planning for Hyper-V Scale

Configuring NUMA

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the scale-up options in Windows Server 2012

Describe Scaling in Hyper-V

Plan for NUMA

Plan for Hyper-V Scaling

Describe how SQL Server supports NUMA

Describe Dynamic Memory. Startup memory, and minimum memory

Describe Hyper-V smart paging

This module describes disaster recovery options for Hyper-V, including Hyper-V Replica and backup/restore options for Hyper-V. Students will learn how to plan and prepare for Hyper-V Replica, learn how to configure and enable replication, perform planned failovers, and how to respond to unplanned failovers. They will also learn how to backup and restore Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines.

Overview of Hyper-V Replica

Configuring Hyper-V Replica

Hyper-V Replica Failover Operations

Hyper-V Backup

Lab1: Configuring Hyper-V Replica and Backups

Configure Hyper-V Replica

Configure Hyper-V Backup and Recovery

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Hyper-V Replica.

Describe Hyper-V Replica Security.

Describe Hyper-V clustering enhancements.

Design High-Availability Hyper-V Solutions.

Understand unplanned failover

Understand planned failovers

Design backup solutions for Hyper-V hosts

Design backup solutions for virtual machines

Restore Hyper-V hosts from backup

Restore virtual machines from backup

This module describes the Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) mobility technologies. Students will learn changes to Live Migration that are introduced with Windows Server 2012. Students will also learn best practices for securing Live Migrations.

Live Migration Overview

Storage Migration Overview

Live Migration Security

Live Migration using SMB

La1: Implementing Migration in Hyper-V

Configure a Failover Cluster for Hyper-V

Configure a Highly Available Virtual Machine

Configure Live Migration using SMB

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Storage Migration

Design Storage Migration

Describe the PowerShell commands for importing Virtual Machines

Configure live migration without shared storage

Describe Guest Fibre Channel

Describe secure offloaded data transfer

Implement Live Migration

Describe mobility and protection technologies

Describe “shared nothing” migration

Describe Live Migration without Infrastructure

Describe Live Migration using SMB

Describe Live Migration between clusters

Describe Live Migration Security