Microsoft Hyper-V Customer Handbook

Rackspace Server Virtualization by Microsoft Hyper-V Customer Handbook

Rackspace Server Virtualization by Microsoft® Hyper-V® is built on Windows® Server® 2016 Core and enables customers to automate and scale workloads, as well as easily architect for failovers, geographic redundancy, and high availability. Rackspace’s Hyper-V solution offers the cost and efficiency advantages of virtualization, along with centralized management and control. This solution includes built-in redundancy features like clustering and a unified set of orchestration tools, such as Hyper-V Replica and server backup, in the standard configuration.

This handbook is your primary resource for information related to Microsoft Hyper-V, such as getting started, how to use, and getting help. It also includes links to additional resources external to the handbook.

• Microsoft Private Cloud Hyper-V Customer Handbook
• About Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Roles and responsibilities
    • Managed virtual machines
    • Unmanaged virtual machines
  • Licensing
    • Virtual machine licensing
• Getting started with Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Microsoft Hyper-V architecture
  • Microsoft Hyper-V features
    • Rackspace Hyper-V managed services
  • Microsoft Server 2016
  • Add-on services
    • Hyper-V Replica
    • Cloud Replication for Hyper-V
• Microsoft Hyper-V user manual
  • Manage permissions
    • Assigning permissions by user
    • Assigning permissions by product
    • Managing groups
    • Changing global permissions
  • Credentials management
    • Windows Server 2016 (v2)
    • Windows Server 2012 (v1)
  • Datastore overhead
    • Why does Rackspace require this?
    • What else can consume space on my datastores?
  • Ordering virtual machines
    • Virtual machine OS images
    • Create a new managed virtual machine
    • Create a new unmanaged virtual machine
    • Converting unmanaged VM to managed
  • Managing virtual machines
    • Start or resume a virtual machine
    • Shut down a virtual machine
    • Checkpoint a virtual machine
    • Export virtual machines
    • Resize virtual hard disks
    • Making a virtual machine highly available
    • Remove and delete virtual machines
  • Decommissioning virtual machines and hypervisors
  • Virtual Fibre Channel SAN
    • Deploying virtual SAN
  • Migrating from Server 2012 to 2016
• Frequently asked questions
• Additional resources
  • SLA information
  • Additional links
• Disclaimer