IT Pro Windows Server 2012 Lab Part 4 - Hyper-V over SMB

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This lab assumes that you have completed the prior installation and configuration lab found here:

 

Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Install and Configure Windows and Hyper-V

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Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Hyper-V Storage

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Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Continuously Available File Shares

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Overview

In Lab 1, you will join your Hyper-V Host to the Active Directory Domain that you created in an earlier lab so that you can then create a Virtual Machine on the Host using an SMB Share in a guest cluster.

In Lab 2, you will learn how to run Hyper-V over SMB file shares. Running Hyper-V over SMB enables many new scenarios. By creating highly available file servers, which contain high-performance storage, and leveraging file shares for virtual machine storage, you can create very large clusters of many Hyper-V servers without needing to attach complex and expensive SAN infrastructure.

 

Objectives

In this series of exercises, you will explore the following:

· Enabling delegation of a computer account

· Creating an SMB Share with proper permissions.

· Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share.

 

Prerequisites

· Knowledge of Hyper-V.

 

Lab Deployment Guide

 

This lab requires the following host computers and virtual machines. In order to complete this lab, you must have already completed the Hyper-V Getting Started Lab and Continuously Available File Shares Lab.

Host Computers:

· Your Windows Server 2012 Running Hyper-V

? Host Name: [Your Choice]

? OS: Windows Server 2012

? Primary Roles: Hyper-V Server

Virtual Machines:

· DC

? OS: Windows Server 2012

? Primary Roles: Domain Controller

? Additional Roles: DNS

· Storage

? OS: Windows Server 2012

? Primary Role: File and Storage Services

· Cluster1

? OS: Windows Server 2012

? Primary Role: Failover Clustering

· Cluster2

? OS: Windows Server 2012

? Primary Role: Failover Clustering

 

Lab 1 – Join Host to Domain

Tasks in this Lab Module

1) Join your host Hyper-V machine to the Domain you created.

  • Log on to your Hyper-V host machine as an Administrator.
  • Open Hyper-V Manager
  • Go to Settings for DC, Storage, Cluster1 and Cluster2and ensure the following options are configured:
    1. Automatic Start Action: Always Start
      Automatic Stop Action: Save
  • From Server Manager, click Local Server and click IP settings for one of the network adapters in the list.
  • In Network Connections, right click the Network adapter that correlates to IT Camp Lab and choose Properties.
  • Enter the following IP v4 Address information:
        1. IP Address: 192.168.1.100
          Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
          Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
          DNS: 192.168.1.10
  • From Server Manager, click Local Server and click the hyperlink for your Hyper-V Host.
  • The System Properties Page will open.
  • Click Change and join the domain you created in the setup lab.
  • Provide the Domain Administrator credentials and reboot when complete.

Upon reboot, allow 5 – 10 minutes for the four VMs to start up and then login as the Domain Administrator.

Lab 2 – Hyper-V over SMB

Tasks in this Lab Module

Enable delegation on the computer account of the Hyper-V server.

Create an SMB Share for Hyper-V.

Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share (the share happens to be clustered).

 

1) Enable delegation on the computer account of the Hyper-V server.

  1. Log on to DC as the Domain Administrator.
  2. From the Taskbar open Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  3. Navigate to [YourDomain]\Computers, and then click Your Hyper-V Host.
  4. On the Action menu, click Properties.
  5. Click the Delegation tab.
  6. Click Trust this computer for delegation to any service (Kerberos only) .

 

2) Create an SMB Share for Hyper-V.

  1. Log onto Cluster1
  2. From Server Manager, Click the Tools menu, click Failover Cluster Manager.
  3. Expand MainCluster.[yourdomain] , and then click Roles.
  4. Right Click HAFileServer and choose Add File Share.
    1. Profile: SMB Share – Applications
      Share Location: Volume E:
      Share Name: SMBStore
      Other Settings: Accept Defaults
      Permissions: Add Domain Administrators with Full Control and Your Hyper-V Host with Full Control

 

3) Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share (the share happens to be clustered).

  1. Switch to your Hyper-V Host.
  2. Open Hyper-V Manager.
  1. In the Hyper-V console, click New, and then click Virtual Machine.
  1. Complete the New Virtual Machine Wizard with the following settings (all other settings are default).

Name: IT Camp VM

Check Store the virtual machine in a different location

Location: \\HAFileServer\SMBStore\Images

Start-up memory: 512

Check Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine

Network Connection: Not Connected

Create a Virtual Hard Disk: Accept Defaults

Install an operating system from a boot CD/DVD-ROM:
Image File: [Select your Windows Server 2012 ISO Image]

  1. In Hyper-V Manager, select IT Camp VM, and then click Start.
  2. If you would like, go ahead and install Windows Server 2012 into the VM.

 

More Information

Tommy’s Blog

https://virtuallycloud9.com

Windows Server Blogs

https://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver /

Windows Server 2012 Product Download

https://aka.ms/ws2012tp

Microsoft Virtual Academy

https://aka.ms/tpva

Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs

https:// technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/hh968267.aspx

Windows Azure 90-Day Free Trial Page

https://aka.ms/mshosting