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Virtual Machines
Solutions in this chapter:
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Creating the Virtual Server
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 Adding Hardware to the Server
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Installing a Windows OS
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Installing Virtual Machine Additions
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Installing a Non-Windows OS
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Introduction
A virtual server isn’t of any use without any servers deployed on it.Deployment of servers can be done by using the Virtual Server MigrationToolkit,but also by creating a virtual server (virtual hardware) and installingan operating system on it.Before installing the guest operating system onto the virtual hardware, you need to make the correct decisions about the (virtual) hardware setup.This contains selecting the correct network,choosing the correct disk andcontroller type.Setting this correctly will give you a fast and flexible (vir-tual) server. You need to configure at least one virtual hard disk for the virtualmachine to install an operating system.You can have more than one virtualhard disk on a virtual machine if it is needed for separation of data or loadinga database or for some other reason.You can configure a virtual machine toboot from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM,but a virtual hard disk is normallyrequired to maintain the operating system and applications of the virtualmachine.The four types of virtual hard disk all are saved as .vhd files in theMy Virtual Machines folder by default.The four types are:
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Dynamically expanding
The actual size of the virtual hard diskexpands as it is written.The initial size starts small at less than 100the size expands until it reaches the specified maximum size estab-lished when the disk was created.(This is the default type.)
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Fixed-size
The actual size of the virtual hard disk is fixed to themaximum size specified when the disk was created.The virtual diskwill not grow.If you create a 40GB fixed-size virtual hard disk,it willimmediately use 40GB of space.
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Differencing
A differencing virtual hard disk is a virtual hard diskconfigured in a parent-child relationship.The differencing disk is thechild and the associated virtual disk is the parent.The differencingdisk stores a record of all changes made to the parent disk and saveschanges without altering the parent disk.It is possible to write-pro-tect the parent virtual hard disk and have several differencing virtualdisks share the same parent virtual disk.Changes to the parent virtual
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disk can be tried with the virtual machines using a differencing vir-tual disk for testing before committing the changes to the parent vir-tual disk.A differencing disk can also use a sysprep parent to rapidlydeploy multiple virtual machines based on a “golden”image of theoperating system.
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Linked
A linked virtual disk is a connection to a physical hard diskon the physical computer.This virtual hard disk can have multiplevolumes.The virtual hard disk is created with the actual boot parti-tion and partition map from the physical drive on the physical com-puter.All read and write requests are performed directly on thelinked physical hard disk.A linked disk provides a way to convert aphysical hard disk to a virtual hard disk.This disk can have multiplevolumes.Linked disks are always fixed-size disks that use the entiredisk.You must have adequate space on the physical server’s disk drivesto accommodate this new fixed virtual disk.You cannot use undo anddifferencing disks with a linked disk.
Creating the Virtual Server
A virtual server can run almost any Intel-based operating system and each canhave different amounts of memory,numbers of virtual hard disks,and Comand LPT ports.You must consider some planning steps when making virtualservers.The main thing to remember is that
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virtual machines are depen-dant on the physical resources of the Virtual Server 2005 server.The hostserver must have enough physical resources for memory,disk,CPU,and net-work bandwidth to handle the number of virtual machines and the allocatedresources of each.Some things to consider are:
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Virtual Machine filenames
Each virtual machine must have aunique filename.This filename must be fewer than 150 characterslong without any special characters.A descriptive filename is the bestpractice to avoid confusion later on.An example of a good filenamemay be EXCH01_Win2003SP1_Exch2003SP2_C.vhd for the C:
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