Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Clustering
 Course No. A1043

Who should attend this course?

Course Objectives - On completing this course delegates will be able to:-
Delegates who need to install and configure the free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 virtual servers on a Windows 2008 Release 2 cluster. The course covers installing the core version using disks or a USB pen, setting up the servers for remote management, creating virtual server templates, converting physical servers to virtual servers using free utility programs and installing a cluster for high availability using a free iSCSI SAN server. 

Please note:- The Hyper-V server, clustering  and utility programs used on this course are free. The training course is not free.

Duration

3 days

Course Prerequisites

Delegates should have an understanding of the Windows the 2008 server operating system.

Labs
Lab 1 Installing Hyper-V
Lab 2 Creating new Virtual Servers
Lab 3 Installing a local operating system
Lab 4 Installing Integrated Services
Lab 5 Set-up for remote management
Lab 6 Preparing for a cluster
Lab 7 Installing a cluster
Lab 8 Cluster management
Lab 9 Moving the virtual machines to the cluster disks
Lab 10 Clustering the virtual machines
Lab 11 Clustered virtual machine   management
Lab 12 Basic troubleshooting

Additional Notes
The course labs are carried out using a physical cluster with standalone servers and a SAN.

 

 

 

 Describe the features of Hyper-V
Create and manage Hyper-V virtual machines
Install a local guest operating system onto the virtual machine and install the integrated management services
Configure remote server management
Manage Hyper-V virtual machines
Add additional network, disk and memory resources
Convert a physical server to a Hyper-V virtual machine
Describe the new Windows 2008 server cluster features
Prepare the hardware for a cluster
Create a new 2008 server cluster
Cluster Hyper-V virtual machines
Manage Hyper-V virtual machines on a cluster
Carry out basic troubleshooting of a Hyper-V cluster

Course Topics
Day 1
Introduction to Hyper-V
Installing Hyper-V
Creating new Virtual Machines
Installing local guest operating systems 
Modifying virtual machines
Managing the virtual machines locally and remotely

Day 2
Physical server to Virtual machine conversions
Introduction to 2008 clusters
Preparing the hardware for a cluster, network connections etc.
Adding SAN disks
Creating a cluster
Managing a cluster

Day 3
Moving the Hyper-V files to the shared cluster disks
Adding the Virtual machines to the cluster
Configuring pass-through disks 
Managing the Virtual machines on the cluster, moving, failover and failback
Configuring remote cluster management
Common pitfalls
Basic troubleshooting
 

  

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