2005 microsoft server virtual virtualization

Virtual Server derives virtual machine properties from a combination of hardware specifications such as processor speed and physical network adapters, plus virtual settings such as hard disk size and memory allocation. Once created, individual virtual machines can be monitored and modified by viewing the Microsoft Virtual Server Administration Website's virtual machine configuration page.

On a single page, all of the virtual machine's current performance and configuration information is displayed. Virtual Server enables disk hierarchy, allowing multiple machines to run from the same base machine configuration, or parent virtual hard disk. Virtual Server saves the changes to the machine in a unique disk known as a differencing virtual hard disk.

The differencing virtual hard disk is paired with the parent virtual hard disk to operate the virtual machine. Many differencing virtual hard disks can run concurrently in conjunction with a single parent virtual hard disk. Like other configurations, differencing virtual hard disks are easy to configure through one simple form on the Administration Website.

The virtual network settings interface allows the creation of an unlimited number of virtual networks. Virtual machines can support up to four virtual network connections. To find out more about how Progent's virtual server consulting professionals can help you with Microsoft Virtual Server technology, call Progent at or visit Contact Progent.

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Support for greater than 64 virtual machines on xbased hosts Virtual Server R2 SP1 now supports up to GB of physical memory and can run up to virtual machines concurrently. Interoperability with Volume Shadow Copy Service By integrating with Volume Shadow Services, Virtual Server now supports industry standard Microsoft Volume Shadow Service technology so you can take a snapshot of a Virtual Server host and ensure you create consistent snapshots of the virtual machines as well.

Support for additional guest and host operating systems This release includes support for Windows Server SP2 as host and guest operating system as well as Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server For a full list, see the release notes. Host clustering white paper If you're interested in being able to quickly migrate virtual machines from one server to anther for free, we've included all of the step-by-step instructions.

I'll be discussing this in depth in a future blog. Larger default size for dynamically expanding virtual hard disks Virtual Server now defaults to creating GB virtual hard disks by default.

It's your feedback that drove this Service Pack Release and the feature set for Windows Server virtualization.