Question

Describe the components of Hyper-V and the process for installing it.

Answer 1

Hyper-V is virtualization software that, well, virtualizes software. It can not only virtualize operating systems but also entire hardware components, such as hard drives and network switches. Unlike Fusion and Virtualbox, Hyper-V is not limited to the user's device. You can use it for server virtualization too.

PROCESS :

1 You begin on the language, locale, and input choice screen:

2 The second screen has the lone Install now button. If you need it, you’ll find the Repair your computer link at the lower left

3 For most installation modes, the wizard will prompt you for an activation key. You can select I don’t have a product key to enter a key later

4 Next you will choose the edition and install mode. The available options, and even whether or not this screen even appears, will vary based on your media. The default option will install server in core mode. “Desktop Experience” include the full Windows Server GUI.

COMPONENT OF HYPER V

• Hyper-V Replica
• Remote FX capability to virtualize GPUs
• Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
• Live Migration and Shared Nothing Live Migration
• ReFS Accelerated VHDX Operations
• SR-IOV Networks
• Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) and Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
• Virtual Fibre Channel
• Network Virtualization
• Failover Clustering
• Shielded VMs
• VM Monitoring

5 You must accept the license terms to move on.

6 Choose the disk to install on. You can use the toolbar underneath the list of disks to control where to install. If you’d like to partition a volume rather than use an entire disk, click the New button and enter the desired size. Use the Load Driver button if your disk does not appear and you have driver files from the manufacturer.

7 The wizard will transfer and expand the image files for your selected edition and install mode.

This completes the installation portion. Next, you configure your Windows and Hyper-V installation. How you do that depends on the installation mode that you chose. I will show them separately.