After finally setting up a SLES 10 server on Hyper-V I thought I write a little how to on getting the Linux Integration components working. Microsoft includes an install doc that doesn’t really tell the whole story.
I had already installed SLES before I read the manual and found out that XEN Virtualization support needed to be installed as well and Microsoft documentation also states that you need the C++ compiler. What they really mean is the gcc compiler. What they fail to mention is that you also need he kernel-sources installed as well.
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Microsoft has recently launched an initiative through it’s interoperability division to prove Hyper-V can compete in the Linux realm. Microsoft has partnered with Novell to provide Hyper-V support for SUSE Linux (SLES 10). Expanding on this support Novell has built a Systems Center Configuration manager Management Pack for SLES 10. This management pack is compatible with the SCOM 2007 R2 Release Candidate with hopes to be GA by the end of this year.
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The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released a new guide: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization.
This guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V). The reader is guided through the four-step process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a logical, sequential order. Identification of the MED-V server instances required is presented in simple, easy-to-follow steps, helping the reader to deliver managed virtual machines to end users. Following the steps in this guide will result in a design that is sized, configured, and appropriately placed to deliver the stated business benefits, while also considering the performance, capacity, and fault tolerance of the system.
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Are you running Hyper-V? Have you used up all the available drive letters deploying LUN’s for VM’s in your Failover Cluster? Running out of drive letters? It is fairly easy to get around the 26 drive letter limit in windows when deploying VM’s in a Hyper-V failover cluster configuration. It is possible to deploy 2000 LUN’s to your Hyper-V cluster environment allowing you to grow your cluster and take advantage of your hardware.
In order to grow beyond the 26 drive letters you will need to install HotFix KB951308. Once this hot fix is installed you can create shared storage using the drives GUID rather than drive letter or mount point. Using the drives GUID you can create up to 2000 shared volumes without worrying about running out of identifyers.
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