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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785884313

Length 524 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Hyper-V

Concepts

Servers

Authors (4):

Nemnom

Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho

Lownds

Leandro Carvalho

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook - Second Edition

Credits

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

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Preface

1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server FREE CHAPTER

2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers

3. Managing Disk and Network Settings

4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation

5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks

6. Security and Delegation of Control

7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V

8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V

9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V

10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V

Hyper-V Architecture and Components

Index

Upgrading the VM configuration version

In the past, Microsoft would automatically upgrade the configuration version of the virtual machine, as part of the Hyper-V host upgrade process. However, Microsoft has now decoupled the upgrade process of the VM in Windows 2016, into a separate manual task, from the upgrade process of the host.

Note

Note, the configuration version represents the versioning of the VMs associated metadata, for example the VMs actual configuration state, any related saved state, and snapshot files.

By not automatically upgrading the configuration version, you can easily move a VM between different versions of Hyper-V. Now, if you need to move a VM bi-directionally between Windows 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016, you can.

Microsoft has committed to ensuring that if you choose not to upgrade the VMs configuration version, everything about the VM remains backwards compatible, including things like saved states and checkpoints. So what compels you to upgrade the VM configuration...