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Virtual networks with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016
Network in a Box
Nano Servers with Windows Server 2016 TP4
Nano Servers are certainly one of the most important innovations in Windows Server 2016. Companies can use the new deployment version of Windows servers to create much leaner servers with very limited operating system files. Because the servers are usable for virtualization, you can also use virtual switches or virtualize Nano Servers and connect them with virtual switches on Hyper-V hosts on the basis of Windows Server 2016. Nano Servers work with the new Windows Server containers, as well as with Hyper-V containers.
You could install a Hyper-V host, and a virtual Nano Server on the server, and then configure this server as a host for Docker containers. The connection to the network is then routed via a virtual switch that you configure exactly as if you were connecting a traditional server.
To create a new Nano Server named NanoS1, enter the commands in Listing 1 from the NanoServer directory of the Windows Server 2016 installation directory. The commands create a virtual server from the NanoServer.wim file and connect it to a virtual switch named external. You can thus connect multiple Nano and other virtual servers to a shared virtual switch.
Listing 1
Creating a new Nano Server
> . .\\new-nanoserverimage.ps1 > New-NanoServerImage -MediaPath d:\ -BasePath c:\vm\nanos1temp -TargetPath c:\vm\nanos1 -Compute -GuestDrivers -ComputerName nanos1 -AdministratorPassword (convertto-securestring -string "P@ssw0rd" -asplaintext -force) -DomainName contoso.int -Language en-us > New-VM -Name nanos1 -MemoryStartupBytes 512MB -SwitchName external -VHDPath c:\vm\nanos1\nanos1.vhd -Path c:\vm\nanos1 -Generation 1
Conclusion
Microsoft continues to develop a portfolio of virtualization services available through Hyper-V and the Windows Server environment. Virtual container support, Nano Servers, and other innovations create new options for deploying and managing virtualization on Windows networks.
Infos
- How to deploy Host Guardian Service using service templates in VMM Tech Preview 3: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/2015/09/16/how-to-deploy-host-guardian-service-using-service-templates-in-vmm-tech-preview-3/
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