Index

A

• Access Point for Administering the Cluster page / Creating a cluster using the GUI
• Active Directory / Active Directory
• adapter teaming
  • about / Adapter teaming
  • basics / Teaming fundamentals
  • modes / Teaming modes
  • load-balancing algorithms / Load balancing algorithms
  • teaming selection effects / The effects of teaming selections
  • VMQ, working with / VMQ and adapter teaming
• adapter teaming, modes
  • about / Teaming modes
  • switch independent teaming / Switch Independent teaming
  • static teaming / Static teaming
  • LACP teaming / LACP teaming
• AddNodes.mht / Other cluster reports
• address hash techniques
  • about / Address Hash techniques
  • transport ports hash / Transport Ports hash
  • IP addresses hash / IP Addresses hash
  • MAC addresses hash / MAC Addresses hash
• Add Roles and Features Wizard / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Administrative Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI, Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI, Running cluster validation in the GUI
• Advanced button / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB) / FB-DIMM
• AllowManagementOS parameter / Create a virtual switch
• All Servers tab / Enable roles and features
• Anti-Affinity
  • about / Anti-affinity
• application consistent backup
  • about / Choosing a backup solution
• applications
  • assigning to QoS classes / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
• Assign Memory page / Using Failover Cluster Manager to create a highly available virtual machine
• Authorization Manager (AzMan) / Risk mitigation
• Automatic Start Action / Automatic Start Action
• Automatic Stop Action / Automatic Stop Action
• auxiliary built-in tools
  • about / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • list / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • Date and Time / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • Disk Management / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • iSCSI Initiator / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • Registry Editor / Auxiliary built-in tools
  • System Information / Auxiliary built-in tools
• Available Storage pool / Creating a cluster using PowerShell

B

• backup
  • solution, choosing / Choosing a backup solution
  • solution, architecting / Architecting a backup solution
  • solution, deploying / Deploying a backup solution
• backup data
  • choosing / Choosing what to back up
• backup solution
  • choosing / Choosing a backup solution
  • architecting / Architecting a backup solution
  • deploying / Deploying a backup solution
• backup solution, architecting
  • backup data, choosing / Choosing what to back up
  • backup time, choosing / Choosing when to back up
  • data backup time, deciding / Deciding how long to keep backup data
  • hybrid solutions / Hybrid solutions
  • backup storage / Storage for backup
• backup solution, deploying
  • Windows Server Backup / Windows Server Backup
• backup storage / Storage for backup
• backup time
  • choosing / Choosing when to back up
• bandwidth
  • setting, on QoS classes / Setting bandwidth on DCB QoS classes
• BIN file
  • about / BIN files
• black hole router / Jumbo frames
• blade systems / Blade hardware
• Buffer parameter / Practical virtual machine memory implementation

C

• checkpoints
  • about / Snapshots or checkpoints
• Checksum Offload
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• Cluster
  • about / Terminology
• cluster / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
  • building / Building the cluster, Running cluster validation in the GUI, Using PowerShell for cluster validation, Cluster creation, Creating a cluster using the GUI, Handling cluster creation errors
  • validating / Cluster validation
  • creating / Cluster creation
  • post-creation, steps / Cluster post-creation steps, Prepare storage, Add prepared storage, Configure quorum, Configure networks, Set Live Migration network preferences
  • Hyper-V Server networking / Hyper-V Server networking in a cluster
  • Virtual Switch / The virtual switch in a cluster
  • memory shortages / Cluster memory shortages
  • within cluster / Cluster within a cluster
• cluster, building
  • cluster validation / Cluster validation, Running cluster validation in the GUI, Using PowerShell for cluster validation
  • cluster creation / Cluster creation, Creating a cluster using the GUI
  • cluster creation errors, handling / Handling cluster creation errors
• Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU)
  • about / Cluster-Aware Updating
  • configuring / Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating
  • enabling, GUI used / Enabling CAU using the GUI
  • enabling, PowerShell used / Enabling CAU using PowerShell
• Cluster.log / Other cluster reports
• cluster communications
  • about / Cluster communications
  • redundancy / Redundancy and load balancing for cluster communications
  • load-balancing / Redundancy and load balancing for cluster communications
• cluster creation
  • GUI, using / Creating a cluster using the GUI
  • PowerShell, using / Creating a cluster using PowerShell
• cluster creation errors
  • handling / Handling cluster creation errors
• clustered role
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
• clustering
  • in Microsoft Environment / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
• cluster load balancing
  • about / Cluster load balancing
  • preferred owners / Preferred owners
  • possible owners / Possible owners
• Cluster Name Object (CNO) / Practical Hyper-V Replica guidance
• cluster name object (CNO) / Management
• cluster post-creation steps
  • storage, preparing / Prepare storage
  • prepared storage, adding / Add prepared storage
  • quorum, configuring / Configure quorum
  • networks, configuring / Configure networks, Set Live Migration network preferences
• cluster responses
  • to failures / Cluster responses to failures
  • Automatic Stop Action / Automatic Stop Action
  • Automatic Start Action / Automatic Start Action
  • failback / Failback
  • failover limits / Failover limits
  • network protection, in R2 / Network protection in R2
• Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
• Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) / Cluster communications
• cluster validation
  • running, in GUI / Running cluster validation in the GUI
  • PowerShell, using / Using PowerShell for cluster validation
  • about / Cluster validation
  • performing / When to perform validation
  • wizard, running in Failover Cluster Manager / Running the validation wizard in Failover Cluster Manager
  • in PowerShell / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
  • report, reading / Reading the validation report
  • reports / Other cluster reports
• CNO
  • about / Cluster networking with multiple subnets
• Common Information Model (CIM) / Monitoring Hyper-V Server
• Computer List screen / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• ComputerName parameter / Basic configuration
• Configure Networking page / Using Failover Cluster Manager to create a highly available virtual machine
• Connect to Cluster… option / Add prepared storage
• Connect Virtual Hard Disk screen / Using Failover Cluster Manager to create a highly available virtual machine
• Consistent Device Naming (CDN) / Renaming network adapters
• converged fabric
  • about / Converged fabric, Converged fabric
  • design diagram / Converged fabric
  • practical guidance / Practical converged fabric guidance
• coordinator node
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
• CreateCluster.mht / Other cluster reports
• Create Cluster Wizard
  • screenshot / Creating a cluster using the GUI
• CSV
  • about / Cluster Shared Volumes, Windows Server Backup
  • finding / Finding and renaming Cluster Shared Volumes
  • renaming / Finding and renaming Cluster Shared Volumes
• CSV cache
  • about / CSV cache

D

• data backup time
  • deciding / Deciding how long to keep backup data
• database availability groups (DAG) / High availability beyond Hyper-V
• data center bridging / Advanced networking hardware
• data center bridging (DCB) / Advanced networking hardware
• data corruption / Data corruption
• data loss / Data loss
• DCB
  • about / Data Center Bridging
  • 802.1p tagging / 802.1p tagging
  • applications, assigning to QoS classes / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
  • traffic types, assigning to QoS classes / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
  • bandwidth, setting on QoS classes / Setting bandwidth on DCB QoS classes
  • default class / The default class
• deduplication, storage / Storage deduplication
• default class / The default class
• deltas
  • about / Storage for backup
• design phase
  • about / Looking forward to the Design phase, Starting the design phase
  • host computers / Host computers
  • storage / Storage
  • Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) / Cluster Shared Volumes
  • SMB shares / SMB shares
  • SMB 3.0, mixing / Mixing SMB 3.0 and CSV
  • CSV, mixing / Mixing SMB 3.0 and CSV
  • networking / Networking
  • management traffic / Management
  • Cluster and Cluster Shared Volumes / Cluster and Cluster Shared Volumes
  • live migration / Live Migration
  • subnetting / Subnetting
  • virtual machine traffic / Virtual machine traffic
  • iSCSI / Storage traffic
  • Physical adapter, considerations / Physical adapter considerations
  • adapter teaming / Adapter teaming
  • Active Directory domain / Active Directory
  • Virtualized domain controllers / Virtualized domain controllers
  • software, supporting / Supporting software
  • management tools / Management tools
  • backup / Backup
  • training / Training
• Details mode / Creating or modifying a virtual switch
• device-specific module (DSM) / Storage area network devices
• Device Specific Modules (DSM) / Cluster within a cluster
• differencing VHD file / Differencing
• differencing VHDX file / Differencing
• Direct Memory Access (DMA)
  • about / VMQ and adapter teaming
• disaster recovery
  • planning for / Planning for disaster recovery
• disaster recovery plan
  • verifying / Verifying your disaster recovery plan
• disk / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• Disk-based systems
  • about / Storage for backup
• disk analysis
  • IOMeter usage for / Practical IOMeter usage for disk analysis
• Disk I/O testing
  • about / Disk I/O testing
• disk management
  • about / Managing disks
• disk measurements / Disk measurements
• Disk Witness option / Configure quorum
• drive bus
  • about / Drive bus
• DSCP
  • about / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
• Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) / Memory types
• dynamic memory
  • about / Dynamic Memory
  • requirements / Dynamic Memory requirements and restrictions
  • restrictions / Dynamic Memory requirements and restrictions
  • startup RAM / Startup RAM, Minimum RAM, and Smart Paging
  • minimum RAM value, accessing / Startup RAM, Minimum RAM, and Smart Paging
  • smart paging / Startup RAM, Minimum RAM, and Smart Paging
• dynamic VHD file / Dynamic
  • vs, fixed VHD file / Fixed versus dynamic disks
• dynamic VHDX file / Dynamic
  • vs, fixed VHDX file / Fixed versus dynamic disks
  • performance / Fragmentation and dynamic VHDX performance

E

• ECC / Mirroring, sparing, ECC, and other options
• Encapsulated Packet Task Offload
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
  • about / Setting bandwidth on DCB QoS classes
• equipment
  • preparing / Build steps not covered in this book
• equipment preperation
  • hardware, configuring / Build steps not covered in this book
  • shared storage system, configuring / Build steps not covered in this book
  • BIOS options, setting / Build steps not covered in this book
• event logs
  • about / Event logs
• existing systems
  • planning for / Planning for existing systems
• expansion, Hyper-V Server storage / Expansion
• External Network / Creating or modifying a virtual switch

F

• Failback parameter / Practical high availability migration guidance
• failover
  • limits / Failover limits
• Failover Clustering Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Failover Cluster Management Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Failover Cluster Manager / Running cluster validation in the GUI, BIN files
  • about / Managing disks, Pass-through disks in a cluster
  • used, for setting preferred owners / Setting preferred owners using Failover Cluster Manager
  • used, for setting possible owners / Setting possible owners using Failover Cluster Manager
  • validation wizard, running / Running the validation wizard in Failover Cluster Manager
  • used, for creating highly available virtual machine / Using Failover Cluster Manager to create a highly available virtual machine
  • used, for making existing virtual machine highly available / Using Failover Cluster Manager to make an existing virtual machine highly available
  • used, for configuring quorum / Configuring quorum using Failover Cluster Manager
• Failover Cluster Manager item / Add prepared storage
• Fail Over Only (FOO) / Enabling and using Multipath IO
• fault tolerance
  • about / Fault tolerance
• FB-DIMM / FB-DIMM
• FC storage
  • connecting to / Connecting to Fibre Channel storage
• Feature Administration Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI, Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Fiber Channel (FC) / Drive bus
• Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP) / Shared storage connectivity
• Fibre Channel (FC) / Shared storage
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Advanced networking hardware, Data Center Bridging
• file servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
• File Share Witness option / Configure quorum
• File System Settings page / Prepare storage
• Firewall settings
  • about / Firewall settings
  • remote desktop / Remote desktop
  • PowerShell / PowerShell
  • Firewall rules / Firewall rules
• fixed VHD file / Fixed
  • vs, dynamic VHD file / Fixed versus dynamic disks
• fixed VHDX file / Fixed
  • vs, dynamic VHDX file / Fixed versus dynamic disks
• force / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• fragmentation, Hyper-V Server storage / Fragmentation
  • dynamic VHDX file, performance / Fragmentation and dynamic VHDX performance
• frames
  • about / Jumbo frames

G

• geographically distributed cluster
  • about / Geographically distributed clusters
  • considerations / Geographically distributed clusters
• Get-ClusterNetwork cmdlet / Configure networks
• Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) / Remote desktop
• Guest
  • about / Terminology
• guest virtualization rights
  • about / Windows Server and guest virtualization rights
  • example, Hyper-V Replica / Windows Server and guest virtualization rights
  • Software Assurance / Software Assurance
  • client access licenses / Client access licenses
• GUI
  • used, for enabling CAU / Enabling CAU using the GUI
• GUI tools
  • acquiring / Acquiring and enabling the GUI tools
  • enabling / Acquiring and enabling the GUI tools
  • enabling, on Windows 8/8.1 / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI
  • enabling, on Windows Server 2012/R2 / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
  • enabling, PowerShell used / Enabling the tools using PowerShell
  • used, for initial node configuration / Initial node configuration using GUI tools
  • used, for networking configuration / Using the GUI to configure networking, Renaming network adapters, Creating network teams, Enable roles and features, Creating or modifying a virtual switch, Creating virtual adapters for converged fabric, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters, Joining the computer to the domain

H

• Hard-drive systems
  • about / Storage for backup
• hardware-assisted offloading technologies
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• HAVirtualMachine.mht / Other cluster reports
• high availability
  • about / High availability, What does high availability mean?
  • printing / High Availability Printing
  • removing, from virtual machine / Removing high availability from a virtual machine
  • beyond Hyper-V / High availability beyond Hyper-V
• highly available virtual machine
  • creating / Creating a highly available virtual machine
  • creating, Failover Cluster Manager used / Using Failover Cluster Manager to create a highly available virtual machine
  • making available, Failover Cluster Manager used / Using Failover Cluster Manager to make an existing virtual machine highly available
  • creating, PowerShell used / Using PowerShell to create and convert a highly available virtual machine
  • converting, PowerShell used / Using PowerShell to create and convert a highly available virtual machine
• Host
  • about / Terminology
• host bus adapters (HBA) / Shared storage connectivity, Using non-virtualized hardware in a cluster
• Host computer components
  • Hyper-V Server / Hyper-V Server requirements
  • CPU / CPU
  • memory / Memory
  • host networking / Host networking
  • host storage / Host storage
  • management operating system / Management operating system
• Host Summary section / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• Hotfixes
  • about / Hotfixes
• HRL
  • about / Hyper-V Replica
• hybrid solutions / Hybrid solutions
• Hyper-V-Config / Event logs
• Hyper-V-EmulatedNic / Event logs
• Hyper-V-High-Availability / Event logs
• Hyper-V-Hypervisor / Event logs
• Hyper-V-Integration / Event logs
• Hyper-V-Shared-VHDX (R2 only) / Event logs
• Hyper-V-SynthFC / Event logs
• Hyper-V-SynthNic / Event logs
• Hyper-V-SynthStor / Event logs
• Hyper-V-VID / Event logs
• Hyper-V-VMMS / Event logs
• Hyper-V-VmSwitch (R2 only) / Event logs
• Hyper-V-Worker / Event logs
• Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer
  • in Server Manager / Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer in Server Manager
  • in PowerShell / Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer in PowerShell
• Hyper-V Cluster
  • virtualized domain controllers / Virtualized domain controllers in a Hyper-V Cluster
• Hyper-V Cluster planning document
  • sample / A sample Hyper-V Cluster planning document
  • Techstra Hyper-V Cluster Project / Sample project title – Techstra Hyper-V Cluster Project
  • sample project, purposes / Sample project – purposes
  • sample project, goals / Sample project – goals
  • sample project, success metrics / Sample project – success metrics (subsection of goals)
  • sample project, reviewing / Review the sample project
• Hyper-V Core
  • about / Terminology
• Hyper-V Management Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Hyper-V Manager / Creating or modifying a virtual switch, BIN files, VFD files
• Hyper-V Port balancing / Hyper-V Port balancing
• Hyper-V QoS
  • about / Hyper-V QoS
• Hyper-V Replica
  • about / Hyper-V Replica
  • deploying / Deploying Hyper-V Replica
• Hyper-V Replica, deploying
  • Hyper-V Replica guidance / Practical Hyper-V Replica guidance
• Hyper-V Replica guidance / Practical Hyper-V Replica guidance
• Hyper-V Replica solution
  • architecting / Architecting a Hyper-V Replica solution
• Hyper-V Replica solution, architecting
  • replica location, choosing / Choosing where to send replicas
  • object replication, choosing / Choosing what to replicate
  • recovery points, deciding / Deciding how many recovery points to keep
• Hyper-V security
  • about / Security
  • domain separation / Domain separation
  • Hyper-V isolation / Hyper-V isolation
  • network isolation / Network isolation
• Hyper-V server
  • virtual switch, extensibility / Further possibilities
• Hyper-V Server
  • about / Hyper-V Server
  • using / Hyper-V Server
  • cons / Hyper-V Server
  • networking / Networking
  • physical storage, characteristics / Physical storage characteristics
  • memory, using / How Hyper-V Server uses memory
  • host memory / Host memory
  • hypervisor memory usage / Hypervisor memory usage
  • and NUMA / Hyper-V Server and NUMA
  • monitoring / Monitoring Hyper-V Server
  • event logs / Event logs
  • services / Services
  • metering / Metering
• Hyper-V Server and Failover Clustering
  • remote software applications / Remote software applications
  • local software applications / Local software applications
• Hyper-V Server cluster
  • purpose / Purposes for a Hyper-V Server cluster
  • goals / Goals for a Hyper-V Server cluster
  • with one virtual machine / A cluster with only one virtual machine
  • with one virtual machine, purpose / Single-VM cluster in a small environment
  • with single host / A cluster with a single host
  • virtualized domain controllers, implementing / Implementing virtualized domain controllers in a cluster
• Hyper-V Server cluster, goals
  • about / Goals for a Hyper-V Server cluster
  • resources, identifying / Identify the resources that cannot be virtualized
  • application vendors consulting with / Consult with application vendors
  • internal stakeholders, invoking / Involve internal stakeholders
  • phases and timelines, defining / Define phases and timelines
  • success metrics, defining / Define success metrics
  • workload, measuring / Measure and predict your workload
  • workload, predicting / Measure and predict your workload
  • planning phase, changes allowing / Only allow changes during the planning phase
• Hyper-V Server cluster, purposes
  • about / Purposes for a Hyper-V Server cluster
  • high availability / High availability
  • high availability, printing / High Availability Printing
  • resources, balancing / Balancing resources
  • geographic dispersion / Geographic dispersion
  • natural replacement, for aging infrastructure / Natural replacement for aging infrastructure
  • testing / Test, development, and training systems
  • training systems / Test, development, and training systems
  • development / Test, development, and training systems
  • cloud hosting / Cloud hosting
  • resource meeting / Resource metering
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) / VDI and RemoteFX
  • RemoteFX / VDI and RemoteFX
• Hyper-V Server host
  • URL / Risk mitigation
• Hyper-V Server hosts
  • updating / Updating Hyper-V Server hosts
• Hyper-V Server networking, in cluster
  • management role / Management
  • management role. load-balancing feature / Redundancy and load balancing for management traffic
  • cluster communications / Cluster communications
  • cluster communications, redundancy / Redundancy and load balancing for cluster communications
  • cluster communications, load-balancing / Redundancy and load balancing for cluster communications
  • SMB multichannel configuration / SMB multichannel configuration
  • live migration / Live Migration
  • live migration, redundancy / Redundancy and load balancing for Live Migration traffic
  • live migration, load-balancing / Redundancy and load balancing for Live Migration traffic
  • live migration mode, setting in 2012 R2 / Setting the Live Migration mode in 2012 R2
• Hyper-V Server storage
  • planning / Early storage planning
  • space utilization / Hyper-V Server storage space utilization
  • management operating system / Management operating system
  • BIN file / BIN files
  • VSV file / VSV files
  • XML file / XML files
  • SLP file / SLP files
  • VFD file / VFD files
  • VHDX file / VHD and VHDX files
  • VHD file / VHD and VHDX files
  • pass-through disk / Pass-through disks, Pass-through disks
  • usage considerations / Other storage usage considerations
  • performance / Hyper-V Server storage performance
  • expansion / Expansion
  • fragmentation / Fragmentation
• Hyper-V Settings screen / Enable roles and features
• Hyper-V virtual machine
  • page file disk, changing for / Choosing what to replicate
• Hyper-V Virtual Switch / Network isolation
• Hyper-V virtual switch
  • about / The Hyper-V virtual switch
  • modes / The Hyper-V virtual switch
  • using / The Hyper-V virtual switch
  • network virtualization / Network virtualization
  • mail servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
  • SQL servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
  • file servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
  • print servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
  • redundancy / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
• Hypervisor
  • about / Terminology

I

• IDE
  • about / Drive bus
• IDE virtual controller
  • about / IDE and SCSI virtual controllers
• ignore / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• include / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• IncludeAllSubFeature switch / Enabling the tools using PowerShell
• IncludeManagementTools parameter / Enable roles and features
• initial nodes
  • configuring, GUI tools used / Initial node configuration using GUI tools, Renaming network adapters, Creating network teams, Enable roles and features, Creating or modifying a virtual switch, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
  • configuring, PowerShell used / Converged fabric
• initial setup phase
  • documenting / Documenting the initial setup phase
• input/output per second (IOPS) / Disk measurements
• InterfaceDescription parameter / Rename network adapters
• InterfaceIndex parameter / Rename network adapters
• Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) / Risk mitigation
• Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) / Risk mitigation
• IOMeter
  • usage, for disk analysis / Practical IOMeter usage for disk analysis
  • for network testing / IOMeter for network testing
  • usage for network analysis / Practical IOMeter usage for network analysis
• IP addresses hash / IP Addresses hash
• IP Address Management (IPAM) / Virtual machine networking in a multiple subnet cluster
• IPSec offload
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• iSCSI / Storage traffic
• iSCSI LUN
  • connecting to / Connecting to iSCSI storage
• iSCSI storage
  • connecting to / Connecting to iSCSI storage

J

• jumbo frame
  • about / Jumbo frames
  • purpose / Jumbo frames
  • drawbacks / Jumbo frames
• just a bunch of disks (JBOD)
  • about / Storage Spaces

L

• LACP teaming / LACP teaming
• Large Send Offload (LSO)
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• Least Blocks (LB) / Enabling and using Multipath IO
• Link Aggregation Group (LAG) / Static teaming
• list / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• Live migration
  • about / Live Migration
  • redundancy / Redundancy and load balancing for Live Migration traffic
  • load-balancing / Redundancy and load balancing for Live Migration traffic
• Live Migration
  • about / Terminology
  • setting / Set Live Migration network preferences
• Live Migration Settings
  • screenshot / Set Live Migration network preferences
• load-balancing algorithms
  • address hash techniques / Address Hash techniques
  • Hyper-V Port balancing / Hyper-V Port balancing
  • Dynamic mode / Dynamic (R2 only)
• Local Server page / Joining the computer to the domain
• Local Server tab / Initial node configuration using GUI tools, Renaming network adapters
• local virtual machine
  • about / Local virtual machines
  • converting, to high availability mode / Converting a local virtual machine to high availability
• logical unit number (LUN) / Storage area network devices
• LowerQuorumPriorityId parameter / R2-only quorum PowerShell operations, Practical quorum guidance
• LR-DIMM / LR-DIMM

M

• MAC addresses hash / MAC Addresses hash
• MacSpoofing
  • about / Virtual adapter networking control
• Management Operating System
  • about / Terminology
• management operating system
  • about / Management operating system, Management operating system
  • Hyper-V Server / Hyper-V Server
  • Windows Server / Windows Server
  • deciding / Deciding on a management operating system
  • Hyper-V Server 2012 / Deciding between Hyper-V Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 / Deciding between Hyper-V Server 2012 and 2012 R2
• ManagementOS parameter / Create virtual adapters
• MAP
  • about / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
  • using / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
  • about / Jumbo frames
• media access control (MAC) / Network adapter configurations for guest clusters
• memory / Memory
• memory channels
  • about / Memory channels
  • multi-channel memory implementation / Practical multi-channel memory implementation
• memory measurements / Memory measurements
• memory protection / Practical memory protection
• memory speed
  • presenting, ways / Memory speed
  • guidance / Practical guidance on memory speeds
• memory testing
  • about / Memory testing
• memory types
  • U-DIMM / U-DIMM
  • R-DIMMs / R-DIMM
  • FB-DIMM / FB-DIMM
  • LR-DIMM / LR-DIMM
• Memory weight setting / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) / General performance measurement
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server
  • about / Terminology
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) / Management tools
• migrations
  • about / Migrations
  • high availability migration guidance / Practical high availability migration guidance
• MinimumBandwidthMode parameter / Create a virtual switch
• Move-VM PowerShell command / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• MPIO
  • about / Enabling and using Multipath IO
  • using / Enabling and using Multipath IO
  • enabling / Enabling and using Multipath IO
• multi-path I/O (MPIO) / Networking
• multiple subnet cluster
  • networking, consideration / Cluster networking with multiple subnets
  • CNO / Cluster name object in a multiple subnet cluster
  • configuring / Configuring subnet traffic handling
  • virtual machine, networking / Virtual machine networking in a multiple subnet cluster

N

• Name field / Configure networks
• Name parameter / Creating a cluster using PowerShell
• NETSH.EXE tool / Using PowerShell to configure networking
• network adapter
  • advanced settings, changing / Changing advanced settings on network adapters
  • advanced settings, changing in GUI / Advanced adapter settings in the GUI
  • advanced settings, changing in registry / Advanced adapter settings in the registry
  • advanced settings, changing in PowerShell / Advanced adapter settings in PowerShell
• Network Connections / Creating or modifying a virtual switch
• Network Connections screen / Creating network teams
• Network Connections window / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• networking
  • about / Networking, Networking
  • management / Management
  • Cluster and Cluster Shared Volumes / Cluster and Cluster Shared Volumes
  • live migration / Live Migration
  • subnetting / Subnetting
  • virtual machine traffic / Virtual machine traffic
  • storage traffic / Storage traffic
  • Physical adapter considerations / Physical adapter considerations
  • adapter teaming / Adapter teaming
  • advanced hardware / Advanced networking hardware
• networking configuration, GUI used
  • network adapters, renaming / Renaming network adapters
  • network teams, creating / Creating network teams
  • roles, enabling / Enable roles and features
  • features, enabling / Enable roles and features
  • virtual switch, creating / Creating or modifying a virtual switch
  • virtual switch, modifying / Creating or modifying a virtual switch
  • virtual adapters, creating / Creating virtual adapters for converged fabric
  • IP addresses, setting / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
  • computer, joining to domain / Joining the computer to the domain
• networking configuration, PowerShell used
  • network adapters, renaming / Rename network adapters
  • converged fabric / Converged fabric
  • network teams, creating / Creating network teams
  • netwrok teams, creating / Creating network teams
  • virtual switch, creating / Create a virtual switch
  • virtual adapters, creating / Create virtual adapters
  • virtual adapters, assigning to VLANs / Assigning virtual adapters to VLANs
  • IP addresses, setting / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
  • computer, joining to domain / Join the computer to the domain
• Network Load-balancing (NLB) / Virtual adapter networking control
• network measurements / Network measurements
• network performance design
  • tuning / Practical advice for network performance design
• networks
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
  • configuring / Configure networks, Set Live Migration network preferences
• Networks node / Configure networks, Set Live Migration network preferences
• network testing
  • about / Network testing
  • IOMeter for / IOMeter for network testing
  • IOMeter usage for / Practical IOMeter usage for network analysis
  • NTttcp for / NTttcp for network testing
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) / Windows domain time synchronization
• New Volume option / Prepare storage
• NIC Teaming window / Creating network teams
• NLB
  • about / Network adapter configurations for guest clusters
• Node
  • about / Terminology
• node / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• Node Majority option / Quorum
• nodes
  • configuring / Configuring nodes, Initial node configuration using GUI tools, Renaming network adapters, Creating network teams, Enable roles and features, Creating or modifying a virtual switch, Creating virtual adapters for converged fabric, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters, Initial node configuration using PowerShell, Basic configuration, Rename network adapters, Creating network teams, Create a virtual switch, Create virtual adapters, Join the computer to the domain, Optional node configuration steps
  • basic configuration / Basic configuration
  • configuring, steps (optional) / Optional node configuration steps
  • preparing / Prepare other nodes
• nodes, initial
  • configuring, PowerShell used / Initial node configuration using PowerShell, Basic configuration, Enable roles and features, Create a virtual switch, Create virtual adapters, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• nodes configuration, PowerShell used
  • roles, enabling / Enable roles and features
  • features, enabling / Enable roles and features
• NodeWeight property / Recovering from quorum loss
• non-highly-available virtual machine
  • creating / Non-highly-available virtual machines in a cluster
  • local virtual machine / Local virtual machines
  • restricted virtual machine / Restricted highly available virtual machines
• non-virtualized hardware
  • using, in cluster / Using non-virtualized hardware in a cluster
• NoStorage toggle parameter / Creating a cluster using PowerShell
• NTttcp
  • for network testing / NTttcp for network testing
• NUMA
  • about / NUMA
  • Practical configuration / Practical NUMA configuration
  • Hyper-V Server / Hyper-V Server and NUMA
  • virtual machine NUMA configuration / Virtual machines and NUMA, Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • in cluster / NUMA in a cluster
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) / Using non-virtualized hardware in a cluster

O

• object replication
  • choosing / Choosing what to replicate
• ODX
  • about / Enhanced features
• Offloaded data transfer (ODX) / Storage area network devices
• Open field / Initial node configuration using PowerShell
• Operational Level Agreement (OLA)
  • about / Service level agreements

P

• 802.1p tagging
  • about / 802.1p tagging
• packets
  • about / Jumbo frames
• page file disk
  • changing, for Hyper-V virtual machine / Choosing what to replicate
• pass-through disk
  • about / Pass-through disks, Pass-through disks, Pass-through disks in a cluster
• Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) / Alternative ways to read performance logs
• performance measurement
  • about / Initial and on-going performance measurement
  • counter, selecting / Selecting counters practically
• Performance Monitor
  • metrics / Performance Monitor
  • about / Performance Monitor
  • real-time monitoring with / Real-time monitoring with Performance Monitor
  • trend tracking with / Trend tracking with Performance Monitor
• persistent reservations
  • about / Early storage planning
• physical-to-virtual (P2V) / Deciding how you will virtualize physical systems
• physical disks
  • about / Physical disks
• Physical Function (PF)
  • about / SR-IOV
• physical layout
  • planning / Planning the physical layout
• physical loss / Physical loss
• physical memory
  • characteristics / Understanding physical memory characteristics
  • memory types / Memory types
  • memory speed / Memory speed
  • memory ranks / Memory ranks
  • mirroring / Mirroring, sparing, ECC, and other options
  • ECC / Mirroring, sparing, ECC, and other options
  • channels / Memory channels
  • NUMA / NUMA
• physical memory installation / Physical memory installation
• Physical Operating System Environment (OSE) / Windows Server and guest virtualization rights
• physical placement / Physical placement
• physical storage, Hyper-V Server
  • characteristics / Physical storage characteristics
  • physical disks / Physical disks
  • drive bus / Drive bus
  • RAID / Traditional RAID
  • Storage Spaces / Storage Spaces
  • shared storage, connectivity / Shared storage connectivity
• physical systems
  • virtualization, deciding / Deciding how you will virtualize physical systems
  • requirements, determining / Determining requirements for existing systems
• planning phase
  • about / Complete the planning phase
  • planning / Sample project – planning and design
  • design / Sample project – planning and design
  • hardware components / Sample project – hardware
• policy-based QoS
  • about / Policy-based QoS
• pool / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• port access control lists (PACL) / Further possibilities
• possible owners
  • setting, Failover Cluster Manager used / Setting possible owners using Failover Cluster Manager
  • setting, PowerShell used / Setting possible owners using PowerShell
• PowerShell
  • used, for GUI enabling / Enabling the tools using PowerShell
  • used, for initial node configuring / Initial node configuration using PowerShell, Basic configuration, Enable roles and features, Creating network teams, Create a virtual switch, Create virtual adapters, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters, Join the computer to the domain
  • used, for networking configuration / Using PowerShell to configure networking, Converged fabric, Creating network teams, Create a virtual switch, Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters, Join the computer to the domain
  • used, for setting preferred owners / Setting preferred owners using PowerShell
  • used, for setting possible owners / Setting possible owners using PowerShell
  • cluster, validating in / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
  • Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer / Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer in PowerShell
  • used, for enabling CAU / Enabling CAU using PowerShell
  • used, for creating highly available virtual machine / Using PowerShell to create and convert a highly available virtual machine
  • used, for configuring quorum / Configuring quorum using PowerShell
• practical virtual machine memory implementation / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• preferred owners
  • setting, Failover Cluster Manager used / Setting preferred owners using Failover Cluster Manager
  • setting, PowerShell used / Setting preferred owners using PowerShell
• PrefixLength parameter / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• prepared storage
  • adding / Add prepared storage
• printservers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
• Priority parameter / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• processor measurements / Processor measurements
• project document
  • creating / Create a project document
• Properties screen / Add prepared storage

Q

• QoS
  • about / Windows Server Quality of Service
  • settings / Hyper-V QoS
• QoS classes
  • applications, assigning / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
  • traffic types, assigning / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
  • bandwidth, setting / Setting bandwidth on DCB QoS classes
• Quick Migration
  • about / Terminology
• quorum
  • configuring / Configure quorum
  • about / Quorum
  • configuring, Failover Cluster Manager used / Configuring quorum using Failover Cluster Manager
  • configuring, Failover Cluster Manager / Configuring quorum using Failover Cluster Manager
  • configuring, PowerShell used / Configuring quorum using PowerShell
  • R2 Only quorum PowerShell operations / R2-only quorum PowerShell operations
  • guidance / Practical quorum guidance
  • loss, recovering from / Recovering from quorum loss
• QuorumConfiguration.mht / Other cluster reports

R

• R-DIMM / R-DIMM
• R2
  • VHDX, shared in / Shared VHDX in R2
  • network protection / Network protection in R2
• R2 Only quorum PowerShell operations / R2-only quorum PowerShell operations
• RADIUS / Connecting to iSCSI storage
• RAID
  • about / Traditional RAID
• RAID-1
  • about / Traditional RAID
• RAID-5
  • about / Traditional RAID
• RAID-6
  • about / Traditional RAID
• RAID-10
  • about / Traditional RAID
• RDMA
  • about / RDMA
• real-time monitoring
  • with Performance Monitor / Real-time monitoring with Performance Monitor
• Receive-Segment Coalescing (RSC)
  • about / Other hardware-assisted offloading technologies
• recovery points
  • deciding / Deciding how many recovery points to keep
• Redirected Access Mode / Cluster communications
• remote direct memory access (RDMA) / Physical adapter considerations, Shared storage connectivity
• RemoteFX / VDI and RemoteFX
• Remote Server Administration Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI, Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Remote tab / Optional node configuration steps
• Rename-Computer cmdlet / Basic configuration
• Rename Network Adapters section / Setting IP addresses for management operating system adapters
• replica location
  • choosing / Choosing where to send replicas
• ReportName / Validating a cluster in PowerShell
• requirements, existing sustems
  • MAP / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
  • MAP, using / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
  • Performance Monitor / Performance Monitor
  • metrics reading, approaches / General approaches to reading the metrics
  • memory measurements / Memory measurements
  • network measurements / Network measurements
  • disk measurements / Disk measurements
  • processor measurements / Processor measurements
• requirements, existing systems
  • about / Determining requirements for existing systems
• resource metering / Resource metering
• Restart-Computer command / Initial node configuration using PowerShell
• Restart Needed column / Enable roles and features
• restricted virtual machine
  • about / Restricted highly available virtual machines
• retention policy
  • about / Choosing a backup solution, Deciding how long to keep backup data
• risks
  • about / Knowing your risks
  • physical loss / Physical loss
  • data loss / Data loss
  • data corruption / Data corruption
  • analysis / Risk analysis
  • mitigation / Risk mitigation
• Role Administration Tools / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI, Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• roles
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
• Round Robin (RR) / Enabling and using Multipath IO
• RSAT
  • about / Acquiring and enabling the GUI tools
• RSAT, Windows 8
  • download link / Acquiring and enabling the GUI tools
• RSAT, Windows 8.1
  • download link / Acquiring and enabling the GUI tools
• RSS
  • about / RSS
  • tuning / RSS tuning

S

• SAN
  • about / Storage area network devices
  • Offloaded data transfer (ODX) / Storage area network devices
  • internal redundancy / Storage area network devices
  • hardware-assisted VSS snapshots / Storage area network devices
  • data deduplication / Storage area network devices
  • drive type and size mixing / Storage area network devices
  • iitelligent data placement / Storage area network devices
  • device grouping / Storage area network devices
  • replication / Storage area network devices
  • thin-provisioning / Storage area network devices
• Saved State
  • about / Terminology
• Save State action / Automatic Stop Action
• SCSI
  • about / Drive bus
• SCSI virtual controller
  • about / IDE and SCSI virtual controllers
• second-level address translation (SLAT) / Hyper-V Server requirements
• Selected servers box / Running cluster validation in the GUI
• serial-attached SCSI (SAS) / Drive bus
• serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) / Drive bus
• Server Core
  • about / Terminology
• Server Manager / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI, Joining the computer to the domain
  • Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer / Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer in Server Manager
• server message block (SMB) / SMB shares
• Server Performance Advisor
  • about / Server Performance Advisor
  • URL / Server Performance Advisor
• Server Virtualization tab / Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) / Geographically distributed clusters
• Set-ClusterQuorum cmdlet / Configure quorum, Configuring quorum using PowerShell
• Set-Date cmdlet / Basic configuration
• shared storage
  • about / Shared storage
  • Hyper-V Server deployment features / Storage area network devices
  • Network-attached storage (NAS) / Network-attached storage devices
  • general purpose computers / General purpose computers
  • performance characteristics / Shared storage performance characteristics
  • designing / Designing shared storage
  • connectivity / Shared storage connectivity
• Shut Down action / Automatic Stop Action
• single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
• single-root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) / Physical adapter considerations
• single virtual machines files
  • storing / Storing a single virtual machine's files in different locations
• Skip this page by default checkbox / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• SLAs
  • about / Service level agreements
  • components / Service level agreements
• SLP file / SLP files
• Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) / Storage traffic
• Smart Paging / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• Smart Paging File Location tab / Practical virtual machine memory implementation
• SMB
  • about / Shared storage connectivity
• SMB 3.0 / Shared storage connectivity, RSS
  • and CSV, mixing / Mixing SMB 3.0 and CSV
  • URL / Shared storage connectivity
• SMB 3.0 shares
  • connecting to / Connecting to SMB 3.0 shares
• SMB Direct / Shared storage connectivity
• SnapshotName parameter / Snapshots or checkpoints
• snapshots
  • about / Snapshots or checkpoints
  • deleting / Snapshots or checkpoints
  • guidance / Practical snapshot guidance
• software licensing
  • about / Software licensing
  • guest virtualization rights / Windows Server and guest virtualization rights
  • alternatives / Other software licenses
• solid-state disks (SSD)
  • about / Physical disks
• SQL servers / Redundancy and load balancing for the virtual switch
• SR-IOV
  • about / SR-IOV
  • tuning / SR-IOV tuning
• SR-IOV parameter / Creating or modifying a virtual switch, Create a virtual switch
• StaticAddress parameter / Creating a cluster using PowerShell
• Static Resource Affinity Table (SRAT) / Virtual machines and NUMA
• static teaming / Static teaming
• storage
  • about / Clustering in a Microsoft environment
  • preparing / Prepare storage
  • working with / Working with storage
  • virtual machine, placing on / Placing virtual machines on storage
  • deduplication / Storage deduplication
  • enhanced features / Enhanced features
• storage area network (SAN) / Mixing SMB 3.0 and CSV
• storage connectivity / Storage connectivity
• storage QoS
  • about / Storage QoS (2012 R2 Only)
• Storage Spaces
  • about / Storage Spaces
  • URL / Storage Spaces
• Subnets section / Configure networks
• subsystem testing
  • about / Subsystem testing
• switch independent teaming / Switch Independent teaming
• system board layout
  • graphical representation, screenshot / Physical memory installation
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager / Cluster memory shortages
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) / Further possibilities
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM) / Cloud hosting

T

• Task Manager / Initial node configuration using PowerShell
• teaming selection, effects
  • switch independent mode, with hash / Switch Independent with hash
  • switch dependent (static or LACP), with hash / Switch Dependent (static or LACP) with hash
  • switch dependent (static or LACP), with Hyper-V Ports / Switch Independent with Hyper-V Ports
  • switch dependent (static or LACP) with Hyper-V Ports / Switch Dependent (static or LACP) with Hyper-V Ports
  • R2’s dynamic algorithm / Understanding the change brought by R2's Dynamic algorithm
  • on Virtual Machine Queues (VMQ) / Effect of teaming on other technologies
  • on SR-IOV and RDMA / Effect of teaming on other technologies
  • on TCP Chimney \ / Effect of teaming on other technologies
  • on 802.1x authentication / Effect of teaming on other technologies
  • practical guidance / Practical teaming guidance
• TeamNicName parameter / Creating network teams
• Teams section / Creating network teams
• TechNet
  • URL / Further possibilities
• Testing Options screen / Running cluster validation in the GUI
• traffic types
  • assigning to QoS classes / Assigning applications and traffic types to QoS classes
• transport ports hash / Transport Ports hash
• trend tracking
  • with Performance Monitor / Trend tracking with Performance Monitor
• TRIM / Enhanced features
• Turn Off action / Automatic Stop Action

U

• U-DIMM / U-DIMM
• UNMAP / Enhanced features
• Update Sequence Numbers (USN) / Concern over effects of snapshots on domain controllers
• Use Hardware Topology button / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration

V

• Validate Configuration items / Creating a cluster using the GUI
• ValidateStorage.log / Other cluster reports
• VFD file / VFD files
• VHD file / VHD and VHDX files
  • vs, VHDX file / VHD versus VHDX
• VHD file, types
  • differencing / VHD and VHDX types
  • dynamic / VHD and VHDX types
  • fixed / VHD and VHDX types
• VHDX
  • shared, in R2 / Shared VHDX in R2
• VHDX file / VHD and VHDX files
  • vs, VHD file / VHD versus VHDX
• VHDX file, types
  • fixed / VHD and VHDX types
  • dynamic / VHD and VHDX types
  • differencing / VHD and VHDX types
• virtual adapter
  • networking control / Virtual adapter networking control
• virtual CPUs (vCPUs) / CPU
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) / VDI and RemoteFX
• virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) / Storage deduplication
• Virtual Functions (VF)
  • about / SR-IOV
• virtualized domain controllers
  • about / Virtualized domain controllers in a Hyper-V Cluster
  • discomfort / Virtualized domain controllers in a Hyper-V Cluster
  • virtualization issue / Discomfort with virtualization of a vital infrastructure role
  • Hyper-V Server, rebooting issue / Concern that Hyper-V Server will not start
  • unavailability / Concern that domain controllers will be unavailable
  • clock drift issue / Concern over clock drift in a virtual environment
  • snapshots issue / Concern over effects of snapshots on domain controllers
  • Saved States issue / Concerns over Saved States of domain controllers
  • security concerns / Security concerns for virtualized domain controllers
  • implementing, in Hyper-V Server cluster / Implementing virtualized domain controllers in a cluster
  • Windows domain time synchronization / Windows domain time synchronization
• virtual LANs (VLANs) / Networking
• virtual machine
  • placing, on storage / Placing virtual machines on storage
  • high availability mode, switching / Switching to or from high availability mode
  • networking / Virtual machine networking in a multiple subnet cluster
• virtual machine memory
  • about / Virtual machine memory
  • sizing / Practical virtual machine memory sizing
  • and NUMA / Virtual machines and NUMA
  • dynamic memory / Dynamic Memory
• virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • about / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • NodeId / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • processorsAvailability / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • MmoryAvailable / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • MemoryTotal / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
  • ComputerName / Practical virtual machine NUMA configuration
• Virtual OSE / Windows Server and guest virtualization rights
• virtual switch, Hyper-V server
  • extensibility / Further possibilities
• Virtual Switch, in cluster / The virtual switch in a cluster
• Virtual Switch Manager
  • screenshot / Creating or modifying a virtual switch
• VLAN
  • virtual adapters, assigning to / Assign virtual adapters to VLANs
• VMQ
  • about / VMQ
  • working with, adapter teaming / VMQ and adapter teaming
  • interrupt, coalescing / VMQ interrupt coalescing
• VMQ (virtual machine queue) / Physical adapter considerations
• Voice-over-IP (VoIP) / Windows Server Quality of Service
• Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) / Cluster communications
• vRSS
  • about / vRSS (R2 only)
• VSS
  • about / Choosing a backup solution
• VSV file / VSV files

W

• wide-area network (WAN) / Geographically distributed clusters
• Windows 8/8.1
  • GUI tools, enabling on / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI
• Windows domain time synchronization / Windows domain time synchronization
• Windows Features dialog / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI
  • screenshot / Enabling the tools on Windows 8/8.1 from the GUI
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) / Monitoring Hyper-V Server
• Windows Server
  • about / Windows Server
  • pros / Windows Server
  • cons / Windows Server
• Windows Server 2012/R2
  • GUI tools, enabling on / Enabling the tools on Windows Server 2012/R2 in the GUI
• Windows Server Backup
  • advantage / Windows Server Backup
  • about / Windows Server Backup
  • URL / Windows Server Backup
• Windows Server QoS
  • about / Windows Server Quality of Service
  • policy-based QoS / Policy-based QoS
  • Hyper-V QoS / Hyper-V QoS
  • DCB / Data Center Bridging
• Windows Server Update Services
  • about / Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services
• Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) / Updating Hyper-V Server hosts
• Windows Update
  • about / Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services

X

• XML file / XML files