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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

By : Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho, Leandro Carvalho
Book Image

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

By: Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho, Leandro Carvalho

Overview of this book

Virtualization has proved that it can help organizations to reduce costs, and the Private Cloud has created a revolution in the way we manage and control our servers with centralization and elasticity. The new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V release from Microsoft comes with a myriad of improvements in areas such as mobility, high availability and elasticity, bringing everything you need to create, manage and build the core components of a Microsoft Private Cloud for virtualized workloads."Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is the perfect accompaniment for Hyper-V administrators looking to take advantage of all the exciting new features the release has to offer. Through practical recipes, you'll master Hyper-V deployment, migration and management. "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is an essential resource for any Hyper-V administrator looking to migrate, install and manage their virtual machine efficiently. With all the features of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V covered, you will learn everything from installation to disaster recovery, security, high availability, configuration, automation, architecture and monitoring, all in a practical recipe format. The book also includes new features such as Storage and Shared Nothing Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica and Network Virtualization and much more.With "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" in hand, you'll be equipped to manage your Private Cloud with ease.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Enabling and working with remote connection and administration through PowerShell


Working with PowerShell can be very common for daily tasks and server management. However, as there is more than one server to be managed, sometimes it can be difficult to log on and run the PowerShell scripts (most of the time the same one) on different computers.

One of the benefits that PowerShell offers is the remote option that allows you to connect to multiple servers, enabling a single PowerShell window to administer as many servers as you need.

This recipe will show how to enable PowerShell to be managed remotely and some commands to connect to different computers.

Getting ready

The PowerShell remote connection uses port 80, HTTP. Although the local firewall exception is created by default when it's enabled, make sure that any other firewall has the exception to allow communication between your servers.

How to do it...

These tasks will show you how to enable the PowerShell Remoting feature to manage your...