Comments on: Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 1

By: Diagnosing hard disk failure with WHS & Hyper-V

Diagnosing hard disk failure with WHS & Hyper-V — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:44:13 +0000

[...] the event of getting a failing hard drive while using WHS on Hyper-V. I have blogged before about running WHS on Hyper-V and I know that some of you are using this kind of setup, Ben is one of the top guys at Microsoft [...]

By: trendless

trendless — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:23:39 +0000

The link provided for Hyper-V remote management is for Vista and doesn’t work on 7?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:25 +0000

This could have been a useful article but it is lacking in many areas as detailed in the first comment. Look forward to an update with corrections and elaboration.

Thanks

By: Bookmarks for October 10th 2009 through October 14th 2009

Bookmarks for October 10th 2009 through October 14th 2009 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:02:55 +0000

[...] Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 1 – Microsoft MVP Philip Churchill discusses running MS Windows Home Server on Hyper-V. [...]

By: Carlo Mendoaz

Carlo Mendoaz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:59:19 +0000

I’ve thought about running WHS on Hyper-V. You published this just in time. Thanks.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:30:42 +0000

“I have 1 network cards both are Gigabit”. I think there is an agreement problem there.

By: Chester

Chester — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:29:04 +0000

Why would I want to run WHS virtually?

- “flexibility” – How does this make it more flexible?
- “ease of use” – So using an extra layer of software make WHS easier to use?
- “energy savings” – So running WHS on a full grade server that uses about 500 watts is better than a 35 watt LX195?
- “You will see for yourself as we go through this guide” – I hope so.

While it is “cool” to run WHS virtually and is quite useful for testing and playing around, it defeats the true purpose for WHS – to make using a server easy for your average consumer. I think I am being pretty harsh, but I just wish you would have done a better job of explaining why you run WHS virtually and why someone would not run it virtually.

Thank you for the hard work you put into this blog and this tutorial, I greatly appreciate it.