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Windows Server 2008 SP2 Improvements in Hyper-V |
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Friday, 19 June 2009
by Michel Roth
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From a Hyper-V point of view, Microsoft is excited because the
final Hyper-V release is an integrated feature in SP2 making it
easier and faster to deploy Hyper-V.
f you recall, when Windows Server 2008 was released, Hyper-V Beta
was included. This meant to get the final Hyper-V release, you
needed to go to Windows Update, download and go through the update
process. With Windows Server 2008 SP2, Hyper-V final bits
are included so there’s no need to pull down individual
downloads which speeds up deployments. There are also some notable
updates in SP2, including scalability enhancements for running on
systems with up to 24 logical processors which enables support for
up to 192 running virtual machines, update for Hyper-V when managed
with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and updates for
backup/restore of virtual machines with the Volume Shadow Copy
Service (VSS). For those of you who have already deployed
Hyper-V, SP2 is a simple upgrade.
Source: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2009/06/17/not-running-windows-server-2008-sp2-and-hyper-v-rtm-well-you-should-be.aspx
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