So, you’ve successfully migrated a few Virtual Servers Guests to Windows Server 2008 running Hyper-V but now you want to manage the Hyper-V Server remotely from another Windows Server 2008 or Vista box. Is it possible? Today at work I had that very question and what I found was it’s possible and easy to configure a Windows Vista Client OR a Windows Server 2008 box to remotely manage a Microsoft Hyper-V Server.
Below are the steps for enabling remote management on a Windows Server 2008 machine. If your looking for the steps for Vista, checkout this Article I just wrote.
Remotely Manage a Microsoft Hyper-V Server from a Windows Server 2008 Machine
1) Click Server Manager Icon on Quick Launch bar (if it’s not there, just Click Start Button and Type Server Manager. Windows Search should find it)
2) From the Server Manager Console, Click Features, Add Features
3) Expand Remote Server Administrator Tools, Role Administration Tools, Check Box – Hyper-V Tools. Click Next then Click Install
To Launch Hyper-V Remote Manager
4) Click Windows Start Button, Type Hyper and Click Hyper-V Manager once Windows Search finds it. It can also be found under Control PanelAdministrative Tools
4) Click Connect to Server to begin managing your Hyper-V Servers
All done! Very simple, easy and most importantly, GROOVY. As mentioned above, if your looking for the Windows Vista Steps, checkout this article.
Tags: hyper-v, how-to, server 2008