Best Hyper-V Management Tools for On Prem | The SysAdmin DOJO Podcast

When we sat down to record this episode we ended up in a situation like we did with our episode with Ben Armstrong, too much content for one episode! To those familiar with Hyper-V, this likely doesn’t come as a surprise being we’re discussing the various management tools that are available for Hyper-V, along with the overall management story for Microsoft’s hypervisor.

In this episode, we sit down with Eric Siron to discuss modern day usage of the traditional Hyper-V management tools which include:

• Hyper-V Manager
• Failover Cluster Manager
• PowerShell
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

In the next episode, we’ll focus on the new management tools for Hyper-V such as Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc.

Watch webinar (on-demand)

• How Azure Stack HCI is forcing changes in your datacenter

In this episode on Hyper-V management tools for on-prem

• Hyper-V Management vs. VMware Management – 2:05
• An example of management assumptions for VMware admins trying Hyper-V – 8:43
• Networking woes in Windows Server – 12:12
• Why choice of tools is a strength of Hyper-V – 17:12
• Thoughts on System Center Virtual Machine Manager – 24:08
• An example of where VMM does NOT fit – 28:00

Episode quotes

• The Management Story isn’t as good on the Hyper-V side of the house as it is the VMware side of the house
• Dare I say it… System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• In IT you know we have a feast and famine cycle, right?
• What would Microsoft Do? – WWMD
• To be honest, I don’t remember the last time I used VMM
• For those of you listening and not seeing, Eric just rolled his eyes and I totally agree with that sentiment

Resources for Hyper-V Management Tools

• Andy’s Hyper-V Datacenter Deployment Script
• Andy’s VMware Datacenter Deployment Script
• PowerShell Direct
• Ben Armstrong on Twitter
• Ben Armstrong as a Guest on the Sysadmin Dojo Podcast talking about Hyper-V
• Webinar on Azure Stack HCI

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• Andy Syrewicze on Twitter
• Andy Syrewicze on Github
• Eric Siron on Twitter
• Altaro Software on Twitter
• Hornetsecurity on Twitter