P2V converting tools

To convert any physical machine to Virtual machine you may use following tools

1. Disk2vhd from sysinternals
2. MVMC microsoft virtual machine converter tool
3. Starwind V2V tool

following link takes you to an useful article published in nakivo.com(backup s/w company)

https://www.nakivo.com/blog/convert-physical-machine-hyper-v-vm/

 

How to NAT windows host with Hyper-v VM

refer following link to do using Powershell:-
https://www.petri.com/using-nat-virtual-switch-hyper-v  ( Page-1)
https://www.petri.com/configuring-vm-networking-hyper-v-nat-switch (page-2)
https://www.petri.com/create-nat-rules-hyper-v-nat-virtual-switch (Page-3)

Alternative GUI method:-

How to Install and Configure TCP/IP Routing in a Hyper-V Guest

 

how to backup hyper-v VM using Powershell command line

Example 1

Exports virtual machine Test to the root of the D drive.

Windows PowerShell

PS C:\> Export-VM –Name Test –Path D:\

Example 2

Exports all virtual machines to the root of the D drive. Each virtual machine will be exported to its own folder.

Windows PowerShell

PS C:\> Get-VM | Export-VM –Path D:\

Adding -Asjob option in the end of line will run the above command in background releasing the prompt free.

eg.

PS C:\> Export-VM –Name Test –Path D:\ -Asjob

 

 

Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848491.aspx

 

Building a Free Hyper-V server Cluster

Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility (live migration), storage, failover clustering, and scalability – Microsoft Guide

step-by-step guide to build a free hyper-V server 2012 clustering

Alternative method guide

Hyper-V Replica for small Business ( Non-domain environment)

 Hyper-V VM Replication – How to configure in Windows 2012 Server – Video Tutorial

Hyper-V Live Migration in windows 2012

Howto guide for Hype-V Cluster – Alternative whitepaper from Altario 

Aidan Blog on Hyper-V configuration

Self-signed Certificate Creation using makecert.exe  – Important to establish credentials between 2 servers for replication

Certificate based authentication for Hyper-V Replica – Useful article by Praveen Vijayaraghavan

Hyper-V 2012 Installation, Management Details

Command Line Based step by step guide 

Remote Access Permission Grant procedure for Hyper-V Management

Hyper-V accessing from Remote System setup Video

How to disable Firewall in Hyper-V 2012 using cmdlet

Powershell cmdlets for Hyper-V 2012

• Create VMs using Powershell

Hyper-V PS cmdlets essential samples

Configure to Manage Hyper-V 2012 from Windows 8 Client – Step-by-Step Guide

Monitor VMs using Win 2012 Monitoring Feature

10 Hyper-V Tools

Virtualisation Blog on Hyper-V from Technet, MICROSOFT

vmdk to vhd converter tool

10 essential skills for Hyper-V Implementation