How can we define the nuances between Hyper-V and VMware?

There are many reasons why the IT department is cross-platform. Just like running Windows and Unix at the same time, there is a reason to run different operating systems, even if they are essentially doing the same thing.

Hyper-V is built in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, which makes it easier to deploy quickly in current Windows installations. Its prices are also included in operating system pricing, and Hyper-V is ideal for situations where additional licenses are not guaranteed. It also supports all Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2-certified hardware. If the hard drive, adapter, and network adapter have a Windows-certified driver, they all run. Using existing hardware provides more advantages without worrying about a small list of VMware licensed hardware.

Hyper-V and VMware are similar in that they are all management programs running at a low level with hardware. The idea that Hyper-V is only the latest version of Virtual PC is incorrect. Virtual PC runs virtualization software in Windows. Hyper-V has the same type of optimization as VMware, including optimized hard disks, enhanced storage access, and security features. The basic concepts of ESX and ESXi are applied, meaning that one can expect Virtual Switching, SAN access, iSCSI storage, and control of virtual machines.

But this is the biggest difference for VMware administrators.

The most significant difference is that the hypervisor looks to be running inside Windows, but this is only a parent partition. The hypervisor is actually running in this operating system. The access management interface is also different.

Like VMware, Hyper-V can manage the console of a virtual machine, even though the user uses Hyper-V Manager instead of the VI client. If the Administrator is running a full Windows installation, they can start Hyper-V on the parent partition, or remotely install the tool on the workstation. There is also a Hyper-V Server version, which is essentially a Windows Server Core installation with Hyper-V installed, just like VMware's ESZi, which can be downloaded and used for free.

VMware administrators are well aware of the need to have compatible hardware. This is also true in Hyper-V, although Hyper-V is compatible with all the hardware certified and working on Windows Server. When you confirm the software, Hyper-V's VM tool version is called the integrated service. Just like in VMware, Hyper-V has a menu option to install the Integrated Service as a ready-to-use CD in a virtual machine. Like any virtualization system, the administrator should ensure that the process is completed to obtain the maximum performance of the hard disk. The supported operating system for integrated services is narrower than VMware, so check compatibility before clicking install.

The initial hard disk is installed as an IDE Hard Disk in Hyper-V. This actually takes care of some of the initial compatibility issues with the operating system, because VMware allows its virtual machines to use SCSI disks. Hyper-V R2 uses the SCSI controller as a standard feature, which brings additional benefits of hot swapping. Another common option in VMware Is to automatically streamline the configuration, which allows the disk to be presented to the visitor in a specific size, although physically only the actually used disk is used. In Hyper-V, these are dynamic disks, and users need to answer whether they want to install these dynamic disks when installing new virtual machines.

The support passed through the disk allows access to the LUN without configuring it as a volume, which makes shared storage for failover clusters possible. Hyper-V users can then use Live Migration, and VMware users can use VMotion. To configure Hyper-V for failover, it is important to review the shared volumes of the cluster, which implements the same functions as the VMFS cluster file system.

There are also some additional skills to help administrators stay clear. Vmwarevm releases a key combination of Control-Alt-Delete and Control-Alt-Insert. When working with Hyper-v, the same combination as the Remote Desktop Protocol session is to type Control-Alt-End. VHD is also used for the format of hard disk files, so do not search for VMDK files in Hyper-V.

There are many ways to distinguish Hyper-V from VMware, but in general it is hypervisor virtualization, which means the concept is applied from one platform to another.