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    hyper-V in desktop machine (core 2 Deo 2 GB Ram and 250 GB in HD)

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    • coliverC
      coliver
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      Yes you could do this. You may want to check your processor model to make sure it supports virtualization. I think almost all Core 2 Duos did... but there may be one or two skus that did not.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        And you'll need to make sure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS, by default it was not.

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        • IT-ADMINI
          IT-ADMIN
          last edited by

          thank you very much for your advices, for the PC it is DELL optiplex 360, does this version support virtualisation ??

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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            @IT-ADMIN said:

            i want to take your advise regarding the following setup :
            i want to setup hyper-V in a desktop machine with the following characteristic : core 2 Deo 2 GB Ram and 250 GB in HD knowing that i want to host in it only 2 light VM (freePBX and pfsense) and this server will serve only 4 users

            is it possible to do so ??

            Should be quite possible. Memory is fine, but light. HD is way more than enough. CPU is plenty as long as it supports virtualization. FreePBX should get around 800MB of RAM ideally and can make do in about half that. pfSense should use far less, 300MB is likely more than enough.

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            • IT-ADMINI
              IT-ADMIN
              last edited by

              then it is OK, thank you

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              • IT-ADMINI
                IT-ADMIN
                last edited by

                i guess my CPU support virtualization as this image show :
                20150826_172009.jpg

                is this image say that my CPU support VT??

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Looks like you are good to go then!

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                  • IT-ADMINI
                    IT-ADMIN
                    last edited by

                    great! now i have to install Hyper-V server 2012 R2, then connect remotly to it via Hyper-V role to add my 2 light VM 🙂 am i on the right direction ??

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                      last edited by

                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                      great! now i have to install Hyper-V server 2012 R2, then connect remotly to it via Hyper-V role to add my 2 light VM 🙂 am i on the right direction ??

                      Are you using HyperV straight or via a Windows Server 2012 R2 installation?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        And just because it's always good to ask, what is driving you to HyperV over XenServer?

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                        • IT-ADMINI
                          IT-ADMIN
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                          thank you Dear Scott for your interest to ask me about my decision, first of all i'm using Hyper-V server R2 the Hypervisor not the one included in windown server 2012 (for $$ reason) because it is totally free, concerning your second question why Hyper-V and not Xenserver, this is because MS solution are all the time easier than whatever else (i'm not ready to have headache especially i'm just an IT beginner)

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                            thank you Dear Scott for your interest to ask me about my decision, first of all i'm using Hyper-V server R2 the Hypervisor not the one included in windown server 2012 (for $$ reason) because it is totally free, concerning your second question why Hyper-V and not Xenserver, this is because MS solution are all the time easier than whatever else (i'm not ready to have headache especially i'm just an IT beginner)

                            That's why I was asking, because XenServer is quite a bit easier than HyperV, in my experience. Microsoft solutions are normally harder and more complex, rather than easier. XenServer is extremely easy to use, the easiest hypervisor for sure.

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                            • IT-ADMINI
                              IT-ADMIN
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                              i forget one important thing is unitrend offer free backup and restore solution for hyper-V while XenServer not

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                And XenServer is a bit better at the workloads that you are wanting to tackle.

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @IT-ADMIN
                                  last edited by

                                  @IT-ADMIN said:

                                  thank you Dear Scott for your interest to ask me about my decision, first of all i'm using Hyper-V server R2 the Hypervisor not the one included in windown server 2012 (for $$ reason) because it is totally free, concerning your second question why Hyper-V and not Xenserver, this is because MS solution are all the time easier than whatever else (i'm not ready to have headache especially i'm just an IT beginner)

                                  You really should check out XenServer... it really is not much different then Hyper-V and much easier to manage all things considered. The graphical installer walks you everything you need and XenCenter is much better then Hyper-V manager.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                                    i forget one important thing is unitrend offer free backup and restore solution for hyper-V while XenServer not

                                    That's correct and that is a big reason to choose HyperV (for now.)

                                    XenServer does have built in backups for free, though, so not necessary a big deal.

                                    @DustinB3403 uses free XS backups and can tell you about them.

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                                    • coliverC
                                      coliver @IT-ADMIN
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                                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                                      i forget one important thing is unitrend offer free backup and restore solution for hyper-V while XenServer not

                                      Ah yep that could do it. Although I think Unitrends has said their Spiceworks license does cover XenServer.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403
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                                        At our environment we use XenServer CE, and a backup script named NAUBackup.

                                        It runs via crontab jobs, and will make running state backups of the specificed VM's. It really works well.

                                        We then pull these snapshots down, and test in virtual box on our workstations.

                                        It's simple and free to setup, just needa NFS or CIFS server to host the snapshots.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                          @coliver said:

                                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                                          i forget one important thing is unitrend offer free backup and restore solution for hyper-V while XenServer not

                                          Ah yep that could do it. Although I think Unitrends has said their Spiceworks license does cover XenServer.

                                          I know for a fact that it currently does not, but I've been pressuring them to change that.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            You have lots of XenServer and HyperV users here in the community. You will have good community support for either. Those are definitely my two most often recommended options.

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