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Old 12-19-2008   #10 (permalink)
Bill Grant


 
 

Re: how to manage hyper-v from XP



"Kimpsu" <Kimpsu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mike Brannigan" wrote:
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>> "Kimpsu" <Kimpsu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > One solution would be an installable package of hyper-v manager on
>> > hyper-v
>> > server 2008 or server 2008 core. Does anyone know if there are any
>> > plans
>> > for
>> > a local admin tool?
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>> There would be no point in installing a Hyper-V manager on Core or
>> Hyper-V
>> Server as there is no GUI (one of the whole points of core).
>> You HAVE to use the remote tools to manage these effectively. So sorry
>> but
>> you need to either access a Serve 2008 (full install system) in admin
>> mode
>> and have the tools installed there or get off your 9 year old OS .
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>> Mike Brannigan
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> Well, there is enough GUI for task manager / notepad / cmd / etc to run,
> and
> for example IBM ServeRAID Manager GUI runs just fine on a core install
> too.
> So there is no reason why some other tool couldn't tool.
>
> PS. XP is "only" 6 years old, not 9. And you have to realize many will
> skip
> Vista, that is a fact.
>
> I personally have Vista and Hyper-V Server 2008 at home and SCVMM at work,
> so I don't have this problem. But still I can see why many would like to
> be
> able to control it without Vista or full install of 2008, and it is an
> interesting topic to discuss (that's why I joined this discussion).
It may be of interest, but it will not happen!


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