Vista - Hyper-V Questions

I have a few questions regarding Hyper-V that I am hoping people can answer.

1) Will there be any way to administer Hyper-V from an XP machine? All
management tools that I have found are only available for Vista and 2008
Server.

2) Does anyone know of any good books that have been released yet that cover
Hyper-V in depth? Especially ones that have good information for having it
installed on 2008 Server Core Edition.

Thanks much.

1.) Not at this time. And no promises that I've heard that this will change.

2.) Our AdminCompanion book from MS Press on Server 2008
(http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Server...8046905&sr=8-1)
includes a full chapter on Server Core, and another chapter on Hyper-V. But
I haven't seen anything yet that is strictly a Hyper-V book. We includes
configuration scripts for Server Core in the book to simplify setup.

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"John Garrett" <JohnGarrett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:24:51 -0700, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
<charlie@xxxxxx> wrote:
Is it possible to RDP to the host from an XP PC and then do the admin
from the RDP session on the host?

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Bo Berglund

>Is it possible to RDP to the host from an XP PC and then do the adminYes. (if it's the full version, not core)

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:37:54 +0200, Bo Berglund
<bo.berglund@xxxxxx> wrote:

Actually, you can RDP to the core version as well. It just opens up a normal
screen with a command prompt window inside.

"Robert Comer" wrote:

Yep, but there's no Hyper-V GUI in core... <g>

(I knew you could RDP, you just can't do what the OP wanted)

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:01:01 -0700, John Garrett
<JohnGarrett@xxxxxx> wrote:

Yes. The only problem with that scenario is that the connect application
will have issues with VMs that don't yet have Integration Components
installed. You won't be able to capture the mouse if you're RDP'd to run the
management. Once the ICs are installed, that's not an issue. But you'll get
some practice with installing and configuring OSs with no mouse doing this.
<G>

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"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good point, I forgot about the mouse synch problem.

(I got used to installing the OS without a mouse during the Vista
beta. <g>)

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Bob Comer




On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:04:01 -0700, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
<charlie@xxxxxx> wrote:

Try installing WHS without a mouse.

UGLY. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to open taskmanager, and the run the ICs
setup program from the taskmanager run command. Couldn't just open a CMD
window because it wouldn't get focus.

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"Robert Comer" <bobcomer-removeme-@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I did it in the beta, but I haven't even tried it in a VM since then,
the disk stuff was to unstable for me.

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Bob Comer


On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:12:38 -0700, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
<charlie@xxxxxx> wrote: