Hyper-V Manager Interface
Hyper-V Manager Interface
What Hyper-V Manager Is (and Isn't)
Hyper-V Manager is not the hypervisor. It is a graphical tool that communicates with Hyper-V through the root partition.
The Three Layers
- Hyper-V (hypervisor): the engine
- Hyper-V Manager: the dashboard
- Windows (root partition): the operator
Hyper-V Manager issues commands; Hyper-V performs the actual virtualization tasks under the hood.
What Hyper-V Manager Allows You to Do
Hyper-V Manager provides GUI access to the most important virtualization tasks:
Core Capabilities
- Create and delete virtual machines
- Modify VM settings (CPU, RAM, disks, and NICs)
- Create and manage virtual switches
- Manage checkpoints (snapshots)
- Start, stop, pause, save, and connect to VMs
- Manage .vhdx virtual disks
- Connect to remote Hyper-V hosts
- Use Enhanced Session Mode
The hypervisor does the work; Hyper-V Manager is simply the interface.
Hyper-V Manager Administrative Tasks
As a systems administrator, you may perform tasks such as:
Common Admin Tasks
- Creating new VMs
- Configuring CPU and memory allocations
- Managing virtual network switches
- Attaching or managing virtual hard disks
- Monitoring VM health and performance
- Importing or exporting VM environments
- Managing network adapters and integration services
- Interacting with VM consoles