Category: KYSBSUG

We had a fun demo of how to configure and use Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012 using two HP MicroServers at the KYSBSUG meeting on Thursday May 9, 2013. Hyper-V replica truly is one of the killer features of Windows Server 2012.

Below are the links we discussed at the KYSBSUG meeting along with some extra URLs from my Hyper-V Replica research.

Tip: If you’re completely green to Hyper-V Replica, check out out the VIR302 video below from TechEd 2012.

Bottom line – this list is pretty much anything you could ever want to know about Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012:

• Download – Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration for Private Cloud
  http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Test-Lab-Guide-Windows-2d562dd2
   
• Download – Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Hyper-V Replica
  http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Test-Lab-Guide-Demonstrate-b6fd4ba1
   
• Video – Enabling Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V Workloads Using Hyper-V Replica (TechEd NA 2012 – VIR302)
  http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/VIR302 
    
• PowerPoint – Enabling Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V Workloads Using Hyper-V Replica (TechEd NA 2012 – VIR302)
  http://video.ch9.ms/teched/2012/na/VIR302.pptx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica Explained, Windows Server 2012 Style
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2013/01/10/hyper-v-replica-explained.aspx
   
• Free Training – Deploy Hyper-V Replica (Microsoft Virtual Academy)
  http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-server-virtualization
   
• Reference – Deploy Hyper-V Replica (TechNet)
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134207.aspx
   
• Reference – Hyper-V Replica Overview (TechNet)
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134172.aspx 
   
• Whitepaper – Understand and Troubleshoot Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server “8” Beta (80 pages)
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29016
   
• PDF – Poster Companion Reference – Hyper-V Replica (11 pages)
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29189
   
• Poster – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Component Architecture
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29189 
   
• Blog – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Replica In Detail (Aidan Finn)
  http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=12147 
   
• Video – Hyper-V Replica Demo Video (Aidan Finn)
  http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=12286 
   
• Blog – One of Windows Server 2012’s secret weapons: Hyper-V Replica (Aidan Finn on Mary Jo Foley’s ZDNet blog)
  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/one-of-windows-server-2012s-secret-weapons-hyper-v-replica/12707
   
• Infographic – How To Use Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012
  http://www.serverwatch.com/server-tutorials/how-to-use-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-replica-for-disaster-recovery.html
   
• Reference – Hyper-V Replica Step-by-Step
  http://itproguru.com/expert/2013/03/hyper-v-replica-step-by-step-virtexpert-virtualization-experts-series-part-22/
   
• Support – Official Microsoft Hyper-V Discussion Forum
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/threads 

Update 2013-05-10: Added 11 more Hyper-V Replica resources

• Blog – Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/05/10/resynchronization-of-virtual-machines-in-hyper-v-replica.aspx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication – makecert
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/04/13/hyper-v-replica-certificate-based-authentication-makecert.aspx
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 1 – Test Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/26/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica.aspx
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 2 – Planned Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/31/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica-part-ii-planned-failover.aspx 
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 3 – Unplanned Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/08/08/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica-part-iii-unplanned-failover.aspx 
   
• Blog – Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Solution Using Windows Server 2012
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/04/01/multi-tenant-disaster-recover-solution-using-windows-server-2012.aspx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica – Prerequisites for Certificate Based Deployments
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/03/13/hyper-v-replica-certificate-requirements.aspx
   
• Blog – Inject IP Address Into the VM During Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/05/29/inject-ip-address-into-the-vm-during-failover.aspx
   
• Blog – Interpreting Hyper-V Replica Replication Health – Part 1
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/06/15/interpreting-replication-health-part-1.aspx
   
• Blog – Interpreting Hyper-V Replica Replication Health – Part 2
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/06/21/interpreting-replication-health-part-2.aspx
   
• Blog – Requesting Certificates From an Enterprise CA
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/10/requesting-hyper-v-replica-certificates-from-an-enterprise-ca.aspx