Setting Hyper-V settings

Hyper-V settings can be adjusted for each VM and will in essence adjust the aspects of the VM that would usually be physical components.

Hardware Options

Hyper V Settings

Hyper-V settings feels similar to Device Manager and can be used to:

  • Set which harddrive VHD to use and adjust VHD settings
  • Set which NICs/ Virtual Switches to use Network Switches
  • Adjust available RAM
  • adjust the processor useage allocation
  • ‘load’ a disk into the virtual disk drive hyperv using an iso

These settings sometimes can only be adjusted when the machine is turned off, but for some settings can be adjusted as the machine is running. For example loading a local .iso as a Disk in the virtual Disk drive

Management Options

You will also notice a section near the bottom of the left hand side that is called Managment. Here is a Hyper-V specific set of options for managing Hyper-V such as:

  • using a VM Heartbeat
  • Renaming the VM
  • Creating checkpoints and it’s file location
  • Automatic start and stop of VM

Management Options