Hyper-V - Basic Management

Hyper-V - Basic Management

Hyper-V Manager


Open the Start Menu and search for Hyper-V Manager Application








Create a VM

Under the actions pane on the right Select New Click On Virtual Machine


Click Next




Specify Name and Location

Set the Name of the VM in this example we will name it DEMO10
Set the location to where your VM resides. Here we are pointing to C:\HyperV\DEMO10
Click Next




Specify Generation

Select the appropriate Version in this example you we will select Gen1 and click Next

For Server 2016 and previous use Gen1



Assign Memory

Set the Ram allocation for this VM we will set it to 8096 and click Next
 


Configure Networking

Select Default for the Switch and click Next





Create New Disk

Select This Option for When creating a VM from Scratch the click Next
Skip to this step and goto  "Use an Existing Disk"  if you already have a .VHDX file either from a conversion or VM copy.




Use an Existing Disk

Use this option if you already have a vhdx file

Select Use an existing virtual hard disk 
Navigate to the location of the .vhdx file then click Next
In this example we chose the location for DEMO10 




Complete New Virtual Machine Wizard

Click Finish to complete




VM Settings

Shutdown VM before making changes

Right-Click on the VM and select Settings



Virtual Processors

Increase Number of Processors if required 4 is a good number to start




Memory

Here you can Adjust Memory Allocation and settings



Hard Drive

This section is under construction

Here Drives can be Added as well as other functions if required.






CheckPoints

Checkpoints allow roll backs to specific states of the VM
by default checkpoints are enabled.
You can Modify the settings as needed.




Automatic Start Action

by default the VM will automatically start.
You can select Nothing to disable Auto Start




Start your VM

Right-Click on the VM then click Start





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