I promised a followup to my previous post on virtualization for SharePoint developers. Here are a few additional tips and tricks to keep in mind if you’re starting a development server virtualization project.
· Check for antivirus updates. Older version of some server antivirus software had issues with the first releases of Hyper-V.
· Turn on hardware-assisted virtualization in the host system BIOS
· Turn on PING for ICMP (provide batch file)
· For Hyper-V or Microsoft Virtual Server, install Integration Services on each VPC. This gives each guest system access to shared folder, cut and paste, drag and drop, and mouse support.
· Remove older virtual server extensions from any Virtual Server 2007 (or older) hosted guests before migrating to Hyper-V
· When virtualizing Exchange 2007 or SQL Server 2008, use actual host physical disks or LUNs, instead of VHD virtual disks, for best performance results.
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