Michael Watson a Microsoft Architect and SharePoint best practices expert posted a useful link to a TechNet article on using SharePoint with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization.
Recommendations specific to SharePoint are provided, such as not to take snapshots of virtual servers that are connected to a server farm. Detach the server from the farm first before taking any snapshot of the server. This is to avoid timer and search services from getting out of sync.
Using SharePoint Products and Technologies in a Hyper-V virtual environment
Updated: 2008-08-21
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816955.aspx
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Hyper-V prerequisites from the above article
Hyper-V needs to be configured as a server role on the 64-bit editions of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Additionally, make sure the physical hardware supports hardware-assisted virtualization. This means that the processor must be compatible with Intel VT or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology, and the system BIOS must support Data Execution Prevention (DEP). DEP must be enabled.
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For AMD processors there is a tool available to check if Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V is supported:
AMD Virtualization™ Technology and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ System Compatibility Check Utility
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9033,00.html
posted @ Friday, September 12, 2008 1:20 AM