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→A Quick Tour of the Hyper-V Manager
== A Quick Tour of the Hyper-V Manager ==
Once the Hyper-V Manager has loaded, it will appear as illustrated in the following figure:
[[Image:hyper-v_manager.jpg|The Hyper-V Manager Tool]]
The panel running along the left hand side of the Hyper-V Manager window contains a list of Hyper-V servers which are available for administration. By default the local server will be listed, although remote Hyper-V servers may also be added to the list and managed from this Hyper-V Manager instance by right clicking on the ''Hyper-V Manager'' item in this panel and selecting ''Connect to Server...''. When selected, this menu option will display the ''Select Computer'' dialog. From this dialog it is possible to select the local system (if it is not already listed) or to browse the network to find other remote Hyper-V servers:
[[Image:connecting_to_remote_hyper-v_servers.jpg|Selecting the local, or remote Hyper-V servers to the Hyper-V Manager]]
Once connections to remote servers running Hyper-V are connected they will appear in the list along with the local system. Servers may be removed from the list by selecting the server from the list and clicking on the ''Remove Server'' link in the ''Actions'' panel on the right hand side of the Hyper-V Manager window.
The central panel is divided into three sub-panels. The top provides a list of virtual machines which are configured on the server which is currently selected in the right hand panel. When a virtual machine is selected from the list, a collection of actions for that virtual machine will appear in the right hand ''Actions'' panel. The same list of virtual machine specific commands may also be accessed from a popup menu by right clicking on the VM from the list. In order to view the console of a running virtual machine, select the ''Connect...'' action option. Once selected, a new window will appear displaying the console for the virtual machine. The following figure shows the console for a virtual machine which is installing Windows Server 2008 as a guest:
[[Image:hyper-v_console.jpg|A Hyper-V Virtual Machine Console]]
