{"id":13703,"date":"2012-11-01T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13703"},"modified":"2012-11-01T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T10:30:30","slug":"supported-guest-operating-systems-on-ws2012-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13703","title":{"rendered":"Expanded Supported Guest Operating Systems on WS2012 Hyper-V"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/library\/hh831531\" target=\"_blank\">support<\/a> for Windows Server 2012 guest OSs has been expanded by Microsoft.&#160; On the server OS side the changes are mostly on the Linux side; OpenSuse and Ubuntu are now listed as <em>supported<\/em>. Previously they were not supported but they <em>worked<\/em>.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><b>Guest operating system (server) <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Maximum number of virtual processors <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Notes <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2012 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Integration services do not require a separate installation because they are built-in.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2008 R2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions. Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP 2)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions (32-bit and 64-bit). Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Home Server 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Edition information is not applicable. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Small Business Server 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Essentials edition &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Standard edition &#8211; 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Essentials and Standard editions. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Standard, Web, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (32-bit and 64-bit). Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Standard, Web, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (32-bit and 64-bit). Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>CentOS 5.7 and 5.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Download and install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=34603\">Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>CentOS 6.0 \u2013 6.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Download and install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=34603\">Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and 5.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Download and install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=34603\">Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 \u2013 6.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Download and install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=34603\">Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Integration services do not require a separate installation because they are built-in.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Open SUSE 12.1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Integration services are built-in and do not require a separate download and installation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ubuntu 12.04<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Integration services are built-in and do not require a separate download and installation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Note that Linux (physical or virtual) requires numa=off in the grub file if you have more than 7 CPUs or 30 GB RAM in the (virtual) machine. That\u2019s a Linux thing, not a Hyper-V or virtualisation thing.<\/p>\n<p>The client OS list now is:<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><b>Guest operating system (client) <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Maximum number of virtual processors <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Notes <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows 8 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Integration services do not require a separate installation because they are built-in.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions (32-bit and 64-bit). Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions (32-bit and 64-bit). Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate, including N and KN editions. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Professional. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Windows XP x64 Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP 2)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Professional. Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can see the supported list of guest OSs for the legacy versions of Hyper-V (2008, 2008 R2) <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc794868(v=ws.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ff7ab987-6732-4d9e-a6fe-d88e89968e16\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Virtualisation\" rel=\"tag\">Virtualisation<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2012\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2012<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2008\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2008<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2008+R2\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2008 R2<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Linux\" rel=\"tag\">Linux<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+XP\" rel=\"tag\">Windows XP<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Vista\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Vista<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+7\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 7<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The support for Windows Server 2012 guest OSs has been expanded by Microsoft.&#160; On the server OS side the changes are mostly on the Linux side; OpenSuse and Ubuntu are now listed as supported. 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