Installing and Configuring HyperV

Installing and Configuring HyperV

If you work on more than one migration at a time we recommend setting up a VM Host workstation capable of running several Virtual Machines (VMs) at the same time.  This allows you to have a dedicated virtual workstation for each migration you're working on.

Recommended specs

A VM host needs to be capable of running several VMs at the same time.  For optimal performance you want each VM to have an i7-12700K Processor, 16 GB of Ram, and at least 500 GB of hard drive space.  Therefore the hardware required to run a VM host will need to be pretty substantial.  Below are the specs we recommend.

  • 64 BG of RAM (or more)
  • Three 4TB SSDs (or more)
  • i9-12900K Processor or Above
  • Windows 11 Pro

Please note: Make sure you are running Windows 11 Pro as it is required.
 

The General Procedure

Installing Hyper-V Components

Next we need to enable Hyper-V Manager. 

Click the start button and type turn windows features on or off
Click Open



Find Hyper-V in the list of features and ensure all of the Hyper V features are enabled. Make sure Hyper-V is checked, then click OK.

(If the option shown above is unavailable in means that virtualization extensions need to be enabled in your BIOS. Most PCs come with this feature on, but not all do. If you’re not sure what this is, do a google search. You will press a special key while your PC is booting to access a special configuration menu.)

Click Restart now


Configure HyperV Settings

Click Start and type Hyper and launch the Hyper-V Manager:
Click Open


On the left-hand side, select the name of the PC:


On the right-hand side of the Hyper-V manager, click Hyper-V Settings.


For both Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines, change the location to V:\VMs\ and click OK.


Now Click on Virtual Switch Manager


Select New virtual Network Switch > External > Create Virtual Switch


Set the name to be External Network.
Under Connection Type, choose External Network and select the network connection that is physically connected to the internet.
Ensure that "Allow management operating system..." is selected.
Click OK.


If you get a message like the following, just click Yes.


Creating your first Virtual Workstation

Now you're ready to create your first Virtual Machine to be used as a migration workstation.  

The article titled 2.2 - (Optional) Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Machine will walk you through this process.


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