Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Instant updates on new Packt books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. New PowerShell Cmdlets in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 -- Installing and configuring Hyper-V using PowerShell -- Fundamental concepts of Hyper-V management with the Hyper-V management shell -- Shared virtual hard disks -- Live virtual hard disk resizing -- Expanding the virtual hard disk -- Resizing the virtual hard disk -- The storage quality of the service feature -- Virtual machine generation -- Updated features in integration services -- Updated features for exporting a virtual machine -- Updated features in Hyper-V Replica -- Summary -- 2. Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Infrastructure -- Extracting information about Hyper-V hosts and the associated virtual machines -- Creating, deleting, starting, and stopping virtual machines -- Creating a virtual machine -- Deleting a virtual machine -- Starting and stopping a virtual machine -- Configuring properties on virtual machines -- Managing VHDs on virtual machines -- Summary -- 3. Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Machines -- Managing virtual switches and virtual network adapters -- Managing a virtual machine's migration networks -- Configuring virtual machine network adapters with a virtual switch -- Configuring virtual machine network failover settings -- Adding, removing, and renaming virtual machine network adapters -- Configuring a virtual machine's network adapter VLANs.

Configuring Hyper-V virtual switches and their properties -- Creating and removing Hyper-V virtual switches -- Managing virtual machine migrations -- Managing virtual machine imports, exports, and snapshots -- Importing and exporting virtual machines -- Managing virtual machine snapshots -- Managing virtual machine backups with Hyper-V Replica -- Managing virtual machine connections -- Summary -- 4. Creating Reusable PowerShell Scripts Using Hyper-V PowerShell Module Cmdlets -- Creating reusable scripts for virtual machine creation utilizing ODX -- Creating reusable scripts for virtual machine live migration -- Creating reusable scripts to manage export and import of virtual machine snapshots -- Creating reusable scripts to automate installation of Integration Service in virtual machines -- Summary -- 5. The Next Step - Integration with SCVMM -- Why integrate with SCVMM? -- Core fabric management -- Resource optimization -- Infrastructure enhancements -- Cloud management -- PowerShell cmdlets in integration with SCVMM -- Summary -- 6. Troubleshooting Hyper-V Environment Issues and Best Practices Using PowerShell -- Troubleshooting the Hyper-V environment using the event log -- Troubleshooting the Hyper-V environment using BPA -- The PowerShell community -- Summary -- Index.