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Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge
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12. On the Completing the New Virtual Machine Wizard page, click Finish.
13. Right-click the virtual machine, and choose Settings.
14. Click Processors, and choose 1 virtual processor.
15. Click the virtual IDE controller 0.
16. Click Add, and click Hard Drive.
17. Browse to the VHD you created in Step 4, and choose that VHD for the guest OS VHD.
18. Click Apply.
19. Click the SCSI Controller, and click the Physical hard disk radio button to configure your SQL Server data
and SQL Server log pass-through disks. You may wish to do this step after cloning VMs.
20. Choose the appropriate LUN.
21. Repeat steps 19 and 20 for the remaining SQL Server data and SQL Server log LUNs assigned to this
VM.
22. Repeat steps 5 through 21 for your remaining VMs.
Installing the guest operating system
1. Insert the installation DVD for Windows Server 2008 R2 into the DVD drive.
2. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the virtual machine, and choose Connect.
3. On the media menu, choose DVD DriveCapture D:
4. On the Action menu, choose Start.
5. At the Language Selection Screen, click Next.
6. Click Install Now.
7. Select Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Full Installation), and click Next.
8. Click the I accept the license terms check box, and click Next.
9. Click Custom.
10. Click Drive options (advanced).
11. Ensure you select the proper drive, and click New.
12. Click Apply.
13. Click Next.
14. At the User’s password must be changed before logging on warning screen, click OK.
15. Type Password1 as the new password in both fields, and click the arrow to continue.
16. At the Your password has been changed screen, click OK.
Configuring networking in the VM
1. Power on the VM, and open the console.
2. Click StartControl Panelright-click Network Connections, and choose Open.
3. Right-click the NIC, and choose Properties.
4. Select TCP/IP (v4), and choose Properties.
5. Set the IP address, subnet, gateway, and DNS server for this NIC, which will handle outgoing server
traffic (e.g., the public IP). Click OK, and click Close.
6. Note that you must reconfigure all IP addresses after cloning VMs.
Installing system updates in Windows Server 2008 R2 in the VM
We installed the following updates on the VM using the Microsoft Windows Update feature: