OBR10 - Server Setup

[JaredBusch]

Prior to any VM creation.

Open Hyper-V Manager and choose settings.

Go through all of these settings. Specifically to this part of the conversation, setup the top two settings to be D:\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks and D:\Hyper-V

[scottalanmiller]

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Ok, so if I want my VM's to have a drive for OS and then a drive (Data) -

Stop here. Before you ask this question, WHY are you asking this question? You don't normally want this. What is making you think you should do this? This is non-standard and should only be done when it makes sense, not by default.

[scottalanmiller]

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

My HyperV server will be in Raid10 with 2 partitions - C:\OS (100GB) - D:\Data (1.9TB)
(on D drive, create folder called VM\DomainController)
(on D drive, create another folder called VM\FileServer)

Don't make folders. This is all much simpler than you are making it out to be. All of this is stuff you can ignore.

[scottalanmiller]

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Then, I can provision DomainController
Add Virtual Hard Drive - C:\OS (130GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)
Add Virtual Hard Drive - D:\Logs (20GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)

Why would you make a domain controller like this? Of all workloads, should not be this way.

[Joel]

@jaredbusch Thanks, yes this is what I was meaning, I'd be placing the VM on that Initial D drive.

[Joel]

@scottalanmiller said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Ok, so if I want my VM's to have a drive for OS and then a drive (Data) -

Stop here. Before you ask this question, WHY are you asking this question? You don't normally want this. What is making you think you should do this? This is non-standard and should only be done when it makes sense, not by default.

*In the past I used to have a C drive for the OS and a second disk (D) for data.
So what is standard now? Just one Drive with everything on there?

[Joel]

@scottalanmiller said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

My HyperV server will be in Raid10 with 2 partitions - C:\OS (100GB) - D:\Data (1.9TB)
(on D drive, create folder called VM\DomainController)
(on D drive, create another folder called VM\FileServer)

Don't make folders. This is all much simpler than you are making it out to be. All of this is stuff you can ignore.

Cool cool - thanks SAM

[Joel]

@scottalanmiller said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Then, I can provision DomainController
Add Virtual Hard Drive - C:\OS (130GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)
Add Virtual Hard Drive - D:\Logs (20GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)

Why would you make a domain controller like this? Of all workloads, should not be this way.

• I recall reading a MS article stating should have the OS installed but then a second drive should be used as SysVOL/Logs

[JaredBusch]

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@scottalanmiller said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Then, I can provision DomainController
Add Virtual Hard Drive - C:\OS (130GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)
Add Virtual Hard Drive - D:\Logs (20GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)

Why would you make a domain controller like this? Of all workloads, should not be this way.

• I recall reading a MS article stating should have the OS installed but then a second drive should be used as SysVOL/Logs

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[scottalanmiller]

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@scottalanmiller said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

@joel said in OBR10 - Server Setup:

Then, I can provision DomainController
Add Virtual Hard Drive - C:\OS (130GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)
Add Virtual Hard Drive - D:\Logs (20GB) - (Location: D:\VM\DomainController)

Why would you make a domain controller like this? Of all workloads, should not be this way.

• I recall reading a MS article stating should have the OS installed but then a second drive should be used as SysVOL/Logs

No, that's not a normal or recommended setup. Maybe for some very specific scenario, but absolutely is not a good default. Default is one for everything. For DCs, always a single drive, never do this extra stuff. This is what we call "getting weird."