Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 is a free, GUI-less version of Microsoft Windows Server, designed specifically for virtual machines. Since all Windows servers require SMB 1/2/3 to work, we can create SMB file share on Hyper-V 2016 as well. This part will guide you through the process of creating an SMB share on an absolutely free Microsoft Hyper-V 2016.
Read the full article by Ivan Ischenko, a technical support engineer at StarWind, to learn how to create a free SMB 3.0 file server on Microsoft Hyper-V 2016: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/free-smb3-file-server-on-hyper-v-2016
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You shouldn't though. Note the following:
"Hyper-V 2016 Server has been specifically developed and created only for virtual machines. According to Microsoft EULA, StarWind does not recommend repeating the steps below, because this process is a violation of the license agreement. The reason why we can create SMB File Share on Hyper-V 2016 is simple: all Windows servers require SMB 1/2/3 to work, and Hyper-V 2016 is not an exception. But it does not mean you should create any unsupported Microsoft services on GUI-less Hyper-V 2016"
From the article.
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@oksana you should mention here that this is in violation of MS eula
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@matteo-nunziati said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@oksana you should mention here that this is in violation of MS eula
It's clearly mentioned in the linked article.
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If you "assign" an appropriate Windows Server license to it, you can.
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@tim_g said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
If you "assign" an appropriate Windows Server license to it, you can.
Sure, but then the "free" doesn't apply
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@nashbrydges said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@matteo-nunziati said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@oksana you should mention here that this is in violation of MS eula
It's clearly mentioned in the linked article.
Yes it is. They are really clear on this. But the pointer here is misleading imho.
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@matteo-nunziati said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@oksana you should mention here that this is in violation of MS eula
Should we copy the whole article there?
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@kooler Hmmm, my sarcasm detector may be faulty
so just in case, my 2 cents, nah, no need to duplicate published content in my opinion. People can click the link and get what they need. -
@kooler said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@matteo-nunziati said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@oksana you should mention here that this is in violation of MS eula
Should we copy the whole article there?
Just adding "~for test~" or similar in the title would benefit.
The article's intro was already here in the post , couple of more words were not overwealming.
As said you are really accurate in the article, just this time you have missed to be the same in marketing your blog here.
Just this.
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@matteo-nunziati said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
Just adding "for test" or similar in the title would benefit.
You can test Microsoft server operating systems for 180 days if I remember correctly. No need to test SMB shares with Hyper-V
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@bnrstnr mmm... Yeah. Even test doesn't fit here.
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It may have made sense to spin up Hyper-V in the past because a full standard server install takes much longer, but with the 2016 core server option, I'm sure that's just as fast, if not faster, to install.
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@bnrstnr said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
It may have made sense to spin up Hyper-V in the past because a full standard server install takes much longer, but with the 2016 core server option, I'm sure that's just as fast, if not faster, to install.
Not sure how it could be faster, the core install shouldn't include Hyper-V role, so you'd have to add that, where the install of Hyper-V directly puts everything in at one time, with really no options during install.
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@bnrstnr said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
It may have made sense to spin up Hyper-V in the past because a full standard server install takes much longer, but with the 2016 core server option, I'm sure that's just as fast, if not faster, to install.
But that was never the issue. The issue is and has always been licensing incumbrance, which doesn't change with core.
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why though?? just install a linux distro with samba?
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@stuartjordan said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
why though?? just install a linux distro with samba?
SMB 3
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@scottalanmiller said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@stuartjordan said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
why though?? just install a linux distro with samba?
SMB 3
OK - but in this case is that really needed? Unless you're using this Hyper-V install as a storage repo for VM HDDs, right?
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@dashrender said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@scottalanmiller said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
@stuartjordan said in Creating a free SMB 3.0 file server on Hyper-V 2016. Part 1: Installation and configuration:
why though?? just install a linux distro with samba?
SMB 3
OK - but in this case is that really needed? Unless you're using this Hyper-V install as a storage repo for VM HDDs, right?
Windows SMB servers have a lot of advantages. There isn't just one use case for it.
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What is the "but in this case" here? What's the case?
