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E’ stata rilasciata l’ultima  versione Linux Integration Services 3.2 per Virtual Machine Linux in ambiente Hyper-v. Le novità e fix sono :

Driver support: Linux Integration Services supports the network controller and the IDE and SCSI storage controllers that were developed specifically for Hyper-V.

Fastpath Boot Support for Hyper-V: Boot devices now take advantage of the block Virtualization Service Client (VSC) to provide enhanced performance.

Timesync: The clock inside the virtual machine will remain synchronized with the clock on the virtualization server with the help of the pluggable time source device.

Integrated Shutdown: Virtual machines running Linux can be shut down from either Hyper-V Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager by using the “Shut Down” command.

Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) Support: Supported Linux distributions can use up to 4 virtual processors (VP) per virtual machine.

Heartbeat: Allows the virtualization server to detect whether the virtual machine is running and responsive.

KVP (Key Value Pair) Exchange: Information about the running Linux virtual machine can be obtained by using the Key Value Pair exchange functionality on the Windows Server 2008 virtualization server.

Integrated Mouse Support: The cursor is no longer bound to the VMConnect window when used with the Linux Graphical User Interface

Con questo rilascio viene aggiunto il supporto alle versioni

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 and 6.1 x86 e x64 (Up to 4 vCPU)
• CentOS 6.0 x86 e x64 (Up to 4 vCPU)

Versioni precedentemente supportate

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Reequsiti dell’Hypervisor sono:

• Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V RTM Update (KB950050) applied Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V RTM
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM

Link

Linux Integration Services Version v3.2 for Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008R2 SP1