In this download spotlight, SearchServerVirtualization.com brings you chapter 7 of The Rational Guide To Scripting Microsoft Virtual Server, "Managing Virtual Hard Disks." You'll learn how virtual hard disks work in Microsoft Virtual Server, as well as how to automate the creation, attachment and maintenance of Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files.
"Managing Virtual Hard Disks" is broken down into several sub-titles: "Disk Architecter Overview," "Working With Virtual Hard Disks," "Maintaing VHDs" and "Managing Hard Disk Attachments." It also includes several code samples.
Author Anil Desai, Windows Servers Microsoft MVP, is also the managing virtual environments expert on SearchServerVirtualization.com. He's available to answer your management questions here. You can view "Managing Virtual Hard Disks" here, or save it to your computer for later.
If you wish to read more of the book, you can purchase it from Mann Publishing Group for $24.99.
This was first published in February 2007