Virtual machine OS images#

Rackspace provides you with all the base images for all your VMs. The following is a list of supported virtual machine operating systems for Hyper-V:

• Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
• CentOS 6.7
• CentOS 7
• Ubuntu® 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• RHEL 6.7
• RHEL 7

Create a new managed virtual machine#

Create a support ticket to request a new managed virtual machine. Rackspace requests the following configuration details to ensure the VM is deployed to your specification:

• Name
• OS type
• vCPU count
• RAM size
• Disks
• VLAN/Segment
• Requested IP
• File level backups (Yes/No)
• Customer domain

See the Additional Resources section for a video on how the Rackspace Microsoft Hyper-V support team creates virtual machines.

Create a new unmanaged virtual machine#

• The New-VM cmdlet creates a virtual machine. Use the following commands to create a virtual machine by using PowerShell:

  1. New-VM -Name "<name>" -MemoryStartupBytes <size> -NewVHDPath <path>
     

  Note

  -NewVHDPath, -NewVHDSizeBytes and -VHDPath are required parameters when running this command. For more information, see the PowerShell documentation for New-VM.

• Use the following instructions to create a virtual machine by using the Management Virtual Machine (VM):

1. In the Management VM, click Action > New > Virtual Machine to open the New Virtual Machine Wizard.

2. Review the Before You Begin page and click Next.

3. Assign an appropriate name to the virtual machine.

   Ensure that the name you assign is under 15 characters.

4. Choose a location where you want to store the virtual machine files or choose the default location, and then click Next.

5. Select either Windows Server 2012 R2(v1) or Windows Server 2016(v2) as the generation, and then click Next.

6. Select 2048 MB for the Startup Memory value and leave Use Dynamic Memory selected, and then click Next.

7. On the Configure Networking wizard, select a virtual switch for the virtual machine and then click Next.

8. Give the virtual hard drive a name, select a location or keep the default, and specify a size. Then click Next.

9. On the Installation Options wizard, select Install an operating system from a bootable image file and then select an operating system .iso file. Click Next.

10. Review the virtual machine details and then click Finish.

Converting unmanaged VM to managed#

To convert an unmanaged VM to managed, create a support ticket with your Microsoft Hyper-V Support team to request a conversion.