1. Manage Nano Server with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
Microsoft Ignite 2016
6/25/2018 8:15 PM
BRK3338
Manage Nano Server with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
Symon Perriman
VP of Business Development, 5nine Software
President, FanWide
Hyper-V MVP
@SymonPerriman
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2. Agenda Introduction Installation Management PowerShell Core
Server Management Tools (SMT)
Server Manager
Hyper-V Manager
Failover Cluster Manager
5nine Manager

3. Introduction to Nano Server

4. Challenges customers face
Cost
Fewer Reboots | Smaller Server Images
Security
Smaller Attack Surface | Fewer 3rd Party Components
Density
Fewer Resources Consumed | More Workload per Host

5. Our server journey Monolithic Modular Server core Full server
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Our server journey
Server roles/features
Windows/ Windows NT
Windows NT to Windows Server 2003
Server core
Full server
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Server core
Minimal server interface
GUI Shell
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Monolithic
Modular
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6. Nano Server installation option Just enough OS
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Nano Server installation option Just enough OS
Provides higher density, reduced attack surface and servicing requirements
Ideal for cloud inspired infrastructure
Smaller image size, smaller attack surface, faster boot time
Ideal for next generation app development
Built for containers and cloud-native apps
Full developer experience with Windows SDK and Visual Studio
Third-party applications
RDS experience
Full GUI
Specialized workloads
Existing VM workloads
Server Core
Lower maintenance server environment
Containers and modern applications
Nano Server
Just Enough OS
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7. Nano Server Cloud-ready when you are
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Nano Server Cloud-ready when you are
Zero-footprint model
Server roles and optional features live outside of Nano Server.
Standalone packages that install like applications.
Key roles and features
Hyper-V, Storage (SoFS), clustering
IIS and DNS Server available in TP4
Core CLR and ASP.NET 5
Full Windows Server driver support
Anti-malware optional package
System Center VMM and OM agents supported
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8. Optimized for containers
Nano Server
Server Core
Highly optimized
Born-in-the-cloud applications
Highly compatible
Traditional applications

9. What is a container? Containers
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What is a container?
Containers
Windows Server containers Maximum speed and density
Container
Kernel OS
Applications
Kernel
= Operating system virtualization
Container OS
Hardware
Traditional virtual machines = hardware virtualization VM
Hyper-V containers Isolation plus performance
Hyper-V
Container
Kernel
Application OS
Hardware
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10. Footprint improvements26 44 98 73 25 11
Nano Server
Server Core

11. Resource utilization improvements26
306
139 21
108 61
Nano Server
Server Core

12. Deployment improvements
5.42
6.3
300 40 .4
.41
Nano Server
Server Core

13. Installation of Nano Server

14. Nano Server in Windows Server 2016
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Nano Server in Windows Server 2016
An installation option, like Server Core
Not listed in Setup because image must be customized with drivers
Separate folder on the Windows Server media
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15. Nano Server Quick Start
Scripts included in Nano Server folder to make it easy to build a customized Nano Server image.
New-NanoServerImage.ps1
Convert-WindowsImage.ps1
Use scripts to generate a Nano Server image for:
Physical machine
Virtual machine

16. Nano Server customizations
Required
Add right set of drivers for hardware or VM*
Add required roles or features for servers role*
Set Administrator password*
Convert WIM to VHD*
Optional
Set Computer Name*
Run commands on first boot, e.g. set a static IP address
Domain Join*
Dual Boot
Enabling Emergency Management Services (EMS)*
Installing Agents and Tools
* - supported by New-NanoServerImage.ps1

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Installing drivers
For the leanest image, install just the drivers your hardware requires.
Dism /Add-Driver /driver:<path>
Nano Server includes a package of all drivers in Server Core.
Dism /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\packages\Microsoft-NanoServer-OEM-Drivers-Package.cab
To run Nano Server as a VM install:
Dism /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\packagesMicrosoft-NanoServer-Guest-Package.cab
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18. Installing roles and features
Nano Server folder has a Packages sub-folder:
Dism /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\packages\<package>
Dism /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\packages\en-us\<package>

19. Emergency Management Console
Provides local access to basic configuration and network settings:
Computer name
Domain or workgroup name
Ipconfig /all information for each network adapter
Ability to modify network settings to follow

20. Management of Nano Server

21. Manage Nano Server remotely
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Manage Nano Server remotely
PowerShell Core
Server Management Tools (SMT)
Server Manager
Hyper-V Manager
Failover Cluster Manager
5nine Manager
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22. Server management tools
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Server management tools
Web-based
Includes replacements for local-only tools
Task Manager
Registry Editor
Event Viewer
Device Manager
Sconfig
Control Panel
Performance Monitor
Disk Management
Users/Groups Manager
File Explorer
Also manages Server Core and Server with GUI
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24. Resources
Getting started with Nano Server:
WS2016 TP5 Download:
Nano Server on Channel 9:
5nine Manager for Nano Server:

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