Using Linux as a Hyper-V Guest

See also more Hyper-V pages

Linux Integration Services: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34603

http://blog.zwiegnet.com/linux-server/install-hyper-v-integration-services-on-centos-6/

Howto: http://blog.shawnhyde.com/post/2012/10/20/Step-by-Step-install-of-CentOS-63-on-Microsoft-Hyper-V-Server-with-Linux-Integration-Services-Version-34.aspx

http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/linux-on-hyper-v/

http://www.clearfoundation.com/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,232/catid,40/func,view/id,48176/

Be sure to choose “Legacy Network Adapter” when creating the Linux VM as there is no support for the standard “Network Adapter” until the 'tools' are installed.

yum update -y

reboot

Don't forget to update. Tools installation may fail otherwise!

Once networking is working on the Linux guest VM, you can install wget and then grab the tools:

yum install wget

wget http://mirrors.zwiegnet.com/LinuxIC/3.4%202012/LinuxICv34.iso

Alternately, you can just copy the ISO image to the Hyper-V server.

On the source PC:

scp Desktop/LinuxICv34.iso root@192.168.1.3:~

First we mount the ISO image in the Linux guest VM:

mount -o loop LinuxICv34.iso /mnt

Then we install the tools:

cd /mnt/RHEL63

./install

Determine the MAC address and copy it:

ifconfig -a eth0 | grep "HWaddr" | cut -d " " -f 11

Shut down the VM:

shutdown now -h

Now using Hyper-V Manager, delete the old Legacy Network Adapter and add the new (synthetic) Network Adapter specifying the same MAC address.