Hands-On Microsoft Chapter 3.2 Vocab

pass-through disk

A physical disk that is directly attached to a virtual machine and used as a storage source. 

port mirroring

A network switch feature that copies network packets from one port to another for analysis allowing users to monitor network traffic without disrupting the switch’s normal operation. 

Preboot/Execution Environment (PXE)

A client/server standard that allows a computer to boot an operating system from a network connection. 

private virtual switch

A type of Hyper-V virtual switch that represents a virtual network to which only virtual machines can connect. 

production checkpoint

A modern server mechanism that creates a “point in time” image of a virtual machine using backup technology inside the guest instead of using saved state technology. 

protected network

The ability of a Hyper V Cluster to monitor network health of each vNIC and moves a VM to another Hyper-V node if a network disconnection is detected. 

Quality of Service (QoS)

An option that allows an administrator to specify minimum and maximum limits to the number of Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) for a virtual hard disk file. 

rapid server deployment

A series of techniques that minimize the time it takes to install a new server. 

router guard

A network interface component that prevents unauthorized routers from communicating with the network interface. 

Shielding

A feature that allows BitLocker to be used to encrypt virtual hard disks so that they cannot be used on another virtual machine, using encryption keys that are stored in the vTPM. 

single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV)

A standard that allows a single physical device to appear as multiple virtual devices.  It is an extension of the PCIe specification.  This allows virtual machines direct access to network resources and can improve performance.   

smart paging file

A paging file that Hyper-V uses to store memory information if physical memory becomes exhausted. 

standard checkpoint

A Windows Server 2019 mechanism for creating checkpoints that uses Hyper-V to provide checkpoint functionality and saves the state of running programs within the Snapshots directory. 

Switch

A piece of hardware that connects devices on a network, allowing them to communicate and share resources by forwarding data packets between devices. 

System Preparation Tool

A tool used to remove all unique information from a Windows computer system, including the computer name, unique system identifiers within the Windows Registry, regional settings, license information, Administrator password, and so on. 

Transport Server

A WDS server that responds to PXE requests from the network and uses IP multicast to send the contents of WIM images to each computer. 

unattended answer file

A file for use with WDS that can automate the selections during the Windows installer process. 

virtual LAN (VLAN)

A logical network that connects devices and network modes from multiple LANs.  The are used to segment networks, increase security, and reduce network latency. 

virtual machine bus (VMBus)

A software construct that enables communication between partitions and devices on systems with multiple virtualized partitions.  It works as the internal communications channel to redirect requests to virtual devices, allowing files to be dragged and dropped between the virtual machine and the host, along with other functions.  It is installed with Hyper-V Integration Services. 

virtual machine queue

A network interface component that optimizes the transfer of network traffic to a virtual machine (enabled by default). 

virtual machine template

A virtual machine saved to a repository, created by exporting a functioning VM from Hyper-V, and imported it back into Hyper-V as a new VM. 

virtual switch

A virtual network within Hyper-V that provides the same capabilities as a physical switch. 

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

The backup service used to create production checkpoints for Windows guest operating systems. 

Windows Assessment and Deployment kit (ADK)

A collection of tools and technologies produced by Microsoft designed to help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system images to target computers or to a virtual hard disk image in VHD format. Formerly known as Windows Automated Installation Kit. 

Windows Deployment Service (WDS)

A tool used to rapidly deploy Windows operating systems to physical clients or servers that are connected to the network. 

Windows Imaging Format (WIM)

A file-based disk image format developed by Microsoft to help deploy Windows Vista and subsequent versions of the Windows operating system family. 

Windows System Image Manager

A tool that is provided as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). It is needed to create an unattended answer file. 

Wireless Access Point (WAP)

A device in a wireless network that sends radio waves to the wireless network interface in each computer on the network.