Errors in Hyper-V Course

[bdoviack]

I purchased the Hyper-V Course and have seen a few errors which contradict some Microsoft documentation.

1.
The instructor says the Hyper-V host must have an IDE drive to boot from. I believe this is incorrect as this only applies to VM Installations and not the host partition.

2.
Instructor says an internal network can communicate through the Parent partition to the internet. According to the Microsoft video below, the internal network is only used with communicating with the parent partion only.

http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/video-hyper-v-virtual-networks-overview.aspx

3.
The instructor states that the VLAN option is for internal networks only. Again, the video above shows the VLAN options being used on an external network.

I know it's late to fix the video, but would be nice add an appendix to any course material that has been updated.

[greenmatter]

http://www.photosnag.com/img/4934/n09x0302vnsn/clear.gifI purchased the Hyper-V Course and have seen a few errors which contradict some Microsoft documentation.

1.
The instructor says the Hyper-V host must have an IDE drive to boot from. I believe this is incorrect as this only applies to VM Installations and not the host partition.

2.
Instructor says an internal network can communicate through the Parent partition to the internet. According to the Microsoft video below, the internal network is only used with communicating with the parent partion only.

http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/video-hyper-v-virtual-networks-overview.aspx

3.
The instructor states that the VLAN option is for internal networks only. Again, the video above shows the VLAN options being used on an external network.

I know it's late to fix the video, but would be nice add an appendix to any course material that has been updated.
Thats interesting, good find...I'm looking for advice on this too

[Coach]

Thanks for your feedback, I'll be reviewing the section of the course you mention here to see if any corrections need to be made, and get back to you in the next couple of days or so.

Your friendly neighborhood instructor,
Coach Culbertson

[Space1202]

Great news. Thanks for the information.
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[Cult]

Thats a good catch on some of that information :) and thanks for letting us all know about it!! :)

[greenmatter]

http://www.imgsnatch.com/img/w/N.gifThats a good catch on some of that information :) and thanks for letting us all know about it!! :)

Indeed, Thanks!

[Coach]

Yep, after reviewing the sections of the course, I feel some clarifications and updates are needed. So while I go do that, in the meantime, here's some more information on VLAN's in Hyper-V:

Chris Reid's Attaching a Hyper-V Guest to a VLAN:
http://blogs.salentica.com/creid/2009/08/12/hyper-v-and-vlans/

YouTube Video--Non-instructive video but there's a registry fix for Intel NIC's in the comments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6xAwLNJp9s

Adam Fazio's Blog Post on VLAN's and Hyper-V:
http://blogs.msdn.com/adamfazio/archive/2008/11/14/understanding-hyper-v-vlans.aspx

Hope this stuff helps in the meantime, I'll give you guys a holler right here when the updates to the course are finished.

Your friendly neighborhood instructor,
Coach Culbertson

[Biggles77]

Thanks Coach, appreciate the info. I look forward to getting the dollar when the updates to the course are finished. Oh sod, it was holler. :D

[Space1202]

Thanks for the update coach.
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[hanydaabis]

My order of the same course is on the way, how can I get the corrections?

[Lisa]

When we have more information we will post it here. Hany, do you want me to send you an e-mail too?

[Coach]

My order of the same course is on the way, how can I get the corrections?

Hey hanydaabis, once I have the updates in the course, you can send an email or give a call to Kelly The Amazing Distribution Wondergirl and she can send you an updated copy. I'll post right here once I've got the course updated.

Your friendly neighborhood instructor,
Coach

[greenmatter]

Thanks for the update!http://www.imgsnatch.com/img/w/N.gif

[asirep]

considering some of these errors were on basic topics, what sort of quality control does trainsignal use before it releases videos? Does it wait for people who pay for the product to discover the faults? The 70-643 has quite a few errors and now this one as well. I know everyone makes mistakes but people are paying for this and relying on this for their jobs or certification exams and i think Trainisignal needs to do a better job in this regards.

[matt]

asirep -

Thanks for the feedback. We'll continue to work on improving our products and catching stuff like this before it reaches our customer's hands. We know how important our training is to the careers and resumes of our customers. This is not something we treat lightly whatsoever.

To answer your question, we have quality controls in place on our products. In this case, we missed a couple things. We will work to have these corrections out to you asap.

Believe me when I tell you that your feedback has been noted. We pay attention to every post on our forums and use them to help make our products better.

Thanks again for your input.

Matt

[Coach]

Thought I'd take a second to add some answers from Bryan's original post:

1.The instructor says the Hyper-V host must have an IDE drive to boot from. I believe this is incorrect as this only applies to VM Installations and not the host partition.

Yes, this is true. You do not need a physical IDE drive to boot a VM from. You can't boot a VM from a virtual SCSI disk, though. I thought it was clear since I was working in the VM settings, but Bryan's comments made me go back and look at it again. I'm adding a clarification bit on that.

2.Instructor says an internal network can communicate through the Parent partition to the internet. According to the Microsoft video below, the internal network is only used with communicating with the parent partion only.

http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/video-...-overview.aspx

An Internal network can in fact communicate with the outside world, including the Internet. I'm including information on how to make that happen in the update. In the meantime, here's a fun article on how to make that happen from Ben Armstrong:

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/01/09/using-hyper-v-with-a-wireless-network-adapter.aspx

The article specifically deals with how to create connectivity using a Wireless connection, but the same technique can be applied to a regular wired NIC as well.

3. The instructor states that the VLAN option is for internal networks only. Again, the video above shows the VLAN options being used on an external network.

Yep, this is a section of the course that needs an update. VLAN's only play nice with an external network if the NIC used with the external network has VLAN capability and it's enabled.

Also, I wanted to apologize to you guys who have been using Private Messages to try and communicate with me, I have been pretty lousy at checking them. I'll try to check my private messages here on the forum at least once a week and get back to you guys with answers as soon as I can.

Thanks again for your feedback, guys! Like Matt said, we are always working towards improvement, and you as our students, customers, and friends really are the most important part of our business. At the end of the day, it's all about your success and achievement, and if you succeed, we succeed.

Your friendly neighborhood instructor,
Coach Culbertson

[Space1202]

Much appreciated for the updates.
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[greenmatter]

Thanks Coach for the added comments http://www.imgsnatch.com/img/w/N.gif

[bdoviack]

Hi Coach,

Glad we were able to provide some constructive feedback.

My worry was that someone would unnecessarily buy IDE drives for their host server just to boot Hyper-V . An all SCSI/SAS setup works great for a Hyper-V host.

[Coach]

My worry was that someone would unnecessarily buy IDE drives for their host server just to boot Hyper-V . An all SCSI/SAS setup works great for a Hyper-V host.

Agreed. Hardware is becoming less and less of an issue with virtualization, and assuming you have a processor capable of virtualization and plenty of RAM to run your VM's, you're pretty much set to rock!

[hanydaabis]

Thank you Coach, Matt, Lisa & Kelly for the amazing support.

I'll really appreciate sending us an email alert regarding the revised course when ready, then ship it ASAP.

[greenmatter]

http://www.imgsnatch.com/img/w/N.gifThank you Coach, Matt, Lisa & Kelly for the amazing support.

I'll really appreciate sending us an email alert regarding the revised course when ready, then ship it ASAP.

Indeed!

[matt]

Will do, guys. Thanks for your patience.