Aidan Finn (MVP Virtual Machine) just mentioned on his blog the release of the Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V.
The new version includes support for the following guest operating systems.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7, 5.8, 6.0-6.3 x86 and x64
- CentOS 5.7, 5.8, 6.0-6.3 x86 and x64
Yes CentOS 6.3 is now supported!
When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Components provide:
- Driver support: Linux Integration Services supports the network controller and the IDE and SCSI storage controllers that were developed specifically for Hyper-V.
- Fastpath Boot Support for Hyper-V: Boot devices now take advantage of the block Virtualization Service Client (VSC) to provide enhanced performance.
- Timesync: The clock inside the virtual machine will remain synchronized with the clock on the virtualization server with the help of the pluggable time source device.
- Integrated Shutdown: Virtual machines running Linux can be shut down from either Hyper-V Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager by using the “Shut down” command.
- Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) Support: Supported Linux distributions can use multiple virtual processors per virtual machine. The actual number of virtual processors that can be allocated to a virtual machine is only limited by the underlying hypervisor.
- Heartbeat: This feature allows the virtualization server to detect whether the virtual machine is running and responsive.
- KVP (Key Value Pair) Exchange: Information about the running Linux virtual machine can be obtained by using the Key Value Pair exchange functionality on the Windows Server 2008 virtualization server.
- Integrated Mouse Support: Linux Integration Services provides full mouse support for Linux guest virtual machines.
Download: Linux Integration Services Version 3.4 for Hyper-V
Tags: CentOS, Hyper-V, Ingeration Services, Linux, Microsoft, Red Hat, Virtualization, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012 Last modified: September 11, 2012
Hi
Do you know yet of anyone having issues with IC3.4 and Redhat 5.7-5.8? Installed okay, tested functionality – mouse function works okay, synthetic network card successful, time sync okay but the shutdown facility – fails, sending a shutdown via the hyper v window does perform a shutdown to the server but not gracefully it literally powers it off.
Thanks
Louise