200 6 Managing, Administering, and Maintaining a Hyper-V Host Server Manager. To check for an update to the device driver for the network adapter, follow these steps: 1. Expand the Network Adapters node in Device Manager. 2. Select the network adapter to check. 3. Select Action, Update Driver Software from the menu. 4. Click Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software. 5. Click Yes, Always Search Online (Recommended). 6. Install the update if found. 7. Click Close to exit the wizard. NOTE Many times, the latest version of the driver will already be installed. In these cases, the message “The best driver for your device is. | 200 6 Managing Administering and Maintaining a Hyper-V Host Server Manager. To check for an update to the device driver for the network adapter follow these steps 1. Expand the Network Adapters node in Device Manager. 2. Select the network adapter to check. 3. Select Action Update Driver Software from the menu. 4. Click Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software. 5. Click Yes Always Search Online Recommended . 6. Install the update if found. 7. Click Close to exit the wizard. NOTE Many times the latest version of the driver will already be installed. In these cases the message The best driver for your device is already installed will be shown. Server Manager Configuration Page The Configuration page in Server Manager is somewhat misleading. This is not the page from which you would configure the server. The Configuration node in Server Manager is just a container for the following four snap-ins Task Scheduler Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Services WMI Control These snap-ins allow the administrator to control some elements of the server configuration and are covered in the next four sections. Task Scheduler One of the greatly expanded features of Windows 2008 is the Task Scheduler. In earlier versions of Windows this was an anemic service with limited options and auditing features. The Task Scheduler features in Windows 2008 have been expanded into a more sophisticated tool. The scheduler can start based on a variety of triggers can take a number of predefined actions and can even be mitigated by conditions and the settings. Download at Performing Management Tasks with Server Manager 201 NOTE A creative way of using Task Scheduler in Hyper-V is to set up a task that pauses a virtual guest session takes a snapshot of the session copies the session image files off to an external storage system and then restarts the session. This is a cheap and simple way to take static backups of guest images and copy images off a Hyper-V host system .
