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Hi All: you provided the exact advice and guidance I needed! Thank you all ever so much.
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Hi All: you provided the exact advice and guidance I needed! Thank you all ever so much.

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Points of My Scenario:<br />
1. I am admin of a Windows Server 2012 R2 server with 8GB RAM<br />
2. I plan to install the Hyper-V role<br />
3. I need to ensure that the Host OS uses only 2GB RAM, reserving the remaining 6GB for guest VMs (virtual machines).<br />
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QUESTION: How can I accomplish point # 3?
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Points of My Scenario:
1. I am admin of a Windows Server 2012 R2 server with 8GB RAM
2. I plan to install the Hyper-V role
3. I need to ensure that the Host OS uses only 2GB RAM, reserving the remaining 6GB for guest VMs (virtual machines).

QUESTION: How can I accomplish point # 3?

How To Limit Host RAM Use In Hyper-V 2012

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.