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Install Windows Server 2012 R2 VM on Storage Spaces with Storage Tiers

March 24, 2015, 11:33 am
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Hey guys

In my small/medium sized company we will soon update to Windows Server 2012 R2. I would like to implement virtual servers using Hyper-V. I didn't find a lot of information about Hyper-V in combination with storages spaces and autoamted storage tiers.
And this is very confusing to me as it seems to me that this would be the best practice as it is the most cost-efficient and most elegant solution.

My ideal scenario:

With Hyper-V I virtualize two Windows Server 2012 R2 instances. So two separate virtual machines.

I use the following disk setup:

1x cheap HDD  40GB for hyper-v server 2012 r2 core.

2x SSD 200GB (enterprise-grade)

2x HDD 4TB (7.2k, enterprise-grade)

Step 1:
I will install Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Core on the 40GB HDD. Via command line, I will create a storage pool with automated tiered storage using the SSDs and the HDDs in mirrored mode the following way:

With Tiered Storage, I create a storage pool containing the SSDs and the HDDs. Then I create storage space A (1TB) and B (3.2TB) with the SSDs in a mirrored setup and the HDDs in a mirrored setup. The SSDs for the „hot files“ and the HDDs for the „cold files“.



Step2:

Ontop of the storage space A I want to install the first Windows Server 2012 R2 instance with Active directory. On storage space B I want to install the second Windows Server 2012 R2 instance for a business application to run on it.

Conclusion:

The SSDs are mirrored and therefore one SSD can fail.

The 4TB HDDs are mirrored and therefore one HDD can fail.

I have a fast and easy scalable environment.



But in the Internet I found many information that it’s not possible to install an operating system onto a storage tier.



Question 1:

Is this setup possible?

Question 2:

If this setup is possible, why is not everyone doing it?

Question 3:

Is it possible to do Step 1 over a GUI from a remote machine?

Question 4:

If the creation of Storage Tiers in the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is not possible. Would it work to use a Windows Server 2012 R2 as a parent system on the 40GB HDD? To do Step 1?


I would gladly get some feedback of people knowing Storage Tiers well.

Thanks a lot!

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Unable to enable LLDP on windows 2012 R2

March 24, 2015, 10:34 pm
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Hi,

  Anyone successful in using LLDP on a microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter edition ? When I enable it via

Ethernet card -> Properties -> Client for Microsoft Networks --> Install -> Protocol --> LLDP , I hit the error

"Could not add the requested feature. The error is : the system cannot find the file specified. ".

My system32 does not seem to have the MSLLDP.sys.

Tried to use the install iso and still not able to find it. Any place I can download it from ?

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hyper-v could not make replica virtual machine a clustered resource

March 25, 2015, 2:07 am
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An Exchange server that was previously being replicated to a DR cluster can no longer be clustered. The Server had some disks expanded, this caused the replica VM to stop syncronising. The replication was removed, the vhd disks and folder on the DR were deleted and replication was then initiated again. The error "hyper-v could not make replica virtual machine a clustered resource" occured at the finish. There is ample room on the dr cluster, but no further information on why the creation of the replica VM cannot be completed. I am a bit suck on knowing how to proceed with this issue. Windows 2012 based Hyper-V  and Windows Storage Server DR  SAN
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Saved state is not backuped in HyperV backup for Win2012R2

March 25, 2015, 4:05 am
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I am trying to backup Win2012 R2 VM on my Win2012 R2 hyperv host using VSS.
Before starting backup my vm is in Saved status.
But after backup I cant find saved state file *vsv and *bin file in the backup so I am loosing whatever contains I have in saved state.

Its working fine on Win2008. Is there any change in VSS/Saved state behavior in Win2012R2?

hypervbackup is the utility  I used to run backup.

Thanks In advance. Please let me know if more details are required.

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Audio Problem in Windows 7 (VDI)

March 25, 2015, 8:45 pm
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HI,

We are facing Audio Problem in Pooled based virtual desktops.

Speakers works fine but Input device not showing. We are using windows 7 Proffesional edition and VDI servers runs on Server 2012 R2.

dilip patel

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Firmware and Network Adapter Failed on Hyper-V

March 26, 2015, 1:19 am
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Hi Guys,

Currently I'm having trouble with Hyper-V. I have my hyper-v running for almost 8 months without any problem. However, suddenly, last Friday, after my Windows Server 2012 R2 performed an update. Suddenly, my Hyper-V did not working well.

When I went to Settings, I saw Firmware load failed and Network adapter load failed. I wanted to create Virtual Switch Manager, but it also gave me the error.

I remove Hyper-V role along with cleaning things. Then I add Hyper-V role in my server. However the problem still existed. I tried to create a new VM then I got the error: "Hyper-V encountered an error while configuring the network on New Virtual machine. Hyper-V encountered an error trying to access an object on computer 'localhost' because the object was not found. The object might have been deleted or you might not have a permission to perform the task. Verify that the Virtual Management service on the computer is running. If the service is running, try to perform the task again by using Run as Administrator."

I have checked all the listed error, and nothing change.

Then I went to the device manager and saw that there was a warning in Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch Default Miniport.

For information, I have a ubuntu server running on the Hyper-V. Could you guys help me solve this?

Thank you in advance for all your help.

Regards,

CimaList

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VHDX bigger than VMs HDD

March 26, 2015, 1:49 am
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Hi, 

I have a problem with VHDX file. It is 4TB big, but HDD in my VM has only 2TB and only 1,7TB used space. I tryed to shrink it within the VM, but it can shrink for only 200GB. Can you please help me resolve this problem? There is no unallocated  space in VM. 

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Windows 8.1 Host gets randomly connected to the guest bridged ethernet virtual adapter and internet dies. Help!

March 26, 2015, 10:47 am
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Hello forum,

I am facing trouble with my Windows 8.1 Host workstation and Hyper-V with FreeBSD guest that acts as gateway and PXE Server on the physical ethernet.

I will try to explain the situation as much clean as possible. The Windows 8.1 Host workstation is connected to the internet through the Wireless card and internet to the guest is shared through Hyper-V Internal Only virtual interface and NAT from the Wireless card to the Hyper-V Internal Only interface. 

The physical ethernet card at the other hand is shared to the guest through Hyper-V Bridge virtual interface, while on the FreeBSD guest side NAT is configured with IPFW and NATD from the virtual ethernet adapted that gets NAT from the Windows 8.1 Host workstation to the second virtual ethernet adaprter that is the one bridged with the Host physical ethernet. The DHCP Server on the FreeBSD guest is set on it's own subnet.

The issue is that when a client is connected to the physical ethernet it correctly gets the IP address from the FreeBSD gateway and is able to surf the web, but randomly and quite often both the client connected to the ethernet guest gateway gets disconnected along with the Windows 8.1 Host Workstation as the Host instead of remaining connected to the Wirleless gets connected to Hyper-V Bridge virtual interface.

A friend of mine told me to create a loopback interface and bind all the Hyper-V virtual adapters to the loopback interface and than NAT, however though beside installing the loopback interface I am not sure about how to proceed or if there's a better / more convenient way to do it.

Thanks


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Disable guest aplication interaction during Host level backup

March 26, 2015, 2:35 pm
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Hi,

I have a 3 nodes Hyper-V Cluster, the hosts are Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter.

Some of my guests are Windows Server 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010.

When i backup the Exchange VMs the guest is aware of the backup and it flush the transaction logs.

I want to disable this feature. Every solution I found refers to this KB:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975354

but this KB refers to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V host, I'm not sure that it applies also to Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts.

Is there somebody that tried on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host? Does it still apply?

Roberto

Roberto Ferazzi
Microsoft® MVP Exchange Server
Moderator in the Microsoft TechNet Forums
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2012 R2 Hyper-V Replica and Cross Domain

March 26, 2015, 7:53 pm
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Customer would like to user Hyper-V Replica, but their local site and DR site are different domains.

I know we need certificate. Is there any guide for this? I didn't find any configuration document, thanks. 

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2012 R2 Hyper V Cluster node Shared Volumes Offline after replacing failed HBA

March 27, 2015, 5:10 am
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Hello,

I have a problem regarding Hyper V 2012R2 cluster deployment with 2 nodes. Recently I had a HBA failure on the second node, which resultet in loss of connectivity for CSV and Quorum volumes.

Failed Cluster node 2 went to "failover mode through network" to keep all guest VM on the node alive. Later I migrated all the VMS to the working node 1 and replaced the failed HBA on node2. I needed to reconfigure SAN network due to new WWNs of the replaced HBA and arranged LUN mapping to establish connection to Quorum and CSV.

Everything looks ok, server boots normal, "disk management" inside node 2 OS has both Quorum and CSV LUN visible again, but it is in reseverd mode (not online). That is why (I persume) also under "Failover Cluster Manager" Node 2 has no disk visible, attached. But it should in order to be able to migrate VMs located on CSV back.

Tried restarting node 2, but the shared volumes stay in reserved state. This is production setup.

How can I establish a working node2 again, without any major downtime for the runnig VMs?

What is the correct procedure, as I am new to MS HyperV Clustering?

Any help Will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,


David.

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Hyper-V on Win2k8 SP 2 - windows server standard x86 not installiing

March 27, 2015, 6:03 am
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Hi,

I tried to install the Hyper V on the Win2k8 SP 2 - windows server standard x86  server but it doesnt work.

Downloaded the KB Windows6.0-KB950050-x86.msu. Couldnt install saying "The update does not apply to your system". Dont know why. Checking wmic qfe list it lists the KB file. Cant find it in server roles anywhere.

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cloud infrastructure

March 27, 2015, 6:12 am
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A.A. i doing project of cloud infrastructure(PaaS) implementation.I install hyper v on window server 2012 r2 and make virtual machine and install window 8 operating system on it.now please help me how i communicate with outer remote computer.and what will be the next step of my project to implement cloud infrastructure.

 
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cloud

March 27, 2015, 8:28 am
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A.A.

  i am doing project of cloud computing.project is implementation of cloud infrastrcture and give paas services to remote users. i have done installation guest os in virtual machines that are installed in hyper v window server 2012r2. please tell me the next step waht  i do and how i make network and connect to remote user pc .so that he can connect my server virtual machine and take services.if any one doing this project before then please send me steps how cloud implement on my email (danishakram_2011@hotmail.com). Thank you and please reply me  

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Help 2 IP Addresses

March 27, 2015, 9:19 am
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Help I'm setting up a Citrix Server and I have 2 VM's setup and one works perfectly fine, but the other one has 2 IP address, one the static, the one i gave it (192.168...) and the other 169... which I'd like to get rid of. Any one have any ideas? Everything is working fine on the host and the other VM, it's just this one!

Thanks!

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Add another node to cluster - The Operation takes so long error

March 27, 2015, 11:26 am
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Hello ,

I'm facing a problem while adding another node the cluster ,

Failover Manager Console stuck on "waiting for notification that node is a fully functional member of the cluster" and then give me an error that the operation takes so long than expected Elapsed Time: -- -- -- ,

The Cluster has one node only.

Marwa

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Create Share File To Connect Cluster Between Two Nodes

March 27, 2015, 12:28 pm
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Dears,

I have two Nodes and I want to create cluster between two nodes, I wants to use third windows server 2012 as a storage, when I create one drive in third server which is storage I give 1GB to drive when I connect two nodes between this storage drive it give me below snapshot, please I need best article to show how to make third server as a share drive and connect between two nodes to create clusters.

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Map a SAN LUN to a WS2012 R2 virtual machine

March 27, 2015, 1:42 pm
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Hello,

I need some help from someone who has dealt with this before.

I have:
an HP DL380 G6 running the unlimited eval copy of Hyper-V Server 2012 R2.
an HP MSA 2040 SAN enclosure.
a WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine running on the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host.
an HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter.

I've been asked to configure the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine as a file server, but really the data will be on an MSA 2040 SAN enclosure volume, so I need to map an LUN from the MSA 2040 to the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine.

Of course I can't actually install the HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter into the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine, but is there an emulation/software solution for this?

If I install the physical HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter into the physical Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host, will I be able to add a virtual version of said host adapter to my VM?

I'm searching and reading posts now, but if someone, who knows, has the answer, I would really appreciate a pointer or two.

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

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Recommended and supported Hyper-v Server configurations

March 27, 2015, 11:00 pm
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I am looking for a document that will give me some suggested Hyper-v supported and recommended server configuration. Recently our company rolled out two Hyper-V servers. The host system is configured to be the Domain Controller. 

One server was configured to be a Host Server Domain Controller and a virtual server Exchange server.  The Exchange server failed three times.  The host domain Controller had been put into services and was active.  I finally called Microsoft and was told this would not a supported or recommended configuration and it would continue to fail.  The technical help I had was very good and he pointed me in the right direction to building it directly on the domain controller.  Since the Exchange server had already been built and the scheme to the domain controller had been extended this was horrendous but it worked.  "Thank you Microsoft technical team."

The second Hyper-V server is setup the same the host server is the DC.  The current virtual server is a SQL server.  This seems to be working. We had some issues at first with network connections but I made some DNS entries and it seems to be stable now.  This system is to have an Exchange host added to it and I'm worried that it will have the same issues as the first server.  I would like to add it directly to the DC as I finally did the first time but I'm worried it will make the SQL server fail. 

This is currently in a production environment?  Does anyone have any suggestion or can you point me to a good tech document that discusses configurations?

Thank you.

Bonnie Whalon

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Replicating a storage space in hyper v replica

March 28, 2015, 6:58 am
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Hello All,

I have successfully implemented hyper v for my 3 customers and one of them wants to test with hyper v replica features

their concern is I have some Virtual Machines which has wwpn number and san switch is created into the same.

so just wanted to know that will those disks can be included in my hyper v replica process (Replicating a storage space) or I have to use storage replica for the same ???

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