I'd like to create a Server 2012 R2 server template with all Windows updates installed, then sysprep it and copy it to create new servers as needed. It needs to be conveniently accessible, yet protected from unwanted changes.
We do not have VMM.
What are options? Change permissions of the file to read-only?
I was thinking of zipping the file and then anyone who needed to access the VHD could extract it and the original zipped file would always still be there.
What is the best way to do this?
pl guide me how can install and configure Hyper-v windows server 2008 r2 for this hyper-v minimum how many server and client pc need and How much ram size need server and client once this all finished how can i check it's completely finished it's working properly guide me give me the best answers
Hi MS Team,
As per our conversation, We have procured 1 qty of MS Windows server 2012 R2 Standard Licenses and installed on our server and activated the same.
Also we have installed 2 no’s of Hyper-v with the same Operating system on the same server. We would like to understand the procedure to activate the Guest operating system installed.
Will it use the same BASE License key on both the Guest OS or any other procedure to activate the License for the same.
So please help us with any documentation or any email confirming the same.
Awaiting for your replyHi,
So, I have a weird issue regarding 2 hyper-v core servers 2012 R2
If I use a machine on the same network as the management IP of the hyper-v servers, I can use hyper-v manager perfectly fine to manage the servers.
If the machine is not on the same network, I end up with RPC issues:
* the first server, shows in hyper-v manager, but fails to load the vm with RPC server unavailable. Unable to establish communication....
* the second server does not even want to show up in hyper-v manager
if I use 5nine manager:
* the first server shows and the VMs load
* the second server fail with RPC unavailable.
I have ran hvremote which detects no issue at all except that the firewall on the servers are down (normal as i am troubleshooting)
I can ping / rdp / powershell perfectly fine.
Also, for the second server, when I launch powershell from the command prompt:
* Attempting to perform the InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the 'FileSystem' provider failed.
But the first one does not have an issue.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, it will be appreciated :)
Olivier
I'm trying to setup a couple of new hosts who both appear to be suffering from the same issue. If I run Get-NetAdapterVmq I can see that the two physical NICs show enabled as True but the windows Team I have created shows as false and when I try to enable
a VM on the host to use VMQ it never shows in the queue.
The settings against the team under Advanced show that it VMQ is set to enabled, I've created the TenGigVmqEnabled Reg key and set 1 as the value and SR-IOV is not enabled on the vSwitch for Hyper V.
I'm sure this is something I have missed but I'm struggling to find it.
Server is a HP Dl380 Gen9 with HP FlexFabirc 10GB NICS running the latest available drivers from HP.
Hi there, i've configured a pair of Hyper V hosts (UCS B230 M2) with SAN-Boot and access to a Shared Fiber Channel LUN.
No matter what I try, when I add a SCSI Adapter and one VHDX virtual disk to a VM, the option for "Advanced" never shows up therefore I can not share the VHDX file between another VM, which prevents any VM based clustering from working (IE: Clustered SQL server)
Here are the settings I have configured:
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The LUN has been formatted with NTFS
The Hyper V hosts have been configured as a Windows Cluster with an IP address and the Fiber Channel LUN configured as a Cluster Shared Volume
I follows the guides below
Create a CSV
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265980.aspx
Create a shared VHDX
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282283.aspx
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Further details:
Two HyperV server core hosts built
Both joined to AD
Both joined to a Windows failover cluster
One 2TB Fibre Channel LUN presented from an EMC VNX array to both hosts
LUN formatted as NTFS
LUN created as a Cluster Shared Volume
Cluster Shared Volume present on both HyperV hosts
VM created within the Cluster Shared Volume
VM Booted up and Windows 2012 has been installed
VM gracefully shut down
Through the HyperV Manager, going in to VM settings,create a SCSI adapter, create a new VHDX file inside the CSV, the “Advanced” option for the VHDX is not present, therefore the option to make the VHDX file shared is not available
I have followed all steps in the Microsft Technet pages to create a CSV and a VM with Shared VHDX
I’ve cleared all settings and restarted multiple times, but this option is not present
Lynne
Hello!
Consider the following testing environment: there're two host machines - HOST1 and HOST2 - (Core i5, 16Gb RAM, 3 Nics, one of the nics -HV - is used for test VMs) that host one VM each (now they are "DC" and "EXCH1"). These VMs are connected by the 5-port 1Gb switch UPVEIL.
All operating systems (both for host and virtual machines) are Windows Server 2012R2.
To make sure VM1 can communicate with VM2 I run on VM1 "ping VM2 -t" - there would be NO any packet loss however many minutes/hours thisping continues.
When any action starts that require a bit more network traffic to pass from VM1 to VM2 or vice versa (copying files, connecting to the other VM's Computer Management console...) the network communication stops after several seconds:
After some timeout it resumes and the process of stopping/resuming may be repeated several times or the operation may never be completed at all.
Exactly the same Nics and switch operate perfect when connecting HOSTs (NOT the VMs) - the problem arises ONLY between VMs (Hyper-V).
I did this test many times with different Nics and different switches - no problems exist until the Nics start to get used by Hyper-V.
???
Thank you in advance,
Michael
Hello,
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard server with Hyper-V, where there is a VM. Hyper-V Manager is 6.3.9600.16384 is used.
The VM was created and at that time it was able to authenticate accounts from anther domain. The VM is in one domain, say Domain A, and the VM and applications on the VM was able to use accounts in another domain, say Domain B. Doman A and Domain B had a trusted relationship and all was working great on the VM and other servers in Domain A.
Then, the trusted relationship was broken. The applications and the VM still worked, but you could not add and use accounts in Domain B. Applications using accounts in Domain B could be not be authenticated either.
Then, recently we fixed the broken relationship between the two domains. However, on the VM, accounts from Domain B could not be added to applications and could not be authenticated nor used, even though other servers in Domain A had accounts from Domain B working again.
What can be done to get the VM to recognized accounts in Domain B, now that the trusted relationship is working again between to two domains?
Paul
I have extended one volume on a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V guest from 300Gb to 400Gb which show correctly in DISKPART and Disk Management. However, if I look at the volume size in Explorer or display the disk properties, is still is 300Gb.
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.3.9600
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: LGNDATA1
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 Z DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 149 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 2 Recovery NTFS Partition 300 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 99 MB Healthy System
Volume 4 D DATA NTFS Partition 399 GB Healthy
Have you ever seen this before and if so what is the solutions?
Regards Martin Schultz MSTech Computer Services e-mail: martin.schultz@mstechcs.com
Ok so I want to set up a test lab at home for study and testing purposes. I'm running Hyper-V from my Win 8.1 host pc (i7 Quad core, 16GB RAM with 2 1TB HDD)
I want to set up the following VMs: 1 x Domain controller with AD, DHCP & DNS running on Server 2012. 1 x SQL 2012 Server. 1 x SCCM/SOCM 2012 Server. 1 x Win 7 Packaging PC. 1 x Win7 Test Client & 1 x Win8 Test client.
I'm using a Virgin Super Hub2 which I've been informed will support what I'm trying to achieve. After reading loads of forums regarding the networking side of things I'm still no further forward :(I believe I need to use Virtual networ manager to create an
internal switch to connect all the vms to each other but I'm struggling on how to set the DC to use DHCP to provide internet access to the test clients? My ultimate aim is to package apps, import them into sccm and then deploy to my test clients. Am i looking
at this the right way? I've created an internal switch which all vms are connected to and I've created an external switch which i have given the DC access to which has allowed me to update the DC but my aim is get dhcp on the dc to give out ips to the other
vms and give the test clients internet access whilst allowing them to join the domain. PLEASE HELP?
One of my VMs can not be backed up in Hyper-V for some reason. It gets following error in event viewer
<Data Name="BackupTime">2015-04-03T19:57:50.715000000Z</Data><Data Name="ErrorCode">0x8100010c</Data><Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2164261132</Data></EventData>
- <EventData><Data>Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer</Data><Data /><Data>Component reports path on volume which has been excluded. (0x8100010F)</Data><Data /><Binary>00000000FA1C0000A81C00000000000042BEB7871435CED8047BAD4DC901000000000000</Binary></EventData></Event>VSS admin produces following
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {21031890-e67e-486c-b7e4-5ad4851327c3}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}
Writer Instance Id: {9b1ddf47-6108-4c86-83bb-a5b757e76b87}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: Unexpected error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {c6424958-76f0-444f-a1e4-12ea8f6a8fe8}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Dedup Writer'
Writer Id: {41db4dbf-6046-470e-8ad5-d5081dfb1b70}
Writer Instance Id: {3feacf42-a854-439e-8057-0b3272e56df8}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {28a1a75b-7367-43ea-9019-0bd6783dc5a3}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {13b6ff8c-d83d-40ef-9429-7010626a43f4}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {64b63501-e662-4291-9127-bb05ac66c378}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {200026dc-0486-4122-b902-1e18f7a253b4}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {f4f20b03-7055-41ad-a84f-109d555ef894}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {b3967510-e9e8-4687-8775-1fc976a8f863}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
On a fresh Server 2012R2 Essentials install, I set up Hyper-v and created an external virtual switch. Connection to the vm is good but Health Report no shows loss of internet connectivity and that the router is incorrectly setup.
However, I still have a working internet connection? I worry that the server may not update or allow Anywhere Access at some time. Any suggestions? Thanks
The problem: I am unable to get traffic between a Hyper-V host and it's VM to utilize an internal virtual switch while an external virtual switch is also connected.
Currently running a single Win2012 R2 server with Hyper-V installed as a test environment. I have one Hyper-V VM, VM1, which needs fast access to a file share located on the Hyper-V host VM1 is hosted on. The Hyper-V host has two Hyper-V virtual switches configured. One is an external virtual switch and is tied to the physical 1GB network adapter on the Hyper-V host. The other is an internal virtual switch and as such is not tied to the Hyper-V hosts physical network adaptor. VM1 has two virtual adaptors configured on it; the external and internal adaptors as outlined above. The external virtual switch's subnet is 192.132.4.x with both the host and VM1 having a unique IP address on that subnet. The internal virtual switch's subnet is 10.10.0.x with both the host and VM1 having a unique IP address on that subnet.
Hyper-V Host:
Internal IP: 10.10.0.10
External IP: 192.132.4.10
VM1:
Internal IP: 10.10.0.20
External IP: 192.132.4.20
The problem occurs like this. Both the internal and external virtual adaptors are enabled. Logged into VM1, I copy a 2GB file from the Hyper-V host's share at \\10.10.0.10\share to VM1's C:. I have Task Manager open and am on the Performance tab where I can
see which adaptors the traffic is using based on utilization. When I transfer the 2GB file the external adaptor is clearly being used to transfer the file and the internal adaptor shows no traffic. What I want to see is the traffic traversing the internal
adaptor since the \\10.10.0.10 IP does not exist on the 192.132.4.x subnet which the external adaptor's virtual switch is connected to. Now, I disable the external virtual adaptor on VM1 and repeat accessing the same share at \\10.10.0.10\share; the file transfers
to VM1 using the internal virtual adaptor this time.
I don't understand how the external adaptor can be used to access a path destined for the 10.10.0.x subnet in the first place; that adaptor can not access that subnet.
Aside from Performance monitor clearly showing the traffic usage the internal vswitch is not capped by the physical 1GB adaptor and really flies speed-wise. This is the reason for this setup; 100-120MB's vs 600MB's. This is a developmental environment and
I am aware this would not be good for a production environment.
Help is greatly appreciated!
Mike