Hyper-v Manager wont start stuck in Backing up state
Our SCVMM lost connection last night and we are unable to get it restarted. The other vm's came up fine but this server has a status of "Backing Up". This is 2012r2. The only option available is to...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica - Enabling Replication Failed
Hi,I have two 2012 R2 Hyper-V clusters which have had a replica broker configured and replica enabled on one VM which worked fine over http. It was then required to change the replica broker name, so...
View ArticleCannot connect to the Virtual machine
Its over three days I wasted trying to figure out what's wrong, with no luck. I have windows 8.1 Pro 64bit installed and I am trying create a virtual machine using Hyper V. Every time I get an error...
View ArticleHow to configure the server 2012 with NAT settings & 3 public IP addresses
Hi everybody,I received this from my ISP:----------------Here's your IP informationMain IP: 70.164.1.165Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0Gateway: 70.164.1.1DNS1: 68.4.16.30DNS2: 68.6.16.302 additional usable...
View ArticleBroadcom NIC Teaming for Hyper-V VM on server 2012 R2
HiI want to configure Broadcom NIC teaming for my VMs hosted on Hyper-V on server 2012 r2..Can you please share the step by step guide.. Shailendra Dev
View ArticleUnknown adapters showing in Hyper-V host
Hi,I have a Windows 8.1 Enterprise host with Hyper-V (gen2) running a Server 2012 R2 guest. I have noticed that Hyper-V creates many different network adapters on the host and I'd like to know what is...
View ArticleWindows Update Whakyness
I am setting up a new 2 node cluster. When I run the cluster validation report I get this warning,http://1drv.ms/1pgh44d.I ran the Cluster-Aware Updating, it says they are both up to date. When I go to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Slow Virtual Machines
Friends:I am struggling with very slow virtual machines.I have Windows Server 2012 installed on a Dell T620. It has two Intel Xeon E5-2650 2.00GHz chips (20M Cache, 8.0GT/s QPI, Turbo) and 64 G of...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 hyper-v network unable to connect to outside resources
Today, I went and upgraded a Windows 2008 R2 machine to 2012 R2. I did a clean install and have never seen this problem before in this fashion. It is a HP 370G6 with an HP NC375I quad card. Only 1...
View ArticleIs site-to-site VPN required for Hyper-V Replica?
I am trying to figure out if a site-to-site VPN is required to do Hyper-V Replica from one site to another site over the Internet? If it is not required, is the security built into Hyper-V Replica...
View ArticleHow to transfer files from virtual machine to host machine
Hello, I want to know how to copy files from virtual machine o host machine while the virtual machine running. I can't share files from virtual machine because i am just studying for mcsa in company...
View ArticleHow to get information about creation of a virtual machine on a Hyper-v host.
Hi,How to get information about creation of a virtual machine on a Hyper-v host?I need: host name, time created, creator user.I saw in Hyper-V-VMMS but I found info about movements of VM between...
View ArticleBrows filesystem on hyper-v from explorer
I have just installed a Hyper-V 2012 R2 server, configured it, added it to my domain, added users to its local administrators Group and added it to my hyper-v manager.I have nop problems with adding a...
View ArticleIP Conflict when doing a Hyper-V Live Migration
Hello,I am using Windows Server 2012 R2 Update 1 on a Fujitsu Cluster in a Box.I have the following issue: When I do a manual Live Migration of a VM, the VM Nic gets an ip conflict with itself and...
View ArticleVMs on Hyper-V 2012 R2 are shutting down automatically
Hello Guys! I'm having a huge problem in my Hyper-V 2012 R2 environment. Yesterday, 9 of 40 VMs were shutdown automatically, and so, caused a downtime problem to my customers in the business hours.I...
View ArticleUpgrading Hyper-V 2012 Server Cluster
Hi,I am currently running a Hyper-V 2012 Server Cluster with 7 nodes and one CSV. I would like to know if its possible to upgrade the cluster to Hyper-V 2012 R2 without starting fresh and migrating...
View ArticleStop VM after deployment - SkipInstallVirtualizationGuestServices
Hi Experts,I am deploying a Custom Linux VM using template.I have written a powershell script that will get the template and create a new VM from the template using "New-SCVirtualMachine".But, the VM...
View ArticleVhdTool or any other tool to create fixed size VHDs faster
Hi Experts,I tried to convert a dynamic VHD to Fixed size VHD. It is taking very long for Creation/Conversion of VHDs of size 250GB or more.I tried VhdTool from...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 CSV backup via VSS
Hi, It it possible to create a shadow of a single CSV volume and then expose it to copy files from, as you can a physical volume? If so, how does one go about this via the command line? Also, i have...
View Article2012 R2 SOFS Virtualization Question
Hi all,New to Server 2012 and Hyper-V but trying to catch up quickly. I know that you cannot have the Hyper-V and SOFS roles at the same time but I am having a hard time finding clarification on the...
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