while deleting the virtual machine .vhd folder -- error msg : the process...
When i am trying to delete the Virtual Machine folder/directory i get the below error. Virtual machine is turned offV:\>rmdir ME-EXCAS01 /s ME-EXCAS01, Are you sure (Y/N)? y...
View ArticleHow to acheive euivalent VMWARE's thin/fast clone in Hyper-V?
Hi buddy's, Right now I am doing some invetsigation on how to acheive euivalent VMWARE's thin/fast clone in Hyper-V? There is some concept of differential disk in Hyper-V , using which we can...
View ArticleLicensing on Hyper-v VMs
Hi,Is this correct? Using Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Hyper-v with GUI we can run 4 "free" any server editions VMs (Windows 2008/2012 R2 Ent/Std).Using Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-v with GUI, how many free...
View ArticleRe-enabling replication fails
I am testing 2012R2 replication with extended replication to a remote DR facility to see what the process is to restart replication if there are changes to the vhd configuration on the primary server,...
View ArticleHyperV Network Adapters causing issues for the guest OS
IntroI work for a managed IT services company that takes care of a large amount remote sites for a single organisation, each site larger than a certain size gets a Hyper-V Server running Server 2008r2...
View ArticleError applying Hard Drive changes
Hi,i am trying to add previously created VHD to VM but i can not i got this error msg.Failed to add device "Virtual Hard Disk"Attachment "path" failed to open because of error"the process cannot access...
View ArticleHyper-V Virtual Machine DNS Records Delete After Live Migration
Our setup is as follows... (3) Hyper-V Hosts (2) 2012 R2 Virtual Domain Controllers CSV Storage When I Migrate a Virtual Server from one host to another the A record for that server gets deleted from...
View Articlejoin workstation to a domain
hey everyone. i want my workstations to join the domain but it's not working when i ping workstation to the AD shows time out . if its possible to join them to the domain. how can i do that ?the...
View ArticleHyperV - VM startup order?
We have several VM's that auto start after reboot of physical server. Its a slow painful process when all of the VM's concurrently auto start (maybe 30 minutes before they all finish). The DISK IO is...
View ArticleImporting Virtual Machines
I have a hyper-v server that got the BSOD so I reinstalled the OS and my machines were saved on another drive. I tried to import the vms but I can't get the network connectivity going. I created a...
View Article[Forum FAQ] Ethernet Resource Pool in Hyper-V
Symptom When you perform Live Migration or Export/Import between Hyper-V Hosts, you may have a technical issue saying VM cannot find the network switch. (Figure 1) The following configuration errors...
View ArticleHyper V internal network no ping between real and virtual server
HiI have a 2012 server with a static 192.168.1.102 ip address and a 255.255.255.0 subnetmask. This server can be pinged by other servers. On this server I have Hyper V installed, and configured a...
View ArticleSecond drives on Hyper-V guests failing suddenly
In past 2 months or so, we have lost 3-4 Hyper-V guest systems that had a second drive attached via the virtual SCSI adapter. Up until this time, these servers have run flawlessly for 3 years+. The...
View ArticleSQL support for Hyper-V Replica
One of the requirements for allowing Hyper-V replicas of SQL is to enable the PowerShell parameter -EnableWriteOrderPreservationAcrossDisks (KB956893). I have Hyper-V hosts running Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleHyper-V guest boots to recovery console after shutdown
I experience the following scenario:After a hyper-V host (W2008R2 Ent.) is restarted, the guest VMs (W2008R2 Ent.) boot randomly to recovery console. This means some of the VMs boot correctly into...
View ArticleHyper-V Issues
Hello, I seem to be experiencing major issues with Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012. Basically, when I try to add a resource and/or change virtual machine settings in Hyper-V it takes an extremely long...
View ArticleLog Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin Source:...
I am having the same problem with our VM, we created snapshots into our VM server and deleted it but the process that we did was wrong, we deleted the snapshots inside the Hyper-V starting from the old...
View ArticleRouting and Remote Access + Hyper V
Hi Everyone,I have a setup where i need three VM's running on a server 2012 r2 host.One of the VM's i would like to be isolated from the rest of the network, but still have access to the internet.For...
View ArticleVery Slow login to a VM DC
Hi there, We have a DC for a second domain running as a VM. Recently the time to login has been taking very long. What could cause this? How can i resolve it?The host server is running Server 2008 R2....
View ArticlePermissions issue moving VM to other drive
HiI'm running a single installation of hyper-v on a WS 2012 machine. It's not domain-joined and I'm logged in as the local admin account.I'm attempting to do a move of my VM's vhdx file in hyper-v...
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