video RAM question, are there settings for this?
We've inherited a client with existing hyper-v VM's, one of which is their remote desktop server running server 2012 - this particular VM has 256MB of graphics memory and they run CAD software on...
View Article4k sector size on 2012 R2 Host with Fusion IO cards
I have a Host server running 2012 R2 with a Fusion IO SX300 PCIe accelerator. Its default sector format is 512. I am wondering if I should use 4k sector size instead? Fusion and HP have not been very...
View Articlevmware to Hyper_v 2012
Hello;I am new to conversion so bare with me.currently we have VMware ServerVersion 2.0.1 Build 156745 on win2008 SBS and we are upgrading to 2012 R2 and Hyper-VI read that I could use MVMC to conver...
View ArticleLab setup fresh out of MCSA training (Server 2012 R2). . .
Hello there,I recently went through the 410, 411, and 412 classes, have passed the 410 exam, and am now looking forward to reproducing the lab environment I had in the MS Certified training boot camp I...
View ArticleRetrieve data from AVHD
We tried merging a restored AVHD with VHD and it worked but the SQL was currupt.We tried to try merge again on the Backedup VHD and the merge progress screen closes as such and then after give an error...
View ArticleWhy one should not edit a VM disk when the VM has got snapshots?
Hi Buddy's, I have one VM named "abc" with base disk abc.vhd and one snapshot "abc_snap" . So after taking the snapshot my VM "abc" started pointing out to the new disk "abc_snap.vhd" . But...
View ArticleHyperV Failed Logins from SBS Guest NTLM
Hello , i have noticed failed login attempts on our Hyper-V host from the SBS guest. The Hyper-V is in a work-group where as the SBS 2011 is the DC for the network. I have found that every minute there...
View ArticleMigrating a Windows 2008 Server to 2012 Server VM
Hi Everyone,Thought is would be straight forward, but did not realize there are so many ways to approach my new install:We have a new Windows 2012 Server machine with the Hyper-v role installed. I...
View Article2008 R2: Authorization Manager Permissions do not apply
I used authorization manager to modify the initialstore.xml. I created a new role definition to allow techs to manage vms. Start, Stop, Reconfigure VMs. All View Options. and some more.I created a...
View ArticleVM cannot ping anything; looking for more troubleshooting ideas
our wsus server is running as vm on 2008 r2 in a failover cluster and we use scvmm.we had an issue with the disk filling up. we deleted data. we noticed some services would not start. we rebooted....
View ArticleRSS & DVMQ with 1GB NICs
I'm setting up a WS12R2 Hyper-V Host. Is there much benefit to setting up RSS on a NIC Team for the Hyper-V Management OS and DVMQ on a NIC Team for an External Virtual Switch if all the physical...
View Article"Couldn't add features undoing changes" when trying to add hyper-v features
Hi all..I'm facing problem in adding hyper-v using Windows features. I enabled "Virtualization" in my BIOS. My machine is running Windows 8.1 ProThe message I'm getting after automatic restart is...
View ArticlePaused-Critical Disk(s) running out of space. Help please
Be grateful for some advice please.I have a virtual machine which has just gone Paused-Critical Disk(s) running out of space on one of it's disks.I am trying to work out how to recover. I cannot get...
View ArticleDifferencing disk hyper-v Merge issue
I have a 2008 R2 server running hyper-v. We have a Hard drive set up as type differencing. This did not make sense to me as there is only one virtual machine running on the server. I went to merge...
View ArticleConfigure Single NIC card for multiple VLAN
Hi,We have a Hyper-v server 2012 R2, One teaming configured for virtue al switch. we create virtual machine as windows server 2012 R2 with 2 virtual network from different Vlans. I need to enable...
View ArticleHyper-V with 2012 File Server running SMB3/SAN vs iSCSI SAN
Hello,I admit I am by no means a Hyper-V specialist, however I am having difficulty grasping the benefits of using Hyper-V with a Server 2012 File Server.From the article...
View ArticleHyper-V networking
Dear all,I am setting up a W12K R2 Hyper-V server and the physical server has 4 NICs I would like to know what is the best configuration I can setup for the networking?The hyper-visor will be...
View Articleexternal drive on hyper-v
hello guys, if i use an external drive as vhd for a virtual machine in hyper-v and the virtual machine would be on 24 hours and all year round. And it will be used as an ftp server. Therefore, it will...
View ArticleBackup for Hyper-V
Hi all, I have done some reading up and have understand the difference between Hyper-V Snapshots and VSS Snapshots..What I do need some assistance is on a basic solution for a small Hyper-V environment...
View ArticleHow to get Maximum replication size using powershell
Hi,Using Measure-VMReplication I can get Average replication size and some other information but dosn't contain maximum replication sizeI can get maximum replication size using GUI ,Please advice How...
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