Server 2012 R2 w HyperV Role - Guest NICs disconnecting during backup Event...
Hello, we are seeing Guest VM's disconnect from the network in the event logs during our backup window. We are using CommVault 10 SP8 on Hyper-V 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role, we are fully patched and...
View ArticleReplica Files storage location and sizes
I'm setting up Hyper-V Replication between two Failover Clusters. One Primary and the other our Disaster Recovery location.I have been using guides and pretty much everything is clear to me, except the...
View ArticleVHDX support for guest OS query
Hopefully someone can point me in the direction of an MS document that can answer this, or provide an answer here.Is it an MS supported configuration to use the VHDX hard disk file format for a drive...
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unable to edit virtual machine's xml configuration file
hi friendsin win 8.1 hyper-v i have created a VM & set its memory as 1500 MB.now i want to edit the xml configuration file related to this snapshot & manually modify the amount memory in that...
View ArticleFixed VHDX sizing recommendations
Hi,I am setting up a new Hyper-V 2012 R2 host. I got a 8TB RAID5 dedicated to the planned virtual file server data disk. I have another RAID on the host for the host OS and yet another RAID on the host...
View ArticleEnable WOL on hyper-v 2012R2 Core host
Hello,i am having some hyper-v-machines where WOL is enabled in the bios.With windows 8.x on this machine, wol is working well. On the same machine with hyper-v 2012R2 CORE wol isn`t working.How can...
View ArticleHyperV 2012 network performance problem with Teaming 4x1Gbit.
Hello everyone,2 VMs from the same host sending Iperf test to an external ressource (out of the External Vswitch), simultaneously, don't get more than 1 Gibt/s through the Team.I've tried every kind of...
View ArticleLab internal Network in HyperV and connecting to external network for updates
I have setup an 2008R2 hyperV server (has 1 NIC only). Static ip assigned 156.118.68.100 /24Virtual machines : 2 DCs and 3 Win7 workstations. All connected with each other to Internal Network in...
View ArticleIntegration Services Fails to Update - Error Code: 1783
Hi All, I moved a 2008R2 VM guest from a 2008R2 host to a 2012R2 host. Two other VM guests that I moved went without an issue. When attempting to install the updated Integration Services for the...
View ArticleMoving VMs From One Hyper-v 2012 R2 to Another Hyper-v 2012 R2
Hi everyone, was hoping for some help in something I am confused aboutCurrently I have SERVER1 running hyper-v 2012 R2I want to move all my VMs (around 20) to SERVER2 also running Hyper-v 2012 R2But I...
View ArticleError 1069 on Hyper V Cluster
Hi,We have three hyper-V Host Servers with failover cluster, having different VM machines.On one hyper V host one machine restarted automatically I don’t know why other machines on same hyper v host...
View ArticleGuest VM Internet Access
Hi all,I've been trying to search for a solution to enable Guest VM internet connectivity without using ICS(Internet Connection Sharing).The target machines are W8/W8.1 workstations & this is not...
View ArticleHyper-V Licensing
Hi there,We have the following scenario. We want to implement a virtualization environment with Windows 2012 Hyper-V. We already purchased a Windows 2012 Datacenter license. We have a server with 2...
View ArticleAVHD directly attached...do I need to merge with VHD before moving?
I am installing a new Hyper-V host and moving some VM's. I ran into an issue where a VM with snapshots would not merge and the VM went into Saved-Critical and upon reboot went missing.I followed the...
View ArticleWhats the impact of disabling “Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter...
Hello,I have System Center Advisor telling me to disable “Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter Performance Filter" on any host cluster that hosts a guest cluster. In my case, all of them. KB:...
View Articlewindows 2008R2 Hyper v
Hello Experts,Please advice and thank you in advanceMy laptop configurations are belowIntel i5 4 GB RAM. I have installed windows 2008 R2 in a VM box. Installation was successful. Now I tried to...
View ArticleBooting from a Hyper V Virtual Disk
Hey everyone!I'm facing a little issue, I got a Windows 7 Virtual Machine running on Windows Server 2012 as host OS. I need to boot into the machine natively. To do so I followed this guide:...
View ArticleHyper-V VNC iaas?
Hello,Is there something to remotely connect to the Hyper-V VM console remotely? Something like VNC with a specific password that a user can only connect to that VM?
View ArticleWindows server 2012 R2 Hyper-V VM internet connection problem
I have a dedicated server with Windows server 2012 R2 installed. Recently I've created a CentOS 6.6 VM in Hyper-V but can't fix the connection part.I already configured the Virtual Switch as a external...
View ArticlePre-install HYPER-V VMs, then Move to Production Server - Questions
Hi All,I am currently taking over IT Admin duties for a new client, and will be downscaling their bloated 20 server environment to a 5 server Hyper-V environment (about 4 VMs per server). It will be a...
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