Server 2012 Datacenter Upgrade to Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Good Day Everyone,Ok so my dilemma is that I HAVE to upgrade one of our 2012 Datacenter Servers w/Hyper-V hosting to 2012 R2. The part that troubles me is that I have 3 Production VM's on this server,...
View Article-credential parameter doesn't exist in new-vm cmdlet
Hi friendsin new-vm cmdlet, there is -computer parameter but there is no -credential parameter to use when we are going to create a vm on that remote computer. what bad ! has powershell team forgotten...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica Broker to multiple CSVs
With some help from the TechNet community and a whole lot of trial and error, I have successful configured my failover cluster and performed a couple of planned failovers. Hooray! However, I have 3...
View ArticleDesigning Remote Site Failover (Hyper V Replication & Failover)
Hi All,We are looking to run a pure Windows 2012 R2 environment for our main office (New York) and want to design as best an instantaneous failover solution to a remote site (Chicago) given we have...
View ArticleSplit volumes on a VHD?
Hi, I have one 300Gb VHD file containing C: (O/S 100Gb) and D: (data 200Gb). How can I extract each of those volumes so that they reside on individual VHD's? So, i want to go from this: 1 x 300Gb VHD...
View ArticleMous is missing in VM
Hi,I have parent server Windows 2012 R2. There are 4 Virtual Machines (VM) with Windows 2012 R2 server installed. I am accessing VMs via remote desktop.Now three machines are OK. The last one I can...
View ArticleFabric Resource & Virtual Switch help
Hi,Apologies if this is a silly question. Basically we have a couple of Hypervisors HP Blade. The first Blade has a virtual network teamed NICs which give the guests network access.When I provision...
View ArticleFind Host VHD File correlation to Guest Partition
Hello everybody,i have a simple question but couldn't find an answer on my own:I have a Hyper-V Cluster with several guests, all VHDs are stored in one folder on the Cluster Shared Volume...
View ArticleInstalling Debian on Hyper-V
HiI am running a PC with Windows 8.1 and have Hyper-V activated. I am trying to set up a virtual machine running Debian.I have downloaded the the debian "net install" ISO and configured Hyper-V to boot...
View Articledisk2vhd blue screen on start up
HelloI have a stand alone win08R2 which I would like to convert and then add to my Hyper-V server.win08R2: dell precision with mirrored HDD. HDD is partitioned into 2 partitions (d and D)win2012 R2:...
View ArticleHyper-V could not replicate changes for virtual machine 'VM007': There is not...
Ok. Had a completely successful replication setup 2 days ago and now I don't. I have a 5 node (ProdCluster) and a 3 node DRCluster) that I just got done setting up for Hyper-V replication. . As I...
View ArticleRemove "Ghost" Virtual Switch
Hi I'm currently having an issue regarding virtual switches in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012R2.When i try to add a Hyper-V server as a new node in the Cluster manager, I get error during the...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster nodes BSOD
We have an 11 node Hyper-V cluster running Server 2012 R2 with all latest updates.We have had an ongoing issue with nodes BSODing or hanging. Specs:Hyper-V Nodes-128-256GB of RAM per node, depending on...
View ArticleUsing Hyper-V replica for DR
Hi All,Looking for a bit of advise/guidance re using Hyper-V replica to setup a DR environemnt. I have a clustered Hyper-V environment running AD, Exchange and a couple of databases. Basically what I...
View ArticleHost vs Guest disk performance
I've got a disk performance issue in my HV cluster. I have 2 ibm x3850 x6's clustered running server 2012 R2 with and IBM XIV connected via 8gb fiber channel. When I run my SQLIO test from the host to...
View ArticleDynamic memory not released to host
Dear Techies,Ours is a small Hyper V virtual server infrastructure with three DELL power-edge physical hosts(Windows server 2012 Datacenter) and around 15 virtual machines running on top of it. The...
View ArticleAdvise on MPIO is required
Can any please try to look into the below, https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e44f8979-e63d-4140-b254-4b21f551fb48/mpio-advise-required?forum=winserverfiles Maybe we...
View ArticleVM Connect takes long time
Hello,I have a new cluster using 2012 R2 and have the problem that if I want to connect to a VM from the Hyper-V Manager (or Failover Cluster) the connection takes about 10 seconds or sometime even...
View ArticleUnable to delete VHDX file in clster shared volume
Dear all,I am trying to delete VM from SCVMM , i have deleted VM from SCVMM & Hyper v manager but when i checked in CSV vlolume i found the Virtual disk image file is still there, i tried to...
View ArticleDoes my home computer have Hyper-V ?
Does my home computer have Hyper-V ?As it's not in Turn Windows services on or off - Windows 8 is fully updated.Thanks.
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