Can no longer ping Hyper-V server by internal IP
Hi guys,I have 2 Hyper-V 2012 servers, which are joined to a domain (2 DCs) which are VMs on these servers. There are appropriate DNS records for each Hyper-V server.I have noticed that both servers...
View ArticleNetworking with Hyper V
Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me. I have spent hours searching the net for the answer to my dilemma, but to no avail. Here is my dilemma.... I have one server computer running Windows Server...
View ArticleAVHD's not merging with VHD .. on Server 2008R2
Hi,I have Server 2008R2 as Hyper-V server serving 2 VM.one of them has 3 VDD and all of them are now AVHD's . 2 generationsThere is NO snapshot ...I have shut down the VM ... and the AVHD's have NOT...
View ArticleMove-VM - 'Incorrect function.'('0x80070001').
Hi I am trying to live migrate a Hyper-V Guest between 2 Server 2012 Machines using the following powershell command:-Move-VM vm server Hyper-v Host 2 –IncludeStorage –DestinationStoragePath...
View ArticleNeed to increase size of C: drive on Exchange VM
I have Exchange running on a 2008 Hyper-v server. The C: drive is about 100 meg, the data store is on D: By the way, the C: drive is compressed (I didn't do it, I inherited this setup.) Anyway, I'm...
View Articlewindows server enterprise without hyper-v 32 bit to Windows 2008 R2...
can i upgrade windows server enterprise without hyper-v 32 bit to Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise 64bit
View ArticleModify the minimumbandwidthweight value
Hi,I deployed a converged network with Hyper-v R3 and I would like to modify the minimumbandwidthweight value for the LiveMigration. How can I do it with PowerShell please ?Thanks.
View ArticleStrange behaviour of Hyper-v 2012 network
Hello!I have been testing Server 2012 hyper-v on a server with 2 gigabit nics, each one connected to gigabit cisco switch. One nic is "straight" management with ip 10.179.10.30 and second - ip...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Ent showing as not all RAM usable
Hi All,Currently have a server running 2008 r2 Enterprise (Hyper V from clean install) unfortunately its showing only 33.9GB RAM usable (out of 44GB Installed)I have checked the followingDISM...
View Articlea disk read error occurred - after moving VM storage
Hi,I have a VM that failed after moving VM storage in Hyper-V, and on reboot the server is now showing "A disk read error occurred. Press ctrl alt delete to restart". Today I moved several VMs, all...
View ArticleServer 2008 Hyper-V VHD File Doubled In Size After Snapshot Merge. Won't Shrink?
I started with a Windows Server 2003 R2 VHD which had 2 partitions, C: (40GB) and D: (960GB), which originally came from a physical 1 TB hard drive. The ACTUAL size of the VHD file was 50GB, as a...
View ArticleWindows Backup in side Hyper-V guest
I have Installed Hyper-V R2 as host. I have total 8 guest which is server 2008R2x64 with SP1. for safety i have configuredwindows backup in side hyper-v guest. i have created 3 partitions in all 8...
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Unabel to setup remote desktop access to isolated HyperV lab
Hey Guys,I have an isolated HyperV lab made of 5 VMs which are in fact copies of live production VMs. The lab is made of 4 SharePoint VMs + 1 DC and is working fine on its own. All VMs are connected to...
View ArticleFailover Cluster WMI Provider detected an invalid character - W2008R2 SP1
We have a four node Hyper-V cluster running Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Data centre editionFor several months the following error has been flooding the application logs on the servers.Failover Cluster WMI...
View ArticleAfter import of VM on same host network not working
I need to migrate my Hyper-V VMs on my 2008 R2 Server from the current SAN storage to a new attached disk shelf in the same Hyper-V host. I exported them then deleted the existing VMs from Hyper-V...
View ArticleHyperV and Remote Desktop Connection
I have a HyperV MS server running MS Server 2008 R2. The primary server and two of three VMs connect via Remote Desktop. One of the three VMs does not. All four servers are configured the same vis a...
View Article2012 Hyper-V Cluster - Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter no connection but...
We have a 2 node Hyper-V 2012 cluster on 2012 Standard Server Core.Cluster Aware Updating was used to update the nodes to current.4 NIC ports total on each node.2 connected to management network using...
View ArticleLive Migration half as fast depending on source node
So this is pretty weird. Brand new pair of Dell R620 servers with Broadcom 57800 10GbE NICs set up in a cluster. All Windows Updates and NIC driver updates installed. If I Live Migrate from Node 1 to...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 2012 Host RAM >2GB usage?
I have a 4GB Hyper-V Server 2012 Host in a lab that uses a full 2171 MB for the Host. I have verified the usage via setting dynamic RAM up on the VMs to see how much they could get. I know the Host...
View ArticleRecover a crashed Windows Server 2012 Cluster Storage Resource
Hi Guys,Would much appreciate your urgent help on this. I've got a crashed Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 4 node lab cluster environment. The cluster was deployed on a single DC based domain which...
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