Creating new VHDx on a virtual hard drive or physical partition
Ladies and gents,Any input is appreciated, here is the deal.I have a Server 2012 R2 running Hyper-V, my questions is as follows:1 - Should I create individual partitions in my RAID drive (dedicated to...
View ArticleMerge AVHD files without the latest one?
I accidentally clicked on create snapshot and the then tried to cancel it. By the time I clicked cancel it had created a .avhd file in my windows server 2008. I accidentally deleted the...
View ArticleAdvice on settng up a HA File Server
Hi, I'm looking to create a HA File Server on a Cluster, and I was wondering what would be the best way to approach it?The Hyper V Cluster already has some attached disks and CSVs, so it is ready to...
View ArticleHyper-V failover cluster on different configurations
Hello. We have 1 HP DL380e Gen8 server, that is hyper-v host. We want to buy second server to make cluster. We are going to buy brand new HP DL380 Gen9. Question is: should the new server have the same...
View Articlewhat you guys use for production vm storage?
i mean explicitly not labs / homes but something you roll in the office you don't own yourself :) would you put into production some free solution with allowed commercial use (no eula violation! ) but...
View ArticleHow many physical Network Adapter required for to implement NVGRE Gateway ?
Hello Guys,Would like to know how many physical Network Adapter required to implement network virtualization including the technologies such as Windows Azure Pack| system center 2012 R2 & Hyper-V...
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Moving Existing VM's
Hyper-V 2012 R2 on 2012R2 core. Researching performance tuning and found this:http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/23-best-practices-improve-hyper-v-vm-performance/Apparently we have broken some of these...
View ArticleReplication 2012*r2
Created signed certificates using makecert, was able to apply replication to both new *hv node and existing node *hv2 using signed certificates without error. Now attempting to enable replication on VM...
View ArticleOverallocating memory on a Hyper-V 2012R2 cluster
Is there a rule of thumb or recommendation on how much should a server be over allocated?For example, if my host is 256GB, how much more can I go over when I use dynamic memory.
View ArticleQuestion about non-clusterd Hyper V Live migrations
I am just curious about something. I have two Hyper V hosts that are each using local storage. They are identical servers except that one is running Server 2012 and one is running 2012 R2. My...
View ArticleVirtual Machine not booting of ISO
I have a Virtual Machine: Virtual1 installed.When I connect it does not boot into my ISO: Windows Server 2012 Datacenter.isoIt gives this error:Boot failure. Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica Server Implementation
Hi, Have created Hyper-V Replica server for most critical VM's using Windows 2012 Datacenter. Basically there are two primary servers and one replica server. Some of the VM's will be replicated through...
View ArticleConfiguring a Virtual Server with static IP problem - please help me
Hi,I have a 2012 R2 server which has 1 Ethernet NIC adapter configured using a static IP (Web server). Using Hyper-V on this dedicated server, I want to host 4 virtual servers, each with their own...
View ArticleChanging Mount Points for Cluster Shared Volumes
I have following CSV for my Hyper-v Cluster Current ========== Disk 1 :- C:\ClusterStorage\VM-Disk1 Disk 2 :- C:\ClusterStorage\VM-Disk2 Disk 3 :- C:\ClusterStorage\VM-Disk3 Disk 4 :-...
View ArticleUpgrading Hyper-V (WinSer2012 -> WinSer2012R2)
I have been trying to upgrade our windows server 2012 installation that is running hyper-v, but have a problem with the physical nic. The issue is that upon finalising the upgrade, WinSer2012R2...
View ArticleError Activating Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine
Greetings,I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard VM running on Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter). I'm attempting to activate Windows using Automatic Virtual Machine Activation as described...
View ArticleInstalling Windows Server 2012 into Hyper-V
I am installing Windows Server 2012 into Hyper-V for the first time.I would like to know what to expect in doing so.It installs from an ISO, that is expected.When it boots up you put in the Password it...
View ArticleI/O operation has aborted because of either a thread exit or an application...
We are getting this error in Hyper-V Cluster Volume, and it is in failed state. Hyper-V Cluster is 2012 R2 with 3 nodes in the cluster, We haven't installed any antivirus in this, can someone please...
View ArticleHyper V Design
Hi,I have a small customer who are utilising Hyper V 2012 R2 and would like to create a cluster.They have 2 Hyper V hosts each having 6 1GB NICs installed and a Dell SAN running FreeNAS.In the...
View ArticleHyper V Design
Hi,I have a small customer who are utilising Hyper V 2012 R2 and would like to create a cluster.They have 2 Hyper V hosts each having 6 1GB NICs installed and a Dell SAN running FreeNAS.In the...
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