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need help with Add-VMNIC -VirtualSwitch 'vsWITCH' in 2008r2
Hi guyz,Can any one explain why this happens??when i create a network adapter for a VM in Hyperv from GUI by VM>Settings>Add Hardware>Network Adapteri see Network Adapter in the VM setiings...
View ArticleVM Setup and Ease of Maintenance
Hi guys,I'm considering moving our Web app from a single VPS to multiple VMs on a dedicated server. Since I haven't created or configured production VMs (using Hyper-V) from scratch before, I was...
View ArticleHyper-V platform Version with WMI
Hi Brian,I am using wmi api to retrieve the details of Hyper-V hypervisor.But i am facing one issue that is I need to get platform and version of Hyper-V hypervisor.I am unable to get any method which...
View ArticleHyper v 2012 Features
Hi Folks,I need your expert advise on below mention points to gain more understanding on Hyper V2012 considerations.1.) Does Hyper V has dependency on active directory services. Is it necessary to...
View ArticleHyper-V 3.0 and PVLAN question
I'm messing around with PVLAN and have a couple questions:During my test I configured one VM as promiscious and another isolated. I got the isolated to talk to the promisciousDoes the PVLAN...
View ArticleList Users connected to Hyper-V Machine
Is it possible to list the users that are currently connected a Hyper-V VM?Ex: You add people to Hyper-V admin list and someone connects to a VM reomotely. Is there a way to see which users are...
View ArticleLoss of CSV Connectivity in Failover Cluster
I recently had an issue where one of my Hyper-V nodes (Let's call it Node D) in a failover cluster would fail it's health check and consistently reboot every 30-40 min. Logs stated that the problems...
View ArticleWhat is corrupting my virtual disks?
Environment:Two Windows 2012 Hyper-V nodes in a failover cluster Single 9TB CSV on an Equalogic 4100x SAN with iSCSI All VMs and VHDs live in this CSV VMM 2012, DPM 2012Last week my primary file server...
View Articlewin2012 or 2008r2 guest on hyperv
Dear all. i'm planning to build up my lab based on hyperv of win2012. I'm just wondering is there any speed or performance difference will be between win2012 and win08r2 guests.? any one tried speed...
View ArticleGet virtual machine live view displayed in hyper-v
Hi,I'm new to Hyper-V. I've been doing research but couldn't find out how can I get the live view of a virtual machine that is being displayed in the small square box in hyper-v, by using PowerShell....
View ArticleGetting Hyper-V version from VM
I Have written application to find the Hyper-V version (Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows server 2012) from the Virtual machine. The basic idea is to decide the version of Hyper-V...
View ArticlePoor performance of VMs over SMB.
Hi there I'm experiencing some really poor performance from my VMs, they don't seem to be utilising all the bandwidth available to them via their VM store network, my set up is:Storage Host/AD/FS:i5...
View ArticleServer 2012 Virtual Server will not start
The host server was shutdown prior to a planned power outage. When started the virtual server will not start continually tries to repair. No error messages in the host event log.The host server is...
View ArticleProvision Multiple IP Address inside a VM (Host has only 1 NIC CARD)
Hello,My host machine has only 1 nic card.Now inside of my VM. can I create multiple IP addresses in the VM?I am asking this so that I can do routing to various IIS web applications based on IP. Even...
View ArticleProblem renaming a vm's data root folder in Hyper-V 3.0
I keep my virtual hard disk .vhdx files and Virtual Machines folders together in a single folder for each vm. This folder is not the Hyper-V default. I want to organize folders and files better using...
View ArticleGuest "LUN" disconnects, then re-attaches, around same time every few days
We have only one Hyper-V Guest in our Network that has this issue. For some reason the Guest drive D (LUN) seems to disconnect about the same time "every day". I put "every day" in quotes because we...
View ArticleHyper V switch question , DC's getting IP from router instead of dhcp
Hi Guys and girlsAnother hopefully quick question from a newbie.I have one desktop computer, connected to a router that goes out to the internet.On desktop I have Windows 8 installed with Hyper V. I've...
View ArticleCan't initialize 3 TB external usb hard drive in server 2008
I have been trying to get W2008 SBS to recognize a 3 TB external usb drive (WD Element) and it has failed to do so after several tries.Is there something aside from the standard procedures (in disk...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 2012 - how to start
I belong to a local large IT Pro group and Microsoft has asked us to download and try Hyper-V Server 2012 (also R2) and provide feedback. We have many members who have never used Server 2012 much less...
View ArticleConcurrent Remote Desktop, Exchange in a VM, using Windows 8.1 + Hyper-V
Hello all,I am attempting to configure a specific setup, and was wishing to get some initial inputs on any potential barriers in my intended setup before I make any large changes.Current Setup:One...
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