VHDX Fails To Mount after copying
I have a Windows 2012 Hyper-v cluster with two nodes. All my VMs and VHDs reside in the CSV on an Equalogic SAN. Recently, I had a data VHD become corrupted on my file server, so I moved all my data...
View ArticleMPIO / iSCSI Initiator
Question regarding iSCSI sessions and MPIO (for HyperV cluster)Each host has 2 x iSCSI NICs for redundancy.SAN has 2 x available iSCSI ports.We have 3 hosts.1. Is it ok to map all 6 host iSCSI NICs to...
View ArticleHyper V2008 R2 CPU Allocation
HI,I have a server with specs. DL360 G5, 2x Quad core processor and installed hyper v 2008 r2 on server.When i create a vm. i can see only 4 logical processor for assignment to vm.But i have 2 quad...
View ArticleVHDX Hard Disk dynamic or fixed?
Helloeverybody!Duringthis weekI preparedan environment withWindowsServer 2012andHyper-V3.0clustered,everything is workingfine,thank you!Mydoubtisthe following:I have availableoneLun2TB available...
View ArticleTrouble w/ High Ping Latency and VMQ feature
A. My Hyper-V host: IBM x3100M4 CPU: 1 x Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1220 v2 HDD: 2 x 500GB / Raid 1 NIC: 2 x Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller OS: Windows 2008R2 Ent SP1B. Only installed Hyper-V...
View ArticleSysprep for Hyper-V: Prompt for computername & IP Address?
Hey everyone,I've a two node Hyper-V cluster which due to the size and budget will be fully managed via native Hyper-V management tools (i.e not sccmvmm).Currently building up my Windows 2008 and...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 VMS deduplication vs differencing disks
Windows 2012 R2 can do deduplication for VMs without degradation of performance. Differencing disks also achieves the same effect but requires planning. Which approach is better in...
View ArticleHyper V Replica warning
We had setup HyperV replica on the 2 sites locations where each VM initial replication worked fine, however after a day while checking replication health on replica server we get a warning where...
View ArticleSound on virtual machine
Hello, specialists,I want to use sound, spec. Midimapper, for training/creating music scores on my virtual machines with Win7 and Win8, but there is no sounddevice on vm. The Server, MS Windows Server...
View ArticlePerforming P2V best practice
I am planing a Large project P2V and V2V. (DCs, SQL server, Exchange,RDS server). Almost 30 servers (Consolidation)Please What are the best practise before and after P2V or V2V.I am looking for more...
View ArticleRandom VM's within Hyper-V 2012 Cluster losing connectivity.
Folks,I have a 4 node Hyper-V 2012 Failover Cluster.The networking is 1*1GB Nic for Management4*1GB Team for VM Comms3*1GB Team for iSCSI, Heartbeat, Backups etc2* FC HBA for storageThe problem here is...
View ArticleHyper v VM window bug
Hello.When i'm trying to connect to VM just half of the window appear. I can't maximize it and do nothing in that window.VM restart is fixing that for some time, but it's not an option. Any suggestions?
View ArticleQuestion about using a fibre channel SAN with hyper-V
Hi all,I am brand spanking new to Hyper-V, i have literally just looked through Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start on Microsoft Virtual Academy.I have a question around how to set up a fibre channel...
View ArticleReverting a VMWare Snapshot--Once I revert to it do I need to take another...
I just reverted to a snapshot on our VMWare last night. I need to know if I need to take another snapshot? Or does it save the original snapshot that I just reverted back to that I know works?We use:...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Second Adapter keeps failing with Yellow Astrik.
I have a Windows 2012 Data Center Server running multiple Virtual Servers. One of these is my Mail server. It is a 2008R2 Virtual server with 2 virtual adapters. 1 for the internal network, 172.***...
View ArticleHyper-v 3.0 VM NPIV WWPNs Switching Fabric Ports
Hi,I am using virtual fibre channel adapters on VMs in Hyper-v 3.0 and experiencing an issue with one of my storage providers. Basically, I am sometimes seeing LUNs on a VM that they are not presented...
View ArticleHyper-V Perfomance
I have installed a Hyper-V server on a Dell PowerEdge R720 (128GB) with Windows 2012 Datacenter. The server has an iSCSI Dell PowerVault MD3600i with 10x15K SAS drives in a RAID 5 configuration.When I...
View ArticleJust FYI, new Windows Server Gateway Hardware and Configuration Requirements...
Windows Server Gateway (WSG) is a virtual machine (VM)-based software router that allows Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Enterprises to enable datacenter and cloud network traffic routing between...
View Article2008 R2 to 2012 Hyper with new servers and new SAN
I am hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. I have done some research, but can not seem to find the exact answer to my particular question.I have 3 host 2008 R2 hyper v environment, which...
View Articlehyper-v 2012 r2 teaming bug?
2 hyper-v host with 5 nics each. Shared stored is a iSCSI SAN.With hyper-v 2012 no issues with teaming. 3 nic team for vmswitch no vlan, Live migration vlan 10, cluster heartbeat vlan 20, and host...
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