Sysprep: AutoLogon and SynchronousCommand
Hi All,Currently trying to create an Sysprep image for a Hyper-V 2012 deployment. I need to execute two Powershell scripts as part of the image with the execution policy set to unrestricted (or remote...
View ArticleHyper-V host loses connectivity when a guest VM is started
I have a Hyper-V farm hosted on Windows Server 2012 which is connected to a company network with Internet access. When I start a VM running Windows Server 2012 that is joined to the external network,...
View ArticleHyper-V Backup (CSV)
Microsoft community,I have built a new Hyper-V cluster with 2 x 2TB CSVs. These will host a range of VMs including SQL, Exchange, Lync, File Server and so on.My intention is to split VMs across the 2...
View Articleparallel port Key with Hyper V
Hey all I have a 2 part question about parallel port card and using it with Hyper V.First, my client has an old billing system that uses a parallel port security key. His old server is about to die...
View ArticleCan't install Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2012 Standard Server
We got out Windows 2012 Standard Servers from Dell but on only one server we need to setup the Hyper-V. First thing I've done is install the Hyper-V and created two VMs. One VM for web server and the...
View ArticleHyper-v 2012 has large AVHD files and no snapshots
We have a 2012 Hyper-V server with a 550Gb AVHD file and a 300GB VHD file (for a virtual SBS 2011). There are no snapshots on the server. I believe 2012 is supposed to auto merge snapshot files. But...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012: Remote File Browser -> No items match your search
Hi,yesterday I installed Hyper-V 2012 Server on a new HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 machine. The Server is joined to a W2K3 Domain, necessary firewall rules are applied. Also I have installed a Win8-Ent...
View ArticleCorrupted VHDX after unexpected server reset.
Hyper-V 2012 server had unexpected reboot.All exept one VM powered up without issues. This one VM had one VHDX, which is fixed size and this disk became corrupted.If I try to mount this vhdx to root...
View ArticleBoot VM to Screen in Hyper-V
Hi,Is it possible to boot a specific VM to the screen from an Hyper-V sever so the client does not see the Hyper-V command line screen.Best Regards,Abby_Doc
View ArticleServer 2012 Hyper-V: I want to convert to fixed disk but it's not intuitive
Hi all. I find myself confused with Server 2012 Hyper-V processes, and design as well. First, and I'm just curious because it's odd, why when you create a new VM and a new VHDX to go with it, you...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 Disaster Site Config for NICs
I am in the processing of building a 3-node Hyper-V cluster for our disaster recovery site. I'm not sure if I will use Hyper-V replica to keep a small subset of VMs available or if I will use our SAN...
View ArticleProblem connecting to ACT database from Virtual Desktops running on Hyper-v
Hello all, I cannot connect to our ACT databases on an external SQL server with our windows 7 virtual desktops running on top of 2012 Hyper-V. I can connect to the databases from physical desktops...
View ArticleHyper-V Core
Can I install Hyper-V core on virtual machines? If yes then which Virtual Platform, VMWARE, Hyper-V, Virtual-Box etc.?
View ArticleChange RAM value of virtual machine using PowerShell
Hi,I've created a virtual machine with initial startup memory of 512 MB. However, when I want to change it to another value, for example 1024 MB, using the Set-VM cmdlet of PowerShell, it display an...
View ArticleCompacting vhd file-hyper v 2008 R2
Hello,I'm using Hyper-v 2008 R2. The vhd files are growing in size, although the data on the disk is not as half as the vhd shows.I have tried defragmenting the disk within the virual machine and from...
View ArticleVirtual Storage not showing on VM
HiI am running two Windows 2008 R2 clustered Virtual Hosts.On one of the hosts, I have a Windows 2008 R2 File server.This has 500GB storage allocated via Clustered Shared Volumes.I have added an...
View ArticleVirtual Domain Controller - Sizing and Partitioning
I am planning on deploying several virtual domain controllers (250 users).The DCs will be Server 2012 VMs (2GB RAM) running on Hyper-V.I was simply going to install the operating system and AD on a...
View ArticleSnapshot/Differential disk merged now VM won't boot and it's still looking...
Last night we lost a differential disk file for hyper-v that contained all of our SQL data since 7/22. What happened was I went to merge/delete snapshots and when it completed and I tried to boot, it...
View ArticleNetwork Upload Speed Issue (XP clients to HyperV guest servers)
We have an issue where there is an extremely slow (upload) connection between our XP PCs/laptops and all of our HyperV guest servers. Windows 7 PCs/laptops there is no issue. The issue seems to be only...
View ArticleHyper v machine - Unable to ping virtual machien from other Vm on vcenter but...
hellovan you heloI am trying to setup a cluster Failover between 2 srever win 2008 R2 Enterprise- The first server is a Vm on Vcenter 5.1 running windows 2008 R2 Enterprise- the second oen is a Vm on...
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