Hyper-V Virtual Switch Max Speed?
We have two NICs connected at 10GB. When we team the NICS to create an external virtual switch, shouldn't the virtual switch have a speed of 20GB? It is only showing as 10GB. Is 10GB the max of a...
View ArticleServices are stopped
After installing Hyper-V I have experienced stopped services. After I had installed guest servers and run the, this error have disappeared. Interestingly these services are stopped when guest servers...
View ArticleCompact VHD file in Hyper V
I was wondering if Hyper-V in Windows 2008 R2 or 2012 already comes with a feature that will decrease the VHD file size when you delete files inside the VHD file or not. For example, I have a file...
View ArticleWindows2012HyperV_Performance
Dear supportI use windows server 2012 HyperV in the several host, However, the performance of the Guest OS is very slow.ProblemServer A: File + Domain server: File sharing is lower than the old...
View ArticleVirtual Machine - high disk response time
Hi Everyone,Got something strange happening in our lab at the moment and was wondering if anyone had experienced the same thing (and maybe has a solution).Our lab environment in a nutshell:2x Windows...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 networking with UTM in Hyper-V
Hi everyone.I'm having some trouble with my current network set up. Connectivity randomly drops for a moment every now and then, and sometimes completely until I restart the server. Pinging the server...
View ArticleMultiple vlan and domian issue
Hi , before we were running our network with a single vlan 10.1.10.0 /255.255.192.0 and a sonicwall. Now we had created 5 vlans with different ip ranges. the servers are running only in the...
View ArticleDoes Lync 2013 support Hyper-V Replica?
I have found a page from technet showing that live and quick migration are not supported by Lync 2013. But the link doesn't talk about Hyper-V Replica functionnality. Here is the...
View ArticleIn-place Upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012
I have a work environment based Windows 2008 R2 Hyper V containing multiple virtual machines (Sbs2011, TS, SQL). Due to the memory limit for the Standart version I want to upgrade to Windows 2012 Hyper...
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster RPC server unavailable error
We currently have 2 nodes in our HyperV environment. Both are experiencing the same issue. If we try to migrate any of the VMs, we are presented with an RPC server error. Also, if we try to open...
View ArticleWindows 2008r2 Ent hyper-v licensing with 2012 guests
Hi, I am running a Windows 2008r2 Ent hyper-v host, with two guests, both of which have their own license (it's SBS 2011 and 2008 Ent).I need to install an additional VM to run directory sync services...
View ArticleHyperV Data Migration
Im migrating from SBS2003 to SBS2011 both are virtual on HyperV Server 2008R2. Both guests have a single dedicated network card connected to 1Gbps switch (not shared by host os). The hardware is a HP...
View ArticleWindows 2008 hyper-v + other roles and upgrading to 2012
Hi AllI've looked high & low and not found an answer to my question so far. I've got a windows 2008 r2 server with upgrade rights to 2012, running only a couple of linux vm's, but have a...
View ArticleGuide for moving Workloads to a Private Cloud
Dear All.....I have a private cloud in place and i am looking for a guide that can show me the steps necessary to move workloads to private cloud such as CPU, Memory, Disk IO, Network IO considerations...
View ArticleUpgraded to Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 now getting "RPC server unavailable" error
I just upgraded my Hyper-V Server 2012 to Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, and now I'm having problems remotely managing it.My workstation is a Windows 8 machine that is domain joined to a PDC running as a VM...
View ArticleHave 3 VM machines. Connecting to one through RWW, to other 2 VMs receiving...
Hi All..I have next situation..Our ConfigurationW2008 Standard-> Hyper-VVM1- W2008 SMS with ADVM2-VM3 - WorstationsAfter running updates on W2008 Standard got issues with Hyper-V:1. VM1 was unable...
View ArticleVMware to Hyper-V Migration: Downtime of VM's under migration?
We have to perform a migration from Vmware cluster with vCenter and a HP EVA SAN to a new Hyper-V 2012 cluster (not existing yet) with a HP 3par SAN. We have to migrate 32 VM's, all production servers....
View ArticleFree HyperV Server 2012 R2
Hi all,Can anyone tell me the release date of the free HyperV Server 2012 R2? I couldn't find this information, I'm only able to download the preview of the product.Thanks,Dvijne
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster SAN Configuration
I've seen a conflicting best practices depending where I look. I'm not sure if this depends on the Windows Server version or is a matter of opinion. Is it better to have separate volumes for each...
View ArticleMIssing two VM's
Has anyone experienced VM's disappearing? I had three VM's running a SharePoint 2013 lab environment. When I went to my dashboard this morning they are gone. the Disks are still present but two (out...
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