Windows server 2016 licensing - license mobility
Hi,I have a virtualization infrastructure with clustered 2 hosts, and I want to know how to license Windows server that is installed on my virtual machines. Windows server can be moved from one host to...
View ArticleShared Storage Configuration
I'm setting up a new two node cluster and am new to virtualization. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to configure my storage and how many physical drives and raid arrays I should have and then...
View ArticleInstalling Hyper-V role fails on Windows Server 2012 R2
Hi,I am trying to install the Hyper-V role on our company's server (with Windows 2012 R2 installed with Standard license).But for some reason after the progress bar has reached the end - and it does...
View ArticleHyper-v: Live Migration Network
We have a hyper-v cluster with 3 netwoks (1x Cluster and client (N1), 2x Cluster Only (N2,N3))On Failover Cluster Manager we've configured N2 as network to use in Live Migration, but If I open settings...
View ArticleHyper-v cluster: SMB 3.0 vs LUNs
I'd like to know advantages and disadvantages about:Hyper-v cluster using typical LUNs consigurationHyper-v cluster using SMB 3.0 files servers
View ArticleHow can i delete merged snapshots Hyper-v
Hello; Recently I've deleted snapshots of a virtual machine as i don't need it any more, but after deleting them and turn off the VM merging process has begun and the size of VHDٍX has became very...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 Guest loses network connectivity during DPM backup
We are experiencing a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V network connectivity issue, within our remote Hyper-V infrastructure, which is similar tohttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/974909...
View ArticleDrive Allocation Unit Size
When setting up my Hyper-V clustered nodes, each node has (2) RAID 1 525GB SSD drives for the Server OS and is attached to shared storage. I know the Allocation unit size for all the shared drives...
View ArticleQuestions about throttling Hyper-V Replica traffic
Hi,Plan on setting a bandwidth limit on Hyper-V Replica for a customer of ours using the New-NetQosPolicy cmdlet as described here.I plan on using either the port or the vmms.exe method of throttling...
View ArticleTriple Display and Client Hyper-V
Hi,I suspect I've exhausted all the options but just in case someone has a different ideas. I'm a developer that uses a Dell Workstation with 3 30" displays.I swap annually between VMWare and Client...
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Error in connecting to HyperV Server
Greetings my fellow Tech Guru's I recently installed Windows HyperV 2012 on a physical box HPZ600 and Joined the existing windows Active Directory domain, add the computer on to my Debian DNS Server....
View ArticleVM problems after moving to another Hyper-V host
Good evening everyone, I've got very interesting problem. My Hyper-V hosts are Windows Server 2012 R2 and the guests are Windows Server 2012 R2, too. The first one (Dell R720 XD - host A) hosts the...
View ArticleDynamic VHDX - parent out of space
Hi,I have a dynamic vhdx iSCSI share. I gave it more space than the container partition have and it reached the size of the parent. Now I can't connect to it using iSCSI neither attach the vhd. Disk...
View Articleresynchronizing and replication
Dears im confused between hyper resynchnization and replication its the replication steps will do via resynchnization or resynchnization is anther thing ? for example when check in (Automatically...
View ArticleNIC lose performance after it's made it to a virtual switch
On a physical server we have 2 10GB cards. When we run the tests before we made a network adapter to a virtual switch, we get 9.15 Gbits / sec When we create the NIC to a virtual switch in the...
View ArticleServer 2016 replica with vhds (guest requirements)
Am I right in thinking that both host disks AND guest must be Server 2016 for replication of shared vhds(ets) disks to work?Not easy to find that simple requirement?!ThanksSeb
View ArticleHyper-V 2016, RAS 2016 - NAT Configuration?
Ok, I have a server running Hyper-V 2016. It is currently configured with a single NIC (Internet facing) and a single Internal vNIC for the VMs. For testing and initial deployment, I specified an IP...
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Issue is in VM Replication
Hi,I am trying to enable replication but I m getting below error in event viewer & replication is not being start. OVL-FS' cannot create the storage required for the checkpoint using disk...
View Articlecreating an external virtual switch
Hello, i am unable to create an external virtual switch. I have attempted to create one through the virtual switch manager and through powershell but i am still unsuccessful.When ever i create a...
View ArticleHow to convert type dynamic disk to fixed disk hyper-v 2016
Dear MS technical I have a VM running exchange 2016. Virtual disk .vhdx type dynamics disk So size volumes VM grow up large than volumes host physical space Please help me how to convert type from...
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