Move Virtual Machine Storage before removing CSV
Windows Server 2016 With Storage Spaces Direct:I have used Move Virtual Machine Storage to emtpy the first Cluster Virtual disk so that the disk can be removed. After moving all the VMs i have 4...
View ArticleHyper-V VLAN questions
Some questions regarding the usage of VLAN-tagging in Hyper-V: 1. Is there any difference if you set the VLAN-id from Hyper-V Manager or directly on the vNIC inside the guest-os (i.e Windows network...
View ArticleManaging huge amout of VMs
Coming from VMware I used to group my different departments in Resource pools, both for Resource control and for easy overview of my companys different departments. Is there a way to group VMs in...
View ArticleManually merged snapshots, but last one "Failed to merge the virtual disk."
I've manually merged snapshots but when trying to do the last to the main VHDX I keep getting the following errors; Failed to merge the virtual disk. (Event ID: 15272 Hyper-V-VMMS) Another error which...
View ArticleDriver Error when installing server 2016 evaluation in hyper-v
When i try to install windows server 2016 evaluation edition in hyper-v, its giving error in the second screen of installation.''a media driver your computer needs is missing. this could be a DVD,USB...
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Unable to connect to Hyper-V 2012 R2 host from Hyper-V Manager (Win 10)
I have in production 9 Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host and 2 Hyper-V server 2016 host in a domain environment.From a Windows 8.1 Pro (x64) I connect through Hyper-V Manager to all hosts without...
View Articlehyper-v replicates with backup
HelloCurrently I have a Host with Hyper-V Windows 2016, which replicates my Vms to another Host with Windows 2016, through Hyper-V Replica.But when Vms backup is triggered, replication continues, and I...
View ArticleHome Server setup
First off I want to say thank you to everyone for reading this and helping me out with my problem. I recently bought a Dell Poweredge R710 to advance my skills as a system administrator and I have it...
View ArticleIs it possible to disable the creation of VMSwitches?
Hello,I'm trying to create a VM package that I can deploy in hyper-v. I want to disable the ability of users of this Vm from creating additional VMSwitches because I will be applying an extended ACL to...
View ArticleAdd Hyper-v Node to existing cluster
Dear AllI want to add 3 nodes to a existing 3 node cluster with hyper-v on windows server 2012 R2 R2. Storage LUNs are from VNX storage and these new 3 nodes are added to the same zone of existing...
View ArticlePacket loss when ping to gateway from windows 2012 R2 datacenter Server
I have 5 <g class="gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" data-gr-id="4" id="4">Vm</g> on hyperV .all servers are windows 2012 R2...
View ArticlePacket loss when ping to gateway from windows 2012 R2 datacenter Server VM
We have 5 VMs running on <g class="gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" data-gr-id="25" id="25">hyperV</g><g class="gr_ gr_290...
View ArticleFormula for Cluster Host Capacity if One Host is Removed
Hello,I am a new to the role of Sys Admin for a healthcare provider. Long time helpdesk/IT Support Technician and have several certifications in Windows, ITIL and CompTIA. However, I've been in this...
View ArticleCreating a Virtual switch without interfering Physical network
Is there anyway that I can create a virtual switch but without interfering with the physical network?
View ArticleProblem in Identifying L1 cache in Virtaul Machine
Hi,I am installing a Virtual Machine on the physical host having(8vCPU) and installing windows server 2012R2 OS.But as I check under Task Manager--->Performance, the L1 cache is showing N/A.How I...
View ArticleSAP installation in Hyper - V
Hi,We are planning to move our SAP servers into "Hyper - V". However, we have a limitation that our database(Oracle 11.2.0.1) is not compatible with Hyper - v.So is it possible that we keep the DB...
View ArticleCreating new hyperV server with raid6.. Any experience with Enterprise Sas...
I'm in the process of building a new hyper-v business server again, this time around i was considering going with raid6 and SAS 12Gb/s SSD storage, rather than Raid10 and 10k rpm sas drives. In...
View ArticleSQL guest backups cause host to freeze
I'm an IT consultant working on multiple systems. We have had this come up on 3 or 4 sites in the last couple years and I'm hoping for a more surgical fix than the one I've been using. Scenario common...
View ArticleNon-Uniform memory NUMA warning
I am getting a non-uniform memory NUMA warning in the event logs from the Hyper-V-Worker if I set memory above 31334MB (a hair less than 32GB).The hardware is a Dell R510 server with two X5670 six core...
View ArticleAutomating network configuration of Hyper-V Virtual Machines
Hi, I want to know if there is a way to configure Virtual machines in Hyper-V setup through a remote machine through PowerShell or any other interface. I want to automate setting network...
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