Disk space consumed on the host vs inside the VM
Hello!I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine hosting the VM with Exchange2013/Server2012. This VM resides on a dedicated SSD = 120GB. By now this VM has been paused several times because of the lack...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 Live Migration dropping packets and causing all guests to drop...
Heres the run down - I have Hyper-V 2012 Server configured on a 4 node cluster with 1GB iSCSI storage and NIC team with 4 physical ports and a vNIC created for each MGMT, LM and CSV.The issue I had was...
View ArticleHyper-V manager over VPN...
I have a working VPN connection. Everything works great, BUT the Hyper-V manager.I get this error:I have done this; without any result:...
View ArticlePass-Through Drives on Hyper-V Server Core 2012
Hi everyone,Been stuck on this one for a few days, having an issue with Pass-Through of an external USB HDD on Hyper-V Core 2012. Normally I would make the disk offline in the host and add the HDD as...
View ArticleNot able to connect the vm in Hyper-V
I have an HP Prolicant DL980 G7 , installed ESXi 5.5 .installed win2012 on below machines.Created 2 vm's (CLU1 and CLU2 ) and installed Hyper-V. (able to RDP to these machines)Now created one VM (SCM...
View Articlembca 2.0 noncompliant message
HiI am trying to V2V some servers. I know I need to run the Analyzer so I am running MBCA 2.0 on a 32 bit Server 2003 R2 (ent) virtual server I get a message "No required update or hotfix information...
View Articlemy excuse was distracted during installation by football cowboys vs raiders
I am trying to learn server 2008 and 2012 and an using vmware, I decided to install virtual server 2012 and did not realize I was replacing my os of win 7 pro. I was distracted with football, I have...
View ArticleVMs in private network not getting IPs
Hi,I've installed Hyper-V on Win 8 machine and made 2 VMs with v-network adapter set to private but both are getting invalid IP's (169.x.x.x). I do not want to access the internet, I just want to have...
View ArticleDownload do hyper-v 2012 r2
I am Unable to download the hyper-v 2012 r2. I click the link and it returns to a screen of choice. Anyone have a direct link?
View ArticleLive Migration fails when host management network fails
Hi All, We're running Hyper-V R2 clusters with the following network config,Host management (enabled for cluster communication) - single NIC (integrated adapter)CSV and heartbeat - single NIC...
View ArticleUnable to Import MOCL Machines in Server 2012
Unable to Import the Course for Server 2012 :- 410BThe HVS Document Says, you will have to Use Server 2008 r2 as Base machine, but i would like to Use Server 2012.Can we import the virtual machine...
View ArticleConfiguring NAT in a Hyper-V setup
Hey Guys, Here's the deal. I want to be able to basically share the internet connection on the REASRV1 virtual machine with the internal virtual switch. I know i can do this by just sharing the...
View ArticleHost crashes when performing Live Migration
I have the following setup.2x Dell M620 blades with 2x 10gbit connected to iSCSI storage presented as a CSV.Im using Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 fully patched.I can Quick migrate without any issues, but...
View ArticleManaging free Hyper-V server 2012r2 from 2012 std non R2
Hi,Can i manage Hyper-v server 2012r2 from windows 2012 standard with RSAT installed? I am worried about the R2 difference and not sure will i have issues because of it.Thanks!
View ArticleCreate VHDX General Access Denied Error
Hello everyone, I have a problem which I've been stumped by for awhile. I have a HyperV 2012 R2 Server connected to a Windows Server 2012 FileShare (SMB 3.0). I have both of the machines in the same...
View ArticleSizing Tool for Physical machine to Virtual machine
Hi Guys,Do you know of any sizing tools which will help u in deciding what kind of specifications to set in hyper-v when shifting from a physical machine to virtual? ie: how much cpu from a 8 core to a...
View ArticleCannot run the big size exe file (>900MB) on Windows Storage Server 2003 x86...
When I run a big size exe file(>900 MB) on Windows Storage Server 2003 x86 SP2 OS VM mchine(which is managered by Hyper-V server), I got the following error message:Windows cannot open this program...
View ArticleCreate test environment from production
HelloI need to find out how I can create a test environment from our production environment. I need to make an exactly copy of it. The production is physical and the test environment would be in...
View ArticleHyper-V replication across versions (2012 to 2012 R2 and vice versa)
Does Hyper-V support cross-version replication? In other words, can Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V replicate to Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V server? Vice versa? I tried looking for documentation or blog...
View ArticleIssues with RHEL VM - Network - Degraded (Integration Service Upgrade Required)
Experts,We are facing issues with Linux VMs which is frequently becomes unreachable in network. The workaround to make it back is either moving the VM to a different host or disconnecting/reconnecting...
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