Enabling VM Guest NLB w/Multicast IGMP on 2012 Hyper-V host w/ converged...
What a mouthful.As short as possible: WHAT I'M ATTEMPTING:I'm trying to build a new NLB cluster for a 2008 R2 SP1 Remote Desktop Services farm. And I'm trying to do it the right way, with multicast...
View ArticleReverse Replication on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Not Functioning
I have two new installs of Server 2012 R2 Standard and have the latest round of patches. I am creating a replica between the two and doing a Planned Failover. If I check the "Reverse the replication...
View ArticleHow to add features to an offline VHDX file with powershell
So I am trying to simply add features to an offline image with powershell but seem to get rejected each time. I have read http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831809.aspx but I just can't to...
View ArticleHyper-V on Windows 8.1 is messing with MAC address when sharing my Wifi card
Hello,I'm using Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 to build a complete SharePoint Development environment.All of my VM are following this scheme:a "local" private network shared between the host and all VM, using...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Hyper-V network latencies
Hi All,I have an issue with our Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts that I can't seem to figure out. Situation:2 x Dell PowerEdge R815 servers with AMD opteron 6376 16 core CPU's and 128 GB RAM running...
View ArticleHyper-V user CAL licensing
HelloFor Hyper-V host there's no need to have user or device CAL for accessing guest VMs. So if I have VMs only with for example Ubuntu systems, I don't need any CAL in my environment. Is that right? I...
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Server 2012R2 Hyper-V allocated a large amount of RAM to the host server.
We have a test environment and have encountered an issue with the ProLiant DL380 G5 servers with 10GB RAM, running Server 2012R2 Datacentre. We do not use dynamic memory (only startup/fixed memory) and...
View ArticleClient Hyper-V Maximum Connections
I have not been able to find a conclusive answer to this.Does Windows 8 Pro have a concurrent connection limit like previous versions of Windows desktop OS(s)? If so what about a virtual machine...
View ArticleNewb Question - Can I rename a Hyper-V Host without breaking the virtual...
I am new to Hyper-V, frogive me. We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with a name that does not match our standard naming convention. This server hosts a couple vitual machines running inside of it. I...
View ArticleConfiguring network connectivity for VM's on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Server
Hi,We have installed Hyper-V server 2012 R2 on a server and trying to configure 10 VM's.on the host machine we have 4 ethernet adpaters available ,for now we have enabled only one.Questions :1)Can we...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica in the same site
I know it may sound strange and I don't care to illustrate the reasoning behind this but I just want to know if this is technically possible? I haven't read any restrictions regarding replicating...
View ArticleRAID 6 for Hyper-V server 2012 R2 OS
Hi,Configured RAID 6 for the disks available (12 disks) and installed Hyper-V server 2012 R2 on that disk.the problem is the partition is showling free space available as 0 and not able to configure...
View ArticleCannot apply Hyper v Replica ip failover.
Hello,I'm using Hyper with replica server. I have two hosts in Windows Server 2012 with hyper v installed and last integration installed both sides on each VM.I have set up the failover ip on each...
View ArticleHyper-V Core 2012 Setup fails
Hi there,I downloaded the free available Hyper-V Core 2012 from Technet. During the Setup I get this error message:"Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass...
View Articletraffic storage
Hyperv2012->NetAppWindows2012Serverwith CIFsstorage accessIt is normalifcommandto copyfiles fromthe mapped driveinWindowsitself, trafficin and out ofthevirtualmachine?,Should not stay inside...
View Articlemove hyper-v powershell module from 2012 to 2008 r2
hey all, i having some problem with moving hyper-v powershell module from server 2012 to server 2008 r2 and here the desription:i have server 2012 with hyper-v powershell module inside and its working...
View ArticleHow can we properly backup our only virtual DC before adding a second one? We...
Hi, I need some help, please.We have only one DC and it’s a VM running on Hyper-V R2. Now we are planning to add a second one and we want to mitigate potential risks of loosing AD if something goes...
View ArticleHyper-V won't install on x64 Windows 8.1 Pro
I can't seem to get Hyper-V installed.I am running Windows 8.1 Pro 64Steps to reproduce:1. Add/Remove Features2. Add Hyper-V, and all subsets3. Click OK.4. Click Restart when prompted.5. Computer will...
View ArticleUSB Connectivity
Hi Everyone, I currently have a single Hyper-V 2008 R2 Host running two Virtual Machines (Server 2008 R2). I am trying to connect an APC UPS to one of the Hyper-V guests for shutdown in the event of...
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