Allocating max. CPU Cores to VMs in Microsoft Hyper V Server 2008 R2
HiWe have a IBM X3650 M2 server with two Xeon E5504 Quadcore processor. We are going for the virtualization with Microsoft Hyper V Server 2008 R2. We want to define 3 VMs in the host and vendor...
View ArticleTemplate/WinRM issue
Hello all,I have implemented IBM StorWize V3700 in my Hyper-V stack where I use VMM 2012 SP1 and since I have presented volumes to all of my hosts I lost ability to deploy VM templates, all jobs get...
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cannot import virtual machine windows server 2012
HI, im having a problem importing a virtual machine from a windows server 2012 host to another 2012 hostwhen i import the virtual machine i am prompted with the error below. i also tried creating a...
View ArticleHyper-v email notification
Hello. I have two Windows 2012 servers running Hyper-v with replication enabled. One is primary and the other is the "backup" replica server. Some times VM's stop replicating from the primary server...
View ArticleHow to get Virtual Network name for Virtual Machine in Azure PowerShell?
I want to know what Virtual Network name is for specific Virtual Machine.How can I get this through Azure PowerShell?
View ArticleWhen using SMBv3 for storage of HyperV - are separate shares needed for each...
Documents like http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134187.aspx#BKMK_Step5Seem to indicate seperate shares are needed one the SMBv3 Server for each HyperV Host (or possibly each guest)I can't...
View ArticleWhat is the best free backup solution for Hyper-V R2/2012? CSV support is...
Hi, I need so guidance, please. I’m planning to deploy a free backup solution for my virtual environment and I need your advice. I have the following configuration:Failover Cluster:Two Dell ServersOS:...
View ArticleHow to proper remove Hyper-v snapshots
Hi,This is a Windows Server 2008. One of its virtual machines has 8 snapshots in the Hyper-V Manager. Where do I start to delete the snapshots? From the bottom up or from top down within the the...
View ArticleNIC Teaming in 2012 R2
Hi,With a Hyper-V 2012 R2 host and a Windows server 2012 R2 guest, where is it generally best to configure NIC teaming for the guest?Its a Dell Server host with all Intel network adapters. Option 1:On...
View ArticleHyper-V kernel modules prevent Xen-kernel from finding disk drives
Hi, I tried booting Xen-kernel 4.3 in a Hyper-V virtual machine. The vm runs Debian7, which uses hv modules for Hyper-V. When I boot the normal kernel, it is fine, but booting Debian's xen-kernel...
View ArticleDifferent used space for CSV in cluster manager / explorer
Hi everyone,in our Hyper-V Cluster consisting of two 2012 Servers we have got the following problem:The used disk space in windows Explorer is roughly 1TB less than the used disk space which is shown...
View ArticleHyper-V could not replicate changes for virtual machine 'machinename': The...
I have a 3 node cluster that has replica setup to replicate to another cluster off-site.Suddenly one of the servers is not replicating with the error:Hyper-V could not replicate changes for virtual...
View ArticleAVHDX Files disappear after Merge - but still remain in the Config - Server...
Hi,we installed 2 Hyper-V Servers with a non-shared Storage Setup, that means every Hyper-V has his own storage. On Both Hyper-Vs we installed several virtual machines, all Windows Server 2012. After a...
View ArticleCompacting a SCSI virtual disk
Hi Folks,I have few queries regarding compacting a virtual hard disk.I have a custom Linux VM running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. I have configured two disks, one with IDE as boot disk and...
View ArticleHyper-V R2 Cluster and CSV
Hi, I'm pretty new in the hyper-v world. And I'm planning to migrate more servers to an hyper-v failover cluster with Fibre Channel SAN. I'm wondering about the CSV and the possibility to have less LUN...
View ArticlePVLAN and or versus Virtual Subnetting
Hello guys! I'm really making a mess with PVLAN and Virtual Subnetting (VSID). I can't understand what is better or what is the most appropriated on an environment. I'm studing for the MCSE Private...
View ArticleWhich Server Version for Domain Controller do I Need
HelloWe are currently running two domain controllers with Server 2003 on them. We have a standard TCP/IP star topology networking including web servers, files servers, sql, iis etc.We are upgrading 5...
View ArticleType 2 Virtual Machine in Hyper-V will not PXE boot with WDS
HiBit of a wierd scenario this but I'm doing a bit of a lab experiment kind of thing. The setup is as follows:VMWare Workstation 10 with Windows Server 2012 R2 running as a virtual machine. In VMW10 I...
View ArticleCan hyper-v image in Windows 2012 replicate to Windows 2012 R2?
Can we set a hyper-v replica from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2 server, and use extend replica to clone the image to another Windows 2012/Windows 2012 R2 server?Thanks,Tak
View ArticleCSV volume goes offline when DPM backup starts
Hi,New two node Hyper-V cluster running Windows 2012R2.Storage is delivered through a standalone Windows 2012R2 iSCSI Target server, with CSV.We have about 14 VMs running on the cluster, so far no...
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