Installing virtual sbs 2011 on mac, first which disk do I install out of the 9
Hi, Wanting to install sbs 2011 on my mac and be able to have one be a test SBS and the other be a live SBS using VMware Fusion. When trying to install SBS disk I receive an error message "Operating...
View Articlenew Dell server with quad port Intel NIC. How should I configure this?
I have a Dell Poweredge R720 with a quadport Intel NIC, connecting to a single Dell Powerconnect 2848. I don't think this switch can anything that special, so how should the 4 ports of the NIC be...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 - Storage Spaces?
Just a quick one guys, does the standalone Hyper-V server (2012 R2) support storage spaces?
View ArticleNetworking issue
Hi, Hoping somebody can help with this issue and have a solution.I have a server located in a DC which is running hyper-v server. I have been give some IP's to use on the virtual servers which are on...
View ArticleCopying files to VM vhdx very, very slow!
Hi,I am setting up my first Virtualised environment (Hyper-V 2012 R2) on a Dell Poweredge R720 and I am experiencing performance issues when copy files (around 500mb) from an existing physical server...
View ArticleSSD or SATA for best hypervisor performance?
Windows Server 2012 R2I'm going to rebuild my home lab server. I have a 250GB SSD and a 1TB+ SATA drive. I'm going to have about 10VMs on the system, most running all at the same time.I think it's...
View ArticleCannot Logon to VM from Hyper-V Manager Via Remote Desktop. Keyboard Input...
Hello All:I'm having an issue with one VM on a Windows Server 2008 R2 host machine. I'll refer to the host machine as Host and the two virtual machines as VMa and VMb. Here goes...I log on to the...
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Share Internet from Windows Server 2008 R2(Host) and VM through Hyper V
Hi,How to share Internet between Windows Server 2008 R2 and VM through Hyper V. I have created a 'Internal' Network in Virtual Network Manager in Hyper V. I also tried sharing my Wireless Network but...
View ArticleReplica - target server hung
The target server - the one that is being replicated to - in a 2012 HyperV Replica environment seems to have hung for over 24 hours and Replica has been failing as a result. What would be the steps...
View ArticleReplica - bad drive on target
The hard drive on a target server - the one that is being replicated to - in a 2012 HyperV Replica environment seems to be failing - it looks like bad blocks - and Replica seems to be failing as a...
View ArticleHigh CPU activity - Terminal services
Hi,I have an HP DL360 G7 with 2 VMs on Hyper-v 2008R2. When users connect and open apps, the CPU runs at 100%. I've enabled the BIOS virtual settings and changed it to run just one VM with 32GB RAM...
View ArticleConnecting Virtual Machine to physical Domain Controller
Hello,I have a Hyper-V environment set up. My virtual machines are on my domain controller. I would like to connect these virtual machines onto the domain controller I am hosting them on. I have tried...
View ArticleFixed VHDX usage and convert from dynamic vhdx to fixed
Hi, "When you create a fixed disk, it will allocate all the space it needs on the physical drive on which it is created. Even if you write just a single ASCII character into that file, it will use all...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 server
Hello!I installed Hyper-V server 2012 R2 evaluation version in a virtual machine but when i log in it goes to system32\sconfig.cmd, what should i do to run it in windows mode, and it doesn't find a...
View ArticleDisk caching on host or guest?
OK, this is probably a noob question, but if we have 64GB RAM on our HyperV (2008R2) host, and we are running disk intensive software, do we:a) Allocate the 'minimum' RAM to the guest, and leave the...
View ArticleLots of Warning 1706 logged on VMM 2008 R2 Sp1
Hi,I have VMM 2008 R2 Sp1 server with 3 Hyper-V hosts connected. In VM Manager event log I have noticed lots of 1706 warnings logged recently:"Job <Id> (Refresh virtual machine) failed to...
View ArticleAccess to SAS controllers from a Virtual MAchine
Hello Everyone,I am trying to install Backup Exec in to a virtual machine. The VM is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and the hosts is a Windows Server 2012 Standard.I would like to Access SAS...
View ArticleLicensing - Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 vs Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V
2 node Hyper-V cluster with CSV on SAS SAN 2 x HP Proliant DL360 Gen8 Servers 1 x HP P2000 G3 SAS dual controller SANHi,I am looking to run 8 VM's on the above setup, 4 on each host. How many Windows...
View ArticleHyper-v causes clients to loose internet access
Hello, I have my domain running on Windows server 2008 R2 with two network adapters, One to receive an internet connection and the other to act as DNS,DHCP and RRAS server. When I install the Hyper-V...
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