Windows Operating system Fine tuning for Hyper-v 2012 role
Hi Team,we are installling windows 2012 Hyper-v in GUI Mode in Datcenter Edition. i have 5 host and each carrying 128 GB of RAM with 600 GB of RAID harddisk.please let me know if we have any fine...
View ArticleVirtual Server Re-starts every couple of days without any reason
Hi,We are using Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012. We have three virtual servers defined under Hyper-V. One of these is our terminal server and it is re-starting every couple of days without any reason. I...
View ArticleRemote Hyper-V Manager: Unable to establish communication between server and...
Hi everybody,I know that my problem is not a new one and there are tons of post and blogs that talking on it. But it seem that my case is a little different because all solutions that I found doesn't...
View ArticleLicensing and Activation
I have installed Server 2012 R2 Datacenter in my office. I want to run multiple VPS. I want to know how to activate guest operating system using datacenter key. I have read aboutAVAM but unfortunately...
View Article2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster + SMB 3.0 SOFS share permissions issues
I have a 2 node 2012 R2 guest cluster, both nodes have the Hyper-V role installed on themI setup CSVI setup SMB 3.0 SOFS inside the CSVI'm having a lot of trouble with permissions on the share, i'm...
View ArticleUnplanned failover in a Hyper-V cluster vs unplanned failover in an ordinary...
Hello!Please excuse me if you think my question is silly, but before deploying something in a production environment I'd like to dot the i's and cross the t's.1) Suppose there's a two node cluster...
View ArticleExternal switch connectivity issues on Windows 8.1
Hello,I have a problem which is driving me crazy for a few days now. I have a Windows 8.1 Enterprise desktop PC with Hyper-V installed on it. I have created an External virtual switch in Hyper-V...
View Articlehow to change replication frequency
Server2012R2, how can I change the hyper-v replication frequency after replication has already been enabled? When I set it up I set it to 30secs but I am finding that is too frequent and would like to...
View Articlecopy vm template as a package
Hi all,I want to give my VM template as package. I have a SCVMM installed on Windows. I have created a custom Linux VM and is up and running. I have created a VM Template using this existing VM. The...
View ArticleNew-NetVirtualizationLookupRecord flexibity
I just have a quick question. What is the rationale behind the call of New-NetVirtualizationLookupRecord? it seems that it needs to be done per VM and per NIC ( as it requires MAC address). It will be...
View ArticleIntegration services backward compatibility
Hoping someone will know the answer to this.Is the version of Integration Services on Hyper-V 2012 R2 backwards compatible with Hyper-V 2012?The reason I ask is that we are in the process of moving VMs...
View ArticleClustered Disk Is Initializing on a Windows 2012 Server
Please note the following scenario:1. Created LUN on my IBM SAN and advertised it to Hyper V Group ( 3 servers in Hyper V cluster accessing clustered shared volumes)2. Logged into the first server in...
View ArticleRandom Reboots
Hello, I am experiencing random reboots on random servers during the week at random time... I did some research and I am suspecting that the "automatic recovery for application health monitoring" is...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 and TMG 2010/NLB
Hi there,I have an issue with TMG 2010 on Hyper-V 2012 - the Setup:- Windows 2012 Hyper-V- TMG 2010 SP2 Rollup 4 running on W2K8 R2TMG 2010 (Array Node1) Network Internal Interface: 10.0.0.10/24 (Route...
View ArticleHyper-V guest machine unable to play or rip CDs
Hi,I have a Windows 7 VM on which I would like to play and rip CDs. I defined the CD/DVD drive to point on the physical CD/DVD drive.When I insert an audio CD, the VM detects the insertion but it is...
View ArticleProblem with avhd Files
Hello i have a bad issue with HyperV and my VMLet me explain from the start: We shut down a virtual machine to delete a Snapshot with Hyper V Virtual Manager. So the process begins but stops at 48%,...
View ArticleCannot start VM - IDE Emulator Failed to Power on with Error 'The service...
HI all.New install of 2008R2 on HP DL-380 G6. I have created (several) VM's none of which will start. If I remove the IDE Hard Disk and add a DVD of the OS ISO, it will boot and start the install...
View ArticleVM diskResources showing it's on two CSV after storage migration
I've recently migrated a VM XXX from csv01 to csv05 and everything works fine. However I'm trying to migrate all VMs on CSV01 to new 2012 R2 cluster; VM Xxx showing up in copy node wizard. When I going...
View Articlevery poor disk performance within a VM
i have hyperv on windows server 2012 R2 running on a hp dl380 G8p with 2x 4core XeonE5-2620 smart array P420i with 1Gb BBWC and 80 GB of Server RAMabout 10 VMs running but some of them are extremely...
View ArticleMultiple Ethernet adapter or lan card on Hyper-v host
My Hyper-v 2012 R2 host has the following configuration. PC: HP 3330 Micro TowerRAM : 4GBnetwork adapter : 21. Realtek PCI GRE family ( integrated with motherboard)2. 10/100 PCI Ethernet Adapter...
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