I've got a 2 node Server 2012 Hyper-V cluster, and each node has 6 gigabit NIC ports. 2 are dedicated to iSCSI traffic, but the other 4 are in a Team. When I Live Migrate 20+ VMs, it seems to me that I should be able to achieve at least 2-3Gbps (adjusting for network overhead and such) transfers. I realize there are a great number of ways to configure a team in Server 2012, and I've experimented with all of them: Static Teaming, Switch Independent, LACP, and each of these can either be Address Hash or Hyper-V port. I've occasionally seen brief spikes up to 1.5Gbps, but that's it. The rest of the time it's at a very steady 1Gbps.

I've got these servers connected to 2 ProCurve 2910al switches with a 10gb backplane, and the switches are not being taxed with any other workloads. When I use the LACP teaming, I have tried both LACP-enabled trunks and enabling Active LACP on the relevant ports. 

My biggest question is: is this even feasible? Has anyone achieved 2Gbps+ Live Migration speeds without using 10gb NIC cards?

Anyone? Bueller?

I have som programs only running on XP, and installed on a XP Mode.vhd running on Windows 7.

I have been able to move the vhd to Windows 8 and Hyper-V. BUT:
The license needs to be reactivated. Due to some problems vith addons I tried to mak phone-activation. Myt MS suggests that the copy is eventually pirated. I think its due to the fact that XP-mode is OEM, and I know no way to just change to a valid XP Pro license.

It is extremly many difficulties to bring old programs along:

- vhd splitted on 2 files, needs to be combined
- XPMUsers password - needs to be remembered/removed
- Virtual PC addons to be removed
- New integration addons (can't be installed if previous addons not removed)
- impossible reactivation
- impossible to upgrade OS to Win pro (no oem)

:(

I am in the process of setting up two new Hyper-V Server 2012 hosts, the plan is to use one to host 4 server guest operating systems and to use the other for replication. I plan on installing a domain controller as one of the Hyper-V Guests and my question is whether or not it is safe to join the Hyper-V Server hosts to the domain when the domain controller is running as a guest on the Hyper-V Server itself.

From what I can gather administration of the Hyper-V Servers will be much easier if they are joined to the domain, however I am not sure if this will work since the domain controller would obviously be unavailable to the Hyper-V Host at start-up.

I know that best practice would be to have another physical domain controller for the network, and in the long run that is my goal, however the hardware I would like to use for that is a production server running ESXi now, once my migration to Hyper-V is complete I will be able to repurpose that server, but that may be some months down the road.

Would the best practice be to join the Hyper-V hosts to the domain or leave them in a Workgroup?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I'm installing Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V on it. It is going to run two virtual machines (Server 2012 and Server 2008 R2). Should I enable data deduplication in host machine to disk where the virtual machines are or should I just enable deduplication to this 2012 VM that is a File Server?

I am building a five node Hyper-V cluster and am looking for advice on the network layout.. no iSCSI as we will be using an 8GB FC SAN.

Each host will have two physical quad port NICs in addition to the two on-board\embedded. Here is what I am thinking:

4 x 1GB VM Ports(Teamed using two ports on quad port card 1 and two port on quad port card 2.. Several trunked VLANs)

2 x 1GB Management Ports (Teamed on the two on-board\embedded.. VLAN1)

2 x 1GB Live Migration Ports (Teamed via one port on quad port card 1 and one port on quad port card 2.. VLAN2)

1 x 1GB CSV Port (third port on quad port card 1.. VLAN3)

1 x 1GB Cluster Heartbeat Port (fourth port on quad port card 2.. VLAN4)

 The teams would have the physical connection split between two Cisco switches on an EtherChannel. Thoughts?

Host server: Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V installed (already joined the domain)
DCs: Windows Server 2008 R2 (VMs of the Hyper-V host server)
Remote management computer: Windows 7 32bit with RSAT installed (already joined the domain)
Remote management user: A memeber of Domain Admins and logged on the remote management computer

I added my Hyper-V host server in the Hyper-V Manager console in RSAT on my remote management computer. I could manage the Hyper-V host server such asHyper-V Settings and Virtual Network Manager. But I could not see or manage the VMs. The system told meNo virtual machines were found on this server. I believe there are several VMs on my Hyper-V host server. And the Windows Firewall on both Hyper-V host server and remote management computer was diabled.

Hi,

I am having a problem with HyperV and ISCSI disk pass though. I have configured my LUNs to point at the VM host, however I can't seem to mount >12 MS ISCSI virtual disks on the VM server. They aren't appearing in disk manager. HyperV is also hung on trying to select a disk to pass through. Is this a known bug? Running Server 2008R2 SP1 with latest updates.

Hi,

    Is it possible to configure a virtual switch in private mode that allows VM's on separate nodes communicate? This was not possible on Server 2008 R2 and I was hoping that this had been fixed on Server 2012.  I'm trying to avoid the use of VLAN's for was is basically private traffic between VM's spread across nodes in a cluster.

Cheers,

Matt

Hi All,

I installed Hyper V Server 2012 on my Windows 7 laptop thinking it was a kind of VMWare. After I installed it the system is just starting in hyper V mode and I am unable to go back to Windows 7. Could someone help me in going back to my Windows 7 and how to uninstall Hyper V 2012 server.

Thanks
Vineesh

vineesh1701

When I'm running a Hyper-V VM (which I run most of the time) that is set to use 8GB of RAM, occasionally my mouse will experience "stuttering" or lag.  It can happen multiple times in a row, and sometimes is spaced out over hours.

Machine specifications:

Windows 8 Pro

i7-2500

16GB RAM

nVidia GeForce 470GTX

Hyper-V VM is on a secondary SATA drive that is only used for Hyper-V

Hyper-V VM is using 8GB fixed (another one is using 8GB min, 12GB max -- not running at the same time of course) with 2 vCPUs and two VHDX's, fixed.

SharePoint - Nauplius Applications
Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP - 2012

I am having problem with the initialization of th Virtual PC i've installed on my new Server. the processor supports virtualization and i enabled it. But after i created the PC and start, this is the error message i got it of event log:

Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker-Admin

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker

Date:          2/27/2013 11:23:01 AM

Event ID:      3112

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:     

User:          NETWORK SERVICE

Computer:     

Description:

The virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running.  The following actions may help you resolve the problem: 1) Verify that the processor of the physical computer has a supported version of hardware-assisted virtualization. 2) Verify that hardware-assisted virtualization and hardware-assisted data execution protection are enabled in the BIOS of the physical computer.  (If you edit the BIOS to enable either setting, you must turn off the power to the physical computer and then turn it back on.  Resetting the physical computer is not sufficient.) 3) If you have made changes to the Boot Configuration Data store, review these changes to ensure that the hypervisor is configured to launch automatically.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker" Guid="{51DDFA29-D5C8-4803-BE4B-2ECB715570FE}" />

    <EventID>3112</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-27T19:23:01.905123600Z" />

    <EventRecordID>262</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="9168" ThreadID="9188" />

    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker-Admin</Channel>

    <Computer> </Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />

  </System>

  <UserData>

    <VmlEventLog xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Virtualization/Events">

    </VmlEventLog>

  </UserData>

</Event>

any ideas?

I'm getting many events of id 4098 in my host Hyper-V Server 2012 event log.  The guest (Server 2012) for the event is on a pass through disk being backed up by DPM Server 2012 SP1 with an agent installed in the VM.  All integration services are being offered to the guest.

I have another guest (Server 2008R2) with pass through disks on another host (Server 2012) being backed up with DPM in the same manner and I do not receive these events.  DPM agent is also installed on this guest and all integration services are being offered as well.

Both guest systems have the current integration services installed.  Does anyone know the cause of this message?  The event text is:

'GUESTSYSTEMNAME': The Virtual machine D5C3A563-DD00-4CFA-A08A-826E37720499 cannot be hot backed up since it has one or more volumes with differencing areas located on different volumes

Thanks.

Hello all,

I have quite a lot performance issues on a Hyper-V 2012 cluster. I have enabled Dynic Memory for my VM's, but I have the idea that it is not working, or maybe even contra-productive.

What I see is the following: When copying a large file from the network to a "local" disk of the VM (disk is running on an iSCSI volume attached to the hosts), the first couple of GB's are going fine. Then at once, the memory is filled up (the memory graph in the taskmgr increases liniar to almost 100% usage. The VM becomes very unresponsive and the copy slows down from 115 MB/s to some 100 KB/s.

This is where dynamic memory comes in: The amount of memory that I see in the host is the startup memory (in this case 6 GB). It does not increase, all though there is enough mem free on the host and the max memory is set to, well let's show all values:

PS C:\Users\superadmin> get-vm sp0002-003 | refresh-vm | ft Name,VMAddition,Memory,MemoryAssignedMB,DynamicMemoryBu
fferPercentage,DynamicMemoryDemandMB,DynamicMemoryEnabled,DynamicMemoryMaximumMB,DynamicMemoryMinimumMB,DynamicMemorySta
tus


Name        VMAddition       Memory MemoryAssig DynamicMemo DynamicMemo DynamicMemo DynamicMemo DynamicMemo DynamicMemo
                                          nedMB ryBufferPer  ryDemandMB   ryEnabled ryMaximumMB ryMinimumMB    ryStatus
                                                    centage
----        ----------       ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
sp0002-0... 6.2.9200...        6144        3238         200        1133        True       40960        2048         OK 

So what I see is that the DynamicMemoryDemand is 1133. But in the VM, the memory usage is 98% of 6GB! 

Why is this not matching? Please help me troubleshoot this.

Regards,

Stephan van der Plas

Host:

PS C:\Users\superadmin> Get-VMHost iict-srv008


RunAsAccount                          : superadmin
MostRecentTaskID                      : 4248ffc7-f65a-4308-95b1-00b44a25afeb
MostRecentTaskUIState                 : Completed
MostRecentTask                        : Refresh virtual machine properties
OverallStateString                    : OK
OverallState                          : OK
CommunicationStateString              : Responding
CommunicationState                    : Responding
Name                                  : iict-srv008.contoso.local
FullyQualifiedDomainName              : iict-srv008.contoso.local
ComputerName                          : iict-srv008
DomainName                            : contoso.local
Description                           :
RemoteUserName                        :
OverrideHostGroupReserves             : False
CPUPercentageReserve                  : 10
NetworkPercentageReserve              : 0
DiskSpaceReserveMB                    : 10240
MaxDiskIOReservation                  : 10000
MemoryReserveMB                       : 2048
VMPaths                               : {\\?\Volume{f614820c-f7f5-11e1-b1cb-90e6ba0d09c5}\, C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1,
                                        C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2, C:\ClusterStorage\Volume3}
PROEnabled                            : False
MaintenanceHost                       : False
AvailableForPlacement                 : True
IsEmbedded                            : False
CredentialsNeeded                     : False
LogicalProcessorCount                 : 8
PhysicalCPUCount                      : 1
CoresPerCPU                           : 8
L2CacheSize                           : 0
L3CacheSize                           : 0
BusSpeed                              : 133
ProcessorSpeed                        : 2533
ProcessorModel                        : Xeon
ProcessorManufacturer                 : Intel
ProcessorArchitecture                 : 9
ProcessorFamily                       : 179
CpuUtilization                        : 7
TotalMemory                           : 51530297344
AvailableMemory                       : 20069
OperatingSystem                       : Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
OperatingSystemVersion                : 6.2.9200
DVDDrives                             :
DVDDriveList                          : {}
VirtualizationPlatformString          : Microsoft Hyper-V
VirtualizationPlatform                : HyperV
VirtualizationPlatformDetail          : Microsoft Hyper-V
IsVirtualizationSoftwareDetailUnknown : False
IsViridianHost                        : True
SupportsLiveMigration                 : True
FloppyDrives                          :
FloppyDriveList                       : {}
VMHostGroup                           : All Hosts\IICT\DDC
HostCluster                           : IICT-HYP-001.contoso.local
RemoteConnectEnabled                  : True
RemoteConnectPort                     : 2179
SecureRemoteConnectEnabled            : False
VMRCCertificateAvailable              : False
EnableLiveMigration                   : True
LiveMigrationMaximum                  : 2
LiveStorageMigrationMaximum           : 2
UseAnyMigrationSubnet                 : False
MigrationSubnet                       : {fe80::34c1:597c:f7ec:5ff/128, 10.100.0.201/32, 10.127.0.23/32, 10.128.0.18/32.
                                        ..}
MigrationAuthProtocol                 : CredSSP
SslTcpPort                            : 5985
SslCertificateHash                    :
SshTcpPort                            : 0
SshPublicKeyHash                      :
SshPublicKey                          :
IsRemoteFXRoleInstalled               : False
IsCPUSLAT                             : True
IsNumaSpanningEnabled                 : True
GPUMemoryTotalMB                      :
GPUMemoryAvailableMB                  :
ClusterNodeStatus                     : Running
TimeZone                              : 60
HyperVState                           : Running
HyperVStateString                     : Running
HyperVVersion                         : 6.2.9200.16384
HyperVVersionState                    : UpToDate
PerimeterNetworkHost                  : False
NonTrustedDomainHost                  : False
MaximumMemoryPerVM                    : 1048576
MinimumMemoryPerVM                    : 8
SuggestedMaximumMemoryPerVM           : 512
ModifiedTime                          : 27-2-2013 11:01:09
Agent                                 : iict-srv008.contoso.local
ManagedComputer                       : iict-srv008.contoso.local
VMs                                   : {iict-srvp00-005, iict-srvp00-010, IICT-SRVP00-015, IICT-SP0002-005...}
Disks                                 : {\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2, \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0, \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1, \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4
                                        ...}
GPUs                                  : {}
InstalledVirtualSwitchExtensions      : {Microsoft VMM DHCPv4 Server Switch Extension, Microsoft Windows Filtering Plat
                                        form, Microsoft Virtual Ethernet Switch Native Extension, Microsoft NDIS Captur
                                        e}
DiskVolumes                           : {C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1, \\?\Volume{7a6a8259-07d2-11e2-b1c9-806e6f6e6963}\,
                                        C:\ClusterStorage\Volume3, C:\...}
RegisteredStorageFileShares           : {}
FibreChannelHbas                      : {}
SASHbas                               : {}
InternetSCSIHbas                      : {ROOT\ISCSIPRT\0000_0}
VMwareResourcePool                    :
IsConfiguredForOutOfBandManagement    : False
PhysicalMachine                       : f43ba4b0-d804-11dd-937e-53d2c25da7bf
HealthMonitors                        : {Network, Hyper-V Role Overall, WMI Performance Counter, Overall...}
RemoteStorageTotalCapacity            : 33223197026304
RemoteStorageAvailableCapacity        : 31444639604736
LocalStorageTotalCapacity             : 0
LocalStorageAvailableCapacity         : 0
TotalStorageCapacity                  : 33223197026304
AvailableStorageCapacity              : 31444639604736
UsedStorageCapacity                   : 1778557421568
Custom1                               :
Custom2                               :
Custom3                               :
Custom4                               :
Custom5                               :
Custom6                               :
Custom7                               :
Custom8                               :
Custom9                               :
Custom10                              :
CustomProperty                        : {}
FibreChannelSANStatus                 : DeployTargetDoesNotHaveHBA (1204)
ISCSISANStatus                        : DeployHostDoesNotHaveMPIO (1253)
NPIVFibreChannelSANStatus             : DeployHostIsNotNPIVCapable (1252)
CertificateRequest                    :
ComputerState                         : Responding
VirtualizationManager                 :
ServerConnection                      : Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Remoting.ServerConnection
ID                                    : fc26e436-bd3d-444d-a412-5f91636f8e23
IsViewOnly                            : False
ObjectType                            : VMHost
MarkedForDeletion                     : False
IsFullyCached                         : True
MostRecentTaskIfLocal                 : Refresh virtual machine properties
FQDN                                  : iict-srv008.contoso.local
LogicalCPUCount                       : 8
CPUSpeed                              : 2533
CPUModel                              : Xeon
CPUManufacturer                       : Intel
CPUArchitecture                       : 9
CPUFamily                             : 179
VMRCEnabled                           : True
VMRCPort                              : 2179
SecureVMRCEnabled                     : False
VirtualServerState                    : Running
VirtualServerStateString              : Running
VirtualServerVersion                  : 6.2.9200.16384
VirtualServerVersionState             : UpToDate
ServicingWindows                      :

VM:

PS C:\Users\superadmin> Get-VM iict-sp0002-003

VMCPath                             : C:\ClusterStorage\volume1\sp0002-003\sp0002-003\Virtual Machines\4DBFF8
                                      DA-0B44-40BA-993A-E4B5317181D0.xml
MarkedAsTemplate                    : False
OwnerIdentifier                     :
VMId                                : 4DBFF8DA-0B44-40BA-993A-E4B5317181D0
VMResourceGroup                     : sp0002-003
VMConfigResource                    : Virtual Machine Configuration sp0002-003
VMConfigResourceStatus              : ClusterResourceOnline
VMResource                          : Virtual Machine sp0002-003
VMResourceStatus                    : ClusterResourceOnline
DiskResources                       : {}
UnsupportedReason                   : Success (0)
RefresherErrors                     : {}
VirtualMachineState                 : Running
HostGroupPath                       : All Hosts\IICT\DDC\sp0002-003
TotalSize                           : 222316801024
MemoryAssignedMB                    : 3044
MemoryAvailablePercentage           : 66
DynamicMemoryDemandMB               : 1034
DynamicMemoryStatus                 : OK
AllocatedGPU                        :
HasPassthroughDisk                  : False
Status                              : Running
IsOrphaned                          : False
HasSavedState                       : False
StatusString                        : Running
StartAction                         : NeverAutoTurnOnVM
StopAction                          : SaveVM
RunGuestAccount                     :
DelayStart                          : 0
CPUUtilization                      : 0
PerfCPUUtilization                  : 0
PerfMemory                          : 3044
PerfDiskBytesRead                   : 376305
PerfDiskBytesWrite                  : 4362892
PerfNetworkBytesRead                : 749261
PerfNetworkBytesWrite               : 17945
VirtualizationPlatform              : HyperV
ComputerNameString                  : SP0002-003.child.contoso.local
CreationSource                      : Unknown source object
IsUndergoingLiveMigration           : False
SourceObjectType                    : Unknown source object
OperatingSystemShutdownEnabled      : True
TimeSynchronizationEnabled          : True
DataExchangeEnabled                 : True
HeartbeatEnabled                    : True
BackupEnabled                       : True
ExcludeFromPRO                      : False
FailedJobID                         :
CheckpointLocation                  : C:\ClusterStorage\volume1\sp0002-003\sp0002-003
SelfServiceUserRole                 :
PassThroughDisks                    : {}
ComputerTier                        :
UpgradeDomain                       :
SCApplications                      : {}
LastRestoredCheckpointID            : 4DBFF8DA-0B44-40BA-993A-E4B5317181D0
LastRestoredVMCheckpoint            :
ComplianceStatus                    :
IsFaultTolerant                     : False
DeploymentErrorInfo                 :
ServiceDeploymentErrorMessage       :
DeploymentState                     : Undeployed
TieredPerfData                      : 14a76033-38ea-4c56-938e-9224db0a6854
ReplicationSetting                  :
ReplicationStatus                   :
IsRecoveryVM                        : False
IsPrimaryVM                         : False
IsTestReplicaVM                     : False
IsDREnabled                         : False
DRState                             : Disabled
DRErrors                            : {}
HasDRError                          : False
ClusterNonPossibleOwner             : {}
ClusterPreferredOwner               : {}
AvailabilitySetNames                :
MostRecentTaskID                    : b944b719-8d49-40c2-abc9-2d9a7412bcee
MostRecentTaskUIState               : Completed
MostRecentTask                      : Refresh virtual machine
Location                            : C:\ClusterStorage\volume1\sp0002-003\sp0002-003
CreationTime                        : 25-2-2013 17:22:07
OperatingSystem                     : 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
HasVMAdditions                      : True
VMAddition                          : Detected
NumLockEnabled                      : False
CPUCount                            : 4
IsHighlyAvailable                   : True
HAVMPriority                        : 2000
IsDRProtectionRequired              : False
LimitCPUFunctionality               : False
LimitCPUForMigration                : True
Memory                              : 6144
DynamicMemoryEnabled                : True
DynamicMemoryMaximumMB              : 40960
DynamicMemoryBufferPercentage       : 200
MemoryWeight                        : 5000
VirtualVideoAdapterEnabled          : False
MonitorMaximumCount                 :
MonitorResolutionMaximum            :
BootOrder                           : {CD, IdeHardDrive, PxeBoot, Floppy}
ComputerName                        : SP0002-003.child.contoso.local
UseHardwareAssistedVirtualization   : True
SANStatus                           : {DeployVMOnClusterSharedVolume (1291)}
CostCenter                          :
QuotaPoint                          : 1
IsTagEmpty                          : False
Tag                                 : (none)
CustomProperties                    : {, , , ...}
CustomProperty                      : {}
UndoDisksEnabled                    : False
CPUType                             : 3.60 GHz Xeon (2 MB L2 cache)
ExpectedCPUUtilization              : 20
DiskIO                              : 0
NetworkUtilization                  : 0
RelativeWeight                      : 100
CPUReserve                          : 0
CPUMax                              : 100
CPUPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximum        : 8
MemoryPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximumMB   : 45550
VirtualNumaNodesPerSocketMaximum    : 1
DynamicMemoryMinimumMB              : 2048
NumaIsolationRequired               : False
VirtualDVDDrives                    : {sp0002-003}
VirtualHardDisks                    : {2008 r2 standard sp1_disk_1, sp0002-003_disk_1}
VirtualDiskDrives                   : {sp0002-003, sp0002-003}
ShareSCSIBus                        : False
VirtualNetworkAdapters              : {sp0002-003}
VirtualFloppyDrive                  : sp0002-003
VirtualCOMPorts                     : {COM1, COM2}
VirtualSCSIAdapters                 : {sp0002-003}
CapabilityProfile                   :
CapabilityProfileCompatibilityState : Compatible
VMCheckpoints                       : {}
HostId                              : fc26e436-bd3d-444d-a412-5f91636f8e23
HostType                            : VMHost
HostName                            : srv008.contoso.local
VMHost                              : srv008.contoso.local
LibraryServer                       :
CloudId                             :
Cloud                               :
LibraryGroup                        :
GrantedToList                       : {}
UserRoleID                          : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
UserRole                            :
Owner                               :
ObjectType                          : VM
Accessibility                       : Public
Name                                : sp0002-003
IsViewOnly                          : False
Description                         :
AddedTime                           : 25-2-2013 17:22:07
ModifiedTime                        : 27-2-2013 10:52:39
Enabled                             : True
ServerConnection                    : Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Remoting.ServerConnection
ID                                  : 14a76066-38ea-4c56-938e-9224db0a6854
MarkedForDeletion                   : False
IsFullyCached                       : False
MostRecentTaskIfLocal               : Refresh virtual machine
ServicingWindows                    :

You know you're an engineer when you have no life and can prove it mathematically

i have 2 hosts which is hosting my servers in my org. i m thinking to create daily backup plan for hyper-v guests.

can i use Windows Server back or i can use any other tools. i want to take backup of my servers in running mode i don't want to shutdown them for backup region is this possible.

Currently i have configure windows image backup in hyper-v guest for daily backup in case my hyper-v guest fails can i recovery it via windws image backup which is running daily in side the guest.  

Hi I am trying to execute the following sceanrio and need your help in executing it.

I have got a VM which i have sysprepped. Now i need to create new VM's using the sysprepped VHD.

My problem is that i want to automate the part where it brings up the new VM and asks the user to fill in the values like "Machine Name",domain and other stuffs which were stripped off by SysPrep. Can't i use an unattend.xml file and pass it along with the New VM so that it reads the values in the file and just complete the rest of the activities byitself.

I can't use SCVMM and have only Hyper-V with me.

Any help will be appreciated.

Kishore.

We have been looking into using Server 2012 Hyper-v with Scale Out File Servers.  We have been informed that the solution would cost less using a DAS device, but there would be a single point of failure due to the DAS device only having one controller (Attached locally). I'm not sure whether this information is correct.  I would be interested in hearing from any system integrators who have build Highly Available Server 2012 Hyper-v/SOFS solutions. We've been directed towards a traditional SAN setup using VMware Essentials. However, I have also asked for comparison using Server 2012 Hyper-V with a SAN storage setup.

Thanks

Hi all,

I am getting a BSOD shown below while attempting to start a vhd on hyper-v. it was working perfectly fine a couple of days ago but now it has started showing this same BSOD everytime i try to start it. the vm is server2003r2 and host machine is server2008r2. There are 3 other VMs running fine on the same hyper-v manager except this one.

Its vhd is already set with IDE controller. There are 3 network adaptors connected to all VMs.

I am open to try anything to solve this issue. Therefore, please help me with any idea you may have to make this VM running.

Regards

manibest

Hi  everybody.

I want to know if anyone here have implemented Hyper-V 2012 on a IBM BLADE S hardware. I'm asking this because of the storage subsystem. IBM didn't release the multipath drivers of this equipment for Windows Server 2012, and as Microsoft recomends, the best pratice is to use the manufacturer's driver.