Hi,
I’m trying to setup a test lab to compare apples for apples but having troubles with the HyperV lab (lab2).
Imagine two mini lab setups. Each lab has one router connected to the Internet and connected to the router is a server hardware spec and a workstation hardware spec.
Lab 1 is running VMWare solutions.
Lab 2 HyperV.
Lab 1 - server is running ESXi and the workstation Win10 with VMWare Workstation and VMWare vSphere (evals)
On VMWare Workstation I created an Ubuntu VM and then used vConvertor to move the VM onto ESXi and manage with vSphere.
Yay!! No problems so far…
Now on Lab2 I’m trying to do (I thought would be very simple) the same setup.
Lab2 consists of the following
- Router, connected to the Internet, running DHCP and DNS
- Server spec hardware for running HyperV Server 2016
- Workstation spec hardware for running Windows 10 with HyperV features installed
The server was installed with HyperV Server 2016 (ISO 14393.0.160916-1106.RS1_REFRESH_SERVERHYPERCORE_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2016)
- Configured in a WORKGROUP
- Name of HYPERV
- IP Address - 10.10.10.10 (255.255.255.0)
- First DNS – 10.10.10.1 <<-- Address of the router
- Second DNS – 8.8.8.8
- Add a user to the local administrators group of workgroup\testadm.
- Did option 6, downloaded __all__ updates.
Workstation is running Win10 in a the same WORKGROUP
- IP Address via DHCP is 10.10.10.100
- Installed HyperV feature
- Also fully SP’d
At this point on the Windows10 PC I ran HyperV created a network and then added a VM called Ubuntu1
Started up and installed Ubuntu-Server edition. No problems at all.
I then shut the VM down.
On the Windows10 PC in the HyperV manager I then selected connect to a server.
Entered HYPERV using WORKGROUP\testadm with password.
Here’s my first problem (Didn't have this error until reimaging from scratch again due the following problem below). I now get a permissions error and no access allowed.
I followed the guide here (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/jj647788(v=ws.11).aspx) but that didn’t solve my issue.
Any ideas?
Now onto the main problem which I had before setting it up from scratch again.
With the fully working (although shutdown) Ubuntu1 VM. I now want to move from Win10 PC to the HyperV Server.
Obviously I can’t to a live migration, so I did an export of the VM to a local folder on the Win10 PC (C:\exports), this folder is shared to EVERYONE with full access.
Then using HyperV manager on the Win10 PC connected to HYPERV and tried the Import process.
The import process will only show me the local C: drive (on the hyperv server) and it can’t get to the share on the Win10 where I exported.
I can’t copy/move the VM to the server, because HYPERV doesn’t have file services running, and you can’t go to \\HYPERV\$C because that didn’t work either.
What am I doing wrong??
I was hoping to do the same experiment as I did with Lab1 (VMWare) and with the same amount of ease, but having so many problems.. To which I’m convinced is a lack of understanding rather than you can’t do it.
I was really hoping to find a video tutorial on the exact set up as above but no luck. Found something similar but the server was running Windows 2012 R2 with HyperV feature running, and not just HyperV Server. Likewise found a tutorial using Windows 2012 R2 core with HyperV but when I followed that for HyperV Server I still get the same problems.
Argh!!! Help..
I was hoping the evaluation would sway into HyperV’s favour because the lack of driver support for ESXi is a pain. However I can’t even get past first base on the evaluation.
Links to similar tutorials, vidoes, etc would be really useful.
TBH I’m surprised Microsoft haven’t done a video showing how to rollout HyperV server (not Windows Server with/out core and HyperV) in a similar lab scenario to the above.