Guest VM failover cluster on Hyper-V 2012 Cluster does not work across hosts
Hi all, We are evaluating Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012, and I have bumped in to this problem: I have a Exchange 2010SP2 DAG installed on 2 vms in our Hyper-V cluster (a DAG forms a failover cluster,...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Hyper-V - Cluster Sharded Storage - VHDX unexpectedly...
We have a problem with one of our deployments of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V with a 2 node cluster connected to a iSCSI SAN.Our setup:Hosts - Both run Windows Server 2012 Standard and are clustered.HP...
View ArticleSnapshot issues - Hyper-V Server 2008 SP2
Hi all,Bit stuck here,On trying to run a Windows Server Backup I am getting errors:Backup started at '{bf7fe851-53c2-4e67-88f6-05d1d2ce7af4}' failed as Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 HyperCore (baremetal) and Solid State Drives
Software installation advice needed on Baremetal Server 2012 Hyper Core (I7-3770S, 16 GB, MB ASUSP8Q77-M2)Is this a good setup concerning the use of a SSD (Performance, TRIM options etc.) ?SSD: 1x 240...
View ArticleMigration from Virtual Server to Hyper-V
Computer 1 (Win xp): There is a vm from Virtual Server. Computer 2 (Win 8): Has hyper-v. So I copied vhd from computer 1 to computer 2. In computer 2, I did these:I created a new vm. Attached vhd to...
View ArticleCan I upgrade the Hyper-V 2008 Server (role) inlcuded in Windows Server 2008...
I am currently preparing a brandnew HP 380 server to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. The plan and purpose is to use this new server as a virtualisation platform, hence I will enable the...
View ArticleUse Microsoft Hyper V Server 2012
Hi All,Can I use free version Microsoft Hyper V Server 2012 on production Network or it for testing purpose only?if yes than what licence is required if I install 4 nos. Windows 8 VMs. is it2 Nos. of...
View ArticleWhat should be the System Configuration for Hyper V Server in production network
Dear All,We are going to procure following 2 HP servers. And going to install Hyper V roles on both the machine with Server core 2012. One for main work load and another one is for Disaster Recovery....
View ArticleSelecting a Server Graphics Card for Small VDI Deployment
Folks: We have a server running Server 2012 which is hosting 6-10 virtual desktops. (The server is a Dell PowerEdge T620 with two E5-2650 processors, 32G ram, two RAID arrays, 10k drives.) Even when...
View ArticleCSV stuck in Redirected Access
Hello everybody,I've searched topics about redirected access but still can't fix my issue as what I got.I have a small Hyper-V cluster: Two IBM X3850X5 with Win2008R2 Enterprise, EMC Clariion CX4-240...
View ArticleListing assigned virtual desktops
We have a Windows 7 VDI environment running on Hyper-V 2008 R2. Users are all assigned personal virtual desktops either by using the Remote Desktop Services MMC or straight in ADUC. I've been trying to...
View Article2012 Hyper-V Guests Very Slow to Boot
We have two identical Dell PowerEdge T410's running Windows Server 2012 Standard running as Hyper-V Hosts (and nothing else).The Hyper-V guests on one of the machines take over 40 minutes to boot....
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 - traditional network design vs. converged fabric in a small...
Hello,I am in the process of preparing our migration to Hyper-V 2012. At the moment I am a little bit stuck on my desision with network layout to chosse.Our future datacenter enviroment will have 2...
View ArticleConfigure NATting in Hyperv (server 2008 R2)
Hello, I'm building a demo environment that we will use for various customers. (on a Dell powerlaptop) I've configured a 2008 R2 server with hyper-v and I'm running a DC and Lync 2013 server in VM (on...
View ArticleMigrate ESXI VM to Hyper-V
Hello,I have a Virtual Machine configured with Windows 7-64bit running on an ESXI 5.1 Host. I would like to migrate this VM to another host running Windows Server 2008 R2 configured with Hyper-V.I've...
View ArticleHyper-v stopped working after dell Bios Upgrade
I had installed hyper-v on Win8 on my Dell XPS One 2710 After I did a Bios upgrade (A9=>A10) I'm told that my VM won't start because the Hyper-V service is running. But the service is indeed...
View ArticleNeed help on Hyper-V rollout
Hi,I need help with a production rollout for Hyper-V. I work for a small school which has neglected any server updates for close to 10yrs. We have a storage server that if I need to restart it during...
View ArticleCopy or share a folder from Hyper-V Virtual machine to the host
This can not be as complicated as it seems.I would like to copy/share a folder from inside the virtual environment to the host computer.I have setup a shared folder on both environments, but I can't...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica large .HRL files
Hi,I have been testing Hyper-V Replica and all has been going quite well in a test environment.When applying the same knowledge to a production environment i'm seeing strange results. I have a Windows...
View ArticleUbuntu on Hyper V networking issue
I have a VHD running ubuntu which works fine. I copied the VHD to another network and upgraded it from ubuntu 8 to 10, which went fine. I tried to replace the old ubuntu 8 VHD on the old network,...
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