Snapshots in Hyper-V
I am new to snapshots in Hyper-V. I have a server setup for a classroom training environment, which uses Sharepoint to set up individual SSP's for each training course. I keep running out of "disk...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 Replication: planed failover "Failed to resolve the Replica Server"
I have 4 Server 2012 Hyper-V Servers HV1, HV2, HV3 and HV4 HV4 is used to recive replicatations from the other 3 servers. I can do a Planed Failover from any of the 3 to HV4 with no issue. If I attempt...
View ArticleHyper-V Exchange 2010 Guest CPU latency
New Hyper-V host that's been running smoothly since deployment 1st week of January. It has 3 guests. The ones running fine are a P2V W2K3 box and a backup DC. The Exchange guest is giving me...
View ArticleWindows 2012 HyperV and Novell / IPX
I have a Windows 2012 HyperV server running a virtual Windows 2003 server that has Novell /IPX running.The machine starts and everything works fine except the Novell portion. Is there anyway to get...
View ArticleHyper-V Live Migration Performance - is this normal?
Hi,I have a cluster of 4 hyper-v hosts. These have been up and running with an average of 8 VMs on each host for over a year now, however I decided to look at live migration performance for the first...
View ArticleSlow network performance (Only once Hyper-V role is installed)
I've recently isolated the cause of some network performance issues I've had for some time. It seems that network performance decreases drastically when the Hyper-V role is installed on a pair of...
View ArticleHyper-v and very slow network
Dear all,I have a big problem with my hyper-v server and network card. I've found a lot of topic around this question but none of them helped me.I have a Win 2008 R2 Server with only Hyper-V installed....
View ArticleHow to add a user to manage only specific virtual machines?
Hello everybody,I want to grant a user access to a Hyper-V host to use some hosted virtual machines without adding him to the Administrators group.Is it possible grant access only to specific virtual...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 with guest OS running IPX
Hello all. I have a client running an old legacy app on Netware 3.12. It can only communicate over IPX. We installed a new server running Server 2012 Standard with Hyper-V 2012. I converted a terminal...
View ArticleGuide to remote manage Hyper-V servers and VM's in workgroups or standalone
This guide is based on the following 3 products: Windows server 2012 (core) Windows 8 Hyper-V server v3 / Hyper-V server 2012 The following guide will enable you to: 1: remotely manage your Hyper-V...
View ArticleVirtual Test Lab ( Base-Configuration) Building
Hi guys,Im trying to build a virtual test labs on Hyper-v. I've managed to finish building almost the devices from the base-configuration. But there's something wrong. Can some one give me a hints pls...
View Articleunable to create hyperv replica
Hi all,Windows 2012 datacenter serversI tried to enable VM1 replication on host 1 to host2. But I am unable to. I enabled replication on the replica server host2 and it did not work and then I...
View ArticleDomain controller running on Hyper-V 2012 Server no physical DC
I am Installing a new Hyper-V 2012 server into a data center site, this will host a domain controller and some kind of backup server to store snapshots of VM's. This will be a standalone server or to...
View ArticleDHCP reservations
So I had this same virtual switch connectivity issue with my 2008 r2 VM. Turns out I was experimenting with a 2012 VM and created a DHCP reservation on my router for this VM. What that did was capture...
View ArticleOS for hyper-V 2012
Now, we get 4 Windows 2012 datacenter licenses for 4 hyper-v hosts. Can you recommend which OS I should set up for these 4 hosts? We need fail over, live migration etc...there are 3 types of hyper-v:...
View ArticleP2V Migration of a Windows 2008 R2 Server
Hi,I hope I am asking this question on the right forum...I want to P2V a Windows 2008 R2 OEM server to Hyper-V but I am concerned about the fact that it has a OEM license installed (serial number would...
View ArticleSlow transfer speeds from host to hyper-v vm
This is a duplicate post from the Windows Server 2012 forum. I have windows server 2012 setup on physical machine with dual intel 82574l NICs. On this server I am hosting two hyper-v vms. The issue...
View Articlehyper-v network virtualization gateway
Hi I am planning a small testlab for Hyper-V network virtualization and SCVMM 2012 SP1. Now I am confused about the virtualization gateway. My understanding is that when the VMs needs external...
View ArticleHow to create a Windows 2008 R2 VM Template on Window 2008 R2 Hyper-V host...
Is there a way to create a a windows 2008 R2 VM template running on a Windows R2 Hype-V host, with the ability to resize both RAM and disk space after a VM is creatingthe said template?TD
View Articlewindows 2012 fileserver and dedup within VM
Hi,I understand that dedup is not possible on a csv. What if I install a VM with Windows 2012, attach a 2nd HDD as vhdx (residing on the csv). Can I then use dedup within the Guest VM that serves as...
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