NIC Team - Live Migration performance
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...
View Articlemigrate xp-mode vhd from win7 -> win8
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...
View ArticleJoining Hyper-V 2012 Servers to a Virtualized Domain Controller
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...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Hyper-V and Deduplication
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...
View ArticleServer 2012 Hyper-V Network Layout Advice
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...
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Hyper-V remote management console
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...
View ArticleHyperV - ISCI Disk Passthrough Limit?
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...
View ArticlePrivate Virtual Switch spanning cluster nodes server 2012
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...
View ArticleUninstall Hyper V 2012 Server
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....
View ArticleHyper-V causing "stuttering" on Windows 8 Pro
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...
View ArticleHaving problem with Hyper-V because Event 3112
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...
View ArticleCause of Hyper-V-Integration-VSS Event 4098
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...
View ArticleDynamic Memory shows wrong numbers and as such doesn't work...
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...
View ArticleHyper-V backup
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...
View ArticleSyspre using .VFD file in hyper-v?
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...
View ArticleServer 2012 HYPER-V / SOFS Architecture using Direct Attached Storage
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...
View ArticleHyper-V Blue Screen after converting a PC to VHD
I'm getting the folowing Error codes. 0x0000007b (0xba4cf254,0xc00000034,0x00000000,0x00000000 I normally use disk2vhd and load the vm up and it works fine but this one keeping giving me a BSOD with...
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Blue Screen of Death while starting Server2003R2 Hyper-v image on...
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...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 + IBM Blade Center S
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...
View ArticleRunning expiring demos in Hyper-V
I've got a time synchronization question for people.I've got a set of demos that contains certificates that will eventually expire. Normally, I'd turn off host time-synching and save a snapshot,...
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