Server with Hyper-V configuration and SSD disks
HelloI am interested in building a server configuration with hyper-v for demo purposes. (6-7 vms)In order to run faster the VMs and the core server,1) is it recommended to add an SATA SDD hard drive...
View ArticleWindows 8 virtual machine dropping packets
I have a Windows 8 VM running on Windows Server 2012 and at least 4 times an hour, the VM drops packets for about 10 seconds. This causes the remote desktop connection to freeze up and if I happen to...
View ArticleHyper V guest intermittently loses connectivity
Dell R710 Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Host Windows 2008 R2 Guests LOM1 - Management LOM2 - Virtual Network 1 - 3x Low volume guests LOM3 - Virtual Network 2 - Exchange 2010 guest"Allow management...
View Articleidentical VM hosts
hello everyone i have a small project to do i need to deploy VM hosts with +100 VM each these hosts are identical in hardware and software. what i want is to find out 1. can i automate deployment 2....
View Articleidentical VM hosts
hello everyone i have a small project to do i need to deploy VM hosts with +100 VM each these hosts are identical in hardware and software. what i want is to find out 1. can i automate deployment 2....
View ArticleStarting After Save Does Not Restore Network IP
I've been running a Hyper-V VM on Windows 8 for several months with only one issue, for the most part, that has happened several times now. When ISave my VM and then start it up the next day, it...
View ArticleSR-IOV and arp cache poisoning attack
On our 2008 R2 hosts, in order to prevent an arp cache poisoning attack, we have setup filters in the virtual switch to lock each VM down to MAC/IP combo.How is everyone protecting against arp...
View ArticleHyper V Environment - Server 2012
Wonder if someone could help? A simple step by step would suffice.What I am hoping to achieve is to create a hyper-v server with the following guestsGuest 1 - Domain Controller with DHCP and DNS...
View ArticleHyper-v server 2012 core, hyper-V manager problem
HiI have a problem connecting hyper-v manager from a windows 8 to a workgroup Server 2012 Hyper-v core only. My setup is a windows 8 in a workgroup and the server also in workgroup, I have followed...
View ArticleHyper-V running Windows 8. spawn new vm from template/ snapshot for lab...
HiI'm new to windows server 2012 and have been able to use hyper-v to create VMs for different versions of windows. What I'm trying to do is create a lab for 10 people to connect to that doesn't...
View ArticleShared LUN between VM's
I am new to Hyper-V and have a question about a shared LUN between two VM's. I Have a LUN on a Dell SAN and I have granted access to it to a group of servers within the Dell Storage Manager. I can...
View ArticleRemote connection to VM is freezed.
Hi All,We are running 2 Hyper-V hosts (Win2008R2SP1) in our company, each have a total of 280GB RAM and more then enough CPU power.Each host is running 50 guests. Lately some of our users started to...
View ArticleFC Tape Library on Hyper V 2012
Guys,Wanna check on the virtual fiber channel that's new with Hyper V 2012. Now that the VM are able to see fc LUN which are attached to the host, does this means that fc tape library is also...
View ArticleGuest 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 Articlehyper v
Hi all,I installed Server 2012. Now I want to add hyper v role, but I can't.error : " hyper v can not be installed, A hypervisor is already running.
View ArticleHow to set the volume/directory for the Hyper-V replica folder different from...
Hello,We are running out of space on our server for the replication spot. Ideally I'd keep my VHDs in our f: drive and the replication folders in the G: drive. We have several virtual machines and...
View ArticleCPU Process Distribution
Hi All,FYI, i am using Window Server 2008 R2 which sit on VM. However, noted that there is a process which is only utilizing 1 CPU where i have 8 CPUs eventually. My vendor suggest me to use OpManager...
View ArticleDynamic Memory issue: DM add fails with 0x800705AA
Hi,I'm running WS2012 and wanted to use dynamic memory with a VM of mine. If I set the VM's memory to static, I can start the VM without issues with 2GB memory. However, the VM usually takes little...
View ArticleAt least one service or driver failed, but nothing shows as failed
I'm asking this here because this issue is a direct result of moving a guest Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition virtual machine from Virtual Server 2005 to a new maching running Windows Server...
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