Extremely weird Host OS issue, Pinging it returns "Host not Found", but...
I"m having an issue related to DNS (hostnames) and my Hyper-V 2012 host, and I hope you all can help. I have a local network and every machine can ping the other just fine using IP Address.However,...
View ArticleProblem configuring Windows 7 Client for Hyper-V Management server.
Hello,I have successfully configured other Window 7 Workstations for Remote Management of Hyper-V following the steps in this article:...
View ArticleBest practice for Hyper-V 2012 trunk
Hi all,What is the correct way to configure VM with trunking enable on the phisical switch.This blog states...
View ArticleServer 2012 / Hyper-V 3.0 Replica and SQL Server
Seeing a lot of conflicting answers in the forums about whether or not SQL Server on Hyper-V Replica is supported (Yes it is, no it isn't, yes it is under certain conditions, etc). Everything seems to...
View ArticleVHD file smaller than used disk space on guest operating system.
Hello, While trying to make space on my Virtual Machine I noticed that the virtual hard disk file is actually smaller than what the guest operating system reports as being in use. The VHD file is 35GB...
View ArticleServer 2012 - Hyper-V-Cluster - Shared SAS - StorageSpaces
Hi,I want to configure a Hyper-V-Cluster with Server2012. For storage I want to have a combination of Shared SAS (JBOD with dual expander + HBA) and the new StorageSpaces-Feature.In this szenario I...
View ArticleHigh Availability with Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway
Hello,I am considering building a hybrid cloud model for an IaaS offering. One of the issues I have not yet resolved is how to provide a high availability solution for the Hyper-V Network...
View ArticleBackup a VM: Shutdown, Save State or Export/Import
We have a cluster with some Hyper-V VMs and also a standalone Hyper-V server. All machines run Windows 2008 (not R2). On the standalone machine I'm thinking the best thing to do is use/copy/make a...
View ArticleHyper-V promiscuous mode ?
After reading many posts, I am more confused than before.I would know if Hyper-V (Win 2008 R2 or Win 2012) support or less "promiscuous mode". In fact I would use a sniffer and monitoring VM inside...
View ArticleMapping of Physical NIC(pnic) to Virtual NIC(vnic) in NIC teaming
Hi everyone, Can anybody tell me in windows server 2012 hyper-v how to map a Physical NIC(pnic) to a virtual NIC(vnic) , is there any way or powershell commands to find this?If i have 3 nic adapter and...
View ArticleHow to capture a .VHD file so I can use it as a .WIM for imaging
Hi All,What I've basically done is created and configured a Windows 7x64 image (in hyper V) to my liking and now I would like to capture it and retrieve a .Wim file. With that wim file I'd then like to...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 standard and old licences mix
Hello,I want to move 3 windows servers 2003 enterprise into a Windows server 2012 Standard with hyper-V.I've called Microsoft and they said that with windows server 2012, I've only 2 VM instances and I...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Can occasionally not access second virtual hard drive...
I run Windows Server 2012 RTM Hyper-V and I can occasionally not access the second virtual hard drive (dynamically expanding VHDX) attached to the VM through the virtual SCSI controller. I can however...
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NIC without management(for VMs only) not listed in IPCONFIG. Need to find MAC
Hi,I need to find MAC of the NIC dedicated to VMs network. Need it for vLan configuration. Regardless of the purpose... I cannot find MAC. See attached pic.In IPCONFIG the NIC Ethernet 2 that is VMs...
View ArticleMy F12 key will not work under Hyper-V when trying to PXE boot a client.
Hi, I'm trying to boot one of my VM,s by PXE. And I need to press F12 to initiate the installation. The problem is it's not responding when I press F12.What could the problem be? Thanks
View ArticleWS2008 SP2 Hyper-v Failover cluster migration to WS2012 Hyper-V
Hi,There´s any special consideration to do this migration scenario ¿?Take a look that ther isn't CSV, hyper-v rtm only support one vm per LUN.Here some information but only for WS2008 R2 Hyper-v, not...
View ArticleVM get IP from DHCP server but not external network access
Hello,This question might sound a classic one as many can be found on this forum with problem accessing external networks (ex internet), but with all efforts I could not find a solution.Hyper-V server...
View ArticleReplica and IP addresses
When I failover my replica it ends up with different IP addresses, how can this be prevented.Lee
View ArticleUse HBAs to both host and Virtual SANs
Hi,Is it possible to use the same HBAs to present LUNs to the Host and the VMs (trough a Virtual SAN)? When creating a new Virtual SAN, will the Host still be able to use the HBAs for existing SAN...
View ArticleAn attempt to read or update virtual machine configuration failed error
when i am trying to VM , getting an error An attempt to read or update virtual machine configuration failed.Machine could not initialize( VM id-----------------------)uspecified error 0x80004005....
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