Importing a virtual machine
HelloI have been trying to import a VM into my hyperV but when I select the folder where the file.vhd is it keeps telling me there are no .vhd files in the folder. Am I doing something wrong or is...
View ArticleHow to measure load on the host if running resource-intensive VMs?
Dear all,I am facing a strange thing: one of my VMs report constantly 80-100% CPU usage in Task Manager inside the VM. The VM is definitely supposed to be under high load, so it is expected to be...
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Enabling Replication Failed
Hi,I know that this topic have been raised a couple of times, but please bear with me and kindly assist to help me identify the problem in this scenario.Primary Site - One Hyper-V Server in...
View ArticleSome Knowledge on RPC failures that I hope may help!
Hi All,Banged my head against the wall with this problem for a good 8 hours and hope to prevent the same pain for other community members.My setup is a 2012 2 node Hyper-V cluster running on ProLiant...
View ArticleHyper-V VM's on a host with multiple NIC's - need help getting it right
Hi All. I'm somewhat new to VMs, so bear with me.I've got a Server 2008R2 host with 4 NICs. Each NIC is setup with it's own static IP address on my LAN. One NIC is setup with the default gateway value...
View ArticleHyper-v Iscsi vs SMB 3.0
HiWhat would be the best to do.I will have a Cluster set up with 2012 servers running Hyper-v with a SAn in the back where i will have the Option to use either ISCSI and/or SMB 3.0 to store my virtual...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Hyper-V Live migration Failed with An existing connection was...
I have a domain-registered clustered Windows 2012 Hyper-V server group with three servers. They have a hardware based iSCSI connect to a shared LUNS. After working perfectly for over six months, the...
View ArticleNetwork Requirements & Real World Consolidation Ratios
Hi All,Looking at creating a small 2~3 host Hyper-V environment for development which will be colo hosted and just wanting to check that the only requirement of the physical network for live...
View ArticleVM's going into a saved state
2 specific 2003 VMs running on Core Server 2008 R2 are periodically going to saved mode without an obvious cause in Event Viewer (no resource or backup activity noted in the Event Log). Any ideas of...
View ArticleHyperv SCSI Timeout
Hi,Our HyperV platform uses pass through disks stored on an ISCSI SAN. Due to a hardware issue the SAN has rebooted a couple of times which means that HyperV lost access to the disk for around 2...
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...
View ArticleConverting a VMware VM (.vmdk) with multiple snapshots to a Hyper-V VM (.vhd)...
Is this possible, if so could someone point me in the right direction.
View ArticleHyper-V 3.0 - VM Becomes Unresponsive via Hyper-V VM Connection console, But...
Hello!I am troubleshooting the issue when the VMs are unresponsive via Hyper-V VM Connection console, but works via the RDP console. Updates seem to help and after them both types of connection work,...
View ArticleHyperV Config Quesion
My manager wants me to have a Physical Server running Exchange2010 and also host a guest VM to perform RDS functions. I know this is not a good idea. Does anyone know of a KB or some Official document...
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Snapshot gives unknown error
Hello,I'm not sure that this is the right forum to ask this, but here goes:I have a Hyper-V machine that when I attempt to create a snapshot, it gives me this error:The snapshot appears in my list:But,...
View ArticleHyper-V 3.0 - Virtual VS Logical CPU Ratio in Windows 2012 Hyper-V
Hi there!Would you be so kind to help me finding the solution for the following problem:Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition) has the CPU with the following configuration:1 CPU 4 Cores...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Standard Hyper-V Host: Domain controller does not start,...
Hi everyone,We have been deploying out 2012 Host Hyper-V servers and have started battling some periods of power outages that seem to link the cause of our 2008 R2 Domain Controller Virtual Machines to...
View ArticleHard path limit of 8 in VM with Hyper-v virtual fibre channel?
Hello,I am seeing a strange situation where I cannot exceed 8 paths in a vfc guest and wanted to see if anyone else has seen this.I have server 2012 parent with Hyper-v and connecting to a storage...
View ArticleSnapshot on Exchange 2010 server
Hello,I am running Exchange 2010 in a virtual environment.An associate of mine took a shapshot of this server using Hyper V back in February. He is no longer working for us. Is it safe to delete this...
View ArticleUse windows server backup to restore to Hyper-V
I have a physical windows server 2008 R2 and got identical physical server which i want to run hyper-v. I 've already tested how to take a snapshot(disk2vhd tool) of physical AD and run that on hyper-v...
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