Performance differences
I have an application on a Server 2012 Hosted 2008 R2 VM that performs roughly 1/5 the speed of the same application on a Server 2008 R2 hosted VM. Because the application software is the same, I...
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Intermittent problem live migrating VMs with no shared storage
I am having a rather strange problem while live migrating VMs with no shared storage.If I try to live migrate (LV) between two hosts it fails. The funny thing is this problem is rather intermittent....
View Articlevery slow connection to VM from Hyper-V manager on Windows 8
windows 8; Client Hyper-V enabled; added Hyper-V host (server 2012)Take a long time to connect to VM.Another bad symptom: when open HV Manager, local host appears immediately but added previously...
View Article2008 R2 to 2012 Cluster Migration and Snapshots
I am planning the migration of our 2008 R2 SP1 cluster to 2012 and will be using the Cluster Migration Wizard for the move. Do I need to delete all my existing VM snapshots before migrating?
View ArticleFailure Moving VM to 2012 Cluster
I am having a problem moving VMs from our standalone 2012 Hyper-V boxes to the cluster. If I try to do a move from a standalone to a cluster node it goes through the entire move process (very slowly...
View ArticleAdding Virtual Machines to a cluster but they don't show in the Roles
Hello,I'm new to the clustering and I had a stand alone server with 8 Virtuals running on it. I create a cluster and joined this server to the cluster. I first tried to figure out how to move the...
View ArticleCreating a XP VM in Windows 8
I recently performed a p2v of my current XP SP3 machine and tried to create it as a vm in windows 8. I was successful in creating a vhd file and the machine starts up. the issue I am having is the...
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2012 Hyper-V Integration Services Access Denied driver update on 2003 and XP VMs
When trying to install Microsoft Hyper-V Heartbeat driver it comes up with access denied. This is the latest version of 2012 Integration Services. this is only happening on XP or 2003 VMs
View ArticleSetting AD & DNS
Hi,I have a Win 8 Pro Installed. I have activated Hyper-V and then installed Win Server 2012 on to VM.My queries are related to setting up Active Directory in order to avoid DNS issue related to static...
View ArticleVM wont open Cause Moving Virtual Disk
I tried moving my virtual disks from my C drive to my D drive to make up some free space on my C driveI could not open my VM after I moved it from C to D and got an error thought moving them back to...
View ArticleHow to configure one NIC dedicated for the management OS (Win2012)
Hi All,On this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj735302.aspx#bkmk_1 the management OS has one NIC dedicated. It is used for LiveMigration, CSV and Management.My question is how do we...
View ArticleHyper-V replica and SQL server
I’m going to use Hyper-V replica for disaster recovery of production environment. The system includes Navision on MS SQL 2008 R2 for around 35 users which I’m going to move to Virtual Machine (with...
View ArticleFree space on physical disk with VHD drive – best practice.
Just wander if somebody could help me to find answer for question about free space on physical drive (in production environment) which I need to have.Scenario is as follow:SQL Server on Hyper-V Windows...
View ArticleShared nothing Live Migration Fails at 65%
I have multiple identical Hyper-V hosts (not clustered) with Server 2012 Datacenter on them. When attempting to migrate machinesfrom one to the other (Share-Nothing), The will go to 65% and then they...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Virtual Machine Guest Clustering issue
Hi,I implemented Windows server 2012 Cluster that contains 2 member servers (Windows 2012 Datacenter edition) and configure failover clustering and Hyper V.I created 2 Hyper-V guest machines with...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Virtual Machine Guest Clustering issue
Hi,I implemented Windows server 2012 Cluster that contains 2 member servers (Windows 2012 Datacenter edition) and configure failover clustering and Hyper V.I created 2 Hyper-V guest machines with...
View ArticleInside VMware Hypervisor, Hyper-V 2012 cannot see second virtual hard disk
My desktop is installed with VMware ESXi 5.1.0 hypervisorUnder my VMware ESXi 5.1.0 hypervisor, I created 2 virtual machine for TWO Hyper-V 2012 (I add 2 virtual hard disk for each).Both Hyper-V 2012...
View ArticleNeed to install Hyper-V Management tools on Server 2012 VM
I need to install the Hyper-V Management tools onto a Server 2012 VM. However it won't let me install the management tools because it says hypervisor is already running. I've done this before from...
View ArticleCan I use different specs of server when adding a node to my windows...
I have an existing cluster of windows servers (virtualized) across two identical host servers using hyperV. Is it possible to add a node with a different specs server that will also use HyperV?
View ArticleUsing Differencing disks, SysPrep images are not activated.
Sysprepped imagaes (activated) when imported for a new VM stay activated. But incase the new VM is using a differencing disk which is a child of the activated SysPrepped disk on boot the image says its...
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