Hyper-V reports: The operation on computer 'localhost' failed. - Cannot...
Hello,I have two Windows 2008 x64 servers, running Hyper-V. I have about 15 VM's on each server. I manage the VM's all through the Hyper-V Manager. When I try to connect to Hyper-V Manager and...
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V - Query total memory on guest with dynamic memory
Is there a way to know, from the guest VM, the maximum memory configured for a VM in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V?Paulo Morgado
View ArticleVirtualization and SQL Database questions
Hello,I have the following scenario:The HostServer have instaled Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V Manager, and the FileServer and SQLServer are Virtual Machines.The FileServer are a Domain Controler...
View ArticleHow to run VM with low resources?
Hello,I have win srv 2012 + sp 2013 virtual machine that worked fine on my previous laptop with good resources.I tried to run it on my new laptop (intel i3, 2.4GHz, 4Gb RAM).The problem is that...
View ArticleHyper-V on Windows server 2012 Guest Failover Clustering
Hey,I have 2 Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition servers running Hyper-V on them. On each host I have a server that I am trying to setup guest clustering for a fileserver and they both are sharing...
View ArticleUnable to open virtual machines in windows server 2012
HiWhile trying to open any virtual machine for creating any virtual machine I am getting the following error in Windows server 2012 datacenter edition.VMName’ failed to initialize.Could not initialize...
View ArticleHyper-v Take cluster name offline
Just a quick question regarding taking the cluster name offline. I need to take it offline to change it's IP address.Does this cause the running VM's to go offline, can I safely take the cluster name...
View ArticleCluster Network
Hi,We were running 2x3 node Hyper-V 2012 cluster and added a 4<sup>th</sup> node to both clusters. Most VM workloads have been running as expected on the 4th node of either cluster and at...
View ArticleIs it possible to create non-persistent virtual machines on HyperV?
Hi AllIs it possible configure VM on Hyper V that it started every time from VM template and doesn't save any changes after shutdown?
View Articleesxi 4.1 to hyperV server 2012
hello,I have migrated 6 servers esxi to hyperV server and it's OK. The server look fine but one of them is slow.it's the server with hyperfile and postgre ! it's 3x more longuer than the old server.the...
View ArticleError exporting Hyper-V VM
I am running 2 VMs in Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. But am running out of space on the partition where the VMs were created. I have another larger partition on the same Hyper-V server and want to move...
View ArticleHyper-v 3.0 replicated server - specify location of replicated VHD drives?
Hi all,I have two identical servers with lots of quick storage (direct attached storage, however, not a SAN, NAS etc.), both with Server 2012/hyper-v 3.0 installed. I'm hosting an SQL server VM on...
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Starting a VM while Backup runs...
Hi,I just discovered that I cannot start (from stopped or saved state) a Hyper-v- VM while Windows Backup is doing his job.Do I realy have to wait (can be long) that backup finishes? Is there another...
View ArticleUnable to map disk to my VM
Hi,This is a Windows Server 2012, Failover Clusters.Using the Failover Clusters UI, I click on "Settings" on my virtual machine, select my SCSI Controller, and click Add Disk.A create "New", VHDx,...
View ArticleopenSUSE 12.03 only gives 800x600 display resolution capability in Microsoft...
I have just installed openSUSE 12.03 in a virtual machine box under Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows 8 Pro.I attempted to change the resolution from 800x600 to something more acceptable, but under Display...
View ArticlePackets sent out the wrong Interface on Hyper-V 2012 Failover Cluster
Here is some background information:2 Dell PowerEdge servers running Windows Server 2012 w/ Hyper-V in a Failover Cluster environment. Each has: 1 NIC for Live Migration 192.168.80.x/24 (connected to...
View Articlehyper-v using saved state
I just found out that one of my servers is backed up by DPM using saved state.I finally found out the reason! The OS disk is dynamic.Is there any way to fix it and change it to basic without destroying...
View ArticleReplica Question
HiWe are in the early planning and testing stages of migrating our virtual servers from vSphere 4.1 to Hyper-V 3.0We have two sites, at the moment Site A has all of our vSphere hosts and virtual...
View ArticleHyper-V Replication move hrl file to another location
Hi,We are using Hyper-V replication in our environment.I was wondering if it is possible to separate the .hrl (Hyper-V Replication Log) to another location (other set of disks), than the vhdx?Also, if...
View ArticleThe differencing virtual hard disk chain is broken. Please reconnect the...
Hi guys,a colleague of mine is getting this error: The differencing virtual hard disk chain is broken. Please reconnect the child to the parent.He is using Hyper-V server and user windows Server 2012....
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