Could Not Start Imported VM: Hyper-V 2012
I did an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2012 on my laptop and enabled the Hyper-V role after the upgrade. The VMs could not be seen so I imported them into the Hyper-V server. I could not start the...
View ArticleMinimum Free Space Requirement on Physical Hard Drive (Used as Storage of...
I have a second local, physical hard drive on a Hyper-V Server 2012 deployment. This 500gb drive (and its RAID1 counterpart) have the sole purpose to store VHD(x) containers. What is the minimum...
View ArticleNew Domain Controller can resolve internet names but cannot browse/ping
Hello I just set up a new DC on MS Hyper-V. I am on a home network. The IP is hard coded at 192.168.1.10. There is no gateway and the dns is set to 127.0.0.1. In DNS I have a forwarder set to my...
View ArticleCan I place a VM on a GPT disk?
I want to place a virtual server on a GPT disk. The Hyper-V host server is running Windows 2008R2 SP1. The server is attached to a SAN Storage. I've created a 3TB volume on the SAN and mapped it to the...
View ArticleHA with 2 servers - Hyper-V or vSphere
Hello, I have two physical servers and 1 shared storage (iSCSI with a Synology SAN) and I want to make HA with it at a small business. I tried to use Hyper-V, but it seems i need to join the Hyper-V...
View ArticleSTOP: c000021a (0xc000012d 0x001003f0)
I just built a brand new Hyper-V lab from desktop class hardware and am experiencing STOP errors whenever I attempt to build a new VM. The host is fine and is not experiencing any STOP errors or...
View Articlecannot start a hyperVR2 vm with error "'Unnamed VM' could not initialize. "
Just as the title said. when I go to start a this vm in hyper-v manager, error "Unnamed VM' could not initialize." occured.Event ID 3072 and 3040 occured.ID 3040'Unnamed VM' could not initialize....
View ArticleMOC 10135B - Configuring, Managing & Troubleshooting MS Exchange 2010 - VM...
Hello, I am delivering 10135B - Configuring, Managing & Troubleshooting MS Exchange 2010 very soon, i downloaded the labs from the Download Center, during setting up the labs got hit with a really...
View ArticleVirual Machine Management service is shutting down
Windows Server 2012 - Every day around 12:30 AM the VMMS service shuts down and I get event 14090 "Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service is shutting down while some virtual machines are running....
View ArticleInstalling Server 2008 R2 on Hyper-V v1: drivers not found
I am trying to test Server 2008 R2 on an existing Server 2008 R1 64-bit box with Hyper-V v1. However, when I begin the installation from my ISO I get the following message: "A required CD/DVD drive...
View ArticleInstall Windows VM from a bootable USB image
I have a bootable Windows 8 USB drive that I am trying to use to install a new VM in Hyper-V. Is this possible? If so how do I accomplish this? The problem I am facing is that even though I added the...
View ArticleWindows Auto Logon with Connection Broker possible?
Hello, please consider this scenario: Clients may connect to a pool of identically configured WIndows 7 desktops per Connection Broker. They would all use the same Windows User to automatically logon...
View ArticleHyper-V Licensing
If you are using your maximum ‘free allowance’ of Windows Server VMs on a host (1 in this case), you must use the host machine to purely manage the virtual machines running on it, and nothing else."...
View Articlecould not create an hyper-v switch from a network team
Hello I tried to create a hyper-v switch. It's created ok however I am receiving this error in event log: Port '7F5C72A4-63A6-457A-91FB-3F0262A1830F' was prevented from using MAC address...
View ArticleCan Not Find An Accelerated OpenGL Mode
I have a Hyper-V VM running Windows 8 that I use to test games on, but when I open the game I get an error saying that it can't find an accelerated OpenGL mode. I tried using the RemoteFX 3D Video...
View Articlehyper-v installation problem
I am running windows 2008 standard R2 on an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20 GHz. Trying to install feature Hyper-V. The feature installs, but backs out after rebooting. I am guessing the processor is...
View ArticleVHD and VHDX won't Compact
I also have the same problem. If I compact a VHD or VHDX the compact runs for one second and ends, and the VM's remain uncompacted. I am using REFS format on the drive, and the VM's are Windows 7 x86,...
View Articleinstalled Hyper V Server in error, Meant to instal Hyper-V Manager
It was late night friday i read it wrong it is all my fault. I thought I had downloaded Hyper-V Manager but downloaded and installed Hyper V Server by error. It was an .ISO so it did not complete the...
View ArticleHyper-V and iSCSI to tape backup
Hi, I have a SCSI tape drive connected to a Windows 2008 R2. On this server I have installed another Windows 2008 R2 from which I want to run my backups. I want to use iSCSI to connect the VM server to...
View ArticleHyper-V can't create a network switch in Windows 8 enterprise evaluation
Hello I have a problem with creating a new virtual network switch in windows 8. it's the error: [Window Title] Virtual Switch Manager for HYPER-VISOR [Main Instruction] Error applying Virtual Switch...
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