Hyper-V Cluster Moves VMs during reboot. Easiest way to move them back to...
We do not have any System Center products. When we reboot Hyper-V hosts for Windows Updates, the guests move to other hosts. When the old host is back up, we have to find where the hosts went and then...
View ArticleWin2008 VHD in WinSvr2012 Hyper-V?
Ran the new virtual machine wizard on Windows Svr 2012. Pointed to a Win2008 VHD that I had created with sysinternals Disk2VHD. Configured the network and memory and continued to the summary screen....
View ArticleVirtual Machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running
Hi I have installed Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition with a GUI. Default configuration, nothing special. Whenever I want to turn on any machine inside of Hyper-V, the following error message...
View ArticleHow to Virtualise a user side server with SCVMM2010
Hi We have a management server DC (2012) and a second management server (R2) both with Hyper-V role. I have installed SCVMM2010 on the R2 box and was hoping to be able to 'RIP' user/public side...
View ArticleError when creating VHDX via Hyper-V Manager remotely
Hey all! So, I installed Hyper-V 2012 Core on a box, patched it, and then joined it to the domain. If I connect to the server via Hyper-V Manager from either a Windows 8 machine or Server 2012 machine...
View ArticleMy Hyper-V no longer works - and it show VHDPARSER as unkown under devices
A guy at work patched a win2k8 data center server with the latest patches today, It took 21 patches (it had been a couple months) When it rebooted it sat at the (configuring windows fo updates) for...
View ArticleHyper-V switching arp issue with teaming
Hi I hope you guys can help me with this problem. We have a Windows 2008 Ent. R2 installed over one HP BL460c G7 with NC553i (Emulex chipset). The server is connected to two Nexus 5000 with VPC through...
View ArticleVDI-like Setup for Household Use
I'm interested in setting up a VDI-like system for household use. In other words, I'd like to get some of the benefits of enterprise VDI in a much smaller scale - for example letting my kids connect to...
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 ArticleCan Server 2003 Ent Run the Latest Hyper-V?
Greetings, Can the latest and greatest Hyper-V be installed on Server 2003 Enterprise? Thanks.
View ArticleHyper-V NIC
Dear all I have a Hyper-V server networking a virtual network switch is created an then a virtual NIC, this virtual NIC is paired with all the VMs. For example if I have 5 VMs how can this one NIC...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Virtual Fibre Channel Adapter Live...
Hello, I've got a 3 node cluster running Windows Server 2012 on HS22 IBM Blades with 8GbFC HBA's connecting to a XIV SAN. I am trying to get the virtual HBA's working in Hyper-V Guest running Windows...
View ArticleAdding Folders to File Server in Hyper V
I am new to Hyper-V. I have created the role of file server and want to create 5 folders that different user groups can access. I am confused as to where I add these folders. If I click add a shared...
View ArticleHyper-V not supported on a VM?
I currently have 8 VM's running on a Dell 2970 (Dual Opteron dual cores, 2.8, 32 gigs, etc.) I previously had an applictation server and had remote application working perfectly. One of the users hosed...
View ArticleGuide to remote manage Hyper-V servers and VM's in workgroups or standalone
This guide is based on the following 3 products: Windows server 2012 (core) Windows 8 Hyper-V server v3 / Hyper-V server 2012 The following guide will enable you to: 1: remotely manage your Hyper-V...
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Windows 2008 R2 Integration Services upgrade failure - Unable to launch one...
I have a patched Windows 2008 x64 Hyper-V host running multiple VM's. One of the VM's is running Windows 2008 R2 x64. When I click on "Insert Integration Services Setup Disk", I get a message " A...
View ArticleHow to Fix a Corrupted Hyper-V VHD File
Hi, Just found a blog about fixing corrupt VHDs. How to Fix a Corrupted Hyper-V VHD File http://blogs.technet.com/b/tonyso/archive/2011/12/06/how-to-fix-a-corrupted-hyper-v-vhd-file.aspx Enjoy!...
View ArticleCan't find virtmgmt.msc after upgrade from 2008R2 Core install to 2012...
Hello, Today I did an upgrade of our 2008R2 Enterprise Core server running Hyper-V to Server 2012 DataCenter core. The install seemed to go fine and I was able to log into the machine and view the VMs...
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High Availability Hyper-V 2012 Design Question
Below is a design that I am currently working on for our organization: I am thinking that to provide the highest availability I will have a 2 node Hyper-V cluster at Site 1 and another 2 node cluster...
View ArticleNAT ing multiple VM's to seperate physical NICS
I have 3 host servers with 4 addictional NICs so that i have can have a 1 to 1 relationship between the vm and the physical NIC. I have been able to create a seperate external virtual network and map...
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