OS Reload
I was just informed by Dell Enterprise Support that our drive array MUST be rebuilt! The first step is to file-level copy any data. This server has 2012 R2 core with hyper-v and VM's. What VM related...
View ArticleAll VMs crash when we loose Layer 3 connectivity
Greetings, any chance that you could clear up a SCVMM debate that we have been having for some time. We have a Windows 2012 R2 8 node cluster using SAN storage (System x3850 X5 & Emulex 42D0494,...
View Articlesource mac address of packets originating from VMs when passing from host's nic
Hello i need to know whether any mac address translation is performed on packets coming from virtual machines ccnnected to the external network in hyper-v, when these packets are going out from hyper-v...
View ArticleHyper-V Virtual Switch Manager on Surface Pro 3 - Bind Failed: Data Supplied...
Just over a week ago I set up Hyper-V on Windows 10 (build 14257) on a Surface Pro 3, set up a new external virtual network and everything worked well until some updates were applied today and the...
View Articleshrinking c:\ from 2TB to 150GB
hello all, I have a 2012R2 vm running on hyperv 2012R2. the server c:\ was built on a 2TB vhdx. I tried to shrink this but it only shrinks by 700GB and I need to shrink 1.850. Does anyone have any...
View ArticleHome Training Needs
I am a new IT student and I'm looking for a Hyper-V that I can download, install and use on my Home PC: HP Pavillion, w/WIN-10 home edition. Windows 10 did not come with the Hyper-V, but it came with...
View ArticleHyper-V Replication (Disk write speed Problem)
Hello, I work in a small software publishing business and I undertake to deploy our solutions in virtual servers. For this first time I deployed two Hyper-V in workgroup with a single VM (virtual...
View ArticleHow to present autoUnattend.xml on removable media to guest install
It's easy to create a guest OS by defining a new VM, mounting an ISO to boot from, and starting it up for an attended install. However, my goal is to present an autoUnattend.xml file to the installing...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Datacenter Edition
Dear Support, I want to know how much the ram support for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Datacenter Edition. I want to allocate the ram 128 GB in Hyper -V for the...
View ArticleClustering Hyper-V Servers
We have 3 server 2012 R2 servers that are core installs and are hyper-v servers. On these hyper-v servers we have a mixture of MS and Linux VM's. We just had a situation where Dell Enterprise Support...
View ArticleNo Active Network Adapters
Server 2012 R2 Core with 1 VM, right now. I was making network swtiches in hyper-v manager for the physcial NIC's and now i can not connect to the hyper-v host from hyper-v manager. When i login to the...
View ArticleHelp regarding Windows Server backup slowing down all virtual machines on hyperv
Hi there.Hyperv server with SATA disks in RAID1. Hyperv has also attached USB 3.0 external disk.Hyperv has 5 virtual machines. One of those virtual machine has EXCHANGE2013 on it. The attached USB 3.0...
View ArticleWhat is a VHD Set?
It seems in Windows 10 there is type of virtual disk called "VHD Set". What is this? Is this similar to a shared disk feature offered by Virtual Box?
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, if...
View Article2 copies of windows server 2008 r2 standard - licensing query
Hi, we own 2 copies of "Windows Server 2008 r2 standard" specifically for two physical servers.We would like to migrate to one new server only with higher spec, we don't expect it to have more than 2...
View Article2012R2 VM boot failure - a device attached to the system is not functioning
Hi,have problems with one of VMs on 2012R2 hostHost is HP DL160 Gen9 with E5-2620v3 (12cores), P440 storage controller, 2xSAS disks.VM1 boots normally with 8 vcpu (but integration services doesn't...
View ArticleHyper-V Hangs Loading setting data
I am having an identical problem others are reporting where Hyper-V hangs after installing the RemoteFX role with RTM SP1. The server specs are as follows:WIN 2008 ENT R2 w/RTM SP1, DELL T710 w/2...
View ArticleHyper-v failover hardware requirement. Print server on Guest VM
Hi, I am looking for some pointers on Hyper-v failover cluster that will run guest VMs (VM will be print servers) .I am planning to go with below hardware requirements for Hyper-V failover cluster...
View Article2012 R2 guest VM (2012) not seeing passthrough disk through SCSI Controller
I have assign pass through disk to guest OS (2012) but when starting guest VM, disk is not visible under disk mgmt.It is visible when assign it through IDE controller. Integration service is also up to...
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failed to connect Ethernet switch port 80070002.
We are running windows 2012 r2 as Hyper-v host. After installing XM as VM, we can't cerate virtual switch network with this error: failed to connect Ethernet switch port 80070002. Please help.Bob Lin,...
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