Split VHDX files into smaller files?
Hi, I have a 160 GB VHDX file that is backed up with CrashPlan. The size of the file seems to induce performance issues when backing up, as it takes many hours for CrashPlan to read through the VHDX...
View ArticleHyper-V Dynamic Disk Fragmentation
Hi FolksI am monitoring our Hyper-V Cluster environment and found out that the fragmentation of our VHD (and VHDX) are mostly fragmented over 90%. I believe that some of our performance issues could've...
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TPM Virtualization error
Hi,I start saying that I have already created the configuration that I'm going to explain, on another PC and all is working, but I received a new PC and I'm cloning this test environment.I created two...
View ArticleHyper V on 2012R2 with Teamed NIC
Hello All,I have a server with 2 physical NICs. I configured both of them into a Teamed NIC using Server Manager.Now, I have a need to install Hyper V.During installation, it asks me which NIC I would...
View ArticleLow transfer rate between HyperV nodes
Hi,We are facing a low transfer rate between two HyperV nodes in a cluster.Sometimes we receive packet loss or high latency above 18ms.VLANs,speed and duplex configuration are correct and no loop on...
View ArticleSlow XP Performance on Hyper-V
Hello, I have a DL585 with 80GB of Memory and 4xQuad Core AMD Opteron. It is currently Running a Fully Patched 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V. I have multiple virtual machines running some are Windows...
View ArticleHyper-V 2008 R2 to 2016 Migration Question
I have several CSVs (Fibre Channel LUNs) presented to the current Hyper-V 2008 R2. The plan is to move the existing storage to a new Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V /SOFS cluster when it RTMs.The new 2016...
View ArticleServer - Windows firewall
Hi All, I am trying to stop the windows firewall service for a application installation. Seems if i stop the RDP disconnects and only if i enable Windows firewall it connects RDP. I tried below steps...
View ArticleCan't ping Hyper-V Virtual Machine or access Network File Share
Hello,I'm trying to use Hyper-V for the first time and I've a problem accessing Virtual Machines running on the server. I've installed Ms Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and I already try VM clients...
View ArticleNetwork issue with Server 2012R2 Hyper-V Cluster
Weird issue with Sever 2102R2 2 node cluster. Has worked for several years but during patch Tuesday reboots 2nd node could not rejoin cluster. Cluster validation tool indicated it was a network error...
View Articlefailure configuring windows features reverting changes do not turn off your...
HI,I am using lenovo blade server (compute node x240).with the operating system win 2k8 R2 Enterprise X64 bit OS.When i tried to install Hyper-v Role in that server it won't install that.and prompted...
View ArticleHyper-V LLDP messages
I am trying to see what kind of LLDP messages are sent by the Hyper-V switch. I connected a switch to a machine with Hyper-V/windows server 2012 DataCenter on bare metal. I also have data center...
View ArticleNetwork cable unplugged
Hi, Preparing my virtual machine to function as a Window Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller, I got the message: "Network cable unplugged"on Network connection wizard. How do I configure TCP/IP networking...
View ArticleProblem with Internet on guest machine Hyper-V
Sorry my bad English. I have a server running windows server 2012 r2 datacenter and setup Hyper-v. I already create a vNic bridge to physical network. I have 3 public IP 42.112.xx.168,169,170...
View ArticleHyper-v Blue Dump error (WppRecorder.sys )
HI Everyone, I have installed Microsoft Hyper-v 2012 R2 OS on Dell R730 with following following Simple setting.c: 100 GBd:- 2.2 TBbut when i create guest machine (VM) on server. it gave me BLUE DUMP...
View Articleremoving a node from Hyper-V Failover Cluster
Hi,I am using 2 node Hyper-V failover cluster of server 2012 R2 OS, and there are total 4 VMs that hosted on this 2 node cluster.but issue is whenever i checked the failover cluster Manager , all the...
View ArticleHyper-V and usb dongles possible?
I've heard about software emulation for usb support in the virutal realm.. What i'm dying to know is if anyone has succesfully made this work in Hyper-V yet..IE: either the barebones hyperV or the...
View ArticleAfter deploying a Win7 VM all I get is a black sceen
Simple deploy on a Dell 6410 laptop running win10. Created a Win7 64 bit VM. When it is done the install of Windows and restarts all I get is a black screen. Manager says it's "running", but...
View ArticleBest practice to assign Storage LUN for Hyper-V 2012 R2 VM
Hi All,We are planning to setup the Hyper-V environment on B200 M4 blade. Plan is to install the Hyper-V on local disk and all the VMs will be assign disk from the storage. There would be around 10+...
View ArticleHyper-V RBAC.
So AzMan is deprecated, is SCVMM the MS answer for RBAC now? Does that allow me to setup RBAC for access to VM's inside a Failover Cluster?I have linux VM's on my failover cluster that need initial...
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