Laptop as a guest VM
Is there a way for a VM to mimic a laptop? I want to be able to query the battery using WMI and some other functions.
View ArticleHyper-V guest DC will not shutdown (hangs), when shutdown from Hyper-V GUI or...
Hello, I look after a number of primary school servers and have the following issue at each school.<o:p></o:p>Each school has a single server (host) (2012r2) with two guest vm's (2012r2)....
View ArticleEnabled replication on Hyper-v
Hi, i had disabled the replica on a server, and now I'm trying to reactivate it, but I need to change the disk path where I'm going to make the replica, as I change it? Thanks!
View ArticleGeneral Hyper V operation/interaction questions
I've got alittle experience with Hyper V, but am looking to re-acclimate myself again. I am looking to enable Hyper V on a SP4. I remember there being some issues with enabling Hyper V on a SP3 and...
View ArticleProblem using live-migration on Shared-Nothing.
I am trying to do a live migration between two Hyper-V 2012 hosts:From Workload5 -> Workload4When i try to migrate i get the following error:Virtual machine migration operation failed to migration...
View ArticleCannot upgrade Integration Components of R2 guest on R2 host
Hi,Some Hyper-V patches require you to upgrade the IC of the guests. In order to keep everything correctly versioned I have created some scripts which raise alerts when the IC of the guest don't match...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 guests aren't shutdown properly on host shutdown
I have installed a new System based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard RTM (german)So the Host is running Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Role. Then I have installed a Windows Server 2012 R2...
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Challenge converting a physical disk into a virtual disk?
Hi All,I am attempting to convert a physical hard drive into a virtual hard drive. The physical hard drive contains multiple partitions and is running Windows 10. In an effort to convert the disk from...
View ArticleCannot Extend Volume Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2I have a 2 TB virtual drive (non-OS) that I have expanded to 2.25 TB. However, when I go into Disk Manager I am not given the option to either expand the volume or create a...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Hyper V Network Connectivity Issues
We have been managing a HP Proliant ML350 running Microsoft Server 2012 R2 with Hyper V running two Server 2012 Servers, One DC and One Exchange 2013.It has two nics (Intel) One setup for Hyper V Host...
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Cannot change generation 2 vm's boot order
Hi,I have following issue: I'm not able to change generation 2 vm's boot order. Neither Hyper-V Manager nor Powershell can do it:On good host (all settings are correct):Host where I'm not able to...
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Unable to create & Move VMs
I'm having a strange issue & wondered if anyone else had seen the same.we have 3 NAS servers (one is a fresh build) with a 3 Hyper-V Node cluster & 2 Hyper-V nodes not clustered currently...
View ArticleIntermittent Network connectivity Hyper-V Virtual Machines
We are experiencing a situation where we have 4 Hyper-V virtual machines on a VLAN-A that also contains a few physical servers. The physical servers have no problem but we are seeing continuous...
View ArticleBackup to Multiple USB drives
Hello,What is the best way for me to backup to multiple USB hard drives from a Virtual guest using WIndows Backup? This way I can alternate USB drives and take one offsite. Usually we create a VHD on...
View ArticleError creating a new VM
Hi everyone,this has now happened on both of my Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V hosts. Both servers are part of the domain.When creating a new VM, I can run through every step but when I click Finish, I...
View ArticleChange virtual switch connection type
I set up a test domain with one virtual switch and in order to keep it segregated from our LAN when I need to, I simply switch the connection type within the virtual switch from external to...
View ArticleHyper V-Connection establishment between Hyper V machines in two different...
I have created a hyper V Machine,say,HV1 in one Virtual machine,VM1 and a different hyper V,say,HV2 machine in another different Virtual machine,VM2.I am able to ping from a hyper V machine,HV1 to its...
View ArticleProcess VLANs inside a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine
Hello,is it possible to process VLANs inside a Hyper-V VM? On the host-side I'm using Windows Server 2012 R2 and have a dedicated NIC connected to a trunk port on a switch. I want to assign one NIC...
View ArticleWindows 2012R2 VM Guests hang showing state Stopping-critical
Hi I have a Windows 2012 R2 Std Server running Hyper V. I have 2 VM guests running windows 2012 Std R2. Since last week Windows backup on the Host was failing and the VM Guest was hanging. As of...
View ArticleGeneral Hyper V operation/interaction questions
I've got alittle experience with Hyper V, but am looking to re-acclimate myself again. I am looking to enable Hyper V on a SP4. I remember there being some issues with enabling Hyper V on a SP3 and...
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