Pass through disk status
Hi allMy Hyper-V local disk that use Pass-Through for VM was fail.So I replaced failed disk.After replace, Disk Manager don`t show disk status.Normary disk show Primary(Healthy) status.Replace Disk...
View ArticleProblem with live backup of Windows 10 machine
Hi!I have Windows 2012 R2 server with Hyper-V. I created a guest machine with Windows 10. I found out that Windows 10 machine is not eligible for live backup with Windows Server Backup. I did some...
View ArticleHow could I install Windows Server Essential Connector on Hyper-V Server Core...
I have two Windows Server 2012 R2 servers with Hyper-V server core installed on both. Then I have a windows 10 computer with the hyper-v manager and RSAT tools. On my windows 10 computer I'm hosting a...
View ArticleChange HardDisk Path from existing VM
Greetings,so I have a working VM (VM01) with the VHDX located at "C:\HD\VM01\".I would like to move the VHDX to another location without deleting, recreating or reimporting the VM itself.The new...
View ArticleP2V not booting and unable to boot recovery - HyperV
Hi there, I've just done a p2v using VMware standalone and then done a conversion using 2tware which both were successful. I then tried booting up the VHD and just getting a black screen with blinking...
View Article2012 Hyper-V Cluster... Adding ISCSI Storage to Guest VMs
We have a 2012 Hyper-V Cluster. I need to create a VM on the cluster and give it additional drive space. To do this I would like to assign a ISCSI volume to the VM. The VMs themselves do not have...
View ArticleHyper-V VM Stopping-Critical
I was not able to ping a VM, it was not responding. i have tried to reboot and the VM state has freezes in State: Stopping-Critical Status: Turning Off.I have tried to kill the process VMWP Process;...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 2012 R2 & Windows 7 Clients
Im trying to deploy Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, and for the life of me I can't get my Windows 7 management pc to connect to it using the hyper-v manager tool in RSAT. I've set Hyper-V Server to allow...
View Article"Turn Off" or really "Save"/"Shutdown"?
I am performing an in-place migration from a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster. In the documentation for "Hyper-V Cluster Using Cluster Shared Volumes...
View ArticleCopy and pasting VM server folders
I just took over a new IT job that uses Hyper-v. They have the D drive which only holds the VM hard drives and folders as a Raid 5. I want to take it to a Raid 10. If I shutdown all the VM's and...
View ArticleVirtual Server requirements
Hi there,We are about to change our corporate server. We are going to get a 2-node cluster that will have Windows Server 2012 R2. At the beginning we will create 6 virtual servers with Windows Server...
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...
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Hyper V clustring , Replication windows server 2012 R2
Hello Guys,I have HP proliant Bl465c G7 Physical Servers, there i have installed The hyper V 2012 and some VM are already running Perfectly fine,Lately i got in the Trouble with one of the Host Has...
View ArticleBacking up VM from CSV, VSS writer problems ?
Hi, here is my problem.I've set up 3 hyper-v hosts windows 2012 R2 in a Cluster. My problem arise when i try to backup my VM's with Veeam, i can take a crash consistent backup but when i try to use...
View ArticleHyper-V backup with TSM failing - snapshot mismatch
Hi there, I am currently backing up Hyper-V VMs to IBM's TSM and it is failing on a particular virtual machine. The below 4 events have occurred on the backup last night for example:-VSS writers...
View ArticleNew Server - Raid Options
Looking at a new server with 12 drive bays - looking to do 1 pair of 600 GB mirrors for the OS then 2 SSD cache drives then 1 big 8 drive raid 10 with 4 TB drives. Is this valid or should we do 2 TB or...
View ArticleNetwork lost suddenly while virtual nic showing enabled
Hi,I am facing an issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 Physical machines as well as few Hyper-V role installed machines VM's. The issue is that sometime suddenly the Ethernet stops responding and...
View ArticleHyper-v-VMMS shutting down
I have a server that is having problems with Hyper-V VMMS service shutting down every day they have to restart it to get management access working again. System is 2012 R2 and is update to date one...
View ArticleCant install Hyper v on window 10
after enabling the hyper v we must restart the computer and when it is turn back on updating process shows the"We couldn't complete the features, Undoing changes" , but my laptop is supporting to the...
View ArticleOptimizing Hyper-V VM CPU Utilization
For WinSvr 2012 R2 Hyper V, what are recommended settings for Resource Control to get the highest performance from VM's. I have both 2012 R2 (4) and Win10 VM's (4) on the same machine. The 2012's are...
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