Hyper-v error 32780
Hello, I have 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. Both have Hyper-V installed. I want to migrate a VM from one machine to another. After selecting where to move the VM a popup appears: Move Wizard /...
View ArticleSend Initial Replica to external harddisk - time delay?
Hi, We've got two hyper-v 2012 R2 clusters with replicas configured, separated via WAN. We want to transfer a large VM (<4TB) to the other cluster, but we're wondering how much time delay the...
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Windows 2012r2 Hyper-V Gen 2 boot options missing
Ok, I've wasted an entire day searching for an answer for this. I found a few people with the same issue but no answers.I built a Win10 1607 Gen2 VM. I mounted an ISO to capture windows for SCCM. I...
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UEFI Boot order options missing from Hyper-V host
I have two 2012R2 Hyper-V Hosts. On one of the hosts, I have no options to set UEFI Boot order, either on existing virtual machines, or on new ones. On the other host, all options are available. I have...
View ArticleSR-IOV active on VMs, even though get-vmhost.IovSupportReasons reports {OK}
One of our servers (HQ DL580g7, using Emulex OCe14102-UX Nic) has recently begun failing to make SR-IOV active for VM's assigned to the applicable vSwitch. This had been working in the past, but we did...
View ArticleiSCSI Offload and/or TCP Offload
We have Broadcom BCM57840 NICs in our servers to connect to an iSCSI SAN. These cards have TCP Offload Engine and iSCSI Offload Engine (both licensed).They have been left disabled in the past. Now I'm...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 - authentication issues (EventID 5823)
Hi,We have a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster running for several years now. On one of the hosts Domain accounts were no longer usable - had to Login using the local admin account. The VMs are running...
View ArticleServer 2016 Hyper-V Remote desktop connection certificate mismatch issue
Hi,I built a Windows server 2016 with the Hyper-V role, and when I try to connect to a VM if fails with a "certificate mismatch" error. VM is located in the same server. It seems that the mismatch is...
View ArticleSharing files from host
HiWhat is the best way to share user files from host into Windows Server 2016 domain controller VM? I want the DC users to be able to access files but also keep the files on host for easy...
View ArticleAssigning host drives
HiHow can I assign host DVD, USB, Hard Drives to the VM?ThanksRegards
View ArticleHow to compact a VHDX with ReFS?
Hi, we have Exchange 2016 running on virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 on Hyper-V 2012 R2. For the databases we are using a ReFS volume, as recommended by MS. (It is a separate VHDX file that contains...
View ArticleLicensing and Clusterd Roles
I am implementing a (2) node Hyper-V cluster with 7 VMs (2) of these VMs are DCs and are permanently located on local storage on each node. The other 5 are part of the cluster. From what I understand,...
View ArticleUpgrade to server to 2012
Hi Folks ,What can be a better practice to upgrade a hyper v server from Hyper V server 2008 R2 to Windows Hyper V server 2012 /2012 R2.A Clean install is preferred in this scenario ?HardWare3 disks...
View ArticleExposing >4GB Graphics Card Memory to VM using DDA
Hello,We have a Hyper-V Server 2016 with a PCIe graphics card with 8GB of memory exposed via DDA to a Windows 10 VM, but we can only see 4GB of graphics card RAM available from inside the VM. We used...
View ArticleLive Migration between AD Forests
Hello Everyone.I would like to LiveMigrate a VM from HostA in AD Forest1 to HostB in AD Forest2. There is a two-way trust established between the two AD Forests. Does anyone know if this is possible?...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 R2 VM Network Disconnect in both Cluster Environment or Stand...
I know this has been asked many times over, but I can tell you every trick stated doesn't help me and I bet there are other out there still struggling like me to where I want to rip out those Broadcoms...
View ArticleUnable to migrate VM between Hyper-V Servers
So am using this command to vacate our nodes into the other forest: Get-VM | % { Move-VM -DestinationHost host.fqdn -IncludeStorage -DestinationStoragePath "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume12\$($_.name)"...
View ArticleExperiences with in-place upgrade from 2012 R2 Core Hyper-V Cluster to 2016...
So, i was thinking about upgrading my HV Cluster (8 Nodes Server 2012 R2 Core Datacenter) to Windows Server 2016.I know that usually inplace upgrades are not the way to go, but i was thinking that...
View ArticleBuild Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 - can't get past KB3172729 and KB2883200
Hello! I am building a new Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host (not Windows Server) and I am having problems with getting it fully patched. I've done this many times in the past and normally get about 30...
View Articlevhd paths in Hyper-V Manager and Failover Cluster Manager
Hello Everyone, Yesterday I was doing some storage migration in the cluster. I added some 3PAR storage to my environment and wanted to migrate the VMs from the volumes of the HITACHI disks we have to...
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