What is the best practice(s) for confirming VHDX are good (not corrupt file...
Hello,At our company, we use Veeam to back-up all VMs on our Hyper-V servers.We ran into an issue, when we needed to restore a sharepoint 2016 server.The VHDX that contained the MS-SQL database files...
View ArticleThe processor does not support second level address translation (SLAT)
While attempting to install HPer-V on Windows server 2016, I encountered the error"Hyper-V cannot be installed: The processor does not support second level address translation (SLAT)"I run coreinfo.exe...
View ArticleCommand or script to uncheck/disable Backup (volume shadow copy) inside Hyper...
Hi,BackupAssist could not back a VM SQL server if Backup (volume shadow copy) is checked inside the Hyper V/Integration Services. Can you help with a command or script to stop/uncheck Backup (volume...
View ArticleVM's do not start after reboot
Hi,I've two hyper-v nodes that after a reboot (caused by Windows update) do not restart VMs... :(VMs are configured with "shut down guest operating system" and "always start" settings.Hyper-V is 2016,...
View ArticleManaging huge amout of VMs
Coming from VMware I used to group my different departments in Resource pools, both for Resource control and for easy overview of my companys different departments. Is there a way to group VMs in...
View ArticleHyper-V loses the abiity to receive mouse clicks
Hello to Vincent and all,We've got an odd issue with the mouse. While I don't understand why this is happening, I am wondering if anyone has a workaround. The issue occurs when I attempt to resize a...
View Articlehyper v win 10 pro not active
hello,anyone able to help me with a hyper v issue. i am using win 10 pro build 1703, and when i look for the hyper v and select it.. it is greyed out for hyper v platform/ hyper v hypervisorwhen i try...
View ArticleWindows Server 2019 Datacenter boot loops after enabling Hyper-V
I took my Windows Server 2016 Datacenter test server in my home lab (Dell R710 with two X5650s and 32GB of RAM) and installed Server 2019 Datacenter on it to try out the new features that are centered...
View ArticleHow to Install and configure Hyper-V on Windows Server 2019
Hi,Presumably because WS2019 just came out, I can only find 1 YouTube video which explains from A-Z how to install and configure Hyper-V on WS2019. Unfortunately, that video is without sound and is...
View ArticleHyper V cluster: shutdown all nodes
Dear,We are running a HyperV cluster with 2 nodes (shared storage, SAN).We've wrote a powershell script to shutdown all VM's in case of a shutdown command of our UPS (get-vm | stop-vm -force). After...
View ArticleHyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service doesn't respond, cannot stop/restart
Hello, I've been running a functioning virtualization set on a small Server 2016 install, running a half dozen VMs. Everything was working fine for months, but I let Windows update last night and when...
View ArticleNvidia Quadro P4000 DDA Error Code 43
HiWe use a Nvidia Quadro P4000 on a HPE DL380 Gen10 with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V and Passtrough the Card with DDA to a Windows Server 2016 VM.W've installed the latest drivers. But after a while,...
View ArticleHow do I route traffic for private network between two Hyper-V?
I have got two Hyper-V hosts connected by external vSwitch. On one host I have few VMs connected to the private vSwitch and few VMs on the another one as well using private vSwitch. Now I would like to...
View ArticleWindows 10 VM hosed by Windows Update today -...
is there a way to roll back an automatic Windows update, or otherwise recover this hosed VM?While I was away from my PC (Win 10 Pro host running Hyper-V), a Windows 10 VM it hosts decided to update...
View ArticleHow Do I Migrate Hyper-V Licenses From One Server 2012 R2 to Another?
Hi,I have 2 Server 2012 R2 systems (1 old, 1 new). The older system has some unused Hyper-V licenses that I would like to migrate to the new system. How do I go about doing that?Thanks!
View ArticleManually merged snapshots, but last one "Failed to merge the virtual disk."
I've manually merged snapshots but when trying to do the last to the main VHDX I keep getting the following errors; Failed to merge the virtual disk. (Event ID: 15272 Hyper-V-VMMS) Another error which...
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Windows 10 PXE boot "DHCP failed" in Hyper-V PoC test lab
Hi all,I've used a high-end PC running Windows 10. Installed Hyper-V and set up a test lab as per: Test lab instructionsThe only deviations are:It's not connecting to the internet through the...
View ArticleCommand or script to uncheck/disable Backup (volume shadow copy) inside Hyper...
Hi,BackupAssist could not back a VM SQL server if Backup (volume shadow copy) is checked inside the Hyper V/Integration Services. Can you help with a command or script to stop/uncheck Backup (volume...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Hyperv-V Dynamic VHD Keeps Expanding - Can I Convert To Fixed VHD?
Hi Everybody, We are running Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server, and our main production server VM is running Windows 2012 R2 on a dynamic VHDX on a 700GB partition. This VM has been running successfully...
View Articledynamically growing VHDX Debian Stretch
Hello, there, we host some Debian Stretch (9) virtual machines on our Hyper-V. I configured these systems as Generation 1 virtual machine and used dynamically growing VHDX files as hard disk. The odd...
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