Troubleshooting Slow LiveMigration between W2K12 DC Standalone Hyper-V hosts?
Hi all I am troubleshooting slow LiveMigrations between Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (Standalone) Hyper-V hosts. All of them are HP ProLiant 3xx servers from 2009/2011 with DAS. When installing...
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Disable write cache on VHDX in Hyper-V DC guests.
I have a couple of DC's running Server 2012 as Hyper-V guest machines. I have write caching disabled on the hosts RAID controller (no cache battery), but for some reason, I can't disable write caching...
View ArticleNew Server Advice
Hello Everyone, I am in of some advice , I am looking for a server for my house that will let me run both Hyper-V and Xen Server .. The reason behind this I need something I can play with in order to...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 WMI API - Getting VM State of a Snapshot
Hello,Is there a way to determine the state the VM was in when a snapshot of the VM was taken?I am looking at the Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData class, but I see no such information there.Thanks in...
View ArticleHow to Fix a Corrupted Hyper-V VHD File
Hi, Just found a blog about fixing corrupt VHDs. How to Fix a Corrupted Hyper-V VHD Filehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/tonyso/archive/2011/12/06/how-to-fix-a-corrupted-hyper-v-vhd-file.aspx Enjoy! Best...
View ArticleWhy are my Hyper-V servers disconnecting simultaneously from the network?
I have two Hyper-V servers (ver. 6.1.7600.16385) installed on Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise that intermittently disconnects from the network. Last two events happened on 18 December 2012 and 31 December...
View ArticleHyper-V VM network problem after moving
I'm having some trouble with my new server so I decided to export my 2 VMs, re-install 2008 R2 and then import my VMs. One VM worked fine but the other, which is the DC, had problems. It had no...
View ArticleHyper-V core and UPS
hi,how can i manage the UPS i have on my Hyper-V server?when it runs out of power it should also power down the Hyper-V server and its hosted VM's...or does the management of the UPS has to be run on...
View ArticleVolsnap errors when backing up event id 27
I am getting errors in my system event log when backing up our Hyper-V cluster. The errors refer to \??\Volume{fd68fa94-0219-11e0-8397-8781852cf4dc}How do I determine which virtual machine this is...
View ArticleVM Integration Services
I am running Windows 7 Pro in a virtual machine under Windows 8 Pro Hyper-V Manager.On the VM From the Action Menu I can select “Insert Integration Services Setup Disk.” When I select it, it opens up...
View ArticleExtending Hyper-V Passthrough Volume on a Hyper-V Failover Cluster
I would like to know the best practice for extending a LUN and associated Windows partition structure on a Hyper-V 2.0 (R2 SP1) passthrough disk on a failover cluster. I have watched this done before...
View ArticleExternal network unreachable from Hyper-V VM - Win8
I'm trying to configure a Ubuntu 12.10 VM for development on a Lenovo W520. The solution I've attempted adds three virtual switches: one internal network for direct connections to the VM and two...
View ArticleWindows 8 with Hyper-V
Hi, I have a Windows 8 with Hyper-V and an installed a virtual OS(Win Server 2008 R2). I am trying to copy the files from my windows 8 to virtual OS but i dont see any way to do this...how do i...
View ArticleUsing iscsi initiator within a VM vs a passthrough disk, vs vhdx
With the advent of H-V verison 3 (2012) I think this quesion needs to be revisited. I was told long ago (about a year and a half :) ), that it was frowned upon to use an iSCSI connection from within a...
View ArticleAdvice Needed
I am about to start a fairly large "Network Redesign" project and want to utilize Hyper-V to the fullest. I have a number of "Application Servers" that are involved and would like to get this all...
View ArticleHyper-V and Display resolution
Hi there, I am trying to increase the display resolution to 1600x1050 for my virual server (Hyper-v), but the max I can get is 1280x1024.I installed the Integration services and all the updates for the...
View ArticleHow to crash dump a Guest running Windows 2008
Hi Folks,I have a Windows 2008 VM running on Hyper-V (RTM) and I like to manually crash dump it.Normally I would follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928839 but that is for Virtual Server 2005.Can...
View ArticleCan't boot VM from ISO File
Hi everybody, i'm with a problem and i need your help.I'm using Hyper-V 2008 R1 and I have a guest VM running Windows Server 2008. This VM crashed and i need to boot it from the ISO to run the chkdsk...
View ArticleGrant-VMConnectAccess
Experts,Grant-VMConnectAccess - Grants a user or users access to connect to a virtual machine or machines.As get-help didnt give much details, I am posting it here.How should the end user access a VM...
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