Creating Linux VM's using a kickstart script.
I need to build out some Linux VM's (OL-7) and don't want to manually add the networking/config info. There is already repository setup for bare metal linux hosts that will do what I want, but I'm not...
View ArticleLive Migrations No Longer Working After January 2019 Updates
We have a problem after the January updates (50 plus blades with AMD Bulldozer Family 15h processors) We have 400 plus VMs hosted on our hyper v clusters (Server 2012R2 and SCVMM 2012r2), and after...
View ArticlePhysical disk attached on hyper-v guest, but disk not visible in Windows
I've attached a physical disk on a hyper-v guest with success. The guest boots, but there is no disk visible in Windows. Does anyone have a clue, why not?'diskpart', 'list disk' command, does not show...
View ArticleRemoving a CSV
Windows Server 2016 With Storage Spaces Direct:My first CSV is a 2-way Mirror that I want to remove. I have used "Move Virtual Machine Storage" to emtpy Clusterstorage\volume1". All VMs are running OK...
View ArticleHyper-V unusuable on win10 1809 - default switch disables wireless interface
Hello, I'm trying to setup hyper-v on a lenovo t470 with windows 10 1809 enterprise. The laptop has 3 ethernet interfaces: Ethernet,Wireless and Mobile LTE The default switch is "automatically"...
View ArticleCannot delete checkpoints
Hi,We have a Windows 2012 R2 VM with checkpoints which we are unable to delete and getting the below message. Now the only way to fix this is to export the VM to a different location and then import it...
View ArticleVirtual Machine stuck in Stopping state
I have a single virtual machine running on my Windows Server 2012 Standard Hyper-V host. Occasionally my VM goes offline (as far as my remote monitoring agent is concerned) and when I check the VM...
View ArticlePossible Use Specific DHCP Server for Hyper-V VMs Only Although On Common...
Hey Guys -I'm trying to see if its possible to configure all Hyper-V VMs on a host to use DHCP from a DC (also a VM) and all external / non-VM devices use the router for DHCP. Details are below...I've...
View ArticleGuest OS is Freezing/Locking Up/Not Responding (Windows Server 2008 R2)
I have seen this problem with a number of virtual machines. The VM hosting environment is running Hyper-V 2016 and Hyper-V 2012 R2. This issue happens on both versions of Hyper-V.I run a variety of...
View ArticleHyper-v 2k16 cannot reboot - stays at shutting down hyper-v services
Hi, we have a brand new dedicated hyper-v server with 2k16 and created a brand new VM which is a Win2k16 server also. Very basic. When we reboot the physical hyper-v server, it stays at shutting down...
View Articlep2v server black cursor wont boot EFI 2008 server HELP
source is 2008 server ( NON R2) EFI boot partition I'm using disk2vhdi tried booting the server but all i got is black cursor blinking i think the issue is has to do with the source server having EFI...
View ArticleAn arithmetic error has occurred. Event id 28007
Hi,I have a Windows Server 2016 DC Hyper-v cluster.On one node I receive strange error"An arithmetic error has occurred while computing the aggregate value for metric definition 'Aggregated Normalized...
View ArticleQuestion about connecting virtual server to internet
Hey everyone, glad to be here. I'm having some trouble with Hyper-V so I figured Microsoft Technet would be the best place to humbly ask for some help.So I've been trying to set up a few virtual...
View ArticleRecovery Not Locating Backups to Recover VM
Hello Community,I am running a Server 2016 physical machine with Hyper-V which has two VMs. The first VM is a DC and the second is a file share server that also has a backup share for all network...
View Articlecloned machines have the same MAC address on 'Hyper-V Ethernet Adapter'
Met a problem yesterday when 2 Windows Server 2016 machines from the same cloned (syspreped) image were not able to ping each other but can ping any other network devices.After some troubleshooting we...
View ArticleSnapshot Merged but still Mapped on VM setting HDD
Hello All we had some orphan file which have been merges but still shown on VM disk Hard Drive as you can see in the photo , should I shutdown the Vm and remap the disk . (Body text cannot contain...
View ArticleHyper-V File Server setup recomendation
Hi All,We have a 2 node Hyper-V cluster running windows server 2012 R2. A third Hyper-V server is located at our DR site that is not part of the cluster however it is using Hyper-V replication for VM...
View ArticleReplicate virtual machines from Hyper-V server 2012 r2 to Hyper-V server 2016
The primary system is installed with Windows Server 2012 r2 standard. The failover server will be installed with Windows Server 2016 Standard. There is problem witch migration / replicate virtual...
View ArticleCannot live migrate 2 of 12 VM's in FCM on Server 2016
Cannot live migrate 2 of 12 VM's in FCM, when trying to live migrate these 2 VM's they get to around 48% and then the live migration stops. We've tried many things to resolve this, I'm just wondering...
View ArticleHyper v machine stuck in Boot Manager loop
Hi,We had a stroage issue with our hyper v machines i've had resolved this and merged disks together, and got the main VHDX to like the chains of VHDX's used.I then edited the machine settings to use...
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