isolating 3d games in guest vm
Is this at all possible with the free Hyper-V Server?I have a server PC connected to a big screen in our living room, running a native installation of Windows 7 Media Center for TV, photos, etc. My...
View ArticleHyper-v Guest VM Before Login Black Screen Stuck
Hi,today suddenly when i start hyper-v guest vm it loading ok no boot error. but Alt+Ctrl_Del screen not show. only show the black screen, move is moving in the vm screen, i also click the vm tool bar...
View ArticleHow to fix unsupported cluster configuration
I've set up cluster environment for Hyper V environment.I have 2 servers with 2 NIC per server.First NIC is connected to our LAN network for Public communication.2nd NIC is connected straight to each...
View ArticleHow to use available local storage to create VMs?
I have a server with 8, 900Gb SAS drives. I've created an 80Gb partition using the LSI RAID controller and installed 2012 Hyper-V to that partition. The remainder of the space from all disks is...
View ArticleWhere to establlish my PPPoE session, host or VM, and how to ensure the IP...
My ISP provides a static public IP after I establish my PPPoE tunnel. I am going to plug my ADSL model directly into the my server's ethernet port and I want to establish the PPPoE tunnel directly from...
View Articlewindows server 2003 sp2 p2v via disk2vhd
Hello,i have a non DC windows server 2003 sp2 (x86) which needs to be Virtualized for windows server with hyper-v role. we don't have resources for scvmm or an extra hardware for it so we are going to...
View ArticleAny simple tool that help to compare CPU processing power
Hi,I have a virtual instance of windows server and I think the CPU gain is low. I don’t have access to the hyper-v control panel.Is there any simple tool that I can benchmark the cpu processing power,...
View ArticleHyper-V performance with Microsoft EMET EAF Feature in VDI and ReCoBS
EMET is very useful for Remote-Controlled Browsers Systems (ReCoBS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).Applications protected with the EMET EAF feature run about 10 times slower (or at 10% speed)...
View ArticleInstallation Windows 7 Embedded STD on HyperV2012 with RemoteFX
Hi,I install Windows 7 Embedded on HyperV 2012 as guest OS, and when I try to connect by rdp I have a message "The remote session was disconnected because there were network problems during licensing...
View ArticleDisable 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 ArticleRSAT does not include Hyper-V
I just ran into something I consider a little strange. Maybe I missed something. Either that or it was an oversight by Microsoft that I think needs to be fixed.I was building out a Windows 8...
View ArticleHow can I add the Windows Server backup role to a Dedicate Hyper-V server...
I am stating to build small dedicated 2012 Hyper-V Servers for different clients (in stead of using XENServer free edition) and I would like to keep the Hyper-V bare metal server in a workgroup role ie...
View ArticleHypev "automatic start action" not retained after live motion
Hi,We have a hyper-v cluster of 2 windows 2008 R2SP1 nodes.We found that the settings we made in the VMs "automatic start action" were reset to "none" after migration between the nodes .We need to have...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012: Error Event 12, Hyper-V-VmSwitch
Since migrating to Server 2012 as a VM host, I have experienced this error: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VmSwitch Date: 12-Dec-12 9:40:44 AM Event ID: 12...
View ArticleNetwork Connectivity
I have a windows 2008 r2 server that is a virtual machine on hyper-v. I am losing network connectivity in the early morning hours. I am getting this in event viewer every time it loses network...
View Article2012 Datacenter redirecting com ports to my VM
I have just installed Windows 2012 Datacenter and enabled Hyper-V. I also installed a pci-e card to increase my serial ports x 2.After installing a VM server on Windows 2008 R2, I'm trying to figure...
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 ArticleHyper-V Networking between VMs
Reference Image:http://i.imgur.com/FzQ1QZo.pngSo i have that setup:5 VMs on 1 Physical Server (Server 2012), they (VMs) all use the "internal" type of hyper-v network. IP setup on each VM:IP:...
View ArticlePros and cons? One large vhdx or several smaller vhdx files?
I have several appx. 6 TB of space I'm going to use to install several VMs on.1.) Since I'm using Hyper-V 2012, I'd want to use the .vhdx format and not the older .vhd, right?2.) Should I pre-plan what...
View ArticleHyper-V Storage Pools on top of Hardware RAID?
Should I avoid using the Storage Pools feature of 2012 since I have a hardware RAID controller (Perc H710)?I've found conflicting advice on this issue such as:Disable HW RAID in favor of Storage Pools,...
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