Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2008-r2]
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Disk2VHD and Hyper-V
I want to virtualize a physical machine and I used Disk2Vhd to convert the Hard drive to a .vhd file.
My issue is that when I attach this vhd in Hyper-V, and try to install
"Integration Services", I get the message "HAL Upgrade Required",
and…

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DC on Hyper V Host
I've read a few similar questions but wasn't clear. I have a small office (13) users and recently purchased a new single server (this is all I have to work with for now).
Server specs
Memory - 16G
Drives - 6 SCSI (2TB)
Processor - Dual Quad…

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Hyper-V Cannot load a virtual machine configuration
I upgraded my Windows 2008 Hyper-V host server to Windows 2008 R2 last night. The upgrade went smoothly, but when it settled down as the new version, I found two virtual machines out of seventeen to be missing from the Hyper-V console UI.
From the…

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Debian Squeeze Hyper-V Drivers
I have a fresh Debian 6.0.0 (Squeeze) server running on Hyper-V and I'm trying to get the synthetic drivers loaded into the kernel (2.6.32-5-amd64). The research I've done says that the Linux Integration Drivers should have been mereged into the .32…
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Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 vs. Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V role?
There are currently two Microsoft HyperVisor products:
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx
Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Role
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-main.aspx
Question - Is…

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Is Windows XP Pro not a good Hyper-V guest citizen?
On my Windows Server 2008 R2 w. the Hyper-V role, I have these guest VMs:
3 x Windows Server 2008 R2
2 x Windows Server 2003 x86
2 x Windows 7 x64
1 x Windows XP Pro x86
In general, all machines are very fast and responsive. However, the Windows…

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Hyper-V on 2012R2 HyperV Edition or 2008R2 Standard Edition?
We are currently running VMWare ESXi, with 1 Windows 2008 R2 Standard instance, 1 Windows 7 instance and 2 Linux instances.
So, recently I wanted to upgrade my server, because there were a lot of things happened. I couldn't find Intel 1GB multiport…

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Hyper-V Server - Can't UnJoin An Orphaned Domain
I have a Hyper-V host running on a Windows 2008 server that does not have a desktop GUI.
This server is currently joined to a domain that no longer exists and there are no domain controller for that old domain still on the network.
Using a local…

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Hour-long shutdown duration "shutting down hyper-v virtual machine management service"
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that is a Hyper-V host (Dell PowerEdge T300). Today for the first time I encountered an odd situation; i lost connection with one of the guest machines but logging on physically it seems the guest OS is still running…

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Hyper-V spontaneously pauses all VMs
I just had an odd thing happen with a Hyper-V server that has 4 guest VMS running on it. The host server and all guests are Server 2008 R2 SP1.
I logged into one of the guest VMs using Remote Desktop and rebooted a web application running on it,…

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How to boot a Hyper-V Virtual Machine with a PXE server
I am trying to boot a virtual machine created in Hyper-V Manager. I want to boot from the NIC so that the VM can connect to the PXE server (by pressing F12 numerous times). The thing is, I cannot get to boot at all. All I get is the classic: "Boot…

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Can't Reset Password - Ubuntu 10.04 on Hyper-V
I have a virtual Ubuntu 10.04 machine running under Hyper-V which I have lost the password to. With a physical Ubuntu box it's rather easy to press ESC at the grub prompt and proceed to reset your password. Unfortunately I can't see a grub menu and…

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Virutal Machine loses network connectivity on Hyper V Cluster
We're running a number of VMs on a 6 node failover cluster of blades using Hyper V.
We have an intermittent issue (every few days at different times - not a fixed frequency) of VMs losing network connectivity. Console access to the VM suggests all…

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Hyper-V Live migration without shared storage?
Hypothetical scenario:
2 machines running Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
configured as a cluster
VHD files stored on each machine
Is it possible to do a live migration without using shared storage? I imagine that it could take a very long time to copy the…

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IPv6 problem in Hyper-V
I'm testing a IPv6 setup using Hyper-V on 2008 R2.
I've setup one VM as a DC, with 2008 R2 Standard Edition, AD, DNS and DHCP. I've got one VM as Windows 7 RTM x64, as a domain member.
IPv4 connectivity works fine, no problems here. IPv6 on the…

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