Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2008-r2]
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How do you copy a machine image in Hyper-V?
I've got a Hyper-V machine that I want to copy so that I can keep a template around for other servers.
I tried using the export/import feature but regardless of which folder I use, it always errors with the following:
Import failed. Unable to find…

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How to properly setup a Virtual Network on Hyper-V (Windows 2008 R2) that provides external connectivity to guests
I have a Hyper-V machine with one NIC card. I've set up a Virtual Network and provided connectivity to the guest OSs. The problem is that on restart of the host machine, i start up with no connectivity whatsoever (either for the host or the guests).…

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Microsoft Hyper-V Server CPU Scheduling and NUMA Memory Architectures
I suppose this question could apply to any virtualization technology, but I am trying to understand some of the details specific to Microsoft Hyper-V Server and how virtual CPU resources are scheduled across physical CPU resources.
It appears that…

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Hyper-V R2: Need help with disk structure
I'm going to use the free (non gui) version of Hyper-V R2.
In my new server I have 8 disks in total (for Hyper-V R2 installation and virtual machine).
Atm I'm going to run a single virtual machine, with following tasks:
Windows Server 2008 R2…

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Does Hyper-V support SCSI Pass-through discs in a Server 2003 R2 VM?
I'm running into some difficulties getting pass-through disks to be accessible to a Hyper-v server 2003 r2 virtual machine.
Host OS : Server 2008 R2 full w/Hyper-V role
Guest OS : Server 2003 R2 (Windows Home Server)
The guest's OS disk is a…

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Hyper-v vs Virtualbox
I am using Oracle VirtualBox for ubuntu guest virtual servers on windows server 2008 R2. I'm in a plan to migrate(stop using virtualbox) from VirtualBox to Hyper-V. I guess many are using hyper-v virtualization and have good control over it and…

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Setting up Hyper-V Server with Two Network Adapters
I read in an article that it's best practice to have two network adapters for a Hyper-V server - where one network adapter is for the management and the other for the virtual machines.
Can I the two network adapters be on the same network/subnet or…

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Building a Server to host Virtual Machines
I'm looking to put together a server with the base OS as Windows Server 2008 with Hyper V. This machine is a development box that will be hosting multiple VMs for development - test instances of various Microsoft flavors as well as a Team…

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HyperV Failover
I am looking to setup a 2 server HyperV environment with a Dell SAN in the back. I am setting them in cluster format and have 2008 r2 Enterprise servers for the hosts. Is there any other software that I need to get the failover configured. Dell is…

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Using a Boot to VHD file in a Hyper-V Server VM
I have a file win7.vhd that I've been using in a Boot to VHD scenario. Now I want to run that Windows 7 instance within Hyper-V Server alongside a few other VMs I have. I sysprepped win7.vhd and copied it over to the the Hyper-V Server and tried…

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ubuntu install on hyper-v
I just installed latest ubuntu server edition on hyper-v r2. Install went good but i get no network connectivity.
I have a legacy network connection setup in hyper-v for that vm.
I setup static ip for that vm(everything looks good in interfaces…

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How to shut down Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from acpupsd?
I have several computers connected to a single APC SmartUPS 1500. The UPS status is monitored by a server running acpupsd. The other computers also have apcupsd installed, and poll the main computer over the network to get the UPS status, and they…

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Clone virtual machine with Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V?
I've recently just started working with Hyper-V, and so far it's quite nice. However, I've been running into problems with what seems like it should be the most basic of workflows. I've set up a baseline Server 2008 R2 configuration, and exported it…

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I'm thinking n+1 in a hyper-v r2 cluster managed by scvmm is not a great idea anymore
Around here the clusters (not hyper-v clusters) are typically configured as n+1, so they are asking me to create a n+1 hyper-v r2 clusters. These will configured with both csv's and live migration and managed via scvmm r2. My thinking is that its a…

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Newbie one: Virtual Networks - Hyper-V - Remote Destktop - Only one physical NIC
I'll try to explain my situation and I'll apreciate any help:
I have a phisical server (quad core, 4Gb ram, 1TB raid 10, etc) with Win Server 2008 R2 enterprise, running IIS, Printing, etc...
Also, I want to set up 2 virtual Servers with 2008 R2…

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