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Is ReFS ready to host production VHDXs on Hyper-V 2012 r2 clusters?

One of the new features that I didn't see listed in all the "Windows Server 2012 r2" posts is that Clustering now supports CSVs that are formatted with ReFS. So, naturally, I would like to change the CSVs where I store the VHDX files to be ReFS. But…
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Do Hyper-V Virtual Machine Guest Operating systems need to be shut down before restarting Windows Server 2012 R2 they are running on?

I am fairly new to using Hyper-V. I am trying to learn the best practice for shutting down and restarting my server when virtual machines are running on it. I have a physical server running MS Windows Server 2012 R2. I have two Virtual Machines…
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Do I need an antivirus program in each virtual machine?

I have a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host running System center endpoint protection. There are two virtual windows servers being hosted by it. I have all .vhdx drives in a folder on d:/server/ Can I trust the antivirus to scan these files and find viruses or do…
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Can't connect Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 after Windows 10 update?

I have a domain joined HyperV Server Core 2012 R2 machine, and a domain joined service is enabled and allows access from this computer. By default, the WinRM firewall exception for public profiles limits access to remote computers within workstation…
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Hardware requirements for 100 virtualized high performance Windows 7 desktops?

We are debating whether to add Client Hyper-V or VMWare Player Pro to new Windows 10 desktops later this year and have our developers run their developer tools in a Windows 7 VM on their local desktop. For security reasons, they will not have admin…
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Two-Node Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster: Is it possible use local physical disks in the cluster?

Looking at the following Clustered Shared Spaces TechNet article, and it looks like this only applies to hosts sharing a JBOD enclosure by way of external SAS backplane. However, each host in the two-node cluster has an identical amount of SAS 15K…
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Better to share File Services role with Active Directory DC role OR with the RDS Terminal Server role?

We are a small business setting up a new server... budget is limited of course. I have ~500GB of data to share that needs to be stored locally on the single server we have. Host Server: Dell Poweredge T610, 24GB RAM, Xeon CPU, RAID6 4TB…
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Hyper-V 2012 R2 on HP ProLiant DL380 G5?

Are there any BIOS settings that I need to change on a HP ProLiant DL380-G5 to get Server 2012 R2 hyper-V role working? "Intel Virtualization Technology" is enabled, is there anything else I need to change? Error: Hypervisor launch failed:…
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Get back hyper-v VMs after in place reinstall of host OS

I have standalone win 2012 r2 server with hyper-v on it. It is my test server I use for experiments so it can be turned off anytime. That's not a problem. Is it possible to import 2012r2 VMs to 2016 hyper-v without exporting them? Something like…
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Best practice to disable SpeedStep for Hyper-V hosts?

I'm analyzing a problem where performance of CPU-bound workloads inside virtual machines often (not always) is way below what we would expect based on the underlying hardware. We're using Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2. The server has dual Intel…
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Hyper-V 2012 R2 virtual machines

I have a Hyper-V 2012 R2 cluster, 4 Dell PowerEdge R620 servers connected to a Dell PowerVault MD3600F storage array by means of FC connections; it's all pretty straightforward, all servers run WS2012R2, the cluster was freshly built a couple of…
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Server 2012 R2 - how to delete a file that is "open in System"?

I am using Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Core. It is one of our Hyper-V hosts. I manage it from my workstation using Hyper-V manager, and manipulate files through the admin share. I created a VM, then copied a VHDX into the Hard Disks folder. I then…
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WDS 2012 R2 Server

Background: WDS Server 2012 R2 (runs on a 2012 R2 Hyper-v server), DHCP server runs on a different server in a different physical LAN. Both Lans go into the same Layer3 switch. Currently all my clients that are using PXE boot are on the same LAN as…
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Convert Hyper-V linux machine to Gen 2

Is there any way I can easily (and without reinstalling) convert a Linux Hyper-V (gen 1) VM to a gen2 one? I know the Convert-VMGeneration cmdlet for PowerShell (this one: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Convert-VMGeneration-81ddafa2)…
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Ensure that two HyperV VMs run on the same cluster node

I'm running a Hyper-V cluster with three nodes that host a collection of VMs between them. When we need to service a node we can live migrate the roles on that node to one of the others. What is the correct way to implement the constraint that two…
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