Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2012]

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DL360 - Windows Server 2012 Core hyper-v on SD card?

My "plan" is to install 2012 Server Core with the Hyper-v role on an internal SD card in a DL360 G7 (Bios P68 05/05/2011), and put the guest VHDs on iSCSI storage. Two questions: Is this viable? Or am I mad? When I try and install my OS (either via…
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How do you live-migrate Hyper-V to Azure?

I have a new install of Windows Server 2012 with the Hyper-V role setup and a couple VMs running along fat, dumb, and happy. I want to play with Azure hosting for VMs for a couple of stand-alone boxes. Is there anything special that I need to wire…
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Hyper-V Server 2012 with Zambezi AMD FX-Series - Hardware assisted virtualization not present

I'm trying to set up VDI across Windows Server 2012 VMs running on Hyper-V 2012. The wizard's compatibility check for the Virtualization Host server failed with "Hardware-assisted virtualization is not present on the server". I'm running an…
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Windows Server 2012 guest machine no internet or LAN

I have a windows server 2012 with hyper-v added as a feature. I have created a server 2012 and a windows 8 guest machines. The windows 8 machine has internet connectivity and can successfully be added to our AD domain. I can log in to the domain on…
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Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 12.04.1 under Hyper-V

I've set up an instance of Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS under Hyper-V 2012. However it seems to be nondeterministic as to whether or not it completes the boot process. I get a Kernel Panic, "IO-APIC + timer doesn't work!", which from my research is caused by…
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Hyper-V extensible virtual switch disables network

I just installed the Hyper-V role on my Windows Server 2012. It comes with something called a "Hyper-V extensible virtual switch". I assigned it to the only network card in my server. By doing so, the network card became useless/disabled/inactive/..…
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How to make hyper-v automatically resume replication?

Lots of times I find that I have to click "Resume Replication" on my Virtual Machines. Supposedly, this is a "by design" thing after a reboot. Well, I have hosts staying up for weeks and then somewhere along the way I find that I have to do this. …
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Off-site failure backup of Hyper V machines

This is my first time doing this so help would be much appreciated.. I have 3 hyper v servers one for active directory one for iis and one for sql. I have built a new machine that is offsite that I would like to replicate these servers there. How…
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Hyper-V dynamic virtual disk will not shrink

We have a number of Win10 .vhdx disks provisioned at the default of 127Gb but I would like to reduce the maximum to a more sensible 40Gb. Some disks have shrunk fine but others, for no apparent reason, will not shrink at all. I have shrunk the size…
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Hyper-V NIC Teaming - Host *AND* VM

All: In a Server 2012 R2 environment, would there be any advantage of teaming vNIC's inside (max team size is 2 I believe?) a WS2012R2 Hyper-V VM when the VM is connected to a vSwitch comprised of a host NIC team of all 4 1Gbps NIC ports on the…
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Virtual Machines in Windows Server 2012 Core Hyper-V going Off-Critical

I have a server running Windows Server 2012 Core Hyper-V. This server currently hosts two virtual machines (one Windows Server 2008 and one Windows Web Server 2008). Occasionally, without any warning, I am unable to access any of the VM’s. By using…
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How Hyper-V server 2012 shares processor usage over virtual machine?

I have a Hyper-V server 2012 installed on my physical server (bare-metal). For testing purposes I created 2 VM machines (windows 7) and began testing server processor usage while VM runs at 100% processor usage. For tests I tried using "HeavyLoad"…
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Should hosts and guests be separated?

just setting up first small Hyper-V system (2012 R2). Will be a small box with two guests, one DC and one Exchange, for about 10 people. No cluster, all disks are local. There are two NICs that I plan to team, then create a vswitch and tie it to the…
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Snapshot SBS or Single DC server environments

I can't seem to find a clear answer on this. Is it safe or not safe to snapshot (or in my case checkpoint under HV 2012) an SBS or single DC server environment? I took over an account and am behind on patches by about a year and would LOVE to be…
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Hyper-V 12r2 across 2 physical networks

Ok, so first off... I have done this multiple times with VMware and had zero problems so I assume I am missing something in Hyper-V. Hardware I am working with: Single Dell R510 Host Onboard Dual Port Nic Quad Port Intel Nic 2x D-Link DES-1228…