Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2012]

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Failed to add VM to Hyper-V cluster. How to fix?

Background/Setup I've got a running Hyper-V 2012 cluster with 2 nodes. It's already got a VM-role in the cluster managing a VM; failover works and all that nice stuff. There's another, standalone Hyper-V 2012 machine that I just joined to the AD…
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Installer for Windows Server 2008R2 blue screens under Hyper-V 2012

Trying to build an SQL Server cluster lab on an old Dell Latitude E6400 with 6gb RAM, using Hyper-V 2012. The install works great, I can create VMs and networks just fine, but when I try to boot the 2008 R2 install ISO, it blue screens like the…
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windows 2012 failover cluster, system validation, and storage spaces

I have two host servers with Windows 2012 Hyper-V installed. I have also configured File and Storage Services with one Storage Pool, one Virtual Disk on each server. I used Star Wind SAN for Hyper-V and configured Quorum Disk using iSCSI. So I have…
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hyperv vss writer unexpected error

I am using Mozy Pro to backup our Hyperv servers. I am doing this without any issues on a 2nd server but this box hasn't backed up sucessfully yet. I was told by the support tech at Mozy to type: vssadmin list providers >c:\providers.txt vssadmin…
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VM is unable to access file share on Hyper-V 2012 Host

This problem just started recently. I have a number of VMs (2008 R2) on a 2012 Hyper-V host but not all are effected in the same manner. The VMs are identical and no changes were made to either the VM or Hyper-V host. I am unable to reach the…
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Assigning GPUs to HyperV2012

I have followed the instructions provided by TechNet to setup HyperV 2012 (Windows Server 2012 Std) to assign GPUs within the HyperV settings: …
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Use Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition as Virtualisation Host

Would it be reasonable to run the Standard Server 2012 Edition (as opposed to Hyper-V edition) as a virtualisation host? Obviously there is a performance penalty but I guess it's not that bad - are there other disadvantages? Background We want to…
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latest integration services for Hyper-v host

I have Hyper-V hosts with both Win Server 2008 R2 and Win Server 2012. These hosts are not connected on the internet and do get security patches installed every month. How do I know if the integration services present on a Hyper-v host are the…
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Managing disks for File Server on Hyper-V VM

I want to set up a File Server role on a Hyper-V VM on a Windows 2012 Server host. What would be the best way to set up the system in terms of handling the underlying storage disk? The scenario's I am concerned about listed below: If I add a…
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Hyper-V: Monitor and restart unresponsive hyper-v guests

I'm looking for a simple solution to monitor and restart unresponsive Hyper-V guests. I only need this solution for a handful of machines, and only around ten guests. It's mostly Ubuntu guests that run out of memory and become unresponsive. I don't…
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Networking in 2003 SP2 VM running under 2012 Standard Hyper-V, adapter failing

We had a 2003 SP2 Web/SQL Server VM running on a hosts hardware. The hosting company became unresponsive so we decided to move the VM. So far I have done the following: I used disk2vhd to create a vhd of the running VM. I downloaded the vhd to my…
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Access denied - hyper-v 2012

I am having a hyper-v issue. Creating a new VM and saving it to a different location. I am trying to save it to a Windows Server 2012 Storage Server (NAS). I keep getting the error about not having permissions. I have shared the folder on the…
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Hyper V with local DNS and forwarding - nslookup works but ping gets general failure

I have a Hyper-V virtual machine configured with its own DNS manager and entries for testing. The VM DNS manager is setup to forward all other requests to the "regular" DNS servers. This all used to work fine, but now I am running into issues…
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HyperV Migration and DHCP Reservation

In my company network we've 2 HyperV-2012 host with DAS, every server has a DHCP reservation in the DHCP server (windows server 2008). Yesterday we've migrated (using shared with nothing migration) several virtual server from Host A to Host B. The…
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Out of Memory Errors on Windows 2008 Virtual Machine

I have a server which is configured as follows: Physical Server (16GB RAM): Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition with Hyper-V Role installed 2 VMs running on this host server: 1 x Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64 bit) with the following RAM…