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Microsoft Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. Hyper-V exists in two variants: as a stand-alone product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server, and as an installable role in Windows Server 2008 and later. Both variants are able to run in Windows Server Core versions.

Microsoft Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. Hyper-V exists in two variants: as a stand-alone product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server, and as an installable role in Windows Server 2008 and later. Both variants are able to run in Windows Server Core versions.

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Windows desktop virutalization instead of replacing work stations

I'm head of the IT department at the small business I work for, however I am primarily a software architect and all of my system administration experience and knowledge is ancillary to software development. At some point this year or next we will be…
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server 2016 active directory and hyper-v same server

I am getting ready to move my production environment from server 2012 R2 to server 2016 I want to do a clean install and in doing some inventory really only have two server I can use for staging, I want to be able to do a clean install. I have read…
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Is the gang scheduling employed by VMware a serious drawback?

I was reading some technet articles as well as this one regarding the differences between the way VMware and hyper v doing CPU scheduling. I was wondering if I could get some objective info on this. It would seem that the gang scheduling used by…
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Cannot start machine in Hyper-V - "Not Enough Memory in the system to start the virtual machine"

I have a Window 8.1 host trying to start a virtual machine through Hyper-V. The VM is configure to use 10GB of RAM, I have 16GB, it should start but it doesn't. Instead I get the message '{VM NAME}' could not initialise. Not Enough Memory in the…
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Hyper-V Manager - How do I Connect to Hyper-V Server using different credentials

I have Hyper-V Server 2012 (free version) running on a box that is not on any domain. My Windows 8.1 laptop is on our domain. Both machines are on the same physical network. On my laptop, when I run Hyper-V Manager and attempt to CONNECT TO SERVER I…
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Best method(s) to backup VMs running on HyperV?

We're in the middle of P2V'ing most of the network, so the current backup method is likely the worst - the backup agent is still installed on the guest OSs, and the backup device is dutifully pulling them onto tape, one file at a time. I suspect…
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Running Mac OS X on Hyper-V

I have my workstation setup with a Windows Server 2008 running Hyper-V. Now I really want to install OS X for testing purposes. Have anyone had any success running Mac OS X in an Hyper-V environment? Thanks
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How to monitor CPU usage and performance on a Hyper-V server with several VM's

I have a server that is running Windows 2008 64 bit Hyper-V, with 8 gigs of RAM and Intel Xeon X3440 @ 2.53 Ghz, which gives me 8 logical cores in the performance monitor on the host system. I have set up three Virtual Machines, all running Windows…
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Physical disk or VHD for Hyper-V R2

Using Hyper-V, what are the pros/cons of using the "Physical Hard Disk" option when adding a drive to a VM as opposed to just creating a fixed-size VHD that is as large as the disk? The intention is for this disk to be allocated to a single VM so…
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MTTF, MTBF, MTBR and MTBF for HP ProLiant Gen9

I have been looking into MTTF, MTBF, MTBR and MTBF for out HP Gen9 servers running in our production environment. Root of my question, should be worried or not. I cannot seem to get any good data as each server has a mix of hardware. At my last…
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how to run hyper-v like vmware

I have been challenged to configure and setup a HA Hyper-v Cluster that will never go down. I have mainly only used VMWare for clustering and HA. My question how can i run a Hyper-V cluster like a VMWare cluster? In VMWare i can install and run the…
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Best practices for file layout in a Hyper-V server?

We've got a Hyper-V server set up, and the layout of the files is inconsistent because it was set up by several people. Here are the two different "templates" that were used: Template 1 D:\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\MACHINE_NAME_1\Virtual Hard…
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Hyper-V Cut-n-Paste

I use Hyper-V on a development machine for multiple reasons and one of my biggest annoyances is that I can't cut and paste to/from the virtual machines. I've been through all the options and can't find anything that seems like it would allow this. …
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Configure Hyper-V VM powershell

How can i reconfigure Hyper-V VM's I want to be able to change the VM configuration file, check points, and virtual hard drive locations with Powershell. My Google-FU is only pointing me at moving, I have about ~100 VM's to Change, I can move the…
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Why doesn't my linux hyper-v guest display its ipaddress in hyper-v manager

I'm running Windows 8.1 Enterprise edition using the built-in Hyper-v manager. I can run linux guests no problem. However in the manager it wont display the ipaddress. Windows vm guests do display. I'm not using the "Legacy Network Adapter". In…
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