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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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Free hypervisor for small configuration

I'm building a server for virtualization for a non profit organization. I was planning on employing VMware ESXI free but I'm second guessing my plan because newer ESXI don't seem to be well supported by the vSphere Client and the web interface which…
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Extremely slow file transfers to Hyper-V VM on local machine

I am attempting to transfer a 1.3GB file from my local machine (Windows 8) to my local hyper-V instance (Windows 2012). The transfer begins at about 300kb/s and then swiftly drops to 12-20kb/s. The two machines are connected to the LAN via the same…
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Hyper-V Manager: right-clicking on local or remote VM crashes MMC snap-in

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 machine that I log into and use to manage virtual machines running on multiple Hyper-V servers on our domain. Sometimes, when I right-click on a local or remote VM, the Hyper-V Manager will crash and…
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KVM gets stuck at "Booting from hard disk"

I am trying to run Ubuntu-server-16.04 virtual machine on a KVM converted from .vhdx (Hyper-V) to .qcow2 (KVM). When I import my virtual disk image and start virtual machine, the KVM hangs on "Booting from Hard Disk". I've already managed to import…
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How to use powershell to administer Hyper-v Cluser

I have 2 hosts both with Server 2016 Datacenter On each host I have 2 VM's currently Dev using shared storage I can do all the cluster things ie., Live migrate, move storage, I have been looking all over google for a script to be able to save all…
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downgrade cluster functional level

I would like to try to add a Server 2012 Hyper-V server to my current cluster, Currently 2 server 2016 Hyper-V servers clustered. I need to be able to add the third because I have to do some reconfiguration on the cluster, I have to be able to Live…
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Can I do something like Linked clones with Hyper-V?

I have to roll out 10 windows server 2012 machines using hyper-v in my lab. I know with vmware you can use 'linked-clones'. So that the basic installation of all 10 machines are the same, and the hypervisor only saves the delta's for each specific…
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Hyper-V cannot ping VM from host

I have a small Hyper-V environment, but since today I cannot ping from the VM to outside, and not from the local network to the VM. My situation/network in short: Router: 192.168.1.254 My Hyper-V Host/Computer: 192.168.1.10 My Virtual Machine:…
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Removing Hyper-V role from Windows Server 2012 R2

I am attempting to remove they Hyper-V role from a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. When attempting to do so via the "Add Roles and Features Wizard", the check box is grayed out and it will not allow me to uncheck it and therefore will not allow me…
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Linux bridging not forwarding packets

I am trying to set up a Linux bridge with 2 ethernet interfaces and cannot get it to work correctly. I am using Gentoo Linux and thought it would be quite easy but I end up having trouble getting packets go through the bridge. All of that is…
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Trying to run Hyper-v 2016 from USB

Been trying to test Hyper-v 2016 this afternooon but I am unable to get my R630 to boot from the USB I configured using the following instructions https://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee731893(ws.10).aspx I used the exact same guide on Hyper-v…
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Hyper-V Server R2 - Disk management MMC returns RPC Server is unavailable

does someone faced error "The RPC server is unavailable" during connecting to Disk management MMC console to Hyper-V Server R2? Servers are in the same AD domain and MMC console is enabled on Hyper-V. Thanks
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How can I compact the VHD file with Ubuntu?

I use windows server 2008r2 with role Hyper-V. The guest system is Ubuntu 12.04 LTC. It is situated on the dynamic virtual hard disk. I want to compact this VHD (The real size is 50 GB, 360 GB on the disk). But I can not do this, because the Ubuntu…
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Server 2012 hyper-v3 live migration

I am trying to do my first live migration with Windows server 2012 hyper-v 3.0. I have two servers joined into a domain.local domain and both are hypervisors with constrained delegation setup. Each server has the CIFS and Microsoft virtual service…
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Hyper-V and Drobo Pro

I'm considering getting a fully loaded Drobo Pro and using it to store VHDs that would run our on a pair of Hyper-V host machines. The host machines would connect to the Drobo Pro via iScsi. Anyone have experience with the Drobo Pro and Hyper-V? …
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