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Office network and guest network - manage with separate physical servers or a VM on the office server?
I have a beefy server (dual Xenon & 16GB RAM with RAID5) I use as the domain controller and file server for an office network on a dedicated internet connection.
I also have a guest network with ...
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Is it safe to add Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 R2 already running on production?
Sorry for the newbie question, but I could not find an answer for it.
I have a Windows 2008 R2 Server in production running some applications, and I need to create a Virtual Machine to run a very ...
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How can I make my Hyper-V VMs properly save and restart when rebooting the host?
My VMs are configured to save state, and restart if previously running when the host server is rebooted. All of the VMs start up upon reboot... however, some of them start from a cold boot, and not ...
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Restarting my HyperV Host
A real quick question! I have a physical VHOST which hosts several VM's for different purposes - they are all set to automatically load when my VHOST first boots at staggered times.
Now if I apply ...
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Setting Up Apache on HyperV
We recently had a disastrous transition from a single server (Win2008 server, 4 dual core 2.8GHz processors, 24G RAM) to a much larger, faster Hyper-V server. We run Apache 2 and PHP 5 (both 32-bit) ...
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Could not display DNS Resolver Cache in Windows Server 2008 R2 in Hyper-V environment
Currently I had a Windows Server 2008 R2 running in Hyper-V, previously it still able to access any kind of website with domain name. Recently, it failed to do that any more, and I found out that I ...
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SuseVM on MS Hyper-V vs standalone OS
We are using SuseVM Linux on a MS HyperV server to host our website (Apache2.2). We've been having issues with response times, especially when server load gets heavy, we're talking 3k-10k unique ...
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Enable MPIO in existing cluster without downtime
I have a 4 node Hyper-V cluster running on Windows 2008 R2. Prior to my tenure, the cluster had only single links to the SAN. I added redundant links but now I need to enable MPIO on all of the nodes.
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Win Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and SQL Server
I'm putting together a new server which will be running a couple of light weight web applications and a fairly lightly used SQL Server 2008 database. I've specified a machine that is significantly ...
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Hyper-V Manager/Server failover/redirections
I have currently one Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 server installed, it's successfully running 4 VM's, but memory/RAM is starting to become sparse. I actually have a 2nd machine available, so my great idea ...
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Frequent AD Topology errors followed by failure of Outlook and OWA
I need some help troubleshooting frequent failures of OWA and Outlook. Exchange version is 2010 SP1, Outlook is also 2010 SP1. I believe from the research I was able to do that they are related to a ...
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Remote view to To Hyper-V Guest Virtual Machines
My software can discover all the hyperv vms (a software agent is installed in the hyperv host which returns the information). From my software I can do any operation on the vm. Now I want to take a ...
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Is using a RAM Disk to serve IIS ASP.net beneficial on a VM Webserver?
Setup:
Windows Server 2008 R2, Hosted on HyperV Virtual Machine allocated 3GB Memory.
I've setup a RAMDisk (capacity of 512MB more than sufficient for our requirements) using ImDisk on this virtual ...
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Problems registering Selenium nodes on Hyper-V
Using Selenium Grid 2. Hub is running on the Hyper-V host and is listening to port 4444. I've confirmed this by browsing to it from a different PC, and by using netstat -a -t -o.
However, my guest ...
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Gave up waiting for root device after update to 12.04 in hyper-v
I have an Ubuntu 11.10 VM which I just upgraded to 12.04. The installation went fine, but now using the 3.2.0 Kernel it fails at boot with
Gave up waiting for root device.
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Folder stuck at ClusterSharedVolume root
Is it possible to remove a folder's reference from a Hyper-V CSV root, when that folder isn't actually a real volume?
I did something stupid, and ran this command:
move "RES HyperDrive" ...
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Is it appropriate to run Hyper-V Server on each desktop PC?
I am currently designing a rollout of Windows 7 to a shop of approximately 80-100 desks. The office is a flat network without routing between servers and desktops. There are a few Windows Server ...
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Best way to backup MySQL database server running in Hyper-V
We are running a production MySQL v5.5 database server on a Windows 2008 R2 VM. We are currently just performing a daily mysqldump of the database, and then backing those up. Our backup solution ...
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Cluster fails because of network loop
We have two hosts running 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. iSCSI SAN using a Equallogic 6k and ps4000 pooled together. They are connected to two Dell 6224 switches. I have one VLAN for the iSCSI and then another ...
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Hyper-V Apache Performance vs. Non-virtual server
We recently had a disastrous transition from a single server (Win2008 server, 4 dual core 2.8GHz processors, 24G RAM) to a much larger, faster Hyper-V server. We run Apache 2 and PHP 5 (both 32-bit) ...
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Cannot see client display in Hyper-V in win 2008 R2
I am trying to see my display of a Hyper-V client, but I can see the thumbnail. Any idea if I have not set something correctly. I checked all the settings but could not find how to set the display ...
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How to determine optimum pagefile sizes for Hyper-V host and VMs?
I have always kept Hyper-V host and VM sizes at their defaults, but after reading this blog article, I have been left confused, as I don't really understand what it's saying.
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Can't ping or access Hyper-V Server R2
I have installed Hyper-V Server R2 on a brand new HP Proliant DL180 G6,
From the server I can ping the others computers on my local network.
When I try to ping the server from any computer on the ...
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Hyper V VMs will randomly lose network access
Windows Server 2008 R2 - Hyper V has 3 VMs and randomly (sometimes days apart or weeks) a VM will lose the network connection. By lose I mean that a limited connectivity message appears over the VM's ...
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Pagefile.sys sizing
We have a 3 node Hyper-V cluster with each server having 96GB RAM and 2 73GB disks in a RAID 1 for the host machine OS (2008 R2). The last thing we want to happen is for the host to expand the ...
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iSCSI aggregation using one switch
Thinking of doing 2Gb aggregated iSCSI between a VM Host and a multi controller iSCSI array. Multipath with two switches is normal for this, but I only have one switch at the moment. But the switch is ...
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Lync 2010 Standard Server Collocation
I'm planning out a new Lync 2010 deployment (mixed with Office 365 E4, completely replacing a legacy PBX system), and am getting a bit confused with some of the docs that MS provides.
The company I'm ...
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Hyper-V doesn't recognize wireless adapter
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 host with the same OS as a guest with Hyper-V. When I edit the settings and try to add an external adapter, only the physical network card is available. But in device ...
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Does anyone know where I can find the Microsoft VSMT ? (Virtual Server Migration Toolkit)
All the links on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/bb545897.aspx seem to be broken.
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Hyper-V Export VM
I have Hyper-V VM that I exported off of a server a few days ago. Right now it's running on a temp server as I rebuilt the original host server. Now that I have the host server all ready to go I am ...
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Virtualized firewall under Hyper-V?
We are currently considering installing an instance of pfSense on our Hyper-V R2 based server to act as a content filter, captive portal and general firewall.
Although it is usually bad practice to ...
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Does Hyper-V support GPT disks on the host?
Are there any issues with Hyper-V (on Server 2008 r2) if the host is formatted as GPT? Someone out there has tried this...
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Suggestions for splitting server roles amongst Hyper-V virtual servers / RAID6 or RAID10? / AppAssure
We have 2 Hyper-V hosts at present running 1 virtual server that was converted from a physical box running all roles.
My plan is to split the roles over various virtual machines, upgrading to the ...
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Preparing a hyper-v VM image
We have a Hyper-V Windows Server 2k3, and we're hosting multiple VMs on it. However, right now, we always start the VM creation right on the server, i.e. when preparing a new Ubuntu image, I just ...
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Is there a reason to give a VM a round base-2 amount (2048MB, 4096MB, etc) of memory?
The title pretty much says it all, is there any advantage to giving a VM 2048MB of memory instead of rounding to base-10 and doing 2000MB?
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Time sync fails on Hyper-V VM, but succeeds when I log in as a domain user
We have a Windows Server 2003 SP2 VM running on Hyper-V (Server 2008 R2 host). The VM has Hyper-V time synchronization enabled.
I noticed that the time on the VM was fast by around 25 minutes. I saw ...
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Share Host VPN with Hyper-V Guest
I have a VPN connection on my Hyper-V Host machine. How can I share that VPN with a Hyper-V Guest VM?
I had hoped that just sharing my LAN connection as the Virtual Network would do it, but clearly ...
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Server 2008R2 cluster for hyper-v - start with a single server?
I'm planning a Hyper-V virtualization system what will include:
2 very nice dual 16 core servers
Dell MD3600f fibre channel SAN
It will be running about 10 virtual machines. The plan is to setup ...
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Can WinRE be removed from virtual machines?
With the aim of reducing standard VHD size as much as possible, is it a good idea to make an image with WinRE (in C:\Recovery) removed?
If it is ever actually needed, to recovery a faulty VM, would ...
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Can I “clone” Hyper-V VM's to a physical hard drive then use it in a real PC?
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V.
Can I create a Virtual Machine, install Ubuntu 11.10, then "clone" it to a real physical hard drive for use as a real OS in a physical PC?
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VMWare performance for a build server - awful or wrong tests?
We are looking into virtualizing our C++ Build server(s).
The main reason being that our current toolchain that we use in addition to the build itself in Visual Studio only runs properly on Windows ...
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Hyper-v server component rig [closed]
I am wanting to build up a server for running hyper-v and had come up roughly with the following spec - can you advise if these components will work together.
Motherboard: ASUS DSEB-DG
CPUs: Intel ...
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What are best-practices for running Windows Update on a Hyper-V server with running VM's?
I have four VM's running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box - not 'core.' What is the best way to install Windows Updates on that server? Do I need to shut the VM's down first in case it wants a reboot? ...
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Restoring Hyper-V VM without a Windows Server Backup
I have a Hyper-V host that has a bad VM that I am trying to restore from a backup copy on the SAN. I've copied over everything, created a new VM and attached the backup .vhd file but now Windows is ...
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Active Directory unreachable when installing Lync and Exchange
I've a server inside Hyper-V and I'm trying to install Microsoft Lync Server and Microsoft Exchange Server on the VM.
This guest is joined to the domain (which is the host Windows Server), but both ...
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Join a domain from inside a Hyper-V guest OS
I have a Windows Server 2008 inside Hyper-V.
My host OS is a Domain Controller.
I can ping my network from the guest OS, but I can't join the domain. It gives a DNS error:
The operation ...
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Hyper-V Ubuntu 10.04, Filesystem suddenly becomes Read-Only?
We are running a Ubuntu 10.04 VM on a Hyper-V system,
The VM is dedicated to running one of our web applications.
We have enabled the Hyper-V drivers in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules like so:
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Hyper-V Core Server 2008 R2 Powershell-Script
I have a problem executing PowerShell-Scripts under a Server-Core System.
The command show-hypervmenu which gives me a powershell-menu for configuring VM's. Every time I try to delete or create or ...
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hyper v - private network , ip , vpn
How are ip generated in a "private" network in hyper v ?
context : i want to configure a windows vpn server (connected to this private network AND to the internet) so the vpn clients are in the ...
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Ubuntu on Hyper-V with two network drives
Im lost and desperate. I have been running with a setup where i have a ubuntu server running in hyper-v. My windows server running hyper-v has two network cards. my internet is coming in to one of ...
