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Backing up HyperV VMs on a dedicated server
I have a dedicated server, and just started installing some VMs on to the box using HyperV. I am currently backing up the VMs using a HyperV backup tool, which seems to work quite well, and then the ...
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Run Linux on Hyper-V Server
I'm planning to host a few Linux servers on commodity hardware (the one I can buy from newegg.com for less than $1,000). I had very bad experience regarding hardware support in Linux. I'm not sure ...
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SCVMM P2V conversion slow
I am trying to run some P2V conversions using SCVMM 2012 Release Candidate. The source machines are Windows Server 2008 SP2 hosts in a local network. The destination is a Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1. ...
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Move Exchange 2010 SP2 from Physical to Virtual
I am currently running Exchange 2010 on a server which is hugely underutilised so am hoping to virtualize Exchange and other servers on this machine.
What is the best way to move/convert Exchange?
I ...
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How to connect remotly to the Hyper-v role on Windows 2008 Core without domain/workgroup auhtorisation
I've configured my Windows Server 2008 to allow the remote management (using sconfig).
I am connecting (with IP addres) using Windows Server 2008 (full version, where I've configured RSAT) and Server ...
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Physical to Virtual on same hardware?
I'd like to convert a physical machine to a virtual. Its an SBS2008 server. The catch is I have just the one server hardware to use. Is it possible to create VHDs for the system drive as well as a ...
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Hyper V internal network with internet access
I was wondering if this is possible. I would like to setup an internal virtual network, with internet access. I'm trying to create a lab environment for some testing. Nothing in the Lab Environment ...
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USB access from guest in Hyper-V
Can a Hyper-V guest operating system access a USB device connected to the Hyper-V host?
If so, how can I set this up?
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Microsoft Hyper-v Server 2008 R2, is it realy free?
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/buy.aspx
Is this product truly free to use in a commercial environment? I plan on migrating from ESXi and this seems like the ideal ...
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Hyper-V - Not your standard V2V
The main question is:
Can I perform a Virtual to Virtual Conversion from one Hyper-V Server to another Hyper-V Server?
Why I need to convert instead of a myriad of other options:
We've got a RHEL 5 ...
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Hyper-V VM stuck in endless loop trying to merge deleted snapshot with insufficient disk space
I'm currently stuck with a problem of insufficient disk space on a colocated server and could do with some help. The situation is:
The server is 'mine' but it's located at a hosting facility so I ...
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Convert HyperV Servers in to HyperV Cluster
We have 2 Hyperv Servers and a SAN. When they were configured, High Availability wasn't on the horizon. But it is now.
Can I convert the current servers in place to use Failover Clustering?
Or
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Using bridge connection to get ip access from guest in Hyper V
I want to access the internet on a dedicated second public ip from the guest.
I have created an internal only network in Hyper-V Manager.
The virtual network is in a bridged connection to the ...
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Assign public IP address to Hyper-V guest [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Using bridge connection to get ip access from guest in Hyper V
I have now been trying for nearly 4 days to setup what i would think is the simplest hyperV env.
I have a ...
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HyperV awareness of hardware
I have a Hyper-V server. An application running in a virtual machine on this server checks hardware (processor, motherboard, etc.) in order to verify compliance with licensing requirements.
What ...
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Cleaning Hyper-V R2 unused vhd and snapshot files?
We are using Hyper-V R2 as a platform for virtualizing development and testing environment.
After month of use, with creating / deletion of many virtual machine, the vhd store is filled with a lot of ...
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What Virtualization Servers support windows clients with Direct X? [migrated]
In advance I'd like to state this question is similar to its predecessors here and here but, those questions are old and I would like an up to date answer based on current technology.
I want to host ...
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“Drive Extender” / “Storage Spaces” functionality for Windows Server 2008 R2
I have a Hyper-V host with 4 physical HDDs, 300 GB each, and this machine will host a couple of VMs, each probably with a size of approximately 150GB.
The VMs are not mission critical but I still ...
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Virtual Machine Wizard hangs @ “loading page” in Server 2008r2 sp1
I've succesfully installed AD DS, DNS, Hyper-V and RDS. However, when trying to install a virtual machine by means of the wizard it hangs. Importing an existing Virtuale machine makes the console ...
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Can I Use Win2k8 R2 to Extend Partitions on Expanded Windows Server 2003 R2 Dynamic VHD Drives?
I inherited a Windows Server 2003 R2 virtual machine that was previously running under a failing Windows Virtual Server 2005. Both the C: and D: VHDs were within a few hundred megs of being full.
I ...
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DPM 2010 - Performance when backing up Hyper-V Cluster
At my company we are backing up about 150 Hyper-v VMs in an Hyper-v cluster using CSVs (Windows 2008 R2).
The space used by these VMs is about 18TB on SAN storage and 1GB network.
We are using DPM ...
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Custom MMC does not save servers added to Hyper-V
I have a custom MMC I created on my workstation (Win 7 x64, fully patched) with my most used plug ins (Exchange, AD, GPO, etc.) and it all works fine including the Hyper-V plug in. Except for one ...
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Can one make Hyper-V's virtual networking ignore VLAN tagging?
Is there any way to make Hyper-V's (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1) networking subsystem ignore VLAN tagging and just accept all packets that the physical NIC accepts? ...hopefully by actually ignoring ...
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Hyper-V guest suddenly extremely slow
I have a setup with a Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V Server and a couple of guests.
Yesterday I noticed that one of the guests had become very slow (e.g. noticable lag when browsing through folders). I ...
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How to create a private network for 2 VMs across different VM host?
I have 2 VMs running on separate Hyper-V hosts. I want to create a private network so that the 2 VMs can talk to each other but they cannot access the external network.
I know VLAN would be one ...
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Remotely connecting to hyper-v hosts from another host in the same cluster sometimes shows red error
We have a hyper-v host cluster with relatively new hardware. The hosts and the VMs on them all work good, except when I connect to any hyper-v host from another host in the same cluster (remotely ...
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Convert physical centos to VHD
Is there any software to convert physical machine with centOS operationg system to VHD image?
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Microsoft Data Protection Manager and Hyper-V on Server Core?
I'm trying to determine if Microsoft Data Protection Manager will function on a Hyper-V host running Windows 2008 R2 Server Core. I've found this document in the documentation, but it still unclear ...
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No network after installing Ubuntu on Hyper-V
I followed the below links for installing Ubuntu Server 11.04 as a virtual machine on Hyper-V. However, after installation, Ubuntu can't access the LAN. Please help. Thanks.
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How to disable time synchronization on hyper V
I have test machine on hyper v (only for test purposes so I can do with it whatever I want to), it is ws 2008 r2 x64. I need to change date to 2008 year in order to test some scenarios with expired ...
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Install ESXi 4.1 on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v [closed]
Can I install ESXi on WIndows Server 2008 with Hyper-V? It stucks as in the printscreen:
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Windows Cluster Fails after Power Outage
First, we have a Windows 2008 R2 Two Node cluster running HA Hyper-V and DHCP. We utilize a back-end Dell MD3000i iSCSI SAN for storage. All of the networking is done via redundant switches and MPIO ...
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Public IP access for Hyper-V virtual machine
I have a Windows 2008 R2 Standard host system with the Hyper-V VM hosted (Win 2008 R2 too). Host system has public IP (10.20.30.40 for example) bounded to Hyper-V external virtual network, which is ...
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Windows Azure: dump a VM Role in the cloud to a VHD VM image
We're planning to work with VM roles in Windows Azure. Unfortunately, we don't have access to a machine with Hyper V, so we can't use Hyper V VHDs. Instead, we're using VMWare to build out our custom ...
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How do I configure networking on CentOS 6 running on hyper-v?
I'm not using legacy adapters, and i've installed Linux Integration Components 3.2.
THe problem i'm facing is that the command 'setup' or 'system-config-network' doesn't list any network interfaces. ...
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Limiting the amount of guests on a Hyper-V host
Is anyone aware of a way to limit the number of hosts allowed on single Hyper-V host? Either by quantity or resource usage?
We are planning on using SCVMM and MS Lab Manager for a development lab ...
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Hyper-V share a folder between host and instance
I have a hyper-v server and several VM's (Virtual Machines). All the VM's are connected to an external network.
I have tried to share a folder on the host and connect via the VM, I can do this but ...
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Is it possible to leverage of the all the power of the host in a single Hyper-V VM?
I'm very new to virtualization and Hyper-V. I have a server with 2 quad core CPUs and 24 GB or RAM running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. I have a single VM also running Windows Server 2008 R2 ...
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hyperv cluster iscsi and san connexion
I set up a 2 nodes hypervr2 cluster with an hp p2000g3 iscsi san.
I plan to make mpio for the iscsi network.
What are the pro/cons for making a direct connexion between the hosts and the san VS ...
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RAID layout for terminal server usage - what are my options?
I'm finishing off a Terminal Services solution where I have two identical Dell PowerEdge R710 servers running Hyper-V which will both be connected to a Dell MD3000 DAS via SAS HBA. The MD3000 will ...
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Number of logical processors per VM?
I have a server (quad core) running Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with two Windows Server 208 R2 Standard guest virtual machines.
I've noticed the number of logical processors setting (under the ...
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Ping tests reply instantly, but report enormous response times
I'm still attempting to confirm my hypothesis that this problem may be isolated to servers hosted on the same physical Hyper-V host, but certainly at least I've found frequent, though intermittent, ...
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Is there any performance data comparing Hyper-V and VirtualBox?
I'm planning to run a few (<10) Windows VM guests on my workstation (HP Z400, Xeon with 8G Ram). I got 2 options,
1. Hyper-V server (free)
2. Windows 7 + VirtualBox
Are there any benchmark results ...
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Hyper-V virtual machine unable to get IP address from DHCP server running on same physical box
We have a Windows server 2008 R2 with two network cards running AD, DHCP, DNS and Hyper-V
The first nic is setup with a static IP address and DHCP, WDS, and DNS are bound to it.
The second nic is ...
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Windows Server Hyper-V guests cannot see each other on network [closed]
I have a Hyper-V physical machine along with two standard laptops running within my LAN (connected by an ASUS-RT56U router). The physical server runs Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, with two Windows ...
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Can I temporarily leave other roles active when converting a 2008 R2 server to a hyper-v host?
I currently have a Windows 2008 R2 box that I want to convert to a hyper-v host. Currently I have the following running on it: File Services, Web Server (IIS), and Sql Server 2008 R2 with a few ...
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Natively boot Virtualbox Image
I am faced with a Windows hardware/software problem left over from another person. It's on me to resolve. It's a mission critical setup. The situation is:
I've got a physical server machine with:
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Hyper-V Server Cluster with Microsoft iSCSI Target Storage
I Have a windows 2008 R2 Ent Server. I installed a Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3 configured and everything was fine until one reboot. The iSCSI Service will not start.
You Can reproduct the error:
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Real server, Multiple IP Addresses, HyperV Virtual Server, How to partition IPs across real and Virtual NICs
This is a slightly difficult problem to explain without same basic background information - I'll try and refine the question later as necessary
Originally, I have a single hosted server (Win ...
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Incredibly high latency for Ubuntu guest on Hyper-V
I've got several Ubuntu 10.04 virtual machines running as Hyper-V guests on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and they're all perfectly fine.
Today I installed my first Ubuntu 11.10 virtual machine and I'm ...
