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Hyper-V processors
I'm running a HP ProLiant DL380G6 with 2x Intel® Xeon® E5520 Quad Core Processor 2.26 GHz and 12GB of ram. I got Hyper-V installed and 3 VMs for now. If I open up task manager I can see 16 cores (I'm ...
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Hyper-V, Domain Controllers, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 (SCVMM)
I'm trying to add one of my Hyper-V Hosts (Windows Server 2008 R2), which is also my domain controller, to the SCVMM console so that I can manage it and its guest VM's from there. When adding it to ...
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Server 2008 Hyper-V User Accounts to access each other
I have a windows server 2008 r2 with 3 hyper-v vm's
IIS server
Sql server 3 -
Mail server
I'm new to networking/server configuration.
I have created a Virtual Network and can see each of the 3 ...
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FreeBSD running in Hyper-V
I'd like to install FreeBSD 8.0 in a Hyper-V VM but I get a kernel panic whenever I try to boot the install ISO. I've tried both i386 and amd64; with and without APIC enabled; with and without ...
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RDP problem with Vista and Windows 7 destination [closed]
I use a server a home to host a bunch of concurrently running Hyper-V VM's with different OS's and software for testing.
I have Vista on the laptop, all latest SP's and patches. The server is Server ...
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Hyper-V - Why would .vhd expand when it still has unused space?
I have a dynamically expanding .vhd file. The current file size was about 50 GB, with only 29 GB used. However, it recently expanded to about 54 GB, but still only shows 29 GB used.
Are there any ...
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Hyper-V host backup failing using Windows Server Backup
The host in question is a Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter edition host with 64GB of RAM set up as a dedicated Hyper-V server with a 2TB backing store attached via a PERC 5/e controller to a Dell ...
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Live migration without shared storage?
Hypothetical scenario:
2 machines running Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
configured as a cluster
VHD files stored on each machine
Is it possible to do a live migration without using shared storage? I ...
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Mixed environment with 2008 SP2 and R2 hyper-v compatibility
If I upgrade 1 physical server to R2 will the hyper-v virtual servers on this server be able to freely move back to the other 2008 SP2 physical servers?
Or is it a fact that when you upgrade to R2 ...
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Need advice on how to setup dev. virtual server farm
I have a box with 8GB RAM and a Quad Xenon processor and I'm planning to use this as my development server.
On this, I want at least 3-4 virtual instances consisting of 1 SQL Server 2008, 1 or 2 ...
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Hyper-V Server Backup
We are running a test install of Hyper-V Server 2008 (Stand Alone Free Version).
I was wondering if there is anyway to backup the VHD's using the command line as this is all you have. I know you can ...
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Using UPS with USB driver on Hyper-V Core
My setup:
HP ML350 G6
HP R/T2200 UPS that has a USB
connection
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
(bare metal hypervisor)
SBS2008 running in a VM
Windows Server 2008 R2 running in a VM
Other VMs for ...
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SCVMM 2008 R2 problems migrating VM from VS2005 to Hyper-V host
I have System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 installed, and have a Hyper-V R2 host and a Virtual Server 2005 host. I'm trying to migrate my machines from the VS2005 host to the Hyper-V host, ...
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IPv6 problem in Hyper-V
I'm testing a IPv6 setup using Hyper-V on 2008 R2.
I've setup one VM as a DC, with 2008 R2 Standard Edition, AD, DNS and DHCP. I've got one VM as Windows 7 RTM x64, as a domain member.
IPv4 ...
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Application Launcher for Hyper-V Server
We are currently in the process of setting up a HyperV R2 Server machine. Though there's not a lot we need to do wihtin the HyperV Server itself, the command line is sure minimalistic.
There are a ...
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VHD Boot failure in Hyper-V (Win7 boot from vhd)
I've have a virtual machine with a VHD image that I've copied from Windows 7 to the Hyper-V server. This image was created on Windows 7 (Windows 7 64-bit), and I'm using it on Windows 7 as boot image. ...
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Do I *really* need to reserve a LAN adapter for Hyper-V remote access?
I recently installed the Hyper-V role on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system. As I installed and configured the role, it asked me which Network Adapters I would allow it to use, and I had to check the ...
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HOWTO Change Drive Letter of DVD Drive on Windows Server 2008 Server Core
I am configuring an HP Proliant DL580 G5 Server to run Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Server Core with Hyper-V.
The storage configuration is as follows
RAID1 2x36GB
Two RAID5 arrays - ...
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Hyper-v error starting vm after reboot
v host running server 2008 r2.
After reboot one of my vm is throwing following error.
'The version does not support this version of file format'
Out of my all vms this was only set to save state ...
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Does Hyper-V Server R2 require a domain to use the new features?
Simple question that I've yet to find a simple answer for: do you need a domain in order to use the new features in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2? Using the Remote Server Administration tools? Using SCVMM?
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exiting fullscreen mode of Hyper V client
I have a hyper v server that I am connected to using remote desktop in full screen mode. Life is good.
I then connected to one of the virt machines in the and selected 'View | Full Screen Mode' which ...
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How to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from Windows XP/Server 2003?
We currently have several VMs running under Virtual Server 2005 SP1. I would like to move these to Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. However, we only have Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 machines at ...
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Mixed Hyper-V environment Server 2008 & Server 2008 R2 with VMM and VMM R2
I have a few Server 2008 Hyper-V hosts all working fine with Virtual Machine Manager. I got a new server and installed Server 2008 R2 and was unable to manage it with VMM; so I upgraded to VMM R2. ...
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Is it possible to access a vm from Hyper-V server locally?
I've just installed hyper-v server on a new machine for testing purposes and wonders if there is a way to access one of the guests locally?
Or is it only through Hyper-V manager (or remote desktop) ...
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HOWTO: Disable complex password policy on Hyper-V Server 2008?
How do you disable the password complexity requirements on a Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2?
Keep in mind that when you log into the server, the only UI you have is:
And you cannot run ...
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How to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2?
I've installed Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on a spare box. How do I configure and manage the server?
I configured as much as I could find to be
open
on
allow
etc.
Now back at my desk ...
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Is Hyper-V Server 2008 working on Intel's Atom platform
Did anybody try to install Hyper-V on Intel Atom platform?
Hyper-V requires:
x64 compatible processor with Intel VT or AMD-V technology enabled
Hardware Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
It seems ...
