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Windows Hyper-V Debian going into Read Only mode

I am running Debian 7.8 (wheezy) which is installed on a Windows Hyper-V server (not managed by me). However, the server frequently goes into 'read only' mode and I am not sure why. I have looked in ...
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Does Hyper-V Replication support memory replication?

Does Hyper-V replication support the replication of memory, or is it just the deltas between disk writes? ie, in a fail over situation would a server with a memory fault have this same memory fault ...
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Cannot access SSH & neither any other service

I have installed a Red Hat 6 server as a virtual machine in a windows 2012 enterprise edition Hyper-V. The installation is over and I configured the static IP address using GUI tool provided in the ...
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Error when trying to install Ubuntu 14.10 Hyper-v VM from Virtual DVD .iso [closed]

I'm trying to install a Hyper-v Gen 2 Ubuntu 14.10 Virtual Machine via a DVD .iso that I have attached as a virtual DVD on my Windows Server 2012 R2 First, two things that I know will be asked: ...
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70+ VM migration from ESXi 4.1 free to Hyper-V [closed]

We have 70+ VM's (all Windows except Elastix PBX and 1 more LAMP server) on 2 hosts running free ESXi 4.1, backed by a Dell PowerVault MD3220i SAN. I am adding another host and another PowerVault MD ...
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HYPER-V Cluster W2012R2 Can't delete VHDX on CSV

I'm working on a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-v. I've just done an EXPORT of a Virtual Machine to a CSV Volume to import later. But I hanve't performed the import, and when I went to delete the exported ...
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Hyper-v number of Virtual Processor (Virtual CPU) on Virtual Machine

VMware world recommends that you only add one Virtual CPU on each Virtual Machine unless that your application requires detect more than one CPU. Does this recommendation could be applied on ...
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Hyper-V and Windows Failover Cluster Manager - View available resources per node?

I have a Hyper-V host with Failover Cluster Manager and 6 VM nodes (hosts). How can I see how much memory and CPU is allocated per node? I want to know what my available resources are to create more ...
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How to find how a port has been forwarded from main server to hypver v vm

I must appologise for being a novice in server administration but I have somehow been given the responsibility and I have spent a long time reading up on this. The issue I have is that the previous ...
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Major Issues with Sysprep, server now has a installation prompt

So yesterday I asked this question: How to create a single image of Windows Server 2008 R2 to use on a Azure Virtual machine I was told by multiple sources I need to run sysprep against the machine, ...
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Connect remotely to an APIPA assigned host

I had the unfortunate (and not correctly planned) event of having one of my remote Hyper-V hosts assigned an APIPA address hence i cannot connect by any means on it. Funny thing is, i can RDP to the ...
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Why Hyper v 2012 server does not show up MMC option

I have remotely logged on to a Hyper V 2012 server which is in domain from a windows 2012 server through remote desktop connection and after login the first thing which was configured to run ...
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Hyper V Guests are not performing as expxted

I am experiencing very slow performance on a HyperV Guest that runs W2012R2. The guest is used as an Application Server that runs an ERP application. The erp application is responding very slow on ...
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3TB RAID1 not detected in Hyper-V Core 2012

I'm creating a small server, but I have issues with one RAID config (RAID1-HOST-DATA). As you can see in the image below, everything seems fine. My four physical disk are detected, and two RAID1 are ...
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Windows 2012 Core Extreme memory use on SVCHOST/Workstation service

We have approximately 200 servers, Hyper V, File Cluster, and IIS, that are all experiencing the same issue, an event occurs on the server through normal use that maxes out or near maxes out the RAM ...
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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\...
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Is it possible under Windows Server 2012 to run Terminal Services but have it run a VM?

I have a Windows Server 2012 box that I'd like to be able to host up to 5 TS instances on it. However, it would be ideal if those instances could actually fire up a Hyper-V VM running Windows 7. So ...
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HyperV 2008 with HyperV 2012

We currently have a Windows 2008R2 Hyper V server with 4 VMs. We would like to get another Windows hyper v server host to add a few new servers for a long term project. My question is if we go with ...
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Exchange 2013 as VM vs Exchange Physical Server [closed]

We are planning on installing a new Exchange 2013 server into our network (we currently use hosting now). We will be hosting about 200 mailboxes and clients are in 5 locations. Has Exchange 2013 come ...
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How can I create an external switch but refrain to use the external dhcp in Hyper V?

The requirement might seem strange. I have an organisational network (external network), but I desire to create a own private network of VMs in Hyper-v with its own domain and DHCP server(which runs ...
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Hyper-V: snapshotting a VM results in sluggish response

When snapshotting a running VM, I notice that the affected VM's performance is degrading heavily (leading to bizarre response times in the magnitude of minutes where similar actions might only take 2-...
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Hyper-V Manager crashes when connceting to remote Hyper-V Server

I am using Windows 8.1 and have Server Manager installed. I've added one of our servers (Server 2012 Standard) to Server Manager, and it connects just fine (Manageability shows "Online" and I can see ...
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Hyper-V and Linux VM Network Card Issues

I am facing the issue on the network card Please help me in this regards. I have Windows Server 2012 on which Hyper-V is installed. We are maintaining the VM (Virtual Machine) on Hyper-V. I have got ...
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Installing SCVMM on a VM and use it to manage the hypervisor hosting that VM (for a lab)

I know this would be unacceptable for a production deployment, but I have only one beefy server I can use for lab test\learning. Here is what I am planning: Install Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 on the ...
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Convert activated windows server 2012 std on Hyper-V guest to ESXI virtual machine

I've activated Windows Server 2012 on Hyper-V virtual machine (guest) and i want convert it to VMware virtual machine on ESXI server My question is "Can i do it without activate Windows again ?"
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hyper-V GUEST don't ping with rest of physical network

I have one hyper-V 2012 and two vm running with Windows Server 2012 Standard. My problem is that the VMs don't connect to my network, only the host does. I've been trying everything I could but ...
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Why do I need to install RSAT on Windows 8.1 for accessing Hyper-V Server 2012 R2?

Since Windows 8.1 has Hyper-V Platform and Hyper-V Manager built in to it, if I just enable the Hyper-V Manager on my Windows 8.1 client machine I should be able to access the standalone Hyper-V ...
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RemoteFX GPU not appearing in Add Hardware for HyperV

I'm trying a PoC for RemoteFX and am having issues adding a 'RemoteFX Video Adapter' to my Win8 Enterprise VM. I'm working on section four of this link and just don't have the option to add the video ...
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Poor RemoteFX Performance

I have Hyper-V running on an DELL Optiplex 9020MT Core i7 3.8GHz with 32GB RAM on Windows Server 2012 R2. For testing purposes I enabled RemoteFX on the Intel HD 4600 graphics chip built in to the ...
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DNS resolution on Windows Server 2012 running Hyper-V

The problem shows as follows: Ping hostname <-- the host answers, it seems like the resolution is done over netbios nslookup hostname <-- hostname wasn't found by UnKnown: No response ...
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free disk monitoring windows 2012 - powershell

I have started from scratch to be able to learn how to monitor our server (only one). $dates=(get-date).ToString("s").Replace(":","-") $page="page"+$dates+".csv" get-wmiobject win32_pagefileusage | ...
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Snapshot SBS or Single DC server environments

I can't seem to find a clear answer on this. Is it safe or not safe to snapshot (or in my case checkpoint under HV 2012) an SBS or single DC server environment? I took over an account and am behind ...
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Dell VRTX - slow cluster shared storage

I have a brand new Dell VRTX box set up as a Failover Cluster running HA Hyper-V virtual machines. This is my first time setting up clustering, and my first time with one of these boxes, so I'm sure ...
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Windows 2012R2, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, takes 20 minutes to complete 'stopping' state

I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 as a Hyper V client, although I don't often reboot my VMs (I would have to check if other VMs exhibit this behavior), whenever I 'reboot, shutdown, or turn off'. It takes ...
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Hyper V VM's on Windows 2012 host have no web access [closed]

Using the Hyper V role in Server 2012 to create Windows 2008 R2 VM. Host has one NIC. Virtual Switch was set up as below: set as external network 'allow management OS' was checked. switch was ...
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Intermittent 100% CPU on all VMs

We're a small shop, running a Dell T420 (dual CPU, only one present, 6 cores) w/32GB RAM as our main server. We have only 5 VMs, one of which is our WSE 2012 DC. From time to time, and at a rate for ...
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Hyper V with a DELL MD3000 Poor I/O

Current build is 2 Dell R900 24core each 128GB ram - 8x 144GB 15k 2.5 SAS on a Perc 6i local - 15x 300GB 15K 3.5 SAS in a Raid5 DG 6 VG in the MD3000 using 2x Perc 5e HBA - OS Windows 2012 R2 ...
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Hyper-v network issues on initial connection

I am running hyper-v on very capable hardware, host is Server 2012r2 and guest is 2008r2. The problem I am seeing is that, when the guest has not had network access attempted in a while or has been ...
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Hyper-V Reporting Wrong Uptime

I am having an issue whereby Hyper-V Manager does not report the correct uptime for some of our Virtual Machines. I had started all the Virtual machines minutes apart but on the Hyper-V Manager there ...
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Selecting a boot drive for Hyper-V 2012 server - is a boot drive performance important?

I'm setting up a new Hyper-V 2012 server dedicated to virtualization and I'm trying to determine the best choice for the boot drive. I have 2x250gb SSD drives i'm considering for storage pools for VM'...
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Best Configuration for my new servers

I am sorry if it's not a question should be ask in here. I have brought two new IBM x3650 M4 Servers with 2 CPUs, 64GB Memory and 4x 1TB 2.5" HDD. I also have Windows Server 2012 Licence. What I ...
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Configuring 1 socket with multiple core on Hyper-V

I've got a Hyper-V 2012 running and need to configure that my virtual CPU are based on one socket. So the guest is seeing one socket with e.g. 4 core. I've found some tool called cpu z should do that, ...
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Migrating from Exchange 2010 to a VM running Exchange 2013

I have a server 2012 box that is now AD/GC/DC/DNS/Hyper-V and exchange 2010. The domain/exchange started life on a sbs 2003 box that I recently demoted after transferring all roles/mailboxes to the ...
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Hyper-V 12r2 across 2 physical networks

Ok, so first off... I have done this multiple times with VMware and had zero problems so I assume I am missing something in Hyper-V. Hardware I am working with: Single Dell R510 Host Onboard Dual ...
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Is it possible to Migrate Live VMs from a Windows 2012 Hyper-V Cluster to a different 2012 R2 Cluster?

At the moment I'm in a bit of dilemma because I know that Windows 2012 supports "Shared Nothing Live Migration" but recently I got to know that this feature is available for stand alone Hyper-V ...
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associating HP MSA2000 G3 to a virtual machine on windows server 2012 DC

Basically i wanted to have a Debian Squeeze associated to the SAN HP MSA200 G3 but due to lack of support i have now planned to deploy Windows Server 2012 Data-center on 2xHP Proliant DL380p G7 ...
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cPanel / CentOS 5.10 upgrade to 6.4 recommendations [closed]

We've got a server running cPanel on CentOS 5.10 currently, and I'm considering whether it's worthwhile or even wise to look at upgrading to CentOS 6.4. The server is virtualised on 2012 R2 Hyper-V, ...
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OpenGL 4+ will not work on RemoteFX with Windows Server 2012 Standard host and Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise/Windows 8.1 Enterprise VMs

I have installed Windows Server 2012 Standard on the following hardware: -Intel desktop motherboard with Virtualization hardware support. -16 GB of RAM -Intel i5-2500 (Supports SLAT) -nVidia Quadro ...
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Hyper v on Windows Server 2012 and self service

I cannot seem to find a concrete yes or no as to whether self-service is available still on Windows Server 2012 with Hyper V. I am wondering if it is still available for TFS Lab Management. Does Hyper ...
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Add-ClusterVirtualMachineRole generates an extra report line

A 3rd party contractor built our sister sites Windows 2012 Hyper-V hosts and they appear to have enabled some setting on one of them that generates an extra report when the following cluster ...
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