Injecting a script action into a Replicated VM when doing a failover to it.
HiBeen tasked with researching if it possible to affect the state of services when failing over to a replicated VM.Idea is that a running VM (and or site) has gone down and the DR site needs to bring...
View ArticleFrom VHDX to Hyper-V
Hi,I have this vhdx which I used to boot bare metal. However, I now would like to use it in Hyper-V. It won't boot, what is logical since bootfiles are on physical machine. How can I write bootfiles...
View ArticleTaking a virtual server in and out of the domain for different snap shots.
Hello. A problem that my team often finds for testing (QA) is that when we are restoring checkpoints that were taken while the VM was still a part of a domain is that it doesn't always work correctly...
View ArticleAuditing not working
Hi,I have created a VM with Windows server 2012r2 on a VMware platform (member server). The machine hardware is on an NAS device. I have created a shared folder on the machine and enabled auditing...
View ArticleFile sharing between Hyper-V virtual host and virtual Windows XP client not...
I have a Windows 10 host (Host) with working file shares to 'everyone' and working with two other XP OS boxes (Box_A and Box_B) on the network.I have an Windows XP instance running on the Host in a...
View ArticleHyper-V Manager force server reboot
Morning All,I don't tend to work much on the Hyper-V manager but we have come across an issue. We have a Linux server (love those) which is our intranet system. We have a problem with this server that...
View ArticleIssue with SQL Server on hyper-v during Windows Server Backup
Hi everybody,I don't know why but last night our VM sql server turning off.It seems it happens during the backup (windows server Backup)Today I try to start him but it didn't work, it say impossible to...
View ArticleHyper-V Server Core managed purely from Ubuntu.
How does one go about managing a hyper-v server, both the host, as well as the guests with a linux desktop as the management computer.For example, I have a 2012 R2 hyper-v server core server, and an...
View ArticleWindows 10 Hyper-V cannot connect to local VM
Hi,I've activated Hyper-V on Windows 10 local. Client is a Domain member. In companys network everything works fine. when I am trying connect to VM offline not working. connect to Company via VPN I can...
View ArticleHyper V 2008R2 - Exporting a very large Virtual Machine
A bit of a long shot....I am currently in the middle of migrating data across to our new SAN. I have a virtual server (2008r2) that has 3.5TB worth of data spanned across 8 disks, i will need to export...
View ArticleServer 2012 hyper-v replication
hello,we currently replicate our DC to a hyper-v 2008 server using Double-Take. The VM lies dormant/off during replication and can be powered on when failover is required. I want to upgrade the...
View ArticleShared folder access revokes intermittently
Hello,I have Hyper v 2012 installed on bare metal. In guest virtual machine we have windows server 2012 r2 . we have shared one folder on the disk that is accessible by 3 other machines.We get the...
View ArticleConnection Broker and servers
Dear All Can you direct me to a possible solution to make a small server 2012 pool of machines? We have 20 identical 2012 servers that my students use in class. I will like to assign them from a Pool...
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Strange checkpoint in hyper v
Hi, Today when i check one of my VM, I find 2 checkpoints that i didn't create, i don't find any files who refer to this checkpoint in my VM folder.You think I can restart the VM without loosing data...
View ArticleHyper-V replica with ubuntu 15.0 failed to generate application consistency...
I need a help for the problem that Hyper-V replica(windows 2012r2) failed to generate Application consistency recovery point for a VM(ubuntu 15.0)Hyper-V replica can generate Standard recovery point....
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Strange checkpoints in hyper v
Hi,it seems windows server backup create some checkpoint on my vm but don't merge it.These checkpoints don't appear in hyper-v but the vm's hard disk point on the last ahvdx file.What can I do, already...
View ArticleHyper-V host cannot RDP into local clients running in an internal network
I have installed Hyper-V on my Windows 10 machine and are running a few different test machines on it. My test machines have two Nics -- One is disabled and primarily used when I need them to connect...
View ArticleLicense required to run windows 7/windows 10 on VMware
I have a computer/host running VMware ESXI 6.0. I want to create a Virtual machine with windows 7 or windows 10 on it. What sort of license would i need for the windows 7 or windows 10? OEM, retail or ?
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 VM traffic causes network connectivity loss
I'm having an issue. I currently pay for a dedicated hosted server. It has server 2012 r2 installed. It has a single network card. I have created an internal virtual switch and am currently using...
View ArticleVM Live Migration betweek 2012 R2 stand alone machine to 2012 R2 stand alone...
Hi,I am trying to Live migrate Vms from 2012 R2 stand alone server to 2012 R2 Standalone Server and facing authentication errors, As per Microsoft article it need Domain to do the same. Is there is any...
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