Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2012]
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USB Thumb Drive not recognized in Hyper-V Manager
I have the free, standalone core Hyper-V Server 2012 running on my physical machine. I set up remote management from my Windows 8 client.
When I proceed to create a virtual machine I would like to install the OS from a usb thumb drive but it is not…
Vazgen
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Hyper -V 2012-R2 Expanding VHDX for VM did not expand the current file size
Hyper-V 2012-R2 with 1 VM (Windows 7). I increased the VM disk size from 60 GB to 80 GB and the operation completed OK. When I click on "Inspect Disk", it says:
Current File Size: 59.97 GB Maximum disk Size: 82 GB
When I go on the VM ->drive C:…
Ben Junior
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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 2-3 seconds when the VM is running normally) during…
the-wabbit
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Hyper-V dynamic virtual disk will not shrink
We have a number of Win10 .vhdx disks provisioned at the default of 127Gb but I would like to reduce the maximum to a more sensible 40Gb. Some disks have shrunk fine but others, for no apparent reason, will not shrink at all.
I have shrunk the size…
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Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux on 1 drive, Linux data on different drive?
I would like to run Windows 2012 and Linux as a VM both on my C: drive. Would it then be possible to assign Linux a partition on the D: drive for all of its data storage?
My goal is to have all Linux and Windows data files stored on the D: drive. …
Caroline Beltran
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Hyper-V Server 2012 - Acquisition of genuine ticket failed
I have been using Hyper-V Server 2012 (the free, core edition) for a few months now, and every day, the server dutifully generates this error in the Application log:
HYPER2012 8208 Error Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP Application 1/18/2013…
Ryan Ries
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Can Hyper-v 2012 Server Bare Metal (the free version) boot into a VM automatically?
If I have two guests installed using Hyper-v 2012 "evaluation" (unlimited) free version, can I make it so a guest OS boots automatically and the user never sees the Hyper-v login?
I have a laptop, and I want to put two OSes on it with Hyper-v as the…
johnny
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Is it safe to open an IDE HyperV VHDx as SCSI?
I adopted a HyperV environment and I'm trying to squeeze every bit of performance I can get out of it.
Some of the virtual machines in the environment have IDE drives instead of SCSI drives.
Is it safe to mount the VHDx as a SCSI drive? Or do I…
CIA
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Is Hyper-V a good choice for installing DC and Exchange 2013 servers on one bare metal server?
I would like to ask you guys, who already done some Hyper-V implementation if it's good idea to use this solution for set-up a small company infrastructure.
The idea is to have 1 physical server (2 processors, 32gb ram) and license for Server 2012…
Bororo
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Hyper-v 2012: Delete VM does not delete config files
I have deleted a VM. In my folder for config files the xml is still there.
That can get messy if I add/remove a lot of VMs.
Is that by design? Why?
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bootable VHD created in Hyper-V
I created a Windows Server 2012 VHD using Hyper-V, host is also running WS2012, when I copy the VHD to my Win7 laptop and try to mount that VHD I'm unable to boot on that VHD. is there a way to convert this regular VHD to a bootable version?
Many…
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