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Disk2VHD and Hyper-V

I want to virtualize a physical machine and I used Disk2Vhd to convert the Hard drive to a .vhd file. My issue is that when I attach this vhd in Hyper-V, and try to install "Integration Services", I get the message "HAL Upgrade Required", and…
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DC on Hyper V Host

I've read a few similar questions but wasn't clear. I have a small office (13) users and recently purchased a new single server (this is all I have to work with for now). Server specs Memory - 16G Drives - 6 SCSI (2TB) Processor - Dual Quad…
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Hyper-V Cannot load a virtual machine configuration

I upgraded my Windows 2008 Hyper-V host server to Windows 2008 R2 last night. The upgrade went smoothly, but when it settled down as the new version, I found two virtual machines out of seventeen to be missing from the Hyper-V console UI. From the…
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Debian Squeeze Hyper-V Drivers

I have a fresh Debian 6.0.0 (Squeeze) server running on Hyper-V and I'm trying to get the synthetic drivers loaded into the kernel (2.6.32-5-amd64). The research I've done says that the Linux Integration Drivers should have been mereged into the .32…
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Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 vs. Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V role?

There are currently two Microsoft HyperVisor products: Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Role http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-main.aspx Question - Is…
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Is Windows XP Pro not a good Hyper-V guest citizen?

On my Windows Server 2008 R2 w. the Hyper-V role, I have these guest VMs: 3 x Windows Server 2008 R2 2 x Windows Server 2003 x86 2 x Windows 7 x64 1 x Windows XP Pro x86 In general, all machines are very fast and responsive. However, the Windows…
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Hyper-V on 2012R2 HyperV Edition or 2008R2 Standard Edition?

We are currently running VMWare ESXi, with 1 Windows 2008 R2 Standard instance, 1 Windows 7 instance and 2 Linux instances. So, recently I wanted to upgrade my server, because there were a lot of things happened. I couldn't find Intel 1GB multiport…
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Hyper-V Server - Can't UnJoin An Orphaned Domain

I have a Hyper-V host running on a Windows 2008 server that does not have a desktop GUI. This server is currently joined to a domain that no longer exists and there are no domain controller for that old domain still on the network. Using a local…
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Hour-long shutdown duration "shutting down hyper-v virtual machine management service"

I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that is a Hyper-V host (Dell PowerEdge T300). Today for the first time I encountered an odd situation; i lost connection with one of the guest machines but logging on physically it seems the guest OS is still running…
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Hyper-V spontaneously pauses all VMs

I just had an odd thing happen with a Hyper-V server that has 4 guest VMS running on it. The host server and all guests are Server 2008 R2 SP1. I logged into one of the guest VMs using Remote Desktop and rebooted a web application running on it,…
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How to boot a Hyper-V Virtual Machine with a PXE server

I am trying to boot a virtual machine created in Hyper-V Manager. I want to boot from the NIC so that the VM can connect to the PXE server (by pressing F12 numerous times). The thing is, I cannot get to boot at all. All I get is the classic: "Boot…
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Can't Reset Password - Ubuntu 10.04 on Hyper-V

I have a virtual Ubuntu 10.04 machine running under Hyper-V which I have lost the password to. With a physical Ubuntu box it's rather easy to press ESC at the grub prompt and proceed to reset your password. Unfortunately I can't see a grub menu and…
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Virutal Machine loses network connectivity on Hyper V Cluster

We're running a number of VMs on a 6 node failover cluster of blades using Hyper V. We have an intermittent issue (every few days at different times - not a fixed frequency) of VMs losing network connectivity. Console access to the VM suggests all…
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Hyper-V 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 imagine that it could take a very long time to copy the…
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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 connectivity works fine, no problems here. IPv6 on the…
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