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Prioritize One Network Share Over Another And/Or Cap Network Share Traffic? (Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise)

One of my fileservers is a hyper v VM running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. The NIC in the VM maps to a 1 GB NIC on the host that is dedicated just to this VM. I have two shares on the file server. One is very important and used by a few…
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Install CentOS on SCSI hard drive under Hyper-V

How can I install Centos 6 on SCSI hard drive under Hyper-V? I added a IDE drive to boot from but CentOS doesn't recognize SCSI drive during install. How can I fix this please?
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Determining the number of virtual processors for a CPU

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter with the Hyper-V role enable. I am planning to run 11 VMs (each with 4 vCPU) on this host. There is 1 CPU installed on the host computer. I would like to find out the number of virtual processors that can…
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"Unexpected shutdown" message on Hyper-V guest machines

We have a couple of Dell Poweredge servers running Hyper-V. Both host machines and the guest VMs are using Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 installed. The guest machines were built as VMs rather than converted from physical servers.…
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Linux Integration Services no longer function after a kernel upgrade on Hyper-V

I've been running CentOS 6.2 as a VM under Hyper-V on my Windows Server 2008 R2 system. If I run "uname -r" it shows my current Linux version as "2.6.32-220.4.1.el6.x86_64" A while ago, I did a software update and included in the update was a kernel…
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Remotely Shut down Hyper V server from Bat file (UPS shutdown)

I have set up an APC UPS on our 2003 Small Business Server with an APC SmartUPS connected to it via the USB port. I have set up PowerChute on the server with the following settings: After 1 minute with no power run command file, after 2 mins start…
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How does "Hyper-V won't boot off SCSI Disks" affect me? (all HDDs in server are SCSI)

A few months ago we purchased a Dell server with the intent to eventually start rolling out VMWare. Now we are exploring Hyper-V as an option instead, however I've seen a requirement for an IDE drive mentioned several times, including a Hyper-V book…
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Is there a way to capture a Hyper-V VHD image of a running Linux (Centos) server?

I have a linux server running Centos (actually its a PBX running Trixbox) that I want to migrate to a Hyper-V based VM so that the physical server can be repurposed. Is it possible to capture a VHD image directly from a Linux server?
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Manage Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from same machine

Is there a way to manage Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from within itself? E.g. not remotely. I'd like to be able to manage VMs as well as connect to and work with a a VM in full screen mode. This would provide the ability to, for instance, install…
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Hyper-V Live Migration Fails

I have a failover cluster consisting of two nodes: VS1 and VS2. Each node is running Windows Server 2008 Datacenter R2 SP1. They have slightly different processors (E5335 and E5420), so I'm running my test VM in Processor Compatibility mode. The…
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Why is RPC connectivity broken for the Hyper-V Manager?

I have a Hyper-V Server 2008R2 (Core) with numerous VMs running. This Hyper-V server is a member of a domain. Since the server has nothing running on it apart from the Hyper-V service, the only way to make changes to my VMs is through the Hyper-V…
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Hyper-V network considerations (hosted server)

I have a hosted dedicated server, that I would like to run Hyper-V on including TMG as an edge to secure the environment. But because this is a hosted server, I have a few questions that I hope you can help me answer. The server needs to run a TMG,…
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time / timezone of Linux VM on Hyper-V

HI there I installed a CentOS VM on Hyper-V server and am quite confused on the time settings. my Hyper-V is set to (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US&Canada), and when installed the CentOS VM, on TimeZone selection, I chose System clock uses UTC and…
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Hyper-V guest custom resolution

I'm running Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2, and the guest OSs are windows XP. My XP VMs are currently limited to the following basic resolutions: * 1600x1200 * 1280x1024 * 1152x864 * 1024x768 Is there a way I can get it to do custom resolutions like I…
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How do you copy a machine image in Hyper-V?

I've got a Hyper-V machine that I want to copy so that I can keep a template around for other servers. I tried using the export/import feature but regardless of which folder I use, it always errors with the following: Import failed. Unable to find…
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