Questions tagged [hyper-v-server-2016]

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Trying to run Hyper-v 2016 from USB

Been trying to test Hyper-v 2016 this afternooon but I am unable to get my R630 to boot from the USB I configured using the following instructions https://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee731893(ws.10).aspx I used the exact same guide on Hyper-v…
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Only getting 100 Mbit in Hyper V Guest from 1 Gigabit network connection

I have a HP Proliant ML350 G6 with two integrated Broadcom NetXTreme Gigabit Ethernet ports running Windows server 2016, updated as of today. If I share a folder on my hyper v host I can add and remove files at around 90MB/s through the network…
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How do I remotely manage Hyper-V 2016 standalone via Windows 10?

How do I connect to my Hyper-V 2016 standalone via my Windows 10 laptop? Background: I'm setting this up as a home lab. I've followed a few guides, but I have not yet found a guide/Youtube tutorial that seems to work for the free edition of Hyper-V…
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SMB Client Error

Using HyperV Server 2016 with a Scale Out File Server (storing the VHDX files on the file server) makes the following error appearing in the hypervisor's Event Log (SMB Client - Connectivity): Failed to establish a network connection. Error:…
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Determine name of Hyper-V host of Linux guest VM

I would like to be able to determine which Hyper-V host a particular CentOS 7 VM is running on. In a Windows VM this is stored in HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters. Is anyone aware of a methodology for getting this from…
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What would be the benefit of configuring SOFS with S2D on Server 2016?

Let's say I have 4 servers in a "storage cluster", each of them has access to a JBOD of 24 hard drives. Then I have another 16 servers in a "VM cluster", running Hyper-V, each of them only has a boot disk. All of the servers are connected to a 10GbE…
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Get back hyper-v VMs after in place reinstall of host OS

I have standalone win 2012 r2 server with hyper-v on it. It is my test server I use for experiments so it can be turned off anytime. That's not a problem. Is it possible to import 2012r2 VMs to 2016 hyper-v without exporting them? Something like…
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HyperV 2016 storage redundancy on non-redundant SANs

We have a setup here consisting of: More or less a dozen of HyperV hosts. Two FC SANS (SAN "A" and SAN "B"). All elements composing this infrastructure are redundant, EXCEPT for the SANs. They are equal in capacity and connected to the HyperV…
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Last powered off date for a vm in Hyper-V 2016

In Hyper-V 2012 when we had the configuration of a vm in the xml format, one could look up the last_powered_off_time node in the vm's configuration .xml file: 131592348393627970" and get…
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HyperV Linux EFI VHDX migration is missing EFI in the boot options

I have a HyperV 2016 cluster of n machine running on W2k16. I've duplicated the VHDX of a RHEL 7.5 (Gen2) VM that runs with this boot order (and secure boot disabled): After creating a new VM with the cloned disk, the EFI file entry disappeared,…
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Nano Server attached to SAN doesn't see new files

I have recently provisioned two servers that are attached to a Lenovo S3200 with fibre channel. These are the only two servers attached. The servers are running Windows 2016 Nano, and I have installed MPIO and claimed the FC paths. And I created an…
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Force Install "Wrong" Driver Hyper-V Server

So I've spent the last few hours trying to resolve this and have had no luck. I have a Hyper-V 2016 Server running on AMD hardware. It has an ASUS TPM (though I've tried a Gigabyte TPM as well). However, it doesn't recognize it as a TPM. Before I…
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Using 2 Hyper-v servers (no AD) with replication to provide seamless swithover

I have a very limited budget, and little knowledge of this, so please bear with me. We have a primary, and backup Hyper-V server. Replication is running from the primary to the secondary. I need to failover one of the VMs on Primary to secondary…
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Inplace Upgrade HyperV Server 2016 to 2019

So if worse comes to worse, I can just clean install and readd my VMs. I just want to see if there's a way to do this. My understanding is that Server 2016 can do an inplace upgrade to Server 2019, wherein local settings are saved and the core OS is…
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Windows Server 2016 Datacenter VMs running on Hyper-V Server 2016

I misread something or I'm doing a terrible mistake here, hopefully you guys can help me. I have set up a Hyper-V Server 2016 on my physical machine (or bare metal as it's called) which has 1 processor with 4 cores. Afterwards, I connected with…
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