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So you want to use passthough disks with Hyper-V cool – but how do you script attaching them? Well here’s your answer… But first you need to decide if you are going to attach them to the virtual IDE controller or the virtual SCSI controller.
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If your running System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) you should take a look at KB 962941 . The KB describes and links to all of the recommended Windows hotfixes, SCVMM hotfixes and Hyper-V server hotfixes that are important for SCVMM functionality.
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I think it might be best to start at ground zero with this topic and explain what a snapshot really is and how it work’s (if you already know skip a head…). Hyper-V introduced a new feature called a snapshot – snapshots allow you to capture and
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Virtualization Review posted the results of a performance shootout between Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESX, and Citrix XenServer… The launched three tests against the various platforms. First was a small number of heavy workload systems,
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In the coming days/weeks some of you may see some new errors from Hyper-V. The first is an error when you try and use VMConnect or SCVMM to connect to a running virtual machine – the error is “ Cannot connect to the virtual machine because the authentication
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Updated 2/23 – Added VHD File Size and Fixed a Few Bugs. This is a follow up on my previous post on Hyper-V WMI: What VHD’s/Physical Disks Are Associated With a Virtual Machine? . I had been getting questions about how to better identify what disks
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Last night Mike Neil posted to the Virtualization Team Blog regarding a new agreement between Microsoft and Red Hat to bring Red Hat guest support to Hyper-V. Take a look at Mike’s full blog post Microsoft and Red Hat Cooperative Technical Support
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The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta has been posted on the download center along with an overview document and a setup and configuration guide. Please note that all features, support, configuration etc… is subject to change as this is a beta Download
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If you are backing up your Hyper-V virtual machines using our VSS writer (backing up the physical server) you should be aware of a new Hotfix ( KB959962 ) we released today that addresses three issues. Issue 1 If you back up a Hyper-V virtual machine
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The Hyper-V best practice in traditional production environments is that any physical network interface used by guest virtual machines is dedicated and isolated to guest only traffic and not shared with the management operating system (host). This recommendation
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Ok the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta is now available for public download… Take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Beta.aspx for all of the information. Or here’s the direct link to the download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85cfe4c9-34de-477c-b5ca-75edae3d57c5&DisplayLang=en
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If you are using Hyper-V on a workstation machine with a high-end or consumer graphics card you may have noticed some performance problems such as short hangs or glitches especially when running graphically intense workloads. The reason for this
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Unless you’ve been under a rock all day you know that Windows 7 Beta was announced and released last night – along with Windows 7 Beta we also announced and released Server 2008 R2 (formally known as Windows 7 Server). If you have an MSDN subscription
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About a month ago I posted about the VHD Servicing tool ( Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool ). Version 2.0 of that tool was made available on December 5th – among other things this version adds support for Hyper-V (a definite plus).
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Ben Armstrong (aka Virtual PC Guy) posted some great VBScript and PowerShell KVP scripts. These are a great edition to some of my earlier scripts ( Adding Host KVP's , Adding Guest KVP's , Modifying KVP’s ). Check them out if your looking
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