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Hyper-V notes from the field

Hi, with Windows Server 2016 we introduced VHD Sets to create a shared virtual disk to be used with...

Date: 11/08/2017

Hi, recently, I had some occurrences of the following error while scanning the compliance state of...

Date: 12/09/2015

Hi, now that UR8 is available, I modified my script slightly to also check if the DHCP Extension is...

Date: 08/07/2014

Hi, I'd like to point you to a Whitepaper from your Development Group that impressively shows how to...

Date: 05/26/2014

Hi! A common question today is how to setup your cluster blades with (10GB) Ethernet connections....

Date: 10/25/2013

Hi, recently, I had an issue where it was needed to carefully control which machines can talk to...

Date: 07/03/2013

Hi, I just had a interesting task I'd like to share: Customer had some Linux CentOS 6.3 VMs running...

Date: 03/14/2013

Hi, I just had an issue that my 2012 Hyper-V Hosts did not have the new powershell commands...

Date: 11/28/2012

Hi, recently, I had an issue with a RHEL 6.3 VM with the latest Integration Components 3.4. After...

Date: 11/20/2012

Hi, I'm using Dynamic Memory for all my VM's and tend to start low (512MB). However, it happend to...

Date: 10/22/2012

Hi, this is a "WOW" feature for me that I found not to be documented. Until now you could only...

Date: 03/07/2012

Hi everyone, besides the Consumer Preview of Windows '"8", there was also a beta version of Windows...

Date: 03/05/2012

As VMM 2012 is almost complete, I started to upgrade to the RC Version. I thought I’ll share...

Date: 01/03/2012

Recently, we worked on an issue with time drift in a VM, and my colleague Johann Binder had an...

Date: 11/11/2011

Hi, today my collegue Bernd Högen has interesting finding that he would like to share:...

Date: 06/07/2011

Hi, often, I’m getting asked how to configure Time Synchronization for Hyper-V VM’s that...

Date: 05/11/2011

Hi, Recently, I’ve been working on several issues where customers reported poor network...

Date: 04/19/2011

Hi, If you add a NIC to a VM, it needs a MAC address that should be unique (at least in the network...

Date: 03/25/2011

Hi, I've been asked this a couple of times, and thought it might be interesting to blog.. If you...

Date: 01/11/2011

Hi, Scripting time again! Really often, I need to check if the Integration Services Version of the...

Date: 10/11/2010

Hi everyone, I run a 2 node cluster with Hyper-V. While debugging and testing, i often have to...

Date: 10/07/2010

Hi, Recently, I had some customers which could not Quick or Live Migrate their VMs in a Hyper-V...

Date: 07/22/2010

Recently, I worked on the below issue and though this might be worth to blog: On a Hyper-V Server,...

Date: 06/08/2010

Hi, we just release a guide on how to configure your Network Cards with Hyper-V...

Date: 02/26/2010

This tool saved me lots of time. So I thought I point you to it:...

Date: 02/25/2010

I often have the need to get more info on the .vhd and .avhd (Snapshots or Differencing) files. I...

Date: 12/17/2009

Update: Meanwhile there is a further Februar Rollup available: Description of the System Center...

Date: 12/17/2009

SCVMM R2 has a nice new feature to migrate the storage location of a VM. The move is done on one...

Date: 11/13/2009

Well, the title says it all. If the host you're trying to install SCVMM on has a name that contains...

Date: 11/05/2009

I had a large customer where some Host occasionally where reported with an Error during Host...

Date: 10/23/2009

Hi, Windows Server 2008 R2 has a new feature component: Bits Compact Server! This is a lightweight...

Date: 10/20/2009

Hi, Recently, I had some customers with VMs they just P2V'ed, or even had them running already on...

Date: 10/07/2009

While Service Pack 2 contains many fixes that I recommended earlier, I intend to post here some...

Date: 07/17/2009

In a large SCVMM environment we noticed that the SCVMM Service (vmmservice.exe) allocates lots of...

Date: 05/25/2009

Recently we published a Rollup for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 on Microsoft Update....

Date: 04/17/2009

Recently I saw some strange errors: - A complete VM was not listed in Hyper-V Manager anymore. -or-...

Date: 04/07/2009

I have seen this at a customer site. Whenver one VM was moved from one node to the other, it took...

Date: 03/25/2009

You may run into the problem that a P2V conversion to a machine with an IBM SAN using an older...

Date: 03/17/2009

Just had a couple of issues where a Windows 2000 VM was apparently slow and consumed >80% CPU....

Date: 03/17/2009

Today, an issue with System Center Virtual Machine Manager. If you try to convert a physical machine...

Date: 02/06/2009

I'm often getting asked for paritcular fixes required for Hyper-V . There is a comprehensive list...

Date: 02/02/2009

With Hyper-V you cannot simply „Add“ a configuration file to your Hyper-V machine as you...

Date: 12/19/2008

When you create a new switch and assign it a pyhsical Network card, you might see this error. Error...

Date: 12/18/2008

Just got a link to this free edition. It covers Hyper-V, SCVMM, MED-V and more. I browsed the...

Date: 12/18/2008

I wanted to allow a colleague access to my Hyper-V. Following the instructions at...

Date: 12/08/2008

Recently I had a customer with the following problem: Hyper-V Host Clusters don't support NIC...

Date: 12/05/2008

When you have a VM clustered on multiple Hyper-V Hosts it is necessary that the machine...

Date: 11/21/2008

When you configure a new VM you have the option to add a "Network Adapter" or a "Legacy Network...

Date: 09/25/2008

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