when I launched the Hyper-V manager yesterday, I got this message "'No virtual machines were found on this server' under the Virtual Machine panel. I checked and found that the VHD still exist. Any help with troubleshooting? user submitted
I want to backup all my virtual machines, as a whole. Not just files on a virtual machine, I want to grab the whole virtual machine. Is there a way to automate this? I have about 10 virtual servers, each has between 2-5 virtual machines running. I am using Hyper-V
I have setup Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64x on my desktop and have the Hyper-V feature enabled. Is it possible to create test virtual machines on it like XenServer 5.0 / XenDesktop and VMWare ESX 3i ? User Submitted
I built a Hyper-V server, which has a 6 channel SATA II controller. I will use one disk to run he host OS (Windows 2008 Server Enterprise - Core) and will use the remaining 5 SATA II disks to run VMs on. In addition the system has the capacity to hold 32GB RAM, and has 2 Quad CPU sockets. My...
i know Hyper-v runs on 64-bit servers but does it work with Itanium servers?
I would like to get a discussion going on the communities experiences with VMWare ESX vs. Hyper-v Any insights you can share as to why you have chosen one over the other will be helpful for other community members looking to make a decision. Thanks Sean Community Manager
Is there a noticeable performance of virtual machines if Hyper-V is used on a Windows Server 2008 Core installation vs. Windows Server 2008 Full install?
Hyper-v is installed on a notebook using a WLAN connection. I cant get an external network up-to-date for hyper- v, since it does not accept the WLAN adapter for it. If I activate the deactivated local network network, then I can furnish an external net. Any suggestions since I only use WLAN
When i try and run some Hyper V remote management tools over the VPN (wireless connection) I receive a "Access Denied: Unable to establish communication" error message. Is this an issue with my VPN? or something else
When i restore my Windows Server 2008 hyper V from backup the virtual machine does not restart. I don't receive any error messages. Any ideas of how to troubleshoot?
What's seems to have happened is that the SQLVDI.dll files in the 2 directories: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM are out of sync. This seems to have happened as a result of a service pack for MSSQL which was applied in Dev. The...
I did follow the steps you mentioned for Hyper-V VM installation. But i get this error which says "cannot change state" after i start the VM.
I need following figures for the HyperV 1.Hyper Fixed overHead * CPU Utilization * Memory Utilization 2.Hyper Variable overHead * CPU Utilization * Memory Utilization
Microsoft Virtual Server provides two ways for managing the priorities of virtual machines: weight-based and constraint-based resource allocation. What's different in Hyper-V?
Is response and throughput in virtual servers a lot slower than in physical servers? Has the performance overhead in virtual machines improved? Can you offer some good ways to troubleshoot performance problems in virtualized environments? Any good third-party tools for Microsoft Hyper-V yet?
I just read your advice on <a href=http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid94_gci1274257_tax303723,00.html>performance monitoring for virtualization</a>. You said that translating virtual CPU calls to physicals ones was tough. Is this...
I followed Anil Desai's step-by-step guide for Hyper-V VM installation (http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/loginMembersOnly/1,289498,sid94_gci1294582,00.html), but I get this error which says "cannot change state" after I start the VM. What is wrong?
On SearchSystemsChannel.com, systems expert Hilary Cotter says that Microsoft has done its homework with Hyper-V to make it competitive with VMware ESX. But some VMware partners say Hyper-V has a lot of growing up to do before it can take on VMware. Who's right? Which one should VARs recommend to...


