Best VM graphics for cheapest hypervisor?
I need a hypervisor to use for my personal SharePoint 2013 development. I have already experimented with Hyper-V which is free and probably setup instructions for it more easily available. I have not played around with any version of VMware or other hypervisors yet. I am building a new system, because even installing fixed size [...]
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| May 9, 2013 12:07 PM
Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Virtualization, VMware
I need a hypervisor to use for my personal SharePoint 2013 development. I have already experimented with Hyper-V which is free and probably setup instructions for it more easily available. I have not played around with any version of VMware or other hypervisors yet. I am building a new system, because even installing fixed size [...]
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| May 9, 2013 12:07 PM
Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Virtualization, VMware
Hyper-V VM backup
Hi, Is it possible to back up a VM from the host perspective by transferring a VM’s individual file and folders using traditional approach. Thanks Mohan
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| May 7, 2013 3:26 PM
C, Hyper-V
Hi, Is it possible to back up a VM from the host perspective by transferring a VM’s individual file and folders using traditional approach. Thanks Mohan
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| May 7, 2013 3:26 PM
C, Hyper-V
HyperV on a win7 host that uses VMWare.
How do I try out Hyper-V if I am currently using a laptop with Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation (with several servers always running) already on the host. Basically, is there any way to try out Hyper-V inside a VMWare Virtual Machine>?
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| October 25, 2012 3:15 PM
Hyper-V, VMware
How do I try out Hyper-V if I am currently using a laptop with Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation (with several servers always running) already on the host. Basically, is there any way to try out Hyper-V inside a VMWare Virtual Machine>?
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| October 25, 2012 3:15 PM
Hyper-V, VMware
stuck at waking the virtual machine
Hello. I have a small test environment set up to test VDI with on Hyper-V. I have Hyper-V on its own physical machine, and the Broker, etc. is running on another machine “RDBROKER”. I have a VM set up (called “vmWIN7″), and it is assigned to a specific user “vmuser”. From my laptop, I use [...]
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| October 23, 2012 7:12 PM
Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Connection, Virtualization, Windows 2008 R2
Hello. I have a small test environment set up to test VDI with on Hyper-V. I have Hyper-V on its own physical machine, and the Broker, etc. is running on another machine “RDBROKER”. I have a VM set up (called “vmWIN7″), and it is assigned to a specific user “vmuser”. From my laptop, I use [...]
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| October 23, 2012 7:12 PM
Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Connection, Virtualization, Windows 2008 R2
Can not backup hyper-v with exchange 2010.
Hi, I have a strange problem,I’m trying to backup hyper-v vhd file with Exchange 2010 installed on it by Symantec backup exec 2010 r2 with hyper-v agent.But I can not to do it if exchange is online,virtual machine with exchange stopped after 1 or 2 minutes since backup job started. I have not such problem [...]
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| October 15, 2012 1:13 PM
Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange 2010
Hi, I have a strange problem,I’m trying to backup hyper-v vhd file with Exchange 2010 installed on it by Symantec backup exec 2010 r2 with hyper-v agent.But I can not to do it if exchange is online,virtual machine with exchange stopped after 1 or 2 minutes since backup job started. I have not such problem [...]
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| October 15, 2012 1:13 PM
Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange 2010
Problem with Hyper-V snapshots – unable to start VM
I restarted my Host server after shutting down three guest VMs. After I restarted the machine I tried to start the VMs and got an error stating the the VM failed to start. SERVERNAME failed to start. Attachment ‘avhd file path’ is read only. Please provide read/write access to the attachment. Error: ‘General access denied [...]
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| October 2, 2012 7:22 PM
Hyper-V, Windows 2008 R2
I restarted my Host server after shutting down three guest VMs. After I restarted the machine I tried to start the VMs and got an error stating the the VM failed to start. SERVERNAME failed to start. Attachment ‘avhd file path’ is read only. Please provide read/write access to the attachment. Error: ‘General access denied [...]
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| October 2, 2012 7:22 PM
Hyper-V, Windows 2008 R2
Hyper-V can\’t work external network
I setup my Hyper-V under Windows 2008 R2 Standard. But i can´t access internet (network) in virtualized machines. First. I setup the hyper-v using this manual http://www.howtogeek.com/103884/install-hyper-v-on-windows-server-2008-r2/ The first doubt its on step ”Create Virtual Networks”, my dedicated server show only one network adapter ”Intel(R) 82580 Gigabit Network Connection #2” I dont check this adapter [...]
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| August 8, 2012 8:34 PM
Hyper-V, Network, Virtualization, Windows 2008 R2
I setup my Hyper-V under Windows 2008 R2 Standard. But i can´t access internet (network) in virtualized machines. First. I setup the hyper-v using this manual http://www.howtogeek.com/103884/install-hyper-v-on-windows-server-2008-r2/ The first doubt its on step ”Create Virtual Networks”, my dedicated server show only one network adapter ”Intel(R) 82580 Gigabit Network Connection #2” I dont check this adapter [...]
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| August 8, 2012 8:34 PM
Hyper-V, Network, Virtualization, Windows 2008 R2
Hypervisor is not running
When I try to start my virtual machine, I get an error message saying that the hypervisor is not running. I’m able to open Hyper-V Manager fine, and have not had a problem running a VM on this physical machine before. Has anyone run into this issue?
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| June 19, 2012 4:05 PM
Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008
When I try to start my virtual machine, I get an error message saying that the hypervisor is not running. I’m able to open Hyper-V Manager fine, and have not had a problem running a VM on this physical machine before. Has anyone run into this issue?
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| June 19, 2012 4:05 PM
Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008
SQL Server Failover Clustering or DB Mirroring
Hi, I need to clarify some concerns with regard to the options available on SQL Cluster deployment, but before that let me give you a background on the infra layout so we are on the same page: We have two physical servers + FC SAN (iscsi not supported in the current model) to [...]
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| February 28, 2012 9:55 AM
Failover Clustering, Hyper-V, SQLServer
Hi, I need to clarify some concerns with regard to the options available on SQL Cluster deployment, but before that let me give you a background on the infra layout so we are on the same page: We have two physical servers + FC SAN (iscsi not supported in the current model) to [...]
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| February 28, 2012 9:55 AM
Failover Clustering, Hyper-V, SQLServer
What hypervisor do you use and why?
Do you use VMware, Hyper-V, or another hypervisor (e.g. Citrix XenServer)? What factors are most important to you when choosing one over the other (or multiple)?
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| June 19, 2012 5:13 PM
Citrix XenServer, Hyper-V, VMware
Do you use VMware, Hyper-V, or another hypervisor (e.g. Citrix XenServer)? What factors are most important to you when choosing one over the other (or multiple)?
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| June 19, 2012 5:13 PM
Citrix XenServer, Hyper-V, VMware
Network Port Usage
I’m wondering if someone had a better idea for what I’m trying to do. I have a small cluster of beefy Hyper-V servers. Each server has 20 1GB ports. This is my approach to port usage for the NICs: 20 ports 4 ports – iSCSI multi-pathing 4 ports – VM DMZ Network Team [...]
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| March 31, 2012 8:31 PM
Engineering, Hyper-V, iSCSI SAN, NIC Ports, Windows 2008 R2
I’m wondering if someone had a better idea for what I’m trying to do. I have a small cluster of beefy Hyper-V servers. Each server has 20 1GB ports. This is my approach to port usage for the NICs: 20 ports 4 ports – iSCSI multi-pathing 4 ports – VM DMZ Network Team [...]
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| March 31, 2012 8:31 PM
Engineering, Hyper-V, iSCSI SAN, NIC Ports, Windows 2008 R2
Hyper-V VM settings 3070MB memory limit
I Installed Hyper-V R2 to ML150 G3 hardware. Everything works fine, but I can’t set over 3070MB memory to any VM’s configured. There is 16GB physical memory available. I get “Out of bounds” error if I try to set more memory to VM. What could cause this? I have no such problems with our other [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:20 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2, Virtual Machines, Virtual memory
I Installed Hyper-V R2 to ML150 G3 hardware. Everything works fine, but I can’t set over 3070MB memory to any VM’s configured. There is 16GB physical memory available. I get “Out of bounds” error if I try to set more memory to VM. What could cause this? I have no such problems with our other [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:20 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2, Virtual Machines, Virtual memory
Automatic HOT failover between Highend Rack servers running under Windows2008R2 EE
How to implement Hot failover between two high end Rack Servers running under Windows 2008 R2 EE server and a critical application which uses MS MQ for application message Queue handling since windows2008R2 EE provides four instances of Virtualisation.
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| March 31, 2012 6:01 AM
Failover, Hyper-V, IBM X 6230, MSMQ, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
How to implement Hot failover between two high end Rack Servers running under Windows 2008 R2 EE server and a critical application which uses MS MQ for application message Queue handling since windows2008R2 EE provides four instances of Virtualisation.
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| March 31, 2012 6:01 AM
Failover, Hyper-V, IBM X 6230, MSMQ, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Reasons not to use VMware as virtualization platform?
My company is deciding between VMware and Microsoft’s Hyper-V. I’m curious as to the community’s thoughts on the two as far as storage, security, scalability, cost, features, licensing, cost. Any information appreciated!
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| May 2, 2011 3:24 PM
Hyper-V, Storage virtualization, Virtualization, Virtualization platforms, Virtualization software, VMware
My company is deciding between VMware and Microsoft’s Hyper-V. I’m curious as to the community’s thoughts on the two as far as storage, security, scalability, cost, features, licensing, cost. Any information appreciated!
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| May 2, 2011 3:24 PM
Hyper-V, Storage virtualization, Virtualization, Virtualization platforms, Virtualization software, VMware
Does Windows Server 2000 support Integration Services Hyper-V VSS writer?
Does Windows Server 2000 support Integration Services Hyper-V VSS writer?
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| April 4, 2011 7:41 PM
Backup, Hyper-V, Storage virtualization, VSS Backup, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server backup
Does Windows Server 2000 support Integration Services Hyper-V VSS writer?
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| April 4, 2011 7:41 PM
Backup, Hyper-V, Storage virtualization, VSS Backup, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server backup
Running an application over LAN using VMware virtual machines
I want to create virtual machines of few softwares and place them on one system. Then i want to access these virtual machines from another computer . the first and the second computer are connected to each other using LAN. so that first machine acts as a server and second machine act as client. suppose [...]
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| February 4, 2011 7:37 AM
Hyper-V, LAN, Virtual machine management, VMware Server, VMware Workstation
I want to create virtual machines of few softwares and place them on one system. Then i want to access these virtual machines from another computer . the first and the second computer are connected to each other using LAN. so that first machine acts as a server and second machine act as client. suppose [...]
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| February 4, 2011 7:37 AM
Hyper-V, LAN, Virtual machine management, VMware Server, VMware Workstation
TGIF: IT Book Giveaway
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
Virtual Apps vs. Virtual Desktops
I work for small school district with about 600 PCs on our network. We have a 1GB backbone and 12 servers (7 of them VMs). I recently put in a large terminal server to utilize thin clients, but found restricts with software I could run on the server OS (Win 2008R2). In some research, I [...]
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| January 21, 2011 8:24 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Hyper-V, Terminal Server, Thin clients, VDI, Virtual Apps, Windows Server 2008 R2
I work for small school district with about 600 PCs on our network. We have a 1GB backbone and 12 servers (7 of them VMs). I recently put in a large terminal server to utilize thin clients, but found restricts with software I could run on the server OS (Win 2008R2). In some research, I [...]
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| January 21, 2011 8:24 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Hyper-V, Terminal Server, Thin clients, VDI, Virtual Apps, Windows Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V Host Not Responding in SCVMM R2
I have a 2 node hyper-v cluster managed by SCVMM R2. Node 1 has the correct agent version but node 1 is not responding and has an older version. I try and update agent but it fails and is still not responding. The option to correct this is to remove the host and add it [...]
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| January 14, 2011 3:42 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Host, Hypervisor, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual machine manager
I have a 2 node hyper-v cluster managed by SCVMM R2. Node 1 has the correct agent version but node 1 is not responding and has an older version. I try and update agent but it fails and is still not responding. The option to correct this is to remove the host and add it [...]
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| January 14, 2011 3:42 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Host, Hypervisor, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual machine manager
Domino – Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and EqualLogic configuration suggestions
Any one have experience with the above configuration? I am not a SAN guy, so looking for configuration suggestions for the Hyper-V settings, and Equallogic SAN configuration.
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| October 14, 2010 11:58 PM
EqualLogic, EqualLogic SAN, Hyper-V, SAN Configuration, Windows Server 2008
Any one have experience with the above configuration? I am not a SAN guy, so looking for configuration suggestions for the Hyper-V settings, and Equallogic SAN configuration.
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| October 14, 2010 11:58 PM
EqualLogic, EqualLogic SAN, Hyper-V, SAN Configuration, Windows Server 2008
