Hyper-v 2012 Backup Essentials on Centos 6.5

I am running Centos 6.5 (new install).
I installed the Hyper-V Backup Essentials as below. However when performing an online backup with Symantec System Recovery 2013 on Windows 2012 Standard (NOT R2), the Centos 6.5 VM goes into saved state when running a backup.
My understanding is that I should be able to perform a live/online backup of a Centos 6.5 VM with the Hyper-V Backup Essentials installed, is this correct? Am I missing something? Thanks.
https://github.com/LIS/backupessentials

I tried to install the Hyper-V backup essentials on a Linux CentOS 6.5 virtual machine and it says that conflicts with the 6.3 Version of the Hyper-V module, how can i -force the installation to overwrite the file? bellow the error:
root@virtualmachine [/LIS-backupessentials-4e3121f/hv/hv-rhel6.5/rpm]# ./install.sh -f
Installing Hyper-v Backup Essentials
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/sbin/hv_vss_daemon from install of microsoft-hyper-v-vss-rhel65.1.0-20140121.x86_64 conflicts with file from package microsoft-hyper-v-rhel63.3.5-20131212.x86_64
Installing Hyper-V Backup Essentials failed, Exiting.
Regards,
Anastasis

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I'm setting up a new Hyper-V server 2012 and I'm trying to understand how to best configure it for backups and restores using
Windows Server Backup. I´ve 5 VMs running, everyone has their one iScsi drive.
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Hi,
There are two basic methods you can use to perform a backup. You can:
Perform a backup from the server running Hyper-V.
We recommend that you use this method to perform a full server backup because it captures more data than the other method. If the backup application is compatible with Hyper-V and the Hyper-V VSS writer, you can perform a full server backup that helps protect
all of the data required to fully restore the server, except the virtual networks. The data included in such a backup includes the configuration of virtual machines, snapshots associated with the virtual machines, and virtual hard disks used by the virtual
machines. As a result, using this method can make it easier to recover the server if you need to, because you do not have to recreate virtual machines or reinstall Hyper-V.
Perform a backup from within the guest operating system of a virtual machine.
Use this method when you need to back up data from storage that is not supported by the Hyper-V VSS writer. When you use this method, you run a backup application from the guest operating system of the virtual machine. If you need to use this method, you
should use it in addition to a full server backup and not as an alternative to a full server backup. Perform a backup from within the guest operating system before you perform a full backup of the server running Hyper-V.
iSCSI-based storage is supported for backup by the Hyper-V VSS writer when the storage is connected through the management operating system and the storage is used for virtual hard disks.
For more information please refer to following MS articles:
Planning for Backup
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd252619(WS.10).aspx
Hyper-V: How to Back Up Hyper-V VMs from the Host Using Windows Server Backup
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/216.hyper-v-how-to-back-up-hyper-v-vms-from-the-host-using-windows-server-backup.aspx
Backing up Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/03/11/backing-up-hyper-v-with-windows-server-backup.aspx
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Online Backup of supported Linux VM on Hyper-V 2012 R2 / SC DPM 2012 R2

Hi,
I'm trying to set up a lab environment:
Win 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
running 2 Linux Machines:
Linux2 - CentOS 6.4 with manually installed Linux Integration services 3.4
Linux3 - CentOS 6.4 without LIS (should be already included in CentOS)
Another machine running Win 2012 R2 Server with SC DPM 2012 R2
but both VMs show as "Offline" when trying to back them up via DPM. Tried local Windows Server Backup with the same result.
I am able to backup the VMs "offline" (pausing the VM, taking snapshot, resume VM) but according to MS, SC DPM 2012 R2 should be able to do Online backups for supported Linux VMs (http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/07/24/enabling-linux-support-on-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v.aspx)
The only things in the EventLog are these:
A storage device in 'Linux3' loaded but has a different version from the server. Server version 6.0 Client version 4.2 (Virtual machine ID 4F5CDDD8-B855-41CF-83B2-772C1B99090D). The device will work, but this is an unsupported configuration.
This means that technical support will not be provided until this problem is resolved. To fix this problem, upgrade the integration services. To upgrade, connect to the virtual machine and select Insert Integration Services Setup Disk from the Action menu.
Any Ideas ?
Thanks

Hi,
That list would need to come from the Windows hyper-v group, they are responsible with adding the feature to the integration components for various Linux OSes. DPM just backs up whatever the hyper-V writer presents to us, if the guest supports
online, we back it up online, if not hyper-V saves the guest before the VSS snapshot is taken and DPM takes the backup from the saved state.
NEW NOTE ADDED 1-29-14: Windows group just released “Linux Integration Services Version 3.5 for Hyper-V”. The
document mentions that some versions of Red Hat and CentOS are now
supported to do online backup.
Live virtual machine backup support
======================
RHEL/CentOS 6.0-6.3
RHEL/CentOS 5.7-5.8
RHEL/CentOS 5.5-5.6
ADDTL NOTES: If there are open file handles during a live virtual machine backup operation, the backed-up virtual hard disks (VHDs) might have to undergo a file system consistency check (fsck) when restored.
Live backup operations can fail silently if the virtual machine has an attached iSCSI device or a physical disk that is directly attached to a virtual machine (“pass-through disk”).
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[Forum FAQ] Introduce Backup in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials provides reliable ways to perform regular backups of your server and backups of your network computers.
1. Server Backup
Description:
Backs up your server running Windows Server Essentials. The data is backed up to an external USB drive. You can also perform full system restore of server.
Operations:
On Dashboard, please select DEVICES and then navigate to the server which you need to backup. Right click the server and select Set up backup. When set up complete, you will be able to
Start a backup for the server. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
More information:
Manage server backup in Windows Server Essentials
Restore or repair your server running Windows Server Essentials

3. Microsoft Azure Backup
Descriptions:
Performs an online backup of files or folders on your server. When you use Azure Backup to back up server data, the information is encrypted by using your passphrase before it is uploaded to a secure datacenter on the Internet.
Operations:
1) Open Dashboard and follow the path: HOME-> Get Started-> ADD-INS-> Integrate with Windows Azure Backup. Then as Figure 3 shows, you need to “Click to sign up for Windows Azure Backup” and “Click to download Windows Azure
Backup integration module”.
Figure 3
Please note: when you click to download, you may encounter the issue as Figure 4 shows. If so, please follow the path:
Tools-> Internet Options-> Security->
Trusted sites-> Add this website to the zone and add
http://downlaod.microsoft.com,
https://activedirectory.windowsazure.com in Trusted sites in IE. (Please uncheck
Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone). Then please check if you can download as normal.
Figure 4
2) After you download the OnlineBackupAddin, please run it. Then begin to install the add-in. (if any issue occurs in your installation of add-in, please navigate to C:\PrgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs folder and check
InstallAddin log file if you can find some clues.)
3) During your installation, KB 2873390 may be required. Please download the update package and run it. Then Windows Azure Backup Agent Upgrade Wizard appeared. Please follow it and complete as Figure 5
and Figure 6 show.
Figure 5
Figure 6
4) Then please re-open Dashboard, you will find ONLINE BACKUP option. (Figure 7) There will be three steps that you need to do: (i)
Upload a certificate. (ii) Register your server.
(iii) Configure backup settings.
Figure 7
(i). Upload a certificate. (In this example, we use the second option: Upload certificate to Windows Azure Backup vault)
Please logon Windows Azure, select RECOVERY SERVICES and click
NEW. Follow the path: RECOVERY SERVICES-> BACKUP VAULT->
QUICK CREATE. Please type NAME and select
REGION, then click CREATE VAULT. When create completes, please click the name of this new recovery service that you create. As Figure 8 shows. Then select Manage Certificate to add or update the certificate file (.cer) that contains
a public key for the vault. The certificate is used to register servers with the vault.
Figure 8
(ii). Register your server
On Dashboard, navigate to Online Backup and click Register. (Figure 9)
Figure 9
Then it will check the certificate. And then you need to set a passphrase to secure your data. (Figure 10)
Figure 10
When you set passphrase complete, please click Next to continue. When register successfully. You will see Figure 11.
Figure 11
(iii). Configure backup settings
When register completes, please click Configure Online Backup. Then you can follow the Configure Online Backup wizard to configure online backup (add folders), specify the backup schedule, specify the backup retention policy and choose bandwidth usage. The
all process will be shown in Figure 12-16.
Figure 12
Figure 13
Figure 14
Figure 15
Figure 16
After all configurations complete, you will be able to see that the server integrates with Windows Azure Backup. (Figure 17)
Figure 17
On the Dashboard in server essentials, you will be able to start backup online. (Figure 18)
Figure 18
After backup online, you will see the protected data as Figure 19 and Figure 20 show in Dashboard and Windows Azure.
Figure 19
Figure 20
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I have a strange problem since upgrading to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. My server is on a lightly used Home network which I run for two periods totalling 8 hours each day. Whenever the server is re-started it immediately begins a Server Backup;
not a great problem in itself but the 'unscheduled' backups prevent the Scheduled backup from operating and often cannot complete before the next Shut Down controlled by Task Scheduler. I presume that R2 has added an extra trigger for the Backup but I can
only find the trigger for my scheduled once-per-day Backup. Can anyone please point me towards the trigger for these unwanted backups. Thanks in advance. Keith Woolf

Hi,
Please perform a
clean boot to troubleshoot
your issue and check if it caused by other software.
You may collect some backup logs to narrow down this issue. By default, tracing is enabled in Windows Server Backup to preserve logs. These traces will be present in files
under the following directory: %windir%\logs\windowsserverbackup
You can use some tools such as
tracerpt
command to export the .etl file into a .txt file. Please check if you can find waht is the root trigger that triggers this unscheduled backup.
Meanwhile, please check the schedule task for the scheduled backup if it was configured correctly. You can clear up and recreate, then please check if this issue still exists.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
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How to uninstall Hyper R2 2012 Sever W/O BACKUP

Okay, I downloaded Hyper-V R2 2012, I thought it was like a software such as VM-Player and VirtualBox. But it wasn't and altered my Operating System completely, and now I'm stuck on logging into Hyper V R2 2012 Server whenever I start it up. In there it
has a small window which lets you type in commands, for example "12" for restarting and such cases. I tried to use backup, but I don't have the iso file of Windows 8, nor can I use any methods to backup because I cannot save my data to a disc after
Hyper-V is installed/booted up.
Is there any way to restore my OS to windows 8.1 again? Or reverting it back to orginal state without the backup? Or maybe even is there a way to backup the laptop THEN use it to restore the Windows 8.1 Version?? I really want to uninstall Hyper-V and have
back my old OS! Please help and thanks!

Hyper-V server is a OS, when you installed it, you likely overwrote your old OS.
Can you see your old folders on the hard drive from command prompt in Hyper-V 2012?
You may be able to copy those off to a USB disk, but the only way to get Windows 8.1 back is to reinstall it.
Hyper-V is available as a feature in Windows 8.1 Pro.

Azure backup options for Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Hello,
I have configured a new on-prem HP server for a very small (5 users) non-profit client. This is a single server environment, and they use Office 365 for email. I have already configured AD Sync between the two with dirsync. I have installed the Azure agent,
and imported the certificate, and I am ready to create a backup set.
This is my first experience with Cloud based server backup - I'm used to products like Backup Exec and tape media. What are my options for backing up this server? Can I only do file/folder backup, as it appears?
What would be best practice in this situation, as I need to back up the systems state as well? And then, how to restore it?
All I can think of would be to use Windows Server backup to create a backup of the server, then back that up - but it's so messy, I must be missing something.
Thank you in advance!!

Hi,
You may refer the following link for clear step-by-step procedure on Azure backup:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2014/05/01/configuring-microsoft-azure-online-backup-on-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials.aspx
As of now, you can only backup File & folders(Even entire drive) but you cannot perform System State backups with Azure Backup.
For System State backup, as you mentioned about using WSB and then backing it up to Azure Backup vault may be the only work-around as of now. However, you may vote and provide feedback for this feature in
here.
You may also refer below links for more info:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/hh831419.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn722422.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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Cannot disable client backup in Server 2012 R2 Essentials

I have installed Server 2012 R2 Essentials for a customer, but i cannot disable Client backup.
I have not diskspace on this server to take backup of the Client machines, and hope there is an option for disabling backup or uninstall the Connector software.

Hi,
Please refer to the following operations and disable backup for a computer.
Open the
Dashboard. And click the Devices tab.
Click the name of the computer for which you want to disable backups.
In the Tasks pane, click
Customize Backup for the computer. The Customize Backup wizard appears.
Click
Disable backup for this computer, and then select whether you want to keep or delete the existing backup files. And then click
Save changes.
There is an article for those operations, please refer to.
Disable backup for a computer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj713515.aspx
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Windows Backup Retention: Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Hi,
We are backing up a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine's files and folders, using Windows Server Backup, to an external hard drive. That backup drive is now 84% full. It is my understanding that Windows Server Backup will automatically delete old backups
when necessary, but does anybody know at what point that happens? When the target reaches 90%?
Thanks.

Hi,
Windows Server Backup will delete oldest backup when there is no enough space for storing a new backup.
You can also manually delete old backups with one of the following 2 methods - you can create a schedule so old backups will be deleted automatically before or after new backups created.
See:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/62488e7a-4638-430c-950c-e75ac42b0fa3/how-a-can-delete-old-versions
1. Deleting System State Backup: wbadmin delete systemstatebackup –keepversions:10
The above command will keep the latest 10 versions and delete the rest all the system state backups.
2. Deleting other backups: Backup application stores multiple backup versions in the VSS shadow copies. Hence, older backup version can be deleted by deleting older shadow copy. Commands to list and delete VSS shadow copies are
below. They need to be run in an elevated command window.
· vssadmin list shadows /for=x: – for listing the snapshots on x: where x: is the backup location
· vssadmin delete shadows /for=x: /oldest – for delete the oldest shadow copy. It can be called multiple times in case there is need to delete multiple older backups.
Note: wbadmin get versions or backup UI would still report deleted backups until next backup runs. At end of each backup – non-existent backups are removed from the backup catalog.
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Hyper-V 2012 R2 creating a new vhdx and copying from a source vhdx will physical file size reduce?

Hi,
I'm running Hyper-V 2012 R2 as part of Server 2012 Essentials.
As seems common from other threads I've read I have created an expanding VHDX with a maximum size too large (almost the same size as the physical disc it lives on). Although there is only around 350GB of data in the VHDX, the actual file size is approaching
900GB on the host.
I'm using the "Add New Virtual Disk" wizard to make a new VHDX to replace this massive file. I want the contents of the old VHDX to be copied to the new one so in the add disk wizard I selected the option to copy the contents of my new disk from
the original.
So my question is: the source VHDX is 900GB, the data inside the is around 350GB. What size is my new VHDX likely to be? Is it likely to reduce to nearer the actual data size?
I'm asking because I'm currently running this operation to an external USB drive and it's painfully slow - going to take hours to complete. If the size isn't going to reduce I may as well cancel it and look for a better option.
Any comments appreciated.
David

I am assuming that you are using dynamic virtual disks for your VHDX (they can be dynamic or fixed).
And, it is usually some type of transaction, backup agent, of the like that causes this type of behavior. Some action that requires a cache on disk that is later deleted.
There is a shrink action that can be done, but that will not optimize fully.
The way to fully optimize is to mount the old virtual disk and create a new virtual disk and mount it, and then copy the contents from one to the other. This lays the files out in a nice orderly way, without anything being written to the end of the
virtual disk causing it to expand strangely.
Over time, if you are still using the backup agent (for example) that got you into this situation, you will be there again.
Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.

Server 2012 R2 Essentials does not wake up clients

Hi!
I am trying to get my Server 2012 R2 Essentials (Hyper-V VM) to do nightly backups of my Win 8.1 client PCs. As far as I understand the server should be able to wake up the clients automatically from hibernate (I selected this option during setup of the
connector).
Unfortunately this does not seem to work and I don't find any easy way to test the wake up procedure. What is really annoying is that I don't even find any documentation how the wake up procedure actually works. Does it use Wake On Lan? Are there any magic
packets involved?
Any help is welcome.
Anguel

Larry, thank you for your reply. Yes, I had activated the wake-up option during connector setup. Regarding your recommendation to make the computers wake up through their BIOS I think this won't work as we don't know when Windows Server Backup will actually
back up each computer if you have multiple PCs. This would mean that we would have to leave the PCs on all night, or do I misunderstand something?
In the meantime I found a very nice YouTube video that seems to explain in details how the whole process works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ZOWjaZpIk
According to the video, the server simply schedules a task on the client PCs at some time in the range defined on the server: E.g. if I enter 11:00 - 12:00 this task seems to set a random wake-up time at e.g. 11:25 on the client PC. This task is then scheduled
to wake up the PC - didn't know that this is possible. I will now test again to see if this really works.
Another possible problem may be some special BIOS power settings, for example on my brand new Dell PCs there is a default Deep Sleep option in the BIOS concerning states S4 and S5. When this option was turned on (default) it prevented Wake On Lan from working
at all, although it was enabled in the BIOS, see e.g. here:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19434669.aspx
I first thought that Deep Sleep may be causing my wake-up problem but now according to the video above backup seems to rely on task scheduler only and not on WOL, let's see...
In each case I am very very disappointed because of the lack of docs for the latest Windows Client/Server products.
UPDATE: It seems to work now. As discussed above the clients are woken up by the task set by the server in the task scheduler. This works in hibernate mode. Still wondering how the server exactly schedules backups as it does not know how long a client backup
will take and therefore does not know when to schedule the next PC...
IMHO Windows Server should have offered the possibility to use Wake On Lan too. This is a much nicer way to do backups. It can't be that hard for Microsoft to send out a magic packet which would also be able to wake up a client when the user has shut it
down.
Anguel

Server 2012 R2 - Essentials Experience - - I jacked my CA and certificates all to @#&$%!!

Windows Server 2012 R2 - Essentials Experience
In trying to put pieces together, I jacked my CA and certificates all to @#&$%!!
Some of the factors involved are:
Server0 - Hyper-V Host
  Server1 - DC, 2012 R2 Essentials Experience role
  Server2 - Exchange 2013
Client Machines -
  Windows 7 Pro
  XP (Yes, these are my cross to bear... - worth noting their presence, but I'm working them out)
The functional requirements:
  Anywhere Access for Remote users
   - Remote Desktop for Windows 7 machines
  Outlook Web Access
The mistake... 'Web Application Proxy'
-which uninstalled the CA
There is a CA back now, but after days of spinning in cirles in a rare area where I feel nearly completely lost (Certificate services) I am asking for help getting these pieces put back together.
The current situation:
The network is up with all of the network and business services required to work 'Inside the Office' - so the client is "functional".
The "Essentials Experience" is broken and won't install to the clients, though it does provide the Essentials website, access to server shared files (fairly gracefully, I might add) and, as an administrator user, I can get to the servers via
RWA through the site and there are no certificate problems with that since I have a secured certificate for the domain.
OWA has been moved to a further back burner while I try to get the Essentials Experience functioning t the point where the remote users can get to their workstations through RWA... This is the biggest current hurdle... RWA for the clients.
Trying to install the client to the workstations nets me the "The Server is not available. Try connecting this computer again,..." message at the point of username and password authentication.
The clientdeploy.log finishes like this:
[4976] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Standard Error:
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: The exit code of the process (C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe) is: 0
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Set CD Fail reason 10 for SQM in ClientDeployment.exe
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: RecordClientDeploymentFailReason: Save registry failed in ClientDeployment.exe : System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Cannot write to the registry key.
  at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.EnsureWriteable()
  at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKeyInternal(String subkey, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck, Object registrySecurityObj, RegistryOptions registryOptions)
  at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck)
  at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ClientSetup.ClientDeploy.Helper.RecordClientDeploymentFailReason(UInt32 failReason)
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Exiting ValidateUserTask.Run
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.ValidateUser has TaskStatus=Failed
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.ValidateUser has RebootStatus=NoReboot
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Exting ConnectorWizardForm.RunTasks
[1272] 141016.153755.0976: ClientSetup: Back from the Client Deployment Wizard
[1272] 141016.153755.0976: ServerDiscovery:HostsFileUpdater: Removing hosts file entry: 1-WGB-01
[1272] 141016.153755.0976: ClientSetup: Saving Wizard Data
[1272] 141016.153755.0976: ClientSetup: End of ClientDeploy: ErrorCode=1603
The computerconnector.log shows nothing of value.
What I want to accomplish as a 'first step' toward recovery is to get the workstations properly connected so they show up in the Dashboard 'Devices' pane and can be managed and access by the Essentials tools.
Secondarily, I would like to get the client side tools in place and functioning (I expect the latter will be a side effect of the former).
So,... for anyone patient enough to have read this far... uh,... help?

Actually,... I can now confirm the delicacy of which you speak...
After a support incident with Microsoft which spanned a marathon 18+ hours on the phone and remote access by no fewer than 7 Microsoft Engineers, we got to a successful result.
It is a point of utter frustration for me when people put in threads like this then don't bother to come back and report 'how the issue was solved', and sadly, I am about to have done that merely because my span of functional attention and valuable reporting
capability was basically gone before I submitted the ticket and following all that was done in my state was not conceivably possible.
So - all I can do is apologize for not being able to report a valuable resolution and give a few little tidbits.
The net result is this - DO WHAT YOU CAN TO AVOID THE SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. Once your CA is in place, LEAVE IT THE $%@& ALONE!!!! I mean... my best current advice.
In all, the CA was uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times after my blunder and significant work was done in ADSIEdit as well as substantial manual manipulation of certificates and CAs that was well outside of my (quite considerable) scope of expertise.
I wish I had more to offer in the world of resolution.
With this said, I will make one more request of viewers and moderators alike:
THIS QUESTION IS OFFICIALLY NOT ANSWERED. IT WILL NEVER BE ANSWERED. THE RESOLUTION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE MORTAL MAN.
DO NOT MARK IT AS ANSWERED
IF YOU MUST DO SOMETHING, DELETE THE WHOLE THREAD, BUT DO NOT BURDON PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR REAL ANSWERS WITH THE NECESSITY OF READING THROUGH THIS.
DO NOT MARK THIS QUESTION AS ANSWERED
I hope this makes sense for people, and I hope people will appreciate NOT having to read this as though there is some 'resolution' contained within.

SLES 10 (SP3) on Hyper-V 2012 R2

I do realize that is unsupported (only SP4 supposedly is)
But I have SLES 10 (SP3) image that got converted from vSphere
Once I can boot the IDE disk (by editing menu.lst to /hda1 & uninstall Vmware Tools, I would need to get network connectivity, so logical step would be to use Intergration Services 2.1 (one that supports SLES 10 SP3)
But it is a no go. On make install during load of vmbus the whole VM just hangs & dies
http://imageshack.com/a/img545/7339/16u1.jpg
The initrd never even gets created as it dies & reset is the only option
If I rem-out vmbus start in Makefile then I can get new kernel installed, but restulting kernel will panic on VM boot
Anybody has any clever idea how to get it working (if at all possible)
Seb

Getting this to work is going to be difficult. The older LIS 2.1 does not work with Hyper-V 2012 and 2012 R2 due to changes in Hyper-V itself. But you could probably get SLES 10 SP3 with LIS 2.1 working if you went back to the older Hyper-V
2008 R2.
You are correct that the LIS 3.4 package is created only for the Red Hat (and CentOS) distros. It will not work with SLES releases.
We've gotten occasional requests to get SLES 10 working on Hyper-V 2012 and 2012 R2, and we're in conversations with SUSE about creating a combination that works. But we don't have anything to announce about a timeline. When/if we get something
working, it will most likely be SLES 10 SP4, since that's the most up-to-date version from the SLES 10 series.
Michael Kelley, Lead Program Manager, Open Source Technology Center

How to move from vmware ESXi 5.5 to Hyper-V 2012 R2 on same hardware?

I have Vmware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 with two disks, called RAID0 (3.6 TB) and RAID5 (10.9 TB).
I am tired of having to rebuild ESXi every sixty days for home use so I am planning on moving to Hyper-V, but I'm a little nervous. I don't have swing kit, so will have to repurpose my existing 1 year old quite powerful machine (Intel i7 32 Gb RAM two sets
of RAID storage internal), 3 NICs. Features I need from VMware are:
Ability to snapshot and revert to snapshot (running and stopped VM)
Ability to move VMs between my different storage areas (RAID0 and RAID5)
Ability to set up internal networks to the Hyper-V host so I can set up virtual labs on their own virtual networks
USB pass through to the VM
Auto start VMs with the host.
Auto shut down VMs with the host.
Templating of OSs - mainly Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but also Centos 7. Can I convert my ESXi templates to Hyper-V?
Good performance from both Windows and Linux machines
Easy management from a workstation on the network.
Install Hyper-V to USB flash drive plugged in to the server.
Can Hyper-V do all that?
Also, I have a migration plan. Will this work?
In ESXi move all machines for migration from RAID5 to RAID0 storage.
Install Hyper-V on the host to USB flash drive (16 GB)
Format RAID5 storage so it can take vhds. (NTFS?)
Set up networks - have three NICs on the host.
Install management software on my workstation
Convert VMware vmx machines on RAID0 storage to vhd based machines on RAID5 storage. How to do this? My machines vary from v8,9 to vmx10.
Power on VMs and perform checks.
Any comments? I'm particularly concerned about the conversion process from VMware to Hyper-V and the reliability of it. Total size of VMs to convert is just under 3 TB.

Hi Mark. The short answer is yes to all. The more detailed answer is:
Make sure you're installing Windows 2012 R2 on the bare metal. All the following refers to 2012 R2.
I recommend you take some time and go through the
Hyper-V Best Practices Guide
Ability to snapshot and revert to snapshot (running and stopped VM) => yes, standard feature. Keep in mind this is meant to be a short term measure, not something you keep around for long time.
Ability to move VMs between my different storage areas (RAID0 and RAID5) => yes, storage migration is a standard feature that allows you to migrate a VM storage while the VM is running.
Ability to set up internal networks to the Hyper-V host so I can set up virtual labs on their own virtual networks => yes. An external vSwitch is one that's attached to a physical NIC. I recommend you review Hyper-V networking. It's a bit different than
VMWare.
USB pass through to the VM => not exactly. Some work around options exist, including sharing the USB drive on the host.
Auto start VMs with the host => yes, standard VM setting. You get to choose per VM whether to always start, start if it was already running, never start, or start with a given delay.
Auto shut down VMs with the host => yes (like save state) - defined in each VM setting
Templating of OSs - mainly Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but also Centos 7. Can I convert my ESXi templates to Hyper-V => yes, native in VMM, plenty of Powershell examples available online. Manual steps in Hyper-V Manager to re-use a
sys-prepped OS image is also available.
Good performance from both Windows and Linux machines => yes, depends mostly on hardware
Easy management from a workstation on the network => yes, from a Win 8.1 workstation, install RSAT
Install Hyper-V to USB flash drive plugged in to the server => yes. 16 GB is a bit small. I recommend a pair of mirrored 128GB SATA SSDs - should be inexpensive.
In ESXi move all machines for migration from RAID5 to RAID0 storage => All you need for migration is the VMDK files for each VM. VM should be offline.
Install Hyper-V on the host to USB flash drive (16 GB) => see recommendation about a pair of boot SSDs above.
Format RAID5 storage so it can take vhds. (NTFS?) => yes, NTFS, 64KB allocation unit
Set up networks - have three NICs on the host => in a single host environment / lab, you'll use 1 NIC on a single external vSwitch I guess. Or you can NIC team them then attach vSwitch to team.
Install management software on my workstation => RSAT on Win 8.1
Convert VMware vmx machines on RAID0 storage to vhd based machines on RAID5 storage. How to do this? My machines vary from v8,9 to vmx10. => try
MVMC 3
Power on VMs and perform checks. => no comment :)
Did I mention the
Hyper-V Best Practice Guide?
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Hyper-v 2012 R2 server core recommendations for single server setup

Hi All,
Next weekend I will be installing a brand new Dell 720 server for a client of mine.
I would like to hear some recommendations on how to install this hypervisor.
Let me state that I have had some experience with virtualization technology in the past with VMWARE ESXi.
This is a small client with under 10 users but I have learned that with the 2012 product offering you cannot get Small Business Server any more. I know Microsoft has Windows server 2012 Essentials but you would have to have Exchange server in the cloud which
my client does not want. He wants to run his Exchange server in house.
Also he needs Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Server) because his accounting application requires it.
He has an existing Windows 2003 domain controller that eventually has to be decommissioned because it is too old and slow.
So I thought I install Hyper-v 2012 R2 core on the new server and then create 2 VMs:
1) Windows 2012 STD to run as a secondary domain controller.
2) Windows 2012 STD member server with Exchange server 2013 and Remote Desktop Services role.
My questions here are these:
1) Do I install the Hypervisor in workgroup or domain mode?
2) When I am finished with the old server do I transfer the AD FSMO roles onto the VM that is acting as a domain controller?
The new server has 2 CPUs. How does Microsoft licensing go here? I know that Windows 2012 STD gives me 2 instances with the same product key on the same server for 1 CPU. What happens if you have 2?
Can someone give me some insight on how to go about this? I remember that I found this easier with VMWARE Esxi.
Now with Hyper-V I need to also get a management workstation with Windows 8 professional on it to manage the Hyper-V core server.
Thanks and regards
Alfred

In regard to the VM's:
1.) DC: If you're going to be installing a second domain controller that is 2012 R2, you might consider reading this guide first.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2012/07/30/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2003-or-windows-server-2003-r2-to-windows-server-2012.aspx
2.) Exchange: Here's the guide for installing Exchange 2013 on Server 2012. I don't believe R2 is supported yet for 2013.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14506.how-to-install-exchange-2013-on-windows-server-2012.aspx
3.) Host: You'd install the host in domain mode....but that point may be moot after you read #5.
4.) FSMO: I would verify the health of the 2012 DC before moving the roles. All too often I'll see a new DC get stood up, sysvol won't be published, the engineer will be in a rush to move the FSMO's, and things get a little sideways. Ultimately
you don't HAVE to move the FSMO's until you are ready to decommission the 2003 box.
5.) Licensing: No licensing rights convey with Hyper-V Core, so this may not be best for your scenario. See the queen mother of all Hyper-V licensing posts here -
http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=13090
For what it's worth, plenty of SMB's are going to Office 365 to avoid the on-prem administration headache, but your client wants what your client wants. Sorry if this isn't the news you wanted but I hope it helps.

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