Hyper-V 2012 R2 QoS for a specific set of VMs?

I'm trying to figure out how to setup SCVMM 2012 R2 with a Logical Switch to support QoS for a specific set up VMs. Specifically, I have a subnet that will have a variety of VMs running, but within that subnet I have a handful of VMs that need a unique
software QoS setting. Is this possible?
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/04/03/configure-nic-teaming-and-qos-with-vmm-2012-sp1-by-kristian-nese.aspx
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Moving VMs From One Hyper-v 2012 R2 to Another Hyper-v 2012 R2

Hi everyone, was hoping for some help in something I am confused about
Currently I have SERVER1 running hyper-v 2012 R2
I want to move all my VMs (around 20) to SERVER2 also running Hyper-v 2012 R2
But I am confused on the best way to do this
1) should I just click on "MOVE" on SERVER1 to move to SERVER2?
2) Should I do an export and then import
3) should I setup replication from Server1 to Server2 and then do a failover?
4) or should I shut the VM down, copy the VHDX file and then create a new VM and use that VHDX
I just want to be cautious and use the best method to ensure it goes smooth and not worry about any corruption. Can anyone offer some advice?
thanks

Hi everyone, was hoping for some help in something I am confused about
Currently I have SERVER1 running hyper-v 2012 R2
I want to move all my VMs (around 20) to SERVER2 also running Hyper-v 2012 R2
But I am confused on the best way to do this
1) should I just click on "MOVE" on SERVER1 to move to SERVER2?
2) Should I do an export and then import
3) should I setup replication from Server1 to Server2 and then do a failover?
4) or should I shut the VM down, copy the VHDX file and then create a new VM and use that VHDX
I just want to be cautious and use the best method to ensure it goes smooth and not worry about any corruption. Can anyone offer some advice?
thanks
It all depends on your environment and your current Hyper-V configuration.
I asume both servers are domain-member of the same domain and don't use SCVMM. If so, then make sure you do the following:
First enable the "Live Migration" feature in the Hyper-V settings on both Hyper-V Servers.
Make sure both Hyper-V Servers have a vSwitch configured with the same display name and connectivity. They must be somewhat identical, but not everything. As long as the connectivity is the same.
Make sure you have a location to store the VM files on SERVER2.
Then do a Live Migration from SERVER1 to SERVER2, follow the wizard. By using the Hyper-V Manager console on SERVER1.
NOTE1: Without computer certificates and Kerberos configuration on your Live Migration settings you cannot initiate a Live Migration from the Hyper-V Manager cconsole on SERVER2. With the default configuration, you have to login on (or connect
to) SERVER1 en then initiate the Live Migration.
NOTE2: If you can't configure the vSwitches the same. Then you have to shut down the VMs and do a Quick Migration. Then re-configure the VM network properties and power on the VMs.
I hope this information will help you goin on. If you need more detailed information use the following link:
Configure Live Migration and Migrating Virtual Machines without Failover Clustering
http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/jj134199.aspx
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Hyper-V 2012 Breaks Ubuntu 10 and 11

Hi All,
With Hyper-V 2008 R2 installing Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 used to work with no issues. The synthetic network driver worked and was stable.
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A fresh install of those OSs also fails, with a kernel panic as soon as you include the synthetic network adapter in the VM profile. The legacy network adapter misbehaves on all of them and is not usable in production.
Note that Ubuntu 12 and 13 both work 100% fine on both Hyper-V 2008 R2 and Hyper-V 2012.
Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04, 11.10 work 100% fine on Hyper-V 2008 R2, but not on Hyper-V 2012.
We have some clients who need to run Ubuntu 10 or 11 and we have no way of continuing to provide them services using Hyper-V. Does anyone have a solution for this (please only answer if you have a tested solution, we run hundreds of VMs across many operating
systems in clustered and non-clustered environments, so we know what we are doing)?
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- Will

Hi,
In Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008R2 with SP1 and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V supported operating system list, the supported Ubuntu version is 12.04. And it mentions for Ubuntu 12.04 Integration services do not require a
separate installation because they are built-in.
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Drivers: IDE, SCSI, networking, and mouse
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But for previous Ubuntu version, there's no guarantee that it can work with Windows Server 2012. You may contact Ubuntu support to check whether they have some solution or extra driver package to run previous Ubuntu in Windows
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VMs on Hyper-V 2012 R2 are shutting down automatically

Hello Guys!
I'm having a huge problem in my Hyper-V 2012 R2 environment. Yesterday, 9 of 40 VMs were shutdown automatically, and so, caused a downtime problem to my customers in the business hours.
I checked in the Event Viewer (Application / System / Microsoft - Windows - Hyper) of the Host and VM but I couldn't locate any log related to this unexpected shutdown.
It occurred twice yesterday, the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon. I'm afraid that this issue can happen again. I've tried to locate some logs to identify this problem, but no luck here.
My question: Is there any other place where it can help me in this troubleshooting to find the root cause?
Obs: All the VMs are licensed / activated.
Obs2: The VMs are Win 2008 R2 Std
Leandro Soares - MCP/MCSA/MCTS

Hello Brian!
The customers doesn't have access using the RDP / ICA. The role machines is web servers.
In the VMs I can find only the following log:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 24/06/2014 11:09:04
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: xxx
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Can I assign several physical storage locations for each virtual machine when using the replication-feature from Hyper-V 2012 R2?

Hi everyone,
I have 2x physical servers running Hyper-V 2012 R2. Each hosts several virtual machines. The VHDs of the VMs are stored on several dedicated physical disks to have a performance boost. For exampe if VM A has two VHDs attached I made sure that the VHDs are
on different physical disks to have them not slow-down each other in case of intensive disk accesses.
So far so good. I was looking forward to the replication-feature. The idea is to have the two physical servers have their primary running VMs being replicated to the other physical server and vice-versa. I was hoping to have the chance to choose for each
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Thanks in advance.
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Secondly, you could replicate different VMs to different storage locations to perform some of the disk balancing you are trying to perform. Lastly, you could copy the vhd file to a different location
before starting the VM.
.:|:.:|:. tim
Hi Tim,
thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I had some other tasks to take care of, so I wasn't paying enough attention to this thread.
The part I quoted from your reply sounds exactly like the action I'd like to perform, but as you pointed out before this should not be possible.
How can I perform the action (replicating each VM to a storage location) as you mentioned secondly? To sum it up again:
2x physical machines carrying severel HDDs
8+ VMs spread to run on the 2x servers
when setting up replication I can only set the storage-location from server A on B and vice versa B on A
Thanks again for your reply.
Cheers,
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Advice on setting up a windows server 2012 domain LAB for study within Hyper V server 2012 r2 machine

HI im wanting to setup a study lab containing several windows 2012 r2 servers (mixture of core and full installs) to allow me to study towards my MCSA in server 2012 r2 and then for MCSE.
Physical equpiment,
1 pc   which is has window 8.1 pro installed from this machine. This machine i would like to remote manage and connect through to my Hyper-v server and then into any of the virtual machines. (this machine is more of a gaming pc so not
able to run to many vm's from it)
2 pc bought Just for study 8 core processor 1 tb of hhd space 16 gb of ram.
This machine i would like to setup using hyper-v server 2012 r2, which then i would create a test domain within it also with some clients allowing me to play and undstand the principles im learning.
now im getting conflictiong information regarding the Hyper-v server 2012.
If i set the hyper-v server up as a standalone in a work group. Would i be able to manage ther VM's within the hyperv server from my external windows 8 pro machine using the remote server management tools or would i need to connect that pc
to the domain.
Things I think i can do but not sure.   as im still learning
Could I setup a server 2012 r2 running AD dns and add the hyper-v role then wihtin that create the rest of the domain inside, allowing me from my other phyical machine log on to domain and manage all servers and machines.
Could I set up as i originally suggested, set up hyper-v 2012 server in a workgroup, then create the domain within the hyper-v server but still connect from my external pc to manage the hyper-v and all the internal VM's within the domain.
I could run a Domain controller on a VM from my other windows 8 machine (within hyper-v or wmware), then on the 2nd machine install the hyper-v server connect it to the domain running from the other machine from what i can see, many people say this is the
better option, BEST Practice, but this is only a lab and i dont require resilience. and i would prefer to have my  as a sever manager via the remote tools.
So what i like to know if you can point me in the right direction either by a guide for someone who has setup a similar to me.
or tell which of the above options is possible or not so i dont waste anytime.
Network, i know i can do this virtually but i already have cisco routers and layer 2 swicthes so i may make the network lab via them.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me

"If i set the hyper-v server up as a standalone in a work group. Would i be able to manage ther VM's within the hyperv server from my external windows 8 pro machine using the remote server management tools or would i need to
connect that pc to the domain."
It makes it easier to set up if everything is in the same domain, but it is quite possible to manage the VMs without being part of the domain. A very useful tool that I use for my lab all the time (my lab is in a lab domain and my laptop is in the
corporate domain with absolutely no trusts between them) is RDCMAN.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101 I all my machines, physical and virtual, defined within RDCMAN and can easily connect to any one of them from my laptop. But to understand how to manage everything remotely, I create
one virtual workstation within the domain and load all the management tools on it. I RDP to the management workstation and perform most management functions, but I can get to any machine directly if I need to.
"Could I setup a server 2012 r2 running AD dns and add the hyper-v role then wihtin that create the rest of the domain inside, allowing me from my other phyical machine log on to domain and manage all servers and machines."
Yes, but you could also build the AD as a VM, too.
. : | : . : | : . tim

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.

Selecting a boot drive for Hyper-V 2012 server - is a boot drive performance important?

I'm setting up a new Hyper-V 2012 server dedicated to virtualization and I'm trying to determine the best choice for the boot drive.
I have 2x250gb SSD drives i'm considering for storage pools for VM's
I have an old 80GB SATA drive
I'm wondering how important the primary boot drive is in a Win 2012 Hyper-V setup. I can partition one of the SSD's to provide a boot partition, or I can just dedicate the 80GB SATA.
What do you think would be a better choice?
Edit: A more precise question, why not partition the SSD for boot? Is there any benefit for separating the disks for boot vs just the partition?
Thanks,
Deco

Hello,
I hope you are having a great day!
What resources are available to you? If you have hardware RAID, it would be best to configure the SSD drives for RAID 1 (mirrored) and run everything from that. This will provide you fault tolerance in the case of a drive failure.
If hardware RAID is not available to you, then definitely use the 80GB SATA drive as the OS Boot Drive, without a hardware RAID for the OS disks you will have a single point of failure no matter what disks you use. Yes with SATA drive the system will boot
up slower :-( , but that is about the only negative.
This will also enable you to leave the SSD's as RAW un-formatted disks which can then be configured in a Storage Pool with mirroring if you wish and then have the VHD's reside there.
Absolutely, dedicate the SSD's for the placement of the Virtual Machines Config and Vhd/Vhdx Files.
For absolute best performance results use VHDX Fixed disks for maximum performance.
Dynamically expanding VHDX will have a minor almost unnoticeable performance hit (depending on the purpose of the VM) and help ensure that the amount of hard disk space the VHDX file is occupying is kept to a minimum. An example of degradation in performance
would become noticeable if for instance, the VM is being used as a file repository and users are constantly uploading files.
The bottom line is, if you don't have hardware RAID for the OS you always have a single point of failure, so hope for the best and keep great backups.

Current best practice for Time service settings for Hyper-V 2012 R2 Host and guest OS's

I am trying to find out what the current best practice is for Time service settings in a Hyper-V 2012 environment. I find conflicting information. Can anyone point me in the right direction. I have found some different sources (links below) but again the
are not consistent. Thanks
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/11/19/time-synchronization-in-hyper-v.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/virtual_active_directory_domain_controller_virtualization_hyperv(v=ws.10).aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12709.time-services-for-a-domain-controller-on-hyper-v.aspx

From the first link provided by Brian, it does state that the time service should be off, but then the update changes that statement. Still best to rely on the first link in the OP - it was written by the guy that has been responsible for much of what
gets coded into Hyper-V, starting from before there ever was a Hyper-V. I'd say that's a pretty reliable source.
Time service
For virtual machines that are configured as domain controllers, it is recommended that you disable time synchronization between the host system and guest operating system acting as a domain controller. This enables your guest domain controller to synchronize
time from the domain hierarchy.
To disable the Hyper-V time synchronization provider, shut down the VM and clear the Time synchronization check box under Integration Services.
Note
This guidance has been recently updated to reflect the current recommendation to synchronize time for the guest domain controller from only the domain hierarchy, rather than the previous recommendation to partially disable time synchronization between the
host system and guest domain controller.
. : | : . : | : . tim

Symantec Antivirus Best Practice for Hyper-v 2012 R2 Cluster

Hi Team ,
I am Working with Hyper-v 2012 R2 Cluster with 5 Node . All are working fine .
Now i am Planning to install Antivirus Symantec in to each node. Please let me know if there is any Best practice guide to install Symantec Antivirus for Hyper-v 2012 R2 Cluster node.
I am using full version of Windows 2012 R2 with hyper-v.
Thanks
Ravi
Ravi

I would also look strongly at no antivirus as well, but if you do, here are the recommended exclusions and possible issues with Anti-Virus to look out for.
Look for the Hyper-V section:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/953.microsoft-anti-virus-exclusion-list.aspx
Big things to stay away from from a VM level too:
1. Do not have a set time when all VMs will kick off a scheduled full disk scan. This can create an I/O storm on your hosts as well as saturate the CPUs as well. Look for products or settings that allow for randomization of full disk scans on
the VMs or do not do full disk scans and only keep the real time scanners active on the VMs for incoming writes.
2. Watch for Antivirus products that update all the VMs at the same time. Again, sometimes you can randomize or exclude a scheduled full disk scan, but sometimes an automated update that kicks off say at 12am can then automatically kick off a
mini scan. This can also create disk I/O and CPU storms.
The problem that still exists with many Antivirus products today is that they try to scan as fast as they can and then get out of the way. This works ok for endpoint desktops or laptops, but when you have 50 or more VMs on a host all ramping up trying
to get done as quick as they can, then this can cause some issues.
Rob McShinsky (www.VirtuallyAware.com)
VirtuallyAware - Experiences in a Virtual World (Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine)

Hyper V 2012 network options

We are testing Hyper V 2012, and the networking options seem confusing.
I created a virtual external switch on the host, trunked vlans down to it from an upstream 3750, and created some VMs.
No problem there: the VMs were able to get outside, etc.
But what do the "private" and "internal" networks give me?
It is my understanding that neither private nor internal networks can communicate with subnets/networks outside the host(s)
I thought maybe I could use private networks and have the Hyper V 2012 host route the traffic out to the real world, apply security policies, etc.
Is this even possible? Or do the options simply isolate VMs? (and are therefore not any better of existing VMWare technology)

My understanding is that the private and internal networks are for networking specific to the hyper-v host. So you can create a private netwok that allows two VMs to communicate with each other but not the outside world.
There is no way to forward that traffic outside the hyper-v host.
We are working on N1KV for Hyper-v which will bring most of the NXOS feature set to Hyper-v. So PVLANs, ACLs, port-channels, QOS, etc...

Hyper-V 2012 R2 roles, access denied, failed to connect to service, AzMan....

Hi All,
I have followed dozens of tutorials to set up roles for Hyper-V, but I keep coming up short. I have no problem managing the five domain-joined 2012 R2 Core Hyper-V servers we have remotely from my Windows 8.1 PC, but I have a lab box I would like to grant
specific permissions to some Help Desk users on.
The key tutorial I have followed is from John Howard (http://blogs.technet.com/b/jhoward/archive/2008/04/01/part-4-domain-joined-environment-hyper-v-remote-management-you-do-not-have-the-requested-permission-to-complete-this-task-contact-the-administrator-of-the-authorization-policy-for-the-computer-computername.aspx),
but it still does not allow a non-admin account to use Hyper-V Manager remotely. Without his tutorial, I get access denied with my "TestUser" account. After following his steps, Hyper-V Manager appears to connect to the server, but says "The
Virtual Machine Management service is not available." Even using his HVRemote with the /show flag, everything shows as PASSED.
Digging deeper, I see dozens of failed audit Event Viewer logs saying "TestUser" is requesting READ to Service Control Manager. That sent me searching, and I found
http://arnoutboer.nl/weblog/?p=300 and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374928(v=vs.85).aspx.
After granting "AU" (Authenticated Users) every permission resembling "read", Hyper-V Manager now shows "There are no virtual machines to show" (or something along those lines); even though I know there are about 30 VMs on this
host. I try to create a new VM (out of curiosity, and now that those options actually appear), and I get permission denied immediately after the create VM wizard pops up.
Why is this such a convoluted process? I would appreciate any help creating Roles for Hyper-V 2012.
Thank you in advance!

Hi Eric (cool name BTW!)
Putting them in Hyper-V Administrators is definitely not an option.
I absolutely believe Microsoft would do something to push you into buying their software; just as we had to purchase Windows 8.1 Pro to remotely manage our 2012 R2 servers. However, as far as I am seeing, AzMan is still in 2012 R2. Whether it works or not
is another story, but AzMan.msc is still there and I can run it on any of our 2012 R2 GUI installs.
Actually just found this:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303411.aspx. According to that, it has not yet been removed, but it has been deprecated. From what I am seeing, the Hyper-V portion of it is definitely broken.
I will look into the remote endpoints solution you mentioned. Thank you for the suggestion. I just recently took the plunge into learning C++, so maybe a Hyper-V manager of sorts will be an app to
attempt to write, haha.
Eric Christensen

VM Protection running on Hyper-V 2012 R2 with DPM 2010

Hi everyone,
We recently setup a new Hyper-V 2012 R2 server hosting virtual machine running with a Win2012 R2 server OS and 2008R2 standard Edition
Our backup solution is still running DPM 2010.
As I understand from the DPM Protection Support Matrix, You can only protect virtual machine running on a hyper-v server under Windows 2012 R2 OS with DPM 2012 R2. Isn't there possible any walkaround to have the vm protection working on dpm2010?
Otherwise, if we choose to protect the VM at guest level instead of host-level, is DPM able to perform the recovery point?
For instance, we've got a VM running a SQL database. We would like specifically to back up that SQL database running on that virtual machine.Is DPM able to perfom that job?
Regards,
Evan

Hi,
To remain in a supported configuration you need to a DPM 2012 R2 server to protect the Windows 2012 R2 hyper-v server. Unfortunately, the path to get there from DPM 2012 is not an easy one.
Upgrade steps.
Note: the Operating system and SQL requirements for DPM 2012
System Requirements for DPM in System Center 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh757757.aspx
1) On DPM 2010 install the latest update: KB2751231 Description of hotfix rollup package 7 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
2) Update the Agents to 3.0.8195.0
3) Backup the DPM 2010 database.
4) Upgrade to DPM 2012 and update agents.
5) Install the latest DPM 2012 update and Update agents.
6) Backup the DPM 2012 database.
7) Upgrade to DPM 2012 Sp1 and update agents.
Note: The Operating system and SQL requirements for DPM 2012 Sp1
System Requirements for DPM in System Center 2012 Sp1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj651645.aspx
8) Install the latest DPM 2012 Sp1 update and update agents.
KB2904723-Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1 Update Rollup 5
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2904723
KB2904730-Description of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 5
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2904730
9) Continue to DPM 2012 R2..
Note: the Operating system and SQL requirements for DPM 2012 R2.
System Requirements for DPM in System Center 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh758176.aspx
10) Backup the DPM 2012 Sp1 database.
11) Upgrade to DPM 2012 R2 and update agents
12) Install latest DPM 2012 R2 update and update agents.
Else, you could stand up a new dedicated DPM 2012 R2 server from scratch to protect that new server and leave the DPM 2010 as is for current protection.
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