Hyper-V core 2012 R2 - Unmanageable

Hi everybody,
Got a fun one, kinda. So started to upgrade from hyper-v 2012 core 2012 to R2. Migrated the VMs. Formatted the system drive. Reinstalled from scratch. Added to the domain. Rebooted.
I could remote desktop, connect with Hyper-V manager.
Connected back to the hyper-v 2012 R2 core with RD, installed iSCSI and set the target, installed and configured MPIO. Rebooted.
And I lost access from every where to the Hyper-V Core. The only way I can access them is via remote powershell sessions. Server manager does not work, I can't ping anymore, can't RD to them, can't SNMP either. They are in the same OU as the other servers
still running 2012 normal.
Any idea why, after the second reboot most access went down the drain ?
I feel like the system thinks it is not on a domain network anymore and thus the firewall started. But even stopping the firewall did not help for one of the 2 servers. And I d rather not disable the FW anyway. I also tried hvremote, no luck.
Regards,

Hi,
I am using the same plan for the MAC as for the IP. The last 3 octets of the MAC are the same as the last 3 octets of the IP. That is for the VM.
The thing is, every time I install Hyper 2012 R2, create a LBFO team, add the management adapter, that management adapter always get 00-15-5d-00-00-00. And I install from CD. If I remove it and recreate it, same thing, still get 00-00-00. I just think it
is painful the way the hosts are setup in Hyper-V. I come from VMWare world where a virtual switch can have multiple adapters and hold multiple VLAN. In Hyper-V you have to create the aggregate to support the virtual switch. I also never had MAC issues in
VMWare and I keep getting them in Hyper-V be it on hosts or VMs.
But then I am using the free tools available at the moment. Maybe VMM would work better but we can't pay that. If we were to go for paying solution, VMWare essentials would work better for us. We are kind of right between big enough to need the tools but
not big enough that they are truly worth it. At least the Microsoft ones.
Anyway, going back to my original issue:
* 2012 R2 does not work with domain firewall on, even when I add the following rules:
Enable-NetFirewallRule -name RVM-RPCSS-In-TCP,RVM-VDSLDR-In-TCP,RVM-VDS-In-TCP
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup “Windows Remote Management”
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup “Remote Event Log Management”
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Volume Management" new enable=yes
The remote desktop is set via GPO at domain level and it works perfectly fine for all except Hyper-V 2012 R2 core. And the VMs are running 2012 R2 standard / datacenter.
The Hyper-V core 2012 hosts work perfectly fine. Am I missing something specific to Hyper-V core 2012 R2 ?
Have a fun week :)

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Regards,
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Hi Adam,
Indeed it is odd. The flow has been following, and I doubt any of these steps had caused any issue.
Step 1. VM started, booted from ISO, installed OS, Reboot. (usual)
Step 2. VM became available, password configured, logged on, checked DHCP assigned TCP/IP Settings.
Step 3. WUAPP invoked to download install updates, updates required reboot, VM rebooted.
Step 4. VM became available, won't respond to CTRL+ALT+DEL (In hyper-V VM console DEL is replaced by End).
Step 5. Integration startup disk inserted, waited couple of seconds, VM allowed CTRL+ALT+DEL.
Step 6. WUAPP invoked again to continue download/install of updates, it finished, VM rebooted.
Step 7. VM became available, won't respond to any command sent to VM from console, just complains (RCP Service not available). Won't accept integration startup disk even.
BTW, the ISO used is trial edition of Win2k8 R2; popularly available for download, the
180 days trial edition.
I couldn't get to stage to assign IP to VM, because I wanted to install all important updtes before I do any thing else.
Regards,
Shahzad.

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