Using Windows 2008 R2 RD Session Hosts in Windows 2012 RD Deployments

Just a couple of observations from our attempt to deploy Windows 2008 R2 RD Session Hosts as part of a Windows 2012 RD Deployment. Hopefully these save someone the angst of not finding answers in other documentation.
1. Our first hurdle was trying to add a Windows 2008 R2 server (RD02) as a Session Host in the Remote Desktop Services area in Server Manager on our Windows 2012 RD Deployment server (RDCB01), which had the Connection Broker, Web Access and Session
Host role services installed. After some side-tracking through AD issues, we eventually discovered that we had to manually add RD02 to the list of servers to manage in Server Manager on RDCB01. Then it was visible and could be selected.
2. Now that we could, we tried to actually add the RD02 Windows 2008 R2 Session Host to the 2012 Deployment. This failed the previously unheard of compatibility tests with the error "Compatibility check failed" "The server is not running at least {0}". A
list of requirements is shown:
You will not be able to proceed with the installation unless ALL the following criteria are met:
The server must be available by using Windows PowerShell remotely.
The server must be running at least Windows Server 2012.
The currently logged on user must be a member of the local Administrators group on the server.
The server must not have a pending start.
We were also concerned that we could not change many of the properties of Published Applications on our 2012 Publishing server. In our case changing an icon was critical for user acceptance to distinguish between application functions.
It seems RDS is an all or nothing approach between 208 R2 and 2012 versions. The only thing we were able to get going in time was some limited Published Application capability.
I agree with other posters in their assessments of wholesale changes to RDS in 2012, and a lack of readily available definitive information.

Hi,
It seems that no official documents suggest that 2008 r2 could be involved with the 2012 rds infra.Even on the server 08 and 08r2,i don't suggest mixing them for potential incompatibility.
Any further discussions about this issue are welcomed here for all of you.
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cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms <servername>
cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato
and I get the following error message:
"Error: 0xC004F074 The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information."
Meanwhile Windows 7 clients still activate without a problem.
On the KMS host I run slmgr /dlv and get the following:
Name: Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition
Description: Windows Operating System - Windows Server(R), VOLUME_KMS_R2_B channel
Activation ID: xxxx
Application ID: xxx
Extended PID: xxx
Installation ID: xxx
Processor Certificate URL:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88342
Machine Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88343
Use License URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88345
Product Key Certificate URL:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88344
Partial Product Key: xxxx
License Status: Licensed
Remaining Windows rearm count: 3
Trusted time: 3/26/2014 9:56:25 AM
I've seen in other articles that the description should be
"VOLUME_KMS_2012-R2" channel instead of "VOLUME_KMS_R2_B channel"
My question is how do I get the 2008 R2 KMS host to activate Windows 8.1 clients?
Did I miss a step in adding the 2012 R2 KMS key, and if I did what step did I miss?
It's not possible to add Windows Vista/7/8.0/8.1 KMShost pkeys into a WindowServer OS - they will not install, because the KMShost pkey must activate the host OS as well as perform KMShost functions, and, a WindowsClientOS pkey will never be accepted on
a WindowsServerOS.
Similarly, you can't install multiple Windows pkeys - only the last (acceptable) pkey will be kept - all previous pkeys will be displaced/removed (last in wins).
Your slmgr output clearly shows that you have the WS2008R2 KMShost pkey, in place. You need to install the WS2012R2 KMshost pkey to get your 8.1 KMSclients to activate.
KMShost pkeys are "cumulative", i.e. WS2012R2 KMShost pkey will activate all lower versions of both WindowsServer and WindowsClient OS.
Don
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Windows 2008 Standard SP2 inplace upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 failing

Hi All,
I'm encountering an issue with performing an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2008 SP2 to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Server details:
Virtual machine running on VMware ESXi 5.
Uninstalled AV and backup software
Domain controller also running AD Certificate Services#
UAC disabled
Running setup as a domain admin
When launching setup, the process completes "Copying Windows Files". After a few seconds or being on "Gathering files, settings and programs 0%", an error appears on screen -
Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation.
Error code: 0xC0000005
Errors and information up to the fatal errors in the setupact.log setup summary:
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info MIG Loading replacement manifest data for Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Core
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info MIG Loading replacement manifest data for Microsoft-Windows-WSRM-Service
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info [0x080841] MIG UPGCSIAgent: Enumerating installed manifest source using C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Warning [0x080405] MIG EnablePrivilege: AdjustTokenPrivileges failed (Error:0x514)
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info CSI 00000001@2013/4/28:18:26:35.866 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x7feeff78c85 @0x7fef1646a4e @0x7fef1646676 @0x7fef1647a53 @0x7fef164c291
@0x7feedd728ba)
2013-04-28 19:26:35, FatalError [0x090001] PANTHR Exception (code 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION) occurred at 0x000007FEF00498CF in C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll (+00000000001498CF).
Minidump attached (107516 bytes).
2013-04-28 19:26:36, FatalError [0x090001] PANTHR Exception (code 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION) occurred at 0x000007FEF00498CF in C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll (+00000000001498CF).
Minidump attached (107788 bytes).
The diagerr.xml has the two minidumps but they are just encoded straight into the xml file. Thanks for any assistance. /Ashley

Hi,
Generally such kind of issues are caused by third party programs such as CD burning programs, device driver etc.
First please refer to this article to see if there is anything helpful:
Guide for Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff972408(v=ws.10).aspx
Meanwhile from the description, it mentioned a file under C:\Windows\winsxs. Check the permission of the folder amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6 and the file wcp.dll to see if the permission
and ownership are correct compare with the other folders.
Also as it provided 2 minidump files, you will need to use WinDBG to read the minidump files and see if there is any further information.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263
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Windows 2008 r2 guests blue screen on Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster with e5 2670-v2 processors

Hello all,
We have a new hyper-v infrastructure deployed in two brand new Dell R720 Servers with 384GB of Memory and dual Intel e5 2670-v2 processors. This infrastructure is replacing an existing hyper-v 2008 R2 and all the guests are being migrated to this new cluster.
The issue we are seeing is our 2008 r2 guests blue screening ocasionally with 0x0000001a,0x0000004e or 0x00000050 bugchecks.
All this guests are configured with dynamic memory and with the integration components up to date. These same guests were running with no problems in the hyper-v 2008r2 cluster.
When searching i found this article from vmware that pretty much describes what we are facing:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2073791
Are you aware of the same problem with this kindd of hardware on windows 2012 r2 hyper-v?
Thanks!
Nuno Carvalho

Meanwhile i found this May 2014 update on the intel specification of the CPU we are using:
CA135 Incorrect Page Translation when EPT is enabled
Problem:
If EPT (Extended Page Tables) is enabled, then a complex sequence of internal processor events may result in unexpected page faults or use of incorrect page translations.
Implication:
Due to this erratum a guest may crash or experience unpredictable system behavior.
Workaround:
It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum.
Status:
For the affected steppings, see the
Summary Tables of Changes.
This affects VMware as of the today update of the article i referenced in the first post, what about hyper-v?
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/xeon-e5-v2-spec-update.pdf
Nuno Carvalho

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