Windows 2012R2 Licensing w/ Hyper-V on Server 2008R2

I know we're not "forced" to upgrade and by the time Server 2008R2 stops being supported we'll have well moved on storage-wise by then, i just wasn't sure if the virtual 2 hosts per licence was dependant on Server 2012 being the host OS... And I suppose, if you we were a VMWare shop, they could run 2 virtualised Server 2012R2s per licence too?

squeak wrote:We currently use a MD3000i SAN for storage but Dell doesn't officially support it to run with Server 2012 and up.
Time to get away from SAN!! This is a major issue. The SAN itself is a huge issue, of course, costly and risky and unnecessarily complex. But now that it is horrendously out of date and making you actually consider running an ancient version of HyperV this, right now, is the time to drop the SAN.
Move to local disks and run current HyperV. Don't let the fact that you already own the SAN cloud your judgement. It is tempting to use it to attempt to justify the money spent sometime in the past. But that money is gone, let it go. Look at what makes the most sense for the business today based on what you have today. This is the "sunk cost fallacy" playing out.

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Hyper V Integration Components of Windows 2012R2

Hi Team,
I am receiving the above error during installation of Hyper Integration Components of Windows 2012R2.
VM OS is windows 2008 std Sp2
Hyper is WIndows 2012 R2.
I have created a VM from Physical server to Virtual.
Please suggest me the solution

Hi Sr ,
You were using disk2vhd to P2V ？
Did you try to install integration services offline ?
Please refer to the article below :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/04/19/how-to-install-integration-services-when-the-virtual-machine-is-not-running.aspx
Before doing this please try to copy the VHD to another VM and test .
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Windows Server 2008r2 Enterprise Licensing

As windows server 2008r2 enterprise edition allow 4 Virtual machines. can i run single windows server 2008r2 enterprise edition license in multiple virtual machines in Hyper-V Enterprise ?
Shall I create ADC,Antivirus, Lotus Domino & Windows File Server on each instance ?
Hi I am not able to extract KB977384-DEU. It asks to password. I need a help to get latest password of it.

For licensing questions you should always ask a trained Microsoft licensing specialist. You can find them either at your Microsoft reseller or Microsoft itself.
www.microsoft.com/licensing. Relying on volunteers that respond in a technical forum is not a good source of legal advice.
So, free advice being worth everything you paid for it, the virtualization rights that come with Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise license is the right to run up to four virtual operating system instances of Windows Server. Since it is a Windows
Server license, it can only license Windows Server. Any other operating system must be licensed according to the vendor's licensing requirements. The is no limit to the number VMs you can create. There is no limit to the number of VMs you
can run, up to what the host will support.
As for applications within the VMs, you have to license those according to the vendors' licensing requirements. The Windows Server license applies to the physical host. Application software may be licensed completely differently.
As for extracting a KB. Is that a hot fix that you requested from Microsoft? Those generally include a password in an associated email message. Most likely if you request it again, you will get another password for the new download.
And, the passwords have a time limit on them, so if the time limit has passed and you still had the original password, it still would not work.
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Remote App and Desktop RDP client never succeed to logon the RDS gateway server running Windows 2012R2

Remote App and Desktop RDP client never succeed to logon the RDS gateway server running Windows 2012R2
1. Client Os : Windows 7 Pro
2. Server OS : Windows Server 2012R2 with RDS broker and RDS Gateway server with 3.part Certificate with friendly name sky.mti-itservice.no activated.
The main problem is following: The RDP logon session never ends
Any ideas ?
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Hi Kenneth,
Here for your case suggest you to configure RDP session time limit so that your user can disconnect\log off once the specific time limit reached.
You can setup the session time limit in different method.
1. Open the Server Manager, select Remote Desktop Services.
2. In Remote desktop Services, in right side you can drop down to collections.
3. Select the collection which you want to edit the settings.
4. Under collections Properties, select Task and then Edit Properties.
5. In Properties dialog box, select Session.
6. You can find all thetimeout settings under session collection properties; edit according to your requirements and then OK.
And apart also by group policy setting as below.
Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits
User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits
- Set time limit for disconnected sessions
- Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop Services sessions
- Set time limit for active Remote Desktop Services sessions
- End session when time limits are reached
Please check which setting suitable for your environment and you can apply for your case.
[Forum FAQ] Restrict number of Active Sessions in RDS 2012 and 2012 R2
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/00c2252b-8ec0-489f-8da2-07a434a9b5a2/forum-faq-restrict-number-of-active-sessions-in-rds-2012-and-2012-r2?forum=winserverTS
Hope it helps!
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Windows Server 2012 Used: Error Message from Windows 7 PC: Remote session was disconnected because there are no remote desktop license servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server administrator.

We are using Windows Server 2012 Standard installed in VMWare / Virtual machine and to access this we use vSphere client and Remote Desktop Connection / service was already enabled and was working fine with User PCs / laptops remote desktop into the server
2012, until it gave an error message of: Remote session was disconnected because there are no remote desktop license servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server administrator. whilst logging into the server.
We DON'T use Active Directory nor and we don't use domain and not looking to use it any-time soon.
I checked the RD Licensing Diagnoser and it says the grace period has expired and the licensing mode for the remote desktop session host server is not configured. I have checked the Remote Desktop Gateway has been stopped and I tried to start it and it
resumed to stop, here I assume its where the licensing part comes in to re-enabled this.
I have been trying to follow these articles online: http://ryanmangansitblog.com/2013/03/27/deploying-remote-desktop-gateway-rds-2012/ and http://www.concurrency.com/blog/rds8-add-a-licensing-server-2/#Install the overview part that I cannot get into,
because I think we have to be is AD DS for this which we don't. Is there a way around this for non domain / just standalone set-up? Is it a must / requirement we need to be in a domain in order for Remote Desktop Connection to work?
Also, we have a Windows Server 2012 RDS CALs - 10 (software and licence key), will the licence key work for the Windows 2012 Server Standard? We do not want to install the other Server mentioned which comes with CAL / licence key as its time consuming
to reinstall other programs. I have installed Server role service of Remote Desktop Licencing and automatically installed other associated services needed. in the RD Licencing Manager, the Server had a red cross and I "Activate Server"
where I followed: http://www.concurrency.com/blog/rds8-add-a-licensing-server-2/#Install in Install Licences section and I have used the licence key of CAL - 10 mentioned above; it stated I have successfully completed the install licences wizard and displayed:
10 Windows Server 2012 - RDS Per User CAL installed, and in the RD Licensing Manager the server turned into a green tick and added the licence.
I then tested the Remote desktop connection from my PC and the same error message was there and checked the RD Licensing Diagnoser and the same error messages was there. I haven't restart the services of Remote Gateway / the server itself; do I really
need to reboot server?
Any advice / guidance would be very much appreciated and this is a urgent matter.
Thank you for your time.

Hotfix Released here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2916846

Windows Server 2012 Foundation, in a Workgroup - "The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the server is joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain controller"...

Every few days we see two dialogs with the following messages:
Dialog 1, title: Check for Licensing Compliance is Incomplete
The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the server is joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain controller.
Dialog 2, title: Check for Licensing Compliance is Incomplete
The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the server is joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain controller. If the license compliance check cannot be completed, the server will automatically shut
down in 8 day(s) 23 hour(s) 0 minute(s).
The server is not (and never has been) joined to a domain or had any DC roles installed. In fact its still connected to the default Workgroup.
The server was configured in our office and never showed this message until it was installed on site. The main difference from what I can see is that when installed on site it was given a static IP address and does not have any DNS settings in the network
adapter properties.
I have scoured a number of forums on this error but in almost every other instance of this error message the servers are connected to a Domain Controller and the solutions generally are linked to dis-joining and rejoining the domain. Unfortunately this is
not an option for this scenario.
I initially thought that adding some relevant DNS server IP address may resolve the issue, however, we have the exact same model server configured exactly the same running at a different site that does not experience this problem. This server also has no
DNS server configured.
I have seen a post that suggests turning off the servers "Foundation Checking", but I'm unsure how to do this.

Thanks for your response Vivian.
I can confirm that this server is not (and never has been) a member of any active directory, it is configured as a Workgroup server. It was initially configured on a network that does have an active directory, but was never joined to it. During that time it
never displayed these messages.
The server was moved into production on a different site and network and setup with a static IP address.The site network does have its own active directory but the server was not joined to it. It is whilst on this new network that these messages began.
Since my original post DNS servers have been added and the Microsoft activation has been verified, however, the messages are still appearing.
There are only 2 user accounts configured on this server. The local admin account and another local admin user.
The remote desktop services roles have been installed but not yet configured. I don't think that has any bearing on this scenario though.
The description of this error in the above "Introduction to Windows Server 2012 Foundation" link states:
This error occurs when the server cannot finish checking the requirements for the root domain, forest trust configuration, or both. It usually happens when the server cannot connect to a domain controller. If the situation persists, the server will
shut down 10 days after the first time the compliance check failed. Each time this error message occurs, it will state the actual time remaining before the server will shut down. If you restart the server after it has shut down because of non-compliance, the
server will shut itself down again in 3 days.
The above description leads me to the following question - In a Workgroup environment, does the server still try to contact a domain controller to establish a level of trust? If this is the case could it be that the server can no longer see the initial DC
on its new network and this is what is triggering the messages?
Am I clutching at straws here?

Error: 0x800f0922 when trying to install NFS Server Feature on Windows 2012R2

I'm trying to install the "Server for NFS" option under the File and Storage Services role on a Windows 2012R2 server, but I keep receiving an 0x800f0922 error. I've tried the install via the GUI and Powershell. I've also tried using the
DISM utility with different source media for the install, but with the same result.   I ran "SFC /scannow" to check for any missing files/reg keys but it returned no errors. Any thoughts?

Thank you for the help! I did try the suggested steps, but the issue persisted. I was able to resolve the issue by removing software on the server that was using the NFS ports needed for successful installation of the native NFS server.
In our case it was an optional component of our backup software called"Veeam backup vPower NFS".   There is also a known issue with the Qlogic's SanSurfer software using the NFS ports.
There were entries in the System event log that tipped me off:
Event ID: 7000  The Server for NFS Open RPC (ONCRPC) Portmapper service failed to start due to the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Event ID: 7001  The Server for NFS Driver service depends on the Server for NFS Open RPC (ONCRPC) Portmapper service which failed to
start because of the following error:

Limiting Memory Usage of Exchange 2010sp1 store.exe on a Windows 2012r2 Server?

Hello,
I am running Windows 2012r2 Server with Exchange 2010sp1, 1 forest and 6 mailboxes. So this is not a heavy load for Exchange 2010sp1 to handle. The problem is the Windows 2012r2 server is also used as a file storage server. The problem is the Exchange 2010sp1
is using most of the 16GB of ram available and slowing down the server. Is it possible to limit the Exchange 2010sp1 store.exe to use less memory and if so what are the steps in Windows 2012r2 to complete this task.
I have read that it can be done through ADSI Edit. But the steps they explain are not for Windows 2012r2 and do not match.
Thank You,
Stan

Hi Stan,
Did you change msExchESEparamCacheSizeMax and msExchESEparamCacheSizeMin both attribute of Information Store?
Start ADSIEDIT.msc Navigate to Configuration > Services > Microsoft Exchange > <Organization Name> > Administrative Groups > <Administrative Group> > Servers > <Server Name> > InformationStore
http://eightwone.com/2011/04/06/limiting-exchange-2010-sp1-database-cache/
That ADSIEdit path shouldn't be different on Windows 2012 R2 because it doesn't depend on operating system and it should be always same in Configuration partition of Active Directory.
Besides....
Exchange 2010 SP1 (and SP2) is not supported now so suggest you upgrade to SP3. http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2013/01/04/end-of-exchange-2010-sp1-support.aspx
Exchange 2010 (with any service pack or update rollups) is not (yet) supported to install on Windows 2012 R2 - http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff728623(v=exchg.150).aspx

Upgrading Hyper-V Server 2008R2 Cluster to 2012R2

I have a Hyper-V Server 2008R2 (free 'core' version) cluster that I would like to upgrade to Hyper-V Server 2012R2 (same 'core' version). I found
this document that seems to outline the process, however I have the following questions...
Any reason this process won't work on the "core" version of Hyper-V. i.e. "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008R2". I currently have a 2-node 2008R2 HA cluster with "core" servers and am looking to migrate that cluster
to the "core" version of 2012R2.
Is there no way to do this "in place", meaning without a dedicated target server? It seems like the process assumes you just have extra servers sitting around that can act as targets. I suppose I could shuffle VMs off one cluster node,
evict that node from my current cluster, rebuild it with 2012R2 core, add it to a new cluster as the only node and carry on with the process outlined here? Once all VMs are on the new "cluster" of one 2012R2 node, I would destroy the original
cluster, rebuild those machines with 2012R2 and add them as nodes to the new cluster?
Any reason the "Failover Cluster Manager" tool, version 6.1, I've been using to manage my 2008R2 environment won't work to do the migration? Or are there new 2012 tools I need to have installed on my workstation. Remember, since this
is the "core" version I can't manage anything from the server.
Thanks,
Todd

Here's an update on what happened...
The first VM that failed turned out had 1 snapshot, which I know is a no no, but I generally never snapshot servers so it didn't even occur to me to check. So that's why the migrated VM wouldn't boot. When I recreated the VM manually and pointed
to the VHD file it obviously didn't include the AVHD content so it booted the server into a 2 month old state. That led to the domain problems since the AD server account password had changed sometime in the last 2 months. I tried a bunch of fixes
but the only thing that finally worked was to remove the server from the domain and re-join. Of course, that then broke Citrix, but that's getting off-topic.
The second VM that failed was because for some reason a CSV that it relied on was not migrated over and I didn't notice that in that in the report. And then I couldn't find any way to bring that CSV in after the fact. I re-ran the pre-migration
and it still didn't show it. Of course this is my biggest volume at 800GB. So I then re-mapped one of my old cluster nodes back to the LUN (after removing the new node), brought up the lost CSV, copied the VHD file on it to external media, brought
the old cluster down again, the new one up and was going to blow away that LUN and create it as a new CSV on the new cluster. Of course, when I went to go create the CSV it showed my LUN available for storage and I just had to add it and all the data
was brought with it. So 2 hours of copying for nothing! I'm not at all sure what happened with this problem, but it seems either rebooting the old cluster node or the new one jarred things lose.
Just wanted to report back saying everything is going again. And also to vent about how poor and riddled with pitfalls this migration is. The snapshot issue is ridiculous, how hard would it be for the tool to check for that and then throw an
error in the migration report?
For anyone that needs to upgrade from 2008 to 2012, good luck!

Upgrading hyper-v server 2008r2 free version to hyper-v server 2012r2 free version

Hello,
I have a question, can I upgrade the software of hyper-v server 2008r2 free version to hyper-v server 2012r2 free version.
I want to upgrade a exciting server so a in place upgrade, if yes do I have to worry about something? like shutting down vm's?
thx in advance

Hi,
it's not possible to perform an inplace upgrade from Hyper-V server 2008R2 to Hyper-V server 2012
You can find some more info
here.
You can export your Hyper-V guests, reinstall the machine with a fresh install and import them again.
Hope this helps.

How to manage Workgroup Windows 2012r2 core Server Firewall

How to manage Workgroup Windows 2012r2 core Server Firewall?
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I have tried most things I can, and it always returns error connecting

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How to specify only possible owner of the VM in Hyper-v cluster (Windows 2012R2)

Good day,
We want to prevent the migration of
virtual machines between the cluster nodes in indows 2012R2 Hyper-V cluster.
How to specify only possible owner of the VM in Hyper-v cluster (Windows 2012R2) ?
SQL clustering

Hi Al_leont,
I ask if your using FOCM or SCVMM as you configure possible owners in different places. As well as possible owners you can also configure preferred owners, affinity and anti affinity groups and placement rules.
To configure possible owner in FOCM you select the VM you want to configure, then in the bottom window select the resources tab (change from summary tab). Right click the Virtual Machine Resource, then select the Advance Polices tab of
the popup window. You should then see the hyper-V nodes as Possible owners.
In SCVMM you just right click on the VM and select properties, then settings form the popup window.
Preferred owners, affinity and anti affinity groups, placement rules are configured in other locations or by PowerShell.
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Upgrading from Windows Server 2008r2 to 2012r2

We have an existing Windows Server 2008R2 which Crystal Reports delivering reports via our website.
On the Windows 2008 server, we used Crystal Reports version 2008.
I am now updating my Windows Server to 2012, and because Crystal Reports 2008 does not work on this server, I am trying to use the latest version. (I downloaded the trial -- once it works, I will purchase.)
Below is the Web.config file I have on the 2008 server (and this works on the 2008 server
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="CrystalImageCleaner-AutoStart" value="true"/>
        <add key="CrystalImageCleaner-Sleep" value="60000"/>
        <add key="CrystalImageCleaner-Age" value="120000"/>
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    <connectionStrings/>
    <system.web>
        
        <compilation debug="false">
            <assemblies>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Framework, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Report, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.InfoStore, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Viewing.ReportSource, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/><add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommonObjectModel, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ObjectFactory, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.TemplateEngine, Version=12.0.1100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/>
                <add assembly="System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
                <add assembly="System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
                <add assembly="System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
                <add assembly="System.Web.Services, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.DirectoryServices.Protocols, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.ServiceProcess, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
                <add assembly="System.Web.RegularExpressions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.Data.AdoDotNetInterop, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692FBEA5521E1304"/></assemblies></compilation>
        
        <authentication mode="Windows"/>
        
        <httpHandlers><add verb="GET" path="CrystalImageHandler.aspx" type="CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalImageHandler, CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=12.0.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/><add verb="GET" path="CrystalImageHandler.aspx" type="CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalImageHandler, CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/></httpHandlers></system.web>
</configuration>
What do I need to install and what changes to the web.config do I need to make to have my reports continue to display via my website?

First, you need to download the new SDK - it's no longer available as part of the Crystal Reports install.
To do this go here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824. Download and install the latest version of the "Install Executable" to get integration into Visual Studio. The other installs are the runtime installs - select the appropriate runtime install for your environment.
Now you have to upgrade your application to VS 2010 or newer. There are some changes to the SDK, so you can't just replace the assemblies in your existing application's configuration. DO NOT compile as "any CPU", you need to specifically target either x86 (32-bit runtime) or x64 (64-bit runtime). If you target the 32-bit runtime (which will run on a 64-bit server!) and you're using ODBC, you'll need to create 32-bit ODBC connections on the server. In any case, when working in VS, you'll need 32-bit ODBC connections for testing.
-Dell

Windows 8.1 and Hyper-V

Hi All
I have successfully installed windows 8.1 and Hyper-V on my HP Probook 4540s having previously run Windows 8 but I have been totally unable to import any of my Generation 1 Virtual Machines as the wizard says no machine found. These all previously in Windows
8. is there a setting I have not found or is this a beta (preview) problem? If there is no work around I will have to revert to Windows 8.
Frank
Frank
Frank

I have found my own solution all be it a tedious one.
I built a Windows Server 2012 machine and activated Hyper-V (I believe a Windows 8.0 with Hyper-V would also have worked)
Installed the virtual machines from the Microsoft installation disks
Exported the Machines to a USB Drive. I found that it made no difference if I powered up the VMs before exporting them. It seems that all that was required is to install them into Server 2012 Hyper-V and then export them.
Imported the VM into Windows 8.1 and they imported correctly.
As a trial I also exported the Machines from Windows Server 2008 R2 but these machines would not import into Windows 8.1
I trust that this will be resolved by the installation wizard before the full release
Frank
Frank
I doubt that this will change in the RTM version. Import/Export has changed in 2012R2 and I expect Win 8.1 to be the same.
This was posted in reply to a similar question in the Hyper-V forum by Taylor Brown from the dev team.
VM's that are exported from Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 utilized the version 1 WMI namespace which resulted in a .exp file to represent the exported virtual machine.
In Windows Server 2012 we introduced a new WMI namespace (version 2 or root\virtualization\v2) which implemented a much better import/export model – allowing you to effectively just copy the virtual machine folder (with the VM’s XML configuration file
inside it) as well as the VM’s VHDs and then import that directly.
For Windows Server 2012 we maintained the version 1 WMI namespace which allowed for importing of Windows Server 2008/R2 VM’s on 2012.
In Windows Server 2012 R2 we have removed the old version 1 namespace which means we can’t import virtual machines that where exported from Windows Server 2008/R2.
However we can import them if you copy the virtual machine xml file and VHD’s – to do this you need to stop the vmms on the 2008/R2 server – copy all of the virtual machine files/vhds to the Windows Server 2012 R2 server and then import them.
-Taylor Brown
-Program Manager, Hyper-V
-http://blogs.msdn.com/taylorb
Bill

Hyper-V host server upgrade from Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 to Server 2012 R2 Datacentre

We are about to upgrade our Hyper-V host servers from Server 2008R2 Enterprise SP1 to Server 2012 R2 Datacentre to take advantage of the latest Hyper-V features.
This only concerns the host servers and not the guest VMs running on the hosts (they will be upgraded next year).
This is what is running on our host servers:
Host 1
File,print & issuing CA server
Exchange 2010
SharePoint 2010
Quickbooks server
Domain controller 1
Offline CRL CA
Host 2
SQL 2008
Forefront TMG 2010
Domain Controller 2
Windows 7 client
With this is mind, I have drafted a rough action plan as follows:
Create a list of all file locations for VM memory, snapshots, virtual memory and Hyper-V config files
Document all existing system settings
Gather server information, download drivers, RAID controller and other boot drivers & firmware updates (in case the in-place upgrade fails)
Test all software media
Copy all VMs onto external data storage (NAS drive)
As part of the upgrade process we will redistribute some hard drive space i.e.
expand them to their new sizes and verify the data integrity of copied VMs by powering up each VM in a test environment
Wipe and adjust the sizes of the host partitions to accommodate the expanded VMs
Perform an in-place upgrade to Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Check EV, services etc
Change the default locations for VM memory, snapshots, virtual memory and Hyper-V config files
Upgrade Anti-virus and other system software
Test the system
Are there any glaring omissions? Does anyone have any tips they can give me?

Hi Marco,
always do a fresh Installation of your hyper-V Hosts, you could end up doing a lot of Troubleshooting with Drivers,Addons etc.. new Installation ist way faster.
Depending if you have a Cluster or Standalone Servers there are different ways to do it.
When you have installed your 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server you just can Import the VMs from the new Location.
As far as i know VMs with snapshots are not supported, so you have to remove them before doing that move and commit the changes to the vhd files, the VM need to be offline on 2008R2 to do that.
You do not Need to Export the VMs on 2008R2, just copy it, normaly you should have all Files of a VM in one Folder.
A working Backup is always your friend on such Tasks.
When the VMs are running on Hyper-V 2012R2 do not forget to Update the Integration Services.
Make Sure your Servers Hardware are still supported with 2012R2, see Server Catalog and Support Matrix of the Vendor.
And last one, where possible and supported convert the VHDs to VHDx Disks, after testing the first boot of the VM.
Udo

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