Category: Virtual Machines
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Configuring Networking using SCVMM2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012R2 DHCP Server.
There’s a number of moving parts to be considered while configuring logical networking in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 . In this post, I attempt to document my steps in creating and configuring the Logical networks, logical switches, Port profiles, VM networks and Network sites/Logical network definitions that enable the extension of my…
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Moving a Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage to a Cluster Volume using PowerShell.
I have a Virtual Machine ADS00 running a guest OS WS 2012 R2 .It’s vhdx file is located on a Failover Cluster node physical server running Hyper-V Core 2012 R2. As the services offered and requirements for this VM continued to scale, we decided to migrate it to the Cluster volume and make it highly…
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Removing a Temporary Template from System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 using PowerShell.
While going through a house cleaning task in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, I found that I couldn’t remove a vhdx file that was part of a template.This is because the vhdx still had a dependency called “Temporary Template11ef26ce-a6bd-421b-86f2-9cacd0e0f484”: Since I couldn’t remove the temporary template from the graphical user interface, I resorted…
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Resolving Hyper-v Error: “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid.”
While moving my Lab to a new environment using the Hyper-v Export and Import VM options, I ran into an “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid” error when trying to start the Domain Controller Virtual machines. After doing some research, I found out that after a VM Import, Hyper-v doesn’t…
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23 Best Practices to improve Hyper-V and VM Performance
Best practices are the most obvious starting point for improving your Hyper-V and Virtual Machine performance and I’ve listed 23 of them for you below. 1. Avoid overloading Hyper-V Server You must not overload Hyper-V Server. In other words, there is no need to host virtual machines which have no functions or I would say…
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Setting Up a WS2012 R2 Windows Deployment Server (WDS) for Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE).
In this post I want to quickly go through my experience setting up a Windows Deployment Server for PXE Boot(Pre-Boot Execution Environment) for my lab servers. Platform is Windows Server 2012 R2 .I outline the steps as follows: 1) Open a PowerShell console and use the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet to install the specific role as indicated…
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 in Dual-Boot Configuration using Windows 8.1 Native Boot-to-VHD capability
In this post, I’ll be sharing my experience deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 in a dual-boot configuration leveraging Windows 8.1 Enterprise native boot-to-vhd feature. This enabled me setup a sort of Lab-to-go for WS2012 R2 Active Directory research on a laptop. The steps are as follows: Create a WS 2012 Server VM. I already have…
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Configuring Windows Server 2012 as an iSCSI Target SAN in a Two Host Failover Cluster Part 5
As it turns out, I already have two Virtual machines running on one of the cluster nodes. I set these up before the cluster creation. The VMs are currently not cluster roles/resources. I will go ahead and make one of the VMs (WK7) a cluster role by adding it to the cluster. PS C:\> Get-VM…
Chinny Chukwudozie, Cloud Solutions. 