Some people ask if it is possible to create a Windows 11 VM in Hyper-V with Packer. The answer is YES. The Packer plugin that makes this possible is called “Hyperv”. Version 1.1.1 supports TPM. Enabling TPM in the Hyper-V VM makes it possible to install Windows 11 without any registry hacks. So I …
Continue ReadingIn 2013 I wrote a blog post that it was not possible to run VMware Workstation when the Hyper-V role was enabled (link ). Since VMware Workstation 15.5 it is possible to run VMware Workstation and the Hyper-V role together. Requirements: Windows 10 2004 or newer VMware Workstation 15.5.5 or newer …
Continue ReadingManaging Hyper-V remotely in a workgroup can be challenging to configure. This is still the case for Windows Server 2016. For a testing environment I needed to remotely manage Windows Server 2016 core server with the Hyper-V role enabled from Windows 10 with the Hyper-V manager. I used the following …
Continue ReadingWindows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 (TP3) is released with some cool new features. An easy way to test Windows Server 2016 TP3 is to use VMware Workstation. Windows Server 2016 can be installed with the Hyper-V role and have some VMs nested with minimal configuration. For this test i used the …
Continue ReadingHere are some tips for installing System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup (UR5): UR5 is available from Microsoft Update or by manual download. If you are not installing UR5 through Microsoft Update (e.g. you’re downloading the update and then installing it), you must install …
Continue ReadingAfter updating System Center Virtual Machine Manager to Update Rollup 4 (UR4), one of the post installation tasks is updating the VMM agents on the Hyper-V hosts. Updating the VMM agent can be performed from the VMM console or using PowerShell. On one of the Hyper-V hosts I got the following error …
Continue ReadingFor a couple of months I’m searching for an extra whitebox host for extending my home lab environment. My current lab whitebox is a Haswell based whitebox (see: link). Here is an overview of the new lab environment: For the new whitebox I had the following requirements: Hardware such as NICs must be …
Continue ReadingUpdate rollup (UR) 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is released this week. This update includes a Linux guest agent upgrade to support the following new operating systems: Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (32-bit) Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (64-bit) This update also includes the following: Host DHCP …
Continue ReadingThe new version of Veeam is called “Veeam Availability Suite v8”. The Veeam Availability Suite v8 has improvements in the following areas: High Speed Recovery Data Loss Avoidance Verified Protection Leverage Data Complete Visibility HIGH-SPEED RECOVERY Enables low recovery time objectives (RTOs) of …
Continue ReadingDuring a migration of a VM from a different cluster the job failed in SCVMM. The status of the VM in SCVMM Virtual Machine State is still “Starting”. In SCVMM I was unable to stop, repair or delete the VM. When looking on the Hyper-V host, the VM didn’t exist in Failover Cluster Manager or Hyper-V …
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