Windows 11 > Windows Hyper-V > Proxmox VE 7.2 > Debian 11.2 VM In order for my Debian VM to be able to access the DHCP/network resources provided by devices on the outside of my Hyper-V server, I needed to enable Forged Transmits (MAC spoof) on my Proxmox VE 7.2 Hyper-V VM. Now I can…
Read More Proxmox Nested VM – Enable MAC spoofing Hyper-VNested virtualization is available on Windows 10 build 19636 and later. As far as I understand, AMD support will be officially available as part of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. Both products are expected in the second half of 2021. Enable Nested Virtualization Get the virtual machine intending to enable nested virtualization on using…
Read More Enable nested virtualization for VM in Hyper-VFinally getting around to installing Windows Server 2016 (Standard, Desktop Experience) to use for application testing and upgrade plans this year. I haven’t tested this release since Technical Preview 5 which had introduced the Nano edition. I plan to create a sysprep image of the virtual machine so I can quickly deploy the system in…
Read More Sysprep Windows Server 2016 for VirtualizationThis is how I create various Windows VM templates in Hyper-V. Create a new Hyper-V Virtual Machine Choose the generation of the virtual machine to create Assign it 2 CPU and 4GB RAM, uncheck Use Dynamic Memory Choose where to store the virtual disk and the disk size Install Windows on the virtual machine After…
Read More Create a Hyper-V Template for a Windows VMI got the following error when attempting to create a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V on Windows 8.1. I resolved this by removing Oracle VirtualBox. Some how this was causing the issue. I’ll research it at a later date to get a specific reason for the failure.
Read More Hyper-V: Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changesI am consistently getting a bugcheck 0x109 on a 2012 R2 evaluation install on my Windows 8.1 x64 Hyper-V client.
Read More Hyper-V: Windows Server 2012 R2 Bugcheck 0x109Forgive my ignorance, but this just pissed me off. I downloaded Server 2012 R2 from TechNet. I created myself a nice Hyper-V guest VM on my Windows 8.1 x64 system. I then spent a good 30 minutes researching what the $@#! this error message meant when trying to power my VM on after attaching the downloaded ISO to it. I read everything from a permissions problem, path length problem, etc. I found the answer. Finally.
Read More Hyper-V: Synthetic SCSI Controller Error When Booting from ISOReceiving a BSOD on a Windows Server 2012 RTM fresh install processing updates. This is a Hyper-V VM.
Read More Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM (CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION)Another great tool from Mark Russinovich at SysInternals called Disk2VHD I just discovered. Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk – Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that…
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