Hyper-V Live Merge Snapshot Feature in Windows Server 2012
One of the best new features I’ve noticed while testing Hyper-V on the release candidate of Windows Server 2012 is the ability to merge snapshots while a virtual machine is running without the need for...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Check for Processor (CPU) Second Level Address Translation...
The hardware requirements for using Hyper-V to run virtual machines on a Windows 8 client states that a 64-bit system that has a processor (CPU) that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) is...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Determine the Chain of VHD’s for a Virtual Machine on Hyper-V
You want to determine what VHD’s exist for the virtual machines (VM’s) that are virtualized on your Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtualization host. This may sound simple, but what if you...
View ArticlePowerShell Function to Prevent Starting Hyper-V VM’s that are Connected to an...
Beginning with Windows 8 (Professional and Enterprise Edition), Hyper-V is available on workstations that have a processor that supports SLAT (Second Level Address Translation). For specifics about the...
View ArticlePowerShell One-Liner: Create a new Hyper-V VM
My test environment resides on a workstation that runs Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition with the Hyper-V role enabled. I need to create a new VM that will be used as a second domain controller in my test...
View ArticleCreating Hyper-V VM’s with Desired State Configuration
I’m looking to automate the build of my test environment that runs as Hyper-V virtual machines on my Windows 8.1 Laptop computer. To get started, I thought I would take a look at the xHyper-V DSC...
View ArticleUse caution when updating to Windows 10 RTM with data deduplication enabled...
I recently decided to reload my computer, moving from Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition to Windows 10 Enterprise Edition. I had previously enabled the data deduplication feature on my Windows 8.1...
View ArticleConvert, Resize, and Optimize VHD and VHDX files with PowerShell
I recently received an email from someone who attended one of my presentations asking if I had a blog article on using PowerShell to compact and optimize VHD files. Since I didn’t have a blog article...
View ArticlePowerShell Function to Determine the Hyper-V Host for a VM
This week, I thought I would share a PowerShell function that I wrote to determine what Hyper-V host server a VM (virtual machine) resides on. In this scenario, you have no idea which Hyper-V host a VM...
View ArticleDetermine the Generation of a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell
Ever need to determine what generation all of the virtual machines are on your Hyper-V servers? This is simple using the Get-VM command that installs as part of the Hyper-V module for Windows...
View ArticleImport a Hyper-V Virtual Machine with PowerShell
I recently ran into a problem where an exported VM from Windows Server 2016 running Hyper-V wasn’t able to be imported on Windows Server 2019 running Hyper-V. When attempting to perform the import, the...
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