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Hyper-V: Compact Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk

I am attempting to do some quick cleanup on a Hyper-V host used for testing. To do this I compacted the Hyper-V Virtual Disks. Open the Hyper-V Management console Right click on VM Guest Select Settings Select the Hard Drive for the VM Guest Click the Edit button Select Compact Click Finish *note* you want to […]

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Hyper-V: Paused-Critical Virtual Machine State

I was facing an issue where vm guest are paused with the following “Paused-Critical Virtual Machine State” message. Each attempt to resume the guest, end in them being  pause once again. This happens when the host volume is running low on available disk space.   Here are some actions you can take to help with this: Expand […]

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Error: Setting up PowerShell Remoting

In an attempt to connect to a remote Hyper-V host I needed to enable PowerShell Remoting. To enable this you simple run PowerShell as Administrator and issue the following command: Enable-PSRemoting The command runs and then errors with the following output: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Enable-PSRemoting WinRM has been updated to receive requests. WinRM service type changed […]

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 | Released

Weeks of waiting and its here at last. Q. What is it? A. RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is a Windows Server component for remote management of other computers and server operating systems running Windows. Grab the tools here: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10  

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Tech-Short: Delete Virtual Switch in Hyper-V

And this happened . . . I was introducing a change the Virtual Switch Manager of my Hyper-V host, where I attempted to give guest machines bridged network access.  After making my change I had lost access to the server.  On a good note, the server picked up a new address its virtual interface that I created.  However I […]

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Capability Profiles in SCVMM 2012

Encounter the follow issues after importing a Hyper-V image created to be used in my SCVMM / APP Center environment: Two Errors: Message: The virtual machine configuration cannot target a host due to placement errors. (StatusCode: 22039–PlacementErrorsPresentInVmConfig) Message: The virtual machine workload test01 specifies settings that are not allowed by any capability profile supported by […]