Hyper-V

Hyper-V

Enable VSS backups of VM’s running on Hyper-V using Windows Server Backup.

14 May, 2009 0

If you want to backup your Virtual Machines running on your Hyper-V server using the Windows Server Backup feature, you need to manually create the following registry key on your Hyper-V server:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NT CurrentVersionWindowsServerBackupApplication Support{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE} Name: Application Identifier Type: REG_SZ Value: Hyper-V First, if you not already done so, add the Window Server Backup feature from the Server Manager because it is not installed by default. Create the key and the String Value. You can also download […]

Hyper-V

Add a Pass-Through HDD to a VM in Hyper-V using SCVMM 2008.

28 April, 2009 0

Here is a quick guide to add a pass-through disk to a Windows Server 2008 virtual machine running on a Hyper-V server using the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. The High Availability (Failover Cluster) is not enabled in this setup. The Hyper-V server is connected directly to a Fiber SAN with several free LUN’s. Add a free LUN to your Hyper-V server. Bring the new physical disk online and initialize it. You don’t have to […]