Hyper-V sanity check
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I think I'm going nuts.
I have a physical server running 2012 Server (not R2) and Hyper-V. It has many VMs hosted on it, some running all the time, some not. A mix of 2003 server, 2008 server, 2008R2 server, 2012 server,(gui and cli), 2012R2 server, SBS2011, Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8. All work fine all the time, and installed fine originally.
So last week I though I'd have a look at 2012 Foundation and 2012R2 Foundation before I sold one to a client, see how it interacts with an existing domain if left in workgroup mode. This is RDP-ing from my desktop PC to the 2012 Host server. I install it and I have no mouse. I get the message about it not being captured in hyper-v. I read up and apparently I shouldn't RDP to the host when installing, known issues, etc. I don't remember this issue with any of the others I've installed. So i sit in front of it and install 2012 Foundation and 2012R2 Foundation on new VMs. Its almost the same; i now have a mouse but I have to do the 'ctrl-alt-left arrow) thing to get the mouse released. I look in Device Manager on the VMs and there are unknown devices, and I have no networking either.
So I install the Integreation Services disk. On the 2012 Foundation machine it goes through the install, says its complete, and nothing changes, even after a reboot. On the 2012R2 Foundation it says it already has the latest version of them installed.
Still no networking, unknown devices in DevManager and mouse only works if sat in fromt of the console with ctrl-alt-left arrow.
So i have newborns and its been a while since I've installed a VM, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm taking crazy pills. I'm a few evenings into this now and none the wiser.
Can anyone think of anything?
I have a physical server running 2012 Server (not R2) and Hyper-V. It has many VMs hosted on it, some running all the time, some not. A mix of 2003 server, 2008 server, 2008R2 server, 2012 server,(gui and cli), 2012R2 server, SBS2011, Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8. All work fine all the time, and installed fine originally.
So last week I though I'd have a look at 2012 Foundation and 2012R2 Foundation before I sold one to a client, see how it interacts with an existing domain if left in workgroup mode. This is RDP-ing from my desktop PC to the 2012 Host server. I install it and I have no mouse. I get the message about it not being captured in hyper-v. I read up and apparently I shouldn't RDP to the host when installing, known issues, etc. I don't remember this issue with any of the others I've installed. So i sit in front of it and install 2012 Foundation and 2012R2 Foundation on new VMs. Its almost the same; i now have a mouse but I have to do the 'ctrl-alt-left arrow) thing to get the mouse released. I look in Device Manager on the VMs and there are unknown devices, and I have no networking either.
So I install the Integreation Services disk. On the 2012 Foundation machine it goes through the install, says its complete, and nothing changes, even after a reboot. On the 2012R2 Foundation it says it already has the latest version of them installed.
Still no networking, unknown devices in DevManager and mouse only works if sat in fromt of the console with ctrl-alt-left arrow.
So i have newborns and its been a while since I've installed a VM, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm taking crazy pills. I'm a few evenings into this now and none the wiser.
Can anyone think of anything?
Randomthoughts said:
papercup said:
what, just Foundation Edition won't install?
Correct.Only wanted to have a look! Ended up installing it on a Dell PC I had lying about. Even tried P2V-ing that and putting it on the Host and it still wouldn't play ball. Now I know why...
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