226 questions with Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V tags

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Building windows 2025 core Hyper-V and then Cluster for VMs

I have been tasked with building a Hyper-V and cluster for VMs. I have two Cisco UCS B200 M5 2 Socket Blade Servers that I have loaded windows 2025 core bare metal install. I made the mistake of doing all the networking first. Now when I used Windows…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-01T17:34:32.2+00:00
Dupler,Michael 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-07T15:49:26.2466667+00:00
Dupler,Michael 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I want to delete the role (virtual machine) of the failover cluster, but I can't.

An inconsistency occurs between the failover cluster and Hyper-V regarding roles (virtual machines), and the status of the target machine cannot be updated on the Failover Cluster Manager. ↓ Tried to delete the role (virtual machine), but cannot. Error…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-03T05:37:01.5+00:00
福本 大志 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-03T08:13:25.81+00:00
福本 大志 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

VMWare ESXi migration to Microsft Hyper-v without additional Storage

Hi, We want to migrate VMWare to Microsoft Hyper-V . Constraints and Objectives: No additional Disk space available in the SAN and can not be upgraded. We have three standalone VMWare ESXi Host each with 10 VMs. No spare additional HPE server. No…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-02T01:55:38.1166667+00:00
SUDHIR KUMAR SWAMY TOTA 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-02T23:00:37.66+00:00
SUDHIR KUMAR SWAMY TOTA 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Configuring RDMA/RoCE v2 Bandwidth & DCB for 26-Node Hyper-V 2025 Cluster via SCVMM

Hello, I am implementing a 26-node Hyper-V cluster on Windows Server 2025 using Cisco UCS M7 blades (100Gbps VIC 15000). We are using SCVMM to manage a converged network with Switch Embedded Teaming (SET). Current Configuration: We have successfully…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-16T11:17:40.73+00:00
Ahmed Essam 290 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-01T12:58:10.45+00:00
Ahmed Essam 290 Reputation points
4 answers

Server 2025,vEthernet SET,Hyper V Cluster - VeeamBackup

I have set up Windows Hyper V cluster on Server 2025 DC, Vethernet as SET. I have noticed that while running Veeam backup for vms its extremely slow and not even completing for 50GB vms. But I have another cluster of 2019 and from there I am able to…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-27T07:25:30.0366667+00:00
Muhamed Panchili 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-28T10:04:38.1466667+00:00
Tracy Le 5,295 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Calculating Windows Server Core Licenses for a 12-Node Hyper-V Cluster

We operate a highly available virtualization infrastructure running Hyper-V, which currently consists of a dozen physical nodes that each pack 56 processor cores. Across this entire server pool, we are hosting exactly 50 guest VMs. I am completely lost…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-24T03:48:56.3533333+00:00
Lixian 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-25T03:29:18.2766667+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 14,440 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

Hyper-V 2025 Installation/Configuration

We are planning to move from VMware to Hyper-V 2025. I don't have much more idea about the Hyper-V. Can anyone please let me know Best practices for the Hyper-V installation/configuration? Also is there any recommendation to learn the Hyper-V, Any…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-19T08:49:14.8533333+00:00
Kaushal Shah 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-25T03:21:51.7266667+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 14,440 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Windows failover cluster adapter media disconnected

I am setting up a Hyper-V cluster with Windows failover clustering. I have one node set up and have created the cluster. When I add the second node, the first node becomes sluggish and I see storage paused warnings. I ran a validation while the second…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-17T19:51:21.2666667+00:00
Jim Booska 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-19T10:52:05.5+00:00
Jim Booska 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Hyper V Network Trunking

We have had a brand new HyperV solution installed. With the way that networking has been configured, I cannot create a trunk port so that a VM can receive tagged packets from multiple VLANs. The "Trunk Mode" selection is greyed out. If I…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-26T19:03:52.6533333+00:00
Alan Shoop 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-17T22:16:53.8966667+00:00
Alan Shoop 40 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why does Live Migration fail for specific VMs despite Processor Compatibility being enabled?

Hi everyone, I’m encountering a bit of a strange issue with our Hyper-V cluster and I'm quite confused. Some VMs migrate perfectly between hosts during Live Migration, but others fail immediately with the error: "The virtual machine is using…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-17T12:29:12.0133333+00:00
Pradeep Singh Arora 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-17T14:21:10.9166667+00:00
Harry Phan 17,045 Reputation points Independent Advisor
18 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Problem booting Windows 2012R2 VM on Windows 2025 Hyper-V

We're having a problem with a Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V cluster. We have 2 identical clusters (same hardware, same BIOS version) and when we move a Windows 2012R2 VM from one cluster to another it does not boot any more (tested with 2 different…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2025-07-20T05:33:22.69+00:00
Stefan Cuypers 100 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-16T18:15:02.2433333+00:00
CARLOS ANDRES BUITRAGO C 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V VM Stale Checkpoints creating problems with backup operations.

Hi Team Currently i am running 10 VMs on Hyper-V Cluster of 3 Hosts. All VMs are working fine and backup operations are also running fine. I am using Veeam for backing up these VMs. However, there is one VM named 'BHS-VM-SEC' which is causing issues…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-06T10:23:15.28+00:00
nikhil satpute 2 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-15T17:25:41.7466667+00:00
nikhil satpute 2 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Persisent 32022 – “Hyper-V could not replicate changes… The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057) errors even afer recreating replica anbd deleting HRL files on both primary and replica

Windows Server 2022 Failover Clustering Have stopped replication, removed replica, removed any HRL files on primary. Recreated new replica. and initial sync completes with no issue NO issue on any other replicas between the same two clusters. Moved…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-12T10:35:20.5633333+00:00
Mark Gould 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-12T15:29:02.7466667+00:00
Mark Gould 20 Reputation points
1 answer

My VM resource with name <Removed VM Name> suddenly gone

My VM with name <Removed VM Name> suddenly gone. I already checked the activity logs but none of them shows any VM deletion. Please restore the deleted VM resource.

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-04T10:19:22.5366667+00:00
Galih Ramadhan 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-12T08:19:19.3166667+00:00
Nikhil Duserla 9,685 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Hyper-v Active route not established

We are running Hyper-V on Windows Server 2022. Occasionally, communication between programs we developed fails within this environment. Upon investigation, we found that active routes were not established. This occurs approximately once every ten…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-11T06:25:18.26+00:00
木村 聡行 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-11T11:44:36.0466667+00:00
木村 聡行 0 Reputation points
3 answers

MSDTC detectó un error (HR=0x80000171) al intentar establecer una conexión segura con el sistema <name server>.

MSDTC detectó un error (HR=0x80000171) al intentar establecer una conexión segura con el sistema MXFS01. este error se genera al intentar crear una instantánea del servidor en modo discos inactivos desde vmware.

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-05T18:47:00.07+00:00
YUSA Autoparts Mexico 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-27T21:12:14.2633333+00:00
YUSA Autoparts Mexico 0 Reputation points
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Windows Server Backup keeps failing

Hi, we are having issue with the "Windows Server Backup" . It keeps giving us an error The semaphore timeout period has expired - Unknown Error (0x8004245f) In the event viewer I can see Backup error '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2025-08-07T02:32:48.23+00:00
Green Hat 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-24T19:39:57.04+00:00
Ronald Rossi 1 Reputation point
1 answer

How to fix error 426 in SCVMM

I try to add an Hyper V Host to SCVMM with the perimeter option. I already installed the VMM Agent locally on my Hyper V host but it tells me : Error (426) The agent is not responding on the perimeter network HYPERV machine because either the agent is…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-13T19:07:59.82+00:00
William St-Denis 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-19T14:17:39.9+00:00
William St-Denis 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Failover Cluster issues with vms moving

2016 FAILOVER CLUSTEER WITH 5 CSV. AT NIGHT MACHINES MOVE FOR NO REASON TO OTHER HOSTS OR SHUT THEMSELVES OFF.

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-19T13:01:52.9133333+00:00
Brandon Grant 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-19T14:01:09.7933333+00:00
Harry Phan 17,045 Reputation points Independent Advisor
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Failover Cluster pausing node error 0x80071763 storage reporting healthy

I have a failover cluster running S2D and 4 nodes that will not let me pause a node and drain the roles. It generates error 0x80071763 on all 4 nodes. I have checked the storage and physical drives and they all report as ok. I have also rebuilt each…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-14T13:10:35.98+00:00
Tech Guy 25 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-17T18:16:01.6833333+00:00
Tech Guy 25 20 Reputation points