SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Server Naming Issue


My colleague found that – SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 does not like to be installed in a server with ‘-’ in the server name. And someone had the exact same issue described as here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/virtualmachingmgrsetup/thread/46fd012d-f5ac-4025-aac1-29f62f1c6124/ More info about installing SCVMM 2008: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764327.aspx  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764295.aspx

Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version


I found this trick by accident – If the ‘Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version’ is not checked in the processor settings.  Hyper-V virtual machine will refuse to live migrate to another host, even the two hosts have identical processors. The error message for this is ‘Virtual machine MOVING-VM is using … Continue reading Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version →

A Post File Cluster Migration Issue


We migrated several file service resources from Windows 2008 R2 cluster A to B. Everything was fine until last week. Couple error messages were logged in the event viewer. Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering Date: Date_Time Event ID: 1207 Task Category: Network Name Resource Level: Error Keywords: User: SYSTEM Computer: Computer-name.domain.com Description: Cluster network name … Continue reading A Post File Cluster Migration Issue →

Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary


If you find the ‘Cluster Shared Volumes’ section missed in the Summary of a Hyper-V virtual machine. Just simply click ‘refresh the virtual machine configuration’. This will bring that section back. And sometimes if you fail to live migrate the Hyper-V virtual machine without a sounded reason. Refresh the virtual machine configurations and try the … Continue reading Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary →