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All Microsoft virtualization software allows you to manipulate virtual hard disk files (VHDs). The standard operations you can perform are listen in the table below. * To fixed of same size as source ** To dynamically expanding of same size as source What is missing here is the ability to shrink disks, either dynamically expanding …
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After moving a virtual Exchange 2007 machine from Virtual Server to Hyper-V I started getting error messages both in the Event Logs and in the Exchange Management Console and Shell. During the move I had also changed the IP address of the server. Here are the error messages: In the Application Log: EventID: 4001 Source …
Open a command prompt If you are on an OS with User Account Control enabled, you need to run the command prompt as an Administrator. Type the following: set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 In the same command prompt window, type: devmgmt.msc Device Manager opens. Select View, Show Hidden Devices Expand the various categories to display orphaned devices. They …
When moving virtual machines between Hyper-V servers it is often useful to be able to export directly into the folder where the virtual machine will reside on the new host. This saves a lot of time and disk space. Here is what you need to do: Make sure that both your source and destination Hyper-V …
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