Hyper-V

Import a Hyper-V Virtual Machine with PowerShell

Jul 10, 2019 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

I recently ran into a problem where an exported VM from Windows Server 2016 running Hyper-V wasn't able to be imported on Windows Server 2019 running Hyper-V. When attempting to perform the import, the GUI stated "No virtual machines files found" as shown in the following image. This problem may have been due …

Determine the Generation of a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell

Jun 28, 2019 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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Ever need to determine what generation all of the virtual machines are on your Hyper-V servers? This is simple using the Get-VM command that installs as part of the Hyper-V module for Windows PowerShell. 1Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName hyperpowershell -Online While the previous command will work on both …

PowerShell Function to Determine the Hyper-V Host for a VM

Mar 30, 2017 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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This week, I thought I would share a PowerShell function that I wrote to determine what Hyper-V host server a VM (virtual machine) resides on. In this scenario, you have no idea which Hyper-V host a VM resides on. 1#Requires -Version 3.0 2function Get-MrVmHost { 3 4<# 5.SYNOPSIS 6 Determines the HyperV host …

Convert, Resize, and Optimize VHD and VHDX files with PowerShell

Mar 23, 2017 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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I recently received an email from someone who attended one of my presentations asking if I had a blog article on using PowerShell to compact and optimize VHD files. Since I didn't have a blog article on that subject, I decided to create one. The process itself is fairly simple. The examples shown in this blog article …

Use caution when updating to Windows 10 RTM with data deduplication enabled volumes

Jul 30, 2015 · Deduplication Hyper-V Windows 10 ·

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I recently decided to reload my computer, moving from Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition to Windows 10 Enterprise Edition. I had previously enabled the data deduplication feature on my Windows 8.1 installation with an unsupported hack by using the source files from Server 2012 R2. Deduplication was enabled on my SSD drive …

Creating Hyper-V VM’s with Desired State Configuration

Jan 22, 2015 · Desired State Configuration DSC Hyper-V PowerShell Windows 8.1 ·

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I'm looking to automate the build of my test environment that runs as Hyper-V virtual machines on my Windows 8.1 Laptop computer. To get started, I thought I would take a look at the xHyper-V DSC resource to create the actual VM's. There's also no reason this shouldn't work on a Windows Server that's running the …

PowerShell One-Liner: Create a new Hyper-V VM

Dec 18, 2014 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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My test environment resides on a workstation that runs Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition with the Hyper-V role enabled. I need to create a new VM that will be used as a second domain controller in my test environment. I'll use a PowerShell one-liner to create this new VM which will use a differencing disk based on a …

PowerShell Function to Prevent Starting Hyper-V VM’s that are Connected to an External Network

Jun 20, 2014 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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Beginning with Windows 8 (Professional and Enterprise Edition), Hyper-V is available on workstations that have a processor that supports SLAT (Second Level Address Translation). For specifics about the requirements, see the Client Hyper-V blog article on Microsoft TechNet. That means you have a Hypervisor running right …

Use PowerShell to Determine the Chain of VHD’s for a Virtual Machine on Hyper-V

Jul 18, 2013 · Hyper-V PowerShell ·

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You want to determine what VHD's exist for the virtual machines (VM's) that are virtualized on your Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtualization host. This may sound simple, but what if you have a base image or template that has been configured and then multiple VM's have been created using differencing …

Use PowerShell to Check for Processor (CPU) Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) Support

Sep 6, 2012 · Hyper-V PowerShell Windows 8 ·

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The hardware requirements for using Hyper-V to run virtual machines on a Windows 8 client states that a 64-bit system that has a processor (CPU) that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) is required. A minimum of 4GB of RAM is also required. How do I know if my Processor (CPU) supports Second Level Address …