Create Azure Az VM Using Existing UnManaged VHD
The days change, but sometimes the issues stay the same. This is a redux of an existing post where there was an issue back in 2016 when I was not …
Virtualization
Hyper-V VM Import–Know Before You Go
Importing VMs from one host to another can run into issues due differences in the configuration of the hosts. A common issue is that a virtual switch does not exist …
Quick Tip–Adding Same ISO DVD Image To All Hyper-V Lab VMs
When building out a lab, you might need to attach the same ISO to multiple VMs. In this case I was installing multiple Exchange 2016 severs, and wanted to easily …
Create Azure RM VM Using Existing VHD
TailspinToys Canada have been busy upgrading their on-premises, Azure and Office 365 infrastructure. Previously Azure resources were moved from classic (Azure Service Manager) to the new Azure Resource Manager (Azure …
Windows 10 Hyper-V Error 0x80070780 – File Cannot Be Accessed By The System
Last week after showing a client some of new features in Windows 10, they went off and upgraded a laptop to the preview from Windows 8.1. Initially all seemed to …
Windows 10 Preview – VMs Missing In Hyper-V Manager
After updating my Windows 8.1 machine to the Windows 10 preview, some of my VMs were no longer visible in the Hyper-V Manager. Prior to powering on some VMs, all …
Importing Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V VM Into Server 2012
A virtual machine from Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot be directly imported into Windows Server 2012. This is discussed in this previous post along with the import error 32784 . …
Hyper-V Did Not Find Virtual Machines to Import – Error 32784
When importing a VM into Windows Server 2012 that was exported from Windows 2012 R2 you will be unable to import the VM. If you import the VM using PowerShell's …
VMware Issues With Exchange DAG
When resolving issues with on-premises Exchange sometimes the issue may be directly within Exchange, other times the root cause may lie outside Exchange. Depending upon the exact nature of the …
Retrieving Packets Received Discarded Perfmon Counter From Multiple Servers
Whilst working on a customer's Exchange 2010 DAG issue, I wrote a quick script to quickly grab some performance monitor counters from all of their Exchange servers. The issue that …