Hyper-V: Convert a VHD to VHDX (Detach First, Then Edit Disk)
You have a Hyper-V VM with a legacy VHD-format disk. Maybe it migrated from an old Server 2008 R2 host, maybe someone created it manually before VHDX became the default…
Tag: Hyper-V Manager
Hyper-V: Two Paths to Add Storage to a VM (VHDX File vs Pass-Through)
You need to give a Hyper-V guest more storage. Two paths get you there: create a VHDX file on the host and attach it to the VM, or claim a…
Hyper-V Replica Unplanned Failover: The Emergency Button (Part 4 of 4)
The primary host is gone. Power outage, hardware failure, ransomware that took out the SAN, fire in the rack — doesn’t matter what; the workload is down and the primary…
Hyper-V Replica Planned Failover: Zero Data Loss Handover With Auto-Reverse
You set up Hyper-V Replica in Part 1 and proved it works via a quarterly drill in Part 2. Now the moment comes: you actually need to move the workload…
Hyper-V Replica Test Failover: A Safe DR Drill With No Production Impact
You stood up Hyper-V Replica in Part 1. Bytes are flowing from the primary host to the replica host every five minutes. The replica VM exists on HVHost02 in a…
Hyper-V Replica in a Domain: Kerberos Setup, Walked End-to-End
Hyper-V Replica is the built-in DR layer in every Hyper-V install. Configure it once and Hyper-V asynchronously copies a VM’s disks to a second standalone host every few minutes; if…
Hyper-V Replica in a Workgroup: Self-Signed Cert Setup End-to-End
Hyper-V Replica is the built-in disaster-recovery layer that ships with every Hyper-V install. It asynchronously copies a VM’s disks (and optionally point-in-time snapshots) to a second standalone Hyper-V host so…
Hyper-V Shared Nothing Live Migration: Move a Running VM Between Hosts Without a SAN
Two standalone Hyper-V hosts. No SAN, no Cluster Shared Volume, no shared anything — each host has its own local storage. A VM on the source host needs to end…
Hyper-V Storage Migration: Move a Live VM Between Disks With Zero Downtime
Disk fills up. Storage gets retired. A workload outgrows its tier. Whatever the trigger, sooner or later you need to move a Hyper-V VM’s files off one disk and onto…