I just installed Hyper-V server standalone. The nic is DHCP and on the same
subnet as my Server 2008 Standard.  
I can ping other computers in the workgroup (no Domain setup yet) from the
Hyper-V server but cannot see the Hyper-V server from the my Standrd Server

Total newbie to all this stuff, so please excuse....
I am trying to get some issues clear to help to formulate a backup strategy
going forward.
By far our most critical box is our exchange server in terms of staying

Seems I cannot run more than ONE machine.
Why?
TIA.
Gary D

Im evaluating hypervisor now. I need to have (1) vm of xp running and be
able to have 50 people log into that same vm.
Why does it seem like I have to create 50 new VM's. (1) for each user
independently.

What options do we have share files between the Hyper-V host and guest
machine?
I know that I cab use network shares, but I am looking for something that is
not limited to 100mbps Ethernet connections.

I setup the loop back adapter to share files with the host OS the way that
instructed in Virtual Server 2005 chm help file.
Now my guest os has the following two network adapter :
1)The actual adapter to connect to the internet

I have 2008 R2 enterprise setup in a lab, and i am currently testing out
live migrations. I am reading
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446679.aspx and i have
questions regarding the "clusterd shared volume" its not clear to me from

Does any one know whats the adminsitrator password for the virtual hard
drive ready to use test program.I have downloaded the vhd for W2k3 R2 eNT ..
pLEASE let me know about it
thanks

I have two seperate physical hosts running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 There
are appox. 15 virtual servers on each physical host.  The virtuals are
Windows Server 2003 Standard & the physical hosts are running Server 2003
Datacenter.  Both servers keep having random STOP errors. ...

I looking for a vbscript that will allow me to apply a snapshot to a VM, then
start the VM.  I have used some scripts to start and stop the VM's but can't
find how to apply a snapshot.
I hope someone else has done it.

Should I create one large ~1TB RAID Volume (across all 14 drives in a RAID 50
array) for all my guest VM's? Or should I rather create multiple RAID
volumes, separate for each VM (also across all 14 drives in a RAID 50 array)?
This is my first Server 2008 w/Hyper-V installation and ...

There are a number of Technet blogs about getting linux hosts running under
Hyper-V.
I have successfully installed Fedora 10 and Ubuntu 9 beta.
They run fine but I have no mouse support.  I don't read in the blogs about

I migrated a VM from Virtual Server 2005 R2 to a new server running Hyper-V.
The VM was assigned a SCSI disk.
When migrated, the VM would not boot (obviously, since HV does not support
SCSI boot devices.)

Is it possible to see my internal tape drive inside Virtual Server 2005?  If
not, is there a solution that will allow my virtual Server 2003 R2 backup to
tape?

I'm just trying to understand if Virtual Server is something that
would meet my needs at home.
We have one really good pc at home that would make a suitable
candidate for a server.  We also have an additional four older