Hyper-V (formerly Windows Server Virtualization) is a hypervisor for 64-bit x86 platforms by Microsoft. It exists both standalone and as a Windows Server application, and supports both Windows and Linux guests.
Questions tagged [hyper-v]
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Copy-paste between Hyper-V guest and host
My computer runs Windows Server 2008 R2. It hosts a Hyper-V virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.04 as the guest OS.
I want to copy text from Ubuntu and paste this text in Windows (and copy text in Windows and paste it in Ubuntu). How can I do this?
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How to enable the full screen mode for Kali Linux on Hyper-V virtual machine
I have successfully installed Kali Linux on Hyper-V. The problem is that the OS doesn't take the whole screen. It takes only part of it. How to make Kali Linux run on full screen (physical)?
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VirtualBox, Hyper-V and a Linux host
I created a Virtual Machine with Virtualbox - the host system is Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.2, the guest - Windows 8.1 Pro. I enabled all acceleration features in the VM settings.
To run the WP8 emulator one needs Hyper-V. But, to my surprise, the…
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UEFI boot never runs from /dev/sda but works from rescue DVD
I have Hyper-V on my Windows 10 laptop, with a generation 1 VM running RHEL 7.9. I am attempting to update it to run on a generation 2 VM, using UEFI boot.
As part of the move to a gen-2 VM, I need to install the UEFI boot code into the /boot…
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Does having hyperv-daemons enabled show that the system clock is synchronised by timedatectl?
We are opting to disable chronyd in favour of using hyperv-daemons to keep our server clocks in sync so that the guest OS time is managed by the machine that the VM is running on.
After disabling chronyd and enabling hyperv-daemons, the server clock…
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Inconsistent nslookup behaviour
When I run nslookup google.com 192.168.190.81 it works.
tcpdump -n -vv output during above command is:
18:12:24.815483 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 8975, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 56)
192.168.190.85.50601 > 192.168.190.81.53:…
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No network in Debian 10 on Hyper-V
Installed Debian 10 on Hyper-V and it is not showing any network. No IP address has been assigned to VM even though I have created an Internal type Virtual Switch Manager and assigned it to Network Adapter of VM.
I even tried with Legacy Network…
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How can I access to Hyper-V management using Linux?
In my case scenario example, this is the Server running the Hyper-V virtual machine(s):
luis@Fresoncio:~$ sudo nmap 172.18.25.5
Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-12-07 22:30 UTC
Nmap scan report for 172.18.25.5
Host is up (0.00039s…
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How do you change the screen resolution in FreeBSD11 as a hyper-v guest?
I'm running FreeBSD11 x64 as a Hyper-V guest and I'm having trouble finding information on how to increase the resolution to my monitor size (2560x1440 @ 144hz).
dmesg: http://pastebin.com/raw/UbbwHeBS
I've tried running
cvt 2560 1440 144
xrandr…
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How to Boot GParted on UEFI Hyper-V VM?
I need to expand the / partition on a Linux CentOS 7.3 Hyper-V Gen 2 virtual machine. (secure boot is disabled)
From what I've read, the procedure is: 1) expand the vhdx using Hyper-V Manager, and 2) boot into GParted and extend the partition to…
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No display manager after Debian 12 installation on Hyper-V
I installed (graphical installation, selecting xfce) Debian 12 on Hyper-V Gen1 VM within Windows 10. When reboot Debian no login screen appears. What cause the problem that lightdm does not start? Same issue if I run Debian 12 live iso with…
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Cannot Change Linux Lite Screen Resolution in Hyper-V
I have been unable to change the screen resolution for a Linux Lite 6.x VM running in Hyper-V. I edited the /etc/default/grub file to change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to add video=hyperv_fb:1920x1080 (followed by sudo…
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Hyper-V excessive Memory Demand with static memory
I have Gen 2 VM with Debian 10.5 in a Hyper-V(2019) host. Currently its running a web app which does not use much memory (the system monitor shows its using 2GB out of 8GB), but the memory demand frequently exceeds the assigned one.
Startup memory:…
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Debian 10 Hyper V compatibility
Based on this link the Hyper-V 2019 is compatible with Debian 10.0 up to Debian 10.3.
Is this a strict case or can I use 10.5 or even 10.7 without any problems?
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How to remove unused kernels and reclaim disk space inside VM?
I am using hyper-v to create a VM running Ubuntu guest. I git cloned the kernel source, and compiled it.
Then second time, I wanted to modify the kernel source. Just the default settings other than adding a custom name to the version.
make…
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