Best lessons learnt while moving part of my LAB from Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
Issue: Laptop Wireless NIC is not available by default to VM’s in Hyper-V :-(
Solution:
- In Hyper-V Virtual Network Manager, create a new ‘Internal Only’ NIC e.g. Virtual Wireless Network
- In Windows Server 2008 R2 Network Connections, create a bridge between the Wireless Network Connection and the Virtual Wireless Network.
- Add a NIC and connect it to the Virtual Wireless Network for a VM in its Settings
Issue: Migrating VM’s from Virtual Server to Hyper-V result in no mouse integration, no network adapter and a ‘VMBus’ device that cannot be installed (i.e. Yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager) :-(
Solution:
- Uninstall old virtual server integration components
- Restart VM
- Install new Hyper-V integration services
- Run msconfig.exe, Boot, Advanced Options, Detect HAL, Enable
- Restart VM
- Run msconfig.exe, Boot, Advanced Options, Detect HAL, Disable
- Restart VM