26063 deduplication data corruption is still there.
From Server 2022 up to this newest 26063 build, they all have the same problem, as described here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-insiders/server-vnext-26040-and-server-2022-deduplication-data-corruption/m-p/4047321 I am out of energy for today and give up for today. It seems to be impossible to get Microsoft to care for actual OS bugs instead of marketing.
Allow VMs attached to internal switch on hyper-V win2k19 access Internet
Hi, I have 4 VMs attached to an internal switch with IPs 10.10.0.*, assigned 10.10.0.1 to the switch. One of the NICs on the host has the 192.168.1.70 which I shared its connection with the internal switch but I am not able to browse internet from the VMs. What can be missing? ThanksAllow Hyper-V VM attached to Internal Switch access internet and host folders
I have Created an internal switch and attached it to 4 VMs (for a lab setup) on a win2k19 hyper-V host. The hyper-V is in the my local home subnet 192.168.0.1. The 4 VMs are configured with following IPs and gateway. VM1 10.10.0.10 -DefaultGateway 10.10.0.1 VM2 10.10.0.11 -DefaultGateway 10.10.0.1 VM3 10.10.0.12 -DefaultGateway 10.10.0.1 VM4 10.10.0.13 -DefaultGateway 10.10.0.1 In the lab document, it is not indicated how/where to assign the 10.10.0..1 IP? When I check the vEthernet (Private Network), It has "DHCP" for IP and got my local DNS IP. Checking its status, I see DHCP Enabled: Yes Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address: 169.254.32.39 IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 IPv4 Default Gateway: Not sure where this 169.254.... IP comes from? I tried assigning the IP 10.10.0.1 to this but it fails. In fact I need to allow VMs to access some host folders as well as internet to download some Microsoft tools. Thanks for your helpGetting Started with Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode
Getting Started with Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode Windows Admin Center (WAC) Virtualization Mode is a new, preview experience for managing large Hyper-V virtualization fabrics—compute, networking, and storage—from a single, web-based console. It’s designed to scale from a handful of hosts up to thousands, centralizing configuration and day-to-day operations. This post walks through: • What Virtualization Mode is and its constraints • How to install it on a Windows Server host • How to add an existing Hyper-V host into a resource group Prerequisites and Constraints Before you begin, note the current preview limitations: • The WAC Virtualization Mode server and the Hyper-V hosts it manages must be in the same Active Directory domain. • You cannot install Virtualization Mode side-by-side with a traditional WAC deployment on the same server. • Do not install Virtualization Mode directly on a Hyper-V host you plan to manage. – You can install it on a VM running on that host. • Plan for at least 8 GB RAM on the WAC Virtualization Mode server. For TLS, the walkthrough assumes you have an Enterprise CA and are deploying domain-trusted certificates to servers, so browsers automatically trust the HTTPS endpoint. You can use a self signed certificate, but you’ll end up with all the fun that entails when you use WAC-V from a host on which the self signed cert isn’t installed. Given the domain requirements of WAC-V and the hosts it manages, going the Enterprise CA method seemed the path of least resistance. Step 1 – Install the C++ Redistributable On your Windows Server 2025 host that will run WAC Virtualization Mode: 1. Open Windows Terminal or PowerShell. 2. Use winget to search for the VC++ redistributable: powershell winget search "VC Redist" 3. Identify the package corresponding to “Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributable” (or equivalent). 4. Install it with winget, for example: powershell winget install "Microsoft.VC++2015-2022Redist-x64" This fulfills the runtime dependency for the WAC Virtualization Mode installer. Step 2 – Install Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode 1. Download the installer 1. Download the Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode installer from the Windows Insider Preview location provided in the official documentation. Save it to a local folder on the WAC host. 2. Run the setup wizard 1. Double-click the downloaded binary. 2. Approve the UAC prompt. 3. In the Welcome page, proceed as with traditional WAC setup. 3. Accept the license and choose setup type 1. Accept the license agreement. 2. Choose Express setup (suitable for most lab and PoC deployments). 4. Select a TLS certificate 1. When prompted for a TLS certificate: 1. Select a certificate issued by your Enterprise CA that matches the server name. 2. Using CA-issued certs ensures all domain-joined clients will trust the site without manual certificate import. 5. Configure PostgreSQL for WAC 1. Virtualization Mode uses PostgreSQL as its configuration and state database. 2. When prompted: 1. Provide a strong password for the database account WAC will use. 2. Record this securely if required by your org standards. 6. Configure update and diagnostic settings 1. Choose how WAC should be updated (manual/automatic). 2. Set diagnostic data preferences according to your policy. 7. Complete the installation 1. Click Install to deploy: 1. The WAC Virtualization Mode web service 2. The PostgreSQL database instance 2. When installation completes, click Finish. Step 3 – Sign In to Virtualization Mode 1. Open a browser on a domain-joined machine and browse to the WAC URL (for example, https://wac-vmode01.contoso.internal). 2. Sign in with your domain credentials that have appropriate rights to manage Hyper-V hosts (for example, DOMAIN\adminuser). 3. You’ll see the new Virtualization Mode UI, which differs significantly from traditional WAC and is optimized for fabric-wide management. Step 4 – Create a Resource Group Resource groups help you logically organize Hyper-V servers you’ll manage (for example, by site, function, or cluster membership). 1. In the Virtualization Mode UI, select Resource groups. 2. Click Create resource group. 3. Provide a name, such as Zava-Nested-Vert. 4. Save the resource group. You now have a logical container ready for one or more Hyper-V hosts. Step 5 – Prepare the Hyper-V Host Before adding an existing Hyper-V host: 1. Ensure the host is: 1. Running Hyper-V and reachable by FQDN (for example, zava-hvA.zavaops.internal). 2. In the same AD domain as the WAC Virtualization Mode server. 2. Temporarily open File and Printer Sharing from the Hyper-V host’s firewall to the WAC Virtualization Mode server: 1. This is required for initial onboarding. 2. After onboarding, you can re-lock firewall rules according to your security baseline. Step 6 – Add a Hyper-V Host to the Resource Group 1. In the WAC Virtualization Mode UI, go to your resource group. 2. Click the ellipsis (…) and choose Add resource. 3. On the Add resource page, select Compute (you’re adding a Hyper-V server, not a storage fabric resource). 4. Enter the Hyper-V host’s FQDN (for example, zava-hvA.zavaops.internal). 5. Confirm the host resolves correctly and proceed. Configure Networking Template 1. On the Networking page, assign fabric roles to NICs using the network template model: 1. Each NIC can be tagged for one or more roles: 1. Compute 2. Management 3. Storage 2. In a simple, single-NIC lab scenario, you may assign Compute, Management, and Storage all to Ethernet0. 3. All three roles must be fully assigned across available adapters before you can proceed. Configure Storage 1. On the Storage page, specify the storage model: 1. For an existing host using local disks, choose Use existing storage. 2. In future, you can select SAN or file server storage when those options are available and configured in your environment. Configure Compute Properties 1. On the Compute page, configure host-level defaults: 1. Enable or disable Enhanced Session Mode. 2. Set the maximum concurrent live migrations. 3. Confirm or update the default VM storage path. 2. Review the configuration, click Next, then Submit. 3. The Hyper-V host is registered into the resource group and becomes manageable via Virtualization Mode. Step 7 – Verify Host and VM Management With the host onboarded: 1. Open the resource group and select the Hyper-V host. 2. You’ll see a streamlined view similar to traditional WAC, with nodes for: 1. Event logs 2. Files 3. Networks 4. Storage 5. Windows Update 6. Virtual Machines 3. To validate functionality, create a test VM: 1. Go to Virtual Machines → Add. 2. Provide a VM name (for example, WS25-temp). 3. Set vCPUs (for example, 2). 4. Optionally enable nested virtualization. 5. Select the appropriate virtual switch. 6. Click Create, then attach an ISO or existing VHDX and complete OS setup. ▶️ Public Preview: https://aka.ms/WACDownloadvMode ▶️ Documentation: https://aka.ms/WACvModeDocs
Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter cmdlet
Following link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/get-clusterexcludedadapter?view=windowsserver2025-ps when execute Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter cmdlet with error below Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter : The term 'Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-ClusterExcludedAdapter:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException same for cmdlet Add-ClusterExcludedAdapter (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/add-clusterexcludedadapter?view=windowsserver2025-ps) Does anyone know why these commands are not available?
S2D FaultDomainAwareness
We're setting up a 2 Node windows 2025 cluster with storage spaces direct After creating the pool we created two virtual disk but see the following output PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-VirtualDisk | Format-List FriendlyName, Size, FaultDomainAwareness FriendlyName : ClusterPerformanceHistory Size : 25769803776 FaultDomainAwareness : StorageScaleUnit FriendlyName : S2DVOL01 Size : 10995116277760 FaultDomainAwareness : FriendlyName : S2DVOL02 Size : 10995116277760 FaultDomainAwareness : The FaultDomainAwareness is empty for the two virtual disk created on the storage pool which is configured like this PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-StoragePool –FriendlyName S2D-CLHV-001-Pool | Format-List FriendlyName, Size, FaultDomainAwarenessDefault FriendlyName : S2D-CLHV-001-Pool Size : 57592038555648 FaultDomainAwarenessDefault : StorageScaleUnit is there something wrong ?Hyper-V can not be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in the BIOS
Win 2022 Datacenter as Hyper-V host Win 2022 Datacenter as Virtual Machine ... after latest Windows Updates (troublemaker KB5034439 who require resize of Recovery partition to be able to be installed successfully) ... on the VM ... is Unable to install Hyper-V Role because of the error "Hyper-V can not be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in BIOS". Very first error it was a different one and it was fixed by enabling extensions who was fixed via this commands /Hyper-V Host /Elevated PowerShell #List of VM Get-VM Get-VMProcessor -VMName <name> #Check Nested (Get-VMProcessor -VMName <name>).ExposeVirtualizationExtensions #Configure Nested Virtualization Set-VMProcessor -VMName <name> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true #Disable Nested Virtualization Set-VMProcessor -VMName <name> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $false ... but the error "Hyper-V can not be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in the BIOS" is very tough and I not yet find any solution yet. I'm convinced that they (MS) disable Nested Support via latest Windows Update, but it is only my personal opinion. I even update firmware to the Bios of Host machine and triple check the Virtualization boxes to be enabled but since no one change it it is the same. Anyone having some idea how to Enabled Nested Virtualization on Hyper-V Host Machine ?
Untagged VLAN - Server 2025 Hyper-V
Hi, I have a strage issue and not finding a solution. Using Server 2025 with two node Hyper-V cluster. Most of the machines using VLANs which works fine. Some machines using no VLAN config. Which usually means the "Access VLAN 1" regarding our switch configuration. With Server 2019 this worked fine. With Server 2025 same NIC port, same server/NIC hardware "Untagged" VMs don't get any network connection. If I add a second NIC to the VM "Untagged" the NIC get immidiatly an IP address and has a proper connection. If I remove the first NIC, the second NIC stop working. It looks like something has changed with Server 2025 (maybe already with Server 2022). Do you have any idea what kinde of problem I have found? Thanks Jack
Deploying Multiple NPS Servers
I have been working on ditching our password-based WiFi with WPA2-Enterprise. On DC1 I deployed internal CA, NPS, and group policies that auto-request certs and deploy wireless network settings. Cisco AP is pointed to DC1 as the radius server. NPS has been registered in AD and wireless network policy has been created. Test laptops get their cert and connect just fine. It's working. For redundancy, I installed NPS on DC2. This NPS instance has also been registered in AD, and I imported the NPS config from DC1 to DC2 NPS. Cisco AP has DC1 as first radius server and DC2 as second radius server. If I stop NPS on DC1 to force the Cisco AP to authenticate against DC2, test laptops won't authenticate and connect. What am I missing? They're configured exactly the same (except DC1 hosts the CA...I was under the assumption the CA is AD integrated).
