Tech
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Device management using PowerShell
There are some cmdlets available for device management. They are useful on a server core type installation like Hyper-V 2012 First you need to download and import the cmdlet modules from here Then you can run commands like get-device. However a more useful command is: Get-Device | Sort-Object -Property Name | ft Name, DriverVersion, DriverProvider, IsPresent, HasProblem –AutoSize More command examples are here
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Managing storage or disks using PowerShell
You can manage disks using powershell. Here is more info on the cmdlets available to you.
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No access to device manager remotely in Hyper-V 2012
If you are using server core or Hyper-V 2012 (the one without the GUI installed) there is no graphical interface to device manager. You have to use PowerShell for that. Here are the details
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Enabling MPIO in Windows Server 2012 core
Here is how you can enable MPIO quickly in a Windows server 2012 core installation like Hyper-V 2012 (without GUI). Run this command to install MPIO feature: ocsetup MultipathIo /norestart You will have to restart the computer later on. MPIO won’t work until the server is restarted. After the reboot you can either use the command mpclaim to enable MPIO for unclaimed devices [meaning those LUNs which appear like 4 separate disk drives but are actually one LUN connected via 4 paths]: mpclaim –r –i –a Note: I am getting an error saying that an invalid switch was specified. However I ran this command BEFORE rebooting the Hyper-V server. YMMV.…
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Install guide for SCVMM 2012 SP1
I found quite a few tutorials online for SCVMM 2012 install but nothing useful for 2012 SP1. Most of those people had installed VMM 2012 on Server 2008. The thing is, this newer version is supported only on Windows Server 2012. I am documenting my trials and tribulations here.