From what I understand, enabling the Hyper-V role in Server 2012 virtualizes the OS and is essentially the same as running it on top of Hyper-V 2012 Server. Also, Hyper-V doesn't passthru SMART data.

I daresay Windows 11 is a decent companion for your home lab journey ...

Thanks to my obsession with DIY projects and server experiments, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors over the years. These range from popular ...

Microsoft confirms the process to create new Network Adapters joined to a VM network on Hyper-V hosts in Windows Server is broken since the last Patch Tuesday. Temporary mitigation has been issued.

If the Hyper-V Virtual Machine is removed after reboot, ensure the host is updated. So, if you are on Windows 11/10 or Windows Server, make sure to check for updates. If the host machine is updated, ...

With VMware customers still reeling from sweeping licensing changes and steep price hikes, Microsoft’s Hyper-V is finding itself in the spotlight once again. Once viewed as the underdog in enterprise ...

In this post, we’ll show you how to enable and configure Hyper-V Remote Management for headless Hyper-V hosts (Windows Server Core or Microsoft Hyper-V Server) from a Windows workstation, all in a non ...

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) Windows Server updates to address a known issue breaking virtual machine (VM) creation on Hyper-V hosts after installing this month's Patch Tuesday ...

How can problems with a Hyper-V VM cause disk errors in Windows (the host)? Event viewer shows all these: Errors during paging operations. Failed to flush data to the transaction log (Failure status: ...

Microsoft says Windows Server updates released during December's Patch Tuesday will trigger errors when creating new virtual machines on some Hyper-V hosts. The known issue affects only Windows Server ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.