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WHS 2011 and Hyper-V Dynamic Memory

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Installing a test system of WHS 2011 (prior to full migration) onto my Hyper-V box. I have installed WHS2011 and Hyper-V integration services. I have also configured the VM to use Dynamic Memory.
I know that Hyper-V is configured properly, since I have 3 other VMs using Dynamic Memory.
But WHS2011 does not seem to use Dynamic Memory - I don't have any values in the Memory Demand and Memory Status columns.
Any ideas?
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:58 PM
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You need to install the updated integrated tools. After that and a reboot it should work better. I didn't try yet, 'cause my WHS 2011 RTM installation is in progress but I'll made a feedback ASAP.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 1:02 PM -
Had tried that - I went ahead and installed it again - still nothing...Thursday, April 7, 2011 2:04 PM
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In WHS 2011 RTM, I see an error (in the Event Viewer) Level=Error Source=dmvsc
The Dynamic Memory driver failed because dynamic memory is not supported on this release of Windows.
- Proposed as answer by Ed Blankenship Saturday, April 16, 2011 7:50 PM
Thursday, April 7, 2011 2:20 PM -
That's not very encouraging - especially given that all of the other "Colorado" servers are based on the same platform - so none of them will support Dynamic Memory on Hyper-V?Thursday, April 7, 2011 2:47 PM
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Did you use the vmguest.iso that come with Hyper-V Core or the one which come with the GUI version of Hyper-V?
The last post on here :
Said that the iso are différent and you need the second one for being able to use dynamic memory
Thursday, April 7, 2011 3:41 PM -
GUI Version - wonder if the other one will work - is there any place to get it without installing Hyper-V core?Thursday, April 7, 2011 3:52 PM
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I have hyper-v with in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 full install.... NOT just core. So I would say that mine is GUI version as well.
Thursday, April 7, 2011 5:25 PM -
I have the same problem. My other VMs are working with it. It's also my understanding that SBS 2011 also doesn't support Dynamic Memory and is also built on 2008R2. I can understand that because it has Exchange, but WHS?! I get the impression that WHS is built on SBS, thus gets the baggage. Also, I was going to test with Windows 7 Home Premium (since that was present in the existing environment), and only Enterprise, Ultimate and Pro support Hyper-V integration. The funny thing was that it was supported during the setup, but then stopped working after it was completely installed. Hopefully this will be fixed in SP1/PP1.
Friday, May 27, 2011 4:25 AM