virtualization - Can I tell if my VPS server (win 2008) is hosted on Hyper-V from within the image?

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2013-08
  • Andrew M

    Is it possible, from within a windows 2008 virtual private server, to tell if the image is hosted in Hyper-V or some other virtualization technology? For example, are there any guest-os extensions that might be installed?

    Background: I previously bought a VPS server from a company who offer VPS images hosted on either Virtuozzo or Hyper-V. I thought my original server was on Hyper-V, but it turned out I bought the wrong package. Now that the month is over I've ordered another server, and want to check I haven't made the same mistake.

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  • techie007

    Under Windows 2008 running on Hyper-V the network adapters usually show up as "Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Network Adapter" in the Device Manager.

    Also, here's some info on accessing the BIOS information via WMI/VBS to determine if you're inside a VM or not.

    Hope that helps...


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  • Bruno Shine

    Yesterday I moved a couple of Virtual Servers to Hyper-V. All went well for the exception of one server.

    After setting up the network like in all other server with a static IP, I cannot reach anywhere. The guest machine cannot ping other, nor can other reach it.

    I've already tried to remove the network card on Hyper-V and added a new one, but still the same.

    Any thought on what can be happening?

    Thanks


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  • baldy

    I've had problems with the host's firewall & Anti-virus before, maybe disable those on both the host and guest and see what happens