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I have a server 2012 Standard R2, that was initially going to be a virtual machine. Hardware restraints caused us to go physical, but the network adapter we are using is the vEthernet Virtual switch. The NIC 1 is still enabled, but the only item checked is the virtual switch.
What I need to know, is can I just insert the IP information in the NIC1 and delete the vEthernet virtual switch. This is a production machine and I do not want to mess it up and cause other issues.
The reason I want to do this, is every two or three weeks, the clients lose connection and the system has to be rebooted to recover.
Steve
- Moved by Dan Stolts ITProGuruMicrosoft employee Monday, February 1, 2016 5:20 PM Not in the proper forum
Friday, January 22, 2016 4:55 PM
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This forum isn't for technical questions outside the realm of our US TechNet Events ("TechNet on Tour").
That said, I do think I know the answer to your question. :)
Once you have Hyper-V installed and have created a virtual switch associated with the physical connection to the network, the physical switch is really just a channel for all traffic bound for the connected network; whether from a VM or from the physical machine itself. So, if you delete the virtual switch, you should see the other properties re-enabled on that physical switch. But if you want to leave the virtual switch, then the settings for the physical machine's connection would be defined (or modified) in the "adapter" that represents the virtual switch>
From what you've described, since it sounds like you don't want to use the virtual switch at all, I would go into Hyper-V Manager and delete the virtual switch. Then you will see the configuration of the physical switch go back to what it should be.
I hope this helps. But if not, please find a more suitable forum in which to ask your question.
Regards,
Kevin Remde US DX - IT Pro Evangelism - Microsoft Corporation http://aka.ms/FullofIT http://twitter.com/kevinremde
- Edited by Kevin Remde Monday, January 25, 2016 3:07 PM
- Proposed as answer by Kevin Remde Monday, January 25, 2016 3:07 PM
- Marked as answer by Kevin Remde Monday, February 1, 2016 4:05 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016 3:06 PM -
When you delete the virtual switch you will lose network connectivity. You should do this during a time that you can lose network connectivity while you change over the network. Then, yes, delete the virtual network switch. You can also remove the ghost hardware. I did a blog post with step-by-step.
Dan Stolts (ITProGuru)
- Marked as answer by Dan Stolts ITProGuruMicrosoft employee Monday, February 1, 2016 4:00 PM
Monday, February 1, 2016 3:59 PM
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This forum isn't for technical questions outside the realm of our US TechNet Events ("TechNet on Tour").
That said, I do think I know the answer to your question. :)
Once you have Hyper-V installed and have created a virtual switch associated with the physical connection to the network, the physical switch is really just a channel for all traffic bound for the connected network; whether from a VM or from the physical machine itself. So, if you delete the virtual switch, you should see the other properties re-enabled on that physical switch. But if you want to leave the virtual switch, then the settings for the physical machine's connection would be defined (or modified) in the "adapter" that represents the virtual switch>
From what you've described, since it sounds like you don't want to use the virtual switch at all, I would go into Hyper-V Manager and delete the virtual switch. Then you will see the configuration of the physical switch go back to what it should be.
I hope this helps. But if not, please find a more suitable forum in which to ask your question.
Regards,
Kevin Remde US DX - IT Pro Evangelism - Microsoft Corporation http://aka.ms/FullofIT http://twitter.com/kevinremde
- Edited by Kevin Remde Monday, January 25, 2016 3:07 PM
- Proposed as answer by Kevin Remde Monday, January 25, 2016 3:07 PM
- Marked as answer by Kevin Remde Monday, February 1, 2016 4:05 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016 3:06 PM -
When you delete the virtual switch you will lose network connectivity. You should do this during a time that you can lose network connectivity while you change over the network. Then, yes, delete the virtual network switch. You can also remove the ghost hardware. I did a blog post with step-by-step.
Dan Stolts (ITProGuru)
- Marked as answer by Dan Stolts ITProGuruMicrosoft employee Monday, February 1, 2016 4:00 PM
Monday, February 1, 2016 3:59 PM