Some useful Hyper-V Virtual Machine registry information

Ever wondered what the meaning is of the registry entries which you can find under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters? Well I did so I started digging! Example Azure Virtual Machine [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters] “HostName”=”RD009CFA1C5432” “HostingSystemEditionId”=dword:00000008 “HostingSystemOsMajor”=dword:00000006 “HostingSystemOsMinor”=dword:00000002 “HostingSystemProcessorArchitecture”=dword:00000009 “HostingSystemSpMajor”=dword:00000000 “HostingSystemSpMinor”=dword:00000000 “PhysicalHostName”=”RD009CFA1C5432” “PhysicalHostNameFullyQualified”=”RD009CFA1C5432” “VirtualMachineId”=”68DDDEBF-E94F-4C3C-9872-35A6BDE52F60” “VirtualMachineName”=”04820db9-7477-4503-9eeb-df46f0969612” HostName The name of the domain name system (DNS) domain assigned to the host…

FIX: Virtual Machine Manager crashes when you try to manage a mirror LUN on a secondary storage array in Windows Server 2012

Consider the following scenario: You run Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2012. You have two EMC Storage Area Network (SAN) storage arrays that are managed by one EMC Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) provider. You create one logical unit number (LUN) on the first SAN storage array…