Hyper-V 2012 Notes

To enable PING on Hyper-V Server 2012:

netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8

To enable File & Printer Sharing through filewall:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”File and Printer Sharing” new enable=Yes

To install .NET Framework 3.5 on Hyper-V Server 2012:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3ServerFeatures
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3

To get a list of features on Hyper-V Server 2012:

dism.exe /online /Get-Features

Utility to backup virtual machines running on Hyper-V Server:

http://hypervbackup.codeplex.com

Create a Scheduled task to run daily at 10pm:

schtasks.exe /Create /SC DAILY /ST 22:00 /TN BACKUP /TR c:\pathto.cmd