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If you have Windows 2008 R2 + Hyper-V running on Nehalem CPU(Intel Xeon 5500 or Core-i) and getting blue screen messages with 0x00000101 - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT stop code then you will definetly need to check the KB below :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/975530
Before applying the Hotfix to your platform take into account the warning from MS :
Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
Windows 2008 R2 Migration utilities has been updated with support for Hyper-V. Now it's possible to migrate your Hyper-V setup including VMs,Virtual Switches,VMQ,Chimney Settings etc.. to a Windows 2008 R2 host. The support is from :
Windows 2008 x64 Full Only
Windows 2008 R2 x64 Core or Full Edition to :
Windows 2008 R2 x64 Core or Full Editions. Also from documentation the scenarios that are not supported are :
- The saved state of a virtual machine under one of the following conditions:
- When moving from Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2.
- When moving between physical computers that have different processor steppings or vendors—for example, migrating from a computer with an Intel processor to a computer with an AMD processor.
- Virtual machine configuration under one of the following conditions:
- When the number of virtual processors configured for the virtual machine is more than the number of logical processors on the destination server.
- When the memory configured for a virtual machine is greater than the available memory on the destination server.
- Consolidation of physical servers to virtual machines, or consolidation of multiple instances of Hyper-V to one instance.
