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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
      last edited by JaredBusch

      I just rebooted a CentOS 7 VM on the host and it lost network connectivity, cannot even ping the local gateway.

      So it looks like networking is shitting itself, but online VMs are still working.

      But it pulled a DHCP address...

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        I bet if you rebooted the host the issue goes away (at least for a short while) what version drivers are installed for these NICs?

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @JaredBusch
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          @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

          @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

          There is also the recommendation to disable "Enable Virtual Machine Queue" on both the host and the VM's to address this issue.

          Always and forever disabled...

          btw, I checked again just be to sure and it is still/back on when I swear I had turned it off at the Hyper-V level as well as in the settings for each VM over a year ago.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

            I bet if you rebooted the host the issue goes away (at least for a short while) what version drivers are installed for these NICs?

            Of course it will as that is how I fixed it 3 weeks ago.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

              @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

              @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

              There is also the recommendation to disable "Enable Virtual Machine Queue" on both the host and the VM's to address this issue.

              Always and forever disabled...

              btw, I checked again just be to sure and it is still/back on when I swear I had turned it off at the Hyper-V level as well as in the settings for each VM over a year ago.

              0_1480956992360_upload-2f9ffbb1-2757-4d7c-b057-24077698bb85

              Just checked the VMs themselves. all disabled. cannot even comprehend how this is on and those are off.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @JaredBusch
                last edited by JaredBusch

                @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                There is also the recommendation to disable "Enable Virtual Machine Queue" on both the host and the VM's to address this issue.

                Always and forever disabled...

                Get-NetAdapterVmq | Disable-NetAdapterVmq

                and everything starts running.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch
                  last edited by

                  According to my ScreenConnect timeline, the Hyper-V host lost connectivity just after midnight. There is not a damned thing in the logs for the time frame.

                  Up yours VMQ.....

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    VQM to the rescue, am I right?

                    Maybe there is a bug in Hyper-V that enables it after a patch... I honestly don't know... just throwing darts...

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                      VQM to the rescue, am I right?

                      Maybe there is a bug in Hyper-V that enables it after a patch... I honestly don't know... just throwing darts...

                      Quite possible because I patched the servers after November patch Tuesday and that first failure was the following week.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        Well I'm glad I was able to assist, make a note to check after patch tuesday to ensure VQM is off.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                          last edited by

                          @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                          Well I'm glad I was able to assist, make a note to check after patch tuesday to ensure VQM is off.

                          Man, I don't wanna check each of these KB manually, but I guess I need to.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            Wouldn't it be easier to just check the host and VM's as you did previously, and saw it was enabled?

                            I mean, I get checking the patches... because there may be something in there that enables it again. I was thinking check monthly to ensure its still disabled after any new patches.

                            if its on again next month, then you could check the patches and see if something is enabling it.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                              Wouldn't it be easier to just check the host and VM's as you did previously, and saw it was enabled?

                              I mean, I get checking the patches... because there may be something in there that enables it again. I was thinking check monthly to ensure its still disabled after any new patches.

                              if its on again next month, then you could check the patches and see if something is enabling it.

                              For this, I meant to check if one of these patch was related to networking or VM config in some way.

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre
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                                Execute the powershell script to disable VMQ at system boot?

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  @JaredBusch oh I know, I was just thinking it may not be worth the 20 minutes to check the patches today.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @dafyre
                                    last edited by

                                    @dafyre said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                    Execute the powershell script to disable VMQ at system boot?

                                    wtf, you don't beat problems over the head with a sledge.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @dafyre
                                      last edited by

                                      @dafyre he could... but that isn't a fix to the issue, it's a bandaid.

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                                      • dafyreD
                                        dafyre @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                        @dafyre he could... but that isn't a fix to the issue, it's a bandaid.

                                        It works until he finds the fix.

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                          @dafyre said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                          Execute the powershell script to disable VMQ at system boot?

                                          wtf, you don't beat problems over the head with a sledge.

                                          Depends on the size of the problem.

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                                          • wirestyle22W
                                            wirestyle22 @dafyre
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                                            @dafyre said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                            @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                            @dafyre said in Hyper-V host connectivity lost but VMs still communicate:

                                            Execute the powershell script to disable VMQ at system boot?

                                            wtf, you don't beat problems over the head with a sledge.

                                            Depends on the size of the problem.

                                            Sasquatch?

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