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Windows 2012 Hyper-V and LUN type

ayman — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:58 GMT

Hi,

What LUN type should be selected when creating a LUN for w2k12 with Hyper-V role enabled,

I read that starting from DOT 8.1.1 windows 2012 is supported and LUN type should be Windows_2008 , will it be the same case if hyper-v role is enabled and the LUN is intended to be used for VHD(X)?

DOT 8.1.1 Documentations state the below , "nothing mentioned for win2012 in (hyper_v) type"

windows_2008: Use if your host operating system is Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012; both MBR and GPT partitioning methods are supported.
hyper_v: Use if you are using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and your LUNs contain virtual hard disks (VHDs).

Re: Windows 2012 Hyper-V and LUN type

CCOLEMAN_ — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:47:40 GMT

Just checked the support matrix, you should be good to go, just choose 2008 per the documentation.

http://support.netapp.com/matrix for more details

Re: Windows 2012 Hyper-V and LUN type

ahmada — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:25:06 GMT

Hi Ccoleman,

I have checked the support matrix and it does not mention the LUN type, can you please clarify ?