KB2836988 – May 2013 Update Rollup For WS2012 and Win8

It was a busy day for Microsoft releasing hotfixes today.  This includes another UR bundle of hotfixes.  There are a few in here that are relevant to Hyper-V, etc.  As usual, this update rollup is available via the Windows Catalog (WSUS, etc).

KB2836121 – An update for Storage Spaces in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 is available

This article describes an update for Storage Spaces in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. After you install the update, Storage Spaces will prioritize regeneration. Specifically, the regeneration time is shorter, but the available bandwidth for the regular I/O buffer is decreased.

2833586 – Virtual machine does not come online after you add a pass-through disk to the virtual machine in Windows Server 2012

Consider the following scenario:

  • You have a Windows Server 2012-based failover cluster. 
  • A Hyper-V server role is installed on the cluster node.
  • You create a virtual machine on the cluster node, and then you configure the virtual machine as a cluster resource.
  • You add a pass-through disk to the virtual machine by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

In this scenario, the virtual machine does not come online.
Note If you add the pass-through disk by using the Failover Cluster Management snap-in, the virtual machine does come online.

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