Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012 R2

List for Windows Server 2012 R2 Servers with Update (clean install ISO)

Applies To: 

Hyper-V Servers based on Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update

Intro

This is a newly published KB article with the list of recommended hotfixes, updates, and known solutions for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V environments

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3135020

Note:

• The latest Hyper-V service packs, updates, and hotfixes for Windows Server 2012 are listed here in chronological order with most recent updates placed at the top.
• These updates and hotfixes can help avoid some known issues and may save you a support call. A hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in the article. You should not apply the hotfix if you have not seen the symptoms.
•  A catch 22, do you install it to try preventing the problem from occurring or do you only install I if you see the problem and have an outage?
•  Some updates are required only under certain circumstances, as noted in the table.
•  Microsoft enterprise users now have until August 2014, to move to the 'Update' versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 in order to continue to receive future fixes and updates.
•  You can check with msinfo32.exe that the Hardware Abstraction Layer is version 6.3.9600.17031 or upper.

WSUS 3.2 issue with KB2919355:

Windows Update Client does not scan against WSUS 3.0 SP2 if HTTPS is configured and TLS 1.2 is not enabled

Veeam Backup & Recovery issue with KB2919355:

Veeam Rapidly Fixes Host Level VSS Backup for Hyper-V after KB 2919355 (WS2012 R2 Update)

Updated version of KB2919355 fixing some known issues: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/en-us

System Center 2012 R2 support for the April 2014 Windows Server 2012 R2 Update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2949669/en-us?sd=rss&spid=13859

Hyper-V: Update and Hotfix List for Windows Server 2012 R2 Servers which were installed without April ISO Update 

 Applies To: 

• Hyper-V Servers based on Windows Server 2012 R2

See also

Hyper-V update list for Hyper 2012 

• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15576.hyper-v-update-list-for-windows-server-2012.aspx