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Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter for Windows Server 2016 released

The Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter v.3 for Windows Server 2016 is now available!

We also continue to develop and support the Windows 2008/2012 version: Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter v.2.

Please download the new version of Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter and read the user guide.

Web Parser – Hyper-V bandwidth usage reports online

Now your customers (VPS users) can see Hyper-V bandwidth usage reports online. We created a free add-on for the Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter, we call it Web Parser. The Web Parser processes the bandwidth usage log files and shows the reports online. Below you can see a sample report. To look at the reports users need to enter a password, so they can see only their virtual machine bandwidth usage. But the Hyper-V server administrator (with the master password) can see all the stats at a time.

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Please download Web Parser and read Web Parser Guide to find out more.

How to upgrade Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter from 2.0-2.3.0 to 2.3.1

To upgrade Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter from versions 2.0-2.3.0 to 2.3.1, please:

1. Backup Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter files. The default folder is C:\Program Files\BwHyperV\ Make a copy of this folder, just in case.

2. Stop Windows service named BwHyperV

3. Download this file and unzip it.

4. Copy (and replace) all the files from that ZIP archive to Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter folder.

5. Start BwHyperV… Windows service.

Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2.3.1 released

What is new in Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2.3.1:

Now there is an extended logging mode (or “Debug mode”). This mode can be turned on for one of the virtual machines at a time. The Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter will save the info about incoming/outgoing traffic from and to all the IP addresses, ports and MAC addresses. This is useful if you need to find more info about the traffic sources and/or if some virtual machine is under attack.

Please download the new version of Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter.

How to upgrade Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter from 2.0-2.2 to 2.3

To upgrade Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter from versions 2.0-2.2 to 2.3, please:

1. Backup Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter files. The default folder is C:\Program Files\BwHyperV\ Make a copy of this folder, just in case.

2. Stop Windows service named BwHyperV.

3. Download this file and unzip it.

4. Copy (and replace) all 3 files from that ZIP archive to Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter folder.

5. Run ConfigBwH.exe and select the needed parameters in Trigger section, then click [Ok].

6. Start BwHyperV Windows service.

Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2.3 released

What is new in Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2.3:

  • If the bandwidth usage of some virtual machine exceeds the limit, there are 4 additional options now. The Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter can pause, shut down, or turn off the virtual machine or just ignore the over usage. And, of course, all the actions and options from the previous versions are available: it can send email notifications, run scripts etc.
  • The log parsing interval can now be set to 2, 4, … , 24 hours. Also the tool can parse the logs every time the logs are updated.
  • Improved reporting (log parsing) tool. Filters added.

Please read more and download the new version of Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter.

Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2 (for Windows 2008, 2012)

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Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2 is a tool for Hyper-V bandwidth usage monitoring, counting and reporting.

It provides a bandwidth control on per virtual machine basis for different protocols (ARP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP). With this tool you can see the amount of data used (downloaded and uploaded) by each virtual machine (virtual server). Thus you can bill your customers for the bandwidth usage or just find out which virtual machines cause that high network load.

Installation is straightforward and only takes a couple of minutes.

For more information, please read this document.

System requirements:

  • Windows 2012 or 2008 R2 (64bit only) with Hyper-V
  • .NET framework 4.0

(There is also a version of Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter for Windows 2016: Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 3.)