From what I understand, enabling the Hyper-V role in Server 2012 virtualizes the OS and is essentially the same as running it on top of Hyper-V 2012 Server. Also, Hyper-V doesn't passthru SMART data.

Thanks to my obsession with DIY projects and server experiments, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors over the years. These range from popular ...

If you receive a prompt with the message Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changes when you try to re-create a Hyper-V virtual switch (vSwitch) for the same ...

Microsoft confirms the process to create new Network Adapters joined to a VM network on Hyper-V hosts in Windows Server is broken since the last Patch Tuesday. Temporary mitigation has been issued.

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) Windows Server updates to address a known issue breaking virtual machine (VM) creation on Hyper-V hosts after installing this month's Patch Tuesday ...

Microsoft says Windows Server updates released during December's Patch Tuesday will trigger errors when creating new virtual machines on some Hyper-V hosts. The known issue affects only Windows Server ...

How can problems with a Hyper-V VM cause disk errors in Windows (the host)? Event viewer shows all these: Errors during paging operations. Failed to flush data to the transaction log (Failure status: ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.