I am trying to configure a 911 dispatch console. The dispatchers have one main application that they dispatch from and a bunch of peripheral applications that they use for support (think outlook, internet etc...). We have had several instances where the peripheral applications have caused problems with the CAD (computer aided dispatch) software. To prevent this, I am wanting to install a hyper-v virtual machine on the Windows 10 computer that is running the CAD software. I will then load all the peripheral applications onto the virtual machine.
In order for the dispatchers to quickly see the information that they need, we have 6 displays connected to the physical computer via 2 NVidea NVS 510 video cards (3 monitors attached to each video card) which each contain 2GB of RAM.. We would like to have the virtual machine come up on two of those 6 and leave the other 4 for the CAD software. However, I can run the virtual computer on all 6 monitors or only on 1, but not a subset of the 6.
I have added the RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter to the virtual machine and configured it with a maximum number of monitors = 2, set the max resolution to match the resolution of the monitors the VM will be displayed on and maxed out the memory. When I attach to this VM with more than 2 monitors attached to the system I remotely connecting from, only one monitor is used to display the VM. If I change the minimum number of monitors to the number of monitors attached to the computer I am remotely connecting from (6), the virtual machine comes up on all the displays as expected; however, this will not work as the dispatchers need to quickly see information on both the CAD software and the peripheral applications (VM system).
Can anyone confirm for me that this is a limitation of RDP/Hyper-V or if I have something configured incorrectly? In other words, has anyone been successful in using RDP or another software (if so what) to connect to a virtual machine using a subset of the number of monitors on the system being used to access the VM?
I have tried simplifying the configuration, using only 1 video card, attaching 3 monitors, setting the max number of monitors for the VM to 2 and connecting. This simplified configuration does the same thing… when connected via RDP or the Hyper-V manger, it only displays with one monitor. If I change the max number of monitors to 3, the VM will display on all 3 monitors.
As a side note, I have been testing with VirtualBox and I have been successful in getting this configuration to work but I would prefer to use Hyper-V for multiple reasons.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!/responses!