Issues at https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Virtualization-Documentation moved
I had a link to a Github issue in my notes: Windows 10: hyper-v was unable to find a virtual switch with name 'External VM Switch' · Issue #959 · MicrosoftDocs/Virtualization-Documentation When I navigate to that link now, I see this: Is it…
Unable to quick create hyper-v machine
Unable to quick create hyper-v machine
"Checkpoint operation failed" when trying to *start* a Virtual Machine with a physical disk attached
Hello, I am trying to recover a copy of Windows where Windows Setup failed to create the EFI partition on the correct disk. To do this, I have connected the drive to another PC, on that PC I am using Hyper-V to start Windows PE in a virtual…
Error replicating Hyper-v VM to Azure site recovery
Hello, I have a hyper-v with multiple hyper-v hosts and VMs. The replication to azure site recovery was working fine. I recreated some VMs and now i cant re-enable the replication. I have already disbled the replication, and removed the hyper-v hosts.…
WSL2 not working properly on Windows. Required to disable network.
Having issues with launching any linux distro within Windows. For context it was working, and on Jan 29th it stopped working. There was a Powershell v7.3.11 update on windows but I don't believe it was working. Currently I'm trying to launch WSL2 using…
How can I detect whether my Virtual machine is cloned one or not from the guest operating system in the hyper-v
Hi, I want to detect the virtual machine cloned one or not from my application, which I need to identify by executing the application in the guest operating system running on the hyper-v. Basically, I want to know what changes will be made to the cloned…
Attach USB device to Hyper-V guest machine
Hello, We have a software installed on one of our Hyper-V guest machines running Windows 2022 Datacenter edition. This software requires a hardware lock which is a USB device. The device is inserted into the USB port of the server, and the host machine…
What Windows 2022 licenses do I need to set Windows 2022 Hyper-V hypervisor with linuix machines acting as web servers with services for clients
We are considering to set a Windows 2022 hypervisor with a few linux based web servers. Services hosted on linux VMs would be available for our cutomers or emplyees through web. Do I need some kind of CALs ? Or I only need to license all physical cores…
Storage Spaces Tiering Performance Problem
I'm seeing very poor performance from Tiered Storage Spaces, hoping someone can help idendity what I am doing wrong. I have 2x256GB SSDs and 2x2TB HDDs. Individual drives perform as expected My previous experience is that a two drive tiered…
VSS Shadow copies none existent
Hello, I am trying to get one of our servers to back up. This is proving difficult as I can't figure out what is wrong with my Shadow Copies so I can't really do much. I have tried adding more storage (only about 30GB but it was a 60GB disk so its a x1.5…
How to fix my virtual switch on my Hyper-V?
Hi, I created a Hyper-V Server(2025) and created some vm servers, such as AD, DNS, DHCP... Everything seems to be fine, so i can connect to domain, i can ping from a client with static IP the servers, but somehow the DHCP isn't working. With Wireshark…
Failed In-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025 (Hyper-V 2019 VM)
Hi, does anyone have same issue as I do - in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025 on Hyper-V 2019 VM fails after 90% and first reboot. VM tries to boot and soon gets turned off. I have no issues with this upgrade path on vSphere…
Virtual Machine Boot Summary. No operating system was loaded
Tried to create a new virtual machine by using the Windows 11 iso I downloaded from the windows website. Restarted my computer and tried multiple times but whenever I start the VM, the screen ends up like this. Do kindly advise on how I can troubleshoot…
Install Network Virtualization Hyper-V Windows Server 2025
Hello, I am trying to install Network Virtualization into my Hyper-V Windows Server 2025 and always get the same error. I need to install this to add Cluster to SCVMM, which always asks for installation. When I try to add Hyper Cluster, an error on the…
Generation 2 VM boot loader can not find an operating system after mounted iso
Updated: I use generation 1 VM to test the ISO whether is bootable. It can boot successfully from iso in generation 1 VM. Goal: Goal is to use total memory encryption multi key in windows 11 pro…
Hyper-V version 12: Error the target device has insufficient resources to complete the operation
Windows 11 24H2 Hyper-V version 12 Error the target device has insufficient resources to complete the operation
AKS Edge Essentials - Single Machine Cluster Install
I am trying to complete a local install of AKS Edge Essentials for a "Single Machine Cluster". The install was going OK, until I hit the network requirement(s). As you can see it appears my local private subnet 192.168.1.0 is being used. …
Server 2022 Datacenter- Hyper-V resets maximum live migrations to 1 after reboot
We have 11 node Hyper-V failover cluster build on windows server 2022 Datacenter. When I change live migrations limit from 1-5 after rebooting the host it get back to 1. I changed it from Hyper-V manager also from PowerShell but the same . Are we missing…
After beeing upgraded to W11 24H2 HyperV cannot start my Hyper-V machines
When trying to start Hyper-V machines configured wit 4096 MB memory and 2 CPUs running W11 24H2 I get this error message: 'MyVirtualMachine' failed to start worker process: The target device has insufficient resources to complete the operation.…
Unable migrate VM from Hyper-V 2019 to Hyper-V 2022 (error 32784)
Hi there, I have issue with Live migration between two hosts. One server is Windows Server 2019 Datacenter (Core). another one is Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (Core) Both servers belong same domain and located in same VLAN (actually, they share one…