237 questions
237 questions with Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V tags
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Windows Server 2025 (26100): vmicvss fails to start with Event 7009 connect timeout on multiple guests - production checkpoints and backups broken
Environment: Host: Windows Server 2025 Standard, build 26100, standalone (workgroup) Guests: 2x Windows Server 2025, VM config version 12.0 (one Domain Controller, one File Server) Updates: KB5094137, KB5094125 (June 2026 CUs),…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-07-01T21:28:37.4866667+00:00
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Emran Moradian
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-02T02:04:14.2633333+00:00
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HLBui
8,450
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
Hyper-V Reference Point / Production Checkpoint failures on Windows Server 2025
Dear Microsoft Support, We are experiencing intermittent Hyper-V Reference Point / Production Checkpoint related failures on a newly deployed Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V host. Environment Host OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard OS Build:…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-30T08:10:26.8433333+00:00
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Koller Zoltán
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-06-30T10:10:33.8466667+00:00
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Xuan Nhu
250
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
Is Oracle Linux 8.9 supported to run as a virtual machine on Windows Server Hyper‑V?
Is it supported to run Oracle Linux 8.9 as a virtual machine on Windows Server Hyper-V? We checked the following documentation, but Oracle Linux 8.9 is not listed there, while Oracle Linux 9.0 is listed. Therefore, we are unsure about the support status…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-30T09:29:10.9566667+00:00
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Akira Ishikawa
0
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answered 2026-06-30T09:32:47.3633333+00:00
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Quinnie Quoc
11,810
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
'XXXXXXX' could not create auto virtual hard disk D:\XXXX\XXXXXX\Virtual Hard Disks\XXXXXX_D3EAF5D6-C04A-44B6-84C3-906557407102.avhdx: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x80070020)
We are using commvault for taking hyper v backup. but getting this error while backup Error creating virtual machine [XXXXXX] snapshot. Please check the virtual machine snapshot tree and the hosting volume for free space. [Checkpoint operation for…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
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Installing Ubuntu 24.04 on a Hyper-V virtual machine hosted on Windows Server 2019.
Dear Microsoft Support Team, We are experiencing an issue while installing Ubuntu 24.04 on a Hyper-V virtual machine hosted on Windows Server 2019. Environment Details: Host OS: Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Version: Hyper-V Manager Guest OS: Ubuntu…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-11T10:30:38.4366667+00:00
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TNT TNT
0
Reputation points
commented 2026-06-18T00:47:46.1466667+00:00
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Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
1,195
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
3 answers
Unique system parameters even in case of VM clone
Hello, I am looking for some unique parameters with which I can identify the virtual machine uniquely. Even if VMs are clonned (by any type of option available), I should get the different values for different VMs i.e. original and clone should have…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-12T06:40:12.6166667+00:00
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Joshi, Anand [AUTOSOL/PSS/IN]
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-06-15T00:59:19.7166667+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
1,195
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
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Obtaining IP address of Node inside Failover cluster
Hello, I would like to know how to obtain IP address of each node within a failover cluster. In my current setup, I have two nodes creating a failover cluster. In each node is running multiple VMs. I'm connected to one of the (cluster) node. What…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-09T11:37:19.3+00:00
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Štechmüller, Petr
20
Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-10T12:59:48.29+00:00
Štechmüller, Petr
20
Reputation points
2 answers
How to fix INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE when loading up a Hyper V virtual machine
We are having the challenge of loading up the virtual machine that contains an application that was not accessible. after increasing the storage, and trying to boot the VM up, the vm is stuck in boot loop. How do we get back to the VM without damaging…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-05-12T09:31:51.7933333+00:00
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Ihekwuaba `Okereke Ngadiuba
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-05-12T10:44:16.5166667+00:00
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Harry Phan
24,075
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
AHCI controller to be enabled in Hyper-V
We were using VMware earlier and did not encounter any issues with enabling AHCI mode. Now we are on Hyper-V VM and My current development work specifically involves kernel driver development in AHCI mode. Could you please advise if any additional…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-05-05T11:26:49.1333333+00:00
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Syed Faisal
20
Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-07T06:22:10.4633333+00:00
Syed Faisal
20
Reputation points
3 answers
Building windows 2025 core Hyper-V and then Cluster for VMs
I have been tasked with building a Hyper-V and cluster for VMs. I have two Cisco UCS B200 M5 2 Socket Blade Servers that I have loaded windows 2025 core bare metal install. I made the mistake of doing all the networking first. Now when I used Windows…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-01T17:34:32.2+00:00
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Dupler,Michael
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-04-28T01:15:42.41+00:00
Stefano Gentili
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Architectural Feasibility of Multi-Cluster Node Participation for S2D Resilience Migration
Our enterprise is looking to optimize storage efficiency on our Windows Server 2019 hyper-converged infrastructure by transitioning from a three-way mirror to a dual-parity resilience model. To expand our available volume capacity without a complete…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-27T03:26:10.96+00:00
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Terinat Skraktina
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-04-27T04:06:46.2266667+00:00
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Jason Nguyen Tran
21,535
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
3 answers
Rename Hyper-v VM
How / Can we rename the Hyper-V VM with the file name? Example i have VM-01 then i want change to VM-100 and the files will be changed to VM-100 also. In vmware this can be done by moving the VM to other datasore.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-13T06:57:54.8933333+00:00
Handian Sudianto
7,301
Reputation points
answered 2026-04-15T09:58:08.83+00:00
HLBui
8,450
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
I want to delete the role (virtual machine) of the failover cluster, but I can't.
An inconsistency occurs between the failover cluster and Hyper-V regarding roles (virtual machines), and the status of the target machine cannot be updated on the Failover Cluster Manager. ↓ Tried to delete the role (virtual machine), but cannot. Error…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
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2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
VMWare ESXi migration to Microsft Hyper-v without additional Storage
Hi, We want to migrate VMWare to Microsoft Hyper-V . Constraints and Objectives: No additional Disk space available in the SAN and can not be upgraded. We have three standalone VMWare ESXi Host each with 10 VMs. No spare additional HPE server. No…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-04-02T01:55:38.1166667+00:00
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SUDHIR KUMAR SWAMY TOTA
20
Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-02T23:00:37.66+00:00
SUDHIR KUMAR SWAMY TOTA
20
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Configuring RDMA/RoCE v2 Bandwidth & DCB for 26-Node Hyper-V 2025 Cluster via SCVMM
Hello, I am implementing a 26-node Hyper-V cluster on Windows Server 2025 using Cisco UCS M7 blades (100Gbps VIC 15000). We are using SCVMM to manage a converged network with Switch Embedded Teaming (SET). Current Configuration: We have successfully…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-16T11:17:40.73+00:00
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Ahmed Essam
290
Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-01T12:58:10.45+00:00
Ahmed Essam
290
Reputation points
4 answers
Server 2025,vEthernet SET,Hyper V Cluster - VeeamBackup
I have set up Windows Hyper V cluster on Server 2025 DC, Vethernet as SET. I have noticed that while running Veeam backup for vms its extremely slow and not even completing for 50GB vms. But I have another cluster of 2019 and from there I am able to…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-27T07:25:30.0366667+00:00
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Muhamed Panchili
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-03-28T10:04:38.1466667+00:00
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Tracy Le
9,840
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
Calculating Windows Server Core Licenses for a 12-Node Hyper-V Cluster
We operate a highly available virtualization infrastructure running Hyper-V, which currently consists of a dozen physical nodes that each pack 56 processor cores. Across this entire server pool, we are hosting exactly 50 guest VMs. I am completely lost…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-24T03:48:56.3533333+00:00
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Lixian
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-03-25T03:29:18.2766667+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran
21,535
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
3 answers
Hyper-V 2025 Installation/Configuration
We are planning to move from VMware to Hyper-V 2025. I don't have much more idea about the Hyper-V. Can anyone please let me know Best practices for the Hyper-V installation/configuration? Also is there any recommendation to learn the Hyper-V, Any…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-19T08:49:14.8533333+00:00
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Kaushal Shah
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-03-25T03:21:51.7266667+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran
21,535
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
Windows failover cluster adapter media disconnected
I am setting up a Hyper-V cluster with Windows failover clustering. I have one node set up and have created the cluster. When I add the second node, the first node becomes sluggish and I see storage paused warnings. I ran a validation while the second…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-03-17T19:51:21.2666667+00:00
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Jim Booska
0
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commented 2026-03-19T10:52:05.5+00:00
Jim Booska
0
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Hyper V Network Trunking
We have had a brand new HyperV solution installed. With the way that networking has been configured, I cannot create a trunk port so that a VM can receive tagged packets from multiple VLANs. The "Trunk Mode" selection is greyed out. If I…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-02-26T19:03:52.6533333+00:00
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Alan Shoop
40
Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-17T22:16:53.8966667+00:00
Alan Shoop
40
Reputation points