Hyper-V: Troubleshooting

Hyper-V Versions
Health Model
Tools
Procedures
Best Practices
Virtualization Server/Host-based Troubleshooting
Virtual Machine/Guest-based Troubleshooting
Resources
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Hyper-V Versions

Health Model

The health model is the list of Hyper-V errors, events and diagnostic steps you can take available on TechNet.

Tools

Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool (does not work for Windows Server 2008 R2)
MAP 4.0
- 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP)
Disk2VHD 1.4
Wim2VHD
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.08
Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard
Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility (HVRemote)
Core Configurator 2.0 (Windows Server 2008 R2)
VMC to Hyper-V Import tool
NVSPBIND.EXE 1.0
NVSPSCRUB.JS
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x64)
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x86)
Microsoft Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter (vm2dmp.exe)
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (OVMST)
Virtualization Detect Tool (VpDetect.exe) — included in the Windows Logo Kit NOTE: Microsoft Connect (log-in required).
Virtual Machine Detect Tool (aka IsVM, DetectVM.exe) — included in the Windows Logo Kit NOTE: Microsoft Connect (log-in required)
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit)
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit)
Microsoft Server Energy Savings Calculator
Microsoft Integrated Virtualization Calculator
Core Configurator 2.0

Procedures

Best Practices

Follow Best Practices, if there is a Best Practice Analyzer for the product, use it. BPAs are written to find and fix the most common configuration issues.
Measuring Performance on Hyper-V
- use the perf counter “\Hyper-V Hypervisor Logical Processor(_Total)\% Total Run Time” to measure CPU in a Hyper-V environment
Failover Clustering Performance Counters - Part 1
Failover Clustering Performance Counters - Part 2