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VHDX is the virtual hard disk format introduced with Hyper-V 2012. It is designed to enhance performance and data protections over the earlier VHD format.

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User profiles as VHDX files - paging operation errors

Hello we have this terminal server on w2k12. Users login and have their profile mounted as virtual disk from VHDX file with filename like this C:\Users\Public\Documents\RDS_UserProfileDisks\UVHD-S-1-5-21-3626241538-2602771230-459845379-52949.vhdx I…
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Server 2012 R2 - Sharing 'cluster shared volume' .VHDX hard drives between two VMs, are they supposed to not live update?

I have a .VHDX volume that's a cluster shared volume in a Server 2012 R2 failover cluster. I'm able to share the hard drive between two VMs. If I create a folder on VM2, it doesn't show in VM1 in the hard drive unless I reboot that machine or go…
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Use a shared vhdx as shared drive

I have a Windows Cluster made up of two nodes connected via SAS to a storage array. I have two virtual machines configured with their hard disks (vhdx) on the shared storage. They are up and running correctly. Now I need to build a "shared volume"…
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Refreshing VM with limited Disk SPace

I have a Hyper-V machine that crashed. I am trying to refresh it but the disk is too small when I load the disk.ISO in. I tried to expand it but I still get the screen. Is there a way to add the added disk space to the so that it sees the extra disk…
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Preventing a read-write first automount after adding a VHDX onto a CentOS7 HyperV VM

I have a VHDX file (representing a non-boot ext4 fs) that I need to run some forensics on. I have a working CentOS7 HyperV VM on a Win2012R2 host. I want to attach the VHDX to the CentOS7 VM, which I know how to do. What I don't know how to do…
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Merging avhdx checkpoints into vhdx under Qemu/KVM

I recently switched over from Hyper-V to Qemu (KVM), and in migrating my VM’s unpleasantly discovered that I had neglected to use the Hyper-V tools to merge one of my Ubuntu VM’s disks containing several hundred gigabytes of data I’d like…
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Why does vhdx file take more space than actual data in ext4 partition

I know Hyper-V is not able to handle ext4 file system, thus the compact will not compact correctly. But I found some articles on the web suggesting zeroing unused space. df -h actually returns : Sys. de fichiers Taille Utilisé Dispo Uti% Monté…
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Failed to map guest I/O buffer for write access with status 0xC0000044 Hyper-V-StorageVSP Event ID 8

Full Error information: Error 8/9/2021 10:35:11 AM Hyper-V-StorageVSP 8 None Failed to map guest I/O buffer for write access with status 0xC0000044. Device name = d:\vms\servername\virtual hard disks\servername.vhdx This error is switching…
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Completely remove virtual disks with diskpart (list volume still shows them)

I'm creating a lot of differencing disks for my project and deleting them after some time. I use "detach vdisk" command, they disappear from disk management but they are not completely removed... When i use "list vdisk" command there is a huge list…
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How to boot vhdx drives?

I recovered a bare metal backup for one hyper-v vm (2012 R2) in the form of 2 vhdx files. How can I boot the backed up vm? Should I burn into a USB/DVD or can I just use an unallocated drive space?
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