I'm sure this must be obvious, but I'm just starting to try out Hyper-V hence don't know where to look for more information.
I've installed Windows Server 2008 R2, turned on virtualization support in the BIOS, added the Hyper-V role and tried to create a VM, but when I try to start it, all I get is a window that says "An error occurred while attempting to start the selected virtual machine(s). 'name' could not initialize.' If I expand the details, the only extra information is the machine id.
I've looked in the event logs and can't see anything relevant, so where do I go to find out what is preventing Hyper-V from starting the VM? I assume that a more detailed explanation (or at least an error number) is logged somewhere!
By the way, the Best Practices Analyzer reports 3 warnings:
- Hyper-V should be the only enabled role
- The Server Core installation option is recommended for servers running Hyper-V
- Dynamic virtual hard disks are not recommended for virtual machines that run server workloads in a production environment
As far as I can see, none of these should prevent the VMs from initializing.
Thanks.