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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785884313

Length 524 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Hyper-V

Concepts

Servers

Authors (4):

Patrick Lownds

Leandro Carvalho

Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho

Charbel Nemnom

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server FREE CHAPTER

2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers

3. Managing Disk and Network Settings

4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation

5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks

6. Security and Delegation of Control

7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V

8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V

9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V

10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V

A. Hyper-V Architecture and Components

Index

Using event viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting

The time may come when you face a Hyper-V issue that needs to be repaired. You will have to be prepared on how to troubleshoot any issue on Hyper-V when that happens, and the best way to start is using Event Viewer in Windows.

Almost all events on Hyper-V are logged in Event Viewer; however, they are divided between different event logs. You need to be able to know how to obtain more details about an error and where to look in case of a Hyper-V problem.

This recipe will show how you can find the Hyper-V Event Viewer entries and what information each of them has.

Getting ready

Make sure you are using an administrative user account to view the Event Viewer details. You can use the dedicated local group named Event Log Readers to add users who need permissions only to see event logs.

How to do it…

The following steps will show how to locate the Hyper-V event logs, how to check all the events in just one view, and how to see the event cluster entries...