SUMMARY
After recovering a Hyper-V server using the integrated bare metal recovery feature, you receive the error: Virtual Machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running.
ISSUE
Purpose
To explain how to resolve an error that can occur after recovering a Hyper-V server using the integrated bare metal recovery feature
Description
After recovering a Hyper-V server, you could receive the following message when starting up its VMs: “Virtual Machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running.”
Resolution
To resolve this issue, complete the following steps:
- Run the following command on the Hyper-V server: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
- Reboot the Hyper-V server.
- You can now start the VMs.
Additional Information
For more information about the integrated bare metal recovery feature, see Windows integrated bare metal recovery in the Unitrends Administrator’s Guide.