Category: KB-HyperV

A Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 Anniversary Update. A Hyper-V VM running Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 Anniversary Update. A Hyper-V VM with configuration version 8.0 or greater. An Intel processor with VT-x and EPT technology. Shutdown VM Open Powershell as admin and run this command on Hyper-V host "Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true When using Nested Virtualization you can not use dynamic memory. Set to VM to Static memory if it isn't already Start VM Install Hyper V role More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization   Script that will prompt you to enter name of VM $Server = Read-Host -Prompt 'Input your server name' Set-VMProcessor -VMName $Server -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true...

First, you need to see if VM resource metering is enabled run PowerShell as admin on a hyper v host (or using remote powershell) Get-VM | Format-List Name,ResourceMeteringEnabled   To Enable Metering Enable-VMResourceMetering -VMName NameOfVM To Disable Metering Disable-VMResourceMetering -VMName NameOfVM If you want to enable this for all vm's on a host replace NameOfVM with *   Basic overview Use the below command (values only 0 if VM is off) Get-VM | Measure-VM This shows the columns: VMName, Avg CPU, Avg Ram, Max Ram, Min Ram, Total Disk, Network Inbound, Net Outbound Focus on IOPS Measure-VM -VMName NameOfVM | select VMName, @{Label='TotalIO';Expression = {$_.AggregatedDiskDataRead + $_.AggregatedDiskDataWritten}}, @{Label='%Read';Expression={"{0:P2}" -f ($_.AggregatedDiskDataRead/($_.AggregatedDiskDataRead + $_.AggregatedDiskDataWritten))}}, @{Label='%Write';Expression={"{0:P2}" -f ($_.AggregatedDiskDataWritten/($_.AggregatedDiskDataRead + $_.AggregatedDiskDataWritten))}}, @{Label='TotalIOPS';Expression = {"{0:N2}" -f (($_.AggregatedDiskDataRead + $_.AggregatedDiskDataWritten)/$_.MeteringDuration.Seconds)}} | ft    ...