What's "Hypervisor is present" mean in coreinfo3.6 ? the "Hypervisor" is status or feature ?

Question

Use coreinfo3.6 to get information.

When HVCI is enabled, coreinfo gets: "HYPERVISOR * Hypervisor is present"

When HVCI is disabled, coreinfo gets: "HYPERVISOR - Hypervisor is present"

Is this as expected?

HYPERVISOR refers to a supported feature, or a current state?

Answer 1

In the context of the output you provided from coreinfo, the "Hypervisor is present" message indicates the current state of the hypervisor on your system.

When HVCI (Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity) is enabled, coreinfo displays "HYPERVISOR * Hypervisor is present." The asterisk (*) indicates that the hypervisor is present and active.

When HVCI is disabled, coreinfo displays "HYPERVISOR - Hypervisor is present." The hyphen (-) indicates that the hypervisor is present but not active because HVCI is disabled.

In both cases, "Hypervisor is present" signifies that the system has hypervisor support, which means it is capable of running virtualization technologies like Hyper-V. The presence of the hypervisor is independent of its active state, which is determined by the HVCI setting.

Therefore, in this context, "Hypervisor is present" refers to the supported feature of having a hypervisor on the system, and the additional symbol (*) or hyphen (-) represents the current state of the hypervisor (active or inactive) based on the HVCI setting.