Hyper-V doesn't find virtual machine

Question

I'm a first time user of Hyper-V. I have a virtual machine (.vhdx) that I want to load in Hyper-V on a Windows 10 computer. However, when I open Hyper-V, the Virtual Machines list at the top of the main page screen reports "No virtual machines found on this server." I wasn't sure where to locate the .vhdx file so I checked the default path for virtual machines in the Settings menu (C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks) and copied the file there. However, it still doesn't show up in the Virtual Machines list on the main page. What am I missing?

Also, I'm curious as to the difference between the .vhd and .vhdx file extensions...?

Answer 1

Hi @ginahoy ,

If you simply have a .VHDX file without any configuration files, you will likely need to create a new virtual machine and attach the .VHDX file to it.

If you have a whole folder of the virtual machine, you can most likely import it using the Hyper-V Manager tool or PowerShell.

Export and Import virtual machines
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/deploy/export-and-import-virtual-machines

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Answer 2

I was able to connect the .VHDX file to a newly created virtual machine. Thanks for the assist!

Answer 3

Hi check if you can find the hyper with PS:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/hyper-v/get-vm?view=windowsserver2019-ps