Microsoft Hyper-V Alarms
This section describes predefined alarms for Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure components.
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
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Bad Hyper-V username logon attempt | Based on event | Error | Manual | This event records a failed user logon attempt. The combination of username, password and permissions is the mechanism by which Hyper-V server authenticate a user for access and authorize the user to perform activities. |
Cluster communication session failed | Based on event | Error | Manual | Host mode failed to establish a communication session while joining the cluster. |
Cluster host node network connectivity error | Based on event | Error | Manual | This cluster node has no network connectivity. It cannot participate in the cluster until connectivity is restored. |
Cluster hosts update version mismatch | Based on event | Error | Manual | Host node has established a communication session with another node and detected that it is running a different but compatible version of the cluster service software. |
Cluster network failure | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster network interface for cluster node has failed. |
Cluster witness resource failure | Based on event | Error | Manual | The cluster service detected a problem with the witness resource. The witness resource will be failed over to another node within the cluster in an attempt to reestablish access to cluster configuration data. |
Cluster witness resource update failure | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster service failed to update the cluster configuration data on the witness resource. |
Host available memory | Average Hyper-V Services memory usage for 15 minutes is above 80%. | Warning | Automatic | This host is low on available memory. |
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Host average disk queue length | Average disk queue length for 15 minutes is above 1. | Warning | Automatic | Average disk queue length on the host may report on too many I/O requests. This means that not all requests are queued. Some requests are completed and are on their way back to where the performance data is being collected. |
Average disk queue length for 15 minutes is above 2. | Error | |||
Host average memory pressure | Average pressure for 15 minutes is above 90%. | Warning | Automatic | This host has exceeded the threshold for memory pressure. |
Average pressure for 15 minutes is above 100%. | Error | |||
Host cluster membership | Based on event | Error | Manual | The Cluster service cannot identify host node as a member of failover cluster. |
Host connection failure | State not equals Connected for 5 minutes or more. | Error | Automatic | This alarm monitors Hyper-V host connection state. |
Host CPU time per dispatch | Average host CPU wait time for 15 minutes is 60 microseconds. | Warning | Automatic | The counter shows the average time Virtual Machines running on the host spent waiting for a virtual processor to be dispatched onto a logical processor. More vCPUs on host means more things the dispatcher has to schedule thus wait time raises. |
Average host CPU wait time for 15 minutes is 100 microseconds. | Error | |||
Host CPU usage | Average Total Run Time value for 15 minutes is above 75%. | Warning | Automatic | This host has exceeded the threshold for CPU usage. |
Average Total Run Time value for 15 minutes is above 85%. | Error | |||
Host failed to form a cluster | Based on event | Error | Manual | Host node failed to form a failover cluster. |
Host Image Management service is not running | *Hyper-V Image Management* service is not running for 5 minutes or more. | Error | Automatic | The service required to manage virtual storage is not running. No virtual storage management operations can be performed. |
Host Memory Pages Usage | Average pages/sec value for 15 minutes is above 500. | Warning | Automatic | The counter shows the rate at which pages are read from or written to disk to resolve hard page faults. This counter is a primary indicator of the types of faults that cause system-wide delays. |
Average pages/sec value for 15 minutes is above 1500. | Error | |||
Host network average output queue length | Average network output queue length for 15 minutes is above 1. | Warning | Automatic | This host has exceeded the threshold for the length of the queue in packets. This counter should be 0 at all times. |
Average network output queue length for 15 minutes is above 2. | Error | |||
Host network outbound errors number | Average network outbound errors number for 15 minutes is above 1. | Warning | Automatic | This host has exceeded the threshold for the outbound packets that couldn't be transmitted because of errors. |
Average network outbound errors number for 15 minutes is above 2. | Error | |||
Host Networking Management service is not running | *Hyper-V Networking Management* service is not running for 5 minutes or more. | Error | Automatic | The Hyper-V Networking Management Service is not configured to start automatically. Virtual networks cannot be managed until the service is started. |
Host node failed to form a cluster | Based on event | Error | Manual | Host node failed to form a cluster. |
Host node failed to join cluster | Based on event | Error | Manual | Host node failed to join the cluster because it could not send and receive failure detection network messages with other cluster nodes. |
Host node was evicted from cluster | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster host node has been evicted from the failover cluster. |
Host node was removed from cluster | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster node was removed from the active failover cluster membership. If the Cluster service fails to start on a failover cluster node, the node cannot function as part of the cluster. |
Host restart | Based on event | Information | Automatic | Host operation system has been restarted or shut down. |
Missing latest cluster configuration data | Based on event | Error | Manual | The cluster service has determined that this node does not have the latest copy of cluster configuration data. Therefore, the cluster service has prevented itself from starting on this node. |
Network communication failure | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster node lost communication with another cluster node. Network communication was reestablished. |
Unreachable cluster network interface | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster network interface for cluster node is unreachable by at least one other cluster node attached to the network. |
Virtual Machine Management service is not running | *Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management* service is not running. | Error | Automatic | The service required to manage virtual machines is not running. No virtual machine management operations can be performed. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
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Background disk merge failed | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The parent virtual hard disks associated with this virtual machine may be in an inconsistent state. |
Background disk merge interruption | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The snapshot merge operation was interrupted. |
Checkpoint configuration is not accessible | Based on event | Error | Manual | The configuration of checkpoint is no longer accessible. |
Current memory pressure | Average memory pressure for 15 minutes is above 110%. | Warning | Automatic | This VM has exceeded the threshold for memory pressure. |
Average memory pressure for 15 minutes is above 125%. | Error | |||
Failed to assign dynamic MAC address | Based on event | Error | Manual | Dynamic MAC address for VM network adapter was not assigned. |
Failed to create memory contents file | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to create memory contents file. |
Failed to create VM saved state file | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to create or access VM saved state file. |
Failed to delete VM directory | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cannot delete VM directory. |
Failed to initialize VM memory | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to initialize VM memory. |
Failed to merge virtual disk | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cannot merge disk file on deletion. As a result, this disk may be in an inconsistent state. |
Failed to power on VM | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to power on VM. |
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Failed to restore VM | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to restore a VM. |
Failed to save VM | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to save state for a VM. |
Guest disk space | Guest disk free space is below 10%. | Warning | Automatic | Guest OS volume is low on available guest disk space. |
Guest disk free space is below 5%. | Error | |||
Incompatible version of integration services | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The version of a component of integration services is incompatible with another version. |
Insufficient disk space | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Hyper-V disk space is low on available free space. |
Invalid static MAC address | Based on event | Error | Manual | By default, new virtual machines in Hyper-V are created with NICs that are assigned dynamic MAC addresses. |
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VM checkpoint age is 48 hours or more. | Warning | Automatic | The age of the latest checkpoint for this VM has exceeded the configured threshold. | |
Hyper-V VM checkpoint size is above 10% of the VM size. | Warning | Automatic | The size of the latest checkpoint file for this VM has exceeded the configured threshold. | |
Hyper-V VM checkpoint size is above 20% of the VM size. | Error | |||
Machine remoting system failure | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Failure in machine remoting system has been detected. |
No disk space to run this VM | Based on event | Error | Manual | VM has been paused because it has run out of disk space. |
Not enough memory to start a VM | Based on event | Error | Manual | Hyper-V was unable to allocate RAM resources to start this VM. |
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Possible ransomware activity | Total Run Time is above 70% | Warning | Automatic | Veeam ONE detected suspicious activity on this VM. |
Total Run Time is above 80% | Error | |||
Static MAC address conflict | Based on event | Warning | Manual | By default, new virtual machines in Hyper-V are created with NICs that are assigned dynamic MAC addresses. |
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Unexpected VM error | Based on event | Error | Manual | This VM has encountered an unexpected error. |
VM configuration is not accessible | Based on event | Error | Manual | The configuration of virtual machine is no longer accessible. |
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VM configuration module error | Based on event | Error | Manual | The VM configuration is no longer accessible. |
VM CPU usage | Average guest run time for 15 minutes is above 75%. | Warning | Automatic | This VM has exceeded the threshold for CPU usage. |
Average guest run time for 15 minutes is above 85%. | Error | |||
VM disk errors | Average number of errors/min for 15 minutes is above 4. | Warning | Automatic | This VM has logged one or more errors that have occurred on its virtual device. |
Average number of errors/min for 15 minutes is above 8. | Error | |||
VM guest OS reboot | Based on event | Information | Warning | Virtual Machine was rebooted. This warning is applied only to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. |
VM initialization error | Based on event | Error | Manual | VM initialization has failed. |
State not equals Running for 5 minutes or more. | Error | Automatic | VM power state has been changed. | |
VM invalid switch port reference | Based on event | Error | Manual | The virtual machine cannot be started. |
VM restart | Based on event | Information | Automatic | Virtual Machine was rebooted. This warning is applied only to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. |
VM shutdown by guest | Based on event | Information | Automatic | Virtual Machine was shut down. This warning is applied only to Windows Server 2012 and newer Windows server versions. |
VM shutdown by host | Based on event | Information | Automatic | Virtual Machine was shut down. This warning is applied only to Windows Server 2012 and newer Windows server versions. |
VM vCPU time per dispatch | Average CPU wait time for 15 minutes is above 60 microseconds. | Warning | Automatic | The counter shows the average time spent waiting for a virtual processor to be dispatched onto a logical processor. |
Average CPU wait time for 15 minutes is above 100 microseconds. | Error | |||
No backup restore points for the past 24 hours. | Warning | Automatic | This VM has not been backed up within the defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) interval. | |
No replica restore points for the past 24 hours. | Warning | Automatic | This VM has not been replicated within the defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) interval. | |
VSS checkpoint failure | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to create the backup of virtual machine. |
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Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
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Cluster configuration data is missing or corrupt | Based on event | Error | Manual | An attempt to forcibly start the cluster service has failed because the cluster configuration data on host node is either missing or corrupt. |
Cluster configuration database cannot be unloaded | Based on event | Error | Manual | The failover cluster database could not be unloaded and any potentially incorrect changes in memory could not be discarded. The cluster service will attempt to repair the database by retrieving it from another cluster node. |
Cluster database could not be loaded | Based on event | Error | Manual | The cluster database could not be loaded. Ensure that a good copy of the cluster configuration is available to the node. |
Cluster memory overcommitment | Based on event | Resolve | Automatic | When placing a virtual machine in a failover cluster, the placement process calculates whether the new virtual machine will over-commit the cluster. If the action will over-commit the cluster, the alarm will trigger. |
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Cluster network is down | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster network is down. |
Cluster resource cannot be brought online | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster network name resource cannot be brought online. The computer object associated with the resource could not be updated in domain. |
Cluster resource failure | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster resource in clustered service or application has failed. |
Cluster service cannot be started | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster service cannot be started. An attempt to read configuration data from the Windows registry failed. |
Cluster service failed to start | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster service failed to start because it was unable to register interfaces with the RPC service. |
Cluster service failed to write data to a file | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster service could not write to a file. In a failover cluster, most clustered services or applications use at least one disk, also called a disk resource, that you assign when you configure the clustered service or application. Clients can use the clustered service or application only when the disk is functioning correctly. |
Cluster service fatal error | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster service suffered an unexpected fatal error. |
Cluster service interruption | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster service was halted due to incomplete connectivity with other cluster nodes. |
Cluster service shut down | Based on event | Error | Manual | The Cluster service is shutting down because quorum was lost. |
Cluster Shared Volume is not available | Based on event | Warning | Automatic | Cluster Shared Volume is no longer available on this node. All I/O will temporarily be queued until a path to the volume is reestablished. |
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Cluster Shared Volume is not directly accessible | Based on event | Warning | Automatic | Cluster Shared Volume is no longer directly accessible from this cluster node. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device over the network through the node that owns the volume. This may result in degraded performance. |
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Failed to bring cluster resource online | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster IP address resource cannot be brought online. |
Failed to copy cluster configuration data file | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The restore request for the cluster configuration data failed to make a copy of the existing cluster configuration data file (ClusDB). |
Failed to create cluster resource name in domain | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster network name resource failed to create its associated computer object in domain. |
Failed to migrate virtual machine | Based on event | Error | Manual | Live migration for this VM did not succeed. |
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Failed to unload failover cluster database | Based on event | Error | Manual | The failover cluster database could not be unloaded. |
Inconsistency within the failover cluster | Based on event | Error | Manual | The Cluster service was halted to prevent an inconsistency within the failover cluster. |
Invalid IP address detected | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster IP address resource cannot be brought online because the address value is invalid. |
Invalid IP address for cluster resource | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster IP address resource failed to come online. |
Invalid subnet mask detected | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster IP address resource cannot be brought online because the subnet mask value is invalid. |
Unexpected cluster service problem | Based on event | Error | Manual | The cluster service encountered an unexpected problem and will be shut down. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
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Active filter drivers detected | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster Shared Volume has identified one or more active filter drivers on this device stack that could interfere with CSV operations. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device over the network through another Cluster node. This may result in degraded performance. |
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Cluster Shared Volume read latency | Average read latency for 15 minutes is above 40 milliseconds. | Warning | Automatic | Cluster Shared Volume has exceeded the configured threshold of total read latency. |
Average read latency for 15 minutes is above 80 milliseconds. | Error | |||
Cluster Shared Volume write latency | Average write latency for 15 minutes is above 40 milliseconds. | Warning | Automatic | Cluster Shared Volume has exceeded the configured threshold of total write latency. |
Average write latency for 15 minutes is above 80 milliseconds. | Error | |||
Cluster Shared Volume free space | Free space is below 10%. | Warning | Automatic | Cluster Shared Volume is low on available free space. |
Free space is below 5%. | Error | |||
Redirected access was turned on | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Cluster Shared Volume redirected access was turned on. Access to the storage device will be redirected over the network from all cluster nodes that are accessing this volume. This may result in degraded performance. |
Volume snapshot preparation error | Based on event | Error | Manual | A backup application initiated a VSS snapshot on Cluster Shared Volume without properly preparing the volume for snapshot. This snapshot may be invalid and the backup may not be usable for restore operations. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
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Datastore read latency | Avg Disk sec/Read value for 15 minutes is 40 milliseconds. | Warning | Automatic | This host local disk has exceeded the threshold for total read latency. This performance monitor counter measures the amount of time that read operations take to respond to the operating system. |
Avg Disk sec/Read value for 15 minutes is 80 milliseconds. | Error | |||
Datastore write latency | Avg Disk sec/Write value for 15 minutes is 40 milliseconds. | Warning | Automatic | This host disk has exceeded the threshold for total write latency. This performance monitor counter measures the amount of time that write operations take to respond to the operating system. |
Avg Disk sec/Write value for 15 minutes is 80 milliseconds. | Error | |||
Local volume free space | Free space is below 10%. | Warning | Automatic | Local volume is low on available free space. |
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Cluster Shared Volume is no longer accessible | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cluster Shared Volume is no longer accessible from this cluster node because of error. |
Failed to load VM configuration | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cannot load a virtual machine configuration |
Failed to open VM attachment | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cannot open VM attachment. |
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Failed to register VM configuration file | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service failed to register the configuration for the virtual machine. |
Failed to revert to VSS snapshot | Based on event | Error | Manual | Failed to revert to VSS snapshot on one or more virtual hard disks of the virtual machine. |
Failed to unregister VM configuration file | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service failed to unregister the configuration for the virtual machine. |
Failed to verify VM configuration file | Based on event | Warning | Manual | The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service failed to verify that the configuration is registered for the virtual machine. |
VM configuration file is corrupt | Based on event | Error | Manual | Cannot load the virtual machine because the configuration is corrupt. |