# Microsoft Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V is the monitoring module for Microsoft Hyper-V Server. You can monitor performance counters and get inventory reports for your Hyper-V Servers and virtual machines.
You can reach Microsoft Hyper-V module monitoring and reports via left menu. ## ***Module Reports*** VirtualMetric collects following inventory reports for Microsoft Hyper-V module.
**Bare Metal Reports** ```markup Change Tracking Event Log Security Log Firewall Log Best Practices Pending Updates TCP Connections Security Threats File Change Tracking User Sessions Processes Services Hotfix Programs Windows Features Windows Defender Firewall Rules Network Teaming Startup Commands Local DNS Records Administrators ``` **Cluster Reports** ```markup Cluster Network Cluster Aware Update Replica Broker ``` **Server Reports** ```markup Config Virtual Switch vHBA Switch VM Migration Network ``` **Virtual Machine Reports** ```markup Config Snapshot Services Replica Config Replica Health ``` ## ***Module Counters*** VirtualMetric collects following performance counters for Microsoft Hyper-V module.
**Hyper-V Hypervisor Logical Processor** ```markup % Guest Run Time % Hypervisor Run Time % Idle Time % Total Run Time Context Switches/Sec Total Interrupts/Sec ``` **Memory** ```markup Available MBytes Pages/Sec Page Faults/Sec % Committed Bytes In Use Free System Page Table Entries Pool Nonpaged Bytes Pool Paged Bytes ``` **Paging File** ```markup % Usage ``` **Network Interface** ```markup Bytes Received/Sec Bytes Sent/Sec Packets Received/Sec Packets Sent/Sec Output Queue Length ``` **Hyper-V Virtual Switch** ```markup Bytes Received/Sec Bytes Sent/Sec Packets Received/Sec Packets Sent/Sec ``` **LogicalDisk** ```markup Disk Reads/Sec Disk Writes/Sec Disk Read Bytes/Sec Disk Write Bytes/Sec % Idle Time Split IO/Sec Current Disk Queue Length Avg. Disk Read Queue Length Avg. Disk Write Queue Length Avg. Disk Sec/Read Avg. Disk Sec/Write ``` **PhysicalDisk** ```markup Disk Reads/Sec Disk Writes/Sec Disk Read Bytes/Sec Disk Write Bytes/Sec % Idle Time Split IO/Sec Current Disk Queue Length Avg. Disk Read Queue Length Avg. Disk Write Queue Length Avg. Disk Sec/Read Avg. Disk Sec/Write ``` **Cluster CSV File System** ```markup IO Reads/Sec IO Writes/Sec IO Read Bytes/Sec IO Write Bytes/Sec Redirected Reads/Sec Redirected Writes/Sec Redirected Read Bytes/sec Redirected Write Bytes/sec Read Queue Length Write Queue Length Read Latency Write Latency Redirected Read Queue Length Redirected Write Queue Length Redirected Read Latency Redirected Write Latency Disk IO Reads/Sec Cache Read/Sec ``` **Hyper-V Hypervisor Virtual Processor** ```markup % Guest Run Time % Hypervisor Run Time % Total Run Time ``` **Hyper-V Dynamic Memory VM** ```markup Average Pressure Current Pressure Guest Visible Physical Memory Maximum Pressure Minimum Pressure Physical Memory Smart Paging Working Set Size ``` **Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter** ```markup Bytes Received/Sec Bytes Sent/Sec Packets Received/Sec Packets Sent/Sec ``` **Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device** ```markup Queue Length Read Count Write Count Read Bytes/Sec Write Bytes/Sec Read Operations/Sec Write Operations/Sec ``` **Cluster CSV Volume Cache** ```markup Cache Size - Configured Cache Size - Current Disk IO Read - Bytes/Sec Cache IO Read - Bytes/sec LRU Cache Size - Current LRU Cache Size - Target ``` ## ***Feature Limitations*** Following features are not supported for Hyper-V v2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 due to Hyper-V limitations: * **Dynamic Memory Monitoring:** Dynamic Memory Performance Counters are not available on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Queue Length for Virtual Disk:** Queue Length Performance Counter is not available on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **vHBA Reports:** Virtual HBA is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V * **Hyper-V Replica:** Hyper-V Replica is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Live Storage Migration Settings:** Live Storage Migration is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Virtual Disk Sharing:** Virtual Disk Sharing is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Virtual Disk IO Limits:** Virtual Disk IO limitation is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Limited Host Network Adapter Features:** RSS, VMQ, TCP Offload features are not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2. * **Smart Paging File:** Smart Paging File feature is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Virtual Machine Guest Services:** Virtual Machine Guest Service Interface Service is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Virtual Memory Limitations:** Memory Buffer feature is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **VM Config Limitations:** VM Operational Status is not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. * **Cluster Shared Volumes Counters:** Read/Write Queue Length and Read/Write Latency counters are not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V. ## ***User Permissions*** If you want to use non-administrator user for VirtualMetric, you need to add the following changes for the user account in addition to Bare Metal permissions. **User Group Membership** ```markup Hyper-V Administrators ``` Go to user properties and add groups into Member Of section:
**Cluster Access Permissions** To enable Windows Failover Cluster monitoring, you need to run the code below: ```markup Grant-ClusterAccess -User Domain\vmetricuser -ReadOnly ``` ## ***Requirements*** Following Windows features are required to monitor Microsoft Hyper-V: ```markup Failover Cluster Module for Windows PowerShell Hyper-V Module for Windows PowerShell ``` \ You can install required features with following PowerShell command: ```markup Get-WindowsFeature RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell,Hyper-V-PowerShell | Add-WindowsFeature ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.virtualmetric.com/modules-and-audit/virtualmetric-modules/microsoft-hyper-v.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.