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VM could not initialize – Hyper-V Virtual Machine is not starting | Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V VM is not initializing

Author: Zahir Hussain Shah | MVP Exchange Server

<VM> could not initialize Hyper-V Virtual Machine could not be initialize | Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V VM is not starting

Today while I was setting up one of my machine for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, and after I enabled the DPE and Intel VT Virtualization Technology, and gave a try to start the VM, it simply said that VM NAME could not initialize, so once again I revisited the BIOS settings to verify, but found that everything is seem okay, so why the VM is not starting?

Problem:
<VM> could not initialize Hyper-V Virtual Machine could not be initialize

Cause:
After doing some research, I found that there is a bug in Windows Server 2008 R2, which has a CPU is installed that supports the AVX feature, and due to this bug, it prevents the VM created on Windows Server 2008 R2 to start.

Resolution:
For fixing this problem, either you can download the Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, and install on the effected Hyper-V instance, or you can just download a single hotfix, and install on the server to fix this problem.

For reference:
check out this link

I hope this article will help you to get Hyper-V Virtualization journey in a smooth and pleasant way.

Cheers!

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3 responses to “VM could not initialize – Hyper-V Virtual Machine is not starting | Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V VM is not initializing”

  1. KENDY

    great it work, amazing 2 days make me confuse why hyper v cant start the OS from CD or ISO, but now its work.

    thanks for this blog, very much appreciated.

    regards,
    kendy sukardi,MCTS

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