Event ID 14063 — VMMS

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

The Virtual Machine Management Service (Vmms.exe)  is the service that uses WMI to perform Virtual System Management related operations in Hyper-V and the Hyper-V Manager.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 14063
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: MSVM_VMMS_DEFAULT_VHD_STORE_ERROR_SUMMARY
Message: Failed to locate the default virtual hard disk directory.

Resolve

Check vhd store

Check the directory permissions and ensure accessibility of the .vhd files. By default vhd files are stored at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks.

Verify

Check that the VMMS service is in the running state in the Service Control Manager and that the failed operation now succeeds.

VMMS

Hyper-V