Recovery snapshots should be removed after failover
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
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Property | Details |
---|---|
Operating System | Windows Server 2016 |
Product/Feature | Hyper-V |
Severity | Warning |
Category | Operations |
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Issue
A failed over virtual machine has one or more recovery snapshots.
Impact
Available space may run out on the physical disk that stores the snapshot files. If this occurs, no additional disk operations can be performed on the physical storage. Any virtual machine that relies on the physical storage could be affected. This impacts the following virtual machines:
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Resolution
For each failed over virtual machine, use the Complete-VMFailover cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to remove the recovery snapshots and indicate failover completion.
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