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nportalatin
Jul 22, 2022Copper Contributor
Hyper V Duplicates recovery points
Hi, We have a HyperV host in a Windows Server 2016 STD with 3 VM Servers Domain Controller (Windows Server 2019) APP Server (Windows Server 2019) DB Server (Sequel) (Windows Server 2016) Th...
Jamony
Sep 18, 2026MCT
The .avhdx, .mrt and .rct files indicate checkpoint/backup activity that may not be getting fully merged or cleaned up.
Check existing checkpoints:
Get-VMSnapshot -VMName "<VMName>"
Then check VSS:
vssadmin list writers
All relevant writers should show a stable state without errors.
Also review the corresponding Veeam job/session logs.
Most importantly: do not manually delete AVHDX files.
When Hyper-V removes a checkpoint, the AVHDX contents are merged back into the parent disk. Manually deleting them can break the VHDX chain and cause data loss.