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Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V guest state not saved on host reboot
Windows Server 2022 with latest updates. All VMs are set to "Automatic Stop Action" = Save But on every reboot the VMs lose their state and the Windows VM reports "The system has rebooted without c...
We have seen this happen on many hosts across different versions 2016, 2019, 2022. In my investigation what I have seen is the host installs updates reboots and when it comes back up it shows the window before you get to login stating that its finishing updates and before getting to the login screen it then says its rebooting again. Meanwhile the VM's have already started up so bam power pulled on all the VM's. We have seen the effects of this in virtual machines not being able to install windows updates, windows files missing or corrupted. SFC scans and DISM have been unable to repair them. So frustrating. Paul Christel
I've found no solution or explanation for this and I still run my GPO startup/shutdown scripts on the device as a drop-in fix for the behavior.
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