{"id":3397,"date":"2018-06-12T23:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T23:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2018-06-12T23:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T23:32:24","slug":"hyper-v-merge-in-progress-then-failed-when-trying-to-start-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/random\/hyper-v-merge-in-progress-then-failed-when-trying-to-start-virtual-machine","title":{"rendered":"hyper v merge in progress then failed when trying to start virtual machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol><li>Check the volume has enough free space, if a previous merge (deletion of checkpoint ) has failed this might be why<\/li><\/ol><p>Navigate to the cluster share and check the .avhdx&#8217;s<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Windows-Explorer-VHDX-AVHDX-File.png\" alt=\"Windows Explorer - VHDX AVHDX File\" \/><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2>Hyper-V Console Method<\/h2><p>You can also use the Hyper-V console in Windows 10 to perform the merge operation. The first thing you\u2019ll want to do is\u00a0<strong>open the Hyper-V console<\/strong>. Next,\u00a0<strong>right-click the Hyper-V host<\/strong>\u00a0and click\u00a0<strong>Edit Disk<\/strong>.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4095 aligncenter img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Edit-Disk.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Edit-Disk.png 430w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Edit-Disk-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Edit-Disk-192x150.png 192w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Edit-Disk-150x117.png 150w\" alt=\"Hyper-V Console - Edit Disk\" width=\"430\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p><p>After clicking\u00a0<strong>Edit Disk<\/strong>, you\u2019ll be presented with a wizard, where you\u2019ll point Hyper-V to the\u00a0<strong>.avhdx<\/strong>\u00a0file that you want to merge.<\/p><p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong>\u00a0Select the\u00a0<strong>.avhdx<\/strong>\u00a0file, and not the\u00a0<strong>.vhdx<\/strong>\u00a0file, otherwise you won\u2019t see the\u00a0<strong>Merge<\/strong>\u00a0operation available!<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4096 aligncenter img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Locate-Virtual-Hard-Disk.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Locate-Virtual-Hard-Disk.png 707w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Locate-Virtual-Hard-Disk-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Locate-Virtual-Hard-Disk-199x150.png 199w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Locate-Virtual-Hard-Disk-150x113.png 150w\" alt=\"Hyper-V Edit Disk - Locate Virtual Hard Disk\" width=\"707\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p><p>On the next wizard screen, select the\u00a0<strong>Merge<\/strong>\u00a0action.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4097 aligncenter img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Merge-Action.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Merge-Action.png 707w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Merge-Action-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Merge-Action-199x150.png 199w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Merge-Action-150x113.png 150w\" alt=\"Hyper-V Edit Disk - Merge Action\" width=\"707\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p><p>Next, you\u2019ll need to choose the destination for the merge operation. In most cases, you\u2019ll choose the\u00a0<strong>To the parent virtual hard disk<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4098 aligncenter img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Select-Parent.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Select-Parent.png 707w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Select-Parent-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Select-Parent-199x150.png 199w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Select-Parent-150x113.png 150w\" alt=\"Hyper-V Edit Disk - Select Parent\" width=\"707\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p><p>Finally, on the\u00a0<strong>Summary<\/strong>\u00a0page of the disk editing wizard, just complete the wizard, and it will merge your disks for you. That\u2019s all there is to it!<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4100 aligncenter img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Complete-Wizard.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Complete-Wizard.png 707w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Complete-Wizard-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Complete-Wizard-199x150.png 199w, https:\/\/trevorsullivan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hyper-V-Edit-Disk-Complete-Wizard-150x113.png 150w\" alt=\"Hyper-V Edit Disk - Complete Wizard\" width=\"707\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p><p id=\"DGLtgxA\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check the volume has enough free space, if a previous merge (deletion of checkpoint ) has failed this might be whyNavigate to the cluster share and check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2519,2520,2243,2450,2521,1261,2518],"class_list":["post-3397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-avhdx","tag-checkpoint","tag-failed","tag-hyper-v","tag-manul","tag-merge","tag-merge-in-progress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3399,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions\/3399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}