| Event Id | 14090 |
| Source | Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS |
| Description | Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service is shutting down while some virtual machines are running. All running virtual machines will remain running with no management access |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when Hyper-V Machine Management service is shutting down while some virtual machine are running. Resolution : Turn off virtual machines Vmms.exe (by default in the %windows%\system32 directory) is the service that uses the Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService WMI object to perform Virtual System Management related operations in Hyper-V and the Hyper-V Manager. This error means the vmms was shutdown through the Service Control Manager (SCM) and all the virtual machines on the virtualization server (also called a host) may not have been not turned off. Restart the Virtual Machine Management Service (VMMS), then turn Off any virtual machines that are still turned on. To restart VMMS using the Service Manager: 1.In theHyper-V Manager click the server on which you want to stop the service, then clickAction, then click Stop Service. 2.ClickAction, then click Start Service. To restart the VMMS service using the command prompt: 1.On the computer that has the stopped service, open a command prompt as local administrator and type the following: net stop nvpswmi If the service is not running, you will see the error "The Hyper-V Networking Management service is not started." net start nvspwmi If the service start starts you will see the message "The Hyper-V Networking Management service was start successfully." To restart VMMS using PowerShell. 1.On the computer that has the stopped service, open a command prompt as local administrator and type the following: C:\PS>restart-service vmms Verify : Check that the VMMS service is in the running state in the Service Control Manager and that the failed operation now succeeds. |
| Reference Links | Event ID 14090 from Source Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS |
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