| Event Id | 14240 |
| Source | Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS |
| Description | Cannot find the specified virtual machine. (Virtual machine ID %2) |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when Cannot find the specified virtual machine. Resolution : Check VM Exists 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. A number of different settings and actions on on virtual machines may cause the VMMS to timeout or shutdown. Check that the VM you are trying to access is registered with the VMMS service. Also check to see if the VM configuration is still accessible. By default virtual machine configuration files are at %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines. Verify : The operation on the virtual machine that was failing now succeeds. |
| Reference Links | Event ID 14240 from Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS |
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