ProTips

It’s very common that we mount ISO files when needed, then forget to remove them after the fact.

This is generally a non issue until you want to move the mounted ISO file as Hyper-V may have a lock on the file.  Yes we could open up the properties of each VM in the console, but nope.  Not doing that.

Rather than search VMs one by one to see which is the offending VM, just run the below command in Po… Read the rest “Quick Tip–Verify Which Hyper-V VMs Have ISO Mounted”

If you want to easily view all of the VHD or VHDX files that have been configured on Hyper-V VMs, the below PowerShell command makes this easy.

Since I may use a temporary VHDX as a mechanism to copy files into VMs, it sometimes get left mounted and this makes it easy to see which VM has that particular disk file attached.  Creating a temporary VHDX makes it easier to copy large source files to VMs… Read the rest “Quick Tip–Verify VHDs Mounted In Hyper-V VMs”