Hyper-v 2012R2 uses checkpoints to aid the backup process of VM’s. These checkpoints are created and deleted by the backup Process, the actual checkpoint can not be deleted using hyper-V manager GUI and will not show up in SCVMM at all. Why you may ask? Well the reason is simple these checkpoints are actually differencing […]
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Get Hyper-V Virtual Machine Process ID and GUID


Copy the following command and enter it in a PowerShell window with elevated credentials: Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\virtualization -class msvm_computersystem | select elementname, operationalstatus, processid, name| ft -auto For example: