does microsoft hyper-v supplies all drivers needed for virtual machines

Question

we use dell poweredge t430 as hyper-v server for active directory and file server.

the host has all drivers needed from dell for proper function also the diagnostic copletes with no error

but the vm's:

since microsoft supply the drivers for the virtual machine i dont see a way or purpose to install the drivers as i installed for the host

therfore while runnig system diagnostic on the vm's i can see at the diagnostic report alert about drivers without any detail which drivers

so i dont know whether if the system is conigured correctly or not

or may be i should ignore this alert

because i assume that the host which is well configured with the drivers integrates the needed drivers for the vm's by the hyper-v kernel

since i am not sure about this problem i need your help and suggestions

please your advice how to deal with this problem

thanks

eric

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Yes, Hyper-V does provide integration services (drivers) for VMs. Here are a few steps that we can take to ensure everything is configured correctly:

1.Check if that the integration services are enabled for VM in Hyper-V Manager.

2.Check if the Integration Services are up to date, you can also get update via below link if it's out of date.

REF: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/hyper-v-integration-components-update-for-windows-virtual-machines-8a74ffad-576e-d5a0-5a2f-d6fb2594f990

3.Run a diagnostics Again to see if the alerts are resolved or not.

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