Attaching VHD Set or VHDX as Shared Disk in Hyper V 2019 "Storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing"

acseven

2/22/23, 6:10 PM

WS Server 2019 Hyper V

Created a VHD Set (.VHDS) in the same location where VHD are stored for VM usage.

When trying to attach the file (in the GUI or via PowerShell), I get this error:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Add-VMHardDiskDrive -ComputerName "VM-S01-HV" -VMName "VM-S04-FS1_V0" -ControllerNumber 0 -ControllerLocation 1 -Path G:\A_VHDS\001_VM-USERFILESHARE\VM-USERFILESHARE.vhds -ShareVirtualDisk
Add-VMHardDiskDrive : Failed to add device 'Virtual Hard Disk'.
The storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing.
Cannot get information for attachment 'G:\A_VHDS\001_VM-USERFILESHARE\VM-USERFILESHARE.vhds'.
The storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing.
'VM-S04-FS1_V0' failed to add device 'Virtual Hard Disk'. (Virtual machine ID -REDACTED-)
The storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing.
'VM-S04-FS1_V0': Cannot get information for attachment 'G:\A_VHDS\001_VM-USERFILESHARE\VM-USERFILESHARE.vhds'.
(Virtual machine ID -REDACTED-)
The storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-VMHardDiskDrive -ComputerName "VM-S01-HV" -VMName "VM-S04-FS1_V ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-VMHardDiskDrive], VirtualizationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : OperationFailed,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.AddVMHardDiskDrive

I've tried changing the Hyper V disk to Dynamic, and using a different filesystem (currently ReFS), but there is no change. Also tried to fix permissions using 'icacls (...) /grant (VM)' , which solved a similar issue for VHD, but that didn't make a difference.

The plan would be to use this shared disk as storage for a file server cluster, but in the end I just may end up simply using file shares from the Hyper V server itself.

Could it be that my hardware does not allow this?

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EN: Attaching VHD Set or VHDX as Shared Disk in Hyper V 2019 "Storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing"

TH: การแนบ VHD Set หรือ VHDX เป็นดิสก์ที่ใช้ร่วมกันใน Hyper V 2019 "ที่เก็บข้อมูลซึ่งเป็นที่ตั้งของฮาร์ดดิสก์เสมือนไม่รองรับการแชร์ฮาร์ดดิสก์เสมือน"

RO: Atașarea setului VHD sau VHDX ca disc partajat în Hyper V 2019 „Stocarea în care se află hard diskul virtual nu acceptă partajarea hard diskului virtual”

RU: Присоединение набора VHD или VHDX в качестве общего диска в Hyper V 2019 «Хранилище, в котором находится виртуальный жесткий диск, не поддерживает совместное использование виртуального жесткого диска»

VI: Đính kèm Bộ VHD hoặc VHDX dưới dạng Đĩa chia sẻ trong Hyper V 2019 "Bộ lưu trữ nơi đặt đĩa cứng ảo không hỗ trợ chia sẻ đĩa cứng ảo"

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