Hyper-V guest services
How to install Hyper-V guest services
Hyper-V tools is nicely packaged, so the install is simple, as follows:
apk add hvtools
Then enable the services
rc-service hv_fcopy_daemon start
rc-service hv_kvp_daemon start
rc-service hv_vss_daemon start
Then to ensure these services start on boot
rc-update add hv_fcopy_daemon
rc-update add hv_kvp_daemon
rc-update add hv_vss_daemon
Hyper-V Settings
- When creating the VHDX, use 1MB BlockSizeBytes (from the default 32MB) See Microsoft's official docs on running Hyper-V with Linux Guest VMs . this will reduce host filesystem usage by 75-90%
New-VHD -Path C:\MyVHDs\test.vhdx -SizeBytes 127GB -Dynamic -BlockSizeBytes 1MB
- When using using Hyper-V, if Xorg refuses to start, blacklist the
hyperv_drmmodule by adding it to the/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conffile.