I have been tasked with trying to discover how/why several VMs have gone missing from an on campus server.
The server runs Windows Server 2012 R2.
This server hosted/should be hosting several other VMs.
If I try to remote desktop onto any of the VMs then I get the message "Remote desktop cannot find the computer "VM name". This might mean that "VM name" does not belong to the specified network.
I can still remote onto the physical server without issue.
The folder C:\ProgamData\Microsoft\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines on the server is empty
If I look at the Hyper-V-Worker event logs (Log Viewer --> Microsoft --> Windows --> Hyper-V-Worker) then there are no logs for the last two years.
I.T. has run a hardware diagnostics on the server which came back healthy.
What else can i do to investigate this issue?
Please let me know of any additional details needed, my knowledge about servers is very limited.