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Table of Contents
Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
System requirements................................................................................................................................................... 7
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Customizing object tree .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Object types ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
Adding objects to the tree ................................................................................................................................ 12
Moving a host to another datacenter ........................................................................................................... 14
Editing objects........................................................................................................................................................ 15
Removing objects ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Refreshing object tree ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Options .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Guest console ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Hyper-V Settings........................................................................................................................................................ 17
Creating a new virtual machine ............................................................................................................................ 19
Creating a new virtual hard disk .......................................................................................................................... 28
Editing virtual hard disk .......................................................................................................................................... 32
Operations with virtual machines ........................................................................................................................ 41
Replication.................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Virtual network configuration ............................................................................................................................... 73
Support information ................................................................................................................................................. 74
Little disk space notification .................................................................................................................................. 76
Enable Remote Management ............................................................................................................................... 77
Hyper-V logs................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Best Practices Analyzer ............................................................................................................................................ 78
Using file manager .................................................................................................................................................... 79
Working with transfer virtual disk. Copying files between VMs or between VM and host ........... 80
Integration services ................................................................................................................................................... 82
System status report................................................................................................................................................. 82
Failover cluster manager......................................................................................................................................... 90
Antivirus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 91
Licensing ....................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Integration with other 5nine products .............................................................................................................. 93

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Product Support ......................................................................................................................................................... 94

5nine Manager for Hyper-V log files.................................................................................................................. 94
Uninstallation .............................................................................................................................................................. 94

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Contacting 5nine Software

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Customer Support
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Summary
5nine Manager for Hyper-V is a virtual infrastructure management tool, joining standard
Hyper-V manager functions and virtual network management tools. 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for all editions of Hyper-V. It installs easily
on the full and core versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2,
and Hyper-V Server 2012/2008 R2 SP1. 5nine Manager for Hyper-V is the only Hyper-V
management tool that installs directly on a Windows Server Core or a Free Hyper-V Server.
5nine Manager for Hyper-V has its own file manager with the ability to copy files between VMs,
and between a VM and host. The ease of transfer allows easy operating on OS without GUI and
file explorer. This feature is an added value compared to the standard MS Hyper-V manager,
which will not allow these operations.
5nine Manager for Hyper-V performs ALL aspects of Hyper-V Management, including:

Removing and editing virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual disks.

Supporting Generation 2 virtual machines creation (applies for hosts with Windows
Server 2012 R2).

Viewing resource allocation and utilization of virtual machines.

Full virtual machine checkpoint management.

Additionally, 5nine Manager for Hyper-V performs the following features that are absent in the
standard MS Hyper-V management tool:

Own graphical user-friendly interface file manager with built-in transfer virtual hard
drive with a capacity up to 127 Gb for exploring files and network shares, even on
Windows Core and Free Hyper-V.

Quality of Service management setting of minimum and maximum Input Output

operations per second (IOPS) throttling for the virtual hard disk attached to a virtual
machine (applies for hosts with Windows Server 2012 R2)

System Status Report presented in the intuitive graphical form. Available in the full
version of 5nine Manager for Hyper-V.

Failover cluster manager function, such as VM migration between nodes. Available in

the full version of 5nine Manager for Hyper-V.

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System requirements
Local and remote management:

Windows Server

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 Core

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 Core

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1

Windows 8.1 with Hyper-V role enabled

Windows 8 with Hyper-V role enabled

Remote management only (allows management of different versions of Hyper-V hosts from
one Windows Client):

Windows

Windows 8.1 x64

Windows 8 x64

Windows 7 x64

Prerequisites

.NET Framework 4.5 or higher

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Installation
To install 5nine Manager for Hyper-V, run the 59Manager.exe application from the
downloaded 5nine Manager for Hyper-V archive:

The welcome wizard will appear:

Click Next. The 5nine Software End User License Agreement will appear. Accept it and click Next.

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Select the folder for 5nine Manager for Hyper-V:

Set the following program behavior options (select or deselect depending on your
preferences):

Automatically run 5nine Manager when system starts;

Launch application after installation;
Create shortcut in program menu;
Create shortcut on desktop.

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Choose the default folder or select where you want 5nine Manager for Hyper-V to be installed
on your server:

Confirm installation:

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When installation is complete, click Finish:

The installation is complete.

After installation, 5nine Manager for Hyper-V is ready to work. Start running 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V using your created shortcuts.

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Customizing object tree

After installation, all VMs based on the local host will be added to the object tree under the
5nine Manager for Hyper-V datacenter, created by default.

Additional objects can be added to the object tree, as described below.

Object types
The following objects are presented from the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V point of view:
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DataCenter. This object needs to be added before any other objects. DataCenter is a
formal aggregating entity that is used for the purpose of joining the other objects as its
subsidiaries.

Cluster. The cluster object represents multiple servers (nodes) joined in a cluster. It
shows all VMs hosted on the cluster nodes. Locally created VMs on the nodes are not
shown here.

Host. Host object represents a single server and shows all VMs on it.

Adding objects to the tree

To add a new object to 5nine Manager for Hyper-V tree, use the main panel menu commands
(or Edit Add Object menu commands):

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Use Add DataCenter menu command to add the new data center to the object tree:

Enter the following parameters:

The name of new data center;

Authentication type either use default credentials or specify them manually.

Staying on the DataCenter, use the Add Cluster and/or Add Host menu commands to add the
new cluster or host to the object tree accordingly:

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Enter the parameters for new cluster and host just like it is done for data center.
The new added objects will appear in the tree on the left:

Moving a host to another datacenter

A host can be moved from one datacenter to another.
To move a host Right click on it and choose Move.

Select Datacenter and press Ok button.

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Editing objects
To edit any object in the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V tree, select the necessary object and click
the

(Edit) button on the main panel menu or use Edit Edit Object menu command. Then

enter the new parameters for selected object in the following dialog and click OK:

Removing objects
To remove any object from the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V tree, select the necessary object
and click the

(Delete) button on the main panel menu or use Edit Remove Object menu

command. Then click OK:

Attention! Removing the grouping entity (DataCenter) automatically removes all its
subsidiaries.

Refreshing object tree

To refresh the object tree or change its view use the View menu commands:

View Tree View to get the spanning tree object view;

View List View to get the list object view;

View Refresh (or

button on the main panel menu) to refresh the object tree.

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Options
The following options are available to customize 5nine Manager for Hyper-V (Options
command in View menu).

Guest console
Ability to choose RDP client:
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FreeRDP based have to be used if 5nine Manager is installed directly on a Hyper-V

server without GUI.

Microsoft RDP based the best choice for any other options.

Smart sizing option is available both FreeRDP-based and Microsoft RDP-based clients.

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Hyper-V Settings
To change Hyper-V Settings for a host, select a host in the tree and press the
Settings).

(Hyper-V

Use the Stop Service button to stop all VMs on a selected host. You can start them again by
pushing the Start Service button.
You can change folders for information storage:

Default folder to store virtual disk files.

Default folder to store virtual machine configuration files.

And set the following options:

Allow virtual machines to span physical NUMA nodes.

Allow enhanced session mode.

The Apply settings to other hosts button allows to apply settings to other hosts.

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The following options can be chosen:

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Copy VMMS settings.

Copy Migration settings.

Copy Replication settings.

More detail about replication settings in the Replication chapter

To apply setting, select hosts and press Apply.

Use Migration tab to switch over to Migration settings

You can set the following options:

Enable incoming and outgoing live migrations.

Specify the number of simultaneous live migrations.
Use any available network

or

Use the specified IP addresses. Press Add button to add IP Address.

Specify the number of storage migrations.

And performance configuration options:

TCP/IP
Compression
SMP

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Creating a new virtual machine

To create a new virtual machine (VM), first you need to select the host on which the VM will be
seated. Select either of the two ways to create a new VM:
1. Select the host within the cluster sub-tree so that the new VM is created as a clustered VM;
Or
2. Select the host as a separate entity in the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V tree so that the new
VM is created as a local VM.
Click the
(Create New VM) button on the main panel menu or Edit Create New VM
menu command. The Create Virtual Machine wizard will be opened:

Enter the VM name (NOTE: New Virtual Machine is the default name) and select the location
to store the new VM configuration file. The default location is
%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V for a locally created VM. Click Next.
Note. If you click Finish at this or in any of the following steps, the new VM will be created
with the default parameters that you havent altered during creation process.

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Specify generation of the new VM:

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Generation 1 to create the VM with the older virtual hardware, as in earlier versions
of Hyper-V;

Generation 2 to create the VM with support of newer features, such as Secure Boot,
SCSI boot and PXE boot.

Note. The option Generation 2 is available only on the hosts running Windows Server 2012
R2. For others, it is disabled and only Generation 1 option is available.
Click Next.

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Assign memory for the new VM:

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Enter the necessary amount of memory in MB in the Startup memory field. The default
value is 512 MB. You can use arrows to the right of the field to alter this figure within
the min/max range, from 8 to 14116 MB. Consider the OS memory requirements that
will be used on the VM.

Note. Please enter memory in increments 2MB

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Set the memory allocation mode. Memory can be allocated either statically or
dynamically in accordance with needs and host physical resources availability. Tick the
Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine box to set the dynamic memory
allocation for the VM. If the box is not ticked (default setting), the static memory applies
to VM.

Click Next.

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Attention! Please configure network prior to VM creation.

Configure a network adapter for the new VM. You can select one of the following values:
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Not connected. There will be no virtual network adapter attached to the new VM. The
VM will remain disconnected from the network until the network adapter is added at a
later time.
Any adapter presents on the list. It depends on what kind of virtual network switches
have been previously configured on the host (refer to the configuration section). The
new VM will be using this connection.

Click Next.

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Connect a virtual hard disk for the new VM. Options are as follows:
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Create a new virtual hard disk. The new empty virtual disk in VHDX format will be
created at the default location (%\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard
Disks\New Virtual Machine.vhdx). A disk type can be chosen: either Dynamically
Expanding or Fixed Size. You can change the default size (127 GB) up to 64 TB

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maximum value for the new virtual hard disk. You also can select a different location as
the file name by clicking the Browse button:

Use an existing virtual hard disk. This option allows you to select the existing virtual
hard disk of either VHD or VHDX format, located in %\Users\Public\Documents\HyperV\Virtual Hard Disks folder by default. To select the existing virtual disk, click the
Browse button and locate the VHD or VHDX file, either at the default path or any other:

Attach a virtual hard disk later. The new VM will be created without virtual hard disk.
You will be able to attach it later.

QoS management

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If the VM is created on the host and running Windows Server 2012 R2, the advanced features
are available when attaching a virtual hard disk. These features consist of managing the Quality
of Service by setting the minimum and maximum input/output operations per second (IOPS)
for the virtual hard disk attached to the VM. To set these parameters, click the Advanced
Features button on the wizard.
Note. The Advanced Features button appears on the wizard only for the hosts running
Windows Server 2012 R2, since the QoS management feature applies to these hosts only.
The Advanced Features dialog will appear:

Tick the Enable Quality of Service management box to enable this feature and set minimum
and maximum IOPS in 8 KB increments. Click OK. Click Next on the wizard.

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Select one of the following OS installation options:

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Install an operating system later. When choosing this option, there will be no OS
installed on the VM during the creation process, but you will be able to install it later.
To install OS on a newly created VM, connect to it via 5nine Guest Console and select
installation .iso file from Media menu.
Install an operating system from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM. Select the media type
from which to install the OS:
Physical CD/DVD drive Use this option to install the OS from physical CD or
DVD drive available on the host;

Note. This function is not available for Generation 2 VMs.

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Image file (.iso) Use this option to install the OS from disk image file. You will
have to locate the file by clicking the Browse button and choosing the path to
the .iso file:

Install an operation system from a network-based installation server Use this

option to install the OS from a network. This function is not available for Generation 2
when the network adapter is connected.

Click Next.

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Review the summary information for the new VM and click Finish to complete the creation
process.

Creating a new virtual hard disk

To create a new virtual hard disk, first select the host on which the disk is created in 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V object tree. The host can be either a separate entity or a part of the
cluster. In the last case, the new virtual hard disk will be created on the cluster shared volume
and could be accessed by its nodes. Click the

(Create Virtual Disk) button on the main

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panel menu or Edit Create Virtual Disk menu command. The Create Virtual Disk wizard
will be opened:

Set the format for the new virtual hard disk:

VHDX (default setting) the new virtual disk format that supports size up to 64
TB and is able to protect itself from being corrupted due to power failures.
Requires OS Windows 8 or later.
VHD the older virtual disk format that supports size up to 2040 GB and can be
used in older OS Windows versions.

Set the size of the virtual disk in GB. The default size is 128 GB. You can use the arrows
to the right of the field to alter this figure.

Note. If you click Finish at this or any of the following steps, the new virtual disk will be created
with the default parameters that were not altered during the creation process.

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Set the type for the new virtual disk:

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Dynamic Expanding (default setting) the virtual disk will be dynamically expanded or
reduced as the data is added or deleted. This type saves the physical hard drive space,
but reduces disk performance;
Fixed Size the virtual disk size will remain unchanged as it is set regardless of the
data being written onto it. This type keeps the performance level, but does not save
physical space on the hard drive.

Click Next.

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Specify the name and location for the virtual hard disk file. The default location and name are
%\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\NewDisk.vhdx for locally created virtual
hard disks. You can change the default name and path by entering the desired values in the
Disk Path field manually, or by clicking the Browse button and then selecting the location and
entering the desired file name in the following dialog:

Click Save and then click Next.

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Review the summary information for the new virtual hard disk and click Finish to complete the
creation process. The following message will appear in the case of successful operation:

Editing virtual hard disk

To edit an existing virtual hard disk, first select the host on which the disk is located in 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V object tree. The host can be either a separate entity or a part of the
cluster. It will only affect the default location of the existing virtual disk, but you will be able to
select either one during the editing process. Click the

(Edit Virtual Disk) button on the

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main panel menu or Edit Edit Virtual Disk menu command. The Edit Virtual Disk wizard
will be opened:

Specify the location of the existing virtual hard disk file. The default location is
%\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks for virtual hard disks located on the
local host. Click the Browse button and then select the existing virtual hard disk:

Click Open.

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The full path of the selected virtual hard disk will be shown in the field. Click Next.

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Choose from the following actions, which will depend on what you want to do with the virtual
hard disk:
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Compact. This option will reduce the size of the virtual hard disk, but the storage
capacity will remain the same. Click Next.
Convert. This option will copy the existing virtual hard disk to a new virtual hard disk.
At the next step, you will be able to choose a different type and format than the original
virtual hard disk.
Expand. This option will expand the capacity of the existing virtual hard disk.
Shrink. This option will reduce the storage capacity of the virtual hard disk. This applies
only to the virtual hard disks with fixed size.

Click Next. The following steps will vary depending on the action selected.
Compact action:

Review the summary for compact action and click Finish to complete the editing process of the
virtual hard disk.

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Convert action:

Reconfigure the parameters to convert the existing virtual hard disk:

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Disk format. Select the format VHDX or VHD for the converted disk. Omit this
parameter if you want to leave it the same as the original virtual hard disk.
Disk type. Select the type for the converted disk. Omit this parameter if you want to
leave it the same as the original virtual hard disk.
Disk Path. Specify the name and location for the virtual hard disk file. The default
location and name are % C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard
Disks\NewDisk - Copy.vhdx for local virtual hard disks. You can change the default name
and path by entering the desired values in the Disk Path field manually or click the

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Browse button and then select the location and enter the desired file name in the
following dialog:

Click Save and then click Next.

Review the summary for convert action and click Finish to complete the editing process of the
virtual hard disk.

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Expand action:

Set the new size of the virtual disk in GB. You can use the arrows to the right of the field to set
this figure. The maximum size depends on the virtual hard disk format 64 TB for VHDX and
2040 GB for VHD. Click Next.

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Review the summary for the expand action and click Finish to complete the editing process of
the virtual hard disk.

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Shrink action:

This option will reduce the storage capacity of the virtual hard disk. This only applies to fixed
size virtual hard disks.

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Review the summary for shrink action and click Finish to complete the editing process of the
virtual hard disk.

Operations with virtual machines

All the operations with the existing VMs are done on the Hyper-V Manager tab.
5nine Manager for Hyper-V supports standard operations with virtual machines (corresponding
right-click commands are also available for these actions). Group operations with virtual
machines are also supported. For this purpose, you need to select several VMs and run
appropriate command.
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Start. To start the VM, click the Start button on the Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel.
Turn off. To turn the VM off. click the Turn Off button on the Hyper-V Manager tab
menu panel.
Shut down. To shut the VM down, click the Shutdown button on the Hyper-V
Manager tab menu panel.
Save. To save the VM, click the Save button on the Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel.
Pause/Resume. To pause or resume the VM, click the Pause (Resume) button on the
Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel.
Reset. To reset the VM, click the Reset button on the Hyper-V Manager tab menu
panel.

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Checkpoints: Create, Delete, Apply, Revert, Rename.

To create a Checkpoint for the VM, click the Checkpoint button on the Hyper-V
Manager tab menu panel. Checkpoint will appear in the lower window in
approximately one minute:

Further clicks on the Checkpoint button will create subsidiaries to the previous
Checkpoint:

To revert the VM to its last taken Checkpoint, click the Revert button on the Hyper-V
Manager tab menu panel. Confirm the operation:

To apply any Checkpoint from the tree to the VM, select the necessary Checkpoint and
click the Apply button in the lower window panel:

Confirm the operation:

To delete the selected Checkpoint, click the Delete button in the lower window panel
or Delete with sub-tree button, which will delete the whole sub-tree.
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To rename the selected Checkpoint, click the Rename button in the lower window
panel and then enter the new Checkpoint name in the dialog:

Rename. To rename the selected VM click the Rename button on the Hyper-V
Manager tab menu panel and then enter the new VM name in the dialog:

Connect to a VM via Guest Console. To connect to the VM using 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V Guest Console, double-click on the VM or click the Connect button on the
Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel. The same operations are available on the Guest
Console menu Start, Turn Off, Shut Down, Save, Create Checkpoint, Pause/Resume,
Revert:

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Import VM

To import VM press the

(Import VM) button on main panel menu or Edit Import VM
menu command. The Import VM wizard will be opened:

Specify the directory that contains VM data:

Default location (%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Exported Virtual Machines).

Specify the location of VMs system definition file (.xml or *.exp)

Default location (%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Exported Virtual Machines).

Specify configuration file for the imported VM

Default location (%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Imported VMs).

Specify storage directory for imported VM

Default location (%Users%\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\Imported VHDs).

With field Specify custom name for imported VM, you can choose the new name for the
imported VM.

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Clone/Export. To clone your VM, right click on the VM and click the Clone/Export
button.

You can select a folder for exported VM. Click the Browse button:

Choose your folder and click Select Folder.

It is possible to create a full clone of a VM. A maximum of 100 clones can be created.

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Change VM settings. To change VM settings, click the Settings button on the Hyper-V
Manager tab menu panel. The Settings wizard will be opened (most of the settings can
be altered only when the VM is in the Off or Saved state):

On the Add Hardware branch, select the type of device you want to add. Click the
SCSI controller button so that you can attach a virtual hard disk, Network Adapter,
and/or Fibre Channel Adapter. Click the Add button.

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You will be redirected to the new SCSI controller or network adapter.

Configuring a SCSI controller:

Select the Hard drive.

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Click the Add button to attach virtual hard drive:

You are able to select the controller through which the new virtual hard drive will be
connected to the VM; the newly added controller is set by default. If you change this
value, the virtual hard disk will be immediately moved to the new controller. Select the
location from 0 to 63 (0 or next free if there are other HDs connected to a controller
is set by default; in use means that this location is taken).
To add a virtual hard disk to the VM, you can either use the existing disk (and then edit
it if necessary), or create a new one.
To create the new virtual hard disk, click the Create button to call out the Create
Virtual Disk wizard (please refer to the Creating a new virtual hard disk section).
To select the existing virtual hard disk, click the Browse button and locate the vhd/vhdx
file in the file system.
To edit the virtual hard disk, click the Edit button to call out the Edit Virtual Disk
wizard (please refer to the Editing virtual hard disk section).

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To inspect the virtual hard disk, click the Inspect button to get the disk information:

QoS management
If the VM is seated on the host and running Windows Server 2012 R2, the advanced
features are available when attaching a virtual hard disk. These features consist of
managing the Quality of Service by setting the minimum and maximum input/output
operations per second (IOPS) for the virtual hard disk attached to the VM. To set these
parameters, click the Advanced Features button on the wizard.
Note. The Advanced Features button appears on the wizard only for the hosts running
Windows Server 2012 R2 since the QoS management feature applies to these hosts
only.

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The Advanced Features dialog will appear:

Tick the Enable Quality of Service management box to enable this feature and set
minimum and maximum IOPS in 8 KB increments.
You can Enable virtual hard disk sharing. Virtual hard disk sharing allows the virtual
hard disk to be used as shared storage by multiple virtual machines at the same time.
To remove (disconnect) a virtual hard disk from the VM, click the Remove button.

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Configuring a virtual network adapter:

Select the necessary virtual switch to connect the VM to from the list (please
refer to the Virtual network configuration section to find out how the Hyper-V
virtual switch is created);
Select MAC address obtaining option Dynamic to set the virtual NIC physical
address dynamically, or Static and enter the MAC address manually (the
default value is present);
Tick Enable virtual LAN identification and then enter the VLAN identifier
(number) if the VM is supposed to use VLAN for all network communications
through this virtual network adapter.
The following advanced virtual network features are also supported:
Enable NIC teaming.
Enable DHCP Guard.
Enable Router Guard.
Port mirroring: Destination or Source.
To remove the virtual network adapter from the VM, click the Remove button.

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Fibre channel adapter

5nine Manager for Hyper-V supports Fibre channel adapter.
To open the Virtual SAN Manager menu press the
main panel menu.

(Virtual SAN Manager) button on the

To create a New Fibre Channel SAN, press the Create button.

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Here you can change name of the Fibre channel adapter, and remove virtual SAN.
Press VM settings and add Fibre Channel Adapter to your VM.

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Click the Add button to attach the Fibre channel adapter SAN for your VM.
Now you can choose Virtual SAN for your VM.

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A legacy network adapter works without installing a virtual machine driver. The legacy network
adapter emulates a physical network adapter, multiport DEC 21140 10/100TX 100 MB. A legacy
network adapter also supports network-based installations because it includes the ability to
boot to the Pre-Execution Environment (PXE boot). However, the legacy network adapter is not
supported in the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003.
To add Legacy Network Adapter you need to come into the VM settings, choose Legacy
Network Adapter in the list and press Add button.

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Now you can specify the configuration of the network adapter:

Choose virtual switch
Choose Dynamic or Static MAC address
Enable MAC address spoofing
Enable virtual LAN identification

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On the BIOS branch, set the BIOS parameters for the VM:

Tick the Num Lock box to turn the Num Lock on in the VM basic input output
system;
Set the order in which boot devices will be checked to start the OS. Select the
device and click the Move Up or Move Down button to move the device up or
down the list accordingly.

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On the Memory branch, set the virtual memory parameters: startup RAM, whether the
RAM is statically or dynamically allocated, minimum and maximum value for dynamic
option, memory buffer share in percent and memory weight on the host:

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On the Processor branch, set the virtual processor parameters: the number of virtual
processors used for the VM and host physical resources control parameters (reserve,
limit and relative weight):

You can tick Migrate to a physical computer with a different processor version and Run an
older operating system, such as Windows NT.
In NUMA Topology section you can choose Maximum number of processors ( maximum 64)
and Maximum NUMA nodes allowed on a socket ( maximum 64).

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On the IDE Controller branch, you also can add either virtual hard drive or DVD drive:

Select the DVD Drive to add the new DVD drive to the VM and click the Add button.

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Configure the DVD drive:

You are able to select the controller through which the DVD drive will be connected to
the VM; the newly added controller is set by default. If you change this value, the DVD
drive will be immediately moved to the new controller. Select the location from 0 to 63
(0 or next free if there are other HDs connected to a controller is set by default; in
use indicates that this location is taken).
Select the media type from which the DVD will be connected:
None no media will be used;
Image file select the .iso file to use as an image for DVD drive. You will have
to locate the file by clicking the Browse button and choosing the path to the
.iso file;
Physical CD/DVD drive to use the physical CD or DVD drive available on the
host;
To remove the virtual DVD drive from the VM, click the Remove button.

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On the Management branch, set the integration services for the virtual machine:

You can set automatic actions:

Automatic Start Action, delay in seconds
Automatic Stop Action
Select the necessary integration services options to be applied to the VM as shown.
The Refresh button will update the entire information for the VM. If there were any
unsaved changes, this warning will appear:

At the end, click Apply, then click OK to exit the wizard.

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Delete. To delete the VM, you have to turn it off first. Then the Delete button becomes
available on the Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel. Click it and confirm the operation:

You can either delete virtual hard disks attached to this VM or leave them untouched.
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Move (this action applies to clustered VMs and is available only in the full version of
5nine Manager for Hyper-V. This requires purchasing and installing the license as
described in the Licensing section). To move the VM between nodes that joined into
cluster, first select the cluster in the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V object tree, and then
select the VM that you need to move to another node and click the Move button on
the Hyper-V Manager tab menu panel.

Select either Best possible node so that the system will choose it automatically or
select the exact node you would like the VM to be moved to and click OK:

Remove From Cluster/Add To Cluster (this action applies to clustered VMs).

To remove a clustered VM from cluster, select the cluster in the 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V object tree, and then select the VM that you need to remove from cluster and
right click on it. Select the Remove From Cluster option.

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If you want to add a VM to a cluster, select the Add to Cluster option.

Move Wizard. To open Move Wizard you must select a VM, then press the

button,

or right click on VM and select Move Wizard.

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You can Move the virtual machine or Move the virtual machines storage here.
Once you make your selection, press the Next button.

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In the Choose Move Options tab you can choose one of several options:
Move the virtual machines data to a single location (this option allows you to
specify one location for all of the virtual machines items).
When you press the Next button, you must choose a folder for Destination
location.

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Move the virtual machines data by selecting where to move the items.
(This option allows you to select the location of each item to be moved).
Move only the virtual machines virtual hard disks (This option allows you to
specify locations to move the virtual machines virtual hard disks).
When you press the Next button, you must choose Items to Move.

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In the Specify New Locations tab, you must choose new locations for the
items:

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Set IP address. 5nine Manager can change IP address settings of a VM without

accessing guest OS. This feature is available from VM context menu.

If VM has more than one Network adapter, you can choose the necessary.

Filter VMs. 5nine Manager can filter VMs by name. The filter becomes available when a
host is selected in the object tree.

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Replication
Hyper-V Replica allows virtual machines running at a primary site to be efficiently replicated to
secondary location (Replica site) across a WAN link. Primary and Replica server must be
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 as a minimum.
When replication is underway, changes in the primary virtual machines are transmitted over the
network periodically to the Replica virtual machines. The exact frequency varies depending on
how long a replication cycle takes to finish (depending in turn on the network throughput,
among other things), but generally, replication data is sent to the Replica server every 5
minutes in Windows Server 2012. In Windows Server 2012 R2, you can configure the replication
frequency, so that the changes are sent every 30 seconds, every 5 minutes, or every 15 minutes.
You can also access recovery points up to 24 hours old (previously, recovery points up to 15
hours old were available).
If the primary server should fail unexpectedly, perhaps as a result of a major hardware failure or
a natural disaster, you can bring up the Replica virtual machines to take over the workload
this is unplanned failover. In unplanned failover, there is the possibility of data loss, since
there was no opportunity to copy over changes that might not have been replicated yet.
To turn on replication, you must right click on chosen VM, and to choose the Enable
Replication function.
Prerequisites
To take advantage of the Hyper-V Replica, which is included as part of the Hyper-V server role,
the following pre-requisites must be met:
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Hardware that supports the Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2012;

Sufficient storage on both the Primary and Replica servers to host the files used by
virtualized workloads;

Network connectivity between the locations hosting the Primary and Replica servers;

Properly configured firewall rules to permit replication between the Primary and Replica
sites;

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An X.509v3 certificate to support Mutual Authentication with certificates (if desired or

needed)

In the opened window you can choose Host.

When host is chosen press the OK button.

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Here you can choose Kerberos or Certificate based authentication, Enable Compression,
recovery points and VSS snapshot frequency number.
You can start replication immediately or start it later at a predefined time.
To finish press the Enable Replication button.
Information on Replication can be found in the Replication tab:

To view Replication Health right click on VM and choose Replication View Replication
Health:

To remove replication press Remove Replication.

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Virtual network configuration

Attention! Please configure virtual network prior to VM creation.
To configure virtual network switches, use the Virtual Network Manager tab. This tab is active
when a host is selected in the object tree:

To create a new virtual switch, use one of Create menu commands:

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External. In this type of virtual network connection, one of the physical NICs installed
on the host is used to connect the VMs to the network. Enter the network name (the
default value is New External Virtual Network) and select the network adapter to use
for this connection in the following dialog. Click the Create button:

Internal. In this type of virtual network connection, neither of the physical NICs of the
host is supposed to be used for VMs that will be using this connection. VLAN can be set
for this connection so that you are able to create multiple VLANs within your internal
virtual network (a separate connection should be configured for each VLAN
accordingly).
Enter the network name in the following dialog and click the Create button:

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Private. In this type of virtual network connection, neither of the physical NICs of the
host is supposed to be used for VMs that will be using this connection, nor the VLANs
could be set for it.
Enter the network name in the following dialog and click the Create button:

Upon completing the operations described above, you will see the new network connections
on the Virtual Network Manager tab and will be able to alter them in any way, including:
changing name, type, select the new NIC and change VLAN. Click the Apply button to save the
changes.
Virtual Switch extensions can be turned on/off in the Network Extensions window.
Press the Extensions button to change extensions settings.

Note. Remember that VMs belong to different VLANs and will not be able to communicate
with each other without using a layer 3 device, such as a router, to establish inter-vlan routing.
Contact your network administrator for the assistance if any problems occur at this point.

Support information
5nine Manager can collect the information needed by 5nine Technical support to trouble shoot
possible issues. Select Support information in Help menu, to open Gathering information
from hosts window.

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Press Save as to save the resulting archive. Then send it to techsupport@5nine.com.

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Little disk space notification

If there is not enough space (<10% free) on a server disk or in a cluster storage, 5nine Manager
shows notification in status bar.

You can press on the notice for more information.

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Enable Remote Management

To get some information from remote hosts or to run commands on remote hosts specific
permissions should be set. 5nine Manager for Hyper-V can run the predefined set of
PowerShell scripts on remote hosts to set necessary permissions.
To set permissions choose Enable Remote Management from context menu on a host.

Select necessary permissions and press the Run button.

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Hyper-V logs
5nine Manager for Hyper-V can retrieve information from system event log and show it. To
trace logs, use the Hyper-V Logs tab. This tab is active when a host is selected in the object
tree:

Best Practices Analyzer

The Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) becomes available when a host is selected in the object tree.
To start you need PowerShell modules ServerManager" and "BestPractices" available on a
host.

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You can use Best Practices Analyzer to scan a server role, and help identify configurations that
do not comply with the best practices of Microsoft for this role.
If you want to update the list press Refresh button.
If you want to perform a scan, choose from the list object and press Scan button.

Using file manager

5nine Manager for Hyper-V includes a simple 2-pane file manager. To start 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V File Manager press the

button or use the View File Manager menu command.

To access different partitions in 5nine Manager for Hyper-V File Manager use the View
Select Left/Right View menu command.

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Working with transfer virtual disk. Copying files between

VMs or between VM and host
5nine Manager for Hyper-V provides the capability to copy files from VM to VM, and from VM
to host. This feature works only on the host where 5nine Manager for Hyper-V is installed. It is
implemented through a special built-in transfer virtual hard drive.
To copy files from host to a VM, follow these steps:
1. Copy necessary files in 5nine Manager for Hyper-V File Manager.

2. Mount the transfer disk to a VM where it is necessary in order to copy files. Go to the
Hyper-V Manager tab, select the necessary VM and click the Mount transfer disk
button:

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The following message will appear in the case of successful disk mount:

Note. It is only possible to mount the transfer disk to one of the VMs on the local host.
When an attempt to mount the transfer disk to the VMs on the remote host is done, the
system will warn you:

3. Connect to the VM via guest console and copy files to VM. If it is the first time the
virtual disk is used with this VM, make it online using the Disk Management tool from
the Computer Management utility in the guest OS.
Attention! Transfer disk can only connected to one VM at this time. When the transfer disk
is connected to a VM, it cannot be accessed via File Manager. The opposite is also true.
Release the transfer disk prior to moving it to another place.
To release the transfer disk when it is in use in the file manager, select another disk on the
file manager pane where the transfer disk is opened.
To release the transfer disk when it is mounted to a VM, go to the Hyper-V Manager tab,
select the VM and click the Unmount transfer disk button:

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Integration services
To install integration services to the VM, insert the integration services disk through 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V Guest Console. To insert the integration services disk through 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V Guest Console, connect to a VM and use the Action Insert Integration
Services Setup Disc menu command (Ctrl+I).

System status report

A System Status Report can be generated only on the host level. This function is available only
in the full version of 5nine Manager for Hyper-V that requires purchasing and installing of the
license as described in the Licensing section).

System Status Report contains the following information:

1. Summary status information: shows status distribution among VMs in a table and
diagram.

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Shows all possible statuses:

Running,
Stopped,
Saved,
Critical,
Paused.
2. Virtual CPU information for each VM:

number of logical processors,

VM reserve (percentage),
VM limit (percentage),
relative weight.

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3. Virtual memory information for each VM:

dynamic memory usage status (on/off),

minimum (startup) RAM (for dynamic memory),
maximum RAM (for dynamic memory),
memory buffer (for dynamic memory),
static memory size (dynamic memory off),
memory weight.

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4. Virtual disk information for each VM:

VM name on which virtual disk is seated,

Disk number
Disk display name,
Path to VHD(X) file,
Disk size in GB.

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5. Virtual network settings for each VM:

VM name,
Virtual adapter number,
Virtual network name,
Virtual network type: external, internal or private,
Dynamic MAC address assignment mode (true/false),
VM IP address IP v4/IP v6,
Current VM MAC address.

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6. Current state info for each VM:

VM name,
VM state,
Virtual processor load in percent,
Virtual memory usage in MB,
VM uptime.

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7. Snapshots info for each VM:

VM name,
Snapshot name,
Snapshot creation date and time,
Path to the snapshot file.

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8. Virtual DVD drives info for each VM:

VM name,
Controller type and number; drive number,
Mounted media description.

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9. Integration services info for each VM:

VM name,
Backup service availability,
Data exchange service availability,
Heartbeat service availability,
Shutdown availability,
Time synchronization availability.

Failover cluster manager

Failover cluster manager is located on the Failover Cluster Manager tab. This tab functions as
observation only. The active operations, such as clustered VM migration, are done on the
Hyper-V Manager tab (please refer to the Operations with virtual machines section). To view

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the failover cluster manager information, select the cluster in the object tree first, and then go
to the Failover Cluster Manager tab:

Here you can find the shared cluster volumes information, such as: which volumes are currently
in use, their status, owner node, capacity and location. The Refresh button is used to update
the data shown on the tab.

Antivirus
The Antivirus feature is available in 5nine Manager for Hyper-V PLUS. You will be prompted to
use 5nine Manager for Hyper-V PLUS when you open the Antivirus tab:

The link will lead you to 5nine production site, where you will be able to register and download
the trial version of 5nine Manager for Hyper-V PLUS.
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Licensing
Some features of 5nine Manager for Hyper-V are available only in its full version, which
requires purchasing and installation of the license. These features now include:
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VM live migration (applies to clustered VMs);

System status report;
Import VM;
Move Wizard;
VM Clone/Export;
Virtual SAN Manager;
Apply settings to other hosts;
Real-time monitoring and alerting via 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V;
Hyper-V logs;
Best Practices Analyzer;
Set VM's IP address;
Replication.

When an attempt to access these features is done on the free version of 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V, the system prompts you to acquire and install the license. The link to that is given.
You can also acquire and install the license using the Help About 5nine Manager for
Hyper-V menu command:

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Click the Install license link to open the license installation dialog:

If you already have the license .txt file, open it, copy its contents and paste it into the dialog as
shown on the picture above. If you do not have one, go to www.5nine.com to register and
purchase the license. The Buy license link at the bottom of the dialog will also lead you to
5nine production site. Click OK. The following message will appear once the license is
successfully activated:

Integration with other 5nine products

5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V and 5nine Encryptor for Hyper-V can be launched from 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V:

- launch 5nine Cloud Monitor for Hyper-V application.

- launch 5nine Encryptor for Hyper-V application.

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Product Support
Please contact techsupport@5nine.com if you have encountered any issues using 5nine
Manager for Hyper-V. Please supply product log files with your query to the support team.

5nine Manager for Hyper-V log files

5nine Manager for Hyper-V writes the following log files that are used to troubleshoot the
product and contains information of its activity:
Log file name

Location

Description

5nine.Manager.txt

%\ProgramData\5nine\5nine
Manager for Hyper-V\Logs

Contains information of 5nine

Manager for Hyper-V general
functions: objects operations,
connection.

5nine.FileManager.txt %\ProgramData\5nine\5nine
Manager for Hyper-V\Logs

Contains information related to

5nine Manager for Hyper-V File
Manager operation.

5nine.VmConsole.txt

Contains information related to

usage of 5nine Manager for HyperV Guest Console.

%\ProgramData\5nine\5nine
Manager for Hyper-V\Logs

Uninstallation
To uninstall 5nine Manager for Hyper-V from your server, go to Control Panel Programs
Programs and Features Uninstall a Program. Then choose 5nine Manager for Hyper-V on
the program list and click Uninstall to run the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V uninstallation
process, and then follow the system prompts.

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