Overview
How to access first boot logs on Hyper-V.
To access the first boot logs, perform this procedure before turning on the VM that you created on the Hyper-V Manager.
Procedure
| 1. | On the Hyper-V Manager, select the newly created VM, and click Settings in the Actions section on the right side of the window. |
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| 2. | In the Hardware section, click COM1 and choose Named Pipe. |
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| 3. | Enter a Pipe name. For example, virtual1 . Note the Named pipe path. |
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| 4. | Click Apply and then click OK. |
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| 5. | Click the VM created by you and click Start in the Actions window on the right side of the window. The State of the VM should now change from Starting to Running. |
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| 6. | You must now connect the named pipe created by you to a serial client, such as PuTTY. |
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| 7. | Go to your local host and bring up the PuTTY window. |
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| 8. | Enter the Named pipe path that you noted down earlier in the Serial line field. For example, \\.\\pipe\\virtual1 . |
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| 9. | Click Open. You can now see the first boot logs on the PuTTY window. |