The Hyper-V Event Log records virtual machine events received from configured monitors. Log file entries reflect event logs maintained on the given hypervisor host. Each log message record contains the following data columns:

  • Date. Date and time for the event message (relative to the time configured for the hypervisor).
  • Host. Identifier (hostname or IP address) for the hypervisor.
  • Event Type. Category for the event (Hyper-V-Config, for example)
  • Log Name. Source log on the Hyper-V host.
  • Message. Log message string.
Note: Hyper-V Event Log only returns log messages for hosts that have the appropriate Virtual Monitoring listeners and event collection enabled. For more details, see Enable Virtual Monitoring Event Listeners.
Tip: Date-time stamp for Hyper-V Event Log log messages are relative to time settings configured for the hypervisor.

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