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date_published: 2026-08-13
date_modified: 2026-08-13
canonical_url: https://metricshub.org/community-connectors/connectors/hyperv.html
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# Hyper-V

## Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for Hyper-V through Hyper-V PowerShell cmdlets. The user needs a Hyper-V Administrators membership.

[community](tags/community.html) [hardware](tags/hardware.html) [windows](tags/windows.html)

[Source](https://github.com/metricshub/community-connectors/tree/main/src/main/connector/hardware/HyperV/HyperV.yaml)

## Target

Typical platform: **[Microsoft Windows](platforms/microsoft-windows.html)**

Operating system: **Microsoft Windows**

## Prerequisites

Leverages: **PowerShell**

Technology and protocols: **Commands**

## Examples

### CLI

```batch
metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +HyperV --wmi -u USER
```

### metricshub.yaml

```yaml
resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +HyperV ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
```

## Connector Activation Criteria

The **Hyper-V** connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

- The command below succeeds on the monitored host 
  
    - Command: `Powershell.exe Get-VM`
    - Output contains: `State` (regex)

## Metrics

| Type | Collected Metrics | Specific Attributes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **vm** | - `hw.power_state{hw.type="vm", state="off\|on\|suspended"}` - `hw.vm.power_ratio` | - `hw.parent.type` - `id` - `info` - `name` - `vm.host.name` |