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WMI consumers that register for instance modification events from the MSVM_ComputerSystem class in the root\virtualization namespace may receive more events than expected

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Symptoms

A WMI event consumer process that registers for notification events via a WQL query for the MSVM_ComputerSystem class may experience one or more of the following symptoms: 
  • High CPU usage
  • Growth in working set memory
  • An increasing number of worker threads

Example notification query:

Select * from __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'MSVM_ComputerSystem'

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Cause

These problems can be caused by antivirus software that is installed in the parent partition if the real-time scanning component is configured to monitor the Hyper-V virtual machine files.

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Resolution

Exclude the directories used to store virtual machine files from real-time antivirus scans as described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Virtual machines are missing in the Hyper-V Manager Console or when you create or start a virtual machine, you receive one of the following error codes: "0x800704C8", "0x80070037" or "0x800703E3"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961804/en-us

Note:  If the virtual machine files are stored on a cluster these antivirus settings should be set on all nodes.

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More Information

Repeated scans of the virtual machine files can be identified using Windows Sysinternals Process Monitor.

Msvm_ComputerSystem Class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc136822(VS.85).aspx

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Article Info
Article ID : 2482874
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/21/2010
Exists online : False
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