Extending Hyper-V's Guest Grace Period on Host Shutdown
Posted: 01 Feb 2021, 16:45
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/extendin ... -shutdown/
Changing the VM Shutdown Timeout Via Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization. Find the ShutdownTimeout value.
Set value in decimal seconds.
2) Application Shutdown
In my testing, a host does not run down the shutdown timer waiting on these applications. It’s probable that the very short WaitToKillAppTimeout inside the guest takes precedence.
Changing the VM Shutdown Timeout Via Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization. Find the ShutdownTimeout value.
Set value in decimal seconds.
2) Application Shutdown
In my testing, a host does not run down the shutdown timer waiting on these applications. It’s probable that the very short WaitToKillAppTimeout inside the guest takes precedence.