HPE VM Essentials 9.0.0 HA: Linux VMs fail over correctly after HVM host failure, but Windows VMs remain "Running" and do not migrate

[u/FunFisherman6966]

Hi everyone,

I’m testing HPE VM Essentials 9.0.0 with a 3-node HVM cluster and Ceph storage.

I have several Linux and Windows VMs running on hvm01. When I shut down hvm01, the Linux VMs are automatically moved/restarted on another HVM node as expected.

However, the Windows VMs do not fail over. They continue to appear as "Running" in VM Essentials, even though hvm01 is completely offline, and they are not running on hvm03.

For example, on hvm03:

sudo virsh list --all

only shows the Linux VMs. The Windows VMs are not present.

Has anyone experienced this behavior with Windows VMs on HPE VM Essentials 9.0.0?

Could this be related to the Windows VM configuration, QEMU Guest Agent, VirtIO drivers, or HA/failover configuration?

Any advice on what logs or configuration I should check would be greatly appreciated.