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Hyper-V 2016 and 1709+ RemoteFx Virtual Machine display resolution monitor

Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.RemoteFXResolutionMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Monitors configuration errors in display resolution for virtual machines running Windows 7 SP1.
Note: This monitor is disabled by default. Please use overrides to enable it when necessary.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor tracks configuration errors in display resolution for virtual machines running Windows 7 SP1.

Note: This monitor is disabled by default. Please use overrides to enable it when necessary.

Causes

This monitor will cause the following states:

Resolutions

Virtual machines running Windows 7 SP1 are configured either with a display resolution greater than 1920 by 1200, or with more than 4 monitors. These configurations are not supported by this guest operating system. Please choose a lower resolution or fewer monitors for this virtual machine.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.HyperV.Discovery.ServerRole
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryStateCollection
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityMatchMonitorHealth
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
The display resolution is incorrectly configured for virtual machine(s) on this computer.
Virtual machines running Windows 7 SP1 created on Windows Server 2016 or 1709+ might have the display resolution configured incorrectly. This alert will automatically reset in 15 minutes.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.RemoteFXResolutionMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="HVDisc!Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.Discovery.ServerRole" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.RemoteFXResolutionMonitor.Alert">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="MonitorUnhealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="EventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="MonitorReset" MonitorTypeStateID="TimerEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <LogName>Microsoft-Windows-RemoteDesktopServices-RemoteFX-Manager/Admin</LogName>

    <Expression>

      <SimpleExpression>

        <ValueExpression>

          <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

        </ValueExpression>

        <Operator>Equal</Operator>

        <ValueExpression>

          <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">14</Value>

        </ValueExpression>

      </SimpleExpression>

    </Expression>

    <TimerWaitInSeconds>900</TimerWaitInSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>