Set Physical Serial Number for Hyper-V VM Virtual Disk (VHDX)

Set Physical Serial Number for Hyper-V VHDX Virtual Disk

In Hyper-V, you can manage the virtual hard disks (VHDX) used by your virtual machines (VMs) and set their physical serial numbers. This process is different from getting the serial number of a physical disk on a host machine or a VM running VMware. In this article, we will cover how to set the physical serial number for a Hyper-V VHDX virtual disk.

Prerequisites

To set the physical serial number for a Hyper-V VHDX virtual disk, you need:

• Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell
• Access to the Hyper-V virtual machine and its associated VHDX file

Set Physical Serial Number using Hyper-V Manager

Follow these steps to set the physical serial number for a Hyper-V VHDX virtual disk using the Hyper-V Manager:

1. Open Hyper-V Manager and connect to the Hyper-V host.
2. Select the virtual machine with the VHDX virtual hard disk that you want to modify.
3. In the "Actions" pane, click on "Settings".
4. In the left pane, click on "Hard disks".
5. Right-click on the VHDX virtual hard disk and select "Edit Disk".
6. In the "Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard", click on "Next" to proceed.
7. Under "Advanced Features", check the box next to "Identify the virtual hard disk as:".
8. Select "A specific serial number" and enter the desired serial number in the text box.
9. Click on "Next" and follow the prompts to finish the wizard.

Set Physical Serial Number using PowerShell

You can also use PowerShell to set the physical serial number for a Hyper-V VHDX virtual disk. Here's how:

In this article, we covered how to set the physical serial number for a Hyper-V VHDX virtual disk using both the Hyper-V Manager and PowerShell. This process allows you to customize the virtual hard disk and maintain better inventory management.