Failed to allocate VMQ

Problem

Event ID 113 from Hyper-V-VmSwitch is logged each time a VM is started on a host:

Failed to allocate VMQ for NIC [GUID]  (Friendly Name: [VM name]) on switch [GUID](Friendly Name: [Switch name]). Reason – The OID failed. Status = An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function.SNAGHTML37e5e773

Solution

This is caused by a bug. Download and install KB3031598 to fix the problem.

Author: DizzyBadger

SQL Server DBA, Cluster expert, Principal Analyst

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