Failed to start the virtual machine 'MobyLinuxVM' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running

I have got some problem when I installed Docker with Window Server.
The environment list:
>1 Windows 10 (Physical Machine)
2.VMware® Workstation Player (12~ above) URL
> 3.Windows Server 2016 at the VM
> 4.Docker CE for Windows(stable) URL

the problem picture and content

Unable to start: The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: 'MobyLinuxVM' failed to start.

Failed to start the virtual machine 'MobyLinuxVM' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running.

'MobyLinuxVM' failed to start. (Virtual machine ID BBD755F7-05B6-4933-B1E0-F8ACA3D2467B)     

The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to start the virtual machine 'MobyLinuxVM' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running (Virtual machine ID BBD755F7-05B6-4933-B1E0-F8ACA3D2467B).
at Start-MobyLinuxVM, <No file>: line 315
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 410
   at Docker.Backend.ContainerEngine.Linux.DoStart(Settings settings, String daemonOptions) in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\ContainerEngine\Linux.cs:line 256
   at Docker.Backend.ContainerEngine.Linux.Start(Settings settings, String daemonOptions) in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\ContainerEngine\Linux.cs:line 130
   at Docker.Core.Pipe.NamedPipeServer.<>c__DisplayClass9_0.<Register>b__0(Object[] parameters) in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Core\pipe\NamedPipeServer.cs:line 47
   at Docker.Core.Pipe.NamedPipeServer.RunAction(String action, Object[] parameters) in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Core\pipe\NamedPipeServer.cs:line 145

How can I fix this problem issue,Thanks.

Here is a solution if you are getting this error on an Azure Windows 10 VM where you have installed Docker and this is already Nested Virtualization capable VM in other words your Azure VM must be V3 sized as minimum (DV3 or EV3):

> - Ensure Windows Hyper-V featutes are enabled by running PowerShell cmdlet:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All -Verbose

> - Ensure Windows Containers feature is enabled by running PowerShell cmdlet:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Containers -All -Verbose

> - Ensure Hypervisor is set to auto start in the Boot Configuration Database (BCD) by running in elevated command prompt the command:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype Auto

After running all of the above and you restart the Azure VM, Docker should be starting normally.

> In addition to the Answer above the PowerShell cmdlet to set the Virtual Machine Setting is:

Set-VMProcessor -VMName <Enter-VM-Name> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true -Verbose

> Still have an issue and haven't rebooted yet?! - just restart the windows services by running the following:

net stop vmms 
net start vmms

In case this helps anyone else getting this issue, I found that running these commands from an admin command prompt fixed my Hyper-V issue:

net stop vmms 
net start vmms

I then was able to start my docker container without issue.

Hi all I have found the answer to deal with this problem hopefully this content can help someone who has the same issue.

1. to setup VM at Virtual Machine Settings (like as following picture)

2. to setup the Hyper-V in the Windows Server 2016 (like as following picture)

Mandarin reference URL

Enabling Hyper-V feature is not enough in Azure VM. You have to have "Nested virtualization" enabled, so according to documentation you should choose v3 sized VM:

> all v3 virtual machines support nested virtualization

After resizing, VM will be restarted and DockerVM in Hyper-V will run.

This is a nested virtualization issue to fix it running VMWare 6.5 and Windows 10 guest turn off the VM and select the option to Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS.

1. Open up a PowerShell or CMD session as Administrator.

2. Type the following command:

    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
   

I went to docker settings and in General section selected to install the other version (bottom of the page as link). I initially installed the stable, changed for beta / edge.

That worked without any issues.

Actualy the reason is you have not enabled ExposeVirtualizationExtensions on host.
Shut down nested VM. Run PS command on host:

Set-VMProcessor -VMName "NESTED VM NAME" -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true

And then start nested VM (with docker in it) again.

VMWare

For VMWare, to enable hardware virtualization on the Guest OS, you do it from the VMWare web client. Note that the traditional desktop client does not have the option to enable hardware virtualization on Guest OS. Remember to shut down guest OS first else the option will be disabled.

Also see: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/4470#issuecomment-519511295

Windows Hypervisor

If your doing virtualization using Windows Hypervisor and not something like VM Ware, in that case run below command from host machine:

Set-VMProcessor MyVM2 -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true

See: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/4470#issuecomment-579529145