I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 Box for my development purpose. I could not see any hibernate/sleep option in the shutdown options. What could be the reason to hide these options for a server machine?
Windows – Why there’s no hibernate/sleep option for Windows Server 2008 R2
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Related Solutions
From the Server Manager console home page, you can click on Change System Properties on the right side.
Then click on the Advanced Tab, and the Environment Variables button...
You can use kvm-linux. It's passing through the virtualisation features.
Best Answer
Have you installed Hype-v role? If yes, then Windows disables the Sleep and Hibernate options. You will need to make the Hyper-V service start on Demand for Sleep and Hibernate options to be re-enabled.
Refer to this blog post for details.