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Upgrade Windows Server 2016 Standard to Datacenter on HyperV Hosts fails

Philipp Ruep 0 Reputation points
2023-11-28T09:20:08.24+00:00

Hi,

I am currently struggling with upgrading Windows Server to Datacenter on 2 out of 4 HyperV Hosts (in Cluster)

While two hosts worked seamlessly with

DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula

the other two fail with this error:

Error: 14081 An error occurred while operating system components were being updated. The upgrade cannot proceed. For more information, review the log file.

Log:

Any idea on why this is failing and how to upgrade? Tried also via GUI - same issue

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  1. Philipp Ruep 0 Reputation points
    2024-07-18T12:17:02.1666667+00:00

    We did a fresh reinstall to make it work

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