HyperV Export failed Cannot find the file specified 0x80070003

Shijithkumar Pulassery 41 Reputation points
2020-12-28T08:54:28.387+00:00

Hi,

Exporting Hyper V VM from Hyper V manager failed with the following error.

Export failed for virtual machine 'XXXXX' (GUID)with error 'The system cannot find the path specified.' (0x80070003).
How to identify which file is missing and how to solve this issue.
This is windows 2016 server and the VM have multiple snapshots.

Regards
Shijith

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  1. Xiaowei He 9,936 Reputation points
    2020-12-29T05:56:52.287+00:00

    Hi,

    Please check if the Hyper V snapshots avhdx files has the good link with the parent disk.

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    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

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  2. szveisti 0 Reputation points
    2024-03-15T10:53:25.1933333+00:00

    export error: the system cannot "read" the file.

    The system did not have permission at the save location!

    On the Security tab, select "system" with full access to access the saved file!

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