encountered an error during import - validation errors - configuration file

Question

Hi,

I've exported a DC VM from a Hyper V 2012 server which I'm trying to restore on a new server running 2019 Server Essentials.

When importing the VM, I get the following error:

Hyper-V encountered an error during the import operation

DC-Name could not be realized due to validation errors.

DC-Name could not be realized due to errors in its configuration file which could not be resolved. (Virtual machine ID ...)

Here's a little more information on the situation.

The original host will not boot due to a corrupt OS. Trying to restore this VM on a new host using a recent manual export. The exported folder resides locally on the new host.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Eddy

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for your posting!

Based on your descriptions, I suppose you can just copy your VHD file to your new server, and restore your VM by creating a new VM with new OS file system, you need to choose "use an existing VHD" when you create your VM:

So you can have your VM running on the new server without exportng or importing.

Thank you for your time!

Best regards
Joan

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If the Answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.