Unable to restart Hyper-V replication

Question

Had a Replica Server crash and lost some replicas without first removing them from the Hyper-V Manager. After restarting the VMMS service, the replica VMs no longer appear in the app but I can't set up replication again because, on one of the VMs, the "Unspecified error (0x80004005)" keeps occurring.

In the past, I have solved this problem by going to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V" and clearing any files/links with that particular Virtual Machine ID.

This time that's not working. I even removed the Hyper-V role and reinstalled it (on the replica host) but the error still appears for that VM ID when trying to set up replication.

I searched the registry for that ID and found nothing. I searched the entire C: drive for that ID and found nothing.

I'm pretty sure that I can go back to the live host, export the VM, and then import it back while creating a new VM ID, but I'm trying to avoid that, if possible.

Is there anywhere else this VM ID could be stored that I should look?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for your reply!

Based on your condition, there may be other issues except for the loss of VM ID exist, which needs more in-depth investigation such as log analysis. Log analysis is beyond our forum's scope, so I strongly suggest you to contact Microsoft Customer Support from whom you can receive real-time and face to face communication with our senior engineers and your log information safety can be protected. In addition, if the issue has been proved as system flaw, the consulting fee would be refund. You may find phone number for your region accordingly from the link below. Please choose common issue option.
Global Customer Service phone numbers:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13948/global-customer-service-phone-numbers

Thanks for your support!

BR,
Joan

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Answer 2

Hi JWS, can you share your solution with this issue?

Thanx.