Failed server upgrade from 2012 to 2016

Evans, Don (HABC) 1 Reputation point
2021-08-04T10:33:13.56+00:00

In trying to upgrade a 2012 windows server to 2016 I received the error below:
"upgrade to win server 2016 failed in the first_boot phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation"
any help or insight to the error is much appreciated

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A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
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  1. AlexZhu-MSFT 6,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2021-08-05T08:34:57.557+00:00

    Hi,

    WSUS = Windows Server Update Services, corresponding to tag windows-server-update-services. It seems this is not a WSUS related problem, however, here's an article containing several solutions and we may try some of them to see if it helps.

    https://thegeekpage.com/fix-the-installation-failed-in-first-boot-phase-error/
    Note: this is not from MS, just for your reference.

    Alex
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