HCN Error Code

Most of the the HCN functions use HRESULT return codes. These return codes can be found in the Winerror.h header file. The following table shows HCN specific error codes:

Name	Description	Value
S_OK	Success	0x00000000
HCN_E_NETWORK_NOT_FOUND	The network was not found	0x803b0001
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_NOT_FOUND	The endpoint was not found	0x803b0002
HCN_E_LAYER_NOT_FOUND	The network's underlying layer was not found	0x803b0003
HCN_E_SWITCH_NOT_FOUND	The virtual switch was not found	0x803b0004
HCN_E_SUBNET_NOT_FOUND	The network does not have a subnet for this endpoint	0x803b0005
HCN_E_ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND	An adapter was not found	0x803b0006
HCN_E_PORT_NOT_FOUND	The switch-port was not found	0x803b0007
HCN_E_POLICY_NOT_FOUND	An expected policy was not found	0x803b0008
HCN_E_VFP_PORTSETTING_NOT_FOUND	A required VFP port setting was not found	0x803b0009
HCN_E_INVALID_NETWORK	The provided network configuration is invalid or missing parameters	0x803b000a
HCN_E_INVALID_NETWORK_TYPE	Invalid network type	0x803b000b
HCN_E_INVALID_ENDPOINT	The provided endpoint configuration is invalid or missing parameters	0x803b000c
HCN_E_INVALID_POLICY	The provided policy configuration is invalid or missing parameters	0x803b000d
HCN_E_INVALID_POLICY_TYPE	Invalid policy type	0x803b000e
HCN_E_INVALID_REMOTE_ENDPOINT_OPERATION	This requested operation is invalid for a remote endpoint	0x803b000f
HCN_E_NETWORK_ALREADY_EXISTS	A network with this name already exists	0x803b0010
HCN_E_LAYER_ALREADY_EXISTS	A network with this name already exists	0x803b0011
HCN_E_POLICY_ALREADY_EXISTS	Policy information already exists on this object	0x803b0012
HCN_E_PORT_ALREADY_EXISTS	The specified port already exists	0x803b0013
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_ALREADY_ATTACHED	This endpoint is already attached to the switch	0x803b0014
HCN_E_REQUEST_UNSUPPORTED	The specified request is unsupported	0x803b0015
HCN_E_MAPPING_NOT_SUPPORTED	Port mapping is not supported on the given network	0x803b0016
HCN_E_DEGRADED_OPERATION	There was an operation attempted on a degraded object	0x803b0017
HCN_E_SHARED_SWITCH_MODIFICATION	Cannot modify a switch shared by multiple networks	0x803b0018
HCN_E_GUID_CONVERSION_FAILURE	Failed to interpret a parameter as a GUID	0x803b0019
HCN_E_REGKEY_FAILURE	Failed to process registry key	0x803b001a
HCN_E_INVALID_JSON	Invalid JSON document string	0x803b001b
HCN_E_INVALID_JSON_REFERENCE	The reference is invalid in the JSON document	0x803b001c
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_SHARING_DISABLED	Endpoint sharing is disabled	0x803b001d
HCN_E_INVALID_IP	IP address is either invalid or not part of any configured subnet(s)	0x803b001e
HCN_E_SWITCH_EXTENSION_NOT_FOUND	The specified switch extension does not exist on this switch	0x803b001f
HCN_E_MANAGER_STOPPED	Operation cannot be performed while service is stopping	0x803b0020
GCN_E_MODULE_NOT_FOUND	Operation cannot be performed while service module not found	0x803b0021
GCN_E_NO_REQUEST_HANDLERS	Request Handlers not present to handle the JSON request	0x803b0022
GCN_E_REQUEST_UNSUPPORTED	The specified request is unsupported	0x803b0023
GCN_E_RUNTIMEKEYS_FAILED	Add runtime keys to container failed	0x803b0024
GCN_E_NETADAPTER_TIMEOUT	Timeout while waiting for network adapter with the given instance id	0x803b0025
GCN_E_NETADAPTER_NOT_FOUND	Network adapter not found for the given instance id	0x803b0026
GCN_E_NETCOMPARTMENT_NOT_FOUND	Network compartment not found for the given id	0x803b0027
GCN_E_NETINTERFACE_NOT_FOUND	Network interface not found for the given id	0x803b0028
GCN_E_DEFAULTNAMESPACE_EXISTS	Default Namespace already exists	0x803b0029
HCN_E_ICS_DISABLED	Internet Connection Sharing service (SharedAccess) is disabled and cannot be started	0x803b002A
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_NAMESPACE_ALREADY_EXISTS	This requested operation is invalid as endpoint is already part of a network namespace	0x803b002B
HCN_E_ENTITY_HAS_REFERENCES	The specified entity cannot be removed while it still has references	0x803b002C
HCN_E_INVALID_INTERNAL_PORT	The internal port must exist and cannot be zero	0x803b002D
HCN_E_NAMESPACE_ATTACH_FAILED	The requested operation for attach namespace failed	0x803b002E
HCN_E_ADDR_INVALID_OR_RESERVED	An address provided is invalid or reserved	0x803b002F
HCN_E_INVALID_PREFIX	The prefix provided is invalid	0x803b0030
HCN_E_OBJECT_USED_AFTER_UNLOAD	A call was performed against an object that was torn down	0x803b0031
HCN_E_INVALID_SUBNET	The provided subnet configuration is invalid or missing parameters	0x803b0032
HCN_E_INVALID_IP_SUBNET	he provided IP subnet configuration is invalid or missing parameters	0x803b0033
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_NOT_ATTACHED	The endpoint must be attached to complete the operation	0x803b0034
HCN_E_ENDPOINT_NOT_LOCAL	The endpoint must be local to complete the operation	0x803b0035
HCN_INTERFACEPARAMETERS_ALREADY_APPLIED	Cannot apply more than one InterfaceParameters policy	0x803b0036
HCN_E_VFP_NOT_ALLOWED	A network of this type can not be created because VFP is not available	0x803b0037