Error 13206 Scvmm

Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, then applied latest updates, etc. Next, I shut down, then cloned that master image. So far, so http://www.networksteve.com/forum/topic.php/Cannot_create_VM_from_Gen2_template/?TopicId=53950&Posts=1 good. Then, I went to create a VM template from an existing VM, http://trentent.blogspot.com/2013/05/microsoft-hyper-v-install-vm-components.html using the cloned vm as the source. That appeared to work and the VM was stored in the library. Now, when I go to create a VM from that template, I get an error (23352) on step 1.4 - Change properties of virtual machine. The error says "VMM cannot find the device error 13206 or this device is not valid for a boot device." Recommended Action "Make sure you specify a valid device as a boot device." It's not really clear how to fix this. The source VM works fine and boots. The template was created from that... also, the link on "how to set the boot order for a generation 2 virtual machine" doesn't work and goes to the error 13206 scvmm main SC page. How can I resolve this so I can create gen2 VM's from a template? Thanks October 25th, 2013 2:54pm I get the same error: Create virtual machine10/25/2013 2:22:44 PM10/25/2013 2:24:17 PM Create virtual machine10/25/2013 2:22:46 PM10/25/2013 2:22:46 PM Deploy file (using Fast File Copy)10/25/2013 2:22:47 PM10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM Deploy file (using LAN)10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM Change properties of virtual machine10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM10/25/2013 2:24:17 PM Fix up differencing disks10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM10/25/2013 2:24:12 PM Error (23352) VMM cannot find the device or this device is not valid for a boot device. Recommended Action Make sure you specify a valid device as a boot device. When looking at the hardware configuration of the VM in the Template i see the boot SCSI disk with a check box that says this is the os for the VM. Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now October 25th, 2013 6:30pm Just to make sure: you are deploying the VM to a 2012 R2 host, right? -kn October 29th, 2013 9:04am Just to make sure: you are deploying the VM to a 2012 R2 host, right? Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and

unable to complete the requested file transfer. The connection to the HTTP server 2012-SCVMM.bottheory.local could not be established. Unknown error (0x80072ee2) Recommended Action Ensure that the HTTP service and/or the agent on the machine 2012-SCVMM.bottheory.local are installed and running and that a firewall is not blocking HTTP/HTTPS traffic on the configured port. TL;DR SO... Long story short; if you are encountering this error, I would suggest booting your VHD file in a VM and re-sysprep /generalize it. If you've maxed out on sysprep's I have a post earlier in my blog on how to get around the 3-times limit and rerun sysprep. Alternatively, you can try what I did, but I can't gaurantee your success and replace the BCD file in your Library VHD with a BCD you *know* has been sysprepp'ed and try redeploying it. =------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------= I've ensured that HTTP and HTTPS is not blocked (firewall is disabled) and the agent on my SCVMM machine is installed and running. So this error message is somewhat useless. So I took my two boxes, 2012-SCVMM (the SCVMM server) and S5000VXN-SERVER (the Hyper-V host) and procmon'ed them while it was attempting to "Install VM Components" to try and understand what it's trying to do. After reinitating the task, we can see that the vmmAgent.exe on the Hyper-V host accesses the file about 2 seconds after I submit the command to retry the job. A few seconds after this, it appears to "CreateFile" in the Windows\Temp directory; but this is not actually correct. What it is really doing is *mounting* the VHD into a folder in the Windows\Temp directory. You can actually watch this in action if you view Disk Management on the Hyper-V host while you execute the task. So now that we know it's mounting the file as a volume this helps us narrow down on what Hyper-V is attempting to do... And I suspect what it is attempting to do is "offline servicing" of the attached vdisk/vhd. After attaching the vdisk the next thing it does it query the BCD file on the system. Ma