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SCVMM 2008 – Clone VM Error (12700)

Posted in Virtual Machine Manager | No Comment | 6,517 views | 20/03/2009 20:32

You may get this error when you try to clone a vm. Solution: If you are using SCVMM, simply delete vm then re-clone it. Be sure, all vm files are deleted before cloning process.

Error (12700)
VMM cannot complete the Hyper-V operation on the hyperv02.contoso.fabrikam.com server because of the error: Failed to import the virtual machine from import directory ‘E:\Hyper-V\W2K8WEB’. Error: One or more arguments are invalid(0x80070057)

Import file format error: E:\Hyper-V\W2K8WEB\Virtual Machines\0D6B7434-D1B3-4BF7-A414-8E29FE56D496.exp.
(Unknown error (0x8005))

Recommended Action
Resolve the issue in Hyper-V and then try the operation again.

If you are doing this on Hyper-V, there is a good solution:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/5b731f1a-f495-4d88-a875-0eea77ecd6b4