Hi,
I am trying to create a VM from a VM template and I get error 13206 - Virtual Machine Manager cannot locate the boot or system volumen on virtual machine <NewVMName>.
First, the current setup:
Host OS: Windows Server 2012
SCVMM: 2012 SP1
The VM Template creation process:
- Create a normal VM from SCVMM: Guest OS is Windows Server 2012 R2
- Simple configuration of the guest OS (eg: regional settings, ...)
- Disk within the VM is configured as Dynamic (has one simple partition that is System Reserved and another simple partition for the System (C:))
- Sysprep the guest VM with Generalize and Shutdown options
- Import the syspreped VHDX onto the SCVMM Library (making sure that the transfer is "unencrypted")
- Create the VM Template using imported VHDX (since this is SCVMM 2012 SP1, not R2, the option to select the VHD generation (1 or 2) is not provided)
The VM creation from template process:
- Create a VM from the template with the default values and ticking the box for the VM to "start the virtual machine after deploying it on the host"
The "Job" process:
- Create virtual machine = Completed
- Deploy file (using LAN) = Completed
- Change properties of virtual machine = Completed
- Fix up differencing disks = Completed
- Install VM components = Failed <=Error 13206
Some additional details:
- Hyper-V integration services are not installed on the guest VM
- Repeated the same procedure with both Dynamic and Fixed VHDX
- Original VM was created with only 1 disk for boot drive (no additional disks)
- Original VM does not have any roles or features configured
- The VM Template does not make use of answer files nor is it configured to join the domain
- Enabled SCVMM log tracing using Microsoft kb2913445 and searched the logs using the VHDX ID number - Not found
Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated...
Thank you,
Karim