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  • Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:35 PMCreodus Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I have installed the Hyper-V role on a new Server 2008 64 Standard HP box, which is running a Xeon quad E5420 2.50GHz with virtualisation on. 10GB of RAM and tons of disk space.

    When attempting to build a brand new virtual machine from scratch, I can create a vhd Ok, but when trying to create the machine on Finish I receive an error:
    "The server encountered an error while creating machinename.
    Failed to create new virtual machine."

    Can anyone advise where I am going wrong?

    The box and the OS are brand new and the OS is fully patched and only running one other role - file services.

    Thanks, C

     

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  • Friday, October 09, 2009 5:39 AMVincent HuMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi,

     

    Please check whether you got the error described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base.

     

    Error message when you try to create a new virtual machine in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "The Encountered an Error while creating a Virtual Machine"

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960024

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Vincent Hu

     

    • Marked As Answer byCreodus Friday, October 09, 2009 10:28 AM
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  • Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:35 PMJorgeSilvaMVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    If you change the default paths for VM location, still get the error?
    I hope that the information above helps you. This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.
     
  • Friday, October 09, 2009 5:39 AMVincent HuMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi,

     

    Please check whether you got the error described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base.

     

    Error message when you try to create a new virtual machine in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "The Encountered an Error while creating a Virtual Machine"

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960024

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Vincent Hu

     

    • Marked As Answer byCreodus Friday, October 09, 2009 10:28 AM
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  • Friday, October 09, 2009 10:34 AMCreodus Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Vince, Jorge

    The MS KB960024 resolved the issue. 

    I had already changed the default paths Jorge, but they were still UNC Shares. So when I changed them in the Hyper-V settings to:

    c:\vm machines\

    the new virtual machine was created as expected.

    Thanks for the help - much appreciated.

    C
     
  • Friday, October 09, 2009 1:31 PMJorgeSilvaMVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Vince, Jorge

    The MS KB960024 resolved the issue. 

    I had already changed the default paths Jorge, but they were still UNC Shares. So when I changed them in the Hyper-V settings to:

    c:\vm machines\

    the new virtual machine was created as expected.

    Thanks for the help - much appreciated.

    C

    Excelent, that's exactly what I wanted that you tried.
    I hope that the information above helps you. This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.