Virtual machines cannot migrate from a Windows Server 2008 stand-alone server to a Windows Server 2008 cluster after you upgrade to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

Article ID: 975426 - View products that this article applies to.
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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:
  • You install Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 in a Windows Server 2008 cluster and on a stand-alone Windows Server 2008 server.
  • You upgrade all servers to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 without uninstalling the old agents from the servers.
  • You try to move a virtual machine from the stand-alone server to a clustered server by running a Storage Area Network (SAN) migration.
In this scenario, the SAN migration fails, and you receive the following error message:
Error (1600)
VMM is unable to process one or more of the provided cmdlet parameters.

Recommended Action
Type Get-Help NO_PARAM -full to view a list of defined parameters and complete descriptions. Then try the operation again.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, uninstall the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 agent from the servers, and then install the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 agents.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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REFERENCES

v2 to r2 san migration fails
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Article ID: 975426 - Last Review: September 11, 2010 - Revision: 1.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Keywords: 
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