Importing a VM that is exported from Windows Server 2012 R2 into Windows Server 2012 is not supported

This article describes a situation in which you receive an error message when you try to move a virtual machine from a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host into a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host.

Applies to:   Windows Server 2012 R2
Original KB number:   2868279

Introduction

Moving a virtual machine (VM) from a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host to a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host is not a supported scenario under any circumstances.

When you try import a VM that is exported from a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host into a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host, you receive the following error message:

Hyper-V did not find virtual machines to import from the location <folder location>.
The operation failed with error code '32784'.