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Rıfat Erdem Sahin
Rıfat Erdem Sahin

Reputation: 1778

Captured DevTest Labs is not working

I have pressed the capture button on a VM in dev test labs. Now it looks like I have a generalized VM that looks useless to me. For example, I can not start the VM anymore. It just displays the following error message.

Failed to start virtual machine 'vmname'. Error: Operation 'start' is not allowed on VM 'vmname' since the VM is generalized.

I need to access this VM what can I do ?

** Should I have run sysprep before I hit the capture???

As I can not start another VM it give this error. Provisioning failed. OS Provisioning for VM 'IntegrationTest' did not finish in the allotted time. However, the VM guest agent was detected running. This suggests the guest OS has not been properly prepared to be used as a VM image (with CreateOption=FromImage). To resolve this issue, either use the VHD as is with CreateOption=Attach or prepare it properly for use as an image: * Instructions for Windows:

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 95

Answers (1)

Rıfat Erdem Sahin
Rıfat Erdem Sahin

Reputation: 1778

Don't use this button without SYSPREP.

Use regular backup.

IMHO the capture process is not as easy as AWS EC2... This error* caused us a day.

*It was my fault to hit the button where I thought it would just work. I should have tested it.

Upvotes: 0

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