Microsoft Support - You cannot import a virtual machine by using Hyper-v Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manage

Symptoms:

When you try to import a virtual machine that has been exported by using Hyper-V Manager, you cannot import the virtual machine by using Hyper-V Manager on a different Hyper-V server. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

A Server error occurred while attempting to import the virtual machine. Failed to import the virtual machine from import directory <Directory Path>. Error: One or more arguments are invalid (0x80070057).

When you try to use System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to import a virtual machine that was exported by using Hyper-V Manager, you receive the following error message:

Error (12700) VMM cannot complete the Hyper-V operation on the <server FQDN> server because of the error: Failed to import the virtual machine from import directory <Directory Path>. Error: One or more arguments are invalid (0x80070057) (Unknown error (0x8005))

 

 

Workaround:

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Locate the exported virtual machine folder, and then open the .exp file.
2. In the line between <VALUE> and </VALUE>, delete the GUID. Here is a sample that shows a code example from the .exp file and the value that you should remove:

   <PROPERTY NAME="ScopeOfResidence" TYPE="string">
       <VALUE>
         222dea57-bedd-465c-8fe4-54f2ad7ae699         ** => DELETE THIS GUID**
       </VALUE>
     </PROPERTY>
   

3. Save the changes, and then exit Notepad.
4. Import the modified virtual machine again.

 

Option Explicit   
    
Dim WMIService   
Dim VMList   
Dim VM   
Dim VMSystemGlobalSettingData   
Dim VMManagementService   
Dim Result   
    
'Get instance of 'virtualization' WMI service on the local computer   
Set WMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\virtualization")   
  
'Get a VMManagementService object   
Set VMManagementService = WMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService").ItemIndex(0)   
    
'Get all the MSVM_ComputerSystem object   
Set VMList = WMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Msvm_ComputerSystem")   
       
For Each VM In VMList   
   if VM.Caption = "Virtual Machine" then   
       Set VMSystemGlobalSettingData = (VM.Associators_("MSVM_ElementSettingData", "Msvm_VirtualSystemGlobalSettingData")).ItemIndex(0)    
       VMSystemGlobalSettingData.ScopeOfResidence = ""  
       Result = VMManagementService.ModifyVirtualSystem(VM.Path_.Path, VMSystemGlobalSettingData.GetText_(1))   
    end if   
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