Event ID 16420 — Virtual Machine Configuration File

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

By default virtual machine configuration files are at %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 16420
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: MSVM_VMMS_CONFIGURATION_DISCONNECTED_SNAPSHOT
Message: The configuration of snapshot '%1' is no longer accessible: %3 (%4). (Snapshot ID %2)

Resolve

Check snapshot configuration

Check the configuration associated with this snapshot and ensure that it has the right file path permissions as well as the right parameters. Then, retry the operation.

For more information about snapshots, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147648.

Verify

No verification steps are available yet.

Virtual Machine Configuration File

Hyper-V