Virtual Machine Configuration File

Article
02/02/2010

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.

Events

Event ID	Source	Message
3071	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	An attempt to read or update the virtual machine configuration failed.
3072	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' failed to read or update the virtual machine configuration because access was denied: %3 (%4). Check the security settings on the folder in which the virtual machine is stored. (Virtual machine %2)
3073	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	An attempt to read or update the virtual machine configuration failed because access was denied.
11900	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual machine='%1', %3: Configuration section is corrupt. Virtual machine ID=%2.
11900	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' %3: Configuration section is corrupt. (Virtual machine %2)
11901	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	%3: Configuration section is corrupt or has old versioning or schema.
11901	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	%3: Configuration section is corrupt or has old versioning or schema.
12150	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	There is a problem with the configuration of the virtual machine='%1' Virtual machine ID=%2. Please delete the virtual machine, create a new virtual machine and attach the virtual disks to the new virtual machine.
12150	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	There is a problem with the configuration of the virtual machine='%1' Virtual machine ID=%2. Please delete the virtual machine, create a new virtual machine and attach the virtual disks to the new virtual machine.
12151	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	There is a problem with the configuration of the virtual machine.
12151	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	There is a problem with the configuration of the virtual machine.
12160	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' Default configuration was created for the virtual machine. (Virtual machine %2)
12160	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual machine='%1', default device section has been created. Virtual machine ID=%2.
12161	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Default configuration was created for the virtual machine.
12161	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Default device section has been created for the virtual machine configuration.
12170	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual device '%3' added to virtual machine '%1'. Virtual machine ID=%2.
12170	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' virtual device '%3' was added to the configuration of the virtual machine. (Virtual machine %2)
12171	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual device '%3' added to the virtual machine.
12171	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Virtual device '%3' was added to the configuration of the virtual machine.
12180	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' virtual device '%3' was removed from the configuration of the virtual machine. (Virtual machine %2)
12180	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual machine='%1', virtual device '%3' removed from the VDEV manifest. Virtual machine ID=%2.
12181	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Virtual device '%3' was removed from the configuration of the virtual machine.
12181	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual Device '%3' removed from the VDEV manifest.
12190	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' The manifest's size parameter in the configuration is unsupported. (Virtual machine %2)
12190	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Virtual machine='%1', The manifest's size parameter in the configuration is invalid. Virtual machine ID=%2.
12191	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The manifest's size parameter in the configuration is invalid.
12191	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The manifest's size parameter in the configuration is unsupported.
12340	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' cannot read key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'(%5). (Virtual machine ID %2)
12340	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' could not read key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'(%5). (Virtual machine %2)
12341	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Could not read key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'
12341	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot read key '%3' from the repository.
12400	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' cannot write key '%3' to the repository. Error: '%4' (%5). (Virtual machine ID %2)
12400	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' could not write key '%3' to the repository. Error: '%4' (%5). (Virtual machine %2)
12401	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Could not write key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'
12401	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot write key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'
12420	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' could not remove key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4' (%5). (Virtual machine %2)
12420	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' cannot remove key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4' (%5). (Virtual machine ID %2)
12421	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot remove key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'
12421	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Could not remove key '%3' from the repository. Error: '%4'
14200	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to delete configuration: %3 (%4) (Virtual machine ID %2)
14201	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to delete configuration: %3 (%4)
15020	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to delete. (Virtual machine ID %2)
15021	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to delete.
15030	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to modify settings. (Virtual machine ID %2)
15031	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' failed to modify settings.
16030	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' is not configured correctly because the virtual hard disk file path '%3' is incomplete. (Virtual machine ID %2)
16031	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' is not configured correctly.
16300	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot load a virtual machine configuration: %3 (%4) (Virtual machine ID %2)
16310	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot load the virtual machine because the configuration is corrupt. (Virtual machine ID %2). Delete the virtual machine configuration file (.xml file) and recreate the virtual machine.
16320	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot load a snapshot configuration: %3 (%4) (Snapshot ID %2)
16400	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The configuration of virtual machine '%1' is no longer accessible: %3 (%4). (Virtual machine ID %2) The worker process (process ID %5) may not function correctly.
16410	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The configuration of virtual machine '%1' is no longer accessible: %3 (%4). (Virtual machine ID %2)
16420	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The configuration of snapshot '%1' is no longer accessible: %3 (%4). (Snapshot ID %2)
18180	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The 'Data Exchange' virtual device could not be found in the device manifest of '%1'. (Virtual machine ID %2)
18181	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The 'Data Exchange' virtual device could not be found in the device manifest.

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