Windows – Hyper-V: There was an error during the move: operation is not supported

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Trying to Migrate VMs off a server to another Hyper-V server temporarily due to a hardware failure but I keep getting this message. I don't see anything in the event viewer and I've checked the CPU option to move the VM.

Host machine is a 2016 machine and the other I am moving to is a 2012r2. Could that be the issue?

Update due to questions:
The 2012r2 machines are running v5 VMs and the 2016 is running v8 VMs.

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Best Answer

What version of virtual Machines are you running?

VMs running versions only supported by server 2016 cannot run on server 2012R2. to check your version:

  1. On the Windows desktop, click the Start button and type any part of the name Windows PowerShell.
  2. Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Use the Get-VM cmdlet. Run the following command to get the versions of your virtual machines. Get-VM * | Format-Table Name, Version

You can also see the configuration version in Hyper-V Manager by selecting the virtual machine and looking at the Summary tab.

The following table shows which virtual machine configuration versions are supported by Hyper-V hosts that run on specific versions of Windows operating systems.

  • Windows Server 2016 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
  • Windows 10 Anniversary Update 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
  • Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
  • Windows 10 build 10565 or later 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
  • Windows 10 builds earlier than 10565 6.2, 5.0
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 5.0
  • Windows 8.1 5.0
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