You cannot import a virtual machine by using Hyper-v Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) on a Hyper-V server

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:

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:

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.

If you want to resolve this issue automatically, you can run a Visual Basic script on a Hyper-V server before you import a virtual machine to the Hyper-V server:

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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