Fail to create new Virtual Machine on Microsoft Server 2019

Asyraf Othman 1 Reputation point
2020-08-26T03:20:24.68+00:00

I have never use nor do I have experience in dealing with Microsoft Server 2019 so excuse me if I'm wrong or have limited knowledge. I was assigned to deploy Rasa on the VM that was given to me by my supervisor.

VM's specs is as below:

  • 4vcpu
  • 8gb ram
  • 100gb hdisk
  • Windows Server 2019 DC

I was trying to create another VM in the VM that is specified above. The problem is the creation gave a generic error when I used the VM wizard. Using powershell gives me this error :

New-VM : The operation failed. At line:1 char:1 + New-VM -Name Win10VM -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB -BootDevice VHD -VHDPath ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VM], VirtualizationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unspecified,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.NewVM

I have Googled on the error but still cant find the solution. Can anyone help?

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  1. Leon Laude 85,786 Reputation points
    2020-08-26T07:03:16.493+00:00

    Hi @Asyraf Othman ,

    Can you post the whole PowerShell script that you are trying to run on the Hyper-V host?

    You'll find examples on how to use the New-VM PowerShell cmdlet over here:
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/powershell/module/hyper-v/new-vm?view=win10-ps

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    Best regards,
    Leon

  2. TimCerling(ret) 1,156 Reputation points
    2020-08-26T13:22:58.22+00:00

    "I was trying to create another VM in the VM that is specified above"

    From this statement in your original post, it sounds like you are trying to create a VM within a VM. That is possible with Hyper-V 2019. However, your PowerShell command is attempting to create the VM in a location on Drive D:. Does the hosting VM have a drive D: defined? If you are trying to define a VM within a VM, the drive location must be available from within the VM, not from the host system.

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