New KB: A System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V fails at 79% with Error 551

Microsoft

Feb 15, 2019

First published on TECHNET on Sep 12, 2011

Here’s a new SCVMM 2008 Knowledge Base article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where a P2V fails at 79% with Error 551 or 0x80070002 then you’ll want to check this one out:

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Symptoms

A P2V conversion using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (VMM 2008) fails at 79% completion with Error 551. The details reveal the information below:

VMM cannot access registry key value NetCfgInstanceId under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\vmm{GUID}system\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{GUID}\0043.
(The system cannot find the file specified (0x80070002))

Cause

This can occur when there is a ghosted network adapter on the P2V source machine.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow the steps outlined in the following KB article to remove any ghosted NICs on the source machine:

269155 - Error message when you try to set an IP address on a network adapter

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For the most current version of this article please see the following:

2616508: A System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V fails at 79% with Error 551

J.C. Hornbeck | System Center Knowledge Engineer