Storage Migration Services Issue with scanning and validation

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Here's my setup:Source server:&nbsp; Win 2008 R2 that has 5 shares on it (all from the same drive - D Drive).&nbsp; This is my AD and DC and DNS server.Destination server:&nbsp; Win 2019 Std.&nbsp; This is my secondary AD/DC/DNS.&nbsp; I have Windows Admin Center with Storage Migration Services setup.&nbsp;Both computers have 100% of their updates installed.&nbsp;During the project setup for Storage Migration Services - I'm adding and scanning a device (my 2008 R2 server).&nbsp; The scan goes fine, but the state will eventually tell me "Couldn't inventory some devices" - which is strange.&nbsp; I only have 1 device.&nbsp; Maybe it's talking about some folders.&nbsp;When I'm finally at the Transfer Data stage - validate devices:&nbsp; the validation fails with this message:&nbsp;We can transfer data from the source computer at maximum speed. This might fail when required software updates are not installed on the source.Fail: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.&nbsp;All the other validations pass.&nbsp;If I attempt to start the transfer, I get this error:&nbsp;Migration-01 : Start transfer : RemoteException: Transfer validation failed or was not run. Fix errors and rerun validation or override this check in Transfer settings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Migration-01 is the name of the project I'm setting up).&nbsp;Not sure what's going on here.&nbsp; I suspect I need to resolve the first error, but I can't.&nbsp; I haven't found anything online related to this.&nbsp; The error is so generic it doesn't give me any information go really research.&nbsp;Can someone help?&nbsp; I'd greatly appreciate it.&nbsp;Thank you&nbsp;

yesiwork · Answer

steve02a&nbsp;I got hit with this issue as well. Expected to be fixed by upgrading to a newer version of WAC.&nbsp;More info:&nbsp;https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/sms-quot-hresult-e-fail-from-com-component-quot-workaround/ba-p/1878264

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