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Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one describes an issue where deploying templates to create new VMs using System Center Virtual Machine Manager fails with Error 13204.
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Symptoms
When deploying templates to create new virtual machines (VMs) using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM), you may receive the following error in the VMM Admin Console:
Error 13204
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) WMI provider is not installed on the Virtual Machine Manager Server.
Install the BCD WMI provider on %ServerName; and then try the operation again.
You also notice that the deployment of VMs fails for all hosts and that the failure also happens for most other templates.
A VMM Trace will show results similar to:
00025010 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.Carmine.WSManWrappers.ErrorContextParameterHelper.ThrowTranslatedCarmineException(ManagementException me)
00025011 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.Carmine.WMIWrappers.WMIObject.GetMethodParameters(String methodName)
00025012 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.Carmine.WMIWrappers.BcdStore.OpenStore(ManagementScope mgmtScope, String File, BcdStore& Store)
00025013 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.Store..ctor(WSManConnectionParameters connParams, String storePath)
00025014 11:18:35 AM [6008] *** Carmine error was: HostAgentWMIFail (3154); HR: 0x80131501
00025015 11:18:35 AM [6008] 1778.0994::02/04-19:18:35.468#16:BcdUtil.cs(1248):
00025016 11:18:35 AM [6008] 1778.0994::02/04-19:18:35.468#16:BcdUtil.cs(1248): Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.BCDWmiProviderNotInstalledException: Error in the application.
00025017 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.Store.HandleEx(WSManProviderException wpe)
00025018 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.Store..ctor(WSManConnectionParameters connParams, String storePath)
00025019 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.BCDFixup.ReadBootManager()
00025020 11:18:35 AM [6008] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VmOperations.BCD.BCDFixup..ctor(String bcdFileDir, String bcdFileName, WSManConnectionParameters tgtConnectionParameters, String tgtDevice, UpdateDeploymentCheckpointDelegate checkpointDelegate)
00025021 11:18:35 AM [6008] *** Carmine error was: BcdWmiProviderNotInstalled (13204); 0
Cause
This can occur if there is WMI corruption on the VMM server. Examining the local WMI Control properties displays the following:
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Win32_processor: WMI: Invalid namespace
· Win32_WMISetting: WMI: Invalid namespace
· Win32_OperatingSystem: WMI: Invalid namespace
Resolution
To resolve this issue, rebuild WMI on the VMM server.
Below are the steps to fix the issue on Windows Server 2008:
1. Open an elevated command prompt.
2. Verify the WMI repository is not corrupt by running the following command:
winmgmt /verifyrepository
If the repository is not corrupted, a “WMI Repository is consistent” message will be returned. If you get something else, go to step 3. If the repository is consistent, perform a repair.
3. Run the following commands to repair WMI:
winmgmt /salvagerepository
If the repository salvage fails to work, then run the following command to see if it resolves the issue:
winmgmt /resetrepository
After the last command, there should be a “WMI Repository has been reset” message returned that verifies the command was successful.
Below are the steps to fix the issue on Windows Server 2003:
1. Stop WMI service
2. From an elevated command prompt run the following:
cd %windir%\system32\wbem
3. Re-register dlls by running the following command:
for /f %s in ('dir /b *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %s
4. Re-register provider host by running the following command:
wmiprvse /regserver
5. Re-register WMI service by running the following command:
winmgmt /regserver
6. Restart the WMI service
7. Recompile the mofs by running the following command:
for /f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %s
8. Restart the WMI service
9. Restart the VMM server
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For the most current version of this article please see the following:
2708922 - Deploying templates to create new VMs using System Center Virtual Machine Manager fai...
J.C. Hornbeck | System Center & Security Knowledge Engineer
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