> I am running VSMT (ADS1.1) to virtualize a server.
> My production virtual host in 2003 EE R2 with VS 2005 R2, VSMT Tools, and
> conneded/controlled by the ADS server.
> I successfully created the scripts and captured the image, but when I run
> the <servername>_CreateVM.cmd batch to create the VM on the host, I receive
> the following error:
>
> Error: Target VM already exists: <servername>
> Error: Result Code: 2
> VMClient.exe returned 2
>
> <===Remote job output
> Error: Result Code: 8
> Error occured, exiting (8)
>
> I have tried reinstalling VSMT on the production virtual host.
> I have run the vmclient command string directly on the production virtual
> host.
> I even tried changing the target servername.
> All with the same results.
>
> I ended up changing the scripts to create/deploy the VM on my test virtual
> host and it worked fine.
>
> But, I need to find out why I am receiving the error on my production
> virtual host and get it fixed.
>
> As another test, I manually created the target VM on my production virtual
> host and then ran the <servername>_DeployVM.cmd batch.
>
> The image deployed to the target VM, but then failed on the "copy boot.ini"
> command with the following error:
>
> ADS Controller did not recognize the variable Device.User.vVMScriptPath.
> The variable could not be found. Use $$ to escape the $ character where
> a variable is not intended.
>
> When I set the scripts to bypass the "copy boot.ini" command, I then get the
> following error during the "fix drivers and services" job:
>
> ADS Controller did not recognize the variable
> Device.User.vWindowsPartition.
> The variable could not be found. Use $$ to escape the $ character where
> a variable is not intended.
>
> I would really prefer to have my production server working correctly and not
> use my test server as proxy.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Charles
>