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Reset Disk identifier

I am trying to reset Disk identifier on one of my hyper-v virtual disks. AWS support tells me that there is no identifier, and this is preventing me from migrating the virtual disk to the AWS cloud.

I am using the following PS:
Set-VHD -Path "M:\VMs\Virtual Hard Disks\NC-LBL.vhdx" -ResetDiskIdentifier[1]

I get the following error:

A positional parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'ResetDiskIdentifier'

CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VHD], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorID : NamedParameterNotFound, Microsoft.vhd.powershell.setvhdcommand

Could someone assist me with the error?

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Dr. Klahn

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J G

ASKER

The error still occurs when I take out the [1]

this time I get:

Set-VHD: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'ResetDiskIdentifier'

CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VHD], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorID : NamedParameterNotFound, Microsoft.vhd.powershell.setvhdcommand

If I run the command without the quotes:
Set-VHD -Path M:\VMs\Virtual Hard Disks\NC-LBL.vhdx -ResetDiskIdentifier

Powershell returns:

Set-VHD: A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Disks\NC-LBL.vhdx'.
At line:1 char :1
+Set-VHD-Path M:\VMs\Virtual Hard Disks\NC-LBL.vhdx -ResetDiskIde...
+CategoryInfo :InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VHD], ParameterBindingException
+FullyQualifiedErrorID:PositionalParameterNotFound, Microsoft.VHD.PowerShell.SetVhdCommand

Dr. Klahn

Try reversing the position of the options?

J G

ASKER

could you provide me with an example of the syntax?

J G

ASKER

When I type in:

"Set-VHD -Path M:\VMs\Virtual Hard Disks\NC-LBL.vhdx"

I get:

cmdlet Set-VHD at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
ParentPath:

the issue is, There is no parent path/differentiating disks, and I cannot leave it null.

Any ideas?

David Johnson, CD

might help if we knew which version of powershell and what that command requires
get-help set-vhd

they may be using an older version of powershell or powershell core

J G

ASKER

The Hyper-v host is using powershell 3, I will upgrade tonight to v5. Hopefully that will fix the issue.

J G

ASKER

I updated the Windows Mangament Framework on the Hyper-V host. PS version 5.1

Still the exact same issue