ASR Deployment Planner - Hyper-v

Question

when i run the command .\ASRDeploymentPlanner.exe -Operation StartProfiling with VMlist

Example: VMList.txt contains the following VMs:

• Host_1\VM_A
• 10.8.59.27\VM_B
• Host_2\VM_C

I have this error:

10/10/2024 17:57:11:Performing prerequisite checks...

10/10/2024 17:57:11:The special character: \ is invalid in a VM:thinkpad-17\acronis. Remove the special characters from VMName list.

10/10/2024 17:57:11:The special character: \ is invalid in a VM:thinkpad-17\eset2. Remove the special characters from VMName list.

Can anyone give me a solution? I used the delimiter as indicated.

Answer 1

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Instead of using the Host\VM format, use a comma-separated format with the host name and VM name on the same line. For example:

Host_1,VM_A
10.8.59.27,VM_B
Host_2,VM_C

If you need to keep the current format, try escaping the backslashes by using double backslashes. For example:

Host_1\\VM_A
10.8.59.27\\VM_B
Host_2\\VM_C

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