HCS Error Code
Most of the the HCS functions use HRESULT return codes. These return codes can be found in the Winerror.h header file. The following table shows HCS specific error codes:
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
S_OK |
Success | 0x00000000 |
HCS_E_TERMINATED_DURING_START |
The virtual machine or container exited unexpectedly while starting | 0x80370100 |
HCS_E_IMAGE_MISMATCH |
The container operating system does not match the host operating system | 0x80370101 |
HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED |
The virtual machine could not be started because a required feature is not installed | 0x80370102 |
HCS_E_INVALID_STATE |
The requested virtual machine or container operation is not valid in the current state | 0x80370105 |
HCS_E_UNEXPECTED_EXIT |
The virtual machine or container exited unexpectedly | 0x80370106 |
HCS_E_TERMINATED |
The virtual machine or container was forcefully exited | 0x80370107 |
HCS_E_CONNECT_FAILED |
A connection could not be established with the container or virtual machine | 0x80370108 |
HCS_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT |
The operation timed out because a response was not received from the virtual machine or container | 0x80370109 |
HCS_E_CONNECTION_CLOSED |
The connection with the virtual machine or container was closed | 0x8037010A |
HCS_E_UNKNOWN_MESSAGE |
An unknown internal message was received by the virtual machine or container | 0x8037010B |
HCS_E_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSION |
The virtual machine or container does not support an available version of the communication protocol with the host | 0x8037010C |
HCS_E_INVALID_JSON |
The virtual machine or container JSON document is invalid | 0x8037010D |
HCS_E_SYSTEM_NOT_FOUND |
A virtual machine or container with the specified identifier does not exist | 0x8037010E |
HCS_E_SYSTEM_ALREADY_EXISTS |
A virtual machine or container with the specified identifier already exists. | 0x8037010F |
HCS_E_SYSTEM_ALREADY_STOPPED |
The virtual machine or container with the specified identifier is not running | 0x80370110 |
HCS_E_PROTOCOL_ERROR |
A communication protocol error has occurred between the virtual machine or container and the host | 0x80370111 |
HCS_E_INVALID_LAYER |
The container image contains a layer with an unrecognized format | 0x80370112 |
HCS_E_WINDOWS_INSIDER_REQUIRED |
To use this container image, you must join the Windows Insider Program | 0x80370113 |
HCS_E_SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE |
The operation could not be started because a required feature is not installed | 0x80370114 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_NOT_STARTED |
The operation has not started | 0x80370115 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_ALREADY_STARTED |
The operation is already running | 0x80370116 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_PENDING |
The operation is still running | 0x80370117 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_TIMEOUT |
The operation did not complete in time | 0x80370118 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_SYSTEM_CALLBACK_ALREADY_SET |
An event callback has already been registered on this handle | 0x80370119 |
HCS_E_OPERATION_RESULT_ALLOCATION_FAILED |
Not enough memory available to return the result of the operation | 0x8037011A |
HCS_E_ACCESS_DENIED |
Insufficient privileges. Only administrators or users that are members of the Hyper-V Administrators user group are permitted to access virtual machines or containers. To add yourself to the Hyper-V Administrators user group, please see https://aka.ms/hcsadmin for more information. | 0x8037011B |
HCS_E_GUEST_CRITICAL_ERROR |
The virtual machine or container reported a critical error and was stopped or restarted | 0x8037011C |
HCS_E_PROCESS_INFO_NOT_AVAILABLE |
The process information is not available | 0x8037011D |
HCS_E_SERVICE_DISCONNECT |
The host compute system service has disconnected unexpectedly | 0x8037011E |
HCS_E_PROCESS_ALREADY_STOPPED |
The process has already exited | 0x8037011F |