Restoring a Hyper-V Full VM to a different host fails
Problem description
Restoring a Hyper-V virtual machine to a different host fails with the Memory virtual quantity above maximum (Error code 11) error.
Cause
This issue is observed when the target host does not support the number of CPUs or the amount of memory assigned to the original VM.
Resolution
While the Full VM restore fails, the Hyper-V virtual machines disks are successfully restored. Therefore, to restore the VM:
- Perform a disk restore
- Create a new virtual machine in the Hyper-V manager
- Attach the restored disk(s) to the new VM