http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2012/10/05/31-days-of-our-favorite-things-windows-server-2012-and-hyper-v-replica-part-5-of-31.aspxHyper-V in Windows Server 2012 (and in the free Microsoft Hyper-V Server include an easy start to a good disaster recovery solution: Hyper-V Replica. With Hyper-V Replica you can easily create and maintain an off-line copy &ndash; a replica &ndash; ofen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2012/10/05/31-days-of-our-favorite-things-windows-server-2012-and-hyper-v-replica-part-5-of-31.aspx#3527903Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:46:24 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3527903tm<p>Hello,</p> <p>i am trying to get HV Replica on 2 servers with Hyper-V Server 2012 in a workgroup, based on certificates.</p> <p>All works well until i &nbsp;try to activate replication for a vm. No matter which vm, which direction, what options, i always get the following errormessage:</p> <p>Hyper-V failed to enable replication.</p> <p>Hyper-V failed to enable replication for virtual machine &#39;xxx&#39;: The handle is in the wrong state for the requested operation (0x00002EF3). (Virtual Machine ID ...)</p> <p>I do not find any information in the net about any &quot;handle&quot; or it&#39;s &quot;state&quot; and what i can do about this.</p> <p>Has anyone seen this error and knows more about it?</p> <p>br,</p> <p> tm</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3527903" width="1" height="1">