Restore to AWS EC2 Fails with: "ClientError: Unknown OS / Missing OS files" or "FirstBootFailure"

Challenge When restoring a VM to AWS EC2, one of the following errors occurs: StatusMessage: "CLIENTERROR : ClientError: Unknown OS / Missing OS files." Failed to import machine to Amazon EC2: CLIENTERROR : FirstBootFailure: This import request failed because the instance failed to boot and...

Restore to Google Compute Engine Fails with API Errors When Using Helper Appliance

Challenge When restoring a VM to Google Compute Engine GCE, the following errors occur: For Windows platform: Failed to restore to GCE: import-image: datestamp step "import" run error: step "wait-for-bootstrap" did not complete within the specified timeout of 20m0s System.Exception For Linux...