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I just recently installed hyper-v server 2008 r2 on a dedicated server i have, but i'm having trouble enabling remote management.

Running the HVRemote - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/HVRemote - tool seems to have yielded some positive results, and all tests on the server pass (firewall, permissions, etc), but client-side things are not working. I'm stuck at this step :

5: - Simple query to root\cimv2 WMI namespace FAIL - Simple query failed Cannot perform simple query against root\cimv2

Anyone could help me figure this out? I'm almost giving up and installing XenServer...

Thanks

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  • What a coincidence! I just installed one and having similar problem. Are you on workgroup or domain? Dec 22, 2010 at 7:14
  • workgroup.. I heard that doing this is a breeze in a domain environment... what a sad move by Microsoft. Dec 22, 2010 at 12:37

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Finally found out what was happening.. In my case both client and server are not part of a domain, and I am connecting over the internet.

The name you connect to in HyperV manager must be the same as the name you configured your server in "System Properties" (option 2 in sconfig on hyper-v server 2008 r2).

Example: Your server is called "SERVER" and is accessible over the internet via server.mydomain.com - when connecting you must only use "SERVER" in the connection profile.

Unless both server and client are on the same network, this is not going to work, so you will have to add an entry on your HOSTS file pointing "SERVER" to the real IP address of the server.

That did the trick for me. Hope it helps someone!

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