I have a question that seems really basic but I have not found an answer yet.

I have a brand new HP DL380 server. I installed the stand-alone version of
Hyper-V Server, added it to the domain, assigned IP address, etc. I then
installed the Hyper-V management console on a new Vista SP1 workstation. I
am able to connect to the Hyper-V server and create new VM's with no problem.

Here's the problem. I don't know how to copy an existing VHD file onto the
Hyper-V server! I downloaded the eval .VHD of Virtual Machine Manager from
Microsoft onto the Vista management PC. Since Windows Server is not running
on the Hyper-V machine, I can't map a drive or otherwise copy the file.
Remote Desktop to the Hyper-V server also doesn't allow me to copy the file.
The import routine in the Hyper-V management console will only look at the
local drives on the server and will not pick up a file from the Vista machine.



As an attempted work-around, I created a new VM and tried to create a new
VHD using a Windows Server 2008.iso file. However, when I drill down to the
share on the Vista machine where the .iso file is located, I get a 'general
access denied' error even though I have set every permission in the book.

I'm at a loss. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
Thanks,
Joe

How about a USB hard drive? You should be able to copy off of that.

I haven't run the Hyper-V server on my DL380, I'm running full Server 2k8 on
it. But you get a command window on the parent, correct? Have you tried "net
use " from that to connect to a share where the file is? Then you could copy
without having to involve extra hardware.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7BA4636E-202C-4529-8510-F430053AA694@xxxxxx

>I have a question that seems really basic but I have not found an answer
>yet.
>
> I have a brand new HP DL380 server. I installed the stand-alone version
> of
> Hyper-V Server, added it to the domain, assigned IP address, etc. I then
> installed the Hyper-V management console on a new Vista SP1 workstation.
> I
> am able to connect to the Hyper-V server and create new VM's with no
> problem.
>
> Here's the problem. I don't know how to copy an existing VHD file onto
> the
> Hyper-V server! I downloaded the eval .VHD of Virtual Machine Manager
> from
> Microsoft onto the Vista management PC. Since Windows Server is not
> running
> on the Hyper-V machine, I can't map a drive or otherwise copy the file.
> Remote Desktop to the Hyper-V server also doesn't allow me to copy the
> file.
> The import routine in the Hyper-V management console will only look at the
> local drives on the server and will not pick up a file from the Vista
> machine.
>
> As an attempted work-around, I created a new VM and tried to create a new
> VHD using a Windows Server 2008.iso file. However, when I drill down to
> the
> share on the Vista machine where the .iso file is located, I get a
> 'general
> access denied' error even though I have set every permission in the book.
>
> I'm at a loss. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
> Thanks,
> Joe

I have tried the Net Use command from the command prompt on the Hyper-V
server. No luck. I still get the 'access denied' error. Unfortunately I
don't have a USB thumb drive large enough to hold the VHD file (2.6Gb.)

Joe

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> How about a USB hard drive? You should be able to copy off of that.
>
> I haven't run the Hyper-V server on my DL380, I'm running full Server 2k8 on
> it. But you get a command window on the parent, correct? Have you tried "net
> use " from that to connect to a share where the file is? Then you could copy
> without having to involve extra hardware.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7BA4636E-202C-4529-8510-F430053AA694@xxxxxx

> >I have a question that seems really basic but I have not found an answer
> >yet.
> >
> > I have a brand new HP DL380 server. I installed the stand-alone version
> > of
> > Hyper-V Server, added it to the domain, assigned IP address, etc. I then
> > installed the Hyper-V management console on a new Vista SP1 workstation.
> > I
> > am able to connect to the Hyper-V server and create new VM's with no
> > problem.
> >
> > Here's the problem. I don't know how to copy an existing VHD file onto
> > the
> > Hyper-V server! I downloaded the eval .VHD of Virtual Machine Manager
> > from
> > Microsoft onto the Vista management PC. Since Windows Server is not
> > running
> > on the Hyper-V machine, I can't map a drive or otherwise copy the file.
> > Remote Desktop to the Hyper-V server also doesn't allow me to copy the
> > file.
> > The import routine in the Hyper-V management console will only look at the
> > local drives on the server and will not pick up a file from the Vista
> > machine.
> >
> > As an attempted work-around, I created a new VM and tried to create a new
> > VHD using a Windows Server 2008.iso file. However, when I drill down to
> > the
> > share on the Vista machine where the .iso file is located, I get a
> > 'general
> > access denied' error even though I have set every permission in the book.
> >
> > I'm at a loss. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
> > Thanks,
> > Joe

>
>

>I have tried the Net Use command from the command prompt on the Hyper-V

>server.

Have you configured the firewall to all file sharing on the Hyper-V
server?

I think its:

netsh firewall set portopening ALL 139 “NB1"

netsh firewall set portopening ALL 445 "NB2"

--
Bob Comer





On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:24:01 -0800, Joe
<Joe@xxxxxx> wrote:

>I have tried the Net Use command from the command prompt on the Hyper-V
>server. No luck. I still get the 'access denied' error. Unfortunately I
>don't have a USB thumb drive large enough to hold the VHD file (2.6Gb.)
>
>Joe
>
>"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>

>> How about a USB hard drive? You should be able to copy off of that.
>>
>> I haven't run the Hyper-V server on my DL380, I'm running full Server 2k8 on
>> it. But you get a command window on the parent, correct? Have you tried "net
>> use " from that to connect to a share where the file is? Then you could copy
>> without having to involve extra hardware.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>> "Joe" <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7BA4636E-202C-4529-8510-F430053AA694@xxxxxx

>> >I have a question that seems really basic but I have not found an answer
>> >yet.
>> >
>> > I have a brand new HP DL380 server. I installed the stand-alone version
>> > of
>> > Hyper-V Server, added it to the domain, assigned IP address, etc. I then
>> > installed the Hyper-V management console on a new Vista SP1 workstation.
>> > I
>> > am able to connect to the Hyper-V server and create new VM's with no
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > Here's the problem. I don't know how to copy an existing VHD file onto
>> > the
>> > Hyper-V server! I downloaded the eval .VHD of Virtual Machine Manager
>> > from
>> > Microsoft onto the Vista management PC. Since Windows Server is not
>> > running
>> > on the Hyper-V machine, I can't map a drive or otherwise copy the file.
>> > Remote Desktop to the Hyper-V server also doesn't allow me to copy the
>> > file.
>> > The import routine in the Hyper-V management console will only look at the
>> > local drives on the server and will not pick up a file from the Vista
>> > machine.
>> >
>> > As an attempted work-around, I created a new VM and tried to create a new
>> > VHD using a Windows Server 2008.iso file. However, when I drill down to
>> > the
>> > share on the Vista machine where the .iso file is located, I get a
>> > 'general
>> > access denied' error even though I have set every permission in the book.
>> >
>> > I'm at a loss. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe

>>
>>