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Hyper-V Server and VHD
  1. #1


    Joe Guest

    Hyper-V Server and VHD

    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

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  2. #2


    Charlie Russel - MVP Guest

    Re: Hyper-V Server and VHD

    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

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  3. #3


    Joe Guest

    Re: Hyper-V Server and VHD

    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
    >
    >

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  4. #4


    Robert Comer Guest

    Re: Hyper-V Server and VHD

    >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
    >>
    >>

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