Mike F Robbins

Problem:
You need to remotely manage your Hyper-V server from Windows 7.

Solution:
Download and install the “Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7” from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en

Enable the Hyper-V Tools from “Conrtol Panel>Programs>Turn Windows features on or off” menu:

You should now have a “Hyper-V Manager” shortcut on your Administrative Tools menu.

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Problem:
You receive an error Virtual Disk Manager “The RPC server is unavailable” when attempting to remotely manage Hyper-V Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 Core Installation:

Solution:
Run the following command on the client and on the server:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Volume Management" new enable=yes

You have the option of using the Server Configuration menu on the server side if your using Hyper-V Server 2008. Select option 4, Configure Remote Management:

Select option 1, Allow MMC Remote Management:

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Problem:
You’ve closed the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Server Configuration menu and need to re-open it:

Solution:
The command to re-open this window has changed with the R2 release. The new command is sconfig.cmd, with the non-R2 version, the command was hvconfig.cmd. Start Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl & Shift & Esc. Click File>New Task:

Type cmd.exe /k C:\Windows\system32\sconfig.cmd and click ok:

You now have a new Server Configuration window:

Simply entering sconfig.cmd in the command prompt window will work, but you’ll lose your command prompt window so it is a less than desirable solution.

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