Creating VMs fails on “Install VM Components” from a template using SCVMM 2008 R2

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We are using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 trying to allow creation of VMs using templates. The two computers involved are HQ-VMM1 (Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1, running SCVMM) and HQ-VM2 (Server 2008 R2 Datacenter SP1, running the Hyper-V role).

Whenever we create a VM from a template using either from SCVMM Admin Console or the Self-Service Portal, the job stops on "Install VM Components" and after a few minutes we get the error:

Error (2927)
A Hardware Management error has occurred trying to
contact server HQ-VM2.domain.local. (Unknown error (0x80338029))

Recommended Action
Check that WinRM is installed and running on server
HQ-VM2.domain.local. For more information use the command "winrm helpmsg
hresult".

When I check the Hyper-V console on HQ-VM2, the virtual machine has been created but it has not been set up at all, and I cannot start it from the self-service portal (I can start it directly from the Hyper-V console, though).

Things I have tried:

  • I've found this article describing how to troubleshoot WinRM. It was not previously running on HQ-VM2, but running winrm quickconfig fixed that. I also made sure it was running on HQ-VMM1. I opened a command prompt on HQ-VMM1 and ran winrm id -r:hq-vm2 to make sure the WinRM service was accessible, and I received an IdentifyResponse message.

  • I have run Windows Update on both machines, there are no pending updates left.

  • I've run the SCVMM Configuration Analyzer and it only recommends applying the latest hotfixes, which I have done, and warning that the reporting server is not on HQ-VMM1.

  • One site suggested that a template created in an older version of SCVMM would fail in this manner, so I created a new template but got the same result.

I'm at a loss where to go from here. Any help is appreciated.

Best Answer

Over the weekend we had a power outage, and after all the servers restarted on Monday, this just worked immediately.

I know I rebooted HQ-VM2 and HQ-VMM1; I'm not sure what might have been the problem. I'll be sure to update my answer if I figure it out. Now I just feel silly that it was clearly something dumb.

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