How to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

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I've installed Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on a spare box. How do I configure and manage the server?

I configured as much as I could find to be

  • open
  • on
  • allow
  • etc.

Now back at my desk (Windows Vista 64-bit) I want to make the server do stuff, for example:

  • create the RAID volume
  • create virtual machines
  • make it hyper

I can't remote desktop to it:

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I can't use Computer Management to manage Hyper-Vness, or the drives:

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I tried downloading the Windows Vista Management Tools for Hyper-V, but they apparently do not apply to my system:

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There is no domain. I tried adding my desktop login/pass as an account on the server, but my 21-character password (including spaces and special characters) doesn't meet the server's password requirement.

That's what I've tried, but you can ignore all that. Let's start over:

How do I manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2?

Note: Because of the Hyper-V limitations, I just repurposed the server and abandoned Hyper-V server. Hyper-V was an interesting idea, but not yet ready for real world production use.

As a result I won't be checking answers to see if they work (as if you should need a wiki to figure out how to configure a server). I'll make this a community wiki, so that others continue to have a place to figure out how to manage a Hyper-V server – but I'll no longer be monitoring it.

Best Answer

I hate to ask the obvious, but are the client & server both set to the same time & time zone? I'm assuming you already set the remote properties to the "less secure" option in sysdm.cpl to get to this point?

As far as a user, I'd just create a user on the server and login using computername\username

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