Hey Greg Sorry I can't help out with the bare metal hyper V...however I've run it sucessfully in the core and even easier with the full Windows install. Steve
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK so im giving in to the dark side and setting up a hyperv server (the > standalone thing they brought out last week or so) > > Has anyone had a play with this and been able to get a vista client to > manage it. Im trying to manage it with my laptop (server and client in > workgroup) > > I know the ridiculous amount of steps you had to go throuoght to enable > remote management with hyperv installed on server core but this is a > different kettle of fish all toghether. The same procedurs dont work simply > because those parts of the OS are not present in the standalone hyperv. > > The error i get is 'cant connect to remote host, make sure the vmm service > is running or something to that effect. Ive spent days searching the net for > any info but havent found any. I am going to attempt to rebuild the hyperv > and see if that magically fixes anything. > > It seems that MS are forcing you into domain membership with your host > and management pc's and if that is there strategy, good luck is all i can > say, equivalent products in the market dont seem to have such limitations. > They need to fix hyperv in the future if they want to compete. I laughed > when i read a blog the other day about 'hyper, the windows you know and > love' yeah the one that is harder to manager, takes longer to > install/deploy/configure than others i.e ESX. I thought it was extermely > funny that when i had finished the setup part of the hyperv server it said > preapring dektop for 2 minutes and all i got was a dos window :). but i am > giving it a go. > > Greg > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
