Hyper V Manager without domain?

I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with Hyper-V
manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are part of
the same workgroup.

I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
"hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the snap in
erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.

I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
Management on the server.

Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?

Thanks for any tips,
Don

Yes, you can. Bing or Google "hvremote" and grab the latest version. It has
all the tools to get everything configured to work.

--
Charlie.
http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64


"dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A66EA8E-6C0D-46AD-9972-3C132F819D75@microsoft.com...
>I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with
>Hyper-V
> manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are part
> of
> the same workgroup.
>
> I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
> "hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the snap in
> erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.
>
> I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
> Management on the server.
>
> Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?
>
> Thanks for any tips,
> Don

Thanks Charlie. That defintely helps and provides some more tools. Still
having trouble getting the manger connected and am wondering if the fact that
I can't get at the server by name (only IP) is part of the problem.


"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> Yes, you can. Bing or Google "hvremote" and grab the latest version. It has
> all the tools to get everything configured to work.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>
>
> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3A66EA8E-6C0D-46AD-9972-3C132F819D75@microsoft.com...
> >I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with
> >Hyper-V
> > manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are part
> > of
> > the same workgroup.
> >
> > I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
> > "hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the snap in
> > erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.
> >
> > I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
> > Management on the server.
> >
> > Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?
> >
> > Thanks for any tips,
> > Don
>
>

You are right Charlie. DNS was the issue. I have fixed that and am now working.
Thanks for the reference to hvremote. That helped a lot.
Don

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> yes. You _must_ have DNS working correctly for this to work. Solve your DNS
> issues, and the rest should be good.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>
>
> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news2072367-52C8-4D8E-89D4-7F2761BC1229@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Charlie. That defintely helps and provides some more tools. Still
> > having trouble getting the manger connected and am wondering if the fact
> > that
> > I can't get at the server by name (only IP) is part of the problem.
> >
> >
> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, you can. Bing or Google "hvremote" and grab the latest version. It
> >> has
> >> all the tools to get everything configured to work.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Charlie.
> >> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >>
> >>
> >> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3A66EA8E-6C0D-46AD-9972-3C132F819D75@microsoft.com...
> >> >I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with
> >> >Hyper-V
> >> > manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are
> >> > part
> >> > of
> >> > the same workgroup.
> >> >
> >> > I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
> >> > "hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the snap
> >> > in
> >> > erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.
> >> >
> >> > I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
> >> > Management on the server.
> >> >
> >> > Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any tips,
> >> > Don
> >>
> >>
>
>

yes. You _must_ have DNS working correctly for this to work. Solve your DNS
issues, and the rest should be good.

--
Charlie.
http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64


"dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2072367-52C8-4D8E-89D4-7F2761BC1229@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Charlie. That defintely helps and provides some more tools. Still
> having trouble getting the manger connected and am wondering if the fact
> that
> I can't get at the server by name (only IP) is part of the problem.
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can. Bing or Google "hvremote" and grab the latest version. It
>> has
>> all the tools to get everything configured to work.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>
>>
>> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3A66EA8E-6C0D-46AD-9972-3C132F819D75@microsoft.com...
>> >I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with
>> >Hyper-V
>> > manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are
>> > part
>> > of
>> > the same workgroup.
>> >
>> > I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
>> > "hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the snap
>> > in
>> > erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.
>> >
>> > I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
>> > Management on the server.
>> >
>> > Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any tips,
>> > Don
>>
>>

Glad to hear you've got it working. This was all possible without HVRemote,
but it was a royal PITA to get it right.

--
Charlie.
http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64


"dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8816A56-B462-403D-8761-41D318820AB5@microsoft.com...
> You are right Charlie. DNS was the issue. I have fixed that and am now
> working.
> Thanks for the reference to hvremote. That helped a lot.
> Don
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> yes. You _must_ have DNS working correctly for this to work. Solve your
>> DNS
>> issues, and the rest should be good.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>
>>
>> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news2072367-52C8-4D8E-89D4-7F2761BC1229@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Charlie. That defintely helps and provides some more tools.
>> > Still
>> > having trouble getting the manger connected and am wondering if the
>> > fact
>> > that
>> > I can't get at the server by name (only IP) is part of the problem.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes, you can. Bing or Google "hvremote" and grab the latest version.
>> >> It
>> >> has
>> >> all the tools to get everything configured to work.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Charlie.
>> >> http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "dkackman" <dkackman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3A66EA8E-6C0D-46AD-9972-3C132F819D75@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I just installed Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and am trying to connect with
>> >> >Hyper-V
>> >> > manager from a windows 7 box. I don't have AD but both computers are
>> >> > part
>> >> > of
>> >> > the same workgroup.
>> >> >
>> >> > I can seem to get connected to the server. I supply
>> >> > "hyperVServerName\administrator" as the credentials but then the
>> >> > snap
>> >> > in
>> >> > erros out and says to ensure that the management service is running.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have enabled MMC Remote mgmt, PowerShell and Server Manager Remote
>> >> > Management on the server.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can you manage a hyper v server without a domain?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for any tips,
>> >> > Don
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>