SCVMM - add host fails - either gives error or never completes

SCVMM 2008 R2 installed in 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit (virtual machine hosted
on Server 2008 R2 64 bit Enterprise with Hyper-V).

This is a new installation for evaluation.

[I've previously installed and used SCVMM 2008 R2 in a virtual machine
hosted by Server 2008 R2 64 bit Enterprise and was able to add hosts and
manage the hosts and VMs successfully.]

The current, problematic, instance is completely unrelated to the one that
is working - its on a different set of computers in a different domain at a
different location, different business, different AD forest.

The first attempt to add a host failed

Error (2915)
The WS-Management service cannot process the request. Object not found
on the [name of server running SCVMM - NOT the name of the host being added]
server.
(Unknown error (0x80041002))

Recommended Action
Ensure that the agent is installed and running. If the error persists,
reboot [name of server running SCVMM - NOT the name of the host being
added]and then try the operation again.

I've restarted the server running SCVMM, but the Add Host failed the same
way.

However, on the host that I was attempting to add, which is running Server
2008 R2 Enterprise Server Core, the domain user account that SCVMM is
configured to use was added to the local Administrators user group and the
VMM Agent service was installed and is in the Started stated.

Does anyone have any idea what else needs to be done to get this to work?


--
Bruce Sanderson
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.

"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

> SCVMM 2008 R2 installed in 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit (virtual machine hosted
> on Server 2008 R2 64 bit Enterprise with Hyper-V).
>
> This is a new installation for evaluation.
>
> [I've previously installed and used SCVMM 2008 R2 in a virtual machine
> hosted by Server 2008 R2 64 bit Enterprise and was able to add hosts and
> manage the hosts and VMs successfully.]
>
> The current, problematic, instance is completely unrelated to the one that
> is working - its on a different set of computers in a different domain at a
> different location, different business, different AD forest.
>
> The first attempt to add a host failed
>
> Error (2915)
> The WS-Management service cannot process the request. Object not found
> on the [name of server running SCVMM - NOT the name of the host being added]
> server.
> (Unknown error (0x80041002))
>
> Recommended Action
> Ensure that the agent is installed and running. If the error persists,
> reboot [name of server running SCVMM - NOT the name of the host being
> added]and then try the operation again.
>
> I've restarted the server running SCVMM, but the Add Host failed the same
> way.
>
> However, on the host that I was attempting to add, which is running Server
> 2008 R2 Enterprise Server Core, the domain user account that SCVMM is
> configured to use was added to the local Administrators user group and the
> VMM Agent service was installed and is in the Started stated.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what else needs to be done to get this to work?
>
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
> It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
> .
>
SOLUTION:
Well I had many issues adding hosts and converting P2V. Finally I was
successful in both, by a very simple solution. During the wizard, on the firt
step where you have to write credentials. Administrator and Domain is already
selected, you just have to enter Password. Buy default Domain name selected
is the NetBios name of the domain eg. CONTOSO. After entering password wizard
takes you to the next step of adding computers. So you feel everything with
the credentials is OK. But in reality its not. On the same screen after
entering password just add ".com" after Domain name. Beleive me it works.
After doing that I could easily add many hosts to my SCVMM and also I could
convert Physical to Virtal(P2V). I was struggling for 2 days with various
kinds of errors. But adding ".com" on the first credential's screen worked
like a charm for me.
Regards
Snehal