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Running Hypver-V VMs remotely?

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Psychor

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With VMWare Server (I forget the version) I could create a bunch of VMs on a file server (Win 2008 R2) and then access the VM from other computers on the same network via a browser. Does Hyper-V have any similar functionality? If I created a plurality of VMs using Hyper-V on Server A how can I access them, if at all, from Workstations B and C which are all on the same network?

Thank you.
 
Install the Remote Server Administration Tools and you get an entire suite of applications for things like the Hyper-V console, AD, DHCP, DNS etc.
 
I'm not familiar with the above option, but that sounds quite useful. I'll have to mention it to my co-worker as he's just been using RDP to get into either the host or guests.
 
This is how we manage our Hyper-V vm's also. We never RDP in to the hyper-v box or any of the guests, we simply have Hyper-V manager installed on our desktops. It's better than remote desktop because the hyper-v piece acts more like a KVM, you can restart and get in to safe mode, boot to a different device, etc.
 
We use SCVMM....but it sounds like it's a smaller environment.
 
Hyper-V manager can be used remotely to control other hosts... works on and off domain environments.

SVCVMM is another great tool..though SQL bound.
 
You can also try the free 5nine manager. It won't have all the functionality of the MS tools, but you can try the free version to see how it works for you.

I used it for a while with my home lab, it was good enough for a free product.
 
Jaffa Cakes! said:
Install the Remote Server Administration Tools and you get an entire suite of applications for things like the Hyper-V console, AD, DHCP, DNS etc.
Click to expand...

Thanks. [strike=Option]I got it up and running but getting it to let me connect to my server from a client has been a nightmare. The server (2008 R2 Enterprise) and the client (Win7) I'm using to try and connect to the server are on the same Workgroup (no domain). Users and passwords are mirrored on both systems. I've also set up Authorization Manager to assign a Standard user to the Admin group under Hyper-V Role Assignments on the server. However, as soon as I try to add the server to Hyper-V Manager on the Win7 machine it says "You do not have the required permission to complete this task. Contact the administrator of the authorization policy for the computer SERVER." Google seems to have a lot on this issue. I just can't believe MS made it this difficult.[/s]

https://blogs.technet.com/themes/bl...licy-for-the-computer-computername&GroupKeys= Thank you John!
 
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HVRemote is an amazing tool. I permanently book marked that thing when I had a hyper-v machine at my last job. It was hell trying to get that to work properly.
 
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