Scenario

I’d like to manage Virtual Machines through my desktop environment using Hper-V Manager.  References:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846766.aspx

Install Hyper-V

Following command add Hyper-V role to server

Install-WindowsFeature –Name Hyper-V -ComputerName XENON -IncludeManagementTools -Restart

 Hyper-V Remote

Back to my Windows 8.1 desktop that already running VMs on Hyper-V for test purpose, and Hyper-V Manager installed.  Lunch Hyper-V Manager on Windows 8.1 and select “Connect to  Server …” on computer list got an ugly error “You do not have the required permission to complete this task.  Contact the administrator of the authorization policy for the computer “COMPUTERNAME”.   But I was not alone and can find many of same posts on the internet.  Here is the one,Connecting Remotely with Hyper-V Manager. This article using HVRemove which is available from Microsoft.  I’ve tried to get it using Microsoft native wget as following, but get timed out.

install-windowsfeature WindowsPowerShellWebAccess

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Hyper-V-Remote-Management-26d127c6/file/95510/1/hvremote.wsf

So, just download file on Windows 8.1 desktop and copy it to server using USB key.  I have tried to figure out copy a file from local to remote but exhausted for search…   Tried this out, but still “access denied…”http://pei.com/2013/05/hyper-v-manager-access-denied/

Finally got it work.

I’ve just took a rest, and install remote Server Manager as posted next.  And finally I’ve found Hyper-V Manager inside Server Manager.  When right mouse menu over the Server Name (XENON in this case), it has an item “Hyper-V Manager”.  In order to get this menu item, Hyper-V should be a current selection on left most view pane (under Dashboard, All Servers, File and Storage Services, and then Hyper-V). It is really hard to find it.