Hyper-V Server 2016 not connecting to local host

Serj_IT 96 Reputation points
2020-12-10T19:30:11.467+00:00

Hi everyone,
I have an organization environment where we have 10 Hypervisors with Hyper-V server 2016 core installed and VMs installed on top of Server 2016 cores. My issue is that I have a virtual disk image (.vhdx) on my local computer that i am trying to import it on a hypervisor in order to create a VM on it. When i use the "import virtual machine", it doesnt let me to browse the local computer directory, it is giving the following fault: "You cannot browse the local file system when connecting to a remote computer from this user interface"

Also, I have a domain administrator account with all the privileges. Therefore, I don`t understand where is the issue. Please help. Thank you!

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  1. Serj_IT 96 Reputation points
    2020-12-11T15:42:25.163+00:00

    Thank you for your reply DSPatrick! I have tried to change the permissions (I added the Hypervisor computer object with full permissions) on the shared folder from my local computer which contains the virtual hard disk that I am trying to import into Hyper-V Manager. This action didnt help. Also, I am running Hyper-V Manager on Windows 10 domain computer with my domain admin account. I was thinking maybe, it has to do something with Active directory group policies? I was trying to look on our domain controller for a group policy that would affect this, and i couldnt find one.

    Any help is appreciated! Happy holidays to everyone!

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-12-10T22:34:43.833+00:00

    Seems likely to be a process permissions problem, try copying the VHD to server as first step.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/virtualization/error-0x80070005-export-vms#resolution

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  2. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-12-11T15:49:08.723+00:00

    It likely is a limitation. I'd try copying the VHD to server as a work-around.

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  3. Serj_IT 96 Reputation points
    2020-12-11T16:05:21.863+00:00

    This is the issue. I cannot copy the VHD to my Hyper-V Server 2016 core edition.
    You are right, it looks like a limitation, but I dont know where is the limitation. I checked as well my services running and noticed a bunch of hyper-v services stopped. I tried to enable them and its not letting me as well. Please check the snapshot attached with my services. Thank you!47501-capture1.png

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