Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility

Just browsing I've found this amazing tool to simplifly Hyper-V configuration, enjoy it !

What is it !???

• HVRemote reduces the manual configuration steps needed for Hyper-V Remote Management down to a few simple commands.
• HVRemote can diagnose common configuration errors.
• HVRemote is locale neutral, although output is in English only.
• HVRemote can configure all combinations of workgroup and domain joined clients and servers.

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10-second guide

Configuration	Where	Purpose	Commands
Client and Server both workgroup	Server	Create a local account (eg "john")	Use net user /? or Computer Management
	Server	Grant the user access	cscript hvremote.wsf /add:accountname ***
	Client	Allow Anonymous Logon remote DCOM access	cscript hvremote.wsf /anondcom:grant
	Client	Logon with matching local account.	Ctrl+Alt+Del :)
	Client	If passwords do not match	cmdkey /add:servername /user:servername\account /pass
	Client	Set firewall exception	cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable
	Both	Verify configuration for errors	cscript hvremote.wsf /show /target:othercomputername
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Client workgroup, Server domain	Server	Grant domain account access	cscript hvremote.wsf /add:domain\account ***
	Client	Allow Anonymous Logon remote DCOM access	cscript hvremote.wsf /anondcom:grant
	Client	Set credentials for domain account	cmdkey /add:servername /user:domain\account /pass
	Client	Set firewall exception	cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable
	Both	Verify configuration for errors	cscript hvremote.wsf /show /target:othercomputername
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Client domain, Server workgroup	Server	Create a local account (eg "john")	Use net user /? or Computer Management
	Server	Grant the user access	cscript hvremote.wsf /add:accountname ***
	Client	Set credentials for local account	Use cmdkey /add:servername /user:servername\accountname /pass
	Client	Set firewall exception	cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable
	Both	Verify configuration for errors	cscript hvremote.wsf /show /target:othercomputername
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Client and Server both domain	Server	Grant the non-admin user access	cscript hvremote.wsf /add:domain\account ***
	Client	Set firewall exception	cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable
	Both	Verify configuration for errors	cscript hvremote.wsf /show /target:othercomputername

*** Restart server if this is the first time an account has been added.

Supported Servers:

• Windows Server 2008 SP1 with Hyper-V RTM update applied (KB950050), Core & Full installations
• Windows Server 2008 SP2, Core & Full installations
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 SP1 (already contains Hyper-V RTM update)
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Core & Full installations
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Supported Clients:

• Windows Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate x86 & x64, SP1 and SP2, with KB952627 applied
• Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate x86 & x64 with RSAT installed and Hyper-V tools feature enabled
• Windows Server 2008 SP1 with Hyper-V RTM update applied (KB950050), x86 and x64
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86 and x64
• Windows Server 2008 R2

Command summary

Please see the documentation for more information - below is not a complete list of all command line options, just the most commonly needed commands. Commands should be run from an elevated command prompt.

If the default scripting engine is already CScript, you can run each command exactly as shown in the table. To change the default scripting engine to cscript, run cscript //h:cscript. Alternately, launch each command using the longer format: cscript hvremote.wsfcommand

Applicability	Operation	Command
Server	Grant account access	hvremote /add:domain\account (Domain) or hvremote /add:account(Workgroup)
Server	Revoke account access	hvremote /add:domain\account (Domain) or hvremote /add:account(Workgroup)
Both	Display settings	hvremote /show
Client	Display settings and test server connectivity	hvremote /show /target:servercomputername
Server	Display settings and test client connectivity	hvremote /show /target:clientcomputername
Both	Display help	hvremote /?
Client	Add firewall exception for MMC	hvremote /mmc:enable
Client	Permit ANONYMOUS LOGON remote DCOM access	hvremote /AnonDCOM:grant
Client	Deny ANONYMOUS LOGON remote DCOM access	hvremote /AnonDCOM:revoke

Installation

Save HVRemote.wsf from the Downloads tab to a directory on the local disk (eg c:\HVRemote)