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    • jepoytengcoJ
      jepoytengco
      last edited by

      I have a Windows 7 pc and installed RSAT for AD, DNS, DHCP management so that I dont need to perform RDP on these servers. Here comes a new Hyper-V server, what I did was under RSAT, added the Hyper-V tools so that I can have this on my Windows 7 machine. As soon as I connect to the Hyper-V server, it just shows

      connecting to virtual machine management service but after sometime it will fail.

      Is there something I need to enable or configure for my Win 7 pc to be able to connect and manage the VM's?

      Thanks

      Jeff

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Windows 7 would be the issue, it is the desktop equivalent of Windows Server 2008 R2 - very old. It's tools cannot connect to anything newer than that. For the current Hyper-V, you need to be using Windows 10. Keeping your systems current in order to use the systems tools is just part of using the Windows ecosystem. Version dependency is very high.

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        • MrListenM
          MrListen
          last edited by

          Either install a Windows 10 VM to use RSAT
          or the even better way:
          UsePowershell to manage the Hyper-V server 🙂 the cmdlets are pretty straight forward

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            If no other machine in the building is on the current windows OS, the IT person's machine definitely should be! As Scott said, often you need to be so you can use the current MS tools.

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            • jepoytengcoJ
              jepoytengco
              last edited by

              thanks guys for the inputs. Will plan with the guys as to whom will upgrade their desktop pc >.<

              Jeff

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @jepoytengco
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                @jepoytengco said in unable to connect and manage Hyper V server on a Win 7 pc:

                thanks guys for the inputs. Will plan with the guys as to whom will upgrade their desktop pc >.<

                Jeff

                Why not you? Why would IT want old OSes?

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                • RojoLocoR
                  RojoLoco
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                  Windows 8/8.1 will manage 2012/2012R2 Hyper-V, and Win 10 will manage 2016 Hyper-V. Even though you can connect a Win 8 machine to a 2016 Hyper-V host, you can't really make it do anything (tried this last week myself).

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                  • jepoytengcoJ
                    jepoytengco @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller

                    Actually there's no problem in upgrading my OS, the only problem is that I might need to create first a vm for my other apps to work. After this, I might proceed with the upgrade. Actually the purpose of setting up this Hyper V server is for my colleagues to practice on Windows Server VM's. But thanks for the inputs, another day and another learned input from tech gurus like you guys.

                    Thanks
                    Jeff

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