Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Timeout Errors When Trying to Move a VM from one Hyper-V 2012 server to Another.

I had an issue where I could move VM's in one direction only.  The resolution was to add some attributes to the AD object.

  • Make sure "Advanced Features" is turned on (View->Advanced Features) and then locate your server object in Active Directory.  
  • Right Click, go to properties, and click Attribute Editor. 
  • Find "servicePrincipalName" and click Edit.
  •  Make sure the following records exist. If not, add them (I had to add all 4).
    • Note: SERVERNAME is the name of your server and DOMAIN is your domain name.
    • Microsoft Virtual Console Service/SERVERNAME
    • Microsoft Virtual Console Service/SERVERNAME.DOMAIN
    • Microsoft Virtual System Migration Service/SERVERNAME
    • Microsoft Virtual System Migration Service/SERVERNAME.DOMAIN
Tried the move immediately following this update and it was successful.