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1. 

   TOLMHsNcqEYkSE

   Fannie says:

   A million thanks for posting this irnfomatoin.

   December 20, 2011 at 7:31 pm  |  Reply
2. 

   HINT: Invalid User Name/Pass

   Antoan Arnaudov says:

   To solve the "Invalid User Name/Pass" error when adding a Hyper-V host try executing the following command line on your hyper-v host to setup your WinRM listener:

   winrm set winrm/Config/Service @{EnableCompatibilityHttpListener="true"}

   December 16, 2011 at 9:54 am  |  Reply
3. 

   Failed to connect to host

   maziyar says:

   I installed vmware v-center appliance 5 on my vmware ESXi5 host and on other hand , installes ms windows 2008 R2 as hyper-v server . also configure firewall to allow all incomming and out going and ... Show more

   I installed vmware v-center appliance 5 on my vmware ESXi5 host and on other hand , installes ms windows 2008 R2 as hyper-v server . also configure firewall to allow all incomming and out going and run" winrm quickconfig " command on this server , but yet , when ever that I enter the address of hyper-v to connect via XVP it shown this error : Failed to connect to host .
   now . some body tell me what shoud I do ? Show less

   November 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm  |  Reply
   • Ponzo Alessandro says:

     We have same exact behaviour as Maziyar: using the plugin with vCenter 5 and trying to connect to a W2008 R2 host with Hyper-V role, we get the "Failed to connect to host". On the Win server we have r... Show more

     We have same exact behaviour as Maziyar: using the plugin with vCenter 5 and trying to connect to a W2008 R2 host with Hyper-V role, we get the "Failed to connect to host". On the Win server we have run both "winrm qc" command (even trying more detailed config) and also the "winrm set winrm/Config/Service @{EnableCompatibilityHttpListener="true"}" command suggested by Antoan.
     Both local Windows firewall are completely disabled and both servers are in the same subnet.
     Is there any check tool or log that we can analyze for troubleshooting? Show less

     February 15, 2012 at 7:14 am  |  Reply
4. 

   vSphere 5 support

   Ivo Beerens says:

   Great tool. Is vSphere 5 support planned?

   November 19, 2011 at 12:09 pm  |  Reply
5. 

   vcenter 5 support?

   Jørn-Stian Lønsetteig says:

   I tried running the installer with vc5, but it fail to install. is support planned?

   October 25, 2011 at 5:19 pm  |  Reply
6. 

   Cool Stuff

   Uttam Kumar says:

   It's gr8 stuff to view the Host and Hyper V host in the Virtual Center..I am able to fetch all my Hyper v Host and XenServer Host with an issues...
   cool stuff.

   August 17, 2011 at 5:19 am  |  Reply
7. 

   Cool Stuff

   Uttam Kumar says:

   I Installed XVP in my Virtual Center Environment..and able to fetch all my Hyper V Host with an issues.. :)

   August 17, 2011 at 5:17 am  |  Reply
8. 

   Unable to Add Hyper V host

   Raju Gunnal says:

   I have installed vCenter XVP Manager and converter successfuly and installed the Plugin in vCenter.

   When i am trying to add Hyper V host it throughs an error "Failed to connect to host".
   but with the same credentials am able to connect from Hyper V Manager.
   Any thing am missing , or any port need to be unblocked .

   Appreciate for help.

   July 6, 2011 at 3:12 am  |  Reply
   • mschawel says:

     I had the same problem, when I tried to add a Hyper-V Host, i got the message "Failed to connect to host...".
     The problem was abaout WinRM configuration.
     After i ran the command "winrm quickconfig" ... Show more

     I had the same problem, when I tried to add a Hyper-V Host, i got the message "Failed to connect to host...".
     The problem was abaout WinRM configuration.
     After i ran the command "winrm quickconfig" from a command line, and the command completed sucessfully, I was able to connect Hyper-V hosts..
     Here is a good link to WinRM:

     http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/09/24/an-introduction-to-winrm-basics.aspx

     Michael Schawel Show less

     August 2, 2011 at 12:09 am  |  Reply
9. William Lam says:

   Has anyone been able to figure out how to actually add a Hyper-V host to XVP? I've experience the same issues as everyone else with the "Failed to connect" error and after changing the XVP Service fro... Show more

   Has anyone been able to figure out how to actually add a Hyper-V host to XVP? I've experience the same issues as everyone else with the "Failed to connect" error and after changing the XVP Service from a local account to specific account which is really the same administrator account, I then go from "Failed to connect" error to "Invalid credentials"

   Here is a snippet of viclient log:

   [Shaolin :SoapMsg :P:15] 2011-06-04 22:53:40.749 RMI Request Xhm.ServiceInstance.QueryConnectionInfo - 77
   

   Administrator
   8859C038-A444-4EF1-8502-896E9C212559

   XhmServiceInstance
   hyper-crap1.primp-industries.com
   80
   Administrator
   ************
   sssss

   Method Invocation Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.QueryConnectionInfo - 77
   Message:
   Server XML:

   ServerFaultCode

   [Shaolin :Error :P:15] 2011-06-04 22:53:40.749 RMI Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.QueryConnectionInfo - 77

   I also noticed the password for the Hyper-V host is in plaintext, probably want to change this Show less

   June 4, 2011 at 11:07 pm  |  Reply
10. Anand says:

    Do we need to add any other tools or service in Hyper V other than WinRM, in order to add the MS Hyper V Host into XVP Manager ?

    April 28, 2011 at 1:43 am  |  Reply
11. Prabhat Tripathi says:

    I installed XVP Manager Server on the same machine as vCenter. Is it ok?
    When I click "Import Third-Party VM" I get error message: "convertor server is not registered to https:///sdk

    April 1, 2011 at 2:25 pm  |  Reply
    • Larry says:

      I get this same message about converter server is not registered to https:///sdk. Did you find a fix?

      March 28, 2012 at 2:10 pm  |  Reply
12. Prabhat Tripathi says:

    Hi,

    I installed both XVP server and plug-in.
    Issues:
    - Menu item: Add Third-Party Hosts -> From Virtual Machine Management System is "DISABLED". The other menu item "Directly" is enabled though.
    - In the previous reply, someone said that there is an "XVP" icon. I don't see it on VI client. I see "Third-Party Hosts" node though.

    April 1, 2011 at 2:23 pm  |  Reply
    • Prabhat Tripathi says:

      Versions:
      vCenter Server 4 Standard
      VI Client 4.1.

      April 1, 2011 at 2:53 pm  |  Reply
      • Andrew says:

        I ran into this - VMM SP1 is not supported; use the RTM admin console.

        April 10, 2011 at 10:05 am  |  Reply
        • Prabhat Tripathi says:

          Hi Andrew,

          thanks for the comment. What did you mean by VMM SP1? Did you mean SCVMM SP1 not being supported? In the workflow, I have not yet specified SCVMM connection info (since Add Third-Party Hosts -> From Virtual Machine Management System is “DISABLED”) and therefore XVP does not know about SCVMM and its version.

          Prabhat

          April 11, 2011 at 4:33 pm  |  Reply
13. Stanislav says:

    Hi,
    I have completely weird issue:
    Invalid User name/Password :-(
    I already tried domain admin login & pass, local login & pass on both server and client, still always stuck on Invalid Password.
    Change log on for service, same error.
    Can you point me to right direction why I got this error?
    Thank you so much.

    March 31, 2011 at 6:31 pm  |  Reply
    • fleboy says:

      have the same thing!!!!

      May 26, 2011 at 7:21 am  |  Reply
      • stephane.petit says:

        habe das Problem auch. Die Teckie Von VMWARE sind nicht einmal in der Lage da irgendwelche Info zu geben.

        Vmware ein Echte Herausforderung und Abzocke, man Zahlt X € für das Produkte und wird nicht einmal da geholfen.

        Nicht mir mir liebe VMWARE Leute ,ab to XEN

        May 31, 2011 at 3:47 am  |  Reply
        • Ganesh T S says:

          have the same thing!!!!

          Does anyone have a fix

          July 27, 2011 at 12:40 am  |  Reply
      • Johnelle says:

        Superb information here, ol'e chap; keep burning the mdigniht oil.

        October 5, 2011 at 1:02 am  |  Reply
14. John says:

    Hi,

    Great looking product. I've set it up and I am trying to get it up and running to convert a virtual PC file (vhd) to run on one of our hosts.

    When I select Import Third Party VM from the context menu I get an error saying ''Object Reference not set to an instance of an object"

    March 29, 2011 at 6:06 am  |  Reply
    • Gavin from says:

      Could you provide the version of VC server and converter?

      March 29, 2011 at 7:15 pm  |  Reply
15. Stephan Kessel says:

    I've installed XVP on W2K3 32bit and i'am using vsphere client 4.1 32bit (XP as Client OS). The vCenter is 4.1 on W2K8 64bit. It's not possible to see any VM on an Hyper-V Host inside the vSphere Clie... Show more

    I've installed XVP on W2K3 32bit and i'am using vsphere client 4.1 32bit (XP as Client OS). The vCenter is 4.1 on W2K8 64bit. It's not possible to see any VM on an Hyper-V Host inside the vSphere Client an even not to get connected to an VMM (it's greyed out). I've used this guide http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc794756%28WS.10%29.aspx to get the right config for remote managemente of Hyper-V Hosts. So has anybody an idea? Show less

    March 24, 2011 at 8:49 am  |  Reply
    • Gavin from says:

      Did you install XVP client plug-in as in the document? Can you describe the steps before you met with this issue?

      March 29, 2011 at 7:14 pm  |  Reply
      • Stephan Kessel says:

        Yes i've installed the Plugin like the description in the doc. There aren't any steps before. I had an fresh installed W2K8R2 and installed there the Plugin as Administrator. I never saw any VM from the Hyper-V Host.

        March 31, 2011 at 3:48 am  |  Reply
16. henry says:

    I can't get this thing working for the life of me.

    I've reinstalled the whole thing (vSphere client, SCVMM client) on a Windows XP VM. I am able to get into vSphere client, see the plug-in, downlo... Show more

    I can't get this thing working for the life of me.

    I've reinstalled the whole thing (vSphere client, SCVMM client) on a Windows XP VM. I am able to get into vSphere client, see the plug-in, download the client and then get to the 'add third party hosts' in vSphere.

    I can enumerate the hosts on my VMM server, but every time it gets to the place where it says to type credentials for the Hyper-V hosts themselves (and I use the domain admin account) it fails. The error I get just says "Failed to Connect to Host" - no other information.

    I have winrm running on all my Hyper-V hosts.

    Per another post - I have changed the XVP service account to use the domain admin account isntead of the local service account thinking that might fix it - no luck.

    So much for an easy install... Show less

    March 9, 2011 at 8:28 am  |  Reply
    • Gavin from says:

      Can you check the firewall configuration? or try to turn off it tempararily. it seems due to connection failure.

      March 29, 2011 at 7:16 pm  |  Reply
17. s66ts says:

    I tried XVPManager on my evaluation environment.

    I installed new vCenter Server and XVPManager on new VM which installed Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.
    Ofcourse I enabled winrm on my Hyper-V Server. ... Show more

    I tried XVPManager on my evaluation environment.

    I installed new vCenter Server and XVPManager on new VM which installed Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.
    Ofcourse I enabled winrm on my Hyper-V Server. ( try winrm command from remote host, and I got correct infromations. )

    I also installed XVP Manager Plugin on vSphere Client.
    And select "Third-Party Hosts" pain, "Add a Thrid-Party Host DIrectly", input hosts IPaddress "Administrator" user, and password, click next button.

    But I saw "Failed to connect " immidately. even if I can connect winrm from the clients, and xvp manager host to the hyper-v host.

    So, Open "Services" panel on XVP Manager host, stop "VMware vCenter XVP Manager" service, open "VMware vCenter XVP Manager" property, select "Logon" tab, and change logon account from "Local System Account" to "account", input local Administrator name and password, and restart the service.

    After, I success to add the Hyper-V host.

    Regards, Show less

    March 4, 2011 at 7:26 am  |  Reply
18. JasonV says:

    I am getting the following when trying to add a 2008 R2 HpyerV host:

    Administrator
    5A5E64A3-82E2-4F27-B47F-C0403BBFA70F

    XhmServiceInstance
    qaesxmedia005
    80
    ... Show more

    I am getting the following when trying to add a 2008 R2 HpyerV host:

    Administrator
    5A5E64A3-82E2-4F27-B47F-C0403BBFA70F

    XhmServiceInstance
    qaesxmedia005
    80
    administrator

    sssss

    Method Invocation Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.QueryConnectionInfo - 48
    Message:
    Server XML:

    ServerFaultCode

    [Shaolin :Error :P:24] 2011-03-01 07:23:39.053 RMI Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.QueryConnectionInfo - 48

    Show less

    March 1, 2011 at 8:31 am  |  Reply
    • hxu from says:

      Did you open the wsman service on Hyper-V host?
      If not, just run:
      winrm qc
      in commandline

      March 2, 2011 at 6:15 pm  |  Reply
19. henry says:

    I am installing on a Server 2008 R2 x64 box that's also running the vSphere client (version 4.0).

    I never see the certificate screen pop after the client install and it continues to show 'download and install' - never shows up as enabled - any ideas?

    February 24, 2011 at 11:18 pm  |  Reply
    • Milson says:

      I didn't run into that issue, for what it's worth. Also running 2008 R2 x64, though vSphere version is 4.1 update 1. Seems to work fine with vCenter linked mode as well (other than the auth issue I pointed out in an earlier comment).

      February 25, 2011 at 6:17 am  |  Reply
    • hxu from says:

      I don't quite sure about the reason...
      It seems that viClient didn't load the installed plug-in automatically... Could you restart the client and check whether you can see XVP icon in Home View?
      or check viClient logs, whether xvp plug-in is loaded successfully, all xvp client log items are started with "Shaolin".

      March 2, 2011 at 6:32 pm  |  Reply
20. Milson says:

    Pretty neat. I've managed to create two failure scenarios, both involving logging in as a user across a forest trust (by the way, that user is administrative everywhere - on the xvp server, vCenter, ... Show more

    Pretty neat. I've managed to create two failure scenarios, both involving logging in as a user across a forest trust (by the way, that user is administrative everywhere - on the xvp server, vCenter, within vSphere, and on the workstations using the plugin).

    When installing the server as that cross-forest (locally administrative) user, the installer fails upon entering vCenter connection/credential information with an excellent "unknow error" popup. If logged in as a user on the same forest as vCenter, it installs fine.

    When running the plugin as a cross-forest user, a popup appears "Failed to connect to XVP server", along with the corresponding below log entries. If using a forest-local user, it works fine.

    Note that the user at play above has no problem with any other vCenter function or plugin.

    -----

    ...
    at System.Threading._TimerCallback.PerformTimerCallback(Object)
    [Shaolin :SoapMsg :P:16] 2011-02-24 16:35:14.774 RMI Request Xhm.ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent - 1
    

    MPLS\mwilson
    F9ED3883-23EE-4C54-A9A5-77866F0F99E1

    XhmServiceInstance

    Method Invocation Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent - 1
    Message:
    Server XML:

    ServerFaultCode

    [Shaolin :Error :P:16] 2011-02-24 16:35:14.775 RMI Error Xhm.ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent - 1

    [Shaolin :Error :P:16] 2011-02-24 16:35:14.775 failed to connect to xhyper management extension server
    Vmomi.Fault.SecurityError:
    at VirtualInfrastructure.Soap.SoapServiceWrapper.DoInvokeSync(ManagedObject mo, MethodName methodName, Object[] parameters, Int32 timeoutSecs)
    at VirtualInfrastructure.Soap.SoapTransport.VirtualInfrastructure.Transport.InvokeMethod(ManagedObject mo, MethodName methodName, Object[] pars)
    at VirtualInfrastructure.ManagedObject.InvokeMethod(MethodName methodName, Object[] pars)
    at Xhm.ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent()
    at xhmVI.ServiceDetailsImpl.Connect() Show less

    February 24, 2011 at 2:42 pm  |  Reply
    • hxu from says:

      About the log reported by xvp plug-in, it seems that the xvp server registered into vCenter is not reachable. If the xvp server is not running (You can check it in Window's Services), it may be the same connection problem with the previous one.

      March 2, 2011 at 6:27 pm  |  Reply
21. Virtual_JTW says:

    This is great, but it would be nice if it supported XenServer hosts!

    February 24, 2011 at 1:48 pm  |  Reply