Hyper-V action with local server

I am trying to use the Hyper-V actions with Finalbuilder installed on the same server as Hyper-V; however, the actions don't seem to be able to see the VMs on that local machine (ie, the "Hyper V List Virtual Machines" action returns an empty set).

That instance of Finalbuilder can see the VMs on other remote Hyper-V servers; and, instances of Finalbuilder on other remote machines seem to be able to list the VMs on my Hyper-V.

Has anyone else seen this behavior?  Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks!
Jason

Hi Jason

I assume you are using the name of the local machine as the Hyper V Server Name. Could you please try setting the Hyper V Host Server Name to a period (.) and let me know if this works? I may have to add an additional option to the Hyper V actions to allow them to work on local Hyper V instances.

Regards,
Steve

Steve,

When I try with ., this is what I see:

"Attempting to list all Virtual Machines on Hyper V Server '.'..."
"(the name of my server)"

None of the virtual machines are listed here either.

Thanks,
Jason

Hi Jason,

I have not been able to reproduce this issue yet. I have attached a project which contains some VBScript which essentially performs the same steps as the List VMs action (except that the action is implemented in .NET). Could you please run this project and let me know whether you have any success listing the VMs that are hosted on your local machine?

Also, have you seen anything in the Event Logs on your machine that indicate a possible permissions issue or a WMI error of some kind?

Regards,
Steve

HyperVTest.fbz7 (2.753 KB)

This is embarassing, but “Run As Administrator” fixed the issue. I knew that I was missing something excessively obvious. I really do appreciate your time!!

No problems, glad to hear you got it working!

Regards,
Steve