So I am still playing around with Vista on my work laptop; experiencing a few joys and quite a few pains as well. One of the pains came recently in configuring Virtual Server 2005 R2 -- after installation, configuring IIS, etc., it always came up to the configuration screen asking me to connect to an instance, and the event viewer below let me know that I did not have access to view the events. I finally found this blog entry that helped some with the issue:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-Virtual-Server-2005-R2-on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx.
For my particular issue, right clicking on IE and running it as an administrator solved the immediate issue, I was up and running, able to create Virtual Machines and reconnect previous ones -- but that is only part of the story. You might want to follow the steps presented in the blog entry listed below as well, most people know about changing the IE 7 settings on their credentials, however the Virtual Server setting is a little less known.
From the blog:
When you are running Windows Vista, you have the added complexity of having to run the Administration Website in Internet Explorer as administrator when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled. If you are running in an isolated test environment, you can avoid this additional step by disabling UAC. Otherwise, follow these steps to grant your user account full administrative privilege in Virtual Server and eliminate the need for UAC:
- Right-click the Internet Explorer icon in the Quick Launch section of the task bar, and choose Run As Administrator from the menu.
- In the User Access Control dialog box, click Allow.
- In the Internet Explorer address bar, type in the URL to the Administration Website.
- In the Virtual Server navigation menu, click Server Properties.
- Missing Step for VS 2005 R2: Click Virtual Server Security link located in content pane
- Click the Add Entry button.
- In the new Permission Entry, type in your account name in the User Or Group text box.
- In Permissions, select the Full check box to give your account full control.
- Click OK.
Full Blog post:
http://vscommunity.com/blogs/virtualzone/archive/2007/11/28/virtual-server-2005-r2-common-issues-and-tips-always-prompted-for-credentials.aspx
Tags: virtualization
Categories: General