Access Denied trying to convert Windows Server 2008 R2 physi

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I’m a beginner with Hyper-V, and StarWind, but I successfully used the StarWind V2V Converter a few times on physical Windows Server 2016 machines to create a new VM on a Hyper-V host machine, and after tweaking some Hyper-V settings the new VMs all run fine.

I’m now trying to convert a physical machine running Windows Server 2008 R2, and when the StarWind V2V converter tries to connect to the Hyper-V host (with ‘use windows authentication’ selected) I get this pop-up message:
Access Denied
(0x8007005)

I suspect the ancient 2008 R2 server is using some sort of AD authentication that is not allowed on the Hyper-V host which is running Windows Server 2016, but that’s just a guess. Both machines are on the same AD domain, and I’m logged in with an account that’s a member of Domain Admins. I also tried logging into the 2008 R2 machine as the local administrator but I get the same error from StarWind V2V converter.

Here is the log:

The log file name: 'logs\V2V_Log-20220630-122244.log' (PID 11336)
6/30 12:22:44.623 2864 Facility ???INFO: CV2V_ConverterApp::InitInstance: SetDllDirectory: C:\Program Files\StarWind Software\StarWind V2V Converter\lib
6/30 12:22:44.623 2864 Facility ???INFO: CV2V_ConverterApp::InitInstance: File Version: 9.0.1.268
6/30 12:22:44.630 2864 Facility ???INFO: CV2V_ConverterApp::InitInstance: Load language IDR_XML_ENGLISH
6/30 12:22:44.630 2864 Facility ???INFO: CV2V_ConverterApp::InitInstance: Set current language English
6/30 12:22:44.634 2864 Facility ???INFO: CPS_V2V_Converter::CPS_V2V_Converter: Version MajorVersion 6, MinorVersion 0, BuildNumber 6003
6/30 12:22:44.638 2864 Facility ???INFO: WrapperHyperV::WrapperHyperV: LoadLibrary C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiutils.dll - f6980000
6/30 12:22:44.639 2864 Facility ???INFO: WrapperHyperV::WrapperHyperV: LoadLibrary C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiutils.dll - f6980000
6/30 12:22:50.941 2864 Facility ???INFO: ICPPage::OnWizardNext: SetActivePage - eTypeP2V
6/30 12:22:53.499 2864 Facility ???INFO: ICPPage::OnWizardNext: SetActivePage - eVolumeSelectVM
6/30 12:22:54.654 2864 Facility ???INFO: ICPPage::OnWizardNext: SetActivePage - eLocationTo
6/30 12:22:57.152 2864 Facility ???INFO: ICPPage::OnWizardNext: SetActivePage - eHYPERVConnectionTo
6/30 12:23:11.004 2864 Facility ???INFO: WrapperHyperV::connect: Host - \\s-hvnode16-2\root\virtualization\v2
6/30 12:23:11.082 2864 Facility ???ERROR: WrapperHyperV::connect: pLoc->ConnectServer \\s-hvnode16-2\root\virtualization\v2 - 0x80070005
6/30 12:23:11.082 2864 Facility ???ERROR: WrapperHyperV::failResultToStr: Last Error - Access is denied.
(0x80070005)
6/30 12:23:11.082 2864 Facility ???ERROR: VMConverter::HyperVConverter::Connection: connect fail - 0x80070005
6/30 12:23:12.466 2864 Facility ???WARNING: CPPHYPERVConnectionTo::onNext: connect Access is denied.
(0x80070005)


Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[yaroslav (staff)]

2008 R2 server is using some sort of AD authentication that is not allowed on the Hyper-V host which is running Windows Server 2016

Yes, it can be the cause. Did you try converting while logged as the local user?
Can you try converting a disk alone?

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Thank you for the reply.

I did try running the V2V converter while logged into the 2008 R2 machine as the local administrator. I also tried selecting a single disk instead of the entire machine, all give the same access denied error when I try to connect to the destination Hyper-V host (“hypervisor”?).

I also noticed on the 2008 R2 machine (while logged ins as domain admin) I can access the 2016 Hyper-V host server’s administrative share in File Explorer using \\hostname\c$, so I’m guessing its not an issue of using some old authentication method.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Does file copy or Hyper-V storage move work smoothly between two nodes?