Michael Phillips Blog » certificate http://nukeitmike.com/blog My place to speak about things Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:55:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution http://nukeitmike.com/blog/2009/04/16/hyper-v-certificate-expiration-and-resolution/ http://nukeitmike.com/blog/2009/04/16/hyper-v-certificate-expiration-and-resolution/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:35:53 +0000 Michael http://nukeitmike.com/blog/2009/04/16/hyper-v-certificate-expiration-and-resolution/ If you see this:

‘VMName’ failed to initialize.
Could not initialize machine remoting system. Error: ‘Unspecified error’ (0×80004005).
Could not find a usable certificate. Error: ‘Unspecified error’ (0×80004005).

Then this could be your answer:

Symptoms and resolution:

§ You may be unable to start or connect to virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. This occurs when connecting using vmconnect. Connections made using remote desktop won’t be affected.  

§ KB Article 967902 has been created that details the symptoms and resolution.  This KB article provides a direct link to download the quickfix to resolve this error.

Important Notes:

§ Though this error may occur, the Hyper-V service will continue to operate.   Neither the Hyper-V host nor the running virtual machines will go offline.

§ It is not expected that this issue can be exploited for malicious purposes.

§ Customers running Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V beta won’t experience this error.

That last line it my favorite…

I guess we should be running the beta in production…  and what’s with the ‘Unspecified error’?  

 

Windows Server Division WebLog : Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution

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