I'm running System Center 2012 SP1 Version 3.1.6018.0
Guests all run Server 2008R2 SP1
I'm having a weird issue when trying to install guests services on a domain controller. On all of the virtual machines of the host, when trying to deploy the guest agent, it fails on all machines with the same error:
Error (2940)
VMM is unable to complete the requested file transfer. The connection to the HTTP server XXXXXXX could not be established.
Unknown error (0x80072ee2)
Recommended Action
Ensure that the HTTP service and/or the agent on the machine powstorehv1.gicw.org are installed and running and that a firewall is not blocking HTTP/HTTPS traffic on the configured port.
I have confirmed that there is no firewall blocking the process so in order to bypass this, I decided to just install the guest agent manually. This worked on all of the virtual machines on the host except for the one that is a Domain Controller.
At the point when it tries to start the service it gives me the following error:
Service 'Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Guest Agent' (ScvmmGuestService) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.
I have tried with and without UAC enabled and I always run the MSI from an elevated command prompt. I've tried with and without MSIEXEC as well. I have Enterprise and Domain Admin privileges as well and have even tried with the domain administrator account.
At this point I'm not sure why I do not have sufficient privileges to start the service on a Domain Controller but I do understand that permissions are different due to its nature.
Any ideas around this either by installing through SCVMM or manually? Thank you in advance for your time!
