I'm experimenting with MS's vdi offering and have hit a problem when selecting the Remote Desktop template virtual machine.
The Error (translated from spanish)
'Cannot identify the virtual desktop state. Verify that the remote desktop virtualization host server hypervsrv is available on the network and that the virtual desktop VDIBaseWin7 is closed'
What I've got:
- A Windows 2012 R2 with hyper-v
- A Windows 2012 Std on which I am trying to configure Remote desktop virtualization
- A virtual machine with Windows 7 pro. The machine is basic win 7, patched and has been sysprepped.
How I get there:
- From server manager I open Remote Desktop Services > from the wizard área above I click on (3) Create remote desktop collection
- This opens the wizard where I choose a name for the collection
- I then select 'personal virtual desktop collection' and 'créate and adminístrate virtual desktops automatically'
- The wizard then presents me with a list of virtual machines. I then select the sysprepped wind 7 pro machine (which is shut down naturally). I've tried generating the win7 machine as a generation 1 and generation 2 - the result is the same.
- The wizard pauses for a few moments and then displays:
'Cannot identify the virtual desktop state. Verify that the remote desktop virtualization host server hypervsrv is available on the network and that the virtual desktop VDIBaseWin7 is closed'
Neither the event log of the hyper-v server, nor the rds server, report anything.
So, my question is, whats failing? Its obvious that its trying to perform some action and is failing. The question is, whats it trying to do. If I knew what it was doing then I could investigate the cause, but the error doesn't say much.
Anyone have any ideas?