You install Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Installation) on a server. You need to be
able to remotely manage storage on the server by using Disk Manager. What should you
do?
A.
Run the netshadvfirewall Firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new
enable=yes command.
B.
Use the DISKPART utility to run the attributes volume clear readonly command for each
volume.
C.
Install the Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
D.
Run the netshadvfirewall Firewall set rule group=”Remote Volume Management” new
enable=yes command.
Explanation:
Enable specific services
Before you can make any changes to the firewall settings remotely you must first enable
remote administration of the firewall by typing the following command at a command prompt:
Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Windows Firewall Remote Management” new
enable
=yes Once the firewall has been configured for remote administration you can began to
allow remote management through MMC snap-ins. You can configure the firewall to allow
remote management via all MMC snap-ins or you can specify particular MMC snap-ins.
The following command will allow you to remotely manage a Server Core installation through
all MMC snap-ins.
Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”remote administration” new enable=yes
To allow remote management via specific MMC snap-ins, run the following command.
Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”<rulegroup>” new enable=yes
Note: You can reference the table below for available rulegroups. Some snap-ins will require
more configuration before you can connect to them through a firewall. Also, some MMC
snap-ins do not have an associated rule group that allows connections through firewalls.
If you look at the chart above you will see Disk Management and its corresponding rule
group.This is one of the MMC snap-ins that will need additional configuration.In order to use
this snap-in for remote management you must first start the Virtual Disk Service (VDS) on
the computer that is running the Server Core installation. You also have to configure the Disk
Management rules on the computer that is running the MMC snap-in. The command to
enable the Remote Volume Management Rule group is as follows.
Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Volume Management” new enable=yes
Running this command will enable the Remote Volume Management – Virtual Disk ServiceLoader (RPC), Remote Volume Management – Virtual Disk Service (RPC), and Remote
Volume Management – Virtual Disk Service (RPC-EPMAP) inbound rules.Remember these
rules must be enabled on both the server that is running the MMC and the remote Server
Core installation. whenever they tried to connect to a remote server and use the Disk
Management snap-in, they got this error:
Virtual Disk Manager
The RPC server is unavailable
And this is what it looks like:
Searching Google for an answer brought a few results, but I thought I’d list it here for my
other readers, as it seems that the configuration steps that are needed in order to get remote
disk management going are a bit vague. In order to remotely manage disks on a Windows
Server 2008 R2 machine, you need to perform the following tasks:
Target Server On the target server (the one you want to connect to) you need to set the
Virtual Disk Service (VDS) to Automatic, and start it.
Open a Command Prompt window and type the following command:
sc config vds start= auto
Next, type:
net start vds
BTW, this can also be done through the Services snap-in if you’re more comfortable with it.
Next, type the following command to enable the remote-volume-management firewall
exceptions:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Volume Management” new enable=yes
Again, this can also be done through the Windows Firewall with Advance Security snap-in if
you’re more comfortable with it.
Now, proceed to the next step.
Client Machine
You need to enable the following Firewall rules on BOTH source and target servers. Most
documents and manuals fail to specify that, and unless you enable the rules on both
machines, you will not be able to connect.
So, open a Command Prompt window and type the following command to enable the
remote- volume management firewall exceptions:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Volume Management” new enable=yes
Again, this can also be done through the Windows Firewall with Advance Security snap-in.
Once you enable these Firewall rules on both the source and target servers, you will be able
to connect to the remote server. Open Server Manager, right-click Server Manager and
select “Connect to Another Computer”.
Enter the name of the remote (target) server and click “Ok”.
If all is well, you will be able to use Disk Management remotely.
