Hello.
I have several standalone Hyper-V Server 2016 hosts. All hosts are configured for live migration using constrained delegation and Kerberos (as detailed here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/deploy/set-up-hosts-for-live-migration-without-failover-clustering).
The problem is despite these settings (LM enabled, LM network set, Kerberos protocol configured, constrained delegation configured), when I initiate the migration using Hyper-V manager or Powershell from a management computer, this fails with the dreaded
error (below). However when I initiate migration directly from the source Hyper-V host (using Powershell as there's no GUI), the migration successfully proceeds.
The management server is in the same domain and I'm logged on as domain admin.
The error is:
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There are events on the source hosts:
Event 20308, Hyper-V-VMMS: "Failed to authenticate the connection at the source host: no suitable credentials available."
Event 20306, Hyper-V-VMMS: "The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to establish a connection for a Virtual Machine migration with host '<destination_host_FQDN>': No credentials are available in the security package (0x8009030E)."
Event 21024, Hyper-V-VMMS: "Virtual machine migration operation for '<VM_name>' failed at migration source '<source_host_netbios_name>'. (Virtual machine ID 2CF6050E-A08A-4B0C-A321-648AF12517B4)"
Events on the destination host:
Event 22040, Hyper-V-VMMS: "Failed to receive data for a Virtual Machine migration: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. (0x80072746)."
Event 20402, Hyper-V-VMMS: "The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to authenticate the connection for a Virtual Machine migration at the destination host: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. (0x80072746)."
Event 20400, Hyper-V-VMMS: "The Virtual Machine Management Service blocked a connection request for a Virtual Machine migration from client address '192.168.30.7': An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. (0x80072746)."
Here's a screenshot of constrained delegation configuration of one of the hosts, the configuration is identical on all hosts, ie. cifs and Microsoft Virtual System Migration Service allowed for all other Hyper-V hosts.
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Any help is appreciated.