Windows WMI Security - a Mystery
I use virtualization … a lot. I started writing an article entitled Converting WinXP from VirtualBox to KVM today, but couldn’t due to issues.
The latest thing I’m trying to accomplish is to migrate to KVM for all the current VM needs that I have. This may not be a good idea since we’re running Xen, VirtualBox and ESXi VM hosts. Today I attempted to convert a WindowsXP Professional install running under VirtualBox 3.x to KVM. I’ve attempted this conversion before, but it failed, badly. This time, I’m using VMware Converter and it failed before it even got started.
I just spent the last 3 hrs trying to get VMware Converter to connect to a running VirtualBox WinXP VM. Seems my remote permissions aren’t sufficient to allow the Converter to connect to the WinXP machine in the way it requires. That seems strange to me since I’m in the administrator group and don’t have any issue connecting with \\winxp\c$ . Anyway, I spent most of the time today trying to convince WinXP and my Win7 client to talk WMI together. FAIL!
- I tried turning off the WinXP firewall.
- I screwed with all the remote permission settings.
- I enabled about 15 services that I don’t usually run – haven’t run for over a yr.
- I added firewall exceptions on both WinXP and Win7 for remote administration.
- I changed the workgroup for both machines so they’d match.
No joy with any of these efforts. Yes, I powered off and on the machines.
After all this, it is a Sunday after all, I wasn’t any better off than when I started. VMware Converter still refused to connect, much less install, on the WinXP machine. Now I’m left with an even more non-secure WinXP installation and nothing to show for it. Nice.
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