Remote Access Disk Management

Question

I am wanting to be able to manage the new installation of windows 2012r2 core, which is a workgroup.
I can see the event logs etc, but when I try device manager or disk manager I receive rpc error.
What do I need to configure?

Answer 1

I've posted this to a number of forums.  It has allowed me to manage almost everything remotely.  There are still some things with disk manager that don't work quite right, but they can be handled correctly from Server Manager instead of disk manager. 
I run this on every server I build and I try to do almost all my management remotely.  Some things do require command line.  Microsoft has gotten a lot better over the years on the MMCs handling things remotely, but they are not 100% there.
Oops, as I clicked submit, I saw the fact that your server is in a workgroup.  My script assumes domain.  But,
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/fe80f0aa-0697-4657-a1da-19d36b036698/guide-to-remote-manage-hyperv-servers-and-vms-in-workgroups-or-standalone?forum=winserverhyperv is another post talking about how another person accomplished
in a workgroup.
# Set-UcsHyperVRemoteMgmt.ps1
# C A U T I O N: Ensure these settings conform to company security policy
# This script works on a variety of settings that are easiest done from the
# local machine to make it remotely manageable by a management workstation.
# To find rule names
# Get a list of possible groups
# Get-NetFirewallRule | Select DisplayGroup -Unique | Sort DisplayGroup
# To list the applicable rules that may be set.
# Get-NetFirewallRule | Where { $_.DisplayGroup –Eq “Remote Volume Management”} | Format-Table Name
# Ensure Server Manager remoting is enabled
Configure-SMRemoting.exe -Enable
# Set some firewall rules
# Enable ping requests in and out
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-In” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “FPS-ICMP6-ERQ-In” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-Out” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “FPS-ICMP6-ERQ-Out” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable remote volume management - firewall rules need to be set on both
# source and destination computers
# ***NOTE*** Policy must also be set on system to "Allow remote access
# to the Plug and Play interface"
# This is done with gpedit.msc locally or gpedit for domain policy
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RVM-VDS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RVM-VDSLDR-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RVM-RPCSS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable DCOM management requests in
Try
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “ComPlusNetworkAccess-DCOM-In” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Catch
Write-Host "ComPlusNetworkAccess-DCOM-In not set; assuming core installation"
# Enable remote service management
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteSvcAdmin-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name "RemoteSvcAdmin-NP-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteSvcAdmin-RPCSS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable Remote Event Log Management
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name "RemoteEventLogSvc-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteEventLogSvc-NP-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteEventLogSvc-RPCSS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable Remote Scheduled Tasks Management
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteTask-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteTask-RPCSS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable Windows Firewall Remote Management
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteFwAdmin-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “RemoteFwAdmin-RPCSS-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable WMI management requests in
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “WMI-WINMGMT-In-TCP” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable Remote Shutdown
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “Wininit-Shutdown-In-Rule-TCP-RPC” –Enabled True -Profile Any
# Enable Network Discovery on the Domain Network
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “NETDIS-FDPHOST-In-UDP” –Enabled True -Profile Domain
Set-NetFirewallRule –Name “NETDIS-FDPHOST-Out-UDP” –Enabled True -Profile Domain
# Set some services to automatically start and start them.
Set-Service -Name PlugPlay -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service PlugPlay
Set-Service -Name RemoteRegistry -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service RemoteRegistry
Set-Service -Name vds -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service vds
# Enable Remote Desktop
(Get-WmiObject Win32_TerminalServiceSetting -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices).SetAllowTsConnections(1,1) | Out-Null
(Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_TSGeneralSetting" -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices -Filter "TerminalName='RDP-tcp'").SetUserAuthenticationRequired(0) | Out-Null
# Enable Remote Desktop rules for all profiles
Set-NetfirewallRule -Name "RemoteDesktop-UserMode-In-TCP" -Enabled True -Profile Any
Set-NetfirewallRule -Name "RemoteDesktop-UserMode-In-UDP" -Enabled True -Profile Any
.:|:.:|:. tim