UNC Path is not valid or does not have write permissions

Question

Hi,
I've just downloaded the MVMC 3.0 SA as well as the admin guide. My environment is the following setup:
- Windows Server 2012 R2 as Hyper-V (SRV-1-011-HypV1, not domainjoined!)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 as VM SRV-1-011-HypV1 (SRV-1-030-DC01, Domaincontroller)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 as VM for Conversion with MVMC 3.0 hosted on SRV-1-011-HypV1 (SRV-1-032-File1, not domainjoined!)
- VMWare ESXi 4.1, where the source VM resides (stone001)
I've completed the wizard for converting a VM to Hyper-V and I'm Stuck at the Summary Check:
"Blocking Issue(s):
 1: UNC Path '\\srv-1-011-hypv1\Converted' is not valid or does not have write permissions."
From the admin guide this is described as Issue number 2:
The machine, on which you   are running the conversion, and the destination Hyper-V host are not members   of the same Active Directory
domain.
Ensure that the machine on   which you are running the conversion and the destination Hyper-V host are   members of the same Active Directory
domain.
SRV-1-011-HypV1 and SRV-1-032-File1 are both Member of the "Workgroup" and are not domain joined. Right now, it is impossible to join the
Hyper-V host to its VM-hosted Domain due to the required system restart at the domain join, while domain is going to be shut down. How can this issue be resolved?
Further: Is there any conflict known operating MVMC from the destination Hyper-V host itself? Will the issue occur in this scenario too, as long as
the hyper-V has not joined the domain?
Kind regards
S.Kuemmel

Answer 1

Hi,
in my case it worked when the Server(-VM) on which we installed the MVMC AND the target-file server were joined to the domain.
We also created a domain account, which has write-permissions to the target fileshare. We used this domain account for logon on the MVMC-machine and for running the MVMC Wizard.
Hope that helps
Regards
Robert