Weird problem with Hyper-V integration services

Vertigo · 8 Sep 2009 at 22:29

Got a weird one here.

Server 2008 SP2 hosting a Vista SP2 guest VM. When I try to install the integration services, the installer runs through and tells me it's installed successfully but, critically, the success message has no instruction to reboot as usual.

When I check the installed programs, there's no trace of the integration services and indeed they're not installed. Rebooting does nothing. I can install them again and again with the same effect.

Anyone ever come across this before?

Django x2 · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:12

Yep. Happens with Vista SP2

We resolved it by installing Vista SP1 and then connecting to WU on the VM

Vertigo · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:15

Well I've not found any reports of this type of problem. It also happened on SP1 - I tried upgrading to SP2 to see if anything changed.

Django x2 · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:19

Odd. The original fix for integration services not installing in Vista was to upgrade the Host to SP2 but you've already done that.

I have no issue installing IS on a Vista SP1 guest.

Anything in Event viewer?

Vertigo · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:40

The host SP2 issue is a different one - whereby you get an error saying your version of Windows needs updating when you try to install the integration services.

As I said, the services appear to install without errors for me, it's just that they haven't actually installed at all. It's very weird.