After a new Hyper-V VMMS certificate is generated, there are mouse and screen resolution issues when managing a virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager Console
January 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Symptoms
On Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you may experience one of the following symptoms when you connect to a Hyper-V virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager console or the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console:
·?The mouse cursor is frozen or has disappeared
·?The screen resolution has reverted to the default size
If you connect to the virtual machine using a Remote Desktop Connection (RDP), the symptoms listed above are not exhibited.
Resolution
This issue can occur after a new Hyper-V VMMS certificate is generated.
Note: The following event will be logged in the Hyper-VMMS event log when a new VMMS certificate is generated:
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Event ID: 12520
Level: Warning
Description:
Auto-generating a self-signed certificate for server authentication.