I dont know how to ask .but i want to know which ports need to open while adding a hyperv host through WMI in Virtualization manager. I opened port TCP 135 and 443 on firewall but while adding through superadmin credentials it didint work even on multiple tries . But when i opene port on ANY ANY it worked for me . can you guide me which ports should be open on for Virtualization manager and orion server for communication. As the port requirement link shared https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Server is very frustating. And what is the possible best practice to successfully figure out ports according to Product or specific services.
Regard & Thanks
The underlying technology is WMI and DCOM, so whichever ports you have specified for WMI are the ones to open in your firewall. note that WMI is using random high ports of you did not configure fixed ports for it.
so first of all, if you want to restrict Ports you need to specify a fixed WMI port range on your HyperV server
solarwindscore.my.site.com/.../Setting-a-fixed-port-for-WMI
You could also use an agent instead of WMI. The agent has specific ports it uses, and the traffic is encrypted. One of the use cases for agents are to servers behind a firewall.
I have not followed up in a while, but has this been implemented? thwack.solarwinds.com/.../make-vman-polling-for-hyperv-available-over-the-windows-agent
I think this was implemented by me and I resolved this issue way back
Followed up on this. The answer is that it hasn't been implemented and that the priority is for Hyper-V polling over WinRM. (Via Slack channels)
