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jmarsj
Copper Contributor
Apr 13, 2025

Hyper-V SMB UNC LocalIP/name avoiding loopback

Hello,

I have the following scenario:

Two standalone servers joined to a domain
(I can't set up a failover cluster at the moment)

What I want to achieve is:
Access the storage resources via UNC SMB paths in order to perform a storage migration from both nodes


\\svhpv1\VMs
\\svhpv2\VMs


But when I try to have svhpv1 access \\svhpv1\VMs, I get an "Access Denied" error.
I believe this error occurs because the access is being attempted through the loopback adapter.

I’m experiencing the same issue with svhpv2 when trying to access \\svhpv2\VMs.

How can I avoid the loopback so I can properly configure my scenario?

Any help is appreciated.

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