How to Fix Failed to Connect a Hyper-V Standalone to Veeam Backup
Thank to: https://bonguides.com/ Invalid Credentials Error Adding a Hyper-V Host When attempting to add a Hyper-V host to Veeam Backup & Replication using a local (non-domain) user account, the following error occurs: Failed to connect to host Access denied or timeout expired . Check if you have local administrator privileges on computer Possible reasons: 1 . Invalid credentials . 2 . Specified host is not a Hyper - V server . Solutions 1. Login into the Hyper-V host then open Registry Editor . 2. Navigate to the following location then create a new DWORD value. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System 3. Enter the name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy then double click on it and set the value data is 1. Or you can create a DWORD value using PowerShell, let run below command in PowerShell Admin. reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system / v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy / t Reg_DWORD / d 1 Fin