Failed to access target system. Please check credentials and firewall settings on the target system to ensure accessibility: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
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‎03-17-2016 10:47 PM
Getting error "
Failed to access target system. Please check credentials and firewall settings on the target system to ensure accessibility: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))" |
while discovering the Windows PCs. Need help.Tried
To check this, run the following command from the command prompt on the MIS Server host.Execute for runner_type=WMI:
wmic /node:"<target>" /user:"<user>" /password:"<password>" path win32_operatingsystem
From within a Powershell console on the mid server host, execute for runner_type=Powershell:
gwmi win32_operatingsystem -computer <ip> -credential '<username>'
On running the command getting error "Access is denied".
I tried to use the username and password of the Mid Server in the first and second both command.
Need help.

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‎03-20-2016 09:37 PM
Hi Avishek,
You may find the below thread helpful.
Error while Discovery : Authentication failure with the local MID server service credential.
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‎10-27-2016 05:48 AM
Check target machine has a WMI connection or not through wbemtest (defaultly available in windows )from u r machine.If it is connection ok then this problem will be eliminated.