Adding a host results in a 2916 error with the code (0x800703E3)

Error (2916)

VMM is unable to complete the request. The connection to the agent myserver was lost.

(The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request (0x800703E3))

Ensure that the WS-Management service and the agent are installed and running and that a firewall is not blocking HTTP traffic. If the error persists, reboot myserver and then try the operation again.


Now, I have found only a couple of suggestions for this problem.  They tell me to create some exclusions in the antivirus software and then restart the Hyper-V management service.

I have taken this one step further.  I have disabled my McAfee altogether on the agent machine just to eliminate the problem (at least to test).

None of this has helped.

Daren