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AhsayOBM Hyper-V restore fails with "Administrator Privilege (No)"

June 3, 2025

Product Version

AhsayOBM: 7.13.0.0 to 7.17.x

Operating System

Windows

Symptom

When performing a granular restore of a Hyper-V guest VM the following error message is shown by AhsayOBM "VHD Mounter - Administrator Privilege (No)" .

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Cause

Granular restore of Hyper-V guest VMs requires a Windows login account with administrator privileges.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, please login to Windows using an administrator account or an account with administrator privileges to perform the granular restore.