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Be careful when implementing SCVMM PRO Tips with SCOM 2007 R2 CU3. Cumulative Update 3 will break the PRO Tips with Event ID 26319 appearing. You should implement SCOM 2007 R2 CU4 to solve PRO related issues. Also interesting to know is that CU4 adds...
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On behalf of the SCVMM product team and I am proud to announce the availability of SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 RTM. Support for new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Dynamic Memory: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V supports Dynamic Memory enabling customers...
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Here’s a quick summary of the issues fixes with the February rollup release . Issue 1 Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Tip alerts are not displayed in the SCVMM Admin Console if the alert resolution state is set to a value other than 0 in System...
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The Remote Desktop Services Connector for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (RDS Connector for VMM) enables Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 to use the virtual machine placement capabilities of System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
We’re pleased to announce System Center VMM 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 RC is now ready for the general public! This release adds support for Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX features in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC .  Dynamic Memory   RemoteFX It is...
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Q: How to remove a missing VMs from the VMM Administrator Console? A: You will have to do some cleanup using SQL Management Studio. More information: http://blogs.technet.com/b/m2/archive/2010/04/16/removing-missing-vms-from-the-vmm-administrator-console...
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When doing a P2V (Physical To Virtual) by moving a workload from the physical world into the virtual world, you actually don’t want those specific IHV’s network, storage and other drivers/services starting up at next boot time, because it will cause a...
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Q: What is the option “Enable spoofing of MAC addresses” on a virtual network adapter? A: A virtual network adapter can send/receive packets containing any MAC address.  Equivalent of putting adapter in promiscuous mode. More information: http:/...
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Here’s an overview of some of the most raised SCVMM questions and their answers: Q: What is CPU Type in SCVMM 2008 R2 VM Processor Hardware Profile? A: Just used for Intelligent Placement of virtual machines – not the actual vCPU  More information...
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This is a free ebook for IT professionals who want to learn more about the latest Microsoft virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Remote Desktop  Services in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure,  Microsoft...
Find documentation that you can download to help you deploy, operate and maintain System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMM 2008 R2. You can also browse the product documentation online in the Technical Library Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Deployment...
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A VMM 2008 R2 rollup package that was released on February 9, 2010 resolving following issues: Issue #1: Self Service Portal Issue #2: Quick Migration/Live Migration after Quick Storage Migration Issue #3: VMware duplicate custom named tags on VMs Issue...
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VMM provides PowerShell cmdlets that allow you to perform simple administrative tasks in an automated way or that you can use together with other cmdlets or command-line elements, to perform more complex tasks (eg: rapid provisioning ). Jobs are displayed...
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The other day, I got asked which ports VMM 2008 (R2) uses/needs. Well, here‘s a list of TCP/IP ports SCVMM needs to talk to various system components: VMM Server 80 (HTTP, WinRM) - Mgmt 443 (HTTPS, BITS) - Data 8100 (WCF Connections to PowerShell or VMM...
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The VMM server initiates a series of specific refresh jobs at specific intervals.  Here’s an overview of what happens when… Host Refresher Runs every 30 minutes on every host (with time lags) and updates host properties. It also updates disk/SAN...
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