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Expanded SysPrep Support in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2
One of the challenges with creating a completely deployable service in the past has been the lack of ability to sysprep SQL Server. That was addressed with SQL Server 2012 so that you could sysprep a...
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KB: Error 26147 while unregistering a LUN in Virtual Machine Manager
We just published a new KB article about an issue where you receive error 26147 when you try to unregister a LUN that contained a VM and checkpoints that have been deleted. You can find the article...
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Support Tip: VMM 2008 R2 setup may crash with certain language settings
Hi everyone, Mark Stanfill here with a quick heads-up on a VMM setup issue I ran into the other day. I was talking with a customer who was trying to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008...
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Fixing non-compliant virtual switches in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine...
Hi Everyone, this is Alvin Morales, Senior Support Escalation Engineer for System Center and I wanted to take a minute to talk about a potential issue with virtual switches in System Center 2012...
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Managing your cluster with SCVMM 2012’s Dynamic Optimization (DO)
I’m Hilton Lange, Software Development Engineer on the VMM team, and I’d love to share with you my personal favorite feature in VMM 2012. We’ve introduced the ability to constantly monitor and...
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Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 – Logical Networks (Part I)
In this blog, the second in our series, we will take a closer look at Logical Networks and review some of the key considerations, best practice recommendations and guidance for designing, implementing...
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Reducing your power consumption with SCVMM 2012 and Power Optimization (PO)
I’m Hilton Lange, Software Development Engineer in the VMM 2012 team. I’d like to continue my previous article about Dynamic Optimization (DO) by telling you about its closely related sister feature,...
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Support Tip: Migrating a VM from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server...
Hi, Donovan Vanhaltren here with a tip on an issue you might see when migrating VMs from Windows Server 2008 R2 in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1. When trying to migrate...
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KB: Adding a Host to System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 fails...
We just published a new KB article that talks about an issue where adding hosts to System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 fails with the following error:Agent installation failed...
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KB: The VMM service crashes when a virtual machine is refreshed - "Error...
We just published a new KB article that talks about an issue where the VMM service crashes when a virtual machine is refreshed. The error is "Error converting data type int to smallint” and it can...
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KB: Performing a storage migration from one LUN to another in Virtual Machine...
We just published a new KB article that talks about an issue where performing a storage migration from one LUN to another within a cluster in VMM 2012, the job fails at 99% with error “12711 The...
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Free Jump Start course: Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to announce the next Jump Start course Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration on Thursday,...
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KB: Network settings for a VM are lost after performing a Storage Migration...
We just published a new KB article that discusses a specific scenario where network settings for a VM may be lost when a Storage Migration is performed in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager....
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VMM 2012 Tip: How to assign an IP Address using PowerShell during deployment
Hi everyone, Yuvraj Attarde here and today I ‘d like to pass along a trip on how to easily assign an IP address using PowerShell during deployments in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. Let’s...
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Support Tip: Adding a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 core server to VMM 2012...
Hi, Richard Mascarenhas here and I wanted to mention an issue you might run into when adding a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core computer to System Center Virtual 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). When...
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Custom Placement Rules and Availability Sets in SCVMM 2012 SP1
I’m Hilton Lange, a Software Development Engineer on the VMM team. I want to conclude my series of placement blogs by talking about the custom rules that you can configure on your VMM server to give...
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If you use System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 on Windows Server...
Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. If you are using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 (VMM) to manage storage and assign LUNS, there is a collection of updates that may improve...
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KB: Migrating a VM in Virtual Machine Manager fails with "The host does not...
We just published a new KB article that discusses an issue where when using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to migrate a virtual machine between two standalone hosts, the operation...
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KB: VMs in Virtual Machine Manager report "Unsupported Cluster Configuration"...
We just published a new KB article that talks about an issue where In the Virtual Machine Manager admin console, VMs report Unsupported Cluster Configuration and the job view error is:Error 23772One or...
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VMM 2012 R2 SP1 - Hyper-V over SMB support in VMM – Troubleshooting 101...
Radhika Gupta | Software Development Engineer | MicrosoftIn Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V added the capability to store virtual machine (VM) resources on network shares hosted on NAS devices as an...
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