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A System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Perspective on SMBv3 Files...
Chuck Timon | Senior Support Escalation Engineer | Microsoft CTS Management and Security DivisionOne of the more exciting features in Windows Server 2012 is the ability to support Hyper-V virtual...
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Networking in Virtual Machine Manager Poster!
Who doesn’t love IT wallpaper? Network diagrams, data model diagrams, Active Directory replication topology diagrams, server room floorplans – they can turn a bland cubical or office wall into a...
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KB: How to install and configure a SQL Analysis Server using service...
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) does not provide a way to install and configure a SQL Analysis server using service templates, however there’s still a way to accomplish this goal....
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KB: Deploying a VM with Virtual Machine Manager fails with Error (2912) -...
Just a quick note on a new Knowledge Base article we just published on VMM 2012. This article discusses an issue where deploying a virtual machine fails with error 2912 and “Forbidden (403)...
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Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012–VMM 2012 Fixes
Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 is now available for download. It includes a variety of System Center fixes, including one for an issue in VMM 2012 where a host that is put into maintenance mode...
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VMM Refreshers: What’s new and what it means to you
Microsoft’s own Cheng Wei (Senior Program Manager) posted a great article on Refreshers in VMM 2012 SP1 back during the beta but everything he talks about is still relevant for the released version of...
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Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1–App Controller updates
Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available and includes the following updates for App Controller:Issue 1: You cannot change the virtual machine network of...
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Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series Starting This Week!...
This is a post that I just put up on the System Center blog, but I also wanted to post it here for better visibility because one of the topics this week is about automating Hyper-V administration using...
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Logical Networks (Part V) – Network Virtualization
In this post, we complete our review logical networks by looking at the implications of Network Virtualization and Externally Defined Networks on your logical network design. Note that in the latter...
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KB: A live migration of a non-clustered virtual machine in Virtual Machine...
Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where an attempt to perform a live migration on non-clustered virtual machines (shared nothing live...
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KB: All hosts receive a zero rating when you try to place the VM on a Hyper-V...
Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about the following scenario:- You use System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) Service Pack 1 (SP1) and...
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MVP Speaker Series: Damian Flynn Talks About Hyper-V Network...
Damian Flynn is a Microsoft MVP and is truly an expert in Hyper-V/Virtual Machine Manager network virtualization. This morning he gave a great presentation as part of our ongoing Windows Server &...
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KB: Virtual Machine Network properties show "not connected" in the App...
Logged on to the App Controller portal in a Self-Service User role, when opening the properties for a Virtual Machine the VM Network may show "not connected" despite the fact that the Virtual Machine...
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KB: Managing a host in Virtual Machine Manager fails with error 2911 - Not...
The following error message is generated when managing a Hyper-V host with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM):Error (2911) Insufficient resources are available to complete this operation on the...
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Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 is now...
UR3 for VMM 2012 Service Pack 1 has been released and is now available for download. This update rollup contains fixes for a variety of both App Controller and Virtual Machine Manager issues. You can...
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Support Tip: VM does not boot following P2V or Disk2VHD in Virtual Machine...
Microsoft’s own Jonathan Jordan has a great blog post on how to troubleshoot boot problems you may encounter after doing a P2V or Disk2VHD in Virtual Machine Manager. If you haven’t seen it yet you’ll...
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Support Tip: Deploying large templates in AppController fails with "Server...
~ John Behneman| Senior Support Escalation EngineerHello everyone, John Behneman here again. Here’s an issue I saw the other day that you might run into when deploying large templates to Azure using...
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Support Tip: The VMM service crashes or fails to start with Event ID 19999 -...
~ Richard Mascarenhas| Support EngineerWe recently came across an issue in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) where the VMM service would crash and we wanted to pass along the info...
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Now available: Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager is now available for download. You can find out what’s been fixed and how to download UR6 for VMM 2012 at the following location:KB2861038...
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KB: Error 2927 when you add a Hyper-V server or a Hyper-V cluster node in...
Consider the following scenario. You add a Hyper-V server or a Hyper-V cluster node on a server that is running one of the following versions of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM): -...
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