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How to troubleshoot Windows Azure Pack, SPF & VMM 2012
Microsoft's own Anders Ravnholt has just posted a follow-up to his previous article on troubleshooting Installation of Windows Azure Pack. In this new post, Anders takes a look at troubleshooting...
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Announcement: Virtual Machine Role Authoring Tool (CodePlex)
The long-awaited, much-anticipated, soon-to-be-celebrated Virtual Machine Role Authoring Tool is now live on CodePlex by Aravind Ramarathinam. The VM Role Authoring Tool will enable you to begin...
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General Troubleshooting List for Windows Azure Pack (WAP) and SPF Integration
~ Mark StanfillWindows Azure Pack for Windows Server (WAP) integrates with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) by using Service Provider Foundation (SPF) as a middle layer to...
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Overview of the Virtual Machine Role Authoring Tool
~ Stephen Baron | Program ManagerWindows Azure Pack and System Center 2012 R2 introduce Virtual Machine Role gallery items which enable users to deploy and configure workloads such as SQL Server,...
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KB: You may have problems with Virtual Machine Manager if some SPNs are missing
You may encounter various problems with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008) or System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) that are related to authentication and...
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Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager: Supported Platform for October 2013...
Last month we announced the public preview of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager. This blog summarizes the supported platform matrix for this service update and new features that are available in...
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KB: "Error 26184" when you assign a LUN to a cluster in System Center Virtual...
Assume that you're using an IBM Storwize V3700 device in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. When you try to assign a logical unit number (LUN) to a...
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Adapting Network Virtualization – Part I
In this series, I’ll be summarizing the basics of Network Virtualization in Hyper-V using System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2. I hope to clear up some confusion around the network models and help...
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Adopting Network Virtualization – Part II
This is the second post in a series about transitioning from using VLANs for tenant segregation to Network Virtualization. This series will be an example-based walkthrough consisting of a few...
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KB: How to determine the version of Virtual Machine Manager
This article describes how to determine the version of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (VMM 2008) and System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) based on binaries and...
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KB: You can't upgrade from an evaluation version of App Controller to a...
If you do not provide a product key during Microsoft System Center 2012 App Controller installation, App Controller is installed as an evaluation version. If you later decide to upgrade to a licensed...
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KB: How to enable debug logging in Virtual Machine Manager
This article describes how to enable debug logging in Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SC 2012 VMM) Service Pack 1 (SP1) and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (SC 2012...
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Adopting Network Virtualization - Part III
Welcome to the third installment of Network Virtualization in Virtual Machine Manager! This series will be an example-based walkthrough consisting of a few parts:Part I: Configuration with VLAN...
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How to add an already running VM in Virtual Machine Manager to a Windows...
Microsoft’s Anders Ravnholt posted a great article on how to add an already running VM in Virtual Machine Manager to a Windows Azure Pack Subscription. He covers two common scenarios:Scenario1: "A...
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How to perform a P2V in a SCVMM 2012 R2 environment
~ Mike Briggs | Supportability Program ManagerPer the Release Notes for Virtual Machine Manager in System Center 2012 R2, the previous P2V functionality has been removed. The diagram below outlines the...
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Announcing Paid Preview of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager
In August, Brad Anderson, as part of his Transform the Datacenter blog series, covered Microsoft's Cloud Integrated Disaster Recovery Solution: Hyper-V Recovery Manager. Last week we announced GA for...
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New VMM 2012 fixes: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Additionally, this article contains the installation instructions for Update...
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HOTFIX: Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012
This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 7 for Microsoft System Center 2012. Additionally, this article contains the installation instructions for Update Rollup 7 for System...
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Application Management - Clustering SQL Guest Instances in System Center 2012 R2
With the preview release of System Center 2012 R2 there are a few additions to VMM 2012 that make clustering with Windows Failover Clustering in guest VMs significantly easier. Microsoft’s Kurt Scherer...
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KB: "Unsupported VM Configuration" status on VMware virtual machine in System...
A virtual machine in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager shows a status of "Unsupported VM Configuration." When you view the properties, the General tab displays the last refresh...
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