New Twitter feed just for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Just a quick note to let you know that we now have a new twitter handle just for System Center Virtual Machine Manager topics. You can tag and follow us @scvmm.J.C. Hornbeck| Solution Asset PM |...
View ArticleSchedule of Virtual Machine Manager sessions at Microsoft Ignite
Hi everyone – one of the things we love on the VMM team is getting to meet and talk with you. We’re busy getting ready for Ignite, and are excited to let you know that there will be the following...
View ArticleSee Microsoft’s Jonobie Ford and Matt McSpirit talk about what to expect in...
Are you interested in hearing about the capabilities coming in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager? We’ve incorporated some top requests from users as well as user voice...
View ArticleUsing Dynamic Disks to host virtual machine files in Virtual Machine Manager
~ Chuck Timon | Senior Support Escalation EngineerWelcome back! In this post, I want to talk about a customer issue that, from a System Center Virtual Machine Manager perspective, is something a little...
View ArticleKB: VM templates list is missing on the Windows Azure Pack tenant site
In System Center 2012 R2, users do not see the expected list of VM templates on the Windows Azure Pack tenant site. Therefore, tenant users cannot deploy new virtual machines. Additionally, a red...
View ArticleKB: "Plan Out Of Sync" and "Quota update failed" errors in Windows Azure Pack...
When you try to delete users or subscriptions in the Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Admin Portal, the action may fail. Errors that you receive include "Plan Out Of Sync" and "Quota update failed" messages....
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is now...
Just a quick note to let you know that Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is now available. The KB article below describes all of the issues that are fixed in VMM 2012 R2...
View ArticleAn overview of the new features in VMM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 6
~ Manish Jha | Program ManagerWith Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 R2 UR6), Microsoft continues to deliver on its promise of improved hybrid cloud...
View ArticleVMM 2012 R2 UR6 now offers the option to overcommit Cloud and Host group...
~ Manish Jha | Program ManagerVirtual Machine Manager (VMM) in System Center 2012 R2 allows you to place your replica virtual machines (VMs) on a preconfigured cloud or host group if they fit within...
View ArticleDetails on the improved E2A Azure Site Recovery protection in VMM 2012 R2...
~ Manish Jha | Program ManagerWith Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 R2 UR6), it's easier to discover and correct an issue that sometimes comes up when you're...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Virtual Machine Connections to Storage Lost When Adding Host...
~ Chuck Timon | Senior Support Escalation EngineerRecently we had a customer report a significant outage in his Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Failover Cluster when adding it to System Center 2012 R2...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack and Windows Azure Pack Web Sites...
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack (WAP) and Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2 are now available. The KB articles below describe all of the...
View ArticleASR Now Supports NetApp Private Storage for Microsoft Azure
This week at Ignite 2015 in Chicago, Microsoft and NetApp will showcase how customers can simplify disaster recovery for Hyper-V workloads without investing in a secondary datacenter. Together, we will...
View ArticleKB: How to manage on-premises to Azure protection network bandwidth usage
When you enable on-premises to Microsoft Azure protection by using Azure Site Recovery (ASR), the network bandwidth can be managed by using either of the two methods detailed in the KB article below....
View ArticleKB: Creating a protection group in Azure Site Recovery fails with "An error...
When you try to create a protection group by using Microsoft Azure Site Recovery (ASR), the attempt fails and you receive the following error message: An error occurred while retrieving the list of...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Host Guardian Service using VMM Service Templates in VMM Tech...
~ Maha Ibrahim | Software Engineer Host Guardian Service (HGS) is a main component for configuring guarded hosts and running shielded VMs in Windows Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
View ArticleRecent updates for VMM 2012 monitoring and a new Management Pack for Hyper-V
~ Keiko Harada | Program ManagerWe are happy to announce some recent updates and bug fixes on monitoring traffic for individual VNics per virtual machine. What we heardWe have had our ears tuned to a...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Localized VMM Administrator console fails to connect after you...
After you install VMM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 6, a localized version of the Virtual Machine Manager administrator console fails to connect. A hotfix is now available that resolves this issue. For more...
View ArticleHow to update untrusted hosts in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
~ Somaning Turwale| Support Escalation Engineer This post covers managing untrusted hosts in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 R2). Adding Hyper-V hosts or Hyper-V host clusters...
View ArticleSummary of Virtual Machine Manager news and sessions from Microsoft Ignite 2015
Ignite was a busy week for the VMM team! If you weren’t able to catch everything we did on-site, you can see a summary of our news and sessions below. Platform Vision & Strategy (6 of 7): What’s...
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