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Creating a Stand-Alone Virtual Machine with a Blank Virtual Hard Disk in...
Have you ever wanted to know how to create and deploy a stand-alone virtual machine with a blank virtual hard disk (.vhd) using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012? If so then we have the video...
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Solution: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 setup fails with...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning that talks about an issue you might run into when trying to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. This one deals with an...
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How to add a new or rebuilt cluster node to SCVMM 2008
If you are adding a new node to an existing cluster that is being managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM), or if you had to rebuild a node of a cluster and need to add it back,...
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How to remove a node from a cluster that is managed by SCVMM 2008 R2
The steps below demonstrate how to remove a node from a cluster that is managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM). In my example I have used a cluster named CLU224544 and I have 2...
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New KB: Sharing an ISO file during new virtual machine creation in System...
We just published this one today so you’ll want to check this out if you’re seeing errors sharing an ISO in SCVMM: ===== Symptoms When using the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2...
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High-Availability Enhancements in VMM 2012
Hi Cluster Fans, The System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta (SCVMM 2012) has just been released and there are some great high-availability and clustering features coming to simplify datacenter...
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TechNet Wiki: Understanding the Service-concept in VMM 2012
Here’s a heads up on yet another cool article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today regarding System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. This is another one written by MVP Kristian Nese and it talks...
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Upcoming Virtualization & SCVMM High-Availability Training for User Groups
On Thursday, July 14th we will be giving online training to user groups about Failover Clustering & Hyper-V: Planning your Highly-Available Virtualization Environment. This event is run in...
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New System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 hotfix rollup package...
Just wanted to let you know that the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 hotfix rollup package dated July 12, 2011 was now available for download. Here’s the text from the KB describing...
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How to troubleshoot issues when adding a Hyper-V host in System Center...
I just wanted to let you know about a new Knowledge Base article we published today. You’ll definitely want to bookmark this one as it tells you how to troubleshoot a couple of the more common issues...
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TechNet Wiki: Load Balancing and Cloud Computing (SCVMM 2012)
Here’s a heads up on a nice article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today. This is another one written by MVP Kristian Nese and it talks about load balancing and cloud computing in relation to SCVMM...
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New KB: The SCVMM 2008 Virtual Machine Manager Service crashes with VMs...
I just wanted to let you know about a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one talks about an issue where the Virtual Machine Manager Service can crash with VMs running Linux...
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Capability Profiles in SCVMM 2012
Here’s a heads up on another nice article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today. This is another one written by MVP Kristian Nese and it talks about creating compatibility profiles in SCVMM 2012:...
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Hyper-V top "gotchas" or "known issues"
I know this one isn’t necessarily SCVMM specific but if you’re doing any work with Hyper-V then you’re going to want to know about these. These are the top "gotchas" or "known issues" that folks seem...
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NOW LIVE: The Microsoft TechNet Gallery
As many of you probably already know, for a long time the Script Repository (a special-purpose gallery) has been an engine of great content and community engagement on TechNet. Well starting last week...
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PRO Tips alerts in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2008 R2 may...
Here’s a new SCVMM 2008/OpsMgr 2007 KB article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where PRO Tips alerts are unexpectedly being removed from the PRO Tips alerts window then you’ll...
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Now available: The Release Candidate for System Center Virtual Machine...
The VMM team is proud to announce the public availability of the Release Candidate for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (VMM). It is ready for download as a full install package or as a vhd....
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New KB: A System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V fails at 79% with...
Here’s a new SCVMM 2008 Knowledge Base article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where a P2V fails at 79% with Error 551 or 0x80070002 then you’ll want to check this one out: =====...
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Info on two exciting new Microsoft virtualization & VMM career training...
Hi everyone, we have a couple exciting Microsoft virtualization & SCVMM career training opportunities coming up that you won’t want to miss:...
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SC VMM 2012 RC: Understanding the Hyper-V host addition operation if Window...
One of the very first operational steps when using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 or an earlier version of VMM is adding a host. In VMM 2012 , this can be a Hyper-V, VMware ESX or...
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