Supports SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V 3.0 (Windows Server 2012)?
We have a SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1. We have installed a Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter with Hyper-V role active. We have added the host to SCVMM but the host status is "needs attention"...
View ArticleService Templates ... too inflexible or am I missing something?
Title gets to the root of the question but I'd like to propose a scenario and the issues I'm running into.In this scenario we have a series of Domain Controllers that have been deployed by a (very)...
View ArticleGuest cluster IP address ?
Hi all,We have setup a new private cloud and now we are in the process of moving the workloads from existing hypervisors to the private cloud. One of the requirement will be to migrate some clustered...
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Highly available VMM installation issue
Hi,I am upgrading the highly avaiable VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2. On starting the installation of VMM management server on 1st node, it gives the message "Highly available VMM is already installed....
View ArticleStorage migration for virtual machine fails with general access denied error
Hello all,I have a annoying problem with storage migration. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and SCVMM 2012 R2, SAN storage, CSV volumes. Error (12700) VMM cannot complete the host operation on the...
View ArticlePlease recommend a simple VMM Three Tier Application download
Hi there, can you recommend a simple end-to-end three tier service deployment sample MSI download. I tried PetShop but can only get it to work across 2 servers (i.e. a single IIS presentation /...
View ArticleRefresh Virtual Machine Job stuck in queue
I have several Jobs of type refresh Virtual Machine Properties, all for the same machine that are not running and I cannot cancel the jobs. The Machine is on and responding and can be managed by...
View ArticlePrerequisites for Creating Private Clouds in VMM 2012 R2
Hello,We have recently deployed SCVMM 2012 R2. We have added all the Hosts and Hosts Group to VMM, and done with creating a VMM Library share.Now, we want to configure Private Clouds from our Host...
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Virtualizing network on a single host with VMM
I wonder, is it even possible to do a full Network virtualization with VMM on a single Hyper-V host? I would like to get as much benefit as possible from VMM in my LAB where I run one host for AD and...
View ArticleService Teplates vs Virtual Machine Templates vs Cloning
I need to find the method with the best performance for creating new virtual machines when a customer joins our private cloud.The use case is as follows.Our customers will submit their application...
View ArticleCertification closest related to SCVMM 2012R2 learning?
Hi folks. I"m trying to find out what the certification that's related to SCVMM 2012R2 would be. I want to start learning SCVMM so I figure the best path is to take a cert related to it. Information...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 Enable VLAN Greyed Out
Hello,I have upgraded my SCVMM from 2012 to 2012 R2. Everything is working fine apart from ENABLE VLAN, when i'm creating a new machine i can't configure VLAN because it's greyed out.I'll appreciate...
View ArticleCant delete VM Network. Says it Depended of something in Library server.
I am running VMM 2012 R2 with latest patches.Trying to delete a VM Network. The one and only VM Network. But I cant, because it says its depended on something in my Library server, and I cant find any...
View ArticleTenant Administrator can't connect VM Network to NVGRE Gateway.
Tenant Administrator can't connect VM Network to NVGRE Gateway. Just no "Connectivity" tab in VM Network properties when connected to VMM as Tenant Administrator... Is it normal or a bug?
View ArticleVMs on Hyper -V Host Cluster not appearing in Private Cloud in VMM
Hello All,We are running our production VMs (around 70 VMs) on a failover cluster (let’s say ProductionCluster) of Hyper-V hosts. I created a host group of ProductionCluster in VMM 2012 R2 (with Update...
View ArticleEnable VLAN grayed out in Network Adapter
I am running System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 that manages a Server 2012 Hyper-V Cluster with 4 nodes. When creating a new VM or editing an existing VM that doesn't have a VLAN ID...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012R2 Eval expired
HelloI have a copy of SCVMM 2012R2 where the evaluation license has expired. I have read that we need to remove in Add/Remove Programs and tell it to retain the database and then re-install using the...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 7
Hello,I applied the Update Rollup 7 to my SCVMM 2012 SP1 server which is running Server 2012 STD. I logon to this server and use the console from there because I have a SCVMM 2008 R2 console on my...
View Articleimpossible to boot a Generation 2 virtual machine.
Hi all,My laptop has Windows 8.1 64B installed.I created a .vhdx file from an iso file containing Windows server 2012 R2 using Convert-WindowsImage.ps1.I can mount the vhdx file and it seems it is...
View ArticleVMM 2012 R2 user authentication from alternative domain
I have a problem which is probably not very common which I'm hoping someone might be able to advise on. Unfortunately the relationship between our lab and the corporate AD has made this setup quite...
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