Questions tagged [scvmm]
System Center Virtual Machine Manager helps enable centralized management of physical and virtual IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms. It includes end-to-end capabilities such as planning, deploying, managing, and optimizing the virtual infrastructure.
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Do we need SCVMM in order to test Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016?
I've installed in our lab three Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition. Each server has five SAS drives and we'll purchase a few SSDs for the servers. Right now we are testing our infrastructure and ...
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Limiting the amount of guests on a Hyper-V host
Is anyone aware of a way to limit the number of hosts allowed on single Hyper-V host? Either by quantity or resource usage?
We are planning on using SCVMM and MS Lab Manager for a development lab ...
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Join VM to specific Active Directory OU using System Center VMM 2012 Guest OS Profile
We use System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager to deploy VMs to our Hyper-V servers. We are starting to use the VM and Service templates to automate our system deployments, but one step we need to ...
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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
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We are ready to deploy our first Hyper-V server with 3 VMs. Just wanted to get other peoples thoughts on Microsoft SCVMM. Do we really need it with only 1 host server? It seems like a good option ...
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VMM 2012 Self Service Users and VLAN tagging
I have a Production network in VMM 2012 that has a trunk from the managed ProCurve switch (running VLANs) to the guest VM nic. The connection from switch to Hyper-V guest network is a trunk carrying ...
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Microsoft SDN service templates deployment and editing
I’m playing around SCVMM 2016 SDN Express to see if I’d be able to deploy VMM SDN within my lab using PowerShell scripts. I don't have much practice in things like these, so please bear with me 😊
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Last powered off date for a vm in Hyper-V 2016
In Hyper-V 2012 when we had the configuration of a vm in the xml format, one could look up the last_powered_off_time node in the vm's configuration .xml file:
<last_powered_off_time type="integer"&...
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Test P2V with SCVMM
I am trying to convert a physical server 2003 server to a virtual machine.
I am using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (Workgroup Edition) on a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Data center ...
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Virtual Machine Manager 2012 is showing 0% CPU usage
When trying to do some science to answer this question, I took a Windows 7 guest on a Server 2008 R2 host being managed by SCVMM 2012 and ran Prime95 on it to just generate some CPU usage.
Here's the ...
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Bad Image error when opening SCVMM Admin Console
I have recently installed SCVMM onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard box following the instructions on MSDN.
This is being installed using a virtual ISO emulator rather than a DVD. The initial ...
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Virtual Machine Manager 2012 CPU Average
What exactly is the CPU Average field in VMM 2012 showing me?
I'm running Server 2008 R2 with VMM 2012. My server has 2x16 core CPUs installed.
An example virtual machine has 4 virtual processors, ...
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Where should SCVMM be installed?
We have 2 Hyper-V servers running in a small office, and are looking at using SCVMM for managing VMs. I have used SCVMM before, but only in test environments, and I have always installed it on a VM. ...
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Installing Ubuntu guest crashes Hyper-V host
I have a weird problem that I don't even know where to begin diagnosing. Trying to install Ubuntu to a VM locks up the host system!
My setup is:
Dell R715 server, dual 16 core AMD opteron ...
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How can I make PS script to create Hyper-V VM set administrator password for VM?
When I create a VM in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) I have an option to set a local administrator password for it. But when I use the "View Script" feature on the last screen of the wizard, I get a ...
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There are currently no network adapters with network optimization available
I'm setting up a 2 node Hyper-V cluster and when I try to migrate a virtual from one host to the other via VMM, I get a "There are currently no network adapters with network optimization available" ...
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Systems Center service template including AD
I'm trying to design an SCVMM (2012 SP1) service template that contains several machines joined in a domain, but the trick is that the very domain controller is also in the template. Ie. the template ...
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SCVMM 2008 R2 problems migrating VM from VS2005 to Hyper-V host
I have System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 installed, and have a Hyper-V R2 host and a Virtual Server 2005 host. I'm trying to migrate my machines from the VS2005 host to the Hyper-V host, ...
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Automatic on premise server deployment
I'm new to automatic deployment and would like guidance from experts on the the best way to efficiently deploy approximately 75 vms (both windows and linux vms) on 7 vmware esxi 5.5 hosts (All hosts ...
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SCVMM 2012 R2 - unable to connect to VM console
I've added a Server 2012 R2 host to VMM 2012 R2, and created a VM on it. When I right-click on the VM and try to connect to the console, I get:
"This computer can't connect to the remote computer. ...
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Virtual Machine IP address type changed from static to dynamic
I am testing VMM in a lab environment, I have one VM host machine with one physical network adapter that has been allocated an IP address in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet on a router.
I have create ...
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SATA vs SAS vs SSD for Virtual Machine Automation
We're using SCVMM and Hyper-V hosts to manage our Automated VM environments. Currently we have two servers with 3 7.2k consumer drives each (one for host OS/Storage, two for VMs). It's hard to say ...
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Automatically run PowerShell script at first boot
We use Hyper-V + SCVMM to host Windows Server 2012 (R2) virtual machines. Currently our deployment procedure includes a lot of PowerShell commands that we have to copy/paste after the VMM template is ...
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Struggling to convert VMware ESX Hosts to Hyper-V
I've been struggling to convert a VMWare ESX Server to Hyper-V now for a couple of days. I've tried MVMC 3.1 without success, and are trying SCVMM to do it, but I've run into a wall again.
MVMC 3.1 ...
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VM freezing during WinPE boot up
Got SCVMM 2012 R2 up and running, created a single VM w/ dynamic memory (512MB-4096MB) and a 40GB dynamic disk. The host is configured for NIC Teaming using switch independent configuration.
I setup ...
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SCVMM P2V conversion slow
I am trying to run some P2V conversions using SCVMM 2012 Release Candidate. The source machines are Windows Server 2008 SP2 hosts in a local network. The destination is a Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1. ...
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P2V imaging bandwidth utilization when SCVMM and the vhost are on different remote networks
We have a remote location that is connected to our central infrastructure via a 2.4 Mbps TLS connection. There is a Windows Server 2003 SP1 domain controller at that location that we would like to ...
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Creating VMs fails on "Install VM Components" from a template using SCVMM 2008 R2
We are using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 trying to allow creation of VMs using templates. The two computers involved are HQ-VMM1 (Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1, running SCVMM) and HQ-...
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Can't install/update 2008 R2 VMM Agent
I am trying to install and update agents using VMM 2008 R2. My VMM Service account has admin access to the VMM server and the host servers. Logged in as the service account, I can copy files from the ...
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How can I convert a physical machine to a Windows Virtual PC machine (possibly using SCVMM)
I've got a physical machine which I'd like to convert to a virtual machine. I've done this P2V process a number of times onto Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V by using System Centre Virtual Machine ...
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Maximum size of a virtual pool in SCVMM 2012R2
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running SCVMM 2012 R2 and an over-committed virtual storage pool. In Server Manager the capacity of this storage pool is 128TB which translates to 140TiB which makes ...
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Private networks with SCVMM 2012 SP1 and Hyper-V
In my lab I have two hyper-v host running Windows 2012 server. For lab and test purposes I want to have private networks that are available on both hosts, and where the VMs on those networks are able ...
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VMM Error: 1604 Cannot Access Virtual Machine Manager
I keep getting the error:
You cannot access Virtual Machine Manager server localhost.
Cantact the Virtual Machine Manager administrator to verify that your account
is a member of a valid user role ...
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How do I add a VMware ESXi Host to Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager?
I am trying to manage virtual machines running on a VMware ESXi host using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
I was able to add the ESXi machine using the "Add VMware VirtualCenter ...
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Performance issue when configuring non-HA VM in cluster
A quote from the Technet Planning for Highly Available Virtual Machines
Important
It is recommended that you not deploy virtual machines that are not highly available on your host clusters. ...
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Microsoft SC VMM 2008 R2 doesn't have option to compact virtual hard disk
I can't figure out how to shrink a VHD using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. Viewing the article Shrink your VHD size seems like this would be simple to do. However I don't ...
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Will VMWare Converter P2V a non-ACPI 2000 server?
SCVMM is unable to handle this conversion - just tells me flat out that my Proliant 3000 (yes, go ahead and laugh) isn't a P2V option unless I upgrade it to 2003 server for an online conversion.
Just ...
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Removing and reinstalling System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
I initially setup hyper-v on a single server with a FC SAN. I configured it as a failover cluster with just the one server in it, using cluster shared volumes for the VMs, knowing I'd expand later.
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VMM 2012 on a virtual machine Windows 2012, on a physical host running Windows 2008 R2
I have read that VMM 2012 requires Windows Server 2012 to run on. I am trying to determine if it is possible to run VMM 2012 on a virtual machine with Windows Server 2012, that is actually hosted on ...
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Installing SCVMM from a domain controller
I'm trying to install SCVMM on a Windows Server 2012 R2, this server is not the domain controller. I have another Windows Server 2012 R2 that is the domain controller. I have read that it is not ...
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SCVMM 2008 R2 Powershell Commands
I am running SCVMM 2008 R2 with 3 hosts. Right now I am patching the hosts, so I am running the command
disable-vmhost hostA -MoveWithinCluster
Is there a command that I can run or switch I can ...
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HyperV host UUID is not updated in VMM
I made some changes to HyperV host SMBIOS that caused host UUID change.
The problem that in VMM I still see old host UUID (in host properties and in Get-SCVMHost). I tried to restart VMM service and ...
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Why does New-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter fail for VMs with names longer than 64 characters?
I have 2 identical VMs, the first has a relatively short name while the 2nd has a name with 65 characters. Why does New-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter succeed for the first but fail for the 2nd?
New-...
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SCVMM 2012 R2 - Installing Virtual Switch Fails with Error 2916
So I've been attempting to teach myself SCVMM 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, and I seem to have hit a snag. I've connected my Hyper-V Host to SCVMM 2012 successfully, and created a logical network, ...
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Hyper-V/SCVMM 2012 VLAN ID's not working
I am having issues getting multiple VLAN's set up on my Hyper-V cluster. Here is the scenario; I need to have 2 separate (potentially more in the future) VLAN's to span across the Hyper-V ...
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How to do a repair install of SCVMM 2008 R2?
We tried to install SCVMM 2008 R2 on a server last week. The C: drive at that time did not have enough space to contain SCVMM and continue to run server operations, shortly after the install we were ...
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HyperV/VMM folder- and VM-level permissions?
With VMWare and vCenter, I'm used to creating folders in a filesystem manner to delegate permissions to users within the organization. For example, I might create a folder named QA, place all the QA ...
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SCVMM Error 10644 - Missing WAIK files in the GAC
I cannot create a new SCVMM VM from a template. The creation fails with:
Error (10644) Virtual Machine Manager
cannot access the WAIK (Windows
Automated Installation Kit) Image
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Hyper-V management. RSAT or SCVMM?
I have a relatively light duty Hyper-V server running 2 production servers and 3 dev servers. I've been using the RSAT with the Hyper-V role installed, and it seems to do just fine when it comes to ...
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SCVMM R2: Is there possibility to make P2V conversion on working Windows and synchronize changes made during conversion after whole process?
SCVMM R2: Is there possibility to make P2V conversion on working Windows and synchronize changes made during conversion after whole process?
Thanks
P.S. Destination is Hyper-V R2 Server.
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Creating new (self-signed?) certificate for SCVMM
I have a Server 2012R2 machine that hosts System Center. During SCVMM installation, it created itself a self-signed certificate for use with SCVMM connections. Unfortunately, it created one with a ...
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