If you have a Failover Cluster managed by VMM 2008, it is possible that you will get a placement page similar to the one below if you try to clone a Highly Available Virtual Machine that is part of the cluster. The placement page in the new-vm wizard below incorrectly states that the transfer type will…
Getting an error when trying to connect to a VM using the Virtual Machine Connection tool
If you are trying to connect to a Virtual Machine using VMConnect.exe (a Hyper-V tool), you might get an error that says “An error occured when trying to register for IME events for …..” and it indicates that an Access Denied has occured. If this happens, it is possible that the cause is DCOM configuration….
How to enable server-optimized garbage collector for VMM
If your VMM implementation has over 150 hosts, we strongly recommended that you enable server-optimized garbage collector (GC) on the VMM server instead of the default workstation garbage collector. This can significantly reduce the CPU utilization on the VMM server and improve your performance for parallel VMM operations. To accomplish this, simply create a new…
How to properly share ISO files in VMM with Hyper-V
In this blog post, I will talk about what is the proper way to share ISO files with VMM and Hyper-V when the ISO files reside in the VMM library (i.e. a file server share). First, you need to follow Jose Barreto’s blog post on how to properly enable constrained delegation on the Hyper-V servers. You…
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode have a blog :)
Check out the team blog site of the new Windows 7 features of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode here http://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/
Working with Windows PowerShell 2.0 advanced functionality
hey everyone, today i have a guest poster on my blog. Laurie McKnight from the VMM team will illustrate some of the advanced functionality you can achieve with Script Functions, Script Modules and Binary Modules in PowerShell. How to save a PS 2.0 advanced function CAUTION: Methods that work but are **NOT** recommended are…
Working with VMware VI4 (aka vSphere)
Even though VMM 2008 R2 (beta or RC) does not officially support VMware vSphere/VI4, we have a few customers that have gotten some of the functionality to work. However, one of the issues that can arise is a failure to find paths in ESX storage. Typically, a VM refresh (refresh-vm cmdlet) might fail with error 2903 -…
SCVMM 2008 R2 Release Date
hey guys, If you are wondering when VMM 2008 R2 will release, this latest blog post by Rakesh will give you the inside track. http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/07/13/scvmm-2008-r2-release-date-information.aspx cheers.
How to get data (like the integration services version) from Msvm_KvpExchangeDataItem in Hyper-V
Today, if you are using VMM, you can quickly and easily find out if your VM has the integration components installed by using this simple PowerShell script. << PS D:\Windows\system32> get-vm | select name, hostname, hasvmadditions, vmaddition | format-list Name : vmonmlmichHostName : car-1.contoso.comHasVMAdditions : FalseVMAddition : Not Detected Name : win2k8r2HostName : AMUNRA.contoso.comHasVMAdditions…
SCVMM 2008 R2 RC Public Release Available Now!
hi all, today the VMM team released VMM 2008 R2 Release Candidate. You can read all about it here. http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/06/06/scvmm-2008-r2-rc-public-release-available-now.aspx Cheers.