I received my brand new Dell Latitude E4300 laptop today and I wanted to make sure i could boot both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on it. Here is how virtualization came in handy. Instead of partitioning my laptop using two partitions (one for each OS) and wasting space, i created a single…
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New features in VMM 2008 R2
In line with the Rapid Provisioning feature that i mentioned in my previous blog post, Vishwa, a PM from our team, just posted a comprehensive list of new features of VMM 2008 R2. Check it out here:http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/05/11/scvmm-r2-rc-features.aspx
Rapid Provisioning in VMM 2008 R2 using the UseLocalVirtualHardDisks and SkipInstallVirtualizationGuestServices flags
At MMS 2009, our team announced a new feature of VMM 2008 R2 called Rapid Provisioning. This feature is not available in VMM 2008 R2 beta, but it will be available in the upcoming release candidate and in the RTM version. This feature was implemented in response to customers requests. In VMM 2008, the only…
Using the VMM Self Service Portal from a Win7 computer
We have seen a lot of cases of customers trying to view the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (SSP) UI from a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. If the portal is running VMM 2008, it is likely that you can’t view the connections to a Virtual Machine and you are getting error…
VMM 2008 R2 beta is now released
The much anticipated VMM 2008 R2 beta is now released. You can go to http://connect.microsoft.com/ and sign up for the beta. Click on “Connection Directory” and sort by the newest beta programs or search for “System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Beta” What’s New in VMM 2008 R2 Beta System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008…
Issues with adding a host to VMM when the computer has more than 16 processors
It has come to our attention that trying to add a computer with more than 16 processors (for example a quad six-core machine with 24 processors) is crashing the VMM server with the following exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Nullable object must have a value. at System.Nullable`1.get_Value() at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.Adhc.WindowsHostDataProperties.GetProcessorData() at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.Adhc.WindowsHostDataProperties.PopulateProperties() From a Hyper-V perspective we…
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…
SCVMM 2008 Releases Management Pack Update
We have been getting a lot of excitement and questions about the reports for the VMM 2008 MP. With this blog post we can announce that this update is ready and available for download today. This update to the MP includes updated reports for all platforms that we manage (VS, Hyper-V, and VMware) :…
Trying to add Windows Server 2008 R2 as a host to VMM 2008?
we have several customers that tried to add a Windows Server 2008 R2 as a host in VMM 2008. Our team has not validated that R2 will work with VMM 2008 and it is officially not supported. However, for the few of you that tried to add a Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition as…
Running the Virtual Machine Manager server component inside a Virtual Machine
Running VMM inside a Virtual Machine is a fully supported way of running VMM. Our team tests this scenario and we have some customers deploying VMM in such an enviroment. If you would like to deploy VMM in such an environment, it is recommended to place the SQL server in a separate server, especially if your…