SCVMM 2012 documentation

Hi Guys,

Here’s some official Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 documentation.

Download it right here.

VMM for System Center 2012 Release Candidate documentation

VMM for System Center 2012 General Troubleshooting Guide

Until next time.

Greetz

Jack

SCVMM 2012 RC released

Hi guys,

Today System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 RC has been released. The Release Candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (VMM) and the corresponding Evaluation VHD.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 allows organizations to:

  • Deliver Flexible and Cost-Effective Infrastructure
  • Pool and allocate datacenter resources
  • Multi-hypervisor management
  • Flexible delegation with control
  • Self-service infrastructure
  • Provision and Manage Standardized Application Services
  • Provision standardized applications
  • Simplify application management
  • Cloud enable existing apps
  • Optimize Virtualization Management
  • Optimize infrastructure based on application needs
  • Highly available private cloud infrastructure
  • Industry standards support
  • All the improvements on the VMM Team Blog

    SCVMM 2012 communications ports

    Hi guys,

    When you install the SCVMM 2012 you can assign some of the ports that it will use for communications and file transfers between the VMM components.

    Note: Not all of the ports can be changed through VMM.

    The default settings for the ports are listed in the following table: Continue reading “SCVMM 2012 communications ports”

    SCVMM 2012 system requirements

    Hi guys,

    Here are the hardware and software requirements for SCVMM 2012.

    The software requirements of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM/SCVMM) 2012 are easy: Continue reading “SCVMM 2012 system requirements”

    Recommended hotfixes for SCVMM 2008R2

    Hi guys,

    here’s a list with hotfixes you should implement on your System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 enviroment. With the information is a link to the fixes. Continue reading “Recommended hotfixes for SCVMM 2008R2”

    New Hyper-V and SCVMM kb articles from Microsoft

    Every day Microsoft is releasing knowledge base articles and hotfixes to explain, fix and improve the possible bugs present in their products. This post gives you an overview of all released knowledge base articles and hotfixes for the month(s): MAY & JUNE 2011.
    The knowledge base articles and hotfixes in this post are related to Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Updates can be for RTM or R2 versions, with or without SP1. Continue reading “New Hyper-V and SCVMM kb articles from Microsoft”

    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, here are the steps that are required:

    First, here is the existing cluster: Continue reading “How to add a new or rebuilt cluster node to SCVMM 2008”

    Create networks in SCVMM 2012

    So far, I am really impressed by all the improvements in VMM 2012 when it comes to the deepintegrations with hardware resources, hypervisors, and clusters.
    The possibility to administer and manage the entire eco system from a single console, is a huge benefit in our day-to-day work.
    Another interesting improvement is how you can create logical and virtual networks.
    In my last post, I covered the creation process of a Failover Cluster with VMM 2012.
    We will now focusing on the creation of both logical and virtual networks. Continue reading “Create networks in SCVMM 2012”

    SCVMM update for April 2011

    Every day Microsoft is releasing knowledge base articles and hotfixes to explain, fix and improve the possible bugs present in their products. This post gives you an overview of all released knowledge base articles and hotfixes for the month: APRIL 2011.

    The knowledge base articles and hotfixes in this post are related to Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Updates can be for RTM or R2 versions, with or without SP1. Continue reading “SCVMM update for April 2011”