Virtual Machine Manager – General

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• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Release Candidate

  BrianEhMVPgiovedì 8 settembre 2011 19:02

  The VMM team is proud to announce the public availability of the Release Candidate for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (VMM). It is ready for download as a full install package or as a vhd. As with the previous release there are a number of improved features.

  This full announcement is too long and can be reviewed here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2011/09/08/now-available-the-release-candidate-for-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012.aspx

  The source post also contains additional download locations load balancers, documentation, and other information that may be necessary for your success.

• SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Download Locations

  BrianEhMVPvenerdì 1 aprile 2011 18:40

  This is a re-post from the SCVMM Team blog.
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2011/04/01/scvmm-2008-r2-sp1-is-there-an-upgrade-only-download.aspx

  VMM 2008 R2 SP1 has been out for just over a week now and we’ve been very pleased with the excitement it’s been generating in the user community.  One question that’s come up a lot in the last few days is which download package to use and if there is an “upgrade only” package available.

  We are only making full product installer packages available for SP1.  The reason is primarily because we want to make sure you don’t get into a situation where you can’t reinstall using your existing DB later on if you need to.  Since the older R2 installer won’t recognize the updated SP1 DB, you can’t use it with your DB if a reinstall is necessary at a later time. 

  Because of that it’s important that you obtain and use the right package to upgrade from R2 to R2 SP1.  The SP1 edition you use for the upgrade must match the R2 edition you currently have installed, otherwise you will end up with the edition that you used for the upgrade.  If you accidentally use the EVAL edition for the upgrade, don’t worry, you have 365 days to obtain the correct licensed edition.  This is the exact same behavior that you would have seen when upgrading from VMM 2008 to VMM 2008 R2.

  Here are the locations where you can download the installation packages:

  365 day EVAL edition on Microsoft Download Center – use only for evaluation installs

  Full licensed product on MSDN

  Full licensed product on Microsoft Volume Licensing (VL) site

  If you have a valid VMM 2008 R2 license and do not have access to either of those download sites, then you’ll need to contact your sales channel to obtain replacement installation media for SP1.  Proof of purchase is required before we can send out updated installation media.

   

• Getting Started with the SCVMM 2012 Beta

  BrianEhMVPmercoledì 30 marzo 2011 15:12

  The SCVMM 2012 Beta introduces some major changes for the SCVMM product.  Many additional features, a new GUI experience, and different ways of looking at and thinking about your environment.

  At the most basic level you can set up an SCVMM 2012 environment to be just like a previous version of SCVMM.  Or you can go for all of the bells and whistles and begin connecting the dots to enable storage management, hardware management, Service Creation and Servicing, and patch management.

  The advanced features require some initial setup and can get confusing.  The SCVMM team is releasing resources to make this easier to understand and set-up.  This post is intended to be a collection of those resources that work through the new and unfamiliar aspects of SCVMM 2012 with links to them.

  The SCVMM Blog:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/

  Logical Network Definitions and Subnet-VLAN pairs in Logical Networks
  Background in Logical Networks and what the concept is all about and where it fits.

  How to deploy the Pet Shop Application as a Service in VMM
  This is the Service Creation model, with some small aspects of Server App-V, it includes Service Templates, RunAs accounts, logical networks, basic cloud setup (after physical host setup).

  Creating a Highly Available VMM Server
  This covers making the SCVMM server itself highly available as a Failover Cluster application.

  Integrating Load Balancers into SCVMM 2012
  This covers configuring SCVMM to manage your network load balancer devices.

  Using SCVMM 2012, NetApp SMI-S provider, and Visio to visualize storage
  How to visualize your storage environment by using a NetApp PowerShell script that generates a Visio diagram with aggregate, volume, and LUN information

  Storage Automation in VMM 2012
  This article is a feature overview of Storage Automation
  SCVMM 2012 Beta- FAQ on new Storage Feature
  

  The SCVMM 2012 Beta diagnostic reporting tool
  This describes a new diagnostic reporting tool for gathiner and reporting bugs.

  How to create a Cloud
  The process of creating a Cloud and thus granting resources to users.  Not just management of the Fabric.

  Host Power Control
  Controlling the power state of the hardware hypervisor.

  Creating Virtual Application Packages with Microsoft Server Application Virtualization Sequencer
  What a Server App-V package means and how to can create Server App-V packages

  Troubleshooting bare metal provisioning of Hyper-V
  Understanding the complexities of what is happening to aide in troubleshooting problems.

  Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization in SCVMM 2012
  This discusses the new dynamic optimization feature in SCVMM 2012 and how it differens from the previous PRO integration.

  Creating Service Templates using the VMM 2012 Service Template Designer
  This article discusses the shift beyond VM templates to service templates.  Service Templates contain the definitions for machines, its connectivity, application definitions and is the starting point for a VM or a service.

  How to Customize and Deploy a Service with SCVMM 2012

  Updating Services with SCVMM 2012

  Exporting and Importing Service Templates in SCVMM 2012

  Service Deployment Troublshooting Tips

   

• New to VMM Forum? Read before posting a question.

  Carmen SummersMicrosoft Employeemercoledì 21 luglio 2010 00:47

  Hello!

   

  This forum is dedicated to questions about SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager). Please use good judgement to post your question to the relevant subforums. 

  If your question is not about this product, please find the correct forum here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?SiteID=17.

   When posting a question or an issue, it is helpful to include the product version you have question about, your VMM setup environment, the steps you tried and specific error message you observed. 

  A few related forums for your ease of reference are:

  • Hyper-V (Server Virtualization) forum
    • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=583&SiteID=17
  • Windows Powershell forum
    • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1811&SiteID=17
  • WMI / WinRM issues:
    • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=575&SiteID=17
  • Server Core forum:
    • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=582&SiteID=17
  • Windows Failover Clustering forum:
    • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=827&SiteID=17

   

  Thanks!

   

• How to collect SCVMM traces

  Carmen SummersMicrosoft Employeemercoledì 21 luglio 2010 00:47

  For general information about troubleshooting VMM 2012, such as collecting traces and logging information, see VMM 2012 General Troubleshooting Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=211124) on the Microsoft Download Center.  .

  Before Collecting a DebugView Trace

  1.       Install DebugView on the SCVMM server, the host in question, and/or the Web server (for troubleshooting self-service portal issues).

  2.       Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsflags.cmd":

  @echo off

  echo ODS control flags - only trace with set flags will go to ODS

   

  if (%1)==() goto :HELP

  if (%1)==(-?) goto :HELP

  if (%1)==(/?) goto :HELP

   

  echo Setting flag to %1...

  reg ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine" /v ODSFLAGS /t REG_DWORD /d %1 /f

  echo Done.

  goto :EXIT

   

  :HELP

  echo Usage: odsflags [flag], where flag is

  echo TRACE_ERROR = 0x2,

  echo TRACE_DBG_NORMAL = 0x4,

  echo TRACE_DBG_VERBOSE = 0x8,

  echo TRACE_PERF = 0x10,

  echo TRACE_TEST_INFO = 0x20,

  echo TRACE_TEST_WARNING = 0x40,

  echo TRACE_TEST_ERROR = 0x80,

   

  :EXIT

  3.       Save the following code into a text file and name it "odson.reg":

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

   

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]

  "ODS"=dword:00000001

  4.       Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsoff.reg":

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

   

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]

  "ODS"=dword:00000000

  5.       Copy the three files created above, odsflags.cmd, odson.reg, and odsoff.reg, to the machines that DebugView will be used on.

  6.       Run the following commands at an elevated Command Prompt:

  odson.reg

  odsflags.cmd 255

  (If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host or the Web server, make sure to run these commands on all of these computers).

  Collecting a DebugView Trace

  1.       Open DebugView as an administrator and ensure that both Capture Win32 and Capture Global Win32 are selected on the Capture menu item. You should be able to see tracing from the VMM components showing up in DebugView. (If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host, make sure to do these steps on all of these computers).

  Figure 2: DebugView.exe Capture menu

  2.       Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Service on the SCVMM server by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:

  net stop vmmservice

  net start vmmservice

  3.       Restart the Virtual Disk Service by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:

  net stop vds

  net start vds

  4.       Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Agent service on the host by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:

  net stop vmmagent

  net start vmmagent

  5.       Restart the IIS service on the Web server by running the following command at an elevated command prompt:

   iisreset

  6.       Reproduce the issue.

  7.       After reproducing the issue, save the output from the DebugView to a text file for analysis.

  Important:

  Turn off tracing after collecting the data by running the following command at a Command Prompt: odsoff.reg

   

   

  The format of a DebugView trace differs from that of an ETL trace since DebugView captures all Win32 application activity and, if selected, Kernel mode activity. If saved as a text file, it may be opened in other tools such as TextAnalysisTool.net or Trace32.