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The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) Solution Accelerator is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the IT pro or solution provider who wants to convert VMware-based virtual machines and disks to Hyper-V®-based virtual machines and disks. MVMC provides the following features: Converts...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one covers how to troubleshoot issues when adding a Hyper-V host in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. ===== Summary This article covers how to troubleshoot issues when adding a Hyper-V host in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where an Operations Manager AD Replication Monitor generates an "Invalid Script Parameter Configuration" error message. ===== Symptoms You are able to successfully add NetApp storage to System Center 2012 Virtual...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an event you may see when deleting a Favorite in AVIcode or System Center 2012 Operations Manager. ===== Symptoms Scenario: A Hyper-V host is managed by System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and it is hosting service templates...

I know this one isn’t necessarily SCVMM specific but if you’re doing any work with Hyper-V then you’re going to want to know about these.  These are the top "gotchas" or "known issues" that folks seem to have the most trouble with.  "Gotchas" are also sometimes...

We just published this one today so you’ll want to check this out if you’re seeing errors sharing an ISO in SCVMM: ===== Symptoms When using the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 console to share an ISO file during new virtual machine creation and placing it in the Hyper-v hosts,...

Here’s a heads up on another interesting article I found over in the TechNet Wiki. This one is by Microsoft Partner Kristian Nese and it talks about creating Hyper-V hosts with SCVMM 2012: Several new deployment options in VMM 2012 make the life of an IT-pro a bit easier. VMM 2012 promise a much deeper...

Microsoft Learning hosted another new and exclusive Jump Start virtual training event – Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals and we are thrilled to announce availability of the HD-quality video recordings – FREE – on TechNet Edge and soon coming to MS Showcase, the Zune Marketplace and iTunes...

OS Deployment of Hyper-V through SCVMM 2012 makes it very easy to turn bare metal machines into VM Hosts. The process deploys the OS and creates a consistent configuration to provide a layer of uniformity to your hosts even though there can be significant differences in hardware. It also makes it easy...

The Dutch Hyper-V Community was founded in 2008 by Jaap Wesselius during one of the first Hyper-V deployments in The Netherlands. Jaap was quickly accompanied by Hans Vredevoort. Both Jaap and Hans are awarded with the MVP award. Jaap has been an Exchange MVP for 5 years now and Hans is a Cluster MVP...

When authenticated to the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (SSP), selecting a Virtual Machine (VM) hosted on Windows Hyper-V and clicking "Connect to VM" results in the following error message being displayed on a white screen: " Virtual Machine Manager lost the...

A new KB is in the process of being published on an SCVMM update for Red Hat Linux running on Hyper-V. This information is currently available as a blog post, containing the same information. Those of you wanting the 'official' KB will have it soon enough. Read the article here: http://blogs.technet...

Have you ever tried managing a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V host using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (the RTM version, not the R2 version) but kept running into issues that prevented it from working properly?  If so then today's tip is for you: The original version of VMM 2008 doesn...

Here's another one that's not necessarily SCVMM specific but should come in handy if you ever have to debug any of your Hyper-V VMs: The Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter Hyper-V(tm) VM State to Memory Dump Converter ( vm2dmp ) is a command-line tool that converts the saved state of a Hyper-V...

Just an FYI that on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:00 AM-11:00 AM., we're hosting a Live Meeting presentation for System Center influencers titled “So you Want To Move from a VMware Infrastructure to Microsoft” presented by Kenon Owens, Microsoft Virtualization product manager. Note: This Live Meeting...

I know this isn’t VMM specific but I figured you might appreciate a heads-up on a new Hyper-V Knowledge Base article we published last week.  This one discusses an issue where you may receive Windows Time Service event IDs 24, 29, and 38 on a virtualized domain controller that is running on a Windows...

I know this is not VMM specific but it’s a pretty cool tool that I’m sure you’ll find help when working with Hyper-V or Virtual PC.  Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or...

Yea, I know this isn’t Virtual Machine Manager specific but it’s something we run into every now and then that I thought could use a little publicity.  If you ever get the error “The Hypervisor is not running” when you try to launch a VM then Felipe Ayora has a video you’ll probably want to see...

Microsoft Press offers complimentary book “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions“. This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The technologies covered include: Windows Server...

Just an FYI that at 10:00am Eastern time on Thursday, September 10, 2009, we’ll be hosting a webcast focused on Windows Power Shell, Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager: ======== Windows PowerShell is likely to become the automation tool of choice. In this webcast, we provide examples of...

When Microsoft Hyper-V Server is started, it automatically tries to mount all the volumes that are connected to the server. These volumes include volumes on local disks and Storage Area Network (SAN) logical unit numbers (LUNs). The SAN policy in Microsoft Hyper-V Server does this by default, but if...

Just an FYI that at 11:00am Pacific time on Thursday, July 23, 2009, we’ll be hosting a webcast exploring how Windows Server 2008 R2 saves IT costs by using Virtualization technologies to consolidate servers, improve availability, improve manageability of Hyper-V servers, and simplified deployment methods...

Greetings, There are many occasions on the public forums where a customer is struggling with a commonly known issue on VMM 2008 RTM. For those commonly known issues we have bundled those up into a tool called the Virtual Machine Management Configuration Analyzer. This tool enables customers to quickly...

OK, I know this isn’t VMM specific but I figured you might appreciate a heads-up on a couple new Hyper-V KB articles we published last week.  The first discusses a restore issue and the other is our support policy on NIC teaming with Hyper-V.  Links and titles are below:   KB968692 - Restore...

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