Just a quick FYI on a new SCVMM 2008 R2 Knowledge Base article we published today: ===== Symptoms You are using Hyper-V and a Failover Cluster and your Virtual Machines (VMs) share the same Clustered LUN to hold the VHD for the VMs. You are also using...

This release of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST) 3.0 completely replaces the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool version 2.1. VMST 3.0 helps customers reduce IT costs by making it easier to update their offline virtual machines, templates...

Our very own Jonathan Jordan just posted some great info on creating templates for use with VM creation: Templates save time! Templates make multiple custom deployments easy! Learn to use Templates! So, essentially I have marked up two great TechNet articles...

Symptoms If you have two Hyper-V failover clusters managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, it is possible that you can't complete a LAN migration of a Virtual Machine (VM) from one of the clusters to the other. This issue will only appear...

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) uses BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) to transfer content between the SCVMM Server, the Library Server(s) and the Virtualization Hosts. If there is a service on one of the involved servers...

Just a quick note that we recently published a new Knowledge Base article documenting the recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 208 R2.  I won't list all the hotfixes here but you can access the new KB at the link below:...

Attempting to login to the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) self-service portal may fail with the following error message in the browser: Could not load file or assembly ‘TraceWrapper, Version=1 .0.523.0, Culture=neutral, PubhcKeyToken...

Jonathan Jordan, one of our very own System Center Virtual Machine Manager engineers, posted another great tip over on his blog about how to fix Error 2912 issues.  If you're running into this issue then he can help you get back on the right track...

We've already talked about this issue earlier but we now have an official Knowledge Base article on it so I wanted to send out a heads up.  Here are the details: Symptoms Migration of a virtual machine from one Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Failover...

Here's a great post our very own Michael Michael posted today that talks about an issue you may run into when using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 trying to migrate a virtual machine from one cluster to another: If you have two Hyper-V failover...

When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to perform a Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion, the job may fail at 60% with the following error: Error (2912) An internal error has occurred trying to contact an agent on the vmmserver.contoso...

When you try to connect to a Virtual Machine (VM) from the System Center Virtual Machine Manager console you may get the following error: "A certification authority could not be contacted for authentication. If you are using a Remote Desktop Gateway...

When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to install virtual guest services the job may fail with the following error. Error (13206) Virtual Machine Manager cannot locate the boot or system volume on virtual machine <virtual machine name>...

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...

When using the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 console to share an ISO file, the following error may occur: Error (12700) VMM cannot complete the Hyper-V operation on the %ServerName; server because of the error: User Account does...

I know this isn't entirely System Center Virtual Machine Manager specific but it's a popular topic and I thought it was relevant enough so here goes: As I'm sure you're probably already aware, support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 ended yesterday...

The VMMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center VMM. You can use it to pool, allocate, and manage resources to offer infrastructure...

This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 Admin Console issues that are resolved in the hotfix rollup package that was released on June 8, 2010.    List of issues that are resolved If a VM is...

This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 issues that are resolved in the hotfix rollup package that was released on June 8, 2010. List of issues that are fixed Issue 1 You may experience one of the following...

I know this isn’t necessarily specific to Virtual Machine Manager but I wanted to let you know of a new support offering that we're rolling out. I am sure many of you have contacted Microsoft for support in the past and are aware of our various support...

Hello my name is Kerim Hanif, I am a Program Manager in Virtual Machine Manager product responsible from Setup feature. As you may already know during VMM installation you can use an existing database or specify a remote database. Remote empty database...

Greetings, I am pleased to announce the availability of the latest SCVMM 2008 R2 Rollup. List of issues that are resolved:SCVMM Server Rollup Issue 1: A high availability virtual machine with a GPT pass-thru disk is reported is reported as “Unsupported...

Just a quick heads up on a new KB solution we published today. The solution describes an issue where when using system Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM), a P2V conversion of Windows Server 2003 R2 may fail with Error 13257 trying to patch the...

We recently published a new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 solution and thought you might appreciate a heads up.  The issue is one where on System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 or SCVMM 2008 R2, duplicate virtual machines...

Here's a quick heads up on a webcast we did a couple weeks ago.  Even though the initial date has passed you can catch an instant replay at the link below. ===== Language(s): English. Product(s): Hyper-V,Microsoft technologies. Audience(s): IT Decision...