We’ve run into a couple folks who are having trouble finding KB961983 - Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: April 14th, 2009 so if this applies to you then here’s a tip on how to find it. What you need...

We had one new System Center Virtual Machine Manager Knowledge Base article published last week.  This one is titled Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: April 14th, 2009   and it details each...

An article has been posted on blogs.technet.com/jonjor that simplifies what Updates and Hotfixes should be installed on SCVMM servers. Essentially there are two Microsoft KB's to follow and you're done. Take a look! Hotfix Rollup Released for SCVMM...

Here’s an issue that might bite you if you’re not mindful of it.  I ran across this a few days ago so I thought it would be worth mentioning here just in case: ======== Issue: When attempting to create a new virtual machine from a template in System...

Just a quick FYI that Robert Larson published a cool step-by-step on installing and configuring the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Self-Service Portal over at VirtualizationAdmin.com .  So who is Robert Larson?  He’s the co-author...

We had two new System Center Virtual Machine Manager Knowledge Base articles published last week.  The first is an issue where a P2V conversion fails with Error 2910 (0x80070005) Access Denied, and the second is a step-by-step on how to collect traces...

We had two new System Center Virtual Machine Manager Knowledge Base articles published last week. The first is on an issue where when trying to migrate a VM you get an error saying the processor is not compatible, and the second is on a P2V conversion...

The Hyper-V Security Guide provides IT professionals with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address key security concerns about server virtualization. The Hyper-V Security Guide can help you elevate the security of virtualized Windows Server...

Sorry for the lag in getting these posted but I’ve been out of the office for a while and then had a project to finish up so I’m just now getting back to my regular day-to-day.  Some of these may be old news by now but I wanted to go back and give...

While you can always see what PRO is doing at any given time, by simply opening up the VMM console and navigating to the PRO tips window. From there you can see any active, executing, or failed PRO tips. But you may be wondering how you track or report...

Greetings, Rakesh Malhotra announced the public availablity of SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta. Check out his blog here: http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/ Try it out and provide our team with feedback!!! As always your feedback is an important part of...

A couple of months back the SCVMM team released a new version Virtual Machine Manager Configuraiton Analyzer (VMMCA) to support Virtual Machine Manager 2008. You can read about the initial release information here: http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive...

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. ...

What the heck is an error 2606? Why am I getting a 1612 prompt when I try to connect to the VMM Server from the Admin Console? Now you can look these errors up and review the Recommended Action . The error codes are divided between 'User Interface...

I got a note about SQL Server versions from our very own Mounia Rachidi over in Microsoft France and I thought it would be a good idea to mention it here since this is something that the product documentation doesn’t necessary spell out.  Apparently...

The first of many articles to come are now available on TechNet here . ' Troubleshooting Setup Issues ' provides solutions to many common install issues. If you have hit a snag, make this article your first reference. ' Troubleshooting Virtual Machine...

I know this isn't SCVMM specific but since many of you probably use Configuration Manager as well I thought I'd post this in case you're interesting in participating in our study.  Looks like they might even give you some swag (aka a "gratuity...

If any of you ever do any work with SoftGrid or Microsoft App-V then you're probably already a regular visitor to Andrew Bennett's and Justin Zarb's awesome Virtual World blog, but in case you've never seen it before it's a great resource for really anything...

Here's an issue that was sent to me by Michelle Foley, one of our top SCVMM and App-V Support Escalation Engineers.  She didn't see this officially documented anywhere so here you go: ======== Issue: An installation of SCVMM 2008 may fail after the...

Collecting traces while reproducing an issue is one of the best methods we have of determining the source of an issue. Microsoft engineers might ask for this information when you open an incident, or you may want to perform tracing on your own for review...

We had a new Knowledge Base article publish last week concerning the recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008.  The title and link is below:   KB962941 - Recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager...

Have you ever gone looking for one thing only to find something else totally unrelated but really cool?  Kinda like when you're cleaning out your closet and accidentally stumble across that $50 gift card you got last Christmas but forgot about? ...

Looks like we have a new issue in System Center Virtual Machine Manager where adding a host that has more than 16 processors may crash the server with the following error: System.InvalidOperationException: Nullable object must have a value. at System...

Just a quick note about an upcoming event we have planned that you may be interested in.  This one is taking place next Tuesday on February 10th in three locations across California: Irvine San Francisco Sacramento I know most of you probably aren...

I know many of you will probably be heading to Las Vegas for MMS 2009 and if so we have all the breakout sessions listed here .  For those of you new to MMS: The Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is the premier event of the year for IT Professionals...