Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 Beta is now available for download. To learn more about VMST 2012, click here . To download the tool, click here . VMST 2012 streamlines the process of keeping your offline virtual machines, templates and VHDs up-to...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where deploying a service template using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager fails with error 421. ===== Symptoms When deploying a service template using System Center...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where Ntbackup on Windows Server 2003 fails with "Error: The device reported an error to the request to write data to media". ===== Symptoms Consider the following...

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...

System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. Join the beta now. Download the System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager Beta Infrastructure...

Check out the System Center 2012 Guided Hands On Labs!  They are a set of 14 labs that cover how to use System Center to deliver IT as a Service using a Private Cloud.  The demos span across the three pillars of System Center – Application Management...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one lists all of the recommended hotfixes for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. Please note that the Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA) is currently being update...

Channel 9’s Symon Perriman interviewed Vijay Tewari, Principal Group Program Manager, at TechEd North America about the System Center 2012 SP1 that is currently in development.  This is a great high level overview of what is coming soon.

The following is a self-study guide put together by a Technical Account Manager here at Microsoft named Scott Rachui. He was gracious enough to let me post the contents here so if you’re looking for a crash course on System Center Advisor and App Controller...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where installing VMM 2012 fails with “ Unable to create or access the Active Directory container CN=VMMDKM,DC=Domain,DC=local. Access is denied. Specify the distinguished...

As just announced , the System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 is now available for download! We’d like to provide some additional information about what’s shipping in CTP2 for the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and App Controller components. For VMM...

As I write this post flying back from TechEd, North America ( check out Day 1 keynote ), it never ceases to amaze me how technology has really changed our lives!!! Speaking of which, what an honor that all of you voted System Center 2012 as best Microsoft...

Whoa!  What’s with the new style?!  The System Center engineering team blogs are now part of the Server & Tools blog network which is a select few top tier blogs from the Server and Tools division.  This network is part of a larger...

I’ve put together a new TechNet Wiki page that is a “one stop shopping” index of the following things: · Forums · Galleries · Libraries (aka “docs”) · Survival Guides · Wikis · Engineering Team Blogs · Microsoft Employee Blogs · Community Blogs · MVP...

This article describes the installation instructions for Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the issues that are fixed in this update rollup. Update Rollup 2 for System Center Virtual Machine...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where placing a highly available virtual machine on an ESXi Cluster in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager fails. ===== Symptoms When trying to place a highly available...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where Regional settings default to English when deploying a virtual machine using a template on System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. ===== Symptoms Consider the following...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where the SCVMM 2012 console terminates with NullReferenceException after adding an ESX 4.1 host. ===== Symptoms After adding an ESX 4.1 host to System Center 2012 Virtual...

I just noticed that all of these cool demo videos were posted to TechNet Video earlier this month. Check them out to see how System Center 2012 can make managing your private cloud a whole lot easier and better! Private Cloud Demo Extravaganza 1...

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with customers over the last 6-12 months helping them plan out and deploy their first private clouds managed by System Center 2012.  To help people get started faster I headed into the Enterprise Engineering...

4/11/2013 - NOTE: This article has been updated. Please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2708922 for the latest version. ===== Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one describes an issue where deploying templates...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an App Controller issue where viewing a service fails with “Retrieved data is incomplete”. ===== Symptoms On System Center 2012 App Controller, a self-service user is unable to view...

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...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one discusses how VMM does not support GPT disks on P2V targets and that to successfully migrate a machine with a GPT disk, you must first convert the disk to MBR format. ===== Symptoms A physical...

Hello everyone. In the Part 1 we looked at reports that System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) ships out of the box for our customers; in this part we want to shift gears a bit and talk about what additional things you can do based on the data...