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How to properly share ISO files in VMM with Hyper-V

In this blog post, I will talk about what is the proper way to share ISO files with VMM and Hyper-V when the ISO files reside in the VMM library (i.e. a file server share). First, you need to follow Jose Barreto's blog post on how to properly enable constrained Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:20 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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SCVMM 2008 R2 Release Date

hey guys, If you are wondering when VMM 2008 R2 will release, this latest blog post by Rakesh will give you the inside track. http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/07/13/scvmm-2008-r2-release-date-information.aspx cheers. Read More...
Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 3:12 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

How to get data (like the integration services version) from Msvm_KvpExchangeDataItem in Hyper-V

Today, if you are using VMM, you can quickly and easily find out if your VM has the integration components installed by using this simple PowerShell script. << PS D:\Windows\system32> get-vm | select name, hostname, hasvmadditions, vmaddition Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:12 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

Utilizing Virtualization and boot-from-vhd for making a dual-boot laptop

I received my brand new Dell Latitude E4300 laptop today and I wanted to make sure i could boot both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on it. Here is how virtualization came in handy. Instead of partitioning my laptop using two partitions (one for Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 9:20 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

Rapid Provisioning in VMM 2008 R2 using the UseLocalVirtualHardDisks and SkipInstallVirtualizationGuestServices flags

At MMS 2009, our team announced a new feature of VMM 2008 R2 called Rapid Provisioning. This feature is not available in VMM 2008 R2 beta, but it will be available in the upcoming release candidate and in the RTM version. This feature was implemented Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:46 AM by mlmich | 2 Comments
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How to detect if your hardware can run Hyper-V

The Virtualization Detect (DetectVp.EXE) tool is the logo test for checking if the system meets the requirements for Microsoft Virtualization Software. This test checks virtualization support for both Intel and AMD processors. You can find this tool here: Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 11:29 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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Issues with adding a host to VMM when the computer has more than 16 processors

It has come to our attention that trying to add a computer with more than 16 processors (for example a quad six-core machine with 24 processors) is crashing the VMM server with the following exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Nullable object Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 10:58 AM by mlmich | 3 Comments

Trying to add Windows Server 2008 R2 as a host to VMM 2008?

we have several customers that tried to add a Windows Server 2008 R2 as a host in VMM 2008. Our team has not validated that R2 will work with VMM 2008 and it is officially not supported. However, for the few of you that tried to add a Windows Server 2008 Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:59 PM by mlmich | 3 Comments

Running the Virtual Machine Manager server component inside a Virtual Machine

Running VMM inside a Virtual Machine is a fully supported way of running VMM. Our team tests this scenario and we have some customers deploying VMM in such an enviroment. If you would like to deploy VMM in such an environment, it is recommended to place Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:16 PM by mlmich | 2 Comments

Azman permissions for VMM-managed Hyper-V hosts

When VMM starts managing a hyper-v host, it takes full control of the Azman XML file that contains the permissions for Hyper-V. In fact, VMM will create a new copy of the file in a separate directory location and point hyper-v to that file (the file name Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 12:18 PM by mlmich | 1 Comments

Getting an error when trying to connect to a VM using the Virtual Machine Connection tool

If you are trying to connect to a Virtual Machine using VMConnect.exe (a Hyper-V tool), you might get an error that says "An error occured when trying to register for IME events for ....." and it indicates that an Access Denied has occured. If this happens, Read More...
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 5:59 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

Hyper-V Server 2008 is now available

Are you wondering when to use Hyper-V Server 2008? This product is a great choice for customers who want a basic and simplified virtualization solution for consolidating servers as well as for dev/test environments. For more information on this product, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:09 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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How to get the BIOS GUID from a Hyper-V VM

Hi all, the below vbscript (save as sample.vbs and execute using "cscript.exe sample.vbs"), will give you a list of all VMs in a hyper-v system as well as their respective BIOS GUIDs. This can help in troubleshooting VMM 2008 beta for the cases where Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 10:13 PM by mlmich | 1 Comments

Ports being utilized by VMM 2008

Before our official documentation for VMM 2008 comes out, I wanted to outline for everyone all the ports that VMM 2008 RTM will use (almost all of these are the same for beta). Some of these ports are configurable during VMM setup – for those ports, I Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:45 AM by mlmich | 1 Comments

Hyper-V is now RTM

Hyper-V is now RTM and you should be able to find it on Microsoft Download Center shortly. This is a great release and the cornerstone for Microsoft's virtualization efforts. If you are wondering how VMM 2008 beta and Hyper-V will play together, read Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:47 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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