Hi,

I am currently performing POC and testing on NVGRE. I have setup the Private cloud scenario with multi tenancy environment. The test lab i have setup are according to This Guide.

As I further test, I find that the Provider Address (PA) space network will not work with take VLAN ID. The SCVMM will give error something like "cannot set VLAN ID at the same time" when we configure the Backend network for the NVGRe Gateway provider. This means that I cannot have the Logical Network of PA set to any VLAN and i have to spare a dedicated switch for this.

Can anyone clarify if I am right pointing this out ? I find it kind of inconvenient if VLAN could not be used.

Thank you.

Regards,

Choo Hoong 

Hey,

I have set up a SCVMM server in my Production environment. I am done with all the configuration and template creation. But i am stuck in migrating the VM from my old Hyper-V server to the SCVMM Hyper-V cluster. 

I want to move my VMs from old  Hyper-v Host to SCVMM Hyper-V cluster without adding the Old Hyper-V host to SCVMM.

Thanks

Parth

Hello guys, I've already asked this question in neighbor forum, but do not get an answer.

Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer scvmm -Name testvm2 | select Name,Location

Beside this properties i want to return sub-property  of VirtualDVDDrive property of VM. If i write like this:

Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer scvmm -Name testvm2 | select Name,Location,VirtualDVDDrive.ISO

or

Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer scvmm -Name testvm2 | select Name,Location,@{N='ISO';e={$_| select -ExpandProperty VirtualDVDDrive | select ISO}}

or

Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer scvmm -Name testvm2 | 
    Select Name,Location,@{N='VirtualDVDDrive';E={$_.VirtualDVDDrive.ISO}}

I have a 2012R2 VMM installation where suddenly the VMM service refuses to start and I believe the problem is caused by Update Rollup 2. In the event log I see:

Application: vmmservice.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNullValueException
Stack:
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.GlobalSetting.GetVMMServerAgentIdList(Microsoft.VirtualManager.DB.SqlContext)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.DB.ServerGlobalSettings.ReadServerData(System.Guid)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.DB.ServerGlobalSettings.get_Instance()
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VirtualManagerService.StartSQL()
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VirtualManagerService.ExecuteRealEngineStartup()
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.VirtualManagerService.TryStart(System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.TimerQueueTimer.CallCallback()
   at System.Threading.TimerQueueTimer.Fire()
   at System.Threading.TimerQueue.FireNextTimers()

UR2 was first installed on the VMM host by windows update but I have since also downloaded the updates and applied them manually and also run the SQL on the database as specified in KB2932926 but the problem persists. Ideas?

All VMM components running on the same server with the DB on another server.

I have spent a bit of time searching for others with this problem and all I can find is this http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/471318-scvmm-system-centre-virtual-machine-manager-service-keeps-terminating - they gave upL.

In order to apply Update Rollup 2 one needs to first run the update on the Management Server then run the script on the Database that is holding VirtualManagerDB. I have following scenario:

An SCVMM 2012 R2 HA setup with Failover Clustering and a Standalone Library Server.

I have done the above on the active management server of SCVMM Cluster.  Now, in SCVMM Console, I can see the updated version of the active management server, but passive node still shows it to be the older along with the library server.

1.  How to apply update rollup 2 to the passive node of the scvmm cluster?

2.  How to apply update rollup 2 to the standalone library server?

3.  Do I need to just run the update rollup 2 on both server?

4.  Do I need to run the script again the VirtualManagerDB Database?

Thanks in advance.

Hi. Managing 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster with VMM2012SP1. Since the upgrade to SC2012, we've been plagued with various WinRM related problems. We've been able to sort out most of them, but one problem remained - every 8-10 minutes when VMM does the performance polling, there's a failed job in VMM with the following error:

Error (2927)
A Hardware Management error has occurred trying to contact server node1.domain.local :n:CannotProcessFilter :HRESULT 0x8033801a:No instance found with given property values. .

WinRM: URL: [http://node1.domain.local:5985], Verb: [ENUMERATE], Resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/virtualization/*], Filter: [{Object=Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData?InstanceID=;AssociationClassName=Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingDataComponent;ResultRole=PartComponent;Role=GroupComponent}]

Unknown error (0x8033801a)

I've spent great deal of time troubleshooting this and trying to find the source of the error, but in the end, I'm pretty sure this is caused by one (or more) VMs, not the hosts themselves. I found this particular VM - when I move it to another node, the error appears on that node (after the perf job refresh period). When I move it back to original node, the error moves too.

This particular VM's status is all OK (green), yet VMM shows -1% CPU utilization and doesn't show other performance statistics (like dynamic memory demand and status etc.). There are couple other VMs for which VMM doesn't show these perf. statistics, but this one is the only one with -1% CPU usage, others show 0%.

How can I fix this problem? I've already rebuilt performance counters (lodctr /R + winmgmt /resyncperf + reboot) on the hosts, reinstalled VMM agent, update WMF from version 2 to version 3, rebuilt performance counters in the VM itself.

I just installed VMM SP1 RU3 and now Assigned Memory and Memory Demand are showing 0KB for machines that use Dynamic Memory. The Hyper-V host is showing the correct values for Assigned Memory, but the values aren't rolling up into VMM. This had been working with RU1.

Is anyone seeing the same issue? Anyone had an idea as to the problem and resolution?

I need to clarify few things about SCVMM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 2 application on SCVMM HA:

1.  If I have applied the udpate rollup 2 to one of the nodes and applied the script on the VirtualManagerDB, do I need to apply the update rollup 2 to the other node as well along with application of script on the VirtualManagerDB again or only applicaiton on the one node is good enough?

2.  I have applied update rollup 2 and console update for rollup 2 on one of the servers and have applied the script on the VirtualManagerDB.  After that when I push the agents, agents that are installed on the hosts are 3.2.7634 which are supposed to get installed after application of rollup 2.  But, when I look inside the console to check for the agent of both management servers, they are still 3.2.7510.  Is this normal?  Why are agents showing the old version even when the agent that they install on hosts are of updated version.  Even the library server that I added afterwards shows the new version.  All hosts in the environment show the newer version except for the VMM Management Servers?  I have verified from the console of both servers from About section, it shows the updated version too.  I have looked into the files that are modified when update rollup2 is installed and I can see that on both servers, those files get updated and are showing the correct new version, but it is not showing so in the console? 

Thanks in advance.

Hi All,

I have a virtual machine and a service deployment that contains tiers.

Is there any way (supported or not) that let me convert the VM to a tier, and that VM appears inside the Service view.

Regards, Samir Farhat Infrastructure Consultant

I am trying to install SCVMM 2012 r2 on "Windows server 2012 standard". the installation would never end, its stuck at installing features. I had 2012 console installed on this machine (not R2) which worked just fine.

Uninstalled it to install R2 and now I am stuck. Any one having same issues? Any resolutions?

Thanks,

DS

I am setting up Library Server and want to know little bit about it:

1.  What are the permissions required on the share of library server? which service accounts, computer accounts or cluster objects to add? and what permissions?

2.  Is there any limitation with respect to name of the share that it should not have any spaces in the name?

3.  Is there any limitation as how many folders inside a folder would be listed in the console?  I have around four folders inside the main shared folder and only two are showing in the console.  Can it only contain packages or single file and not extracted ISO images?  The folders inside the main shared folder that is showing only shows bit of the actual content of the folder.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Does VMM 2012 SP1 support configuring the nexus 1000v for vmware switch?   For a long time this support did not exist but we have a Microsoft system engineer saying that it is supported now?

Before we could not configure virtual networking, virtual switches on the nexus 1000v from VMM.

Thanks Lance

The daily "Refresh VM" system job fails consistently on one of the non-clustered HV2012R2 hosts, with the following error message:

Error (20413)
VMM encountered a critical exception and created an exception report at C:\ProgramData\VMMLogs\SCVMM.3d01b045-20dd-496d-8250-d60882e90d45\report.txt.

Recommended Action
See the report for more details and search user forums for well-known failure root causes for self-help.

Any idea what can cause this error?

Here is text from the error report file:

---------------------------------------------------
--------------- Bucketing Parameters ---------------
----------------------------------------------------
EventType=VMM20
P1(appName)=vmmservice.exe
P2(appVersion)=3.2.7634.0
P3(assemblyName)=WsManWrappers.dll
P4(assemblyVer)=3.2.7634.0
P5(methodName)=Microsoft.Carmine.WSManWrappers.HostWSManGetter.UpdateRASDCache[RASDType]
P6(exceptionType)=System.ArgumentException
P7(callstackHash)=cfee

SCVMM Version=3.2.7634.0
SCVMM flavor=C-buddy-RTL-AMD64
Default Assembly Version=3.2.7634.0
Executable Name=vmmservice.exe
Executable Version=3.2.7510.0
Base Exception Target Site=140706538440624
Base Exception Assembly name=mscorlib.dll
Base Exception Method Name=System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert
Exception Message=An item with the same key has already been added.
EIP=0x0000000000000000
Build bit-size=64

----------------------------------------------------
------------ exceptionObject.ToString() ------------
----------------------------------------------------
System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.WSManWrappers.HostWSManGetter.UpdateRASDCache[RASDType](WsmanAPIWrapper wrapper, RASDType[] newData)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.WSManWrappers.HostWSManGetter.CacheRASDsPerVMAndKey[RasdType](WsmanAPIWrapper wrapper)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.WSManWrappers.HostWSManGetter.GetObjects[RASDType](WsmanAPIWrapper wrapper, GetSubsetObject`1 objectGetter, String vmId)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.HyperVImplementation.WinBlue.VirVMComputerSystem.GetVMRASDs()
   at Microsoft.Carmine.HyperVImplementation.WinBlue.VirVMVideoAdapter.GetNon3DVideoController(String resSubType)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.HyperVImplementation.WinBlue.VirVMVideoAdapter..ctor(WsmanAPIWrapper wrapper, VirVMComputerSystem vm)
   at Microsoft.Carmine.HyperVImplementation.WinBlue.VirVMComputerSystem.GetDevices[DeviceType](Boolean allowPartialObjects)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.UpdateVideoAdapter(IVMComputerSystem vmComputer)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.UpdateBasicVMProperties(IVMComputerSystem vmComputer)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.UpdateFullVMObjectToCarmine(IVMComputerSystem vmComputer, VMData vmData, UpdateRequired updateRequired, Boolean vmObjectHasChanged)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.FullyRefreshVM(FullyResheshVMParamObject param)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.<>c__DisplayClassd.<RunFullRefresher>b__b(Object paramObj)

Gleb.

1. when i use scvmm 2012 r2 sp1 ru2 to move a vm to another host(with no vlan trunk ) and change vlan 2 to vlan disabled. the network of vm was lost,when i check the network property on hyper-v management console ,i saw the vlan still the original setting, but when i check the network propery on scvmm ,the vlan setting shows disabled,then i refresh the vm on scvmm console,the vlan setting shows vlan 2.

image 1, move a vm and change vlan settings to be disabled.

image 2. after vm was moved to another host ,the vm vlan settings shows on hyper-v console

yoke88
IM：yoke-msn@hotmail.com

Hi

I have a Hyper-v host that I cannot remove from SCVMM, the host is no longer available so removing the host from the GUI fails. Then I have tried to remove the server with Power shell and get this error below (ERROR 1)

When looking at the host it is having several VM`s that was on that host that is listed as "host not responding" in the GUI, when I trying to remove that VM`s (I suspected that they on some way "locking" the host from be removed) I also get an error, see (ERROR 2)

Any ideas how to remove this host and relating VMs from the SCVMM?
 

ERROR 1:

PS H:\> Remove-VMHost -VMHost "swe-hv-002" -Force -Confirm

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove-VMHost" on Target "swe-hv-002".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help
(default is "Y"):Y
Remove-VMHost : VMM cannot find ISO object . (Error ID: 801, Detailed Error: )

Ensure the library object is valid, and then try the operation again.

To restart the job, run the following command:
PS> Restart-Job -Job (Get-VMMServer corp-vs-002.edge.local | Get-Job | where {
$_.ID -eq "{820321c8-a846-45e9-a0ae-645ac6473f9b}"})
At line:1 char:14
+ Remove-VMHost <<<< -VMHost "swe-hv-002" -Force -Confirm
    + CategoryInfo : ReadError: (:) [Remove-VMHost], CarmineException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 801,Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager
   .Cmdlets.RemoveHostCmdlet

ERROR 2:

Error

(2927)

A Hardware Management error has occurred trying to contact server swe-hv-002.edge.local.

(Unknown error (0x80338113))

Recommended Action

Check that WinRM is installed and running on server swe-hv-002.edge.local. For more information use the command "winrm helpmsg hresult".

Hi 

I'm running a ML350e Gen8 wiht Windows 2012 R2 Standard and I get the following error when trying to start a virtual machine.

I've done the following:

Upgraded to the latest Firmware 

Enabled VM and DEP in the BIOS

Any Help will be appreciated 

Hello,

We have started evaluating SCVMM, for this we have configured a new library server (a HP StoreEasy 5530 with Windows Server Storage 2012) and we are having problems.
We have one share for the VMs and one share for the library.

I have created a new VM, cloned it to make a template and then created 5 new VMs with no problem.
But if I take a look in the library, the VHDX files have a status 'missing'; we also have ISO and XML files in the library and their status is OK.

If I try to import a VHDX file in the library, I get the error message :

Information (10804)
Unable to import \\xxxxxxx\VMTemplates\xxxx\T-W2012R2-V01_disk_2.vhdx because of a syntax error in the file.

When I look at the supported OS for the library server for SCVMM 2012 R2, I can see Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Does that mean that Windows Server Storage 2012 is not supported ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Marc.

Hello,

When i try to remove VMM Service Deployment Configuration i get error: 

Error (26965)
VMM is unable to find the specified static IP address pool. The specified name may be incorrect, or the pool may have been deleted.

Recommended Action
Verify that the name is correct and that the static IP address pool exists on the VMM management server.

How to force delete this Service Deployment Configuration ?

I've set up a Tenant Administrator user role and have given the global permission of "Author VMNetwork". I've also set no quota limits for VM network creation. When I log into the VMM console and select my new tenancy I am not able to create a VM Network.

There must be something obvious I'm missing.

Thanks

Experts !

Error (23317)
The operation Change properties of virtual machine is not permitted on a virtual machine that has shared virtual hard disks.


Recommended Action
The operation Change properties of virtual machine is not permitted on a virtual machine that has shared virtual hard disks.

Is this limitation by design? If we have a shared VHDX between two VMs, then I am not able to change the VM properties from SCVMM.

SCVMM 2012 R2 with Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

Appreciate any help !

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