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Library Share Permissions and Ohter Questions

June 17, 2014, 9:12 am
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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.

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Agent Installation and Behavior of VMs

June 9, 2014, 12:34 pm
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I have just recently installed SCVMM Agents on my Hyper-V Clusters. I have noticed following things which I would like to know more about and whether there is a workaround to that:

1.  When I look at the state of the virtual machines part of the cluster in Failover Cluster Manager, they appear to be normal and working, but when I look into the SCVMM Console, sometimes it shows as stopped and sometimes shows as Host Not Responding and sometimes depicts the correct state.  What could be causing that? SCVMM and Hyper-V Hosts are all on the same network.  Is there a way to fix this?

2.  Some of the machines that I was live migrating easily through Failover Cluster Manager are providing strange options when I am migrating them through SCVMM Console such as when I was moving one of the nodes that is using a shared VHDx and is part of the Guest Cluster, the wizard provided me with an option to store the VHDX on any of the CSVs available.  Why is it asking me so? Is it moving the Storage of the VM along with the Configuration as well?  I get the same option when I live migrate a machine that is part of a Guest Cluster that is using Fiber Adapter and has direct connectivity to the SAN.  Also, machines were highly available when in Failover Cluster Manager, but here both of these Guest Clusters are appearing as not Highly Available.  Why is it so?  How to rectify it.

3.  After the Agent Installation what are the basic configuration settings that must be done.  Any article/blog would be appreciated. 

I would love to know about these items.  Thanks in advance.

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WFC Configuration fo SCVMM Failover Cluster

June 8, 2014, 5:30 am
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What is the best way to configure WFC that is required by the SCVMM HA as a prerequisite? Does it need to have any shared disks?
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VMM unable to recognize agent, firewall and ws-management on host

June 15, 2014, 6:35 am
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I am getting this error when I trying to do any task on the Host Servers from SCVMM MS.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails such as Refresh Virtual Machine, etc.:

The error is below:

Error (2932)
VMM is unable to complete the request. The connection to the VMM agent on the virtualization server (NODE2) was lost.
The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request (0x800703E3)

Recommended Action
Ensure that the Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) service and the VMM agent are installed and running and that a firewall is not blocking HTTPS

traffic.

This problem can also be caused by antivirus software that is installed in the parent partition of the virtualization server (NODE2) if the real-time

scanning component is configured to monitor the Hyper-V virtual machine files. For more details on how to resolve the issue look into KB 961804,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961804.

If the error still persists, restart the server (NODE2), and then try the operation again.

PS:  VMM Agent is running, Firewall is allowing traffic and WS-Management is also running.

Are there any special settings required that I am missing. 

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Unable to connect to the VMM management server localhost - Error 1602

August 4, 2014, 11:25 pm
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Hello.

2 Days ago, we had a crash in our Hyper-V enviroment.

After getting back online, we are not able to use our SCVMM 2012 R2 console.

I have checked the following, to resolve the issue:

Checked that the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Agent Service is running - and can be restarted (no errors)

Restarted the SCVMM and SQL Server

Checked that the SQL Server hosting the SCVMM is accesable, and that i can view the data inside it (not corrupted)

Ive checked this link, but it dosent solve the issue:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4900.system-center-2012-virtual-machine-manager-vmm-error-codes-1500-1999.aspx

Im starting to run out of ideas now, and hoped that you Guys had some :)

Datatechnician

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Intermittent Connectivity with Hyper-V Hosts

June 11, 2014, 6:58 am
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I am getting this error when I click Refresh Virtual Machine on my cluster nodes:

Error (2932)
VMM is unable to complete the request. The connection to the VMM agent on the virtualization server (NODE2) was lost.
The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request (0x800703E3)

Recommended Action
Ensure that the Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) service and the VMM agent are installed and running and that a firewall is not blocking HTTPS

traffic.

This problem can also be caused by antivirus software that is installed in the parent partition of the virtualization server (NODE2) if the real-time

scanning component is configured to monitor the Hyper-V virtual machine files. For more details on how to resolve the issue look into KB 961804,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961804.

If the error still persists, restart the server (NODE2), and then try the operation again.

PS:  VMM Agent is running, Firewall is allowing traffic and WS-Management is also running.

Are there any special settings required that I am missing. 


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VM creation on a cluster fails with Internal error code: 0x80990C1D

August 25, 2014, 3:55 am
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I am getting the following error when creating a VM from template on a 2012 R2 cluster:

Error (3101)
VMM failed to mount virtual hard disk (VHD) file XXXX.vhdx on the XXXX server. A timeout occurred.
Internal error code: 0x80990C1D

Recommended Action
Open Services to make sure the startup type for Virtual Disk service is set to manual or automatic. Ensure that the service can start and then try the operation again.

The errer occurs while running "Install VM Components" task. I did check services on the host and all is running as expected. The same template works without problem on non-clustered hosts, but fails two out of three times on HV cluster with CSV storage on FC SAN. I am running SCVMM 2012 R2 UR3.

Any ideas what may cause this issue?

Thanks

Gleb.

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SCVMM & OpenVMS 8.3

August 25, 2014, 6:09 am
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Hi,

We have some old HP Alpha DS25's running OpenVMS 8.3.  I want to move them into a virtual environment.  What I'm wondering is if SCVMM can emulate Alpha 21364 1000Ghz processors and run the OpenVMS OS.  If anyone has tried this type of migration before, tips would be appreciated; however I'm really just looking for the hard fast does it work answer.  Thanks :-)

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Templates and Checkpoints

August 25, 2014, 4:50 pm
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I know this is a dumb question and I am sorry but I have been unable to find anything in my internet searches. I have a new deployment of SCVMM 2012 R2 CU3. I would like to create templates and Checkpoints but both options are currently disabled (IE grayed in UI).

What do I need to do to enable these options?

Thanks,

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Error 2904 - VMM Could not find the specified Path

July 29, 2014, 3:07 pm
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Hello Guys, good everning!

When I try to clone some VMs from my SCVMM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 3, I receive the following error:

Error (2904)

VMM could not find the specified path C:\ClusterStorage\Volume6\VM-01\ExportFolder\VM-01\Virtual Machines\5E7811C6-6C0B-4EFF-93E0-02C8CEDC5386.xml on the HYPER-V01.domain.local server.


Recommended Action
Ensure that you have specified a valid file name parameter, and then try the operation again.


Warning (10655)
Hardware changes while cloning a Hyper-V virtual machine, VMware virtual machine, or stored virtual machine are not supported and were ignored.

Recommended Action
Make any hardware changes to the virtual machine after the cloning operation is complete.

I noticed that the XML file is not there, and the ExportFolder is created automatically on the moment that the cloning process is iniciated.  

On this same environmnet, some other VMs with the same configuration I can do the clone without no error. 

Thanks again for the help of you!

Leandro Soares

Leandro Soares - MCP/MCSA/MCTS

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Hardware Profile Options

August 26, 2014, 1:22 am
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Is there an option to define Hard Disk Size and Type in the Hardware Profile?
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Hide Replica VM's in Vitual Machine Manager 2012 R2

August 26, 2014, 6:29 am
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Hi,

Ive added all my Hyper-V hosts into SCVMM and one of these is setup as a Replica server. I would like to manage everything through SCVMM and ive come over two small annoyances. 

1. Is is possible to hide Replica VM's so they dont show up in the VM list without removing the Hyper-V host? Right now its showing duplicates of all my VMs that are replica enabled.

2. Is it possible to enable Replication through SCVMM, right now im doing all the tasks i need in SCVMM but i have to open the Hyper-V snapin to enable replication.  


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Unattend.xml Not Working

August 26, 2014, 9:01 am
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Hi,

I built a VM template with SCVMM 2012 R2 and subsequently an unatend.xml file from the Windows System Image Manager. The unattend.xml passes verification without any issues in WSIM but when I deploy the file along with my template the settings do not apply. I need the unattend to be completely automated, but I still get prompted to click "Next" for Regional Settings , "Next" for EULA, and I must enter the built-in Administrator Password then click "Next" to complete installation. The built-in local administrator password is set in the guest OS profile, the Regional Settings and Ignore EULA are specified in my unattend.xml file. I used the install.wim file from the same OS media that I created the template from.

Any ideas why my settings are not being applied to the virtual machines I create from this template that has the guest OS profile and unattend.xml file applied to it? Unattend.xml is below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
            </OOBE>
            <RegisteredOwner>COMPANY</RegisteredOwner>
            <RegisteredOrganization>COMPANY</RegisteredOrganization>
            <ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>
            <ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen>true</ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen>
            <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>en-GB</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/users/admin/documents/install.wim#Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARD" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Microsoft Partner

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SCVMM 2012 R2 rollup update sequence

August 27, 2014, 1:50 am
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I have SCVMM 2012 R2  and I wanna know if I should go directly to RU3 directly or install them on sequence

RU1--->RU2--> RU3

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VMM & SCOM Integration is fine, but some Errors on VMM Server found

October 24, 2013, 1:30 am
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Hi

I'm getting following error on the VMM Server:

"Credentials are null for user:" from various Eventsources:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.Report.VNicUsageCollection
Date:          24.10.2013 08:44:26
Event ID:      25934
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      XXXX
Description:
Credentials are null for user: 


Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.Report.CloudUsageCollection
Date:          24.10.2013 08:49:27
Event ID:      25934
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      XXXX
Description:
Credentials are null for user: 

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.Report.VMHostPowerStateCollections
Date:          24.10.2013 08:49:27
Event ID:      25938
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      XXXX
Description:
Credentials are null for user: 

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.Report.VNicUsageCollection
Date:          24.10.2013 08:54:26
Event ID:      25934
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      XXXX
Description:
Credentials are null for user:
Used Software:


VMM 2012 SP1 UR3

SCOM 2012 SP1 UR3

MP Version: 3.1.6011.0

Any advice?


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VMM 2012 R2 SSU permissions to mount/unmount ISO

August 27, 2014, 3:40 am
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I am running a private cloud Hyper-V cluster, managed by SC VMM 2012 R2, with App Controller 2012 R2 providing the web-based front end for VM self-service users.

I need to be able to grant my self-service users the rights to mount and unmount ISO images from the library on the VMs they administer.  However, they must NOT be allowed to create and delete their VMs.

Unfortunately, it seems that the only way to give them the capability to do this is to grant them both "deploy" and "remove" permissions to their SSU role.  However, if I do this, it obviously gives them the ability to also create new VMs and, even worse, to delete their own VMs!!!

This very course level of granulation is completely unacceptable in my organisation.  It is one thing to be able to mount/unmount an ISO on your own VM, but an entirely different thing altogether to be able to create and delete VMs.

Please can anyone advise whether:

1. There is any workaround to provide just the permissions I need to my users without the deploy/remove VM rights also?

2. Do the Microsoft developers acknowledge the issue and need for a better level of granularity in SSU VM permissions and whether there are any plans to address it in future rollouts or fixes?

Thanks,

Henann

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Getting IP Address in 2-Tier Service Template

August 27, 2014, 9:18 am
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Hi,

I'm creating a 2-tier service template with an IIS VM and a SQL Server VM.  I'm installing a Web Deploy package in the IIS VM  which needs to be updated with the address of the SQL Server VM.  Is there a way to configure the service template so that VMM automatically passes the IP address of the SQL Server VM into the IIS VM when the service template is deployed?  Thanks very much.

Howard

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Virtual Machines Not Visible

August 27, 2014, 8:58 am
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We have just added out first Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host, running the Datacenter edition.  I've added the system to VMM (2012 R2 Update Rollup 3) and the agent installs with no errors.  The issue is that the virtual machines never display in VMM, the performance data for the host populates but nothing for the virtual machines.  We have removed the agent and re-installed with the same results.  A review of the logs on the VMM server does not show any issues either.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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SCVMM 2012 R2 - Problems with VM storage location

June 5, 2014, 2:58 am
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Hello , 

I have a SCVMM 2012 R2 HA Installation . Under vmm i have an 8 node hyper-v 2012 r2 cluster with cluster shared volumes. My problem is with VM placement. Every time i create a Virtual machine by default VMM chooses a spesific CSV that i don't want . Also because of a provisioning engine i work a lot creating Vm's with powershell. The same happens with powershell. By default the VM's are created in a Volume i don't want. Is there a way to change this somehow ? If i go to each node properties and in placement paths in the default paths i see all my CSV but the add-remove buttons are grayed out and i cannot remove or add anything. 

Any ideas ? 

Thanks

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Cannot set placement path when deploying to a cloud, can't change VMHost Default VMhost Placement Path

August 27, 2014, 3:13 pm
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So, in this article, it states:

"For a clustered host, either Windows Server-based or VMware-based, the default virtual machine path is a shared volume on the cluster that VMM automatically creates when you add the cluster as a host. When you add a clustered host, you cannot specify additional default paths in the Add Host Wizard. Also, after a host cluster is added, you cannot specify additional default virtual machine paths on thePlacement tab of the host properties."

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917914.aspx

I also found this forum post, where he conceded that it was just impossible:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/d86eb2ed-c448-4e72-a983-240f28e9cdd4/unable-to-specify-default-vm-placement-path?forum=winserverhyperv

I have a CSV, "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\", and within that CSV a folder, in which all my virtual machines live, "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V". When I deploy a VM to a host, I can pick the placement path, and select "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V", however when I deploy a VM to a cloud, I have no option to pick placement path. I'd like to change my default placement path to be "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V", is this possible? I noted that the article said "Also, after a host cluster is added, you cannot specify additional default virtual machine paths on thePlacementtab of the host properties", I figured maybe that meant it was only changeable via powershell, so I executed the following command, and although it didn't throw any errors, it also didn't work:

$VMhost = Get-SCVMHost | ?{$_.name -eq "HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.LOCAL"}
Set-VMHost -VMHost $VMhost -VMPaths "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1|C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V"

I have another cluster with multiple CSV's, one is a RAID 10 for increased performance, if I want to differentiate one cloud to be a high performance cloud, I see no way to specify that VMs created in one cloud would go into one CSV, and that another cloud would go into the standard CSV? There must be a way to do this? Is my onlysolution to remove my nodes one at a time and re-add them after modifying the placement path?

I need to change this, because if I deploy VMs into a cloud, with multiple CSV's,I must be able to pick a CSV, otherwise this functionality seems unusable? What if I had Five CSV's for various purposes, and five clouds, would I have to destroy the cluster to fix this?

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