Virtual Machines with same name in SCVMM 2012 R2
Hello All,I have installed SCVMM 2012 R2 as a standalone in my environment and my SCVMM is integrated with WAP portal. While provisioning VM using SCVMM i observed that VMM allows 2 Virtual Machine...
View ArticleHow to automate VMM agent warning to trigger alerts using SCOM
Hi All,Can someone help me to automate VMM agent status or trigger alerts about the agent warning using SCOM 2012 R2.Thanks,Ashok
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 crashes when adding a Windows 2016 host machine
Hi,I'm running SCVMM 2012 SP1 Version 3.1.6018.0. This is hosted on a machine runningWindows Server 2012 R2.Trying to add a host machine running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter. We have plenty of...
View ArticleHow do VMM count resources?
How do VMM count Resources?Host 1 with 10gb of ram: VMM says: 1.16GB left Performance Monitor Says: 2388 MB lefthttp://prntscr.com/d7q37bHost 2 with 4 gb of ram: VMM says: 468 MB left Performance...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 Bare-Metal-Deployment not starting
Hey! I have a W2K12 R2 Server with SCVMM 2012 R2 CU4 and enabled WDS-Role. The Server ist already registered as a PXE-Server within SCVMM. When I start a Bare-Metal-Deplyoment, it fails during...
View ArticleMoving OU for Distributed Key Management
I'd like to relocate the OU that's tied to distributed key management in VMM 2012 SP1. When I do move this OU to another location, VMM breaks until I place it back. I've searched for the VMM OU...
View ArticleCluster Live Storage Migration completes without deleting the source virtual...
Testing HV setup in a cluster of two nodes with shared FC storage. Storage is CSV on both nodes. Storage migration of a VM from C:\ClusterStorage\A to C:\ClusterStorage\B completes without any...
View ArticleSCVMM template based RHEL 7.2 customization not starting?
Hello,I'm trying to deploy RedHat 7.2 via SCVMM using a template. The "master" VM is properly running, the SCVMM agent is installed, LIS is provided out of the box with the OS. So far so good. After...
View ArticleMigration improvements in VMM 2016?
I am wondering if anyone knows if a certain aspect of migrating VMs in VMM is improved in VMM 2016?We have 6 Hyper-V hosts which use shared storage on an SMB3 file share. It is not a failover cluster...
View Articleroll out Windows Server Containers functionality
Is it possible to automatically roll out the entire Windows Server 2016 container functionality with System Center Virtual Machine Manager within a VM?Patrick
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Running SCVMM 2012R2 on a Server 2016 Host OS
Will running SCVMM 2012R2 update 11 on a Server 2016 host OS be a supported platform in the future? Or is it already supported? i have reviewed the software requirements for SCVMM 2012R2, but it has no...
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VMM 2016 console not displaying correctly when maximized
Hi,in VMM 2016 I noticed the console doesn't display correctly when the window is maximized. As you can see from the attached screenshots, when maximized, it's as if some pixels are "cropped" - you can...
View ArticleConsole not remembering column layout
Hi.Can we please have this fixed? The issue is there since (at least) VMM2012 and still there in VMM2016. For example, in the VMs and Services pane, when I add the column "Maximum Memory", the next...
View ArticleHow to show Current logged in user in Cost Center tab
I have several VMs and managed by VMM, but I can just see whether the VM is running or not, I cannot see the current user of the VM, I can get the logged in user name by powershell: Get-WmiObject...
View ArticleLogical Switch with one nic. Possible? Lab.
Learning scvmm 2016. My servers only have one NIC. Is it possible to get a working logical switch with that setup? When trying to add it on the host its saying: http://prntscr.com/dc4gls
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Logical Switch setting dont replicate to Hosts. Should they?
If I add a vNic on the Logical switch, should it not then replicate its setting to the hosts? I can add the vNics on the Host and its seen in ncpa.cpl.
View ArticleUnable to deploy gen2 VM
EDIT: I updated the title to clarify that this seems to apply to ANY Generation 2 VM (including a new blank one), not just existing templates.I'm not entirely sure what changed. We have a variety of...
View ArticleDynamically Expanding VHD with BitLocker Enabled
Hello All...........If I am using a Dynamically Expanding VHD on a Virtual Machine based on Hyper-V, VMware, etc.; and I enable OS BitLocker on it, would it take up all the size of the VHD i.e. 100 GB...
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Logical Network or Sites - design.
Logical Networks or Sites. Whats the different by designing it like its done in the picture or by doing a Logical Network for each vlan?
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