Stuck 66% install vm components stage. I have to restart scvmm service
When creating a VM from template it works sometimes, but at other times the process gets stuck at the "install Vm components" step att 66% and I find myself having to restart the scvmm service. It then...
View ArticleVMM Admins - How are you managing your cloud environments?
I have been struggling with this task for months since my boss gave it to me, so I'd like to hear from the rest of you SCVMM 2012 admins. Brief back story, we have used SCVMM 2012 since RC for the...
View ArticleSCVMM SP1 - Powershell VMM get all host with ip
HiI'm trying to get a list with all the ip addresses of all virtual machines in SCVMM SP1 independable of their running state. I'm trying this with the powershell of SCVMM but no success.I found that...
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 ArticleSCVMM 2012 - P2V - can't get Integration services to work
Using SCVMM 2012, I have converted a physical 2008 R2 machine to virtual.I have tried everything I can think of to get Integration services to install, and although it acts like it does, mouse usage...
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SCVMM 2012 SP1 installation failure
I am trying to install SCVMM 2012 SP1 on a Windows 2012 server and it gives the attached errorI have done the WinRm settings as per http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh751270.aspx
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 licensing for Hyper-V Environment
I am about to have a brain aneurism trying to figure out this licensing thing for system center. I will only utilize the Virtual Machine Manager component, but I guess licensing only applies the the...
View ArticleSCVMM crash when viewing a VM network properties
My VMM crashes whenever I try to view the properties of a 'VM Network'. Below is the problem signature.Problem signature:Problem Event Name: CLR20r3Problem Signature 01: vmmadminui.exeProblem...
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How to create Service Settings
HiI read this blog on Service Settings and would like to utilize this feature in my project, but I can’t find a way to create a new service setting (as you can see from the screenshot below there is no...
View ArticleService Deployment - Guest OS .Net Framework 3.5 Installation
I've selected .net Framework Installation under Features in the Guest OS Profile. Now it looks like that Installation only works if the Guest OS has a Internet Connection. If the Guest OS only has an...
View ArticleSetting computer name on a VM created from template (SCSM, SCVMM and SCORCH)
We've set up some basic server provisioning automation to see how it works. It's a fairly simple setup so far:1. User submits ticket via the SCSM portal; the ticket includes the desired machine name.2....
View ArticleHow do I run Get-SCVMMServer cmdlet(Powershell API provided by SCVMM) through...
Hi Folks,This is following I tried, runs fine on scvmm 2012 but not on SCVMM SP1 Beta..Step1. set the executionpolicy unrestricted Runspace runspacetest = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();...
View ArticleMax Concurrent VM deployments
Hi, I am running into problems when deploying multiple VM's at the same time. The file copies complete successfully but then the VM deployment pauses and a number of Deployments fail at the install VM...
View Articlepossiblely a bug - windows update error when using NAT between Hyper-V...
I'm using SCVMM managing my Hyper-V machine. I have three physical network adapter on my hyper-v host as below:I'm using SCVMM 2012 SP1 to create two virtual network adapter base on each Realtek...
View ArticleMigrate Hosts from SCVMM 2008 R2 to SCVMM 2012 SP1
I have a SCVMM 2008 R2 (all updates) server running. I also have a new SCVMM 2012 SP1 server running. I have moved individual hosts from 08 to 12 by removing them from 08 in the GUI and adding the in...
View ArticlePersistent powershell connection to SCVMM
Hi All,I have a problem accessing SCVMM by powershell. We are trying to build a Java Webserver to provide a REST interface to access VMM functionality. We are doing this by executing powershell scipts...
View ArticleRe-Adding Removed host gives Duplicate SMSBIOSGUID.
My environment is SCVMM 2012 SP1 Rollup 2. My hosts are mixed with Windows 2008 R2 DataCenter Core and Windows 2012 DataCenter Full GUI. I removed a clustered host to re-image the system outside of...
View ArticleWindows 2012 with 2 nics - reference architecture with SCVMM 2012 SP1
I'm trying to find right solution for my virtualization environment. 4 host, HP BL460 with 2 port embedded nics and 2 ports FC HBA. connected to 2 HP 6120XG. I'm want to use HA (Failover Cluster) and...
View ArticleGUIRunOnce Commands not working
All, I am using SCVMM 2012 SP1. I have created a VM Template and on the OS Configuration tab I have added a Powershell script that I would like run at first logon. The problem is there is no...
View ArticleVMM 2012 SP1 Service Crashes Repeatedly - Error 19999
All -I added 4 brand new Hyper-V Hosts running Server 2012 (Datacenter) to VMM 2012 SP1. After I did this, the service crashes constantly (so much that I can't get the console open). All 4 hosts have...
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