Creating new VM but it can't find it's "license agreement" during setup
I have a new cluster with a fairly new VMM 2012R2 which I'm slowly migrating "old" VMs into... this seems to work fine.However, I needed to make a new Windows Server 2012R2 VM today and that I can't...
View ArticleHide Replica VM's in Vitual Machine Manager 2012 R2
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...
View ArticleUnattend.xml Not Working
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...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 rollup update sequence
I have SCVMM 2012 R2 and I wanna know if I should go directly to RU3 directly or install them on sequenceRU1--->RU2--> RU3
View ArticleVMM & SCOM Integration is fine, but some Errors on VMM Server found
HiI'm getting following error on the VMM Server: "Credentials are null for user:" from various Eventsources:Log Name: Application Source:...
View ArticleVMM 2012 R2 SSU permissions to mount/unmount ISO
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...
View ArticleGetting IP Address in 2-Tier Service Template
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...
View ArticleVirtual Machines Not Visible
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...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 - Problems with VM storage location
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...
View ArticleCannot set placement path when deploying to a cloud, can't change VMHost...
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...
View ArticleHost has an agent that is not in a responding state.
Hi All,As seen in the title I get an error when trying to live migrate a virtual machine. All worked find until upgrade to system center 2012 VMM - Full error is; Host Server.Domain.local has an agent...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1- SMI-S Provider storage discovery wizard ‘Next’ button is...
Can anyone please help me on this. In my environment , i didnt have any patches for dotnet installed.
View ArticleUpdate Rollups - How to install them
Hi,we have deployed a fresh System Center 2012 R2 Private Cloud with all SC components. MS has release 3 RU's so far, my question is, do I directly install UR3 or do I start with installing UR1,...
View ArticleLive Migration Slow - Maxes Out
Hi everyone...I have a private 10GB network that all of my Hyper-V hosts are connected to. I have told VMM to use this network for live migrations.Using performance monitor, I see that the migration...
View ArticleManage Azure from VMM console ?
HiIs it not possibe to manage all my Azure virtual servers from VMM 2012 R2 ?/David
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 installation - impossible prerequisites
During installation wizard, before the actual installation begins, SCVMM 2012 R2 wizard checks prerequisites and reports that "Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit" is missing. However the link to...
View ArticleGet-SCVMMTemplate reports TotalVHDCapacity of 0, somewhat random
Windows 2012 R2 Update 1 + rollup with SCVMM 2012 R2 Rollup 1,2, &3. Thin vhdx created using the script from http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Convert-WindowsImageps1-0fe23a8f and...
View ArticleAugust System Center Guru - Festival of the Awesome System Center
It's here at last!The August round of the TechNet Technical Guru Competition!The quality and quantity of entries has been beyond our wildest expectations lately, with epic posts and useful snippets...
View ArticleHost Not Responding - Needs Assistance
I have two Hyper-V Failover Clusters which are managed by VMM 2012 R2 Cluster. I have all the settings in place on Hyper-V Hosts such as Firewall Access in the shape of Ports as well as Program...
View ArticleSCVMM Default Virtual Machine Path - CSV
I am having an issue where SCVMM is dropping the default virtual machine path from the host leaving a blank setting (none).Below is my setup:3 Win2K8R2SP1 host clusteredCSV used mapped to...
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