Systems Center service template including AD
I'm trying to design an SCVMM (2012 SP1) service template that contains several machines joined in a domain, but the trick is that the very domain controller is also in the template. Ie. the template...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1 - VMs disappearing from hosts
Hi,I've got a strange problem happening - I was running a Server 2008 R2 with SCVMM 2012 and was using it to manage 7 independent hosts running Server 2008 R2. I decided to upgrade to SCVMM 2012 SP1 so...
View Articleprivate cloud evaluation guide 2012
Hi, i am trying to setup a private cloud using the official evaluation guide but i can't understand the distribution of virtual machines into the three hyper-v hosts. There are 3 hv hosts with 4...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1 Docmentation
Hi all,Is there somewhere a good documentation for SCVMM2012SP1, a book or something, as the technet articles just vaguely describe what to do.We have multiple types of Switches, and a bunch of virtual...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 Error 1735 Virtual Guest Services are not installed
On a new deployment of SCVMM 2012, I'm unable to shut down two of my already-running VMs - I receive the following error: "The virtual machines cannot be shut down because Virtual Guest Services are...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1 - How to Switch Between IP-rewrite and NVGRE
Hi!How to switch from IP-rewrite to NVGRE and back in Windows 2012/SCVMM 2012 SP1?What is the default method in Windows 2012/SCVMM 2012 SP1?Many thanks in advance!
View ArticleNew-SCP2V cmdlet creating two VHDs instead of one (source disk has multiple...
We have a script we're using to move VMware machines into Hyper-V. The script works fine, but the C drive is getting attached as two separate VHDs in VMware; one is the boot partition, and the other a...
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...
View ArticlePrivate Cloud configuration on 1 Laptop?
Hi,Anyone know if its possible to setup a private cloud using 1 Laptop? My configuration is a Windows Server 2012 Laptop host running 3 virtual machines containing a DC, VMM 2012 & another for App...
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SCVMM 2012 SP1 - How to Configure Hyper-V Network Switches for the Network...
Hi!I have 2 Hyper-V hosts with 1 physical NIC each. I want that each host would have 1 VM from Blue Subnet and 1 VM from Red Subnet in order to implement network virtualization test.1. How should I...
View ArticleVMM 2012 SP1 Crashes when deploying a service where default Instance count is 0
I am trying to create a service that has a machine tier with a default instance count of 0. When I create the service I can save the save the template but when I try to deploy it vmm crashes to the...
View ArticleError (2927) A Hardware Management error has occurred trying to contact...
I get the following message for one of my hosts while running SCVMM 2008 R2 Version 2.0.4521.0 Service Pack 1Hyper-V HostWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1Error (2927) A Hardware Management error has occurred...
View ArticleSAN Transfer in scvmm 2012 sp1
Hi There,I recently installed scvmm 2012 sp1 and worked with my SAN provider to get SMI-s working. Additionally, I am able to utilize SAN transfer between 2 of my 2012 hosts.I'm having issues with my...
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Missing tabs from VM template properties in VMM 2012 SP1
One of the VM templates stored in a library had a few properties modified (Numlock, RAM, processor count) and after saving those changes, there are several tabs missing from the properties window. I...
View ArticleSupports SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V 3.0 (Windows Server 2012)?
We have a SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1. We have installed a Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter with Hyper-V role active. We have added the host to SCVMM but the host status is "needs attention"...
View ArticlePS script to list all Virtual Machines running in a specific cloud
I need help with a script and i cant seem to find any good documentation on it from MS. I have a PS script that adds self service permissions to specific VMs one at a time via name. I need to...
View ArticleSuggested Hyper-v Virtual Machine Migration Method
Hi all, I have a domain-joined Hyper-v 2012 cluster in a datacenter and am administering it with VMM 2012 SP1. I also have a stand-alone 2008 R2 hyper-v host in a remote office that's not in a domain...
View ArticleVM Migration Powershell error New-SCV2V JobGroup
Hi,I'm trying to move a VM from an ESXi host to a Hyper-V 2012 host with SCVMM 2012, but when clicking Finish in the VM Migration wizard I get this error:"Unable to start the cmdlet New-SCV2V for...
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Unhandled Exception when selecting other volumes on Clustered Shared Volume....
Using the Migrate Virtual machine Wizard, Migrate Storage. VM lives on Volume1 and went to Move it to Volume3. It creates an error and crashes VMM 2012. So I wasn't getting this error before, but just...
View ArticleDeploying VM to Cloud: Error (23776)
Hi All,I'm trying to use the deploy function in App Controller using a template, but when I do, it fails. Looking through the Admin console, I get the error:(1/1) 23751The virtual machine workload...
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