Can't Migrate Machines between specific Hosts (Failover Cluster Manager works)
Hello,I am currently running SCVMM 2012 R2 with three clusters, one that is running 2008 R2, one that is running 2012 and the final one is running 2012 R2.Currently the 2012 R2 cluster is all running...
View ArticleVMM 2012 SP1 and the Converged Network
Hi,I'm in internship and my manager asked me to deploy a Hyper-v 2012 infrastructure with Converged Network and SCVMM 2012 SP1. I have 2 nodes with 6 NICs : - 2 for the VM network - 4 for the...
View ArticleDelete Service without deleting the Virtual Machine
Hey guys,I have created a service template the deploy a VM with WS2012 and after that run a bunch of scripts that install AD, SQL, SharePoint Visual Studio Etc. The reason to have this service template...
View ArticleService Template Fails after Active Directory Deployment
Hey Guys,Having some issues with SCVMM2012 SP1 and AD deployment. I am working for a Dev company and mosts of the projects are SharePoint Related. We build around 10 to 15 SharePoint dev environments...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Manager service won't start
I am logged in as the same administrator that installed the SCVMM Admin Console on my Windows 2008 R2 machine. I double-clicked on the console and got the "Connect to Server" dialog box and clicked...
View ArticleUnsupported cluster Configuration
Hi ,guys i am stuck in a common problem of SCVMM 2012 SP1 ,i dnt have any idea what to do to resolve this issue.Error : Unsupported cluster configuration Cause : Network Steps :Verify Cluster Network...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 not adding self service user to local administrator on startup
Hi,I would like my self service users to be local administrators on machines that they create. Under the user properties on the VMM Admin Console there is an option under 'Actions' for Local...
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VLAN ID not shown in SCVMM 2012 R2
After upgrading to SCVMM 2012 R2 (from SCVMM 2012 SP1)The VLAN ID isn't showing anymore, i know its still there because its showing in Hyper-V Manager.When you change the VLAN ID it does apply the...
View ArticleInstall virtual switch extension failed to complete
I have VMM 2012 SP1 running on a Windows 2012 Guest VM, hosted on a Windows 2012 platform. About every fifteen minutes I see the following error in the logs. But there are no jobs listed in the VMM...
View ArticleWindows 8 template stops deploying at 95% waiting on "License Terms"...
As the title says, when deploying a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 VM from a template in SCVMM 2012 SP1 it won't get past this screen. I have to use the console to complete the installation. This is not...
View ArticleDynamic Optimization option is not working in System Center Virtual Machine...
Hello, The Dynamic Optimization option is not working in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2. The company has five servers in Failover Cluster Virtualization with Hyper-V (Windows Server...
View ArticleSurely there is a way to get a list of unallocated IPs from IP Pool??
Hi All,I cannot figure out how to get a list of the unallocated IPs in an IP Pool. It lists the number correctly in the 'Available Addresses' field, but how to I just get a list of what those IPs....
View ArticleError (23356) trying to change properties of Generation 2 VM
When I try to change some properties of a generation 2 VM I get the following error:Error (23356) A floppy disk is not compatible with the VM MyVM, which includes generation 2 virtual machine...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 R2 Error 26571
SCVMM 2012 R2 show me the following:Error (26571) Cannot refresh the Windows file server storage provider (IP) because the storage provider has atleast one file server that has not been successfully...
View ArticleGranting one AD user to view a Console on one VM
How do I grant 1 Active Directory user the ability to use the console on one Virtual Machine in VMM without playing around with clouds or giving them administrator rights on everything?That's it. One...
View ArticleMaturity and Stability
Being a long time VMWare customer (since ESX 2.5.3), I am very unimpressed with SCVMM. I like the idea of the Hyper-V platform and the innovation and stability of the platform over the past iterations...
View ArticleHow to ensure that VMM 2012 does not alter any network settings on Hyper-V...
We have a couple of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts, for which I am investigating whether it might be a good idea to use VMM 2012 to manage them.It was something of a pain to get networking set up...
View ArticleCan not ctreate VM from generiazed VHDX disk at VMM 2012 R2
Hello to all!I try to create VM from vhdx disk at VMM 2012 R2.What I did:1. Prepare a vhdx. Perform sysprep \generalize from inside virtual machine. 2. Copy vhdx to VMM library. 3. Create VM from VMM...
View ArticleVMM Enhanced Session Mode
Is there perhaps a setting that would allow us, using VMM 2012 R2 console, connecting to a Windows 8.1 client on a Windows Server 2012 R2 host, to use Enhanced Session Mode?We just need the ability to...
View ArticleiSCSI Array create multiple sessions from VMM
I have an SCVMM server 2012 R2 a iSCSI Target server windows 2012 R2 and a Hyper-v host also in 2012 R2. Hyper-v host has Initiator and MPIO installed. I have 2 dedicated NICS on my hyper-v host and my...
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