Fixing ‘Unsupported Cluster Configuration’ status caused by virtual network...
Here’s a great post on how to fix an ‘Unsupported Cluster Configuration’ status when it’s caused by a configuration issue with the virtual networks. I found this one when I was looking through some of...
View ArticleWebcast: Using Windows PowerShell with Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager
Just an FYI that at 10:00am Eastern time on Thursday, September 10, 2009, we’ll be hosting a webcast focused on Windows Power Shell, Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager:========Windows...
View ArticleFree e-book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Microsoft Press offers complimentary book “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions“. This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan,...
View ArticleAttempting to migrate or VMotion a VM from one clustered host to another may...
Here’s an issue I recently came across and since I didn’t see this documented anywhere I wanted to give you a heads up.Attempting to migrate (VMotion) a VM from one clustered host to another may result...
View ArticleAdding a SCVMM 2008 host in a external trusted domain fails with error 2917
When trying to add a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 host in a remote domain configured with an external trust , you receive the following error: Error (2917) Virtual Machine Manager cannot...
View ArticleSolution: Unable to add a managed host in SCVMM 2008, Error 2927 (0x8033809d)
Adding a managed host in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 may fail with the following error messages: From the VMM admin console: Error (2927) A Hardware Management error has occurred trying...
View ArticleTechNet Webcast: Using Windows PowerShell with Hyper-V and Virtual Machine...
On Wednesday, May 27 we’ll be hosting a 90 minute webcast on using Windows PowerShell with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager so mark your calendars now. If you’ve ever wanted to...
View ArticleShould SCVMM live inside a VM or on a physical server?
"Where should I install VMM, on a physical server or inside a VM and then add that same physical server as a managed host?" This is a common question from our customers regarding the placement of...
View ArticleP2V using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 may fail with error 3154...
When you perform a physical to virtual (P2V) conversion using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, the P2V job may fail with the following error:Error (3154) An internal error has occurred...
View ArticleSCVMM Self-Service Portal What, Why, and How; A TechTalk Session in TechEd 2009
If you’ve ever wanted to learn a little bit more about the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Self-Service Portal then you’ll want to check out this cool video recorded by John Baker and Yung...
View ArticleTwo new SCVMM Knowledge Base articles for the week ending 05/30/2009
We had two new System Center Virtual Machine Manager Knowledge Base articles last week. The first is about a perimeter host communication issue and the second is about an issue you may run into doing...
View ArticleVMMCA 2008 Update 1 - Your first stop when troubleshooting SCVMM 2008 RTM
Greetings,There are many occasions on the public forums where a customer is struggling with a commonly known issue on VMM 2008 RTM. For those commonly known issues we have bundled those up into a tool...
View ArticleSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 - Quick Storage Migration
Just a heads up on a new blog post by Edwin Yuen, Senior Technical Product Manager at Microsoft's Integrated Virtualization team. In this post he talks about another type of migration being added to...
View ArticleTechNet Webcast: Saving IT Costs with Windows Server 2008 R2 and...
Just an FYI that at 11:00am Pacific time on Thursday, July 23, 2009, we’ll be hosting a webcast exploring how Windows Server 2008 R2 saves IT costs by using Virtualization technologies to consolidate...
View ArticleAdding an EMC Symmetrix GEO Cluster to SCVMM 2008 may fail with Error 1612
When adding a Windows Server 2008 / EMC Symmetrix Cluster (Geo-cluster) as a host to SCVMM 2008, you may get the following error: Code: 1612Problem: The connection to the Virtual Machine Manager server...
View ArticleFixing ‘Unsupported Cluster Configuration’ status caused by virtual network...
Here’s a great post on how to fix an ‘Unsupported Cluster Configuration’ status when it’s caused by a configuration issue with the virtual networks. I found this one when I was looking through some of...
View ArticleWebcast: Using Windows PowerShell with Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager
Just an FYI that at 10:00am Eastern time on Thursday, September 10, 2009, we’ll be hosting a webcast focused on Windows Power Shell, Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager:========Windows...
View ArticleFree e-book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Microsoft Press offers complimentary book “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions“. This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan,...
View ArticleAttempting to migrate or VMotion a VM from one clustered host to another may...
Here’s an issue I recently came across and since I didn’t see this documented anywhere I wanted to give you a heads up.Attempting to migrate (VMotion) a VM from one clustered host to another may result...
View ArticleAdding a SCVMM 2008 host in a external trusted domain fails with error 2917
When trying to add a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 host in a remote domain configured with an external trust , you receive the following error: Error (2917) Virtual Machine Manager cannot...
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