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 you add the cluster as a host. When you add a clustered host, you cannot specify additional default paths in the Add Host Wizard. Also, after a host cluster is added, you cannot specify additional default virtual machine paths on thePlacement tab of the host properties."

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917914.aspx

I also found this forum post, where he conceded that it was just impossible:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/d86eb2ed-c448-4e72-a983-240f28e9cdd4/unable-to-specify-default-vm-placement-path?forum=winserverhyperv

I have a CSV, "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\", and within that CSV a folder, in which all my virtual machines live, "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V". When I deploy a VM to a host, I can pick the placement path, and select "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V", however when I deploy a VM to a cloud, I have no option to pick placement path. I'd like to change my default placement path to be "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V", is this possible? I noted that the article said "Also, after a host cluster is added, you cannot specify additional default virtual machine paths on thePlacementtab of the host properties", I figured maybe that meant it was only changeable via powershell, so I executed the following command, and although it didn't throw any errors, it also didn't work:

$VMhost = Get-SCVMHost | ?{$_.name -eq "HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.LOCAL"}
Set-VMHost -VMHost $VMhost -VMPaths "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1|C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\Hyper-V"

I have another cluster with multiple CSV's, one is a RAID 10 for increased performance, if I want to differentiate one cloud to be a high performance cloud, I see no way to specify that VMs created in one cloud would go into one CSV, and that another cloud would go into the standard CSV? There must be a way to do this? Is my onlysolution to remove my nodes one at a time and re-add them after modifying the placement path?

I need to change this, because if I deploy VMs into a cloud, with multiple CSV's,I must be able to pick a CSV, otherwise this functionality seems unusable? What if I had Five CSV's for various purposes, and five clouds, would I have to destroy the cluster to fix this?

Hi all, we've got the RTM version of SCVMM 2012R2 running in our environment (3.2.7510.0) and am looking to get this software up to date. I see that UR5 was released in February. Is it wise to update right to UR5 or should I step through the rollups? What precautionary steps should I take before doing the rollup installs? Backup the VMM database? Anything else? Any feedback appreciated.

Hi

right... please see attached screenshot for my problem..

As you can see... the windows is the usual size, but the server VM it is displaying is not showing as it should.. something has gone wrong with the display settings..

The only resolution I've found, is to restart the server.. which isn't really an option with this server... it will cause quite a lot of problems....

What can I do to fix this?

I've tried the obvious stuff like dragging the window to increase the size etc... stuff like that..

but it must be something on the server since it fixes it self when I reboot an affected server...

Has anyone else seen this?

and what can I do to fix it :)

I am testing to run smb3 instead of iscsi in my lab env. I have added the smb3 shares to the cluster/cloud and the hosts have it under storage. But when I want to migrate from iscsi to smb3 storage I cant find it. It only lists availible storage and CSV.

The smb3 share have the correct permissions.

Hyperv1 - cluster1
Hyperv2 - cluster1

Hyperv3- library and smb3 share server.

Any idea?

Hi,

I have a question/clarification on how to run remote powershell commands from a different host than the one where VMM is installed. I understand that the remote host has to install admin console for powershell commands to work.

However if the admin console is installed on the remote host - does that detract any functionality from the host where VMM is installed or asked another way - can there be multiple remote hosts where admin console can be installed and that would not pose any issues with the main VMM console  ?

thanks !

Shankar

Hi,

I am unable to add Hyperv cluster in vmm  2012 to manage. Supplied the clustername, name, IP address and also turned of the firewall on the physical host nodes. But still VMM2012 cannot discover the Hypervcluster.

Regards

Nahas

Hi all

Whenever I try to deploy VM from template I get an error

VMM cannot locate an available physical instance of the equivalence group for the virtual hard disk with ID

If you use disk or other VM - no problem - VHD is located on the same share as the virtual machine templates.

Any ideas ?

thanks

Artur

hi forums,

we have a hyper-v + vmm + azure pack setup.
Our storage presents 4 luns to all hosts. now it happened that 1 lun was full and the others still had plenty of space.

shouldnt vmm balance the vms on the storage somehow to avoid that?

thanks :>

I get the following when creating a check point:

Error (2923)

A malformed response was received while trying to contact the VMM agent on ana-hv1.extron.com.
Unspecified error (0x80004005)

Recommended Action
1) Ensure the VMM agent is installed and that the SCVMMAgent service is running.
2) If the SCVMMAgent service is running, restart the service, and then verify that WS-Management is installed correctly and that the WinRM service is running.
3) Check the manufacturers' Web sites to ensure that you have the latest drivers for your network adapters and other devices.

The creation of the checkpoint takes place, but it seems there is a drop in communication between SCVMM 2007 and the host. In turn causing it to "fail". After "Ignoring" the error, the checkpoint is evident. I can execute a checkpoint via Hyper-V Manager on the host itself without failure, although once discovered on SCVMM it flags a fail. 

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

AG

Hi all, I'm having an odd issue on a 4 node cluster, which was working fine until recently. I have patched/rebooted 2 of the nodes and now I am having network issues with certain VMs. If the VM is part of a windows NLB Cluster it completely loses network connectivity when placed on either of these hosts.

The fabric is fine, although it did have 'non compliant' on the switches on these hosts which I have remediated. The cluster validation wizard gives me no errors. These VMs are set to have static MACs and have a classification of Network Load Balancing on their virtual switch.

Just to add to the issue - when the VM error occurs, SCOM alerts the following:

The system detected an address conflict for IP address
0.0.0.0 with the system
having network hardware address <MAC ADDRESS>.
Network operations on this system may
be disrupted as a result.

Any ideas much appreciated as I have run out of places to look. Thanks. Carl.

I am using scvmm 2012 r2 with hyper-v hosts running 2012 r2. We have 3 clusters managed by scvmm.

On one cluster I have very long delay during Live Migration using SCVMM - strange thing is, just happening on 1 of the 3 clusters. I have no delay at all when using Failover Cluster Manager. So it is something within SCVMM.

The configuration of the cluster is the same. There is just one difference - on the cluster with the long delay I have around 500 VLANs configured which are associated with VMs running there. The VMs are very small with very small ressource requirements - just 2 GB RAM with 100 GB disks.

Using SCVMM for live migration the star rated host recommendation is created quickly. After starting the migration - checking the job in SCVMM - I have between 5min. to 2 hours delay per VM. It always stalls during "Run-Prechecks for transfer".

Please, does someone know what is happening during "Run-Prechecks for transfer"? Does someone know what I could do to troubleshoot? No messages in event log with warning or similar. The only difference I see between the clusters is the number of VLANs.

Hello everybody, I have a small problem. We are currently using Windows Azure Pack on top of System Center Virtual Machine manager and it seems that sometimes when I create a Role in WAP I get an error in system center "Error (10659) Cannot run Sysprep on virtual machine because the template does not have a virtual hard disk attached that has been generalized." Now the role does not use template in virtual machine manager but rather uses its own templating system. I am using WAP Update Release 6. Any ideas why this is happening ?

Here is a scenario

1. I use Domain Controller Role and deploy the role using virtual disk named "windows2012r2-ver01.vhdx", the deployment works on this particular deployment. I deploy another role called sharepoint using the same virtual hard disk but I get the error as mentioned above. I try to use another virtual hard disk called "windows2012r2-ver02.vhdx" which is basically the same or is a clone of the other disk and the deployment of the sharepoint role works on that particular virtual hard disk.

One confused guy.

Gisli Gudmundsson

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Ideally, the latest roll-up should include all the previous fixes too? 

If i have deployed new scvmm 2012 R2 RTM, can i directly deploy roll-up 6? 

Or, should i start from U1-2-3-4-5 and then 6? Are there are any known issues if you skip directly to the latest?

There are not many articles describing the sequence to follow for the rollups.

If Roll-ups have to be installed, whats the sequence to update in the SCVMM HA env.

Do we have to install rollup on passive node first, failover the SCVMM instance and install it on the previous active node. Later update the scripts on sql if required. Is this the sequence to follow or have any other steps to be taken care?

Hi guys, 

Is there an equivalent of vCenter Server Linked Mode in SCVMM or how do you generally manage multiple datacenters? 

Andreas 

Andreas Hultgren
MCTS, MCITP
http://ahultgren.blogspot.com/

I am using SCVMM to manage two clusters with a total of 15 nodes.

When I attempt to deploy a stored image from a Library Server, and am asked to select a destination host, I receive a variable number of hosts with variable rating levels.  

If I cancel the deployment and immediately redeploy again, I receive a completely different number of hosts, with different rating levels.  

For example, the first time I attempt to deploy an image, I might receive 2-3 possible destination hosts with anywhere from 0-3 stars.  If I immediately cancel the wizard and redeploy the same image, I could now get all 15 possible hosts, or none, and again with anywhere from 0-3 stars.  

The thing is that a hosts I had stars with on the previous attempt, might now have none; or one that had none might have three.  

Is there any explanation for what's going on?  

I am logged into the SCVMM console as an admin.  

I also always get error 801; "VMM cannot find VirtualHardDisk object ###.  Ensure the library object is valid, and then try the operation again." when running the wizard, regardless of results.  The object # is also always the same, regardless of the image being deployed.

I should also note, that if I select a host with a positive rating, the deployment succeeds

Thank you in advance.

I have a defined a Logical Network and have added a Site into it. Also, I added a pool of IP Addresses as well so that whenever a Virtual Machine is being made through VM Templates, IP Address is available for it.

I am unable to see this Logical Network in the Cloud.  There are currently two Logical Networks, default one and the one that I created.  I can only see the default Logical Network in the Cloud and cannot see the Logical Network that I created.  What could I be Missing? 

Hi,

Trying to update our SCVMM 2012 R2 to CU6 (currently on CU4).

Fails every time with the following errors in the application event log:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Windows Error Reporting
Date:          19/05/2015 16:21:04
Event ID:      1001
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      
Description:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: VMM20
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: vmmservice
P2: 3.2.8002.0
P3: Utils
P4: 3.2.8002.0
P5: M.V.D.SqlRetryCommand.ExecuteNonQuery
P6: M.V.DB.CarmineSqlException
P7: efa0
P8: 
P9: 
P10: 

Attached files:
C:\ProgramData\VMMLogs\SCVMM.4c532e99-dfbf-4c8d-8175-1b0c3a1721b9\report.txt

These files may be available here:


Analysis symbol: 
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: a9a7ba11-fe3a-11e4-80ff-00155d282811
Report Status: 262144
Hashed bucket: 
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-19T15:21:04.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>560130</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>l</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>VMM20</Data>
    <Data>Not available</Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>vmmservice</Data>
    <Data>3.2.8002.0</Data>
    <Data>Utils</Data>
    <Data>3.2.8002.0</Data>
    <Data>M.V.D.SqlRetryCommand.ExecuteNonQuery</Data>
    <Data>M.V.DB.CarmineSqlException</Data>
    <Data>efa0</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
C:\ProgramData\VMMLogs\SCVMM.4c532e99-dfbf-4c8d-8175-1b0c3a1721b9\report.txt</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>0</Data>
    <Data>a9a7ba11-fe3a-11e4-80ff-00155d282811</Data>
    <Data>262144</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Log Name:      Application
Source:        SCVMMService
Date:          19/05/2015 16:21:04
Event ID:      0
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      
Description:
Service cannot be started. Microsoft.VirtualManager.DB.CarmineSqlException: Unable to connect to the VMM database because of a general database failure.
Ensure that the SQL Server is running and configured correctly, then try the operation again. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid column name 'FailDeploymentIfDBExists'.
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean& dataReady)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(TaskCompletionSource`1 compl...
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SCVMMService" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">0</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-19T15:21:04.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>560131</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>l</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>Service cannot be started. Microsoft.VirtualManager.DB.CarmineSqlException: Unable to connect to the VMM database because of a general database failure.
Ensure that the SQL Server is running and configured correctly, then try the operation again. ---&gt; System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid column name 'FailDeploymentIfDBExists'.
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean&amp; dataReady)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(TaskCompletionSource`1 compl...</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

The database is on the same server as SCVMM, is mounted, can be accessed and the SCVMM service starts manually without any problems.

I'm using an account to run the update that has sysadmin rights on the DB.

I have enabled verbose logging for MSI but the logs don't really reveal anything.

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction please?

Thanks,

Mike.

Good day - in VMWare vCenter, one could very easily "Unregister - Remove from Inventory" a VM from vCenter. One would then easily be able to move this VM onto any other cluster as long as the storage was presented to the new cluster, right click on the vmx file, and "Add to Inventory" - all your settings stayed intact, etc..

How would I accomplish this very same task in VMM? I assume I have to invoke Hyper-V Manager in order to remove my VM but not delete its data.

Suggestions?

Also, VMM needs to be able to handle VM's using muliple CSV's to allocate its storage. We use many virtual file servers with lots of 1TB mount points. To accomplish this task, we are forced to to FailOver Cluster manager.

It would be ideal for VMM to act more like VMWare vCenter, were its truly your one stop shop of VM & VMHost management.

Thanks,

-Eddy