Better way to share multiple Virtual Machines in SCVMM 2012?
We have dozens of virtual machines that I would like to share with a particular User Role. The training staff and managers are both Self-Service Users, with the Managers having all permissions and the...
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Removing an invalid(disabled) domain user form user roles will cause vmmservice crash
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 SP1 - several VM's disappear and after a while shows back for few...
hi all,VM's disappear from LAB hosts. those were cloned(or)imported from PROD (V2V) (and also a part of the same VMM).I didn't made those clones\imports so I'm not sure, but maybe the GUID's are the...
View ArticleMove Virtual Machine from Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 to Hyper-V Server 2012...
I have six Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1 servers and two Hyper-V 2012 servers. I am running SCVMM 2012 SP1. I am trying to use "move virtual machine" from within SCVMM to move VMs from a 2008 host to a 2012...
View ArticleMove SCVMM 2012 R2 database to the SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group
Hi We got two node SCVMM 2012 R2 high availability server setup with 8 hosts, but the back end SQL is a standalone SQL 2012 server.Now the management wants to move to the SCVMM database to the SQL...
View ArticleGet a list of static or dynamic MAC addressses
I have a hyper-v environment with system center 2012 Virtual machine manager. I am trying to figure out a way with powershell to list all of my VM's and their MAC address with the description if they...
View ArticleWMI Performance Counter Error 20513
We're running SCVMM 2012 SP1 with CU1 on Windows 2008 R2 SP1. A handful of our hosts are showing this errorError (20513) The VMM management server cannot retrieve performance data for the computer...
View ArticleSCVMM upgrade from 2012 RTM to 2012 R2 along with OS upgrade from 2008 R2 to...
Hi All,I Have SCVMM 2012 RTM VM running on Windows server 2008 R2. I would like to1) upgrade SCVMM 2012 to SCVMM 2012 R22) In place upgrade of server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R23) Also VM running on...
View ArticleSCVMM Deployment Wait
After some help.We have SCVMM 2012 R2 Setup and have created a Template for Deployment of an AD Server and a File Server. The AD Server through the use of PowerShell Scripts install AD Roles and...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012, Conntect via conosle does not work when logged in with specified...
Hi allI have a problem with the SCVMM 2012 console. When I start the console I select the "Specify credentials" option and then I enter my admin credentials. Afterward the console opens and everything...
View ArticleRefresh Virtual Machine Job stuck in queue
I have several Jobs of type refresh Virtual Machine Properties, all for the same machine that are not running and I cannot cancel the jobs. The Machine is on and responding and can be managed by...
View Articlescvmm version (2008 R2, 2012 or 2012 R2) using powershell
Hi experts,I want to get the SCVMM version (2008 R2 or 2012 or 2012 R2) installed in my Windows Server using powershell.I used 'Get-SCVMMServer' cmdlet. But it is giving (for SCVMM 2012)...
View Articleget vm ip address in scvmm console
hi,i use hyper-v 2012 r2 with Cluster and install scvmm 2012 r2 and want to view the ip address in the scvmm console and i can't find it there. why is that? i search the web for answers but i found...
View ArticleExpiration Date of VM in SCVMM 2012 R2
Till now i have been able to auto-provision the VMs using SCSM and Orchestrator. I would like to configure the solution to auto-expire the VMs when the user has finished using the VM for a temporary...
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iSCSI and ODX for VM placement
Hi,I use a WS2012-R2 iScsi target for an Hyper-V 2012-R2 cluster managed by SCVMM 2012-R2 Rollup1. Even so the deployment and transfers explanation states that "this destination is available for SAN...
View ArticleVMM 2012 SP1 Console Fail Installation With Error 1603
Dear Sir,I am trying to install VMM 2012 SP1 console on my management Windows 8 Enterprise machine, but it's failing:[Installing C:\Users\XXXXX\Desktop\VMM 2012...
View ArticleWarning (441) Agent communication is blocked
Installed SCVMM CU 4 on our VMM server and pushed out the agents to our hosts, now agent version 3.0.6055.0. Our cluster is now showing (pending) on all the hosts. Refreshing the cluster gives us an...
View ArticleVMM 2012R2: VMM Server, agent status: access denied
After upgrade SCVMM 2012SP1 to 2012R2 Library Server became unavailable. All library sources with status "missing".In VMM Console (Fabric - Servers - Infrastructure) VMM Server and Library Server agent...
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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 ArticleUpdate Rollup 2 for SCVMM 2012 R2
In order to apply Update Rollup 2 one needs to first run the update on the Management Server then run the script on the Database that is holding VirtualManagerDB. I have following scenario:An SCVMM...
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