SCVMM Archives - Thomas Maurer

System Center 2019 – What’s new

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:31:32 +0000

Microsoft just launched Windows Server 2019 and Windows Admin Center, which also raised the interest in System Center 2019. At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft was talking about what is new in System Center 2019, the future of System Center, and how it fits in with Windows Admin Center and other management tools. Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter …

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Microsoft released System Center 1801 Semi-Annual Channel

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:31:17 +0000

Microsoft just release the first Semi-Annual Channel release for System Center, called System Center, version 1801. This is the first release which now comes out to support the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel releases like 1709 and also brings some new features and performance improvements. System Center, version 1801 is the first of our Semi-Annual Channel …

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Passed Microsoft Exam 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:53:01 +0000

This summer I took the Microsoft beta exam 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter, which focuses on implementing Software-Defined Datacenter solutions, based on Hyper-V, Windows Server, Software Defined Networking and Storage, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Operations Manager and everything around it. Plan and Implement System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Core Infrastructure Implement Software-Defined …

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Recording: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM now available

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:35:23 +0000

Last week I had the chance to do a Webinar together with Altaro about Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM. Now you can watch the recording from this online webinar. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if SCVMM …

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Webinar: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:16:01 +0000

There are some great Webinars coming up and I am proud to speak in one of them with Andrew Syrewicze (Altaro Software and Microsoft MVP) about PowerShell Scripting and Automation in Hyper-V. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if …

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System Center Operations Manager Management Pack for Windows Server Storage Spaces

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:59:49 +0000

Microsoft just released the System Center Operations Manager Management Pack for Windows Server Storage Spaces 2012 R2 to the public. This allows you to monitor your Storage Spaces deployments with Operations Manager. You can download the Management Pack for Storage Spaces from the Microsoft Download Site. Monitoring Scenarios This Management Pack contains rules to monitor physical …

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Generation 2 Virtual Machine in Service Templates and Managing Azure IaaS VMs in VMM with UR6

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:56:27 +0000

Microsoft just announced System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup 6 with some highly requested features. Two of them are support for VMM Service Templates with Generation 2 Virtual Machines and managing Microsoft Azure IaaS Virtual Machines directly from the Virtual Machine Manager Console. If you want to know more checkout that video:

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Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack now available

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:27:51 +0000

Microsoft today released Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 R2. Update Rollup 4 (UR4) fix some issues and new features in the System Center components as well as Windows Azure Pack. Components that are fixed in this update rollup Data Protection Manager (KB3009516) Operations Manager (KB2992020) Service Manager (KB2989601) Service Provider Foundation (KB2992021) Service …

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SCVMM 2012 R2 Error 23317 When You Try to Apply Changes on VM That is Using Shared VHDX Disk

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:49:26 +0000

A customer of mine had a issue when he tried to change properties of Virtual Machines in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 which use shared VHDX, which were not created with VMM. The properties do he wanted to change had nothing to do with the Shared VHDX it self. He tried to set …

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Add drivers to SCVMM Bare-Metal WinPE Image

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:49:51 +0000

A long time ago, I wrote a blog post on how you can use System Center Virtual Machine Manager Bare-Metal Deployment to deploy new Hyper-V hosts. Usually, this works fine, but if you have more modern hardware, your Windows Server Image may not include the network adapter drivers. Now, this isn’t a huge problem since …

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