System Center Virtual Machine Manager Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:52:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png System Center Virtual Machine Manager Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Migrate Hyper-V Cluster to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V via Cluster Migration Wizard https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/04/migrate-hyper-v-cluster-to-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-via-cluster-migration-wizard/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/04/migrate-hyper-v-cluster-to-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-via-cluster-migration-wizard/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:58:27 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=5225 If you have already an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster and you want to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 you have two options. The first one is by moving all virtual machines via System Center Virtual Machine Manager from the old Cluster into a new cluster. The second way to do it, is …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/04/migrate-hyper-v-cluster-to-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-via-cluster-migration-wizard/feed/ 17 5225 System Center 2012 RTM downloads available https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2012/04/system-center-2012-rtm-downloads-available/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2012/04/system-center-2012-rtm-downloads-available/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:13:32 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=3463   Since last weekend System Center 2012 RTM downloads are ready for Volume License Customer and Monday night the SC2012 downloads are also available for MSDN and TechNet subscription owners. http://msdn.microsoft.com http://technet.microsoft.com  

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2012/04/system-center-2012-rtm-downloads-available/feed/ 1 3463 SCVMM Snapshot Reminder with Powershell https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/scvmm-snapshot-reminder-with-powershell/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/scvmm-snapshot-reminder-with-powershell/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:25:05 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2504 I have created a small Powershell Script which will you remind of existing VM Snapshots. You can use this and create a scheduled task for example each morning and it will send you an email with all existing VM snapshots or checkpoints. The Script uses the Powershell Commands of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/scvmm-snapshot-reminder-with-powershell/feed/ 1 2504 How Microsoft Hyper-V and the Cisco UCS changed our lives https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/05/how-microsoft-hyper-v-and-the-cisco-ucs-changed-our-lives/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/05/how-microsoft-hyper-v-and-the-cisco-ucs-changed-our-lives/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 19:23:15 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=1834 At the end of last year we had our Cisco UCS ordered and in your datacenter. In January we started the testing and made the Clusters ready for the production environment. In February we started the migration of our existing environment, mostly P2V and also some V2V migrations. Here some interessting facts about our Cisco …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/05/how-microsoft-hyper-v-and-the-cisco-ucs-changed-our-lives/feed/ 4 1834 Profiles in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/04/profiles-in-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/04/profiles-in-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:53:21 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=1846 Michel Lüscher wrote a very interesting blog post about the new profiles in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. SCVMM 2012 brings a lot of really cool new features especially for deployment of private and public clouds. Here are some things I really like about SCVMM 2012: Host Profiles for Hyper-V Hosts. This is probably …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/04/profiles-in-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012/feed/ 2 1846 Cisco UCS Hyper-V Cluster – Add Hyper-V Cluster to SCVMM – Part 8 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/03/cisco-ucs-hyper-v-cluster-%e2%80%93-add-hyper-v-cluster-to-scvmm-%e2%80%93-part-8/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/03/cisco-ucs-hyper-v-cluster-%e2%80%93-add-hyper-v-cluster-to-scvmm-%e2%80%93-part-8/#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:11:32 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=1542 In this post we will add the Hyper-V Cluster to our System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to better manage Virtual Machines and Hyper-V Hosts. We also use System Center Virtual Machine Manager or SCVMM to quick deploy new Virtual Machines. Download and install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Make sure you …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/03/cisco-ucs-hyper-v-cluster-%e2%80%93-add-hyper-v-cluster-to-scvmm-%e2%80%93-part-8/feed/ 0 1542 PowerShell for System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Hyper-V https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/12/powershell-for-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-and-hyper-v/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/12/powershell-for-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-and-hyper-v/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:45:10 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=1244 This little HowTo shows you how can you get tasks on System Center Virtual Machine Manager done, by using Windows Powershell. Load Powershell Snapin for Virtual Machine Manager: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager Create Virtual Machine: # Config # ------------------------------------ # Job Config $JobGroup = "0000001" # This is used to group command by a job $SCMVVMServer = …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/12/powershell-for-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-and-hyper-v/feed/ 1 1244 Howto: Update SCVMM 2008 to SCVMM 2008 R2 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/07/howto-update-scvmm-2008-to-scvmm-2008-r2/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/07/howto-update-scvmm-2008-to-scvmm-2008-r2/#respond Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:42:18 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=810 Update from Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to Micorsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is pretty simple. Yesterday I updated the SCVMM on our environment. Copy the SCVMM 2008 R2 on the Server Start the Setup.exe Install VMM Server, the installer check that this is an update of an existing installation …

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