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View ArticleSolution: SCVMM 2008 P2V conversion fails with Error 2927 (0x8033801A)
When performing a Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversion to a clustered host with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, it may fail with the following error: Error 2927 A Hardware Management error...
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 ArticleIssues adding a single node cluster into management by VMM
Recently we have seen an issue where a few customers have been experiencing errors and long delays in adding a single-node cluster (i.e. a 1 node cluster) under management in Virtual Machine Manager....
View ArticleWhat does 'over-committed' status really mean?
One of the top questions that I keep hearing from our customers is to explain the ‘over-committed’ status and why we sometimes display this status. An example of when this status might be displayed is...
View ArticleFix: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Maintenance mode does not...
You put a failover cluster node into Maintenance mode by using the console in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, then when you restart the node you find that the groups fail back...
View ArticleIssues with migrating a Virtual Machine from one cluster to another
Here's a great post our very own Michael Michael posted today that talks about an issue you may run into when using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 trying to migrate a virtual machine from...
View ArticleNew KB: Migrating a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 VM from one...
SymptomsIf you have two Hyper-V failover clusters managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, it is possible that you can't complete a LAN migration of a Virtual Machine (VM) from one of...
View ArticleNew KB: Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to delete a VM on...
Just a quick FYI on a new SCVMM 2008 R2 Knowledge Base article we published today:=====SymptomsYou are using Hyper-V and a Failover Cluster and your Virtual Machines (VMs) share the same Clustered LUN...
View ArticleHow to determine if a cluster is over-committed in System Center Virtual...
Just a heads up on a new KB article we published on how to determine if a cluster is over-committed in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. If you do any kind of admin work with System Center...
View ArticleFix: GPT pass-through disks provided from Serial attached SCSI (SAS) are not...
Just an FYI on a new System Center Virtual Machine Manager Knowledge Base article we published this morning:=====SummaryWhen you attach a GPT pass-through disk provided from SAS storage (Serial...
View ArticleSCVMM 2012- Creating a Highly Available VMM Server
Hi, I’m Kerim Hanif and and I work as a Program Manager on the SCVMM team. Today I am going to talk about the High Available VMM server (HA VMM) feature in SCVMM 2012 Beta. During the evolution of...
View ArticleHow to create Failover Clusters with SCVMM 2012
Here’s a heads up on yet another cool article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today regarding System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. This is another one written by Microsoft Partner Kristian Nese...
View ArticleHow to add a new or rebuilt cluster node to SCVMM 2008
If you are adding a new node to an existing cluster that is being managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM), or if you had to rebuild a node of a cluster and need to add it back,...
View ArticleHow to remove a node from a cluster that is managed by SCVMM 2008 R2
The steps below demonstrate how to remove a node from a cluster that is managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM). In my example I have used a cluster named CLU224544 and I have 2...
View ArticleHigh-Availability Enhancements in VMM 2012
Hi Cluster Fans,The System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta (SCVMM 2012) has just been released and there are some great high-availability and clustering features coming to simplify datacenter...
View ArticleKB: Adding a cluster to System Center Virtual Machine Manager fails with...
Here’s one more Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one shows you how to easily fix an issue where the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (OpsMgr) Connector for HP...
View ArticleKB: "Install cluster" job fails with Error 25310 when using the Japanese...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one talks about an issue you can run into when setting up a cluster using the Japanese version of Virtual Machine...
View ArticleKB: Placing a highly available virtual machine on an ESXi Cluster in System...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where placing a highly available virtual machine on an ESXi Cluster in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager...
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