369 questions with System Center Virtual Machine Manager tags
System Center VMM Host Reserves on Host Groups values
Hi Been using VMM for years now, but I still run into settings that make me wonder what the hell they are for. Or that I just never needed to have a look at. One of the Tabs on a Host Resource Group is called Host Reserves. I'm puzzled…
Hyper-V cluster break during VMWare snapshoot
Hi All, we have a SQL failover cluster with 2 nodes. However, every time we run a snapshot of those nodes as a part of our backup process it will be a getting event ID 1135 which is a cluster node disconnecting. further, we have configured our File…
VMM Bare Metal PXE - Wiping partitions before deployment
Hi, I cant seem to work out how to get VMM bare metal deployment to wipe partitions before it deploys a new image. I do this in SCCM rather easily in a task sequence but how do i do this in VMM? My workaround is to keep deleting\creating a new array…
SCVMM 2019 Cluster High Availability
Hi, Setup a couple of Server 2019 core servers as Hyper-V hosts, then with SCVMM 2019 created a cluster. But I found that I had problems with creating the storage, I had to create the cluster first, then connect the storage via iSCSI initiators on…
continual event log entry: appcrash vmmAgent.exe Event ID 1001
Hello, SCVMM 2019 agent running on a Windows 2019 server. Get the following Information event about every 20-30 minutes in the Application log. Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: APPCRASH Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: …
Need to migrate the physical SharePoint 2016 SQL servers to VMs.
We have, SharePoint Server 2016 - 2 application server, 3 WFE's and 2 database servers clustered environment. The 2 database servers are in physical servers and we are required to move it to VM before July 31, 2021 due to the end of support on our SAN.…
Which optional Windows 10 feature do I have to uninstall to get rid of Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter?
In Control Panel->Uninstall or change a program->Turn Windows features on or off, I have AD LDS, Containers, Data Center Bridging, Hyper-V, Windows Hypervisor Platform, Windows Sandbox enabled, and a few other things that probably aren't related to…
SCVMM 2016 - Remove standalone Host
Hello, I have a simple question. I would like to remove a standalone Hyper-V host from SCVMM 2016. When I right click on the host and select the Remove option, why does VMM give you this scary message? I don't think any settings are deleted…
VMM 2016 networking between 2 clusters for DR
Hi everyone, We have 2 production Hyper-V clusters which act as each others DR. We use Hyper-V replica to replicate the VMs between the sites. Since these are two different sites it means two completely different networks both physically and…
Windows Azure Pack: Best way to move a VM between two VMM deployments in different datacenters running under the same WAP?
What's the best way to move a VM between two VMM deployments in different datacenters running under the same WAP?
How to fix a company mindset against management
I'm running into a situation where a coworker rightly questioned whether or not we're going to get approved for SCVMM for our environment due to the costs. To me, having worked at companies from SMB up to $7b orgs, the fact that a <$1b enterprise…
Not an Instance of a Logical Switch
Having an issue with SCVMM. It appears someone was able to delete Logical Switches out of the Fabric even though they were in use - either that or SCVMM lost them. I have re-created the switches the Hyper V hosts have configured (they still existed in…
Hyper-v cluster node shows CPU support SLAT as NO on VMM console.
Hi everyone, I have a hyper-v cluster node that shows on vmm as no support for SLAT (CPU config), but on the hyper-v I can see that it does support. On the hyper-v box I have run the coreinfo.exe command and it shows SLAT support, and the sames on the…
SCVMM 2016 server sending DHCP requests
Hi everyone, We have a Hyper-V 2012 r2 cluster and I have just upgraded our SCVMM to 2016. The VMM is installed on a VM in the cluster. Our DHCP server is a VM in the cluster with filters enabled. We have configured SCOM to email us whenever someone…
Hyper-V VM can't start because of low memory
When I try to start virtual machine, it says enough memory is not available. I have 8 GB of RAM and A virtual machine fails to start even sometimes with 1 GB of ram or less. Most of them are occupied. I tried disabling startup apps but the result remains…
How to connect/assign Monitor/screen in hyper v VM.
I want to Know how to How to connect/assign Monitor/screen in hyper v VM. is there any way to assign ghost monitor/screen to VM. Server : windows server 2012 R2 VM OS : Windows 10 Pro 64bit.
Minecraft Ubuntu Port
hello my community friends I am trying to open a minecraft server over ubuntu but it says the port was not found i opened all the ports from ubuntu and azur but again the same error can you help me
VMM2016 Console Client install hanging
The VMM 2016 Console client install is sometimes hanging for a reason I can't determine during our automated installs (we are using MDT to drive the installs on VMs). When it hangs, attaching to the console of the affected machine unblocks the install…
Create a list of all VMs with the "Allow migration to a virtual machine host with a difference processor version"
Hello, Is there a Powershell command I can run to get a list of all virtual machines in SCVMM with the "Allow migration to a virtual machine host with a difference processor version" checkbox NOT set? Thanks, Duncan.
SCVMM 2019 Update Rollup 2 - pulled?
Hi, I have just installed a new SCVMM 2019 instance and I was looking to install the latest update rollup - https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4569533/update-rollup-2-for-system-center-2019-virtual-machine-manager clicking on the download links…