VMM 2012 Survival Guide
This "survival guide" is meant to direct you to all things related to System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Use this page to add links to any great VMM information that you know of.
This survival guide covers BOTH System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager, AND System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Virtual Machine Manager. Many links take you to topics and articles that apply the both versions, or to lead-in topics that give you a choice to drill down into one version or another.
Getting Started
- Overview of System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- What's New in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- Release Notes for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (choice between 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- TechCenter Landing Page
- System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide (Complete Edition)
Planning and Deployment
- System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Requirements for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- Deploying System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- Installing a Highly Available VMM Management Server
- Configuring SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups in System Center 2012 SP1, Virtual Machine Manager
Upgrade
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- Upgrading to VMM in System Center 2012 SP1
- What's New in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
Administration, Operations and Security
- Administering Virtual Machine Manager
- Configuring Fabric Resources
- Deploying Virtual Machines and Services in a Private Cloud
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Performing Maintenance Tasks
- Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part I)
- Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part II)
- Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part III)
- Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part IV)
- Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part V)
- SCVMM 2012 Storage and Load Balancer Provider downloads
- SCVMM 2012 Ports communications for Firewall Configuration
- SCVMM 2012 Agent - Requirements and After Installed
- Capability Profiles in SCVMM 2012
- Managing XenServer with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012
- Load Balancing and Cloud Computing (SCVMM 2012)
- The Service Concept in VMM 2012
Scripting / PowerShell / SDK
- Cmdlets in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- Virtual Machine Manager Add-in SDK (applies only to 2012 SP1)
Tools and Downloads
- Download the official System Center 2012 - VMM content (may not be as current as the “live” Web version in TechNet)
- Download the VMM cmdlet Help
- VMM cmdlet Help (includes links to both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- SCVMM 2012 in Microsoft Virtual Academy and Virtual Labs
- Download the Microsoft Private Cloud evaluation software (includes System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager)
- Download the VMM Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA), the Microsoft Product Support Reporting Tool (MPSRPT), and the VM recovery tool (Note that the VM recovery tool is not officially supported.)
Security Updates & Hotfixes
- Update List for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1
- Validating Hyper-V 2012 and Failover Clustering 2012 Hotfixes and updates with PowerShell
Books
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook. Covering VMM 2012 SP1, Operations Manager 2012 SP1 and SC App Controller 2012 SP1.
Videos
- System Center VMM 2012 Overview
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 : Microsoft Virtual Academy course (3 modules) giving an overview of VMM, how to configure a private cloud using VMM 2012, and how to model and maintain virtualized services in VMM 2012.
- Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals This is a link to the whole series. For sections specifically related to VMM 2012, see:
- MMS 2011 Day 1 Keynote
- Best of MMS Belgium 2011 video series (Includes "Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Technical Overview", "Managing Your Fabric With System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012")
- MVA (Microsoft Virtual Academy) Introduction to VMM 2012 (pt-br)
Blogs
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager blog (from the Microsoft engineering team)
- Microsoft Server Application Virtualization Blog (from the Microsoft engineering team)
- SCVMM 2012 content on Hyper-V.nu blog
- SCVMM 2012 content on Virtualization and some coffee blog
- SCVMM 2012 content in portuguese (pt-BR)
- Microsoft Technologies Private Cloud and Virtualization
- System Center Cloud and datacenter Management blog
- Management and Virtualisation blog
Other
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: VMM Gets Major Upgrade (TechNet Magazine)
Troubleshooting
- Post your question to the VMM forums
- Troubleshooting OS Deployment of Hyper-V Through VMM 2012 (Blog post)
- [[List of Build Numbers for System Center Virtual Machine Manager]]
- List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base (KB) Articles for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012)
- [[List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1]]
- System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Error Codes [0-499]
- Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Manager