Hyper-V “Needs Attention” after SCVMM 2008 RTM install
If you are like most people and start doing installs without Reading The Fabulous Manual (RTFM), then you’ll likely see the same issue nearly everyone I know has hit. You see, after installing the RTM bits of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 you’ll notice your Hyper-V server(s) have a status of “Needs Attention”. Don’t we all.
Fortunately this is documented in the release notes, right at the very beginning. VMM requires an important update from Hyper-V and a critical update from Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). Without these updates, VMM hosts display in the state of “Needs Attention” and the virtualization service version as “Upgrade available”.
Download and install the following updates on all of your Hyper-V SCVMM managed hosts:
- Hyper-V Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB 956589) on the Microsoft Download Center at https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FD44B4E3-2DCC-4299-B345-BC09A9A37B60&displaylang=en.
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) update (KB 956774) on the Microsoft Download Center at https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9EC9DBB9-82AD-4D34-9267-76A0126A8F18&displaylang=en.
I actually changed the link above to the x64 BITS update. The Release Notes are pointed at the x86 update which will not install on a Hyper-V server.
Comments
Anonymous
October 29, 2008
Newew update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956710 may also be installed instead of 956589 to upgrade Hyper-V.Anonymous
October 29, 2008
Thanks Mika!Anonymous
November 18, 2008
Is there an update for Server 2003, I currently have a 2008 Core machine hosting two VM's, one being a 2008 and the other 2003. Is there an upodate for the 2003?Anonymous
January 02, 2009
First thanks and second remember to "refresh the hosts" on SCVMM and all will be fine.Anonymous
January 09, 2009
Can anyone explain why these updates don't show up in windows update? Seems silly to have to manually find and download them.