Tag: System Center
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SCVMM / SMA runbook is stucked in an infinity loop
Just a quick note to a situation I experienced last week I want to share with you. Assume you have installed the VMM console on your SMA runbook worker to get the VMM PowerShell cmdlets. So you can leverage them directly on the runbook worker. The important part is to keep the VMM console up…
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Microsoft Technical Summit 2015 Sessions online available – What’s new in SCVMM 2016?
The Microsoft Technical Summit 2015 took place in Darmstadt from 17th November till 19th November and the sessions are now available through Channel 9. Most of the sessions are in German and only a few in English. -> https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/microsoft-techncial-summit/Technical-Summit-2015-The-Next-Level I was honored again for the third time in a row to be a speaker at…
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Connecting App Controller 2012 R2 with System Center 2016 TP4 VMM
Let me start this blog post with the explanation why I am writing about connecting App Controller 2012 R2 with SCVMM 2016 TP4. It is not about that I like App Controller more than Windows Azure Pack or something else. The reason is that I presented last week my session “What’s new in System Center…
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Managing Nano Server with System Center 2016 TP4 VMM
This week Microsoft has released the Technical Preview 4 for Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016. -> http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/11/19/make-innovation-easier-with-windows-server-2016-and-system-center-2016-technical-preview-4.aspx Finally the package bits of the SCVMM agent for the Nano Server are included in the ISO. When you are creating your Nano Server image run the following four lines to integrate the SCVMM agent into…
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Deploying Storage Spaces Direct on a Single Node SOFS Cluster
In my previous post on how to deploy Windows Server 2016 TP3 onto an SD card I introduced you to my new server system. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/how-to-deploy-windows-server-2016-tp3-onto-an-sd-card/ The reason why I bought this system was to play around with Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 TP3. Regarding the testing guide Microsoft recommends four servers to…
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System Center 2012 R2 VMM Update Rollup 8 introduces Port ACL Management
Today Microsoft published the Update Rollup 8 for the System Center 2012 R2 Suite and Windows Azure Pack. -> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3096378 But I want to talk about a specific feature that Microsoft has added to the Virtual Machine Manager in UR8. It is the management capability of Hyper-V Port ACLs in VMM. Ability to deploy extended…