Tag: System Center
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Rolling Cluster Upgrade in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
One of the best features in Windows Server 2016 will be the Rolling Cluster Upgrade capability. Even better you can orchestrate it with the System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager. The requirements are very low. Your servers only need a baseboard management controller, you must have also a prepared VHD in your VMM library with…
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Bare-Metal Provisioning Hyper-V Cluster in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
In System Center 2012 R2 VMM you can do a bare-metal provisioning of a single Hyper-V host or of a Scale Out File Server cluster. Now in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM you can do a bare-metal provisioning of a Hyper-V cluster too. In the Fabric section click on Create in the ribbon bar and…
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Convert Standard Switch to Logical Switch in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
How often have I rebuild the Hyper-V Switch configuration in the last few years at customer sites? I cannot remember. When ever I implemented VMM or checked the VMM installation at a customer I designed or redesigned the Logical Network configuration and with that the Logical Switch configuration. In System Center 2012 R2 VMM you…
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Connect Windows Server 2016 TP3 Network Controller with System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
Today Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 TP3 and System Center 2016 TP3. -> http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/08/19/what-s-new-in-windows-server-2016-and-system-center-2016-technical-preview-3.aspx Finally with the release of Technical Preview 3 we got a guide on how to set up the Network Controller role in Windows Server 2016. -> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt282165.aspx In TP3 you are able to set up a single node Network Controller. Multi…
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Side Session at System Center Universe Europe
Beside my breakout session on day one at SCU Europe I have a side session too. The side session will be about “What’s new in System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager?” -> http://planning.systemcenteruniverse.ch/Planing/SessionDetail/170?DateId=0
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Azure / Azure Stack – IaaS VM ARM MMA & Operational Insights Template Integration
Digging deeper into the Azure Resource Manager capabilities and the template design I got involved today with the Azure VM Extensions. Especially with the Microsoft Monitoring Agent and the automatic configuration for Azure Operational Insights. -> http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/operational-insights/ If you are using VMs in Azure you want some monitoring and analyzing capabilities for them. Instead of…