Tag: System Center
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Azure like chargeback with System Center & Windows Azure Pack – Part 1
Since the release of Windows Azure Pack a frequently asked question is about the chargeback in Windows Azure Pack. I have heart the question a thousand times why Microsoft does not provide us with the chargeback and billing system from Azure for Windows Azure Pack. The answer is not that easy and I’m not willing…
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SCVMM – Storage Overcommitment PowerShell Script – Version 3.2
Nearly 1000 downloads got my CSV Overcommitment PowerShell script on the TechNet Gallery and again it was time to invest some hours into it. -> https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Discover-Cluster-Shared-859f133c My main focus was to add support for SMB 3.0 file shares which are managed by VMM. Till version 3.1 the script supported only Cluster Shared Volumes and not…
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SCVMM/WAP UR5 – VM Role Gallery Item Disk Deployment Changes
Microsoft is listening to our feedback and gives us the choice between differencing or dedicated disks for the VM role gallery item with Update Rollup 5 for VMM & WAP. -> http://feedback.azure.com/forums/255259-azure-pack/suggestions/6036538-option-to-select-between-differencing-disk-or-dedi -> http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/3023195/en-us Prior to UR5 you had to use a SMA runbook like the one I have published on the TechNet gallery to…
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Windows Azure Pack – ADFS authentication and the NetBIOS domain name
Normally you would only change the authentication mechanism for the WAP Tenant Portal to ADFS and let the Windows Authentication as the default setting for the WAP Admin Portal. When you decide to change the authentication mechanism for the WAP Admin Portal also to ADFS then you have to consider the following behavior of WAP…
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager – General VMM Feedback
This week the VMM team has opened the general VMM feedback site for the public! Do you have an idea or suggestion based on your experience with VMM? We would love to hear it! Please take a few minutes to submit your idea in the one of the forums available on the right or vote…
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System Center 2012 R2 VMM – VM Console Connect Error (0x0003, 0x0000)
This week at one of my customers I got an error during the VM console connect that was initiated over the VMM console. Virtual Machine Manager lost the connection to the virtual machine for one of the following reasons. Another connection was established to the console of this machine The virtual machine has been shut…