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Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 is now RTM and available (Updated)
Mar 22nd
Today at MMS2011 I got confirmation of the Virtual Machine Manager product team that Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 is RTM.
UPDATE:
The System Center Virtual Machine Manager Team has released VMM 2008 R2 SP1 and blogged about it:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2011/03/24/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2008-r2-sp1-available-now.aspx
The software can be downloaded from various locations. If you are just looking for an evaluation version go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9189bbce-d970-4c6c-9dd3-9e65798ecd70
Collection of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 hotfixes
Sep 22nd
In the following location you can find a complete collection of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 updates. The list is divided into several sections for different configurations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2397711
However it does not make mention of the latest hotfix rollup which appeared recently:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2308590
Moving a Hyper-V virtual machine to Azure
Nov 18th
Although not fully embracing the capability and scalability of the cloud, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect from Microsoft, talked about the ability to move a virtual machine to the cloud. I heard about it on Twitter and went on to look for the source. Apparently it was talked about during the PDC which is held in Los Angeles this week.
When I try to imagine the possibilities, I suppose you start out building your private cloud based on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V R2 + System Center, you federate your Active Directory forest with Azure, open your System Center Virtual Machine Manager console and – when you are ready – migrate a virtual machine to Azure. Will it be that easy? Will we be able to move back and forth between private and public clouds just that transparently? This notion opens up a lot of possibilities and probably even more questions. But fascinating it is.
I wouldn’t expect Live Migration or even Quick Migration to Azure. Rapid Migration to Azure sounds good, or even Slow Migration to Azure. Anything goes as long you have the upgrade as well as the downgrade path!
If this is true and businesses start to understand its implications for future IT infrastructures, the opposing vBlock might come in for a surprise.
Review of Ray Ozzie’s keynote in which he talked about moving virtual machines to Azure:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10400244-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Fix for accidentally deleting a VHD with Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Nov 16th
Thanks to a tweet from @MSManageability, I finally know how to prevent losing a VHD with VMM2008 R2. If you choose to delete a VHD from an existing VM it actually deletes it.
J. C Hornbeck pointed me to a hotfix (KB976246) which addresses this problem.
When I looked for a download the KB article led me to Windows Update. It appeared the hotfix had already been installed during the last update.
With the hotfix in place VMM now asks:
Support Blog for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Nov 4th
I’d like to call your attention to a newly released support blog for SCVMM2008. It is called SCVMM Callback by J.C. Hornbeck.
It contains many references to other SCVMM sources and discusses a number of well known problems, hotfixes, pre-requisites, troubleshooting info, how-to’s, etc.
The blog can be found at:
http://blogs.technet.com/scvmmcallback/default.aspx
Full version of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 available
Nov 4th
The last time I looked there was only a Trial Version of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. It is now possible to download the full version of the product from TechNet Plus and MSDN Subcriber Downloads.
If you have previously installed the Trial Version, uninstall VMM2008 R2 with the Retain Data option and reinstall the software. It will only take you a few minutes.
The next stop will be not be until 2011.
This slide is from MMS (May 2009)
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