Hi All,

I am using SCVMM 2012 R2. I have created a linux template with ubuntu os. In the os configuration when I am setting DNS domain name, I am getting the following error.

The Template Temporary Templatec4d6dece-af1d-4a06-922f-ed857d43d8b1 is already in use by another Template.

If I remove the DNS domain name, then this problem is not coming.
Any help?

Thanks in advance,
Mohak Mahato

Hi there,

We have a System Center 2012 R2 (UR9) HA VMM Management Server running from two nodes cluster. The VMM database is also hosted from a two nodes HA SQL cluster. The database connection is configured to connect to a SQL Availability group listener name via default port 1433 . Now, we need to migrate the VMM database to a new SQL cluster.

I am thinking to stop the VMM cluster role first from failover cluster manager, migrate database and use the same SQL viability group listener name, instance and database name and then start the role. VMM should treat this as a database connection lose and reconnect to the new listener IP by DNS name resolution. Unfortunately, we don’t have a like for like environment to test this.

Does anyone see any issues with my plan – migrating without reinstalling VMM?

The other option is to uninstall VMM with the retain data and then reinstall VMM pointing to the new listener, instance and DB. We want to avoid this if possible.

Thanks in advance,
Choy

Hello, I seem to be unable to load the VMM and DPM PoSh modules simultaneously. For example: if I have the DPM module loaded, and then attempt to load the VMM module, I get the following error:

Import-Module : Could not load type 'Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.IRunOnBehalfOf' from assembly 'Utils, Version=1.0.523.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

Has anyone run into this or know how to get the modules to load simultaneously? This is with System Center 2012 R2 with the UR 10.

Hi

We have prepared VMM 2012 R2 after having many HV hosts in production. As of now we have configured the VMM and managing all standalone as well clustered HV hosts. But we are concerned about the networking part and not sure about modifying anything over here. With all Hyper V hosts we have 4 NICs, 1 Gb X 2 and 10 Gb X 2 NICs, 1 Gb NICs are teamed and created converged networks (1 for management and another for future backups) and 10 Gb NICs are teamed and created converged networks for LM, CSV and for VMs. With VMM we can able to see both Logical Networks MgSwitch and VMSwitch and association between Logical Network "VMSwitch" and with VMs. These are the only two Logical networks automatically created with VMM and as understood both are created on all HV hosts.

The thing is we want to create multiple IP Pools / VLANs and associate it with logical network VMSwitch and when we create a VM using VMM wizrad we should be able to assign static IP to that VM based on which HV cluster role it's created (for eg if we created a VM on Oracle HV cluster then we need to assign 10.170.x.x IP, on Microsoft HV cluster it might be 10.171.x.x etc) 

Also we need  any advise on automation on creating converged networks with any new Hyper V hosts that we add to existing cluster

Looking for valuable advise and support

Thanks in advance

LMS

Hi,

We're having some trouble working out the design for our NVGRE VM's that will provide NAT gateway services for our tenant VMs.

We are attempting to implement the 3 NIC HA model using the provided template as described in this article:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/2013/12/05/adopting-network-virtualization-part-iii/

We've also referred to the excellent Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE guide here:

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Hybrid-Cloud-with-NVGRE-aa6e1e9a

The one area in both of the above referenced designs that we haven't followed is where their gateway VM's are part of the same management domain as VMM and other infrastructure services.

As we will be directly connecting our gateways to the internet with public IP addresses assigned to their front end networks we definitely don't want these VM's connected to our trusted internal network and would prefer to have them connected to a stand alone DMZ/perimeter network and domain.

We do also see no issue in having the dedicated edge gateway Hyper-V hosts added to the trusted network as they will not have the public internet facing IP's directly assigned - only the gateway vm's sitting on those hosts will.

When attempting that scenario we are unable to deploy the network service.  The service tests fail and we receive the error:

We've tried multiple run as accounts but can't get past this error.

Can anyone explain if it is possible to have the gateway VM's on a different domain from VMM and the edge gateway?

Thanks,

Ian

Hi,

I'm trying to write a script that determines whether or not a NIC is connected or disconnected within VMM...

I've got the following so far -

$NIC_Details = Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer $VMM_Server_Name -Name $VM_Name | Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter

However I cannot see anything obvious to determine whether a NIC is connected or disconnected.

The best option I've got so far is possibly playing around with the VirtualNetworkAdapters field.

$NIC_Details = Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMMServer $VMM_Server_Name -Name $VM_Name | Select-Object -Property VirtualNetworkAdapters

Anybody got any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I've got a list of hosts being returned however it doesn't take into account whether or not a host is actually clustered or in maintenance mode...

Is there a particular switch or flag that I can add to this command which excludes hosts in maintenance mode.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Daniel

So i have not been able to find the solution for this one yet and hope that someone else may have an idea.

I installed RTM VMM 2016 then created a nano build with Compute, Storage, Clustering, OEM Drivers then the 2 SCVMM packages.

I am able to deploy out the servers just fine.

For networking i created Logical switch using Embedded teaming as i could not get a normal switch to team. If you try to use a normal switch with LBFO teaming you will get 

Error (25179)
Creating a Virtual Switch based on logical switch is not supported on the selected host ....

So now i have a working host with logical networks and switch and all seems good. But if you look in the compliance view for the switch it is showing out of compliance. So it seems that Nano loads an extra switch extension that is not listed in VMM.

Nano seems to have the following virtual switch extensions:

Microsoft Windows Filtering Platform

Microsoft NDIS Capture

Microsoft Azure VFP Switch Extension

The issue is that that VMM dosnt have the Asure VFP switch extension and without installing a network controller which i dont need i dont see any way to add that in to VMM. Even if it is un-selected in the Virtual Switch manager the fact that it is there VMM wants to remove it.

When you go in to VMM and find the virtual switch change to hosts view and click on one of the hosts you get the following warning:

Warning (26846)
Either the switch extension 'Microsoft Windows Filtering Platform' with driver ID 'e7c3b2f0-f3c5-48df-af2b-10fed6d72e7a' was not installed on the host, or VMM was unable to enumerate the extension's driver version and driver ID. The switch extension is required for this virtual switch.

Recommended Action
Remediate the compliance of this virtual switch, or install the updated switch extension directly on the host.

When you run the Remediate no change happens.

hi guys

we have installed and configured SCVMM 2012 R2 RU9 on Cluster and just want to check whether i can change Product registration information in easy way without reinstall even console, can i do it from PowerShell (may be register-scvmmaccesslicense )

I need to change name and Organization name on this .  installation and configuration are already done

thank you

Indunil

Hi,

I just thought of asking the Community,

the Virtual Machine Utilization report in SCOM's Reporting, i was wondering why it only shows the Memory counters and not the CPU and Counts,

When opening up the Virtual Machine Manager Distributed App's Performance views in SCOM,

i am able to see the performance counters are being collected but they are all have no metrics associated with it,

So from a SCOM side of things i can see the rules are enabled to collect the performance counters on SCVMM but SCVMM is not sending the data to SCOM.

anyone know if this is a configuration on SCVMM to enable?

We have a situation where we installed several Hyper V clusters integrated with SCVMM . Made SCVMM highly available .All works fine .But only after the entire implementation is completed we noticed that the company name provided during the SCVMM installation is incorrect. Is there any way i can modify the company name of the SCVMM. 

For Example i want to modify the name "Robin Corp" . Please suggest me how to modify this . 

ROBIN

Hi All,

I've seen similar questions posed, but not quite the same situation:

I have a System Center 2012 R2 VMM Server - I can RDP into the server and manage it with no issues; with the administrator or my user account (which was added to the Administrators Role).

However, when I install the VMM Console on my PC, the splash screen just sits there.  For hours. Never times out, no Event Viewer error. I can kill it with Task Manager.  

I've tried this with IP address and FQDN/NetBIOS name.  I've tried this with Administrator and my personal account.  Nothing.

In a similar issue - I added coworker, "Kenny" to the Administrators role - when he RDPs to the server, he (Domain\Kenny) can't log on.  But he can with Domain\Administrator.

When he installs the console on his workstation, no accounts connect. 

We don't have Direct Access enabled, SQL sees our accounts (through SMSS).

Could this be a Windows 10 workstation issue? Is there a recent hotfix or CU that breaks it?

Thanks for you assistance.

Good Afternoon

I am running a 2012R2 VMM setup, and have not had any issues adding Hosts manually.

When I run the VMM Bare Metal install, the entire process completes without an issue up to the point where the VMM Agent is installed where it fails.  The server that the Bare metal install fails on displays the error "7024   VMMAgentInstall  %%2147945410 The Resource loader failed to find the MUI File"

The VMM servers log file does not show any errors at all

If I manually try to add the server to VMM, it is added and the agent is installed without an issue.

Here is other relevant info for the build

vhdx: 2012R2 Datacenter, which works during a manual install

Management IP assigned via DHCP

Joined to our domain during the install

System Center 2012 R2 Version 3.2.8117.0

physical server the BMI is performed on Dell R420

Any ideas would be appreciated

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Dear all, 

i would like to deploy SLB MUX using the latest stack with WS2016 and SCVMM 2016. both under EVAL RTM version. 

when i deploy SLBMUX using WS2016 template, the following error occurs. 

VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:47.8864661-07:00]  Adding Network Controller 
Certificates to trusted Root Store
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:47.9802019-07:00] Found certificate at path: 
C:\MuxInstall\NCCertificate\MultiNodeNC.cer
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:47.9802019-07:00] Adding certificate to root store..
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.0426926-07:00] Extracting subject Name from 
Certificate 
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.0426926-07:00] Parsing Subject Name 
CN=172.16.1.30 to get Subject Fqdn 
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.0426926-07:00] Updating registry values for 
Mux...
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.1833192-07:00] Caught an exception:
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.1833192-07:00]     Exception Type: 
System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.1833192-07:00]     Exception Message: Cannot find
 path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SlbMux' because it does not 
exist.
VERBOSE: [2016-10-09T07:54:48.1833192-07:00]     Excepti"

i noticed that, the script which supposed to configure RRAS and processConfiguration doesnt run. any where that i can troubleshoot? or the SDN template script was pure bug?

and im using scripts from here: https://github.com/Microsoft/SDN/tree/master/VMM/Templates/NC

Thanks!

Hello,

I am trying out a System Centre VMM, I created a share on a server, and then added a library server in VMM pointing to that share. Now, it showed up properly as expected. Then I decided to remove the Library Share. Then deleted the content of the share.

Then I tried adding adding the same server as a library server again and the same share,

but this time the library server wont show up in the library server tree group in VMM. After adding the server in the wizard the job windows shows up but with no jobs listed and with no errors.

I cant figure it out, any ideas?

For God, and Country.

Hi all,

I have been struggling with this issue for quite som time now.

I am using SC VMM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 11 and I am trying to deploy a Service.

The template is configured so that the VM is enabling IIS roles in Windows Server 2012 R2.

The template should join a domain.

And it should be under a NLB.

When deploying the service I get the error message:

Error (22042) 
The service (<ServiceName>) was not successfully deployed. Review the event log to determine the cause before you take corrective action. 
Recommended Action 
The deployment can be restarted by retrying the job. 

Error (22011) 
VMM failed to enable the specified server features (Web-Asp-Net;Web-ISAPI-Ext;PowerShell-ISE;Web-Server;Web-Dir-Browsing;Web-Client-Auth;AS-HTTP-Activation;Web-Filtering;Web-Dyn-Compression;Web-WebServer;Web-Request-Monitor;WAS-Process-Model;Web-Url-Auth;Backup-Tools;Web-IP-Security;AS-TCP-Activation;Web-Performance;Web-App-Dev;Web-Http-Errors;Web-Mgmt-Tools;NET-Framework-Core;NET-HTTP-Activation;Web-ISAPI-Filter;AS-Named-Pipes;AS-Web-Support;Web-WMI;Web-Mgmt-Compat;Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console;File-Services;Web-Metabase;AS-Dist-Transaction;AS-Ent-Services;Web-Cert-Auth;Web-Security;Web-Common-Http;Web-Mgmt-Service;WAS-Config-APIs;SNMP-Services;FS-FileServer;Ink-Handwriting;MSMQ-Server;Web-CGI;NET-Non-HTTP-Activ;AS-TCP-Port-Sharing;MSMQ-Services;WAS;Backup;MSMQ-DCOM;AS-Outgoing-Trans;Web-Http-Tracing;Web-Mgmt-Console;Web-Log-Libraries;Web-Windows-Auth;Web-Basic-Auth;WinRM-IIS-Ext;Web-ODBC-Logging;IH-Ink-Support;Web-Http-Redirect;Web-Health;AS-NET-Framework;Backup-Features;AS-MSMQ-Activation;WAS-NET-Environment;MSMQ-HTTP-Support;Web-Static-Cont) on the guest virtual machine (<VMNAME>). For more information, log on to the virtual machine and look in the event logs (). 

Recommended Action 
Log on to the virtual machine and look in the event logs. 

Error (20400) 
1 parallel subtasks failed during execution. 

Error (21952) 
Application deployment failed for one or more tiers or application hosts in the service (<ServiceName>). Check job logs to get more information on the failed operation. 
Recommended Action 
Check error messages and retry the operation if needed. 

Which is stated in this KB-article:

https://support.microsoft.com/sv-se/kb/2798401

The resolution does seem very subpar. It basically states that double reboot doesn't work and we should script or use group policy instead. The article is from January 2013 and I hope(expect) that the issue has been resolved using an update rollup from August 2016?

Does anyone have a solution for this?

Help is greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Genji

Hello,

I made some changes to HyperV host SMBIOS that caused host UUID change.

The problem that in VMM I still see old host UUID (in host properties or when I execute Get-SCVMHost.

Is there  any way to re-sync VMM with the host so host UUID will be updated? I tried to restart VMM service and VMM agent.

Is this the forum to post VMM 2012 R2 related questions? Or, is there a specific forum for VMM 2012 R2? If so, can someone provide the link to VMM 2012 R2 forum?

Thank you,

Rumi