KB982523: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Admin Console Hotfix Rollup Package

Microsoft has released a hotfix rollup for the VMM 2008 R2 Admin Console.  It resolves two problems:

• If a VM is configured to have 3 virtual processors, the SCVMM Admin Console crashes
• When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on the Hyper-V server is deleted without warning

The rollup is available via Windows Update (WSUS/ConfigMgr … check your approved products) and can be manually downloaded.  The manual installation instructions are:

“To install this hotfix rollup package that can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog on the Virtual Machine Manager server, follow these steps:

1. Extract the VmmClient32Update.cab or VmmClient64Update.cab file to a temporary directory.
2. Open an elevated command prompt, type the following command for the 32-bit package, and then press ENTER to install the update:

   msiexec /update vmmClient32Update.msp BOOTSTRAPPED=1
   

   Note For the 64-bit package, type the following command:

   msiexec /update vmmClient64Update.msp BOOTSTRAPPED=1”