The RTM Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 is now available for download. With it you can:
• Offline virtual machines in a SCVMM library.
• Stopped and saved state virtual machines on a host.
• Virtual machine templates.
• Offline virtual hard disks in a SCVMM library by injecting update packages.
Bad news for beta testers: the feature for servicing patching Hyper-V hosts was removed from VMST 3.0. That’s a pity because I thought it was the best feature. On the plus side, we finally can patch VMM templates.
So, I cannot use it without SCVMM?
It’s intended to provide updates for resources in the VMM library and to powered down VMs on the hosts. It uses VMM for all of that work so …. VMM is required.
Where the “heck” can you can support with this tool?
You combine it with SCVMM to update powered down VMs, library-stored VMs, templates, and offline VHDs.