{"id":12188,"date":"2012-03-09T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12188"},"modified":"2012-03-09T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T18:58:08","slug":"vmm-ctp-of-system-center-2012-service-pack-1-sp1-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12188","title":{"rendered":"VMM CTP of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=29094&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm\" target=\"_blank\">document<\/a> just appeared on MS Downloads.&#160; <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This download provides a step-by-step guide that walks you through the new Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) features in the CTP of System Center 2012 SP1.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><u>New Features In The CTP Release<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The VMM CTP of System Center 2012 SP1 provides the following new features of Windows Server 8:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Network virtualization: the multitenant network abstraction mechanism.&#160; Not all the capabilities of network virtualization in Windows Server &quot;8&quot; Beta are supported in this CTP.<\/li>\n<li>VHDX support: the new virtual hard disk that support 64 TB.&#160; For the CTP release, the library server must be a Hyper-V host to automatically index .vhdx files.<\/li>\n<li>Support for file shares that use the Server Message Block (SMB) 2.2 protocol: the new storage alternative.<\/li>\n<li>Live migration enhancements: how Windows Server 8 moves VMs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>System Requirements<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p><strong><u>Item<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p><strong><u>Requirements<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>Operating system<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>All computers that are used for the following roles must be running Windows Server &quot;8&quot; Beta:<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>VMM management server<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>VMM console<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>VMM library server<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>Virtual machine hosts<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>The VMM database server can be running on either Windows Server &quot;8&quot; Beta or Windows Server 2008 R2.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>The only supported guest operating system for virtual machines in this CTP is Windows Server &quot;8&quot; Beta.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>Hypervisor<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>Hyper-V only (on Windows Server &quot;8&quot; Beta)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>SQL Server<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>SQL Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter edition<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00b7 <\/b>64-bit edition only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>Upgrade<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p>You cannot upgrade from a previous version of VMM to this CTP. This includes upgrading from System Center 2012 \u2013 Virtual Machine Manager.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind that this is just the CTP release, wa-ay before beta.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e9b757f5-b062-4b7f-bbaa-af94a6e9c683\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/System+Center\" rel=\"tag\">System Center<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/VMM\" rel=\"tag\">VMM<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Virtualisation\" rel=\"tag\">Virtualisation<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+8\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 8<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document just appeared on MS Downloads.&#160; This download provides a step-by-step guide that walks you through the new Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) features in the CTP of System Center 2012 SP1. 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