I could see from my blog statistics that there was a lot of interest in managing workgroup hosts using VMM 2008.\u00a0 The hosts that I manage are in our management network forest so that makes things pretty simple.\u00a0 However, I just hit a scenario where I might prefer to run workgroup hosts or hosts in an un-trusted domain\/forest.<\/p>\n
It’s a solution that is possible.\u00a0 A little judicious searching dug up pages on TechNet that gives the host requirements<\/a> and the step-by-steps<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s a summary:<\/p>\n Now, add the "perimeter" host<\/a> on the VMM server.\u00a0 Use the recorded encryption key and the security file.\u00a0 Fire up the add host wizard.\u00a0 Enter the encryption key and the location of the security file as required.<\/p>\n I’d recommend having a separate group for these hosts but that all depends on your security and administration models.\u00a0 You need to create these folders before starting the wizard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I could see from my blog statistics that there was a lot of interest in managing workgroup hosts using VMM 2008.\u00a0 The hosts that I manage are in our management network forest so that makes things pretty simple.\u00a0 However, I just hit a scenario where I might prefer to run workgroup hosts or hosts in … Continue reading “Managing Workgroup Hosts Using Virtual Machine Manager 2008”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n