Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Hyper-V give you a complete management and virtualisation solution.\u00a0 The scenario I\u2019m in is unique and often confuses server\/storage people.\u00a0 Most virtualisation scenarios are pretty static, e.g. \u201cWe have 100 servers and we\u2019ll virtualise them.\u00a0 We might add a few every year\u201d.\u00a0 When we started we had this statement \u201cWe have zero servers and we hope to add as many customer VM\u2019s as possible every year\u201d.\u00a0 So if our business does well and thrives, we\u2019ll be growing non-stop and in an increasing manner.\u00a0 Management of performance and health are critical.\u00a0 OpsMgr 2007 SP1 integrates with VMM 2008 and gives us that. <\/p>\n
But what about configuration?\u00a0 We\u2019ll add hosts pretty frequently.\u00a0 I have a WDS image that has 99% of the configuration done.\u00a0 However, the generation of blades we used at the start is now being replaced by HP.\u00a0 That means a new generation.\u00a0 There\u2019s a probability that we\u2019ll have alternate build types for specific projects too.\u00a0 I want to make sure we do things according to best practices.\u00a0 Up to now, that\u2019s been a manual inspection process followed by responding to alerts in VMM and OpsMgr.\u00a0 Then we\u2019d roll out the machine in pilot to test it.\u00a0 Finally I could push it out. <\/p>\n
MS has released<\/a> a tool called the VMM 2008 Configuration Analyser: <\/p>\n \u201cThe VMMCA is a diagnostic tool you can use to evaluate important configuration settings for computers that either are serving or might serve VMM roles or other VMM functions. The VMMCA scans the hardware and software configurations of the computers you specify, evaluates them against a set of predefined rules, and then provides you with error messages and warnings for any configurations that are not optimal for the VMM role or other VMM function that you have specified for the computer. After installing VMM, you can use the VMMCA to evaluate the configurations of computers that you are now using or might use for the VMM roles listed above, as well as computers that you are using or might use for any of the following VMM functions:<\/em> <\/p>\n So now I can fire up this tool on existing servers to analyse them to ensure that things are good. <\/p>\n If you\u2019re still on VMM 2007 then please go here<\/a> instead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Hyper-V give you a complete management and virtualisation solution.\u00a0 The scenario I\u2019m in is unique and often confuses server\/storage people.\u00a0 Most virtualisation scenarios are pretty static, e.g. \u201cWe have 100 servers and we\u2019ll virtualise them.\u00a0 We might add a few every year\u201d.\u00a0 When we started we had this statement \u201cWe … Continue reading “System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Configuration Analyzer Update 1”<\/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-9440","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
Note<\/b> The VMMCA does not duplicate or replace the prerequisite checks performed during the setup of VMM 2008 components.
Before installing VMM, you can use the VMMCA to help you evaluate the configuration of computers that you might use for the following VMM roles:<\/em> <\/p>\n\n
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