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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 RTM!

AdamBomb — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMT

RTM = Release To Manufacturing. It means the product is done and the binaries have been sent to the CD printer.

SCVMM = System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Integrated, multi-vendor management for virtual environments, including Virtual Server, Hyper-V and VMware ESX. VMM 2008 also includes a new feature, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) which enables customers to dynamically manage the performance of their virtual hosts and guests. It provides optimization awareness down to the workload level enabling customers to take either manual or automated remedial action once an unhealthy or inefficient machine state is identified.

Ok, what’s new in this version? Well, a couple of things:

· Now manages Hyper-V, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the new Hyper-V Server 2008

· Now manages VMWare – if you can do it in the VMWare console, you can do it in SCVMM

· New key features: Cluster support, Delegated Administration and resource optimization with PRO

Can I get an eval copy? Sure. You can download it today here: System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Michael Noel on Virtualization Part II

AdamBomb — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Part 2 of the video interview series with Michael Noel of Convergent Computing. Michael is a SharePoint MVP and recently sat down with Kelly Wagman from the System Center team to talk about some real world experiences he's had deploying our products.
In this video, Michael talks about using Virtual Machine Manager to deploy SharePoint in a virtual environment. He talks about disaster recovery and quickly provisioning a SharePoint farm.

A chat with the authors of Hyper-V Unleashed

AdamBomb — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMT

This week I had a chance to sit down with Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, the authors of Hyper-V Unleashed. We talk about their experience in deploying various virtualization technologies, including their recent migration to Hyper-V, as well as tips and best practices for planning a deployment and configuring disaster recovery.

Demo - Hyper-V Server and Live Migration

AdamBomb — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT

When I met with Edwin to go over the new features in Virtual Machine Manager, he had some other really cool stuff he wanted to show me - so cool we weren't really sure if we were allowed to show it yet.
Word is out though now, so I'm gonna go ahead and let you see this sneak peek at Hyper-V Server and Live Migration.
Think of Hyper-V Server as just an operating system stub that allows you to run virtual machines - no requirement for a full host OS just to run VMs.
Live Migration provides fault tolerant virtual machines with no downtime when failing over to other clustered hosts. It's a really cool feature, and one many customers have asked for. Check it out!

Virtualization Launch

AdamBomb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Every once in a while, I get to see a technology that makes me say "Wow!" and this demo from Edwin was one of those moments. He spent most of his time in System Center Virtual Machine Manager, showing me how it could manage Hyper-V, Virtual Server and even Vmware virtual machines from the same console. He showed me how it uses PRO tips to automate tasks based on certain conditions. He showed me the integration with System Center Operations Manager. He showed me that everything that you do through the UI actually just spawns PowerShell commands, and how you can expose those commands to create your own scripts and automation.
He also gave me a sneak peek at two never before seen features - Live Migration of VM's and Hyper-V server.
really cool stuff!

Robert Reynolds talks System Center and Cross Platform Management

AdamBomb — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Robert Reynolds is the Director of Product Planning for System Center. I was able to get some time with him to talk about the cross platform announcements around System Center and Virtual Machine Manager. Robert answers the question of "Why do cross platform now?"

System Center overview with Larry Orecklin

AdamBomb — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Larry Orecklin is the General Manager of the System Center. In this short video, he gives a brief overview of the MMS announcements around Operations Manager and Virtual Machine Manager.