Entries tagged with virtual machine manager - TechNet Edge

System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 beta preview

Adam Bomb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

I recently sat down with David Mills and Edwin Yuen, who got together for a brief discussion of Microsoft’s IT management and virtualization solution for midsize businesses. With the release of public betas for System Center Essentials 2010 and Data Protection Manager 2010, customers will have the capability to easily manage, backup and restore their physical and virtual servers in an integrated way.

After discussing the benefits of using Hyper-v, SCE 2010 and DPM 2010, Edwin gives us a quick demo of SCE 2010’s integrated virtual and physical management capabilities.

For more information and to download public betas, go to:

SCE 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/sce

DPM 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/dpm

Virtualization at TechEd Australia

Adam Bomb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Events like TechEd Australia are often an opportunity to showcase technology from Microsoft and our partners. One of the ways we did this at TechEd Australia was to set up a large demo platform that all the speakers could host their demos in using virtual machines.
I spent some time with Andrew Lee of HP and Jorke Odolphi of Microsoft to show me the hardware and the configuration that made up the infrastructure.
Some of the cleanest rack wiring I've ever seen. Seriously. Nice work guys!

Top 10 Webcast Mayo: Como construir un datacenter virtual

Jorge Aristizábal — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:14:00 GMT

Mostraremos las consideraciones que debe tener para construir un datacenter virtual.
Orador: Felix González - Venezuela

Insight Control for System Center

Dave Morehouse — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Brad Anderson chats with HP's Scott Farrand about a new management solution from HP, Insight Control for System Center, which integrates the hardware management features of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Microsoft System Center.

For further info, check out this page on the HP site.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 RTM!

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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

Adam Bomb — 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.