Cheng's Random Thoughts on System Management
Senior Program Manager, MSD
Microsoft working with OVF community to improve virtual machine interoperability
Hello, I wanted to send out this quick note to update everyone on our continued focus on and...
Date: 11/19/2012
Update on VMM refreshers - what has changed and what this means to you
Good day, folks! Since System Center 2012 SP1 Beta was released last week, we’re super excited...
Date: 09/17/2012
System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 SPF Installation Issue
Greetings folks, After we released our System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 release, we've received a lot of...
Date: 06/27/2012
System Center 2012 VMM OVF Export / Import Tool is available now.
Greetings folks! Microsoft is committed to interoperability and openness in the products and...
Date: 06/11/2012
Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is available now!
Greetings folks! As you're all busy getting ready for the holiday season, I'd like to introduce you...
Date: 12/11/2009
SCVMM 2008 R2 downloadable docs are available now!
Greetings, folks! I'm pleased to let you all know that our documentation team has just published the...
Date: 09/30/2009
It's here - SCVMM 2008 R2 RTM'ed.
Greetings folks! This is one of the very exciting mements that I have to drop whatever I'm doing and...
Date: 08/24/2009
VMM 2008 R2 Upgrade Guide
As part of the VMM 2008 R2 launch, I'm inviting my colleague, Kerim, to provide you some information...
Date: 08/24/2009
What’s new in VMM 2008 R2 RC?
Greetings, folks! Hope you had a good Mother's Day weekend (if you celebrate that holiday)! Since...
Date: 05/11/2009
VMM Network Location and Network Tag
Hello there! Today I got a guest poster, my colleague, David Armour. David is a senior program...
Date: 05/08/2009
Got a "Bad Gateway"?
Greetings, folks! Hope you had a great Easter on last Sunday, if you celebrate that holiday! My kids...
Date: 04/14/2009
What you need to know about Maintenance Mode
Hello folks, As you can see from the news, we’ve released our beta for SCVMM 2008 R2, which...
Date: 03/18/2009
SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta is released!
Greetings folks! I’m pleased to announce that the public Beta of SCVMM 2008 R2 is now...
Date: 03/13/2009
VMM Security content is posted on Technet.
Greeting folks! Hot off press – Our content team has worked hard to produce a set of documents...
Date: 03/05/2009
NIC teaming and VMM
Greetings folks, NIC Teaming, also called “Load Balancing and Fail-Over” (LBFO) or...
Date: 02/26/2009
When should I consider running my VMM Service by using a domain account?
Greetings folks! Hope you all had a good Valentine weekend last week! If you noticed, during your...
Date: 02/19/2009
Hyper-V Security Guide – beta now available
The Hyper-V Security Guide can help you elevate the security of virtualized Windows Server...
Date: 02/13/2009
VMM 2008 MP is available for download!
Greetings, My colleague, Alan Goodman, has published a blog entry about the release of VMM 2008 MP,...
Date: 02/04/2009
Managing VM hosts in a disjoint namespace environment
Greetings folks and Happy Chinese New Year to you if you celebrate that cultural tradition! Today, I...
Date: 01/28/2009
Multiple VMs per LUN
Hi there, Rakesh just posted a new blog, through which he explains the ins and outs about the model...
Date: 01/15/2009
Shrink your VHD size
Hello there, Happy New Year! We had a pretty big snow storm during the past Christmas in Seattle...
Date: 01/07/2009
VMM Configuration Analyzer 2008 is now available for download!
Greetings folks, Today, I've got a guest poster, Carmen Asher, one of my colleagues in VMM team....
Date: 12/04/2008
Running SQL server 2008 on Hyper-V
Now the world of IT is turning its focus on consolidating the physical computers into virtual...
Date: 10/27/2008
SCVMM 2008 RTM!
Finally, the wait is over! Today, we have released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. For...
Date: 10/21/2008
All about refreshers ...
If you have been using VMM for a while, you’ve probably figured out that we use various...
Date: 10/01/2008
Two important updates for SCVMM
Working with SCVMM team, Hyper-V team and BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) team have...
Date: 09/24/2008
Get Virtual Now
Yes, today is a big day for Microsoft and a big day for the IT industry. We launched our full...
Date: 09/08/2008
Install and uninstall VMM agent on Windows 2008 Server Core
Since Windows 2008 Server Core does not come with Graphical UI, managing things on Core can be a bit...
Date: 09/08/2008
How to collect WinRM traces
Since “How to collect SCVMM traces” and “What to do when I have hosts in Needs...
Date: 08/28/2008
DFS on VMM Library
We have seen some questions around DFS and VMM Library. Here is an attempt to explain how VMM would...
Date: 08/26/2008
What ELSE can I do when my host is in Not Responding state?
After I posted "What to do when my host is in Not Responding state?", I received a few queries about...
Date: 07/30/2008
Removing an ESX host or stopping managing an ESX host?
We have heard some feedback that some of our customers did not expect VMM to remove an ESX host when...
Date: 07/09/2008
SCVMM and Network Ports We Use for Communication
More than often, deploying SCVMM server and managing VM hosts require coordination with your network...
Date: 06/30/2008
SCVMM Beta 2008 patch to support Hyper-V RC1 is released
If you are running SCVMM 2008 Beta and you are testing Hyper-V, you know that our Beta does not work...
Date: 06/10/2008
Clustered Hosts and HA VMs in SCVMM 2008
Why Clustering? When IT organizations start moving their physical computing environment to a...
Date: 06/10/2008
Managing Hosts in Windows 2000 AD Forest By Using VMM 2008
As you know when you install VMM 2008 server, the computer where you want to install VMM 2008 Server...
Date: 06/05/2008
Introducing SCVMM 2008 Performance & Resource Optimization (PRO)
What is PRO? PRO stands for Performance & Resource Optimization (in some of our Beta...
Date: 05/21/2008
Intelligent Placement in SCVMM 2008
Intelligent Placement feature is one of the unique functionalities that you will only find in...
Date: 05/13/2008
User Role Management and Self-Service in SCVMM 2008 Beta
One of the key new investments in SCVMM 2008 is a significantly improved User Role Management. In...
Date: 05/09/2008
How to collect SCVMM traces
In order to diagnose a failure scenario, it is normally required to reproduce the issue and collect...
Date: 05/08/2008
Unable to add host or hosts in "Needs Attention" state (SCVMM 2008 Beta)?
These are probably two of the most frequently asked questions in the Technet SCVMM forum. I'm unable...
Date: 05/02/2008
Add host into VMM 2008 Beta
Well, once you finish installing VMM Server and have your admin console setup, the next you want to...
Date: 04/30/2008
VMM 2008 Architecture
If you are in MMS 2008, you've probably seen this architecture diagram: For folks who did not get a...
Date: 04/30/2008
Managing VMware
Why should I use VMM to manage my VMware? In Rakesh's post, he talked extensively on why we decided...
Date: 04/30/2008
Installing SCVMM 2008 Beta
Now that you got the beta release, the first order is to set it up. Before you start, I'd highly...
Date: 04/29/2008
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta has been shipped!
Greetings! Earlier this morning, at MMS 2008 (Las Vegas), we announced that SCVMM 2008 (vNext) Beta...
Date: 04/29/2008
Hello there
Hi, My name is Cheng Wei, and I'm a program manager in SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager)...
Date: 04/29/2008