about_VMM_2012_Library
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
about_VMM_2012_Library
TOPIC
about_VMM_2012_Library
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Provides an overview of new library features in Virtual Machine Manager
(VMM) for System Center 2012 and the VMM command-line interface.
LONG DESCRIPTION
With the VMM command shell, you can configure and manage library servers
and library resources (for example, virtual hard disks, templates, and
profiles) as well as configure and manage update baselines.
Library Servers
By default, the VMM management server is also a library server. However,
you can add more library servers, as well as update and remove existing
library servers, by using the following cmdlets in the VMM command shell:
- Add-SCLibraryServer
- Get-SCLibraryServer
- Set-SCLibraryServer
- Remove-SCLibraryServer
After you have added your library servers, you can use the VMM library
as a central location to store the following resources:
- Templates. As with previous versions of VMM, you can store virtual
machine templates in the library. With VMM for System Center 2012,
you can also store Service Templates and Service Deployment
Configurations in the VMM library.
- Profiles. You can store the following types of profiles in the VMM
library:
- Application Profiles. An application profile provides instructions
for installing Microsoft Server App-V, Microsoft Web Deploy, and
Microsoft SQL Server data-tier applications (DACs), and for running
scripts when deploying a virtual machine as part of a service. For
more information, type: "Get-Help New-SCApplicationProfile".
- Capability Profiles. Capability profiles define which resources
(for example, number of processors or maximum memory) are available
to a virtual machine that is deployed to a private cloud. For more
information, type: "Get-Help New-SCCapabilityProfile".
- Guest OS Profiles. A guest operating system profile contains common
operating system settings (for example, computer name, domain name,
product key, and time zone), that you can apply to a virtual
machine template. For more information, type: "Get-Help
New-SCGuestOSProfile."
- Hardware Profiles. Hardware profiles contain hardware
specifications (for example, memory, network adapters, and DVD
drive) that you can apply to a new virtual machine or to a virtual
machine template. For more information, type: "Get-Help
New-SCHardwareProfile".
- Host Profiles. Host profiles contain the hardware and operating
system configuration settings used to convert a bare-metal computer
to a Hyper-V host. For more information, type:
"Get-Help New-SCVMHostProfile".
- SQL Server Profiles. A SQL Server profile provides instructions for
customizing a SQL Server instance for a SQL Server DAC when
deploying a virtual machine as part of a service. For more
information, type: "Get-Help New-SCSQLProfile".
- File-based resources. File-based resources include virtual hard disks,
virtual floppy disks, ISO images, scripts, driver files and application
packages. To be used in VMM, a file must be added to the library. New
in VMM for System Center 2012, you can store application packages that
are used for service creation. These application packages include SQL
Server data-tier applications, Web Deploy packages, and Server App-V
packages. You can also store driver files that are used during the
deployment of an operating system when you use VMM to convert a bare-
metal computer to a managed Hyper-V host.
- Custom resources. Custom resources enable you to store resources in the
library that would otherwise not be indexed and show up as available
resources by the library server. If a user creates a folder with a .CR
extension, and then saves the contents to a library share, the folder
contents will be available to all users who can access the share. VMM
will discover and import the folder into the library as a custom
resource. For example, you may want to store a custom installation
package as a custom resource. To add a custom resource to the library,
create a folder with a .CR extension, place content in the folder, and
then use the VMM console to drop the folder on a VMM library share. VMM
discovers and imports the folder into the library as a custom resource.
After you have added custom resources to the library, you can manage
them by using the Get-SCCustomResource, Set-SCCustomResource, and
Remove-SCCustomResource cmdlets.
Library Shares
VMM only indexes files stored on designated library shares. When you add
a library share, the resources on the share are immediately indexed in
VMM. Thereafter, the files on the library share will be indexed during
each periodic library refresh, which is, by default, once each hour. For
more information, type: "Get-Help Add-SCLibraryShare".
Update Catalog and Baselines
VMM for System Center 2012, adds the capability to add an update
server. After you have added a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
server as an update server to your VMM environment, you can create an
update baseline and view the updates that are available on the WSUS
server. For more information, type: "Get-Help Add-SCUpdateServer" and
"Get-Help New-sCBaseline".
Managing Scripts stored in the Library
Administrators can view, edit, and run scripts that are stored in the VMM
library by using the Get-SCScript cmdlet. To remove a script from the
library, use the Remove-SCScript cmdlet.
SEE ALSO
about_VMM_2012
about_VMM_2012_Cmdlet_and_Parameter_Name_Mapping
about_VMM_2012_Cmdlet_Backward_Compatibility
Add-SCLibraryServer
Get-SCLibraryServer
Set-SCLibraryServer
Remove-SCLibraryServer
New-SCApplicationProfile
New-SCGuestOSProfile
New-SCVMHostProfile
New-SCSQLProfile
Get-SCCustomResource
Set-SCCustomResource
Remove-SCCustomResource
Add-SCLibraryShare
Add-SCUpdateServer
New-sCBaseline
Get-SCScript
Remove-SCScript