Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. VMM 2012 Architecture -- Introduction -- Knowing your current environment: Assessment -- Designing the solution -- Creating the private cloud fabric -- Understanding each component for a real-world implementation -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Domain controllers -- Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) -- System Center App Controller -- System Center components scenarios -- See also -- Designing the VMM server, database, and console -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more... -- Storage providers - SMI-S and SMP -- Bare Metal -- Configuring security -- Run As accounts and Run As profiles in VMM -- Ports communications and protocols for firewall configuration -- VM storage placement -- Management cluster -- Small environment -- LAB environments -- Medium and enterprise environments -- Private cloud sample infrastructure -- Hosting environments -- See also -- Planning for high availability -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more… -- SQL Server -- VMM library -- Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- See also -- Licensing the System Center -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works….

Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more… -- Verifying WMI providers -- Troubleshooting tools -- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) troubleshooting -- Data collection tools -- See also -- 2. Installing SCVMM 2012 -- Introduction -- Creating service accounts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for VMM implementation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- There's more… -- See also -- Installing VMM dependencies -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components -- The Telnet client -- See also -- Configuring distributed key management -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- See also -- Installing a VMM management server -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- See also -- Installing the VMM console -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- Connecting to a VMM management server by using the VMM console -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- See also -- Creating a Run As account's credentials in VMM -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Disabling a Run As account -- Enabling a disabled Run As account -- Deleting a Run As account -- Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each SCVMM component -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- 3. Installing the VMM Management Server -- Introduction -- Installing a highly available VMM management server -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Installing a VMM management server on an additional node of a cluster -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also.

Connecting to a highly available VMM management server by using the VMM console -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Uninstalling a highly available VMM management server -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 4. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM -- Introduction -- Creating host groups -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Moving a host group to another location -- Configuring host group properties -- See also -- Setting up a VMM library -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a library share -- Adding file-based resources to a VMM library share -- Creating or modifying equivalent objects in the VMM library -- Marking (creating) objects as equivalent -- Modifying equivalent objects -- See also -- Networking - configuring logical networks in VMM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating an IP address pool -- Associating the VMM logical network with the physical adapter -- See also -- Networking - VM network and gateways with VMM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a gateway device for VM network support -- See also -- Networking - configuring ports and switches with VMM -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a native port profile for VM adapters -- Creating a port classification -- Adding a virtual switch extension manager -- Creating a logical switch -- Configuring the network adapter for VMs and host management -- See also -- Configuring storage with VMM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Creating an iSCSI session on a host -- Bringing the storage pools under management and assigning classifications -- Configuring the allocation method for a storage array -- Creating logical units -- Allocating logical units and storage pools to a host group -- See also -- Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host - Bare Metal host deployment -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters with VMM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding Hyper-V hosts in a disjointed namespace -- Adding Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter network -- Installing the agent on the standalone server -- Adding perimeter hosts to VMM -- See also -- 5. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services -- Introduction -- Creating private clouds -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Assigning the private cloud to a user role -- See also -- Creating hardware, guest OS, application, and SQL profiles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a guest operating system profile -- Creating an application profile -- Creating a SQL Server profile -- See also -- Creating user roles in VMM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a delegated or read-only administrator user role -- Creating a tenant administrator role -- Creating an application administrator (self-service user) role -- Configuring self-service user roles to share and receive resources -- See also -- Creating and deploying virtual machines -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- There's more... -- Generalizing the guest OS using Sysprep -- See also -- Creating virtual machine templates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Enabling MAC spoofing -- Deploying virtual machines from virtual machine templates -- See also -- Creating and deploying service templates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace -- Scaling out a service in VMM -- Updating a service in VMM -- See also -- Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine by using SAN Copy -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a SAN Copy-capable template -- Deploying a virtual machine through rapid provisioning -- See also -- 6. Upgrading from SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 -- Introduction -- Reviewing the upgrade options -- How to do it... -- In-place upgrade from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 -- Upgrading to VMM 2012 or to VMM 2012 SP1 on a different computer -- Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 -- More planning considerations -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Uninstalling previous versions of Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) -- Checking whether Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is started -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 -- Upgrading a VMM console -- Upgrading the VMM Self-Service Portal -- Uninstalling the VMM Self-Service Portal -- See also -- Reassociating hosts after upgrading -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Updating the VMM agents -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Performing other post-upgrade tasks -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Updating driver packages -- Relocating the VMM Library -- See also -- 7. Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager -- Introduction.

VMM PowerShell overview.