SCVMM

10 March

Node fairness on Hyper-V 2016, VM Load Balancing for the SMB!

Written by George Markou

A new Virtual Machine Load Balancing feature was introduced along with Windows Server 2016, Node Fairness. What can it do for you? Well, it will optimize the utilization of your Hyper-V Cluster nodes by Load Balancing the Virtualized Workloads within...

Cluster, Hyper-V, SCVMM, Virtualization, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Server Leave a Comment

22 January

Scale out a Storages Spaces Direct cluster using SCVMM 2016

Written by George Markou

Hello ppl! It’s me again, geeking out once again about SDS and Storage Spaces Direct. As the time goes by, more and more deployments are popping out in field and people are always seeking out ways to optimize their...

Cluster, Hyper-V, S2D, SCVMM, Server, Systems Center, Virtualization, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Server Leave a Comment

08 August

Convert pass-through disks to .vhdx file format

Written by George Markou

Recently I experienced an issue while trying to storage migrate a Hyper-V VM Guest with a pass-through disk attached. That was not feasible so I had to convert it to vhdx and re-attach it to my Guest. Prerequisites: Ensure...

Hyper-V, SCVMM, Server, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Server Leave a Comment

05 August

User roles in Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager cheat sheet

Written by George Markou

Below is a cheat sheet for the everyday life to help you better understand and remember the permission lvls of each role.

SCVMM, Server, Systems Center, Windows Windows Server Leave a Comment

04 July

Export a complete list of all the VM Guests managed by an SCVMM Server

Written by George Markou

1. From the target computer where SCVMM Console is installed, open the Virtual Machine Manager Command Shell. 2. Export a complete list of all the VM Guests managed by SCVMM Server into a CSV File. [crayon-5d5f8df557747842213178/] The above information...

Hyper-V, Scripts, SCVMM, Server, Virtualization, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Server Leave a Comment

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