Hello,

I have a two node Server 2008 R2 failover cluster that I tried to P2V over the weekend. The cluster has SQL Server Service and a File Server on it. We moved the services and storage to Node2 and powered off Node1. We then did an offline P2V which completed successfully. Upon powering on the VM everything looked good until trying to connect the the cluster. We received event ID error 1034 which says the "quorum" disk could not be brought online because the associated disk could  not be found. I tried connecting to the cluster with the quorum both "Online" and "Offline". Node1 was reporting as "Down" which is was and "Node2" is in a joining state. We've since went back to the physical servers but I was wondering how to go about P2Ving a cluster like this. I was thinking if we evicted Node1 before doing the P2V than the VM would not look for Node1 but I think we'll still have the issue with the quorum disk. Also, what do you do for the heartbeat connection in a case like this? Thanks

Pat

Pat

Hello,

Environment:

• VMM Cluster 2012 R2
• 2x Windows Server 2012 R2 + Hyper-V Role

We are using "Run Script Command" (Powershell: Invoke-SCScriptCommand) for customizations on the Hyper-V hosts, but recently it's the VMM Server reporting an error.

Invoke-SCScriptCommand Parameters:

• Executable programm: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\Powershell.exe
• Parameters: -File "Script.ps1" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden
• Script Resource package: name.cr
• Run As Account: User with Domain Admin permissions

Error (22029)
VMM could not create a process for the script command C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\Powershell.exe.
Either a required impersonation level was not provided, or the provided impersonation level is invalid (0x80070542)

Recommended Action
Verify the script command settings, then try operation again.

The problem appears after installing the "Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB3000483)" on the Hyper-V hosts.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3000483

When I am using the builtin Domain Administrator "domain\Administrator" the error doesn't occur.

Did anyone got the same issue?

Thanks,

This problem has bothered us so much since we installed the last 1 or 2 update rolls. I was not able to find any relevant info online after digging for hours. The forum is my last hope now so any suggestion would be very much appreciated.

We are currently on 3.1.6018.0, with all the updates for SP1 installed. Every time we start the VMM console, we have to keep our fingers crossed, very likely it will crash and we have to restart the VMM service. Then we would be fine for a while until later someone starts a new VMM console session. 

The errors logged every time: 2 identical event 1(I found it interesting to have identical errors from the same source to be logged twice), and event 19999

I think the core part of the error should be this:

P5(methodName):M.V.E.D.SANStorageManagementHelper.FindVolumeForGivenFileSystemPath

P6(exceptionType):System.NullReferenceException

the VMM has all our NAS listed, but we are using CSV through failover cluster manager and not using VMM to provision storage, is this part of the problem?

Event 19999:

Error1/12/2015 11:29:54 AMVirtual Machine Manager  19999None

Event 1

Error1/12/2015 11:29:54 AMVirtual Machine Manager  1None

This problem has bothered us so much since we installed the last 1 or 2 update rolls. I was not able to find any relevant info online after digging for hours. The forum is my last hope now so any suggestion would be very much appreciated.

We are currently on 3.1.6018.0, with all the updates for SP1 installed. Every time we start the VMM console, we have to keep our fingers crossed, very likely it will crash and we have to restart the VMM service. Then we would be fine for a while until later someone starts a new VMM console session. 

The errors logged every time: 2 identical event 1(I found it interesting to have identical errors from the same source to be logged twice), and event 19999

Event 19999:

Error1/12/2015 11:29:54 AMVirtual Machine Manager 19999None

Event 1

Error1/12/2015 11:29:54 AMVirtual Machine Manager 1None

Goodday,

We are running Windows Azure Pack RU5 together with VMM 2012 R2 RU5. We use this together with NVGRE gateways on Windows 2012 R2 for network virtualization. This is working as it should, but we are getting an error from one of the gateway servers stating:

"All Remote Access routing domains are not "Enabled and Available""

When requesting the status of de routingdomains with powershell (get-remoteaccessroutingdomain) I get the status "Enabled but not Available" for one network. All the other networks are "Enabled and Available". I have contacted the customer that owns this network and he does not experience any issues with his network. He can create and remove NAT rules, set up VPN connections and from inside access the internet.

I have tried to restart VMM and perform a failover of the NVGRE gateways, but the status does not change. In the eventlogs of the NVGRE I can not find an event that explains this behavior. Also in the VMM job history there are no related errors to this network.

I would like to know two things:

1. What does the status "Enabled but not Available" mean for the network? Is there a functionality that now should not work?

2. How can I further pinpoint the source of this issue and hopefully fix it?

Thanks in advance for any reply.

Hi

when will VMM 2012 R2 support dynamic storage migration, just like vmWARE ?

Anyone knows?

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David

Just started a new role where virtualisation is Hyper V managed with SCVMM console. I am completely new to SCVMM and mostly new to Hyper V so could do with a some help with, what might be one issue or could be two separate issues

I've trawled the net but cannot find anything helpful so hopefully someone will have similar experience and can shed some light

ISSUE !:  Two servers, a MS Failover Cluster hosting 2 instances of SQL, are reporting an 'Unsupported Cluster Configuration'.  The error info is error(13921) suggesting an issue with NICs.  I have checked all elements both back end and front end and all checks out OK.  Virtual switches on the HYPERV cluster are fine.  Just to make things more interesting, although one of the nodes is hosting both SQL instances, it hasn't been installed on the other node but I don't want to remediate this until I am comfortable with the next part of the problem (see ISSUE 2)

ISSUE 2:  On the same two servers mentioned above, all options are greyed out, including Connect via RDP & Console, (although I can RDP to them both using MSTSC) and all power options,  except delete.  (if this were ESX based I'd say that the VM Tools weren't running)

Could all this stem from the incomplete SQL instance installation? Is SCVMM smart enough to recognise that there is an issue with the failover cluster config (I don't think so personally) and report it as an 'Unsupported Cluster Configuration' AND could this be causing the loss of controls. 

Hi Experts,

I am deploying my Linux VM from SCVMM template.

I need to run an exe file in the Selected Hyper-V host using SCVMM powershell.

I have written a script to copy the exe file to Hyper-V Host and run it from there using Powershell. For this, I use the Copy-item cmdlet to copy the file.

However if the destination Hyper-V host is in a different domain, my script fails since I don't have the credentials of the Hyper-V Server.

Is there any way to copy the file to Hyper-V host from SCVMM Powershell without entering the credentials?

If not, what is the best method to use with credenatils ?

Can I go with New-PSDrive cmdlet to create a drive in the remote Server and copy the file ?

Thanks in advance,

Saleem A

Hi,

I have 2 Hyper-V hosts, both on 2012 R2.  I just added both to be managed by VMM 2012 R2.  Every 30 minutes, MsiInstaller logs a 1035 event to advise that it has 'Reconfigured' the product and does so for each app installed on the server.

On one host, I removed it from VMM.  As such, this stopped the 1035's being logged. So this points to the vmmagent.

Anyone else see this and/or have a fix?

Cheers

Regards,

Stan Svetec

Hello All,

We are using SCVMM 2012 R2 with UR5. We're running our production VMs on Hyper-V Hosts Clusters. Some clusters are of WS 2012 Datacenter Hyper-V hosts, and some clusters are of WS 2012 R2 Datacenter Hyper-V hosts.

Issue is that VMM is not reflecting the performance of any of the VMs. Neither the VMs hosted on WS 2012 hosts, nor the VMs hosted on WS 2012 R2 hosts.

Details are as follows:

CPU Average for all of the VMs = 0%

Assigned Memory = 0 KB

Memory Demand = 0 KB

Memory Status = this field is empty

Disk Read/Write Speed = 0 KBps

However, SCVMM is showing the corrent information of hosts (e.g., Average CPU Utilization, Available Memory, Total Memory, CPU Count, etc.)

Please guide and help me.

Thank you in anticipation.

Regards,

Hasan Bin Hasib

Hi,

I'm looking for some non-overcomplicatied SCVMM Labs.

Something that is failry easy to understand and work on.

Examples include :

• How to setup up a basic multi tenant infrastructure.
• How to setup up a basic intenral corporate network.
• Network Virtualisation example.
• VLAN/Subnet isolation.

The only thing I could find from Microsoft was a 137 page techinical document that was designed to span the world.

Do you know of any helpful guides that I could follow?

Thanks

Hello, 

I have checked the Technet Evaluation Center for the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 - 180 days trial ISO but nowhere to be found.

I see that Microsoft has put a eval VHD on the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40843. 

Microsoft: Can you please upload the: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 iso 180 day trial to the  Technet Evaluation Center since you have cancelled the technet subscribtion :)

Thank you in advance

//Robert Diego

When I try to install the VMM 2012 R2 Admin Console on a Windows 7 machine with updated C++ redistributables, the install hangs on "Gathering required information."  To Get a log I ran the MSI:

msiexec /package adminconsole.msi /log c:\temp\adminconsole.log

Here is the log: 

=== Logging started: 1/21/2014  10:51:52 ===
Action 10:51:52: INSTALL.
Action start 10:51:52: INSTALL.
Action 10:51:52: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications
Action start 10:51:52: FindRelatedProducts.
Action ended 10:51:52: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications
Action start 10:51:52: AppSearch.
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP1VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP1Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP2VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP2Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP3VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP3Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP4VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP4Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP5VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP5Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP6VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP6Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP7VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP7Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP8VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP8Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP9VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP9Value
AppSearch: Property: CREDSSP10VALUE, Signature: FindCredSSP10Value
AppSearch: Property: REGINDIGOPORT, Signature: FindINDIGOPORT
AppSearch: Property: MONADAPPBASE, Signature: MonadAppBaseRegistry
Action ended 10:51:52: AppSearch. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: ValidateProductID.
Action start 10:51:52: ValidateProductID.
Action ended 10:51:52: ValidateProductID. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: CostInitialize. Computing space requirements
Action start 10:51:52: CostInitialize.
Action ended 10:51:52: CostInitialize. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: FileCost. Computing space requirements
Action start 10:51:52: FileCost.
Action ended 10:51:52: FileCost. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: CostFinalize. Computing space requirements
Action start 10:51:52: CostFinalize.
Action ended 10:51:52: CostFinalize. Return value 1.
Action 10:51:52: ExecuteAction.
Action start 10:51:52: ExecuteAction.
Action start 10:51:59: INSTALL.
Action start 10:51:59: FindRelatedProducts.
Action ended 10:51:59: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 0.
Action start 10:51:59: AppSearch.
Action ended 10:51:59: AppSearch. Return value 0.
Action start 10:51:59: LaunchConditions.
Action ended 10:51:59: LaunchConditions. Return value 0.
Action start 10:51:59: SetAuthUsers.
Action ended 10:51:59: SetAuthUsers. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: SetAuthPropertyName.
Action ended 10:51:59: SetAuthPropertyName. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: TranslateUsers.
Action ended 10:51:59: TranslateUsers. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: SetCountComponentClients.
Action ended 10:51:59: SetCountComponentClients. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: CountComponentClients.
Action ended 10:51:59: CountComponentClients. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: ValidateProductID.
Action ended 10:51:59: ValidateProductID. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: CostInitialize.
Action ended 10:51:59: CostInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: FileCost.
Action ended 10:51:59: FileCost. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: CostFinalize.
Action ended 10:51:59: CostFinalize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: InstallValidate.
Action ended 10:51:59: InstallValidate. Return value 1.
Action start 10:51:59: InstallInitialize.
Action ended 10:52:02: InstallInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:52:02: SetDeleteAddInsOldFolder.
Action ended 10:52:02: SetDeleteAddInsOldFolder. Return value 1.
Action start 10:52:02: DeleteAddInsOldFolder.
Action ended 10:52:02: DeleteAddInsOldFolder. Return value 1.
Action start 10:52:02: SetRenameAddInsFolder.
Action ended 10:52:02: SetRenameAddInsFolder. Return value 1.
Action start 10:52:02: RenameAddInsFolder.
Action ended 10:52:02: RenameAddInsFolder. Return value 1.
Action start 10:52:02: PublishEnvironmentVariables.

Hi,

we have a cluster with csv disks, and DPM backup's those vm's with the client on the hypervysor

sometimes we get an error 

DPM encountered a retryable VSS error. (ID 30112 Details: VssError:The writer experienced a transient error.  If the backup process is retried,
the error may not reoccur.
 (0x800423F3))

we found out that something is changing the permissions of the VHDX files

and something is changing the permissions, is it possible that VMM is doing that?

Hello All,

We are using SCVMM 2012 R2 for managing the Hyper-V hosts.

If a VM gets deleted/removed from SCVMM (and from Hyper-V), can we have any logs which tell us that when and who deleted this VM?

Please help.

Thank you.

Regards,

Hasan Bin Hasib

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Hi Guys,

I'm trying to create a scvmm 2012 R2 service template of a test lab.  The idea being users can self service AD environments to test things in.  my ST has two tiers, a Domain Controller tier (only allowed 1 instance) and a member server tier which starts with a minimum of 0 but can be expanded to 10.  The member servers are configured to join the domain created in the Domain Controller tier.

The problem I'm having is that I can't predict what IP the domain controller is going to have, so I can't set the DNS details in the IP Pool of the virtual network the ST will be using (I'm going to create an ST for each Virtual network).

I've tried configuring an application script to change the ip, but this then conflicts with the address assigned by the ip pool and the servers cannot communicate with each other.  If I allow the guest to set its own ip address, they still can't communicate

I've seen some training on Azure and it suggested creating your DC first as the first machine always picks up the .4 address.  I would have hoped VMM worked in the same way.  I.e. I could predict the IP it would get.  Does it work this way or is there a way to emulate this behaviour?

Chris Gibson

Hi Everybody,

Anyone please tell me how to delete/clear the History of Jobs in VMM 2012 R2.

Thank you very much.