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System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup 2 available

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Some days ago Microsoft announced the availability of System Center 2012 SP1 – Update Rollup 2, which included fixes for the whole System Center suite expect Virtual Machine Manager. Yesterday Carmen Summers wrote in her blog post that System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 2 for Virtual Machine Manager is now available as well.

And KB2826405 and KB2826392 fixes around 20 issues with Virtual Machine Manager:

Virtual Machine Manager Server (KB2826405) and Administration Console (KB2826392)

 

Issue 1
The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system is missing from the Linux OS list.

Issue 2
A virtual machine cannot start after migration from Windows 7 to Windows 8 when the DiscardSavedState method is used.

Issue 3
A connection to the VMware virtual machine remote console session cannot be established.

Issue 4
Externally published VMNDs are filtered incorrectly.

Issue 5
When you remove a virtual switch extension property or edit a virtual switch extension manager connection string, a user-interface generated script also removes the HostGroups that are associated with VSEM.

Issue 6
UPPSet is not set on a physical network adapter when you add the network adapter to a team and when the network adapter is the first in the list of network adapters.

Issue 7
The default gateway is missing on a host virtual network adapter after you add a second physical network adapter to the logical switch.

Issue 8
Static IP pool that has the first address in a subnet fails for external network type.

Issue 9
VMM crashes during host refresher when VMM is unable to create a CimSession with the remote host.

Issue 10
Standard (legacy) virtual switch creation on Windows 8 hosts with management virtual network adapter does not preserve the IP properties of the physical network adapter.

Issue 11
The administration user interface crashes with a NullReferenceException error when you click Remediate on a host instead of a virtual network adapter.

Issue 12
The Virtual Machine Manager user interface displays a network adapter in a “Not Connected” state.

Issue 13
The Virtual Machine Manager stops responding with high CPU usage for five to ten minutes when you configure a VMND that has 2,000 network segments.

Issue 14
The host virtual network adapter property for a management adapter does not show port classification.

Issue 15
Live Migration fails at 26 percent when the network adapter is attached to an
isolated virtual machine network.

Issue 16
The Virtual Machine Manager Service crashes when a virtual machine that does not have a port profile is migrated to a cluster by using a logical switch that has a default port profile set.

Issue 17
Running Dynamic Optimizer on a cluster with incompatible host CPUs causes a Virtual Machine Manager Service crash.

Issue 18
The Host refresher crashes for any host that has the RemoteFX role enabled.

Issue 19
The minimum memory for dynamic memory greater than 32GB is a security risk.

Issue 20
The status of the network adapter is displayed as Not Connected in Virtual Machine Manager.

Thanks to Michel Luescher (Consultant Microsoft Switzerland) for the info.

 

Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1

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Microsoft released Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 which includes updates for the System Center Suite. Get more information about the Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 on support.microsoft.com.

System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 1 Available

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After Microsoft released System Center 2012 SP1 the first update rollup is available which fixes some issues for some of the System Center components. With the System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 1 (KB2785682) fixes also some issues with System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and App Controller (SCAC).

You can get more information about what is fixed on the Description of Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 page.

Thanks to Michel Lüscher (Consultant at Microsoft Switzerland) for the link.

 

 

Failover Cluster Manager Error caused by KB2750149

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Hans Vredevoort (MVP Virtual Machine) yesterday reported a issue with one of the January updates for Windows Server 2012. After he deployed the latest Windows Updates from January to the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cluster it was not possible to view the roles of this Cluster and got the following error:

Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Error

The issue only affect the MMC with the Failover Cluster Manager. All roles on the Cluster still run fine and without any issues.

After he reported this problem, he got a quick note from the Microsoft cluster team that KB2750149 was the cause of this problem and that the current advice is to uninstall this update until further notice.

Thanks to Hans for reporting this issue.

Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 released

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In July Microsoft released the beta of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012  and two weeks ago Microsoft released the final of  the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 (VMST 2012). I already did a post how you can update offline VHDs via Virtual machine Servicing Tool.

Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 streamlines the process of keeping your offline virtual machines, templates and VHDs up-to-date with the latest operating system and application updates, without introducing vulnerabilities into your IT infrastructure. VMST 2012 helps you effectively manage the workflow of updating your offline virtual machines according to their individual needs.

Using features in VMST 2012, customers can service:

  • Offline virtual machines in a SCVMM library.
  • Stopped and saved state virtual machines on a host.
  • Virtual machine templates.
  • Offline virtual hard disks in a SCVMM library by injecting update packages.

VMST 2012 works seamlessly with other Microsoft technologies.

VMST 2012 is designed to work with Microsoft® System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and with the following technologies:

  • Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) WSUS 3.0 SP2.
  • System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

You can find the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 in the Microsoft Download Center.

SBB Mobile 2.0 for Windows Phone released

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Finally the SBB Mobile App for Windows Phone was updated to Version 2.0. Version 2.0 uses the functions for backround tasks and Live tiles wich came in Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango).

New Features in Version 2.0:

  • Price display (when you hold the phone lengthways)
  • E-vouchers can be purchased and redeemed.
  • Promo codes can be redeemed.
  • Station pages and the Lost and Found Service have been added.
  • The support area has been enhanced.
  • Live tile for the last searched connection
  • Secondary tile enabling rapid access to “My tickets”
  • Timetable and ticket favourites have been separated.
  • Optimized icons
  • Calendar import via e-mail
  • Bug fixes

You can download the SBB Mobile App in the Windows Phone marketplace.

My first year with Windows Phone

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Exactly one year ago I got my first Windows Phone. Since then a lot has change and Windows Phone has really improved.

After the first update, called NoDo, I could leave my iPhone 4 behind and change to the HTC 7 Trophy. Of course the hardware was nowhere near the iPhone 4 but the Windows Phone OS was just great. Now one year later there is a lot of good Windows Phone hardware out there and the Windows Phone OS has improved with Mango.

I am sure there will be a lot more great Windows Phone stuff in the future.

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