Troubleshooting ISO file sharing in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1

So I was trying to use sharing of ISO files instead of copying when mounting on virtual machines. The really helpful dialog box in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 SP1 politely informs you that OK, so what configuration? I found these steps for VMM 2008: How to Enable Shared ISO Images for Hyper-V …

App Controller and Azure HighMemory SKUs

We are all aware of the lag between the evolution of the Windows Server platform and the System Center suite. It always takes some time from when a new feature in Windows Server is released, before it is supported in the System Center products. Now, it seems, this applies to Windows Azure as well. Consider …

App Controller to SQL firewall requirements

So here’s a quick one… App Controller needs the following services/ports open on the SQL server it is configured to talk to during install: SQL (duh!) (Port TCP 1433) Remote Service Management (RPC SCManager UUID 367ABB81-9844-35F1-AD32-98F038001003) Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) If these are open the App Controller installer can automatically detect the SQL instance and …

How to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 prerequisites

Here is a short script that will install the prerequisites for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: ServerManagerCMD.exe -i PowerShell ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Server ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Asp-Net ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Metabase ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-WMI Since ServerManagerCMD.exe is deprecated in Windows Server 2008 R2 and has been replaced with PowerShell cmdlets, here is the PowerShell command as well: …

SMS 2003 Remote Assistance Configuration

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 enables you to configure the Remote Assistance settings of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computers. This article describes the details of how this is done. Remote Assistance is a technology in Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 that enables users to help each other over the network. With …