Roadmap to Information Resources
This topic provides information about resources that are available to help guide you through deploying, configuring, using, and troubleshooting Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
Virtual Machine Manager FAQ (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83512) |
Learn about Virtual Machine Manager concepts and features. |
System Requirements for Deploying Virtual Machine Manager (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69926) |
Verify that your network infrastructure and servers meet system and hardware requirements for installing and using Virtual Machine Manager. |
Planning, Installing, and Configuring Virtual Machine Manager (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69927) |
Plan your Virtual Machine Manager deployment, and review step-by-step procedures for installing and configuring VMM components. |
Virtual Machine Manager Operations Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86286) |
Get comprehensive operations information for key scenarios such as virtual machine placement, physical-to-virtual machine conversions (P2V), virtual-to-virtual conversions (V2V), and virtual machine self-service. |
Virtual Machine Manager Troubleshooting Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83589) |
Get help troubleshooting installations, agent deployment, host management, virtual machine creation and deployment, performance, data protection, image library management, reporting, and virtual machine self-service. |
Server Virtualization Management Pack Guide (download site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86411) |
Learn about and deploy the Server Virtualization Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007, which provides comprehensive health and performance monitoring of hosts, virtual machines, and other VMM components, and generates reports for Virtual Machine Manager. The Management Pack also can be used to monitor hosts and virtual machines managed by Virtual Server 2005 R2. You can download the guide along with the Server Virtualization Management Pack from the Management Pack Catalog Web site. |
Virtual Machine Self-Service Help |
Find out how to use the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal to create and manage virtual machines. You can open Help from the Self-Service Portal, or you can open the Help file on the VMM server. On the VMM server, open VMSSHelp.htm in the following path on the system drive: \Program Files\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007\wwwroot\<Language-Code>\VMSSHelp.htm. For example, the path to the U.S. English-language Help system is: \Program Files\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007\wwwroot\EN-US\VMSSHelp.htm. |
Windows PowerShell - Virtual Machine Manager Help |
Provides Help for commonly used cmdlets in the Virtual Machine Manager command shell. For more information, see Using the Virtual Machine Manager Command Shell. |
Virtual Machine Manager Scripting Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91727) |
Find out how to script VMM administrative tasks using the Windows PowerShell - Virtual Machine Manager command shell. |
See Also
Concepts
Getting Started Using Virtual Machine Manager
VMM Support Sites and Communities