What's New in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
This topic provides a categorized list of several tasks that you can perform in System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
Deploying VMM
| Task | For more information |
|---|---|
| Install a highly available VMM management server. | Installing a Highly Available VMM Management Server |
Configuring Security in VMM
| Task | For more information |
|---|---|
| Create Run As accounts to provide the necessary credentials for performing operations in VMM. | Configuring Run As Accounts in VMM |
| Use the new capabilities available to the Delegated Administrator and Self-Service User roles to give users the ability to perform tasks that are new to VMM. | Creating User Roles in VMM |
| Create a Read-Only Administrator user role | Configuring Run As Accounts in VMM |
Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM
| Task | For more information |
|---|---|
| Configure network options such as virtual network adapters and logical switches during the discovery of physical computers on the network (for example, bare-metal computers) and automatic operating system installation in order to convert them into managed Hyper-V hosts. | Adding Physical Computers as Hyper-V Hosts or as Scale-Out File Servers in VMM Overview |
| Use the VMM console to create a Hyper-V cluster from two or more standalone Hyper-V hosts that are managed by VMM. | Creating and Modifying Hyper-V Host Clusters in VMM |
| Use Citrix XenServer as a virtual machine host. | Managing Citrix XenServer Overview |
| Use the VMM console to configure networking resources , such as logical networks, IP address pools, and load balancers, to be used to deploy virtual machines and services. | Configuring Networking in VMM |
| Use the VMM console to configure the storage resources, such as storage classifications, logical units, and storage pools, to be used by Hyper-V hosts and host clusters. | Configuring Storage in VMM |
| Scan servers, such as Hyper-V hosts and library servers, for update compliance based on an update baseline, view update compliance status, and perform update remediation by using a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server. | Managing Fabric Updates in VMM |
| Perform resource balancing by migrating virtual machines within host clusters that support live migration (Dynamic Optimization). | Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization in VMM |
| Turn off hosts that are not needed to meet resource requirements within a host cluster and then turn the hosts back on when they are needed again (Power Optimization). | Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization in VMM |
Deploying Virtual Machines and Services in a Private Cloud in VMM
| Task | For more information |
|---|---|
| Create a private cloud by combining hosts and networking, storage, and library resources together. | Creating a Private Cloud in VMM Overview |
| Use Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) to sequence applications to be deployed by VMM. | Microsoft Server Application Virtualization |
| Create a custom capability profile to limit the resources that are used by virtual machines that are created in a private cloud. | How to Create a Private Cloud from Host Groups |
| Create an application profile that provides instructions for installing Microsoft Server App-V applications, Microsoft Web Deploy 2.0 applications, and Microsoft SQL Server data-tier application framework (DAC Fx) 2.0, as well as for running scripts when you deploy a virtual machine as part of a service. | How to Create an Application Profile in a Service Deployment |
| Create a SQL Server profile that provides instructions for customizing an instance of Microsoft SQL Server for a SQL Server DAC application when you deploy a virtual machine as part of a service. | How to Create a SQL Server Profile in a Service Deployment |
| Deploy virtual machines to private clouds by using virtual machine templates. | Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines in VMM |
| Use the Service Template Designer to create service templates that can be used to deploy services. | Creating Service Templates in VMM |
| Deploy services to private clouds or hosts by using a service template. | Creating and Deploying Services in VMM |
| Scale out a service: Add additional virtual machines to a deployed service. | Scaling Out a Service in VMM |
| Update a service: Make changes to a deployed service. | Updating a Service in VMM |
| Export and import service templates and virtual machine templates. | Exporting and Importing Service Templates in VMM |
See Also
What's New in VMM in System Center 2012 R2
What's New in VMM in System Center 2012 SP1