Specifications

Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1
What’s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 .................................. 1
Live Migration .................................................................................................................................. 1
Support for Clustered Shared Volumes and Third Party CFS ..................................................... 2
Quick Storage Migration................................................................................................................. 2
Hot-Add and Removal of Storage .................................................................................................. 2
Maintenance Mode .......................................................................................................................... 3
Rapid Provisioning ......................................................................................................................... 3
Host Compatibility Checks ............................................................................................................. 3
VMM Key Benefits .......................................................................................................... 3
Optimizes Resource Utilization ..................................................................................................... 3
Increases Operational Agility ......................................................................................................... 5
Takes Advantage of Existing Investments and Expertise ........................................................... 6
Virtual Machine Manager Features ................................................................................. 7
Flexible Deployment ....................................................................................................................... 7
Workgroup Setup ............................................................................................................................ 8
Co-Located Data Center Setup ...................................................................................................... 8
Distributed Enterprise Setup ......................................................................................................... 8
Management Toolset ...................................................................................................................... 9
Administrator Console ................................................................................................................... 9
Remote Management .................................................................................................................... 10
Physical-to-Virtual Wizard ............................................................................................................ 10
Intelligent Placement Ratings ...................................................................................................... 10
SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Reports ........................................................................... 10
Self-Service Web Portal for Delegated Provisioning ................................................................. 11
Management Agents ..................................................................................................................... 11
Getting Started with Virtual Machine Manager .............................................................. 11
System Requirements .................................................................................................................. 11
Software Requirements ................................................................................................................ 12
Network Requirements ................................................................................................................. 16
Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Installing the VMM Server ............................................................................................................ 17