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P2V using Hyper-V 2012
Here is how I started doing P2V on a Hyper-V 2012. I have SCVMM 2012. I want to do a V2V from a Citrix XenServer VM to a Hyper-V VM. The way to go about it is to do a P2V. The official technet documentation says run System Center Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA) first. Installing and running SC VMMCA So I installed System Center Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer on my Windows 7 workstation. It needed a couple of prerequisites like MBCA 2.0. Actually VMMCA is run from inside MBCA. When I run it I get this error message: Troubleshooting: Test ping: yes I can ping the VM…
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Getting Started with SCVMM 2012
After I installed SCVMM I wanted to get up and running quickly. At that time I wrote this document. However after using VMM for a few months I fouund what I did wrong. I re-installed VMM and now I have updated this document to reflect the changed. Here are the updated steps: Start SC VMM manager on the VMM server (At least once start the VMM manager on the VMM server, later on you can install and use it from your own Workstation.) Authenticate to the localhost using the admin account (I was already logged on using an admin account so I chose the option – “Use current…) On the…
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Install guide for SCVMM 2012 SP1
I found quite a few tutorials online for SCVMM 2012 install but nothing useful for 2012 SP1. Most of those people had installed VMM 2012 on Server 2008. The thing is, this newer version is supported only on Windows Server 2012. I am documenting my trials and tribulations here.