Had a quirky one recently where by a client was rebuilding a NVGRE gateway (as per this post) failed with the below warning. Warning (26926) Unable to set up Remote Access server to support multi-tenancy mode. (Remote Access server and the host are not configured for multi-tenancy.
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SCVMM DataSize Property
Quick Tip!! So I was asked to create a custom property that gives a quick overview of the total size for the virtual disks on a VM So, leveraging of my DataStore script, I came up with the below.. Enjoy Note: This assumes you have created your custom property already
Read moreHyper-V 2012 R2 NVGRE Gateways Rebuild
Fast publish… will revisit later Scenario: Existing NVGRE gateways manual deployed. Working fine for ages. NAT resources failed to come online HyperV Network Virtualization Gateway role failed FOCM below Cluster resource xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx of type ‘Nat’ in clustered role ‘HyperV Network Virtualization Gateway’ failed The Windows NAT Driver service
Read moreWAP – Deploying a VM Role, some VM’s prompt for product key
Simple one that new WAP users often miss when deploying VHD’s for VM Roles. When deploying a VM role with multiple instances, some instances get stuck during deployment with the VM waiting for a product key to be entered. Although the solution is clearly discussed here on TechNet I find that
Read moreQuick migrate multiple VM’s using PowerShell
As users of System Center Virtual Machine Manager would know, trying to quickly live migrate multiple VM’s can be a slow and tedious task. Whilst I always recommend to user of VMM to use the Migrate Virtual Machine function or the Start Maintenance Mode options, sometimes I need to react
Read moreMigrate Logical Networks from VMM to VMM with PowerShell – The Export
Fast publish! Had to migrate logical networks from an existing VMM 2012 instance into a new shiny VMM 2012 R2 deployment. This is the export from the existing VMM. The import script will follow shortly: Import-Module virtualmachinemanager # all Logical network definitions $LogicalNetsdef = Get-SCLogicalNetworkDefinition Foreach ($def in $LogicalNetsdef){
Read moreDeleting Virtual Network fails due to assigned IP address – SCVMM
Had a request today where a tenant was trying to delete a virtual network but they received an error saying there were dependent IP addresses but they have no IP addresses listed in the network. Using my current favourite PowerShell feature, Out-GridView, we can quickly script the revocation of the
Read morePhysical, Logical & Virtual Networks in a Microsoft Cloud OS Environment
I had to give an overview of our Cloud OS network topology to our support and engineering guys to help them understand at high levels how it all fitted together. The below diagram hopefully demonstrates the 3 layers – physical, logical and virtual – and more importantly how the fit
Read moreAdding existing VM’s to WAP Subscription using PowerShell
Edit: added Cloud parameter to the script. Deploying WAP for clients, they start creating new clouds, plans and subscriptions which is great!! But how do they add existing VM’s to new users in WAP? Easy….. you guessed it…. PowerShell! So I can’t take the credit here, my sources are found
Read moreMigrate multiple VM’s from one Hyper-V cluster to another Hyper-V cluster with different Logical Switch using PowerShell.
Another fast publish! (I really should get back and clean these up…) Recently upgraded one of our Hyper-V clusters and had to migrate workloads to a new Hyper-V cluster. The naming conventions of our logical switches etc were different so when migrating a VM using Hyper-V manager we were prompted
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