Index

A

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) / Run As accounts in VMM
• administrator user role
  • about / Creating user roles in VMM
  • user, adding to / How to do it...
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS / Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V
• Analysis Management Objects (AMO)
  • installing / Getting ready
• application administrator role
  • about / Creating user roles in VMM
  • creating / Creating an application administrator (self-service user) role
• application focus strategy
  • about / Introduction
• application profile
  • about / Getting ready
  • creating / Creating an application profile
• application profiles
  • about / How to do it…
• availability options, VM
  • configuring / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
  • VM priority / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
  • preferred and possible owners / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
  • availability sets / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
  • about / How it works...
  • availability sets, configuring on host cluster / Configuring availability sets for a VM running on a host cluster
  • preferred and possible owners, configuring / Configuring preferred and possible owners for a VM

B

• bare-metal host deployment, fabric management
  • about / Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host – Bare Metal host deployment
  • performing / Getting ready, How to do it...
  • PXE server, deploying / Getting ready
  • PXE server, configuring / Getting ready
  • DHCP server, configuring / Getting ready
  • base image, adding / Getting ready
  • Run As account, creating / Getting ready
  • host profile, creating / Getting ready
  • working / How it works...
• Bare Metal
  • about / Bare Metal
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • about / Bare Metal
• BITS
  • about / Background Intelligent Transfer Service troubleshooting
• BITSadmin
  • used, for verifying BITS / Background Intelligent Transfer Service troubleshooting
• block-level storage devices / Integrating and configuring the storage
• BMC
  • about / Configuring host BMC settings
  • configuring / How to do it...
• BMC protocols
  • System Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) / Configuring host BMC settings
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) / Configuring host BMC settings
  • Data Center Management Interface (DCMI) / Configuring host BMC settings
• BMC settings, VMware ESX host
  • configuring / Configuring host BMC settings, How to do it...
  • computer, turning on or off through VMM / Powering a computer on or off through VMM
• Border Gateway Protocol / How to do it...

C

• CIM-XML
  • about / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• Citrix XenServer VM
  • converting, to Hyper-V / Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V
• Citrix® VM
  • converting, to Hyper-V / Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V, How to do it..., How it works...
• Citrix® XenServer®
  • hosts and pools, managing / Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools
  • integrating, with VMM / Getting ready
  • host, adding to VMM / Adding Citrix® XenServer® hosts to VMM
  • working / How it works...
  • failed job, troubleshooting / Troubleshooting a failed job when adding XenServer® hosts
• Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CDIR) / How to do it...
• Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) / How it works...
• Command Line Utilities / How it works...
• components, VMM 2012
  • VMM console / How to do it…
  • management server / How to do it…
  • database / How to do it…
  • VMM library / How to do it…
  • Self Service Portal / How to do it…
  • VMM command shell / How to do it…
• Consistent Device Naming (CDN) / Getting ready, How it works...
• converged networks
  • about / Designing for converged networks
  • designing for / Designing for converged networks
• CREATE permission / How it works...
• CreateStorageGroupsPerCluster property / How it works...
• customer IP address (CA) / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
• Customer IP address (CA) / How it works...

D

• database
  • about / How to do it…
• Data Center Management Interface (DCMI) / How to do it...
• data collection tools
  • about / Data collection tools
  • VMM tracing tools / Data collection tools
  • VMM TraceViewer utility / Data collection tools
• Data Protection API (DPAPI) / Run As accounts in VMM
• delegated administrator user role
  • creating / Creating a delegated or read-only administrator user role
• Dell EqualLogic Storage array
  • about / Getting ready
  • VMM 2012 R2, configuring with / How to do it...
• deployment rules, VMM 2012 / How it works…
• Device Specific Module (DSM) / Prerequisites for cluster creation using VMM 2012
• DFS Namespaces (DFSN) / How it works…
• DFS Replication (DFSR) / How it works…
• DHCP server
  • configuring / Getting ready
• discovery, OpsMgr
  • managing / How to do it...
  • about / How it works...
• Disk2VHD tool / Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V
• Distributed Key Management (DKM) / How it works...
• dium- or large-scale environment / Medium and enterprise environments
• DKM
  • about / Configuring Distributed Key Management, Getting ready
  • considerations / Getting ready
  • configuring / How to do it…, How it works...
  • permissions / How it works...
• domain controllers
  • about / Domain controllers
• driver packages
  • updating / Updating driver packages
• Dynamic Memory (DM) / Private cloud sample infrastructure
• Dynamic Optimization (DO)
  • about / Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
  • settings / Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
  • enabling / Getting ready
  • settings, configuring / Configuring settings for Dynamic Optimization (DO)
  • working / How it works...
  • performing / Performing Dynamic Optimization (DO) on the host cluster
• dynamic optimization strategy
  • about / Introduction

E

• enterprise environment / Medium and enterprise environments
• ETL file
  • converting, VMM TraceViewer utility used / Data collection tools
• execution policies
  • Restricted / How it works...
  • AllSigned / How it works...
  • RemoteSigned / How it works...
  • Unrestricted / How it works...

F

• fabric administrator
  • about / Creating user roles in VMM
• fabric management
  • host groups, creating / Creating host groups, How to do it...
  • VMM library, setting up / Setting up a VMM library
  • networks, configuring in VMM / Configuring networks in VMM
  • logical networks, configuring / Networking – configuring logical networks
  • VM networks, configuring / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • gateways, configuring / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • storage, integrating / Integrating and configuring the storage
  • storage, configuring / Integrating and configuring the storage
  • host profile, creating / Creating a physical computer profile (host profile)
  • bare-metal host deployment / Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host – Bare Metal host deployment
  • Hyper-V hosts/clusters, adding / Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters
  • Hyper-V hosts/clusters, managing / Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters
• fabric resources
  • configuring, in VMM / Getting ready
• fabric resources infrastructure
  • configuring / Introduction
• failed job, XenServer hosts
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting a failed job when adding XenServer® hosts
• Failover Cluster Manager / How it works...
• Fiber Channel / Getting ready
• file server cluster
  • setting up / How to do it...
• file storage, fabric management
  • about / Integrating and configuring the storage
• firewall configuration
  • performing / Ports' communications and protocols for firewall configuration
• Full Converged networks / How it works...
• fully qualified domain name (FQDN) / Integrating and configuring the storage

G

• gateways
  • configuring / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
• Gen 1, and Gen 2 VMs
  • URL, for comparison / Getting ready
• generalized OS
  • creating / Generalizing the guest OS using Sysprep
• Get-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet
  • about / How it works...
• Get-Help cmdlet
  • used, for automating tasks in VMM / Using the Get-Help cmdlet
  • working / How it works...
  • -full parameter / How it works...
  • -detailed parameter / How it works...
  • -examples parameter / How it works...
  • -online parameter / How it works...
• Get-SCCloud cmdlet / How it works...
• Get-SCLogicalNetwork / Object synchronization
• Get-SCRunAsAccount cmdlet / Using VMM Run As accounts
• globally unique identifier (GUID) / Using the JobGroup parameter
• Group Managed Service Account (GMSA) / How to do it...
• Group Policy (GPO) / How to do it..., How it works...
• guest OS
  • generalizing, Sysprep used / Generalizing the guest OS using Sysprep
• Guest OS Profile
  • about / Getting ready
  • creating / Creating a guest operating system profile

H

• hardware profile
  • about / Getting ready
  • creating, steps / How to do it...
• hardware requirements, VMM console / How it works…
• hardware requirements, VMM database server / How it works…
• hardware requirements, VMM library server / How it works…
• hardware requirements, VMM management server / How it works…
• HA VMM 2012 upgrade
  • failover cluster, deploying / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • VMM database / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • library server / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • VMM Self-Service Portal / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
• HA VMM deployment
  • best practices / There's more...
• HA VMM management server
  • installing / Installing a highly available VMM management server, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • installing, on additional node / Installing a VMM management server on the additional node of a cluster, How to do it..., How it works...
  • connecting to, VMM console used / Connecting to a highly available VMM management server using the VMM console, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • library server, deploying on file / Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster, How to do it...
  • uninstalling / Uninstalling a highly available VMM management server, There's more...
• High Availability (HA) / How to do it…
  • planning / Planning for High Availability, How it works...
  • considerations / How it works...
  • considerations, for SQL Server / SQL Server
  • considerations, for VMM library / The VMM library
• host bus adapter (HBA) / Prerequisites for fabric configuration
• Host Bus Adapter (HBA) / Getting ready
• Host Bus Adapter (HBA) ports / How it works...
• host groups, fabric management
  • creating / Creating host groups, How to do it...
  • structure / Getting ready
  • child host group, creating / How to do it..., How it works...
  • location, moving / Moving a host group to another location
  • properties, configuring / Configuring host group properties
• hosting environments / Hosting environments
• host profile, fabric management
  • about / Creating a physical computer profile (host profile)
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• hosts
  • reassociating, after upgrade / Reassociating hosts after upgrading, How it works...
• Hyper-V
  • VMware VM, converting to / Converting VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V, How to do it...
  • Citrix® VM, converting to / Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V, How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V clusters
  • creating / Creating Hyper-V clusters
  • prerequisites, for VMM 2012 / Prerequisites for cluster creation using VMM 2012
  • prerequisites, for fabric configuration / Prerequisites for fabric configuration
  • prerequisites, for networking / Prerequisites for networking
  • deploying / How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V host
  • adding, as cluster node / Adding a Hyper-V host as a cluster node
• Hyper-V hosts
  • about / Upgrading from 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 on a different computer
  • reassociating / Reassociating hosts after upgrading
  • adding, in disjointed namespace / Adding Hyper-V hosts in a disjointed namespace
  • adding, in perimeter network / Adding Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter network
  • VMM agent, installing on standalone server / Installing the agent on the standalone server
  • perimeter hosts, adding to VMM / Adding perimeter hosts to VMM
• Hyper-V hosts/clusters, fabric management
  • adjusting / Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters, How to do it...
  • managing / Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters, How to do it..., How it works...

I

• Internet browser / How it works...
• IPAM and VMM time synchrony
  • about / The IPAM and VMM time synchrony
  • permissions, updating / The IPAM and VMM time synchrony
• IPAM integration
  • configuring / Integrating with the IPAM server for IP management, How to do it..., How it works...
  • time synchrony / The IPAM and VMM time synchrony
• iSCSI / Getting ready
• iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) / How it works...
• Isolation, VM networks
  • about / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways

J

• JobGroup parameter
  • using / Using the JobGroup parameter

L

• lab environment / Lab environments
• library server, HA VMM
  • deploying / Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster, How to do it...
  • design scenario / Getting ready
• licensing, VMM 2012 / Getting ready
• licensing, VMM 2012 R2 / How it works…
• Linux Integration Services (LIS) / Getting ready
• Linux VMs
  • about / Managing Linux virtual machines
  • managing / Managing Linux virtual machines, How it works...
  • VMM agent, installing / How to do it...
• live migration (LM), VM
  • about / Live migrating virtual machines
  • requisites / Requirements for live migration
  • requisites, for live storage migration / Requirements for live storage migration
  • requisites, for live system migration / Requirements for live system migration
  • performing, between two standalone Hyper-V servers / How to do it..., How it works...
  • performing, between hosts in two clusters / Performing live migration of a VM between hosts in two clusters
  • live storage migration, performing between standalone hosts / Performing live storage migration between standalone hosts
  • concurrent live migrations, performing / Performing concurrent live migrations
• logical networks, fabric management
  • about / Networking – configuring logical networks
  • configuring / Networking – configuring logical networks, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
  • IP address pool, creating / Creating an IP address pool
  • network configuration, automating / Automating the network configuration, Associating the VMM Logical Network with the physical adapter
  • VMM logical network, associating with physical adapter / Associating the VMM Logical Network with the physical adapter
• logical switches
  • creating / Creating a logical switch
• Logical Unit Number (LUN)
  • about / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• logical units (LUNs) / Getting ready

M

• MAC spoofing
  • enabling / Enabling MAC spoofing
• management clusters
  • about / Management clusters
• management packs, Operations Manager 2012
  • installing / Installing management packs, How to do it...
  • importing / How it works...
• management protocols
  • about / Bare Metal
• management server
  • about / How to do it…
• MAP toolkit
  • URL / Knowing your current environment – assessment
  • about / Knowing your current environment – assessment
• memory priority settings, VM
  • start-up memory / There's more...
  • minimum memory / There's more...
  • maximum memory / There's more...
  • memory buffer percentage / There's more...
• memory throttling
  • about / Configuring resource throttling
• memory throttling, VM
  • configuring / Configuring memory throttling
• memory weight, VM
  • configuring / Configuring memory weight
• Microsoft Device Specific Module (DSM) / Getting ready
• Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service / How it works..., Prerequisites for fabric configuration
• Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service / Getting ready
• Microsoft SQL Server Native Client / SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components
• monitoring, OpsMgr
  • extending, with management packs / Extending monitoring with management packs
• Multipath I/O (MPIO) driver / Prerequisites for cluster creation using VMM 2012
• Multipath I/O (MPIO) feature / How it works..., Getting ready
• Multivendor hypervisor support
  • about / Introduction
  • diagrammatic representation / Introduction

N

• network adapter
  • configuring / Configuring the network adapter for VMs and host management
• Network Attached Storage (NAS) / Integrating and configuring the storage
• networking features, VMM 2012 R2 / New networking features in VMM 2012 R2
• Networking Virtualization (NV) / New networking features in VMM 2012 R2
• network QoS / Designing for converged networks
• networks, fabric management
  • configuring / Configuring networks in VMM
  • converged networks, designing for / Designing for converged networks
  • logical switches, configuring / Networking – configuring logical switches, port profiles, and port classifications
  • port profiles, creating / How to do it...
  • port classification, creating / How to do it...
• network settings, VMware ESX host
  • configuring / Configuring network settings on a VMware ESX host, Configuring the network settings for a host
  • verifying, for virtual switch / Verifying the settings for a virtual switch
  • compliance information, viewing for physical network adapter / Viewing the compliance information for a physical network adapter
• New-SCVirtualMachine cmdlet / Using the JobGroup parameter
• No Isolation mode, VM network / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
• Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) / Introduction
• NUMA, VM
  • configuring / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
• NVGRE / Getting ready, How it works...

O

• object synchronization, VMM PowerShell / Object synchronization
• ODX / How it works…
• Operations Manager (OpsMGR), VMM 2012 R2 / Introduction
• Operations Manager 2012 R2 installation
  • performing / Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • deploying / How it works...
  • management server health, confirming / There's more...
  • management packs, installing / Installing management packs, How to do it...
  • discovery and agents, managing / Managing Discovery and Agents, How to do it..., How it works...
  • monitoring, extending with management packs / Extending monitoring with management packs, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Operations Manager Report Security Administrator profile / How it works...
• OpsMgr
  • extending, with management packs / Extending monitoring with management packs
  • proxy settings, configuring for agent / Configuring proxy settings for an agent
  • proxy settings, configuring for management server / Configuring proxy settings for a management server
• OpsMgr 2012-VMM 2012 integration
  • configuring / Configuring the integration between Operations Manager 2012 and VMM 2012, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • PRO tips, enabling in VMM 2012 / Enabling PRO tips and maintenance mode integration in VMM 2012
  • maintenance mode integration, enabling in VMM 2012 / Enabling PRO tips and maintenance mode integration in VMM 2012
  • reporting, enabling in VMM / Enabling reporting in VMM, Getting ready, How to do it...
• OpsMgr agent
  • installing / How to do it...
  • task, configuring / Configuring the OpsMgr Agent task to adjust the registry settings
• OpsMgr console / How it works...
• OpsMgr reports
  • viewing / There's more...
  • predefined reports / There's more...
• Orchestrator (SCORH), VMM 2012 R2 / Introduction

P

• Paravirtual (PV) / Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools
• pass-through disks / Requirements for live migration
• Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) management / Creating a tenant administrator role
• planning considerations, VMM upgrade
  • Virtual Server 2005 R2 / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • VMware ESX and vCenter / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • SQL Server Express / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • library server / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • service account, selecting / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • DKM settings, selecting / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • logging, to same account used during VMM 2008 R2 installation / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • local system account, using / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • HA VMM 2012, upgrading to / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
• port classification
  • creating / Creating a port classification
• port profiles
  • creating / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
  • creating, for VM adapters / Creating port profiles for VM adapters
• ports and protocols
  • configuring, on host firewall / Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM component, How to do it...
• post-upgrade tasks
  • performing / Performing other post-upgrade tasks
  • driver packages, updating / Updating driver packages
  • VMM library, relocating / Relocating the VMM Library
• power optimization
  • about / Introduction
• Power Optimization
  • about / Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
  • settings / Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
  • rules of thumb / Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
  • enabling / Getting ready
  • settings, configuring / Configuring settings for Power Optimization
  • working / How it works...
• PowerShell cmdlets
  • About help topics, displaying / Displaying About topics
• Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) / Managing fabric updates
• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) / Creating the private cloud fabric
• predefined reports, OpsMgr reports
  • capacity utilization report / There's more...
  • chargeback report / There's more...
  • host group forecasting report / There's more...
  • host utilization report / There's more...
  • host utilization growth report / There's more...
  • power savings report / There's more...
  • SAN usage forecasting report / There's more...
  • Virtual Machine allocation report / There's more...
  • Virtual Machine utilization report / There's more...
  • virtualization candidates report / There's more...
• prerequisites, SAN Copy capabilities / Getting ready
• private cloud
  • about / Introduction
  • resources, for creating / Creating private clouds
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
  • assigning, to user role / Assigning the private cloud to a user role
• private cloud fabric
  • setting up / Creating the private cloud fabric
  • resources / Creating the private cloud fabric
• private cloud sample infrastructure
  • about / Private cloud sample infrastructure
• processor throttling
  • configuring / How to do it...
• profiles
  • about / Creating hardware, guest OSes, applications, and SQL profiles
  • working / How it works...
• profile type, VMM
  • hardware / Getting ready
  • Guest OS / Getting ready
  • application / Getting ready
  • SQL Server / Getting ready
• provider addresses (PAs) / Getting ready
• Provider IP address (PA) / How it works...
• PSCredential object / Credentials
• PXE server
  • configuring / Getting ready

Q

• Quality of Service (QoS) / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP

R

• $RunAsAccount variable / Using VMM Run As accounts
• rapid provisioning
  • about / How it works...
  • used, for deploying virtual machine / Deploying a virtual machine through rapid provisioning
• read-only administrator role
  • about / Creating user roles in VMM
• read-only administrator user role
  • creating / Creating a delegated or read-only administrator user role
• real-world production environment
  • correct system requirements, specifying / Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario, How it works…
• Receive Side Scaling (RSS) / Designing for converged networks
• Remote Administrative Tools (RSAT) / Getting ready
• Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) / Getting ready
• Reporting Services (SSRS) / How to do it...
• resources, private cloud fabric
  • servers / Creating the private cloud fabric
  • networking / Creating the private cloud fabric
  • storage / Creating the private cloud fabric
• resource throttling
  • configuring / Configuring resource throttling
• Robocopy / Adding file-based resources to a VMM library share
• Run As account
  • credentials, creating / Creating credentials for a Run As account in VMM, How it works...
  • about / How it works...
  • disabling / Disabling a Run As account
  • enabling / Enabling a disabled Run As account
  • deleting / Deleting a Run As account
• Run As accounts
  • creating / Configuring security
  • about / Run As accounts in VMM
  • host computer category / Run As accounts in VMM
  • BMC category / Run As accounts in VMM
  • network device category / Run As accounts in VMM
  • profile category / Run As accounts in VMM
  • external category / Run As accounts in VMM

S

• SAN
  • about / Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy
• SAN Copy
  • used, for rapid provisioning virtual machine / Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy, How to do it...
• SAN Copy-capable VHD/VHDX
  • creating, on host / How to do it...
• SAN Copy capable based template
  • creating / Creating a template that is SAN Copy capable
• SCAC
  • about / Deploying SC App Controller 2012 R2 for hybrid cloud management
  • deploying / How to do it..., How it works...
  • connecting / There's more...
  • connecting, to private clouds / Connecting to private clouds – integrating with VMM 2012
  • connecting, to SVMM / Connecting to private clouds – integrating with VMM 2012
  • connecting, to public clouds / Connecting to public clouds
• scale out feature
  • about / Scaling out a service in VMM
• SCCM Task Sequence (TS) / System Center components' scenarios
• script, PowerShell
  • creating / Creating a script from VMM wizards, How to do it...
  • generated script, modifying / Modifying a generated script
  • parameters, adding to generated script / Adding parameters to a generated script
  • about / Storing and running scripts in VMM
  • storing, in VMM library / Storing a script in the VMM library
  • viewing, in VMM library / Viewing and updating a script in the VMM library
  • updating, in VMM library / Viewing and updating a script in the VMM library
  • running, from VMM library / Running a script from the VMM library
  • running, from command prompt / Running a script from the command prompt
  • credentials / Credentials
  • VMM Run As accounts, using / Using VMM Run As accounts
  • JobGroup parameter, using / Using the JobGroup parameter
• security
  • configuring / Configuring security
• self-service user roles
  • configuring, for sharing/receiving resources / Configuring self-service user roles to share and receive resources
• self-signed SSL certificate, VMM
  • importing / Importing the VMware self-signed SSL certificate
• Self Service Portal
  • about / How to do it…
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• service
  • deploying, from virtual machines / Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace
  • deploying, from Services workspace / Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace
  • deploying / Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace
  • scaling out, in VMM / Scaling out a service in VMM
  • updating, in VMM / Updating a service in VMM
• service-level agreements (SLAs) / Getting ready
• service accounts
  • creating / Creating service accounts, How to do it..., How it works...
• service consumer strategy
  • about / Introduction
• Service Management Automation / System Center components' scenarios
• Service Principal Name (SPN)
  • registering / There's more…
• Service Reporting
  • about / Service Reporting
• Services workspace
  • service, deploying from / Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace
• service templates
  • about / Creating and deploying service templates
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet
  • about / How it works...
• Shared VHDX
  • about / Installing a highly available VMM management server
• small environment / Small environment
• SMI-S CIM-XML / Integrating and configuring the storage
• SMI-S provider
  • about / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• SMP / Integrating and configuring the storage
• SMP provider
  • about / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• software requirements, VMM console / How it works…
• software requirements, VMM library / How it works…
• software requirements, VMM management for SC 2012 R2 / How it works…
• solution design, VMM 2012
  • about / Designing the solution
• SQLCMD utility / SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components
• SQL data-tier applications (SQL DAC)
  • about / How to do it…
• SQL profiles
  • about / How to do it…
• SQL Server 2012
  • installing / Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for a VMM implementation, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…
• SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) / Getting ready
  • configuring / How to do it...
• SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components
  • SQLCMD utility / SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components
  • Microsoft SQL Server Native Client / SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components
• SQL Server profile
  • about / Getting ready
  • creating / Creating a SQL Server profile
• storage, fabric management
  • block-level storage devices / Integrating and configuring the storage
  • file storage / Integrating and configuring the storage
  • adding / How to do it...
  • iSCSI session, creating on host / Creating an iSCSI session on a host
  • allocation method, configuring for storage array / Configuring the allocation method for a storage array
  • logical units (LUN), creating / Creating logical units (LUN)
  • logical units, allocating to host group / Allocating logical units and storage pools to a host group
  • storage pools, allocating to host group / Allocating logical units and storage pools to a host group
• Storage Area Network (SAN) / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• storage area network (SAN) / Prerequisites for fabric configuration
• storage automation
  • working / How it works...
• Storage deployment
  • automating / Getting ready
• Storage Management API (SMAPI) / Integrating and configuring the storage
• Storage Management Initiative (SMI-S) / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• storage pools / Configuring host group properties
• storage providers
  • about / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
  • SMI-S provider / Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP
• storage units / Configuring host group properties
• strategies, VMM
  • application focus / Introduction
  • service consumer / Introduction
  • dynamic optimization / Introduction
  • Multivendor hypervisor support / Introduction
• supported storage providers
  • SMI-S CIM-XML / Integrating and configuring the storage
  • SMP / Integrating and configuring the storage
• Synthetic Fibre Channel
  • about / Configuring Synthetic Fibre Channel
• Sysprep
  • about / How it works…
  • used, for generalizing guest OS / Generalizing the guest OS using Sysprep
• System Center 2012 App Controller
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Operations Manager
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Orchestrator
  • about / How it works...
• System Center 2012 Service Manager
  • about / How it works...
• System Center App Controller
  • about / System Center App Controller
• System Center component
  • scenarios / System Center components' scenarios
• system requirements, real-world scenario
  • OS and servers for SC 2012 R2 / How it works…
  • hardware component / How it works…
  • ISO images / How it works…

T

• Telnet client
  • installing / The Telnet client
• tenant administrator
  • about / Creating user roles in VMM
• tenant administrator role
  • creating / Creating a tenant administrator role
• top-of-rack (TOR) switches / Adding a gateway device, a virtual switch extension, or network manager in VMM 2012 R2
• troubleshooting, VMM 2012
  • performing / Getting ready
  • techniques / How to do it…
  • WMI providers, verifying / Verifying WMI providers
  • troubleshooting tools / Troubleshooting tools
• troubleshooting techniques, VMM 2012
  • event logs / How to do it…
  • VM manager log / How to do it…
  • VMM installation-related troubleshooting logs / How to do it…
  • VMM server setup logging / How to do it…
  • VMM agent installation logging / How to do it…
  • WinRM, troubleshooting / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…, There's more…
• troubleshooting tools
  • about / Troubleshooting tools
  • Windows Management Instrumentation Tester / Troubleshooting tools
  • WMI Service Control utility / Troubleshooting tools
• Trusted People certificate store / Adding vCenter to VMM

U

• upgrade notes, VMM / Upgrade notes:
• upgrade options
  • reviewing / Reviewing the upgrade options
  • in-place upgrade from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 / In-place upgrade from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012
  • VMM 2008 R2 SP1, upgrading to VMM 2012 on different computer / Upgrading from 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 on a different computer
  • VMM 2012, upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 / Upgrading from VMM 2012 to VMM 2012 SP1
  • VMM 2012 SP1, upgrading to VMM 2012 R2 / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
  • planning considerations / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2
• user
  • adding, to built-in administrator user role / How to do it...
• user role
  • private cloud, assigning to / Assigning the private cloud to a user role
• user roles
  • creating, in VMM / Getting ready
• user roles, VMM
  • administrator / Creating user roles in VMM
  • fabric (delegated) administrator / Creating user roles in VMM
  • read-only administrator / Creating user roles in VMM
  • tenant administrator / Creating user roles in VMM
  • application administrator (self-service user) / Creating user roles in VMM

V

• Veeam MP
  • about / Extending monitoring with management packs
  • download link / Getting ready
  • system requisites / Getting ready
  • installing / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• Virtual Disk Service API (VDS) / Integrating and configuring the storage
• Virtual Fiber Channel
  • about / Installing a highly available VMM management server
• Virtual Fibre Channel
  • configuring / Getting ready, How to do it...
  • vSAN, creating / Creating virtual SANs
  • VM or VM template, creating / Creating a VM or a VM template with Virtual Fibre Channel
  • vSAN port assignments, editing / Editing vSAN port assignments
  • vSAN, removing / Removing a vSAN
  • vHBA, adding / Adding a new vHBA
  • vHBA WWNN and WWPN dynamic settings, editing / Editing vHBA WWNN and WWPN dynamic settings
• Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)
  • about / How to do it…
• Virtual Host Bus Adapters (vHBAs) / How it works...
• virtual IP (VIP) address / Creating an IP address pool
• virtual machine
  • creating / How to do it...
  • deploying / How it works…
  • service, deploying from / Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace
  • rapid provisioning, SAN Copy used / Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy, How to do it...
  • deploying, rapid provisioning used / Deploying a virtual machine through rapid provisioning
• virtualmachinemanager module / How it works...
• virtual machines
  • deploying, from virtual machine templates / Deploying virtual machines from virtual machine templates
• virtual machine templates
  • creating / Creating virtual machine templates, How to do it..., How it works...
  • virtual machines, deploying from / Deploying virtual machines from virtual machine templates
• virtual machine templates deployment
  • MAC spoofing, enabling / Enabling MAC spoofing
• virtual NUMA
  • about / Configuring virtual NUMA in VMM 2012 R2
  • configuring, in VMM 2012 R2 / Configuring virtual NUMA in VMM 2012 R2
• virtual processor (VP) weight / Configuring resource throttling
• virtual switch extension manager
  • adding / Adding a virtual switch extension manager
• VLAN-based VM network / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
• VM
  • availability options, configuring / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
  • NUMA, configuring / Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
• VMM
  • about / Introduction
  • fabric resources infrastructure, configuring / Introduction
  • fabric resources, configuring / Getting ready
  • user roles, creating in / Getting ready
  • service, scaling out / Scaling out a service in VMM
  • service, updating in / Updating a service in VMM
  • supported features, for ESX/ESXi hosts / Adding VMware vCenter Server to VMM
• VMM-managed fabric server
  • about / Managing fabric updates
  • updates, managing / Managing fabric updates, How to do it...
  • WSUS, installing for VMM / Installing WSUS for VMM 2012
  • WSUS, integrating with VMM / Integrating WSUS with VMM, How it works..., There's more...
  • compliance, scanning / Scanning servers for compliance
  • updates, remediating for standalone server / Remediating updates for a standalone server in VMM
  • updates, remediating for Hyper-V cluster / Remediating updates for a Hyper-V cluster in VMM
• VMM 2008 R2 SP1
  • upgrading, to VMM 2012 / In-place upgrade from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012, How it works...
  • upgrading, to VMM 2012 on different computer / Upgrading from 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 on a different computer
• VMM 2012
  • about / Introduction
  • strategies / Introduction
  • current environment, assessing / Knowing your current environment – assessment
  • solution, designing / Designing the solution
  • features / Designing the solution
  • private cloud fabric, setting up / Creating the private cloud fabric
  • components / Understanding each component for a real-world implementation
  • Bare Metal / Bare Metal
  • protocols / Ports' communications and protocols for firewall configuration
  • port communications / Ports' communications and protocols for firewall configuration
  • small environment / Small environment
  • lab environment / Lab environments
  • medium- or large-scale environment / Medium and enterprise environments
  • enterprise environment / Medium and enterprise environments
  • private cloud sample infrastructure / Private cloud sample infrastructure
  • hosting environments / Hosting environments
  • licensing / Licensing the System Center
  • editions / How it works…
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies, How it works…
  • supporting technologies / Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies
  • upgrading, to VMM 2012 SP1 / Upgrading from VMM 2012 to VMM 2012 SP1, How it works...
• VMM 2012 deployment
  • fabric, configuring / Getting ready
  • rules / How it works…
• VMM 2012 implementation
  • System Center 2012 App Controller / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Configuration Manager / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Operations Manager / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Orchestrator / How it works...
  • System Center 2012 Service Manager / How it works...
• VMM 2012 R2
  • networking features / New networking features in VMM 2012 R2
  • license summary / How it works…
  • upgrading to / Upgrading to VMM 2012 R2, How to do it..., How it works...
  • high available notes / Installing a highly available VMM management server
• VMM 2012 R2 components
  • Virtual Machine Manager / Introduction
  • Orchestrator (SCORH) / Introduction
  • Operations Manager (OpsMGR) / Introduction
• VMM 2012 R2 installation
  • performing / Introduction
  • service accounts, creating / Creating service accounts, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
  • Microsoft SQL Server, deploying / Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for a VMM implementation, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…
  • VMM dependencies, installing / Installing VMM dependencies, How it works...
  • DKM, configuring / Configuring Distributed Key Management, How to do it…, How it works...
  • VMM management server, installing / Installing a VMM management server, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • VMM console, installing / Installing the VMM console, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • VMM management server, connecting using VMM console / Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console, How it works…
  • Run As account's credentials, creating / How to do it..., How it works...
  • ports and protocols, configuring on host firewall / Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM component
• VMM 2012 SP1
  • upgrading, to VMM 2012 R2 / Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2, How it works..., Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 or VMM 2012 R2
• VMM agents
  • updating / Updating the VMM agents, How to do it...
• VMM command shell
  • about / How to do it…
• VMM component
  • ports and protocols, configuring on host firewall / Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM component, How to do it...
• VMM console
  • about / How to do it…
  • upgrading / Upgrading a VMM console
  • installing / Installing the VMM console, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • configuring, for connecting to VMM management server / Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console, How it works…
  • configuring, for connecting to HA VMM management server / Connecting to a highly available VMM management server using the VMM console, How to do it..., How it works...
• VMMCredential parameter type / Using VMM Run As accounts
• VMM deep discovery / How it works...
• VMM dependencies
  • installing / Installing VMM dependencies, How it works...
• VMM library
  • about / How to do it…
  • relocating / Relocating the VMM Library
• VMM library, fabric management
  • setting up / Setting up a VMM library, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • library share, adding / Adding a library share
  • file-based resources, adding to library share / Adding file-based resources to a VMM library share
  • equivalent objects, creating / Creating or modifying equivalent objects in the VMM library, Marking (creating) objects as equivalent
  • equivalent objects, modifying / Modifying equivalent objects
• VMM library requirements / Getting ready
• VMM logical networks
  • assigning / How it works...
• VMM management server
  • installing / Installing a VMM management server, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…
  • connecting, VMM console used / Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console, How it works…
• VMM Port Profiles / Designing for converged networks
  • about / Designing for converged networks
• VMM PowerShell
  • about / Introducing VMM PowerShell
  • installing / Installing the VMM PowerShell module
  • starting / Starting VMM PowerShell
  • working / How it works...
  • properties / Understanding PowerShell properties
  • methods / Methods
  • object synchronization / Object synchronization
  • command, searching for automating tasks / Finding the command to automate tasks in VMM
  • Get-Help cmdlet, using for automating tasks / Using the Get-Help cmdlet
  • script, creating from VMM wizards / Creating a script from VMM wizards, How to do it...
  • script, storing / Storing and running scripts in VMM
  • script, running / Getting ready
  • credentials / Credentials
  • VMM sample scripts, using / Using VMM sample scripts
• VMM PowerShell sample scripts
  • using / Using VMM sample scripts
  • virtual machines, counting per OS / Counting the number of Virtual Machines per Operating System, How it works...
  • storage provider, adding by IP address / Adding a storage provider by its IP address
  • dynamic VHD, converting to fixed VHDX / Converting a dynamic VHD to a fixed VHDX
  • virtual disk drive, creating / Creating a new virtual disk drive and adding it to an existing Virtual Machine
  • virtual disk drive, adding to existing VM / Creating a new virtual disk drive and adding it to an existing Virtual Machine
  • dynamic VHD attached to fixed-format virtual disk, testing on VM / Testing a dynamic VHD attached to a fixed-format virtual disk drive on a Virtual Machine
• VMM Self-Service Portal
  • upgrading / Upgrading the VMM Self-Service Portal
  • uninstalling / Uninstalling the VMM Self-Service Portal
• VMM server
  • designing / Designing the VMM server, database, and console implementation
• VMM services, VMM 2012 / There's more...
• VMM system requirements, VMM upgrade
  • checking / Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade, How to do it...
  • WAIK, uninstalling / Uninstalling previous versions of Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
  • WinRM, checking / Checking whether Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is working
• VMM TraceViewer utility
  • about / Data collection tools
• VMM tracing tools
  • about / Data collection tools
• VMM upgrade
  • upgrade options / Reviewing the upgrade options
  • system requisites, checking / Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade
  • VMM 2012 R2, upgrading to / Upgrading to VMM 2012 R2, How to do it..., How it works...
  • hosts, reassociating / Reassociating hosts after upgrading, How it works...
  • VMM agents, updating / Updating the VMM agents, How it works...
  • post-upgrade tasks, performing / Performing other post-upgrade tasks, How it works...
• VM networks, fabric management
  • about / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • configuring / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • Isolation / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • No Isolation mode / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • VLAN-based / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • configuring, through vendor network-management / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • gateways / Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
  • creating / How to do it...
  • gateway device, configuring / Adding a gateway device, a virtual switch extension, or network manager in VMM 2012 R2
  • virtual switch extension, adding / Adding a gateway device, a virtual switch extension, or network manager in VMM 2012 R2
  • network manager, adding / Adding a gateway device, a virtual switch extension, or network manager in VMM 2012 R2
• VM priority
  • configuring / How to do it...
• VM storage placement / The VM storage placement
• VMware ESX host
  • adding, to VMM / Adding VMware ESX hosts or host clusters to VMM, How to do it...
  • prerequisites / Getting ready
  • verifying / There's more...
  • host status, updating to OK / Updating the host status to OK
  • network settings, configuring / Configuring network settings on a VMware ESX host, Configuring the network settings for a host
  • BMC settings, configuring / Configuring host BMC settings, How to do it...
• VMware ESX host clusters
  • adding, to VMM / Getting ready
  • verifying / There's more...
• VMware templates
  • importing / Importing VMware templates
• VMware vCenter Server
  • adding, to VMM / Adding VMware vCenter Server to VMM
• VMware vCenter Server integration, with VMM
  • prerequisites / Getting ready
  • performing / How to do it...
  • VMware self-signed SSL certificate, importing / Importing the VMware self-signed SSL certificate
  • vCenter, adding to VMM / Adding vCenter to VMM
  • working / How it works...
• VMware VM
  • converting, to Hyper-V / Converting VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V, How to do it..., How it works...

W

• w2kr8-DC / Getting ready
• WAIK
  • uninstalling / Uninstalling previous versions of Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
• WAP
  • about / Windows Azure Pack
  • URL / Windows Azure Pack
• wbemtest.exe tool
  • about / Troubleshooting tools
• Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V
  • Virtual Machine (VM) generation 2, benefits / Getting ready
• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK), for Windows 8.1
  • URL / See also
  • downloading / Getting ready
  • installing / How to do it..., How it works...
• Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI)
  • about / Configuring Distributed Key Management
• Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
  • about / Bare Metal
  / Getting ready
• Windows Failover Cluster Manager console / How to do it…
• Windows PowerShell
  • about / Introducing VMM PowerShell
• Windows PowerShell cmdlets / Introduction
• WMI providers
  • verifying / Verifying WMI providers
• WMI Service Control utility
  • about / Troubleshooting tools
  • running / Troubleshooting tools
• World Wide Name (WWN) / How it works...
• World Wide Node Names (WWNNs) / How to do it...
• WSUS
  • about / Windows Server Update Service, Managing fabric updates

X

• XenCenter
  • pool, creating / Creating a pool on Citrix® XenCenter®
• Xen features, not supported by VMM / Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools
• Xen features, supported by VMM / Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools