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Virtual Machine Manager
Virtualization
database component on a separate
system; it doesn’t need to reside on
the management server. To install the
management component in SCVMM,
you also need the Windows Automated
Installation Kit (WAIK) 1.1,
which is automatically installed when
you install the management server;
Windows PowerShell 1.0 or 2.0; Windows
Remote Management (WinRM)
1.1 or 2.0; and the .NET framework
3.0 (SP1).
The web-based SCVMM Self-Service
Portal additionally requires Internet
Information Server (IIS) version 7.0 or
7.5. The SCVMM Administrator Console
can also be installed on client
systems such as Windows Vista and
Windows 7. If you also want to send
command-line jobs to SCVMM via the
client, you additionally need to install
Windows PowerShell client-side.
Installation
After starting the installation, you’ll
be given a choice of components to
install for SCVMM (Figure 1). The
management server, management
console, and self-service portal are
all installed separately. When you
install the management server, you
can place the individual modules,
such as the database and the library
server, on different systems. This arrangement
improves performance if
you have a large number of hosts and
virtual machines.
Before the installation starts, an automatic
check is performed to make
sure that the hardware and software
requirements are fulfilled. If this is
the case for all the components, provisioning
SCVMM will take less than
20 minutes.
Before installing the self-service portal,
you must enable the web server
role on Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0)
or Windows Server 2008 R2 (IIS 7.5),
as well as the ASP.NET, IIS-6 metacompatibility
and IIS 6 WMI compatibility
role services. If the role or one
of the additional services is not installed,
you will see an error message
to this effect. Portal access privileges
are configured in the management
console preferences.
Figure 2: The management console gives you an overview of the virtual machines in the central panel and the
system load for the selected VM below.
The agents for managing hosts via
SCVMM can be installed through the
management console or manually.
If you use the management console
for the install, an automatic check is
performed to see whether the host
has a hypervisor. If not, the Hyper-V
role will be installed automatically on
Windows Server 2008 (R2), and Virtual
Server 2005 R2 will be installed
on Windows Server 2003 (R2).
Figure 3: The Job queue shows modified and outstanding jobs.
Microsoft offers a free configuration
analyzer for SCVMM; after the install,
the analyzer checks whether all the
components are installed optimally.
Also, you can use the configuration
analyzer to check the configuration
on remote systems that you will be
deploying as hosts and systems intended
for P2V conversion. If any
issues are detected, you’ll be given
a detailed description and possible
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