Virtual Machine Management with System Center Virtual Machine Manager

If managing multiple virtual host machines, centralized management software is also highly recommended. Microsoft has released its own product for VM management and is positioning it as an enterprise utility that allows for centralized control over a broader virtualization environment. This tool, part of the System Center line of products, is known as System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). The latest version of VMM, the 2008 R2 edition, has the following tools and capabilities:

P2V and V2V— VMM allows for physical-to-virtual (P2V) or virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migration capabilities, allowing existing physical systems or VMware guests to be migrated to an equivalent Hyper-V guest session.

Hyper-V and VMware management support— VMM provides for the ability to manage both Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware guests, through management of a VMware VirtualCenter server. Both VMware and Hyper-V guests and hosts can be managed through the interface.

Creation of template servers— VMM supports the creation of server templates, which can be used to automate the creation of virtual guests, including SharePoint role servers, a concept explored in subsequent sections of this chapter.

Self-service portal— VMM contains a self-service web portal that can be used by nonadministrators to provision their own systems and remote into them using a web browser.

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