System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) forms part of Microsoft's
System Center line of
virtual machine
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulator, emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide the functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve ...
management and reporting tools, alongside previously established tools such as
System Center Operations Manager and
System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) is a systems management software product developed by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers providing remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, an ...
. SCVMM is designed for management of large numbers of Virtual Servers based on
Microsoft Virtual Server
Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Originally developed by Connectix, it was acquired by Microsoft pri ...
and
Hyper-V, and was released for enterprise customers in October 2007.
Virtual Machine Manager FAQ
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables increased physical server utilization by making possible simple and fast consolidation on virtual infrastructure. This is supported by consolidation candidate identification, fast Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migration and intelligent workload placement based on performance data and user defined business policies (NOTE: P2V Migration capability was removed in SCVMM 2012r2). VMM enables rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator and end users using a self-service provisioning tool. Finally, VMM provides the central management console to manage all the building blocks of a virtualized data center.
Microsoft System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager was released in September 2016. This product enables the deployment and management of a virtualized, software-defined datacenter with a comprehensive solution for networking, storage, computing, and security.
Microsoft System Center 2019 Virtual Machine Manager was released in March 2019. It added features in the areas of Azure integration, computing, networking, security and storage.
Microsoft System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager RTM was released in March 2022. It can manage hosts with Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, Azure Stack HCI clusters RTM, and supports dual stack SDN deployment.
Microsoft System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager UR1 was released on November 15, 2022. It added features in the areas of support for Azure Stack HCI clusters 22H2, SQL Server 2022, VMware ESXI 7.0, and 8.0.
The latest release i
Microsoft System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager UR2
which was released in November 2023. It added features in the areas of support for VMware VMs with disk size greater than 2TB, Linux guest operating systems - Ubuntu Linux 22.04, Debian 11, Oracle Linux 8 and 9.
See also
*Microsoft Servers
Microsoft Servers (previously called Windows Server System) is a discontinued brand that encompasses Microsoft software products for Server (computing), server computers. This includes the Windows Server editions of the Microsoft Windows operati ...
* Microsoft System Center
* System Center Data Protection Manager
* System Center Advisor
References
External links
Documentation for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008/2008 R2 (TechNet Library)Documentation for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (TechNet Library)Microsoft's Virtualization Strategy, circa February 2007Blogs on System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012TechNet wiki articles on System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Windows Server System
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