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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Templates – New VM from the VM Template
In the previous article we created template that is assembled from the VHDX and profiles and now we will use it to create new virtual machine. Create VM from the existing template Create Virtual Machine Choose VM Template and you will not have to apply any profiles because the template already contains the configuration that may…
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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Templates – Create new VM Template
In the previous article we installed operating system to the blank disk and now we will use this new VM or it’s virtual disk (VHDX) to create a template. Create clone from the existing VM The process creation of the VM Template will destroy the original VM because the Sysprep will remove VM’s identity. If you do not want…
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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Create Virtual Machine in the Cloud
Now it is a good time to create a first VM in the new cloud. Cluster Share Volume storage In the case you are using CSV and you do not have storage device that is managed by VMM (you have same configuration like I have) you may need to modify configuration of the cloud. Select the…
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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Library Assets – Hardware and Guest OS Profiles
The principle of the library is to be able to create a lot pieces of Lego that you can use and assemble a whole product (VM, service). This is giving a great flexibility because in the future you can easily add or modify one piece of the Lego and easily create or modify the final…
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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Create Cloud
Now we can create our first cloud. Are you ready? Capability Profiles Capability Profiles are hardware profiles for different hypervisors. You specify details for Hyper-V, Xen and ESXi. In our case we do not have to change anything but the knowledge what is the capability profile will be important in the next steps. Create first…