System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Microsoft Service Level Dashboard 2.0 Solution Accelerator Now Available PDF 
Bookmark and Share

This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications. It's graphical dashboard makes it easy to keep tabs on service availability and performance, letting you:

  • Spot trends in service availability and performance
  • Head off problems before they occur
  • Reduce costs by streamlining IT operations

Get SLD free download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=67EF9823-631B-49B7-9D7F-9F125BDF27AE&displaylang=en&displaylang=en

 

 
Microsoft releases System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 beta PDF 
Bookmark and Share

Exciting news for Windows Server Hyper-V, System Center, and VMWare customers.  The beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available on the Microsoft Connect site for download. If you don't already have access to VMM on the Connect site you can get to it here by simply filling out a quick survey, which will help us better understand your virtualization needs.  The new beta continues to extend the data center management capabilities of the System Center suite of offerings to build on the all up physical and virtual IT asset management features you already know, including the integration of Operations Manager and Virtual Machine Manager through the PRO functionality.

In summary, VMM 2008 R2 beta now supports new Windows Server 2008 R2 beta features such as Live Migration.  Some additional features include:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Hyper-V host management
  • Enhanced migration including Live (Live Migration) and SAN migration in and out of clusters
  • Multiple VMs per LUN using Clustered share volumes
  • Hot add of VM storage
  •