Creating or Editing Servicing Jobs for Offline
Virtual Machines
Use the following procedure to create or edit this type of
servicing job.
To create a servicing job for offline
virtual machines
In the Actions pane, under Update Offline Virtual
Machines in Library, click New Servicing Job.
Note If you
cannot view the Actions pane, on the main toolbar, click
Actions to display it.
On the Configure Library Virtual Machine Servicing Job
page of the New Library Virtual Machine Servicing Job Wizard, type
a name for the servicing job, and then, under Software update
management system, select either Configuration Manager
or WSUS, and then click Next.
Note In most
cases, the remaining options on this page are set automatically by
the configured server settings. When you first start the Virtual
Machine Servicing Tool, you must complete the Configuration Wizard
to establish connections between the tool and the other
applications and services with which the tool
works.
On the Select Virtual Machines page of the wizard,
specify the virtual machines with which this servicing job will
work. To see a list of virtual machines, choose one of the
following options:
To select virtual machines from a virtual machine group, click
Select virtual machines from a group, expand the Virtual
machine group name drop-down list, and then select a virtual
machine group. Note that a servicing job can only work with a
single virtual machine group.
To select virtual machines directly from a Virtual Machine
Manager (VMM) library, click Select virtual machines from a
System Center Virtual Machine Manager library, and, if you have
more than one library server, expand the VMM library server
drop-down list, and then select a library server.
Note A
servicing job can only work with a single library
server.
Also on this page, if you select the In the available list,
include virtual machines in saved state or with checkpoints
option, saved state virtual machines appear in the available list,
that you can then add to the Selected virtual machines
list.
In the Available offline virtual machines list, select
the virtual machines for this job, click the arrow button to move
them into the Selectedvirtual machines list, and
then click Next. To move all of the virtual machines, click
the double-arrow button.
Important A servicing job uses one set of
credentials (domain, user name, and password) to access virtual
machine. Make sure that all of the virtual machines that you assign
to a servicing job can be accessed with the same
credentials.
On the Select a Network page of the wizard, specify the
type of network to use during the servicing process, and then click
Next. To specify an isolated virtual LAN, click the Use
an isolated virtual LAN option, expand the Virtual LAN
name drop-down list, and then click the VLAN you want to use.
Important When you create a servicing job
to update a "hot spare" virtual machine, make sure that the
servicing job uses the isolated virtual LAN configured for that
virtual machine. Virtual machines that are configured to replace
existing virtual or physical servers in case of failure are called
"hot spares."
On the Select Maintenance Hosts page of the wizard,
specify the maintenance hosts that the tool will work with. In the
Available maintenance hosts list, select one or more
maintenance hosts for this job, click the arrow button to move them
into the Maintenance hosts to use for this servicing job
list, and then click Next. To move all of the maintenance
hosts, click the double-arrow button.
On the Configure Account Information page of the wizard,
type the domain name, user name, and password for the account that
the servicing job will use to access the virtual machines, and then
click Next.
Important This account must have
administrator permissions on the virtual machines, the VMM server,
and the software update management server. In addition, this
account must be a member of the Delegated Administrator user role
in VMM. This role must also have access to the hyper-V hosts and
the library servers intended to be used with this
tool.
On the Schedule the Servicing Job page of the wizard,
select one of the following scheduling options:
To run the servicing job as soon as possible, click Run the
servicing job now.
To schedule the servicing job, click Schedule the servicing
job, and then select a date and time for the servicing job to
run.
To make the scheduled servicing job repeat at a regular
interval, select the Specify the job as recurring check box,
expand the Frequency of recurrence drop-down list, and then
click the interval you want to use. In the End date for the
job box, click the scheduling icon and then click the date for
the servicing job to stop recurring.
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Click Finish to complete the wizard.
Use the following procedure to edit this type of servicing
job.
Important You can only edit scheduled
servicing jobs. You cannot edit servicing jobs that are completed
or in progress.
To edit an offline virtual machine
servicing job
In the Servicing Jobs pane, expand the Servicing
Jobs tree node, and then click the Virtual Machines in
LibraryJobs node to display the current list of this
type of servicing job in the results pane of the tool console.
In the list of servicing jobs, select the job you want to edit,
and then, in the Actions pane under Update Offline
Virtual Machines in Library, click Edit Servicing
Job.
Change the servicing job settings on the wizard pages as
needed.
On the Configure Account Information page of the wizard,
type the domain name, user name, and password for the account that
the servicing job will use to access the virtual machines, and then
click Next.
Navigate to the last page of the wizard, and then click
Finish.
Use the following procedure to copy an existing servicing
job.
Important You can only copy scheduled or
completed servicing jobs. You cannot copy servicing jobs that are
in progress.
To create an
offline servicing job by copying an existing offline servicing
job
In the Servicing Jobs pane, expand the Servicing
Jobs tree node, and then click the Virtual Machines in
LibraryJobs node to display the current list of this
type of servicing job in the results pane of the tool console.
In the list of servicing jobs, select the job you want to
duplicate, and then, in the Actions pane, click Copy and
Create Servicing Job.
On the Configure Virtual Machine Servicing Job page of
the Copy and Create Library Virtual Machine Servicing Job Wizard,
type a new name for the servicing job.
The second, third, and fourth pages of the wizard contain the
same settings as the servicing job that you copied.
On the Configure Account Information page of the wizard,
type the domain name, user name, and password for the account that
the servicing job will use to access the virtual machines, and then
click Next.
On the Schedule the Servicing Job page of the wizard,
define the scheduling options for the copied servicing job, and
then click Finish to complete the wizard.