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Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Copyright
Getting Started Using Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Configuring Virtual Machine Manager
Using the VMM Administrator Console
Exploring the VMM Administrator Console
How to Customize Your Views
How to Filter Results
How to Connect to a Different VMM Server
Using the Windows PowerShell - VMM Command Shell
VMM Support Sites and Communities
Adding Hosts
About Default Virtual Machine Paths
How to Add Hosts in an Active Directory Domain
How to Search for Hosts
How to Add Hosts on a Perimeter Network
Adding ESX Server Hosts
How to Add a Pending Host to VMM
Creating Host Groups
About Host Groups
How to Create a Host Group
How to Move Hosts to a Host Group
How to Modify the Properties of a Host Group
How to Delete a Host Group
Managing Hosts
About Maintenance Hosts
About Maintenance Mode
About Host Status
Supported Virtual Machine Actions for ESX Server Hosts
How to View System and Hardware Configurations of a Host
How to Update Virtual Server on a Host
How to Remove a Host
Modifying the Properties of a Host
How to Add or Modify Virtual Networks on a Host
How to Set Placement Options for a Host
How to Register Virtual Machines on a Host
How to Change Remote Connections to Virtual Machines on a Host
About Virtual Machine Remote Control
How to Set Credentials for Communicating with a Host
How to Add and Display Custom Properties for a Host
Managing Host Clusters
How to Add a Host Cluster
How to Configure PRO for a Host Cluster
How to View and Modify the Properties of a Host Cluster
Managing External Changes to Host Clusters
How to Move a Host Cluster to a Different Host Group
How to Remove a Host Cluster
Configuring Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)
About PRO
How to Monitor and Implement PRO Tips
Configuring the VMM Library
Frequently Asked Questions: VMM Library
Adding File-Based Resources to the Library
How to Add a Library Server
How to Assign Library Groups
How to Add Library Shares
How to Add Files to the Library
How to Allow Unencrypted File Transfers for a Library Server
How to Modify the Properties of a File
How to Perform Manual Library Refreshes
File Types That Are Indexed During a Library Refresh
Removing File-Based Resources from the Library
How to Temporarily Disable Library Resources
How to Remove Files from the Library
How to Remove a Library Share
How to Remove a Library Server
Viewing and Running Windows PowerShell Scripts
Working with Stored Virtual Machines
Creating Virtual Machines
Creating New Virtual Machines
Supported Operating Systems
Supported Hardware Capabilities
How to Create a Virtual Machine from a Template
How to Create a Virtual Machine from an Existing Virtual Hard Disk
How to Create a Virtual Machine with a Blank Virtual Hard Disk
How to Clone a Virtual Machine
Configuring Hardware
How to Set the Startup Order of Devices
How to Configure the CPU Requirements for a Virtual Machine
How to Configure Memory for a Virtual Machine
How to Configure the Floppy Drive for a Virtual Machine
How to Add a DVD or CD Drive to a Virtual Machine
How to Add a Virtual Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine
How to Configure a Virtual Hard Disk for a Virtual Machine
How to Configure Network Adapters for a Virtual Machine
How to Configure Virtual Machine Priority and Availability
How to Customize the Operating System of a Virtual Machine
P2V: Converting a Physical Server to a Virtual Machine
P2V: Requirements for Physical Source Computers
P2V: Prioritizing Physical Computers for Conversion
P2V: How to Perform a Conversion
V2V: Converting a Virtual Machine to a VMM Virtual Machine
V2V: Requirements for Virtual Machines
V2V: How to Perform a Conversion
Modifying Virtual Machines
How to Modify General Properties of a Virtual Machine
How to Configure a Virtual Machine for Self-Service
How to Add and Display Custom Fields for a Virtual Machine
How to Configure Automatic Start and Stop Actions for a Virtual Machine
Working with Virtual Machine Templates
Sources for Virtual Machine Templates
How to Create a Template from a Virtual Hard Disk
How to Create a Template from a Virtual Machine
How to Modify the Properties of a Virtual Machine Template
How to Remove a Virtual Machine Template
Working with Hardware Profiles
About Hardware Profiles
How to Create a Hardware Profile
How to Modify the Properties of a Hardware Profile
How to Save a Hardware Profile While Creating a Virtual Machine or Template
How to Remove a Hardware Profile
Working with Guest Operating Systems
About Guest Operating System Profiles
How to Create a Guest Operating System Profile
How to Save a Guest Operating System Profile While Creating a Template
How to Modify the Properties of a Guest Operating System Profile
How to Remove a Guest Operating System Profile
Deploying and Migrating Virtual Machines
About Virtual Machine Placement
How to Deploy a Virtual Machine
How to Migrate a Virtual Machine
How to Customize Host Ratings for a Virtual Machine
Managing Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Actions
How to Connect to a Virtual Machine
Checkpoints
About Checkpoints
How to Create a Checkpoint
How to Manage Checkpoints
How to Edit Checkpoint Properties
How to Remove a Checkpoint
How to Restore a Virtual Machine to a Checkpoint
How to Disable Undo Disks for a Virtual Machine
How to Repair a Virtual Machine
How to Store a Virtual Machine in the Library
How to Remove a Virtual Machine
Setting Up Virtual Machine Self-Service
About Virtual Machine Self-Service
About the VMM Self-Service Portal
Monitoring and Reporting
About Jobs
Monitoring Jobs
How to Restart a Job
How to Cancel a Job
Setting Up Reporting
Using Reports in VMM
Administration
Managing User Roles
How to Create a Delegated Administrator User Role
How to Create a Self-Service User Role
How to Modify a User Role
How to Remove a User Role
Managing Agents on Managed Computers
How to Reassociate a Host with a VMM Server
How to Update a VMM Agent on a Managed Computer
How to Remove a Managed Computer Role
Managing a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment in VMM
Configuring VMM to Manage a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment
How to Add a VMware VirtualCenter Server
How to Import VMware Templates
How to Modify the Properties of a VMware VirtualCenter Server
How to Replace the Certificate for a VMware VirtualCenter Server
How to Remove a Virtualization Manager from VMM
Configuring VMM Settings
How to Join or Withdraw from the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
How to Get Information About the VMM Database
How to Configure Library Refreshes
How to Set Placement Defaults for Virtual Machines
How to Enable PRO Tips for Systemwide Monitors
How to Configure Remote Access to Virtual Machines
How to Set the Static MAC Address Range for Virtual Network Devices
How to Specify the Administrative Contact for Self-Service Users
How to Specify the Reporting Server
How to Specify the Operations Manager Server
Backing Up and Restoring the VMM Database
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