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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

You're reading from   System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Design, configure, and manage an efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM in System Center 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881480
Length 562 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
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Roman Levchenko Roman Levchenko
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. VMM 2016 Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgrading from Previous Versions 3. Installing VMM 2016 4. Installing a Highly Available VMM Server 5. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM 6. Configuring Guarded Fabric in VMM 7. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services 8. Managing VMware ESXi hosts 9. Managing Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and New Features of VMM 2016 10. Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2016 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating and deploying virtual machines


In this recipe, we will create a standard virtual machine that will later be used as a template. If you are seeking for detailed steps required to deploy shielded VMs, see the previous chapter.

Getting ready

Creating a VM is straightforward. You can create a new virtual machine using an existing virtual hard disk, or you can create a machine with a blank virtual hard disk and then install the OS using ISO media hosted in the VMM library or PXE resources.

VMM 2016 supports two VM generations. A newer one (Generation 2) was introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2 and it's now mainly used to provide the following benefits:

  • Larger boot-volume-supported size
  • Faster PXE boot using a synthetic network adapter
  • Boot from SCSI controller (VHDX/DVD)
  • Secure Boot
  • UEFI firmware support

Note

You can only create Generation 2 VMs if deploying Windows Server 2012/Windows 8 and later. Check out the following article to understand the differences between Generation 1 and Generation...

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