Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Reviewer’s Guide 1
Introduction
Virtual machine technology is transforming data center operations, allowing companies to reduce
power, space, and cooling costs, and to respond faster to business needs. However, virtualization
brings its own set of difficulties. As IT managers deploy more virtual machine technology in their data
centers, they require integrated, centralized management tools to help ease the process of migrating
from a physical to virtual infrastructure, and then maintaining virtual infrastructure going forward.
Microsoft
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) empowers IT professionals with a simple
and cost-effective server management solution for both physical and virtual machines.
The Microsoft System Center family of system management products is a comprehensive solution
optimized for the management of Windows Server
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operating systems running in a virtualized data
center.
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager - Delivers simple and complete support for
consolidating multiple physical servers within a virtual infrastructure, thereby increasing overall
utilization of physical servers. VMM enables administrators and authorized users to rapidly provision
virtual machines. In addition, VMM provides a central virtualization management console to manage
both Microsoft and VMware virtual machines.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager - Provides continuous data protection on physical
and virtual machines for backup and business continuity.
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager - Provides a sophisticated solution for unified health
monitoring of physical and virtual machines.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager - Provides a comprehensive solution for change and
configuration management.
Together, System Center products provide a great solution for using existing IT administrative skills
with physical servers.
What’s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 introduces a number of enhancements to support the administration
of virtual infrastructure.
Live Migration
The most significant enhancement in VMM 2008 R2 is support for Windows Server 2008 R2 Live
Migration. Live Migration enables you to move virtual machines between Hyper-V hosts with no
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