System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Overview:
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is a solution for unified management of physical and virtual machines, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) for dynamic and responsive management of virtual infrastructure, consolidation of underutilized physical servers, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by leveraging the expertise and investments in Microsoft Windows Server technology.

Features:
Multi-vendor Virtualization Platform Support
Easy Identification of Consolidation Candidates
Fast and Reliable Physical-to-Virtual-Machine Conversion (P2V)
Fast and Reliable Virtual-to-Virtual-Machine Conversion (V2V)
Intelligent Placement
Centralized Resource Optimization
Rapid Provisioning of New Machines
Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)
Host Cluster Support for “High Availability” Virtual Machines
Library
Rapid Deployment of Virtual Machine Templates
Automate Test Lab Operations on Virtual Infrastructure
Leverage and Extend Existing Storage Infrastructure to Provision Quickly
Familiar Interface, Common Foundation
Fully Scriptable Using Windows PowerShell
Active Directory Domain Services Integration


System Requirement:
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/system-requirements.aspx

Downloads:
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Configuration Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02d83950-c03d-454e-803b-96d1c1d5be24&displaylang=en

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/trial-software.aspx

Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager

1. Run VMM Configuration Analyzer to see whether you meet all the pre-requisite.

2. Installing VMM Server. It is a straight forward process.

3. It is recommended to check for Microsoft Update.

4. You have the option whether to Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program.

5. Enter the User Name and Company details.

6. System perform the hardware and software requirements.

7. Select the location for SCVMM Program.

8. Database configuration. You can either go for SQL Express Edition built into SCVMM or can use an existing SQL in your environment.

9. Specify the location for storing VM Library.


10. You can specify different ports to manage VMM Administrative Console, Library Servers and FTP Transfers to agents.

11. Summary

12. Status of installation.

13. After completing the VMM Server installation, you can install VMM Administrative Console and Self Service Portal on the same or different machine as per your requirements.
Installing the VMM Administrator Console

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764341.aspx
Installing the VMM Self-Service Portal

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764235.aspx
Installing a VMM Agent Locally on a Host

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764218.aspx