System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Third Edition Design, configure, and manage an efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM in System Center 2016 Roman Levchenko Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Third Edition Copyright © 2018 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the authors, nor Packt Publishing or its dealers and distributors, will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information Commissioning Editor: Kartikey Pandey Acquisition Editor: Heramb Bhavsar Content Development Editor: Devika Battike Technical Editor: Manish Shanbhag Copy Editor: Safis Editing, Dipti Mankame Project Coordinator: Judie Jose Proofreader: Safis Editing Indexer: Rekha Nair Graphics: Tom Scaria Production Coordinator: Nilesh Mohite First published: March 2013 Second edition: June 2014 Third edition: February 2018 Production reference: 1190218 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-78588-148-0 www.packtpub.com mapt.io Mapt is an online digital library that gives you full access to over 5,000 books and videos, as well as industry leading tools to help you plan your personal development and advance your career For more information, please visit our website Why subscribe? 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You can upgrade to the eBook version at www.PacktPub.com and as a print book customer, you are entitled to a discount on the eBook copy Get in touch with us at service@packtpub.com for more details At www.PacktPub.com, you can also read a collection of free technical articles, sign up for a range of free newsletters, and receive exclusive discounts and offers on Packt books and eBooks Contributors About the authors Roman Levchenko is a Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, and systems architect working for a leading international IT integrator He focuses mainly on Microsoft technologies, including Windows Server, System Center, PowerShell, and Azure Furthermore, he is certified as Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, MCS, MCITP, and VMware VCP6-DCV As a technical reviewer, he has also participated in the making of some recent and well-known books by Manning He runs his own blog, and you can follow him on Twitter at @rlevchenko to keep in touch and receive the latest news I am grateful to everyone with whom I have had the pleasure to work during this project: the team at Packt who found me and offered to take up the writing; Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso, the author of the previous editions, for being a technical reviewer together with Tomica Kaniski I have worked nonstop on the book for the last few months and couldn’t survive without my family— thanks a ton for your support and love Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso is a former Microsoft MVP, international speaker, author, evangelist, and a subject matter expert in cloud, virtualization, management, and identity, working for Microsoft as a secure infrastructure architect for Asia Pacific, Greater China, India, and Japan He has more than 27 years of experience in the IT industry working with LBDMs, building trust, demonstrating business value, solving complex business problems, and transforming business strategy into technology utilizing existing and innovative technologies He is a reviewer on this book It is always a challenge to maintain a work-life balance and I would like to thank my wife, Daniele, and my kids, Nicole, Lucas, and Matheus for their tremendous support, and for always pushing me to achieve my best Since the last edition, VMM evolved with some important new features and I would like to acknowledge the great work that Roman Levchenko did by updating the book and getting it to its 3rd edition .. .System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Third Edition Design, configure, and manage an efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM in System Center 2016 Roman Levchenko... think Preface System Center 2016 is a comprehensive IT infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud management platform With System Center 2016, you can easily and efficiently deploy, manage, and. .. Licensing the System Center VMM 2016 Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies Introduction This chapter has been designed to provide an understanding of the underlying Virtual Machine Manager