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Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: April 14th, 2009Article ID: 961983 - View products that this article applies to. On This PageINTRODUCTIONThis article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 issues that are fixed in the hotfix rollup package that was released on April 14, 2009. MORE INFORMATIONList of issues that are fixedIssue 1When you migrate VMware virtual machines, the resource pools that are associated with the virtual machines are changed.Issue 2Hyper-V virtual machines have a status of "unsupported cluster configuration" if a node in a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster does not respond or has been restarted.Issue 3Differencing disks are lost when the following conditions are true:
Issue 4The agent status is not updated for Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster nodes.Issue 5Hyper-V virtual machines in a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster have a status of Unsupported Cluster Configuration in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 if the virtual machine resource group contains resources in addition to the Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Configuration, and Physical Disk resources. These additional resources typically are third-party resources that provide functionality such as replicating storage in a multi-site cluster.Issue 6If you add a Virtual Center server by using an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group, you receive the following error message when the refresh host job runs:Error (2951)
Virtual Machine Manager cannot complete the VirtualCenter action on server servername.domainname.com because of the following error: Login failed due to a bad username or password. (InvalidLogin).
959596 How to obtain this hotfix
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959596/
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Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 update to address physical to virtual (P2V) issues
This hotfix rollup is available on the following Microsoft Update Web site: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate
To download the hotfix rollup from the Microsoft Update Catalog, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
(http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate)
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=961983 Note If you download the rollup from the Microsoft Update Catalog, open an elevated command prompt. and then run the following command to install the update:
(http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=961983)
msiexec /update vmmServer64Update.msp BOOTSTRAPPED=1 Hotfix informationA supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix. Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.
(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)
PrerequisitesTo apply this hotfix, you must have System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 installed.Restart requirementYou do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.Hotfix replacement informationThis rollup replaces the update that was released in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:959596
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959596/
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Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 update to address physical to virtual (P2V) issues
File informationThe English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.Collapse this table
STATUSThese issues have been resolved in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/
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PropertiesArticle ID: 961983 - Last Review: October 7, 2011 - Revision: 5.0
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