Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 hotfix rollup package: July 12, 2011

This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (SCVMM 2008 R2) Service Pack 1 (SP1) issues that are resolved in the hotfix rollup package that was released on July 12, 2011.

List of issues that are resolved

Issue 1

A virtual-to-virtual (V2V) migration to a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) volume fails if the cluster node that owns the volume has insufficient disk space on the system volume. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

Issue 2

Virtual machine placement shows a host as having a zero rating. If you select the host, the following message is listed on the Rating Explanation tab: Note This issue occurs if the disk IOPS reservation for the host placement is set to a value that is greater than 2097.

Issue 3

A cluster node does not enter Maintenance mode, and you receive the following error message:Note This behavior occurs because of a timing issue.

How to obtain this SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 hotfix rollup package

This hotfix rollup package is available from Microsoft Update.

To obtain this update from Microsoft Update, follow these steps on a computer that is running SCVMM 2008 R2:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update.
3. In the Windows Update window, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.
4. Click important updates are available.
5. Select Update for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 (KB2562466), and then click OK.
6. Click Install updates.

Note If the Virtual Machine Manager or Virtual Machine Manager Agent service is running when you install this hotfix rollup package, you must restart the computer.

To manually download this hotfix rollup package from the Microsoft Update catalog, visit the following Microsoft website: To install this hotfix rollup package, follow these steps:

1. Extract the VmmServer64Update.cab file to a temporary folder.
   
2. Open an elevated command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER to install the update:
   
   msiexec /update vmmServer64Update.msp BOOTSTRAPPED=1

Hotfix rollup information

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix rollup package, you must have System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.

Restart requirement

If the Virtual Machine Manager or Virtual Machine Manager Agent service is running when you install this hotfix rollup package, you must restart the computer.

File information

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