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The second version of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta is now available for download.  With this update to the VMST 3.0 Beta, Microsoft has addressed an issue in the “Template VHD update” feature found during Beta testing.

What’s new in the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0?

If you’ve used version 2.1, you know that it offers free, tested guidance and automated tools that let you safely service offline virtual machines in your SCVMM library. VMST 3.0 builds on this functionality, adding powerful new features designed to streamline the process of keeping your offline virtual machines, templates and VHDs up-to-date with the latest operating system and application updates, without introducing vulnerabilities into your IT infrastructure.  VMST 3.0 helps you effectively manage the workflow of updating your offline virtual machines according to their individual needs. Using VMST 3.0, customers can also keep users productive during updates and maintenance of physical hosts: VMST 3.0 now automates the servicing of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V host clusters, leveraging live migration.

Using new features in VMST 3.0, customers can now service:

• Offline virtual machines in a SCVMM library.

• Stopped and saved state virtual machines on a host.

• Virtual machine templates.

• Offline virtual hard disks in a SCVMM library by injecting update packages.

• Windows Server 2008 R2 failover clusters running Hyper-V.

VMST 3.0 works seamlessly with other Microsoft technologies.

VMST 3.0 is designed to work with Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 or SCVMM 2008 R2, and with the following technologies:

• Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1 or WSUS 3.0 SP2.

• System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 SP1, SCCM 2007 R2, or SCCM 2007 SP2.

• VMST 3.0 also provides the option to manually copy updates to service offline VHDs.

• The tool works with Windows Task Scheduler to enable scheduling the servicing job.

Note :- Document is directly copied from MS connect. To down load the Beta material and tool please login to MS connect, be a part of beta program.

Thanks and Regards |Abhishek Joshi

Overview

VMMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center VMM. You can use it to pool, allocate, and manage resources to offer infrastructure as a service and to deliver the foundation for a private cloud platform inside your datacenter. VMMSSP includes a pre-built web-based user interface that has sections for both the datacenter managers and the business unit IT consumers, with role-based access control. VMMSSP also includes a dynamic provisioning engine. VMMSSP reduces the time needed to provision infrastructures and their components by offering business unit “on-boarding,” infrastructure request and change management. The VMMSSP package also includes detailed guidance on how to implement VMMSSP inside your environment.
Important: VMMSSP is not an upgrade to the existing VMM 2008 R2 self-service portal. You can choose to deploy and use one or both self-service portals depending on your requirements.
The self-service portal provides the following features that are exposed through a web-based user interface:

• Configuration and allocation of datacenter resources: Store management and configuration information related to compute, network and storage resources as assets in the VMMSSP database.
• Customization of virtual machine actions: Provide a simple web-based interface to extend the default virtual machine actions; for example, you can add scripts that interact with Storage Area Networks for rapid deployment of virtual machines.
• Business unit on-boarding: Standardized forms and a simple workflow for registering and approving or rejecting business units to enroll in the portal.
• Infrastructure request and change management: Standardized forms and human-driven workflow that results in reducing the time needed to provision infrastructures in your environment.
• Self-Service provisioning: Supports bulk creation of virtual machines on provisioned infrastructure through the web-based interface.Helps business units to manage their virtual machines based on delegated roles.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter; Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

• Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Administrator Console
• SQL Server 2008 Enterprise or Standard Edition

For detailed system requirements refer to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Self-Service Portal Deployment Guide included in the file VMM08R2_VMMSSPDocumentation.zip

Instructions

To install the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0, follow the instructions below.

1. Download the VMM08R2_VMMSSPReleaseNotes.rtf and read the release notes before deploying the self-service portal.
2. Download the VMM08R2_VMMSSPDocumentation.zip and extract the contents of the zip. Read the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Self-Service Portal Getting Started Guide and Deployment Guide. Understand your deployment topology and system requirements by reviewing the deployment guide before downloading the executable.
3. Download the executable SetupVMMSSP.exe . The deployment topology determines the machines where you need to download the executable. Follow the deployment guide to install the portal.
4. Download and extract the contents of VMMSSP_Dashboard.zip to deploy the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal Dashboard, a Windows® SharePoint® Services–based application that provides a view of multiple sets of portal statistics on a single web page.

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Thanks and Regards |Abhishek Joshi

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