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Introduction |
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Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 |
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A Quick Overview of Virtual Machine Manager |
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2 | (1) |
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Exploring Virtual Machine Manager Components |
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3 | (20) |
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VMM Server and VMM Database |
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4 | (1) |
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VMM Administrator Console |
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5 | (7) |
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Windows PowerShell Interface |
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12 | (1) |
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Virtual Machine Manager Agents |
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13 | (1) |
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Virtual Machine Manager Library |
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14 | (2) |
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Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal |
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16 | (4) |
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Microsoft Virtualization Management |
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20 | (2) |
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VMware VirtualCenter Management |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (19) |
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24 | (5) |
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Windows Remote Management |
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29 | (1) |
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Windows Communication Foundation |
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29 | (1) |
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Background Intelligent Transfer Service |
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30 | (1) |
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Operations Manager Connector |
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30 | (1) |
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Role-Based Administration |
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31 | (1) |
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Types of Virtual Machine Migration in VMM |
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32 | (3) |
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Authentication and Authorization Model |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (4) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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Planning a VMM Deployment |
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45 | (32) |
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The Need for Virtualization |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Shifting from Physical to Virtual |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (3) |
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Designing a VMM Infrastructure |
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50 | (11) |
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50 | (7) |
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Designing VMM Infrastructure |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (13) |
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61 | (5) |
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Using the Single-Datacenter Model |
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66 | (2) |
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Deploying a Multiple-Datacenter Model |
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68 | (4) |
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Deploying a Branch Office Model |
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72 | (2) |
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Additional Infrastructure Considerations |
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74 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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Installation and Configuration |
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77 | (64) |
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Prerequisites and Requirements for Installing and Configuring VMM Hosts and Libraries |
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77 | (15) |
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Requirements for All-in-One Configuration |
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78 | (2) |
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Requirements for the VMM Server |
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80 | (2) |
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Requirements for the VMM Database Server |
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82 | (2) |
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Requirements for a VMM Library Server |
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84 | (2) |
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Requirements for the VMM Administrator Console |
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86 | (1) |
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Requirements for the VMM Self-Service Portal |
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87 | (2) |
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Requirements for VMM PowerShell CLI |
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89 | (1) |
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Requirements for VMM Operations Manager Integration |
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89 | (1) |
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Requirements for VMM VM Hosts |
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90 | (2) |
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Installing and Configuring a VMM Server |
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92 | (12) |
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VMM Configuration Analyzer |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (8) |
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Installing and Configuring the VMM Administrator Console |
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104 | (3) |
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Installing and Configuring VMM and Operations Manager Integration Components |
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107 | (12) |
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Installing Prerequisite Management Packs on Operations Manager Server |
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108 | (2) |
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Installing the VMM OPSMGR Connector |
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110 | (4) |
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Configuring the VMM Server and Management Servers |
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114 | (4) |
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Configure Reporting for VMM |
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118 | (1) |
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What More You Can Monitor in Your VMM Environment |
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119 | (1) |
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Installing and Configuring VMM Self-Service Portal |
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119 | (11) |
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Installing Self-Service Portal |
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120 | (2) |
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Setting Up Constrained Delegation for Self-Service Portal |
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122 | (2) |
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Configuring Self-Service User Roles |
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124 | (5) |
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Configuring Self-Service Administrative Contact |
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129 | (1) |
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Installing and Configuring VMM Hosts and Libraries |
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130 | (9) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (2) |
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Managing VMware ESX Using VMM |
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141 | (50) |
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The Need to Support Multiple Hypervisors |
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142 | (1) |
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How VMM and VMware vCenter Interact |
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142 | (11) |
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Setting Up the Connection between VMM and vCenter |
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144 | (2) |
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What to Expect When VMM and vCenter Interact? |
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146 | (7) |
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Managing VMware ESX Hosts |
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153 | (17) |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (6) |
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Enabling ESX Full Management |
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163 | (7) |
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Virtual Machine Building Blocks |
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170 | (10) |
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Hardware and Guest Operating System Profiles |
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171 | (5) |
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176 | (4) |
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Creation and Migration of Virtual Machines |
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180 | (8) |
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New Virtual Machine Variations |
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180 | (3) |
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Intelligent Placement and the New Star Rating System |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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Network Migration of ESX Virtual Machine |
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187 | (1) |
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Monitoring Alerting Using PRO |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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Managing Hyper-V Using VMM |
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191 | (34) |
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Understanding Hyper-V Requirements |
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191 | (8) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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Requirements for the Host Operating System |
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195 | (1) |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Features |
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196 | (2) |
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Requirements for the Guest |
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198 | (1) |
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Understand Deployment Considerations |
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199 | (10) |
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Infrastructure Requirements |
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200 | (5) |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (1) |
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Managing Hyper-V Hosts and Virtual Machines |
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209 | (14) |
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Adding a Hyper-V Host to VMM |
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209 | (5) |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (1) |
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Importing and Exporting a Virtual Machine |
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217 | (1) |
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Hardware and Guest Operating System Profiles for Hyper-V Virtual Machines |
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218 | (4) |
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Supported Virtual Machine Actions |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (2) |
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Managing Virtual Server Using VMM |
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225 | (27) |
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Understanding Virtual Server and Its Requirements |
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225 | (5) |
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Requirements for the Host Operating System |
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226 | (1) |
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Requirements for the Guest Operating System |
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227 | (3) |
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Deployment Considerations |
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230 | (5) |
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Clustering and High Availability |
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231 | (4) |
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Managing Virtual Server Hosts |
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235 | (14) |
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Remote Connections to Virtual Machines |
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241 | (3) |
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244 | (2) |
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Virtual Server and Virtual Machine Permissions |
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246 | (1) |
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What Is Missing from VMM? |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (1) |
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Migrating Virtual Machines from Virtual Server to Hyper-V |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (75) |
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Virtual Machine Management |
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255 | (34) |
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Creating a Virtual Machine |
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255 | (1) |
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Virtual Machine Building Blocks |
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256 | (21) |
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Creating a New Virtual Machine From a Disk |
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277 | (6) |
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Creating a New Virtual Machine from an Existing Virtual Machine (Virtual Machine Cloning) |
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283 | (1) |
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Creating a New Virtual Machine from a Template |
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284 | (2) |
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Importing a Virtual Machine |
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286 | (2) |
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Exporting a Virtual Machine |
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288 | (1) |
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Removing a Virtual Machine |
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289 | (1) |
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Converting to a Virtual Machine |
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289 | (16) |
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Physical to Virtual (P2V) Conversion |
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290 | (12) |
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Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Conversion |
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302 | (3) |
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Migrating a Virtual Machine |
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305 | (15) |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (5) |
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315 | (3) |
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318 | (2) |
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Placement of a Virtual Machine |
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320 | (6) |
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Virtual Machine Configuration |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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Modeled Load and Existing Load |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (3) |
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326 | (1) |
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Automation Using PowerShell |
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327 | (42) |
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VMM and Windows PowerShell |
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327 | (18) |
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Installing the VMM PowerShell Cmdlets |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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Getting Help on VMM Cmdlets |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (1) |
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Leveraging the Public PowerShell API |
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335 | (8) |
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Interfacing with Hyper-V and Virtual Server |
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343 | (2) |
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Automating Common Tasks Using the Windows Scheduler |
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345 | (2) |
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Windows PowerShell Examples |
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347 | (21) |
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Creating Virtual Machines |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (1) |
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Virtual Machine Migrations |
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351 | (3) |
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Provisioning Multiple Virtual Machines |
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354 | (3) |
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Automating the Addition of Managed Hosts |
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357 | (1) |
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Working with MAC Addresses |
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358 | (2) |
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Evacuating a Host for Maintenance |
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360 | (2) |
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Utilizing Rapid Provisioning |
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362 | (3) |
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365 | (1) |
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Clustering Cmdlet Switches |
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366 | (1) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (58) |
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VMM and Operations Manager |
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369 | (9) |
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370 | (5) |
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375 | (3) |
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Leveraging Performance and Resource Optimization |
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378 | (44) |
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378 | (4) |
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PRO Packs Released with VMM |
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382 | (1) |
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Creating Your Own PRO Pack |
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383 | (1) |
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Maintenance Mode PRO Pack Functionality |
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384 | (2) |
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Creating the Maintenance Mode PRO Pack |
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386 | (36) |
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422 | (3) |
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425 | (2) |
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Planning for Backup and Recovery |
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427 | (40) |
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Backup and Recovery of the VMM Server |
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427 | (24) |
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428 | (9) |
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437 | (4) |
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441 | (1) |
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Recovery on a New VMM Server |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (4) |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (2) |
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Backing Up the Virtualization Hosts |
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451 | (12) |
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Backing Up a Hyper-V Server |
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454 | (3) |
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Restoring Hyper-V Server Components |
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457 | (1) |
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Using System Center Data Protection Manager |
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458 | (5) |
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Backing Up the Library Servers |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (3) |
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467 | (36) |
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Understanding VMM from a Troubleshooting Perspective |
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467 | (3) |
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Use Common Troubleshooting Tools |
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470 | (16) |
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Troubleshooting VMM Installation Issues |
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470 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting VM Deployment Issues |
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470 | (4) |
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Troubleshooting Virtual Hard Disk Problems |
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474 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Database Issues |
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475 | (3) |
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Troubleshooting Performance Issues |
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478 | (3) |
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Troubleshooting Issues Using Debug Output and Tracing |
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481 | (4) |
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Operating System Troubleshooting |
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485 | (1) |
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Understanding Issues with VMM Components |
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486 | (16) |
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486 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting VMM Installation |
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487 | (2) |
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Troubleshooting Host Management |
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489 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Libraries |
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489 | (3) |
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Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Creation |
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492 | (2) |
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Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Migration |
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494 | (2) |
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Troubleshooting VMM Security and Self-Service Portal |
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496 | (4) |
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500 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Performance and Scale |
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501 | (1) |
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502 | (1) |
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Appendix A The Bottom Line |
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503 | (22) |
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Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 |
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503 | (3) |
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Planning a VMM Deployment |
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506 | (1) |
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Installation and Configuration |
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507 | (2) |
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Managing VMware ESX Using VMM |
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509 | (2) |
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Managing Hyper-V Using VMM |
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511 | (2) |
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Managing Virtual Server Using VMM |
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513 | (3) |
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Virtual Machine Management |
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516 | (1) |
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Automation Using PowerShell |
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517 | (2) |
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519 | (1) |
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Planning for Backup and Recovery |
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520 | (2) |
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522 | (3) |
Appendix B VMM Windows PowerShell Object Properties and VMM Cmdlet Descriptions |
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525 | (26) |
Appendix C Useful Links (Online Only) |
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Index |
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