A.1. Chapter 1: Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

Identify and explain the components in the VMM architecture

Virtual Machine Manager has a distributed system architecture that administrators need to understand well before deploying VMM in their virtualized environment. Knowing the architecture of VMM gives you the opportunity to make educated choices during deployment of the various VMM components.

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Name the different components of Virtual Machine Manager.

Which VMM components can reside on a separate computer from the VMM server?

Name four new features of VMM 2008 R2.

Solution

Virtual Machine Manager has the following components:

  • VMM server

  • VMM database

  • VMM Windows PowerShell cmdlet interface

  • VMM Administrator ...

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