Microsoft® System Center 2012 Unleashed

VMM Administrator Console

As discussed in Chapter 12, the Administrator Console is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that is built upon Windows PowerShell and can be used to complete the following tasks:

• Adding hosts

• Creating host groups

• Managing hosts

• Managing host clusters

• Configuring the VMM library

• Creating private clouds

• Creating VMs

• Deploying and migrating VMs

• Managing VMs

• Configuring the Self-Service Portal

• Monitoring and reporting

• Administering and managing roles

You can either install the Administrator Console on the same computer as the VMM server or on a number of different computers. An Administrator Console installation also installs the VMM command shell, which allows you to manage the VMM environment ...