This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (updated quarterly).
1. Solutions related to the VMM Console:
- KB: Changing the owner of a VM in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager causes the console to become unresponsive
- KB: The System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager console terminates unexpectedly with NullReferenceException
- KB: The VMMService service crashes after you add an ESX or ESXi cluster
- KB: The VMM service crashes when a virtual machine is refreshed - "Error converting data type int to smallint”
- System Center 2012 Portal: Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Error Codes
- Troubleshooting System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) General Troubleshooting Guide
2. Solutions related to the VMM Service:
- KB: The VMMService service crashes after you add an ESX or ESXi cluster
- KB: Changing the owner of a VM in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager causes the console to become unresponsive
- The Virtual Machine Manager Service crashes when you add a virtual machine host that has more than 16 logical processors in VMM 2008 R2
- KB: The VMM service crashes when a virtual machine is refreshed - "Error converting data type int to smallint”
- System Center 2012 Portal: Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Error Codes
- Troubleshooting System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) General Troubleshooting Guide
3. Solutions related to adding or removing a server or cluster:
- How to troubleshoot issues when adding a Hyper-V host in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
- Adding and Managing Hyper-V Hosts and Scale-Out File Servers in VMM
- Working Through an Unsupported Cluster Configuration Scenario in Virtual Machine Manager
- KB: Error 2927 when you add a Hyper-V server or a Hyper-V cluster node in System Center VMM
- KB: "Error 26184" when you assign a LUN to a cluster in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1
- SCVMM 2012- Creating a Highly Available VMM Server
- How to troubleshoot the “Needs Attention” and “Not Responding” host status in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
4. Solutions related to VMM installation:
- Installing the System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager VMM Management Server fails with IndyPlacementHelper exception error
- Installation Logs for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- News, Requirements and Installation of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
- Deploying System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- VMM 2012 SQL Server Profile
- Troubleshooting System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) General Troubleshooting Guide
5. Solutions related to Host does not respond and needs attention error:
- How to troubleshoot the “Needs Attention” and “Not Responding” host status in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
- Managing Hyper-V hosts using Virtual Machine Manager fails with Error: 0x8033803b after installing WMF 3.0
- Host: Needs Attention and Refresh Fails with Error 2910 access denied in SCVMM
- How to troubleshoot issues when adding a Hyper-V host in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
- Adding and Managing Hyper-V Hosts and Scale-Out File Servers in VMM
- Troubleshooting System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
- System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) General Troubleshooting Guide