Problems uninstalling SCVMM 2012 RC

Hi,
I'm currently trying to uninstall the SCVMM 2012 RC, but before I pass the page Retain/Delete DB, the wizard dies, I've check the log SetupWizard.log, and it shows this error.
09:20:10:Uncaught Exception: Threw Exception.Type: Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.CarmineException, Exception.Message: VMM cannot access registry key value MachineName under Software\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Settings\Sql.
Verify that the registry key value exists, and then try the operation again.
09:20:10:StackTrace: at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.RegistryUtils.ReadRegistryValue(String key, String valueName, Object defaultValue, Boolean throwOnError, RegistryKey rootHive)
at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.AppSettings.get_SqlMachineName()
I've try adding the key MachineName to Software\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Settings\Sql. but the error still appears.
anyone can help me with this?
Diego

Hello Diego,
Is this issue related with upper question?
problems uninstalling SCVMM 2012 RC
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/virtualmachinemanager/thread/3ce73dab-222b-468e-9cbf-75245f294c6a
Sincerely,
Murat Demirkiran
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or SpokesPerson.
Hi Murat yes, I solve the problem uninstalling, but know I have another one, I'm trying to install the SCVMM 2012 RTM, but when I get to the DB selection (the 2012 RC backup), it throws an error; I was looking in the forum and I found this solutionhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/virtualmachingmgrsetup/thread/d64abf06-a3aa-421e-9abf-f88249fe233a,
but I call microsoft for support to get the hotfix KB# 2705942, but the reply to me that they didn't know anything about that, that I should try the forums...
can anyone help?

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   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Setup.InstallItemCustomDelegates.PangaeaServerPostinstallProcessor()
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04:44:06:SetProgressScreen: FinishMinorStep.
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05:08:23:LaunchMsi: Launching C:\SC2012_SP1_BETA_SCVMM\amd64\setup\msi\Server\vmmServer.msi with arguments 'INSTALLINGLANGUAGE = 1033 REBOOT=ReallySuppress INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012\Virtual Machine Manager\" INDIGOPORT="8100"
SERVERACCOUNTNAME="CONTROLMYVPS\VMMAdmin" SERVICEACCOUNT="CONTROLMYVPS\VMMAdmin" COMPANYNAME="VPSBlocks" USERNAME="Will Kruss" WSMANPORT="5985" BITSPORT="8443" LIBSHARENAME="MSSCVMMLibrary" LIBSHAREPATH="C:\ProgramData\Virtual Machine Manager Library Files"
SQLPORT="0" INSTANCENAME="SCVMM" DATABASENAME="VirtualManagerDB" CONNECTIONSTR="Integrated Security=SSPI;Application Name=VirtualMachineManager;Max Pool Size=500;Encrypt=true;TrustServerCertificate=true;Server=SCVMM;database=VirtualManagerDB" ONREMOTESERVER="0"
SQLMACHINENAME="SCVMM" SQLMACHINEFQDN="SCVMM.controlmyvps.com.au" INDIGOHTTPSPORT="8101" INDIGONETTCPPORT="8102" INDIGOHTTPPORT="8103" SETUPLANGUAGE="en-US" REBOOT=ReallySuppress'
05:08:29:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 9837
05:08:37:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 1317559262
05:08:37:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 1317559262
05:09:11:MsiInstallProduct finished for msi C:\SC2012_SP1_BETA_SCVMM\amd64\setup\msi\Server\vmmServer.msi.
05:09:11:LaunchMSI: MSI C:\SC2012_SP1_BETA_SCVMM\amd64\setup\msi\Server\vmmServer.msi succeeded.
05:09:11:Doing Postinstall task for PangaeaServer
05:09:11:ProcessInstalls: Install Item VMM management server was successful. We will launch the post process delegate.
05:09:49:VMMPostinstallProcessor threw an exception: Threw Exception.Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException, Exception.Message: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell, Version=6.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
05:09:49:StackTrace:   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.ClusterUtil.PowershellInvocationException..ctor(Exception innerException)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.ClusterUtil.PowershellHelper.InvokePowershell()
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.ClusterUtil.PowershellHelper.InvokeCommand(String commandName, Object[] commandParameters)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.ClusterUtil.PowershellHelper.LoadModules(String[] moduleNames)
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Setup.FeatureEnableHelper.EnableWindowsClusteringFeature()
   at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Setup.InstallItemCustomDelegates.PangaeaServerPostinstallProcessor()
05:09:49:ProcessInstalls: Running the PostProcessDelegate returned false.
05:09:49:ProcessInstalls: Running the PostProcessDelegate for PangaeaServer failed.... This is a fatal item. Setting rollback.
05:09:49:SetProgressScreen: FinishMinorStep.
05:09:49:ProcessInstalls: Rollback is set and we are not doing an uninstall so we will stop processing installs
05:09:49:****************************************************************
05:09:49:****Starting*RollBack*******************************************
05:09:49:****************************************************************
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Cheers,
- Will Kruss

Hi
I am having a similar problem
I have managed to install the console but no the VMM server manager
I get the below error:
"Unable to add the Windows feature RSAT-Clustering.
Run the PowerShell command window and try to add this
feature. "
The RSAT-Clustering feature is installed as can be seen below.
Not sure what the issue is.
PS C:\Users\xxxx>
Get-WindowsFeature RSAT-Cluster*
Display Name
Name Install
State
[X] Failover Clustering Tools
RSAT-Clustering
  Installed
[X] Failover Cluster Management Tools RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt
Installed
[X] Failover Cluster Module for Windows ... RSAT-Clustering-Powe... Installed
[X] Failover Cluster Automation Server
RSAT-Clustering-Auto... Installed
[X] Failover Cluster Command Interface RSAT-Clustering-CmdI...
Installed
Can any one help?

After host crash - cluster no longer working correctly in SCVMM 2012

Hi
one of our nodes in our cluster crashed. It came back. All the VMs on this host were running on other hosts so failover worked fine BUT for 2 VMs. One of those 2 VMs is - according to VMM - running on the crashed host. The other VM is - according to VMM
- running on another host node which did not fail.
I have a lot of job errors saying that VMM library object virtuals disk is missing of those two VMs. So I looked into the FailoverManager. There I was able to see that the VMs are running on totaly different host nodes then what VMM tells me. In addition
those VMs work just fine. I connected to both of them over Hpyer-V and they are just fine and the application also work without a problem. Please not those VMs are not shown twice or missing in VMM.
Live Migration to the Host node that crashed is no longer possible. But when looking into the status on VMM - it tells me that everything is fine. From Hpyer-V Manager I am able to do live migration to this host. But no longer from VMM console.
I rebooted the host node with no change. I refreshed the host nodes (all) in FailoverManager and in SCVMM, I refreshed the cluster... nothing. So I wanted to remove the cluster from SCVMM and re-add it. Doesn't work... It started with the first host and
after that my cluster was somewhat broken (I thought that removing cluster - NOT "uncluster" - wouldn't have an effect on the cluster itself - well I was wrong). Anyway I repaired the cluster it is back into VMM but I still have the issues with the VMs. There
are only warning on the VMM server that the library object (vhd) is missing but on the cluster nodes itself there are no errors.
Any ideas what I could do. I have no clue what to do about the VM which is supposed to be on this host but in FailoverManager it is on a totally different server. Any ideas?

Hi,
version is SCVMM 2012 RC - yes there were errors with live migration but unfortunately I receive so many warning messages now (about missing library objects for vhd files) that the errors from tuesday are already gone. I guess they might be in database ...
The log files you asked for are from 2011 when the cluster was created - no entries after that.
No the cluster is not in Maintenance or Pause mode - i checked that. Remove and re-join the cluster with VMM 2012 RC was already tried. As described above: that failed - the first cluster node was removed and after that the job failed in VMM. I found the
error message quite ironic because it said that "cluster node 1" is no longer reachable. Nooo really... it just had been removed a second before the "remove cluster" job failed. Unfortunately this job played havoc with my cluster. It took me 4 hours to bring
it back online (mostly VMs).
The good thing is, my cluster is somewhat working again - meaning after I repaired it and was able to re-add the missing cluster node back into VMM live migration now works both from Hyper-V and from SCVMM. The VERY bad part is that now several more VMs
are - according to VMM - runing on "cluster node 1" while the Failover Manager says they are runing on "cluster node 2 or 3...". In addition I get many more warning messages. This error is the one I am trying to eleminate. As said I haven't found anything
which helped me narrow done a solution. Everything I tried so far didn't have any response or - like the cluster - it made things quite bad (temporary). I checked the Event logs on the cluster nodes and VMM itself. Currently there are no error messages there.
Warning messages in VMM:
Warning (23234) VM Refresher encountered an error while creating or updating <vm name> with id XXXXX. VMM cannot find VirutalHardDisk object XXX. Ensure the library object is valid, and then try the operation again.
Warning (10647) The virtual network adapter for the virtual machine <vm name> is connected to a virtual network switch <swtich name> that is not valid.
Does anyone know how to change the time interval of the "VM Refresher"? I get those warning messages for each VM every 2 min. As there are several VMs affected by now I have several thousend messages each day...

SCVMM 2012 R2 VM on SMB 3.0 file share cloning is not offloaded and painfully slow

I setup a test environment, it appears the SCVMM always use BITS to clone VM that was painfully slow
SCVMM1: SCVMM 2012 R2 with the latest windows update
VHOST1 and VHOST2: Hyper-V Host. Windows Server 2012 R2 with the latest update
SERVER1: Windows File server, with Windows Server 2012 R2 with the latest update. The storage is a single 512GB SSD.
All VMs are located at a file share on SERVER1, the share is managed by SCVMM1 also.
All computers have plenty of RAM (8G+) and modern processor. The individual I/O benchmark on SERVER1 is typical SSD speed. Each VHOST has dedicated NIC for VM use. Each
server has two gigabit NICs on same switch for data.
The step to reproduce:
1. Create a Windows 7 x86 VM on VHOST1 and install OS on it. The VM is placed on the SERVER1 file share. It runs well. no problem, VM performance is good.
2. In SCVMM console, right clicks the VM and select "Create Clone", the deployment target is on the same SMB share as the source VM.
Actual: It appears SCVMM clone the VM files with BITS, it is painfully slow. All data travel through network. Estimated 30 minutes for 30GB file!
Expected result: SCVMM uses SMB 3.0 to make the copy. The source and destination are on the same SMB 3.0 share. The transfer of data should be offloaded by SERVER1, instead of reading all data then write it back cross network. (And from unknown reason the
BITS is even much slower than network file copy).
Did I miss anything? Any way to force SCVMM to do such offload copy? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi acacac1,
>>Actual: It appears SCVMM clone the VM files with BITS, it is painfully slow. All data travel through network. Estimated 30 minutes for 30GB file!
Did you try to disable BITS then clone the VM again for test ?
Any further information please feel free to let us know .
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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Deleting VM with snapshot/checkpoint is extremely slow in SCVMM 2012 R2

It appears deleting VM with checkpoint from SCVMM 2012 R2 is extremely slow.
There is the configuration:
one SCVMM 2012 R2 running on Windows Server 2012 R2
one Windows Server 2012 R2 as file share server (SMB), stores all VM files. The share is managed by SCVMM . uses local SSD disk. two gigabit ethernet ports connected to a switch.
two hyper-v hosts running Windows Server 2012 R2, non-clustered, managed by SCVMM, each hosts has three gigabit Ethernet ports connected to the switch.
Everthing works including live migration. Here is the problem:
When I deleted a VM with checkpoint, it appeared that SCVMM/Hyper-V merges something, it took a lot of time on reading each AVHDX and write to VHDX, this results two problems:
1. It took a lot of time and bandwidth. I am about to delete the VM (and all its files). Why SCVMM/Hyper-V wants to merge all files? The deletion took 29 minutes for a 36GB VM. This VM is just plain standalone VM, no usage of template.
The expected result is to just delete all VM files and remove VM, don't do merge. (BTW: VMWare doesn't do merge, the deletion is done in a few seconds))
2. although all data file are on the file share, the hyper-v host still reads each file from file share, then write to another file on the same file share. It consumes significant network bandwidth. Can they offload the work to file server?
The expected result is that Hyper-V offload the transfer to file share server. It should not create huge amount of network io.
3. The merging operation is incredibility slow. around 24MByte/sec data being copied.
The hyper-v has 2xgigabit links, benchmark shows the file share access can easily go 200Mbytes/sec, and the file server side is SSD drive with 200+MByte/sec bandwidth. The expected result is if hyper-v ever merge, the speed is least 100MByte/s and hopefully
go up to 200MByte/sec. 21MB/s is just painfully slow.
Did I miss anything?

Thanks for the info. Even there may be use cases where merge is necessary, there are plenty of use cases where merging is overkill -- can Hyper-V have a CLI option that deletes VM without doing merging?
If such option won't be available soon, can SCVMM do this on deleting a VM:
1. revert to the latest checkpoint, delete the checkpoint
2. repeat the step 1 until all checkpoint removed.
3. delete the VM.
This workaround avoids the Hyper-V's merging. It is not as clean as VMWare's (they just delete the VM files, no extra merge), but at least it is much faster and less resource consumption than merging.

SCVMM 2012 R2 RU3 - Live storage migration failing with error 12711 if cluster resource name is not in form of "SCVMM vmname "

At the end of live storage migration in SCVMM 2012 R2 RU3 getting error:
Error (12711)
VMM cannot complete the WMI operation on the server (hypervhost1.domain.local) because of an error: [MSCluster_Resource.Name="SCVMM test-vm"] The cluster resource could not be found.
The cluster resource could not be found (0x138F)
Recommended Action
Resolve the issue and then try the operation again.
Storage migration actually succeeds and after Repair/Ignore and Refresh, the VM shows up ok in VMM, with the VHD in new location.
If VM is offline, storage migration always succeeds. Live (non-storage) migration always succeeds.
I noticed in the error message that it searches for cluster resource name "SCVMM test-vm" and for some VMs I've got different cluster resource names.
Like for this VM cluster resource names are:
Virtual Machine test-vm
Virtual Machine Configuration test-vm
Furthermore, those resource names are showing up correctly in [VirtualManagerDB].[dbo].[tbl_WLC_VMInstance] table, columns VMResource and VMConfigResource.
Anyone knows why SCVMM keeps searching for "SCVMM test-vm" and how to fix this without recreating cluster resources?

Ok, you have the same problem and same configuration that this post:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/853c021f-dd0a-4d88-a7c1-72bb8d4d0591/hyperv-cluster-live-migration-does-not-work-anymore-after-ur5-installation?forum=virtualmachingmgrhyperv#b5ae914f-7b52-4cea-86ef-a64ce4b32bb0
This problem occurs will old and new vm?

SCVMM 2012 R2 Error 26571

SCVMM 2012 R2 show me the following:
Error (26571)
Cannot refresh the Windows file server storage provider (IP) because the storage provider has atleast one file server that has not been successfully created yet.

It's easier for us to help once we know the following:
1)what have you done so far
2)what are you trying to do?
Have you deployed a scale-out file server cluster with VMM? How many nodes is it in the cluster?
Or have you simply added a single Windows File Server to your VMM fabric? Can you take a look at the provider in VMm and see if there are any more details around the problem?
Kristian (Virtualization and some coffee: http://kristiannese.blogspot.com )

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