Yes, this article is about yet another script that will let you check the Integration Components version of your Hyper-V node and all of the VM’s on it.

On this blog there are already two (2) articles about checking the Integration Components version. Peter Noorderijk has an very useful and excellent version here. I have one here.

WHY ANOTHER ONE THEN! Sorry, I had to make another one! The other day I ran in to an issue with my own script which wouldn’t let me check the Integration Components versions of nodes and virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 RTM. So I created one that does both RTM and R2. This script works when you have an mixed environment of Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2008 RTM or R2 AND you have virtual machines running both flavors.

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Microsoft has today, July 12, 2011, released an hotfix rollup for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (SCVMM 2008 R2) Service Pack 1 (SP1).

More info here: SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 hotfix rollup

This article describes recommended updates to install to address issues when you are managing hosts or are performing a physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversion by using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.

Use the information in the “More information” section to help you determine whether a particular hotfix or update applies to your environment.

Recommended updates for the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Server and Admin Console
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
For more information on how to obtain and upgrade to Service Pack 1, please reference the following site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg318082.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg318082.aspx)

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When a Vailidation Test is performed in an production environment with the configuration that uses Hyper-V with Cluster Shared Volumes chances are that the Storage tests will not finish successfully. The reason for conducting a Validation Test may be expanding the Failover Cluster with an additional node or for troubleshooting purposes.

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This article documents recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Failover Clusters. Applying these fixes can improve the reliability of your high avialability solution.

Note We recommend you evaluate each fix to determine whether it applies to your environment. If you determine that Failover Clusters in your environment may be affected by the problem(s) that a fix addresses, install the fix on each cluster node using the procedures described in KB 174799 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174799) .

Use the information in the “More information” section to help you determine whether a particular fix applies to the cluster. Before you install a particular fix, we recommend you review the original Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article that describes the fix.

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