Creating a Hardware Profile in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2

June 11, 2014 MS Server Pro One comment

In System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), a profile is a library resource that contains specifications that can be applied to a new virtual machine or a virtual machine template. A hardware profile is a library resource that defines a standard set of hardware configuration settings that we can apply to a new virtual machine or a virtual machine template. We can deploy a virtual machine without a hardware profile, but by using a hardware profiles in conjunction with a virtual machine template ensure that your virtual machine deployment uses a consistent hardware configuration in virtual machines. A hardware profile can contain the following specifications:

Cloud Capability Profiles
Processor, Memory
Video Adapter
IDE Devices, DVD drives, SCSI Adapter
Network and Fibre Channel Adapters
Virtual machine priority
Memory Weight
Virtual NUMA (Non-uniform memory access)

To create a hardware profile, perform the following steps:

1. In the VMM console, click the Library workspace. In the navigation pane, expand Profiles, then right-click on Hardware Profiles, and then click Create Hardware Profile.

2. On the New Hardware Profile dialog box, On the General tab, in the Name box, enter a name for the hardware profile. For example, type KTM-WEBSRV. In the Generation box, select Generation 1 or Generation 2, and then click OK.

3. Click the Hardware Profile tab, and then configure the required setting as shown in figures. For example, you can configure the following settings:

The number of processors
The amount of static or Dynamic memory
The logical network
Whether to make the virtual machine highly available

After you have made your selections, click OK.

4. Verify that the profile was created.

Summary:

Creating a hardware profile in conjunction with a virtual machine template ensure that your virtual machine deployment uses a consistent hardware configuration in virtual machines. I hope this article will help a lot during creating a hardware profile in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 202 R2.