Building a dynamic datacenter 21 n n n n Configuration of the VMM environment Creating, deleting, starting, and stopping VMs Conversion of physical servers to virtualized systems VM monitoring Tip Use the VMM Self-Service Portal to allow IT staff to create new VMs with predefined profiles. The VMM Library contains the profiles used to create VMs, including templates, virtual disks, and CD/DVD ISO images. In addition to access by the VMM Server, the library is also accessed by the VMM Self-Service Portal (not shown in the diagram). The portal is used by IT staff to create and manage VMs using predefined profiles. Portal rights and permissions are configurable to control who can access and what they can do. The VMM Agent resides on Hyper-V hosts. The VMM Server uses the agent to effect changes to the virtualization environment and to monitor its health. Centralized management is not possible in a heterogeneous environment. For example, some datacenters might house both Microsoft and VMware VMs. To ensure a single management solution, Microsoft has designed VMM to support the following: Tip You can use VMM to manage your VMware ESX instances.