Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager

Auto-configuration of Storage Spaces Direct

After you install Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager and you create a Storage Spaces Direct cluster (hyper-converged or disaggregated), Virtual Machine Manager automatically configures storage pools and tiers for you.

For information about other features that are available in System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager, see What’s New in VMM 2016.

Hotfix 1 for this update rollup

A hotfix is available on top of this update rollup. The hotfix fixes an issue that stops live migration of virtual machines between two Windows Server 2016 hosts. To learn more about this issue and how to obtain the hotfix, see Knowledge Base article 3208888 .

How to obtain and install Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager

Download information

Update packages for Virtual Machine Manager are available from Microsoft Update or by manual download.

Download information

Update packages for Virtual Machine Manager are available from Microsoft Update or by manual download.

Microsoft Update

To obtain and install an update package from Microsoft Update, follow these steps on a computer that has a Virtual Machine Manager component installed:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update.
3. In the Windows Update window, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.
4. Click Important updates are available.
5. Select the update rollup package, and then click OK.
6. Click Install updates to install the update package.

If your computer is running Windows Server 2016 or later, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Settings.
2. In Settings, click Updates & Security.
3. On the Windows Update tab, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.
4. Click Important updates are available.
5. Select the update rollup package, and then click OK.
6. Click Install updates to install the update package.

Manual download

Go to the following websites to manually download the update packages from the Microsoft Download Center:


Note There is not an update for the Guest Agent in this update rollup.

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