SCVMM + SCOM Infrastructure Lab Expert lab 2
A learner provisions an isolated scvmm + scom infrastructure lab environment and completes a guided operational task.
Business context
Ultiblob uses this exercise to train private cloud and system center infrastructure engineer candidates on realistic private-cloud lab operations rather than static videos.
Technical objective
Configure the core scvmm + scom infrastructure lab services, verify health, and record the result in the lab progress view.
Student instructions
- 1Open the lab workspace and review the topology map.
- 2Launch the required templates and wait for all provisioning checks to complete.
- 3Complete the configuration task in the course module.
- 4Run validation and capture the result for instructor review.
- 5Create a snapshot before any risky troubleshooting or failure exercise.
Troubleshooting
- If access fails, confirm the bastion session is active and the instance is not expired.
- If validation fails, inspect the lab event log before rerunning the check.
- If configuration drifts, restore the latest clean snapshot and repeat the module task.
Cleanup
- Export notes or reports required by the instructor.
- Restore or delete temporary snapshots created during the exercise.
- Use the teardown action when the module is complete or allow the TTL policy to expire the lab.
Provisioning readiness
Click Launch lab to start the provisioning flow and watch each stage complete.
- Request accepted
- Capacity reserved
- Templates queued
- Validation running
- Workspace ready
Required templates
- Windows Server 2022 base - defined
- Domain Controller template - defined
- SQL Server template - defined
- SCVMM template - blocked
- SCOM template - blocked
- Hyper-V nested host template - defined
- Windows Admin Center template - defined
Validation checks
- AD DS and DNS healthy: Directory services, DNS, and LDAP checks pass inside the tenant network.
- SQL reachable: The SQL endpoint accepts a least-privilege validation login.
- SCVMM service running: SCVMMService is running and the VMM console endpoint responds.
- SCVMM host added: The nested Hyper-V host is present, responding, and not in Needs Attention state.
- SCOM agent reporting: Agent heartbeat is current and the computer object is monitored.
- Nested virtualization available: A nested workload VM can power on and report guest tools status.
- Snapshot created: A named checkpoint exists before the exercise stage.
- Rollback tested: The instance returns to the expected baseline state.
Expected result
The lab reaches Healthy state for AD DS and DNS healthy, SQL reachable, SCVMM service running, SCVMM host added, SCOM agent reporting, Nested virtualization available, Snapshot created, Rollback tested.
Reset policy: Student can reset to the last clean snapshot; instructor can force reset from admin view. Teardown policy: Automatic teardown at TTL expiry with manual instructor override for cohorts.