JumpStart: Server Virtualization

with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

Corey Hynes

Lead Architect & President

holSystems | @holSystems

Symon Perriman

Senior Technical Evangelist

Microsoft | @SymonPerriman

Course Topics – Day 1

Windows Server 2012 R201 | Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

02 | Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

03 | Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Machines, and Checkpoints

04 | Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks

05 | Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica

06 | Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V

Course Topics – Day 2

System Center 2012 R207 | Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual

Machine Manager

08 | Managing Network and Storage Infrastructure in VMM

09 | Configuring and Managing the VMM Library

10 | Creating and Managing VMs Using VMM

11 | Managing Clouds in VMM

12 | Managing Services in VMM and App Controller

13 | Protecting and Monitoring Virtualization Infrastructure

Meet the Presenters

Background

Corey has been a core infrastructure architect and consultant in the field for over 15 years. His primary focus is operating system virtualization, management and deployment. Corey has been working with Hyper-V, XenDesktop and VMware extensively since they were introduced and he is currently a member of the Windows 8 TAP program. He is the author of over 100 labs across multiple product lines, and is the lead author of the Windows Server 2012 hands-on labs currently available on TechNet. Corey is also the owner and lead technical architect for holSystems, an online VM hosting engine for training and demo providers which hosts thousands of VM instances in a custom, thin-provisioning engine, and is the platform used for hands-on labs, instructor-led labs, and on-demand virtual labs worldwide.

Contact• @holsystems

Corey HynesLead Architect & President, HOLSystems

Background

As Microsoft’s corporate Senior Technical Evangelist covering Private Cloud, Virtualization & System Center, Symon is a recognized industry expert in datacenter management, cloud, virtualization, high-availability, and others.  Previously he spent four years as a Program Manager on the Server Clustering & High-Availability engineering team and has been working in the technology industry since 2002.  Symon holds several patents and industry certifications, including Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCSE Private Cloud, and VMware Certified Professional (VCP).  In 2013 he co-authored the book, “Introduction to System Center 2012 R2 for IT Professionals” (O’Reilly) and is a graduate from Duke University with degrees in Computer Science, Economics and Film & Digital Studies.

Contact• @SymonPerriman

Meet the PresentersSymon PerrimanSenior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

• Target Audience• This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies. The secondary audience for this course includes IT decision makers who will determine which virtualization product to implement in their data centers.

• Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material• 5-day Course: 20409A: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center• Exam: 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

Course Expectations

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Module 1

Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

Module Overview

Overview of Microsoft Virtualization

Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components

Evaluating the Current Environment for Virtualization•Extending Virtualization to the Cloud

Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Virtualization

Challenges of Traditional Computing Environments

What Is Server Virtualization?

What Is Network Virtualization?•Key Technologies

Challenges of Traditional Computing Environments

•Traditional challenges:• Space - Housing business equipment• Power - Providing affordable power to run the server, storage and network equipment• Cooling- Maintaining safe operating temperatures for equipment• Resilience - Building robust and highly available solutions and offering a means to recover data• Flexibility – Providing the time to deliver or upgrade infrastructure and or applications• Resources – Maintaining staff-to-system ratios and meeting training challenges

What Is Server Virtualization?

•Server virtualization:• You can create and run multiple computer operating systems on a single physical computer• Host servers share resources with all the virtual machines

•Virtualization challenges:• Limited number of compute resources

•Server virtualization features:• Hyper-V server virtualization feature allow full utilization of physical resource and provide advanced technology to make a more robust, available and dynamic server computing environment.

What Is Server Virtualization?

Type I Hypervisor

Windows virtual machine

Windows virtual machine

Linuxvirtual machine

Linux virtual machine

Paravirtualization drivers and tools

Hypervisor (VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V

Host – Physical hardware

What Is Server Virtualization?

Type II Hypervisor

Windows virtual machine

Windows virtual machine

Linuxvirtual machine

Linux virtual machine

Paravirtualization drivers and tools

Host – Operating system

Host – Physical hardware

Hypervisor (Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware workstation)

What Is Network Virtualization?Blue virtual machine

Physical server

Red virtual machine

virtualization

Physical network

Servers

Switches

Blue network Red network

Network virtualization runs multiple virtual networks on a physical network

Server virtualization runs multiple virtual servers on a physical server

Key Technologies

Hypervisor

VM Management

AutomationService Mgmt.

Monitoring

Self-Service

vSphere Hypervisor

vCenter Server

vCenter OrchestratorvCloud Automation

Center

vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite

vCloud Director

Hyper-V

Virtual Machine Manager

Orchestrator

Service Manager

Operations Manager

App Controller

Protection vSphere Data Protection

Data Protection ManagerSystem Center 2012

R2vCloud Suite

& vCenter

Key Technologies - Licensing

Hypervisor

VM Management

AutomationService Mgmt.

Monitoring

Self-Service

vSphere Hypervisor

vCenter Server

vCenter OrchestratorvCloud Automation

Center

vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite

vCloud Director

Windows Server 2012 R2 Inc. Hyper-V

Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 = Free Download

Virtual Machine Manager

Orchestrator

Service Manager

Operations Manager

App Controller

Protection vSphere Data Protection

Data Protection Manager

System Center 2012 R2 Licensing

Standard

Datacenter

# of Physical CPUs per License

2 2

# of Managed OSE’s per License

2 + Host Unlimited

Includes all SC Mgmt. Components

Yes Yes

Includes SQL Server for Mgmt. Server Use

Yes Yes

Open No Level (NL) & Software Assurance (L&SA) 2 year Pricing

$1,323 $3,607

vCloud Suite Licensing

Std. Adv. Ent.

# of Physical CPUs per License

1 1 1

# of Managed OSE’s per License

Unlimited VMs on Hosts

Includes vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus

Yes Yes Yes

Includes vCenter 5.5

No No No

Includes all required database licenses

No No No

Retail Pricing per CPU (No S&S)

$4,995

$7,495

$11,495

vSphere 5.5 Standalone Per CPU Pricing (Excl. S&S):Standard = $995Enterprise = $2,875Enterprise Plus = $3,495

Lesson 2: Overview of System Center 2012 R2

Using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 to Manage a Data Center

Overview of VMM•Overview of App Controller

Using System Center to Manage a Data Center

Data center

Manage virtual environment(VMM, App Controller)

Automation(Orchestrator,

Service Manager)

Manage physical and virtual components

(VMM)

Delegate administration and self service

(App Controller, DataProtection Manager)

Enable business Continuity

(Data ProtectionManager)

Monitor and report(OperationsManager)

Overview of VMM

VMM features include:• Bare-metal deployment of hosts• Host and cluster creation• Host groups• Cross-platform management• Storage configuration/network configuration• Intelligent placement/dynamic optimization• Power optimization• PRO• P2V

Compares withvCenter Server

Overview of App Controller

•App controller overview• A browser-based console used for providing delegated access to manage private and public cloud services and virtual machines

•App Controller can connect to:• Multiple VMM instances• Multiple Windows Azure subscriptions• Service Provider Foundation

Lesson 3: Evaluating the Current Environment for Virtualization

Evaluation Factors

Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators•Assessment Features of MAP

Evaluation Factors

•When evaluating server virtualization, consider the following: • Project Scope• Hardware requirements• Compatibility• Applications and services• Supportability• Licensing• Availability requirements

Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators

•Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP)•Third-party tools (import maps output)• Infrastructure planning and design guides (IPD)

Assessment Features of the MAP Toolkit•Discovery• Inventory•Hardware configuration• Servers• Infrastructure (Shared storage and network)

•Virtual Server Consolidation Wizard•Private cloud fast track•MAP will scan vSphere hosts, and VMs and produce spreadsheet & report on conversion candidates

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Lesson 4: Extending Virtualization to the Cloud

What is Windows Azure?

Windows Azure Services

Virtual Machines in Windows Azure•Extending Your Data Center

What is Windows Azure?

Windows Azure is the public cloud offering from Microsoft Windows Azure delivers the following service models:

• PaaS• IaaS• SaaS

Windows Azure Services

•Windows Azure Services:• Compute

• Websites, virtual machines, mobile, and cloud services

• Data Services• Data management, HDInsight, business analytics,

backup, recovery manager.

• App Service• Media services, messaging, BizTalk services, identity,

caching

• Network• Virtual network, Traffic manager

Virtual Machines in Windows Azure

•Virtual machines in Windows Azure are:• Built from scratch• Deployed from templates including Windows, Ubintu, CentOS• Have preinstalled applications such as SQL, SharePoint, BizTalk, Visual Studio• Can be customized and built from user templates• Built on premises VHDs and then imported

Extending Your Data Center

•Extending your datacenter•Windows Azure Virtual Network•Windows Azure Pack