Real World Team Foundation ServerTips&Tricks per l’amministratore casuale

Matteo Emili

Microsoft MVP (Visual Studio ALM)

matteo.emili@domusdotnet.orghttp://blogs.ugidotnet.org/j3r@MattVSTS

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PERCHÈ SIAMO QUI?

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Rapido sguardo all’architettura…

Application Tier (AT)

Data Tier (DT)

ConfigurationDatabase

RelationalWarehouse

OLAP CubeDatabase

CollectionDatabases

Client Tier

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..e ai protocolli…

Client Tier

Application Tier (AT)

TFS Proxy

Build Drop Server

Symbol Server

Data Tier (DT)

SharePoint Portal

BuildAgent

Analysis Services

HTTP(S)

HTTP(S)

HTTP(S)

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Topologie

• Single Server– Giusto dimensionamento

• Dual Server– Giusto dimensionamento per il Data Tier

• Farm– Network Load Balancer robusto, cluster SQL Server affidabile

• L’implementazione definitiva – Chiamate uno bravo…

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Installazione

• Usare una macchina pulita se possibile (x64)• Macchine virtuali per testare• Utilizzare Reporting Services e Sharepoint solo se

necessario

• Client Compatibility Matrix (http://tinyurl.com/tfsCompatMatrix/)

• Visual Studio ALM Rangers Quick Reference Guide (http://vs2010quickref.codeplex.com/)

• Visual Studio ALM Rangers Upgrade Guide (http://vs2010upgradeguide.codeplex.com/)

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Utenti e permessiTeam FoundationServer

SharePoint ReportingServices

TFS ServerAdmin

Team Foundation Administrators

Site Administrator Content Manager,Site Administrator

ProjectAdmin

Project Administrators

Project site-level Administrator

Project site-level Content Manager

ProjectContributor

ProjectContributors

Project site-level Contributors

Project site-level Browser

ProjectReader

ProjectReaders

Project site-level Readers

Projects site-levelReaders

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Strumenti amministrativi

• Administration Console• TFS Admin Tool (http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com/)• Team Foundation Sidekicks (http://tinyurl.com/tfssidekicks)• …

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DEMOTeam Foundation Server Administration Tools

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Backup

• Backuppare l’intera infrastruttura di Visual Studio ALM può essere dura…– Team Foundation Server– Customizzazioni della Team Build– Reporting Services– Sharepoint Server– Virtual Machine Manager– …e molto altro…

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Cosa ci serve davvero?

• Configuration Database• Collection Databases• Warehouse Database• Reporting Services database• Reporting Service encryption key

Data Tier

• SharePoint products configuration databases

• Site collection custom controls• Encryptions Keys database

SharePoint

• Configuration settings• Usernames and passwords• Tutte le customizzazioni

Application Tier

• Server configurations• Custom Activities

Team Build

• Configurazione di SCVMM• Virtual Machines• Lab Environments• VM Templates

Lab Management

• Shelve delle modifiche

Clients

• Versioni dei software• Installation Media• License Keys

General

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Come possiamo backuppare tutto?

• Team Foundation Server può essere backuppato utilizzando il Backup PowerTool.

• SharePoint – http://tinyurl.com/SharePointBackup/• Lab Management – http://tinyurl.com/vmmBackup/

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DEMOTeam Foundation Server Backup PowerTool

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Infine, le performance!

• Tutte le comunicazioni fra tier in Visual Studio ALM sono in HTTP(S).

• L’alleato numero uno è quindi Fiddler (http://fiddler2.com/)• Inoltre con i Team Foundation Server PowerTools abbiamo a

disposizione un altro formidabile strumento…

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DEMOTeam Foundation Server Best Practice Analyzer

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Ricapitolando

• Backup• Monitorare periodicamente lo stato di salute

– Best Practices Analyzer– Log– Hardware e performance di SQL Server indiziati numero 1

• MAI toccare lo schema dei database di TFS

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Domande?

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Thanks everybody!