System CenterVirtual Machine Manager 2012

Ronnie Isherwood@virtualfat

The trouble with vm’s

Session Objectives

• Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview

• Deployment and Architecture

• Discuss heterogeneous scenarios

• Versions and Requirements

• Troubleshooting and wrap up

VMM is now cluster aware

IT has an upgrade path, 2008 R2 SP1 – 2012 RC then RTM

Name/Value pairs

Fully PowerShell scriptable

Infrastructure Enhancements

HA VMM Server

Upgrade

Custom properties

Powershell

Deployment

Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview

Service Management

Service Templates

Application Deployment

Custom Command Execution

Image Based Servicing

Services

Cloud Management

Application Owner Usage

Capacity and Capability

Delegation and Quota

Cloud

Infrastructure Enhancements

HA VMM Server

Upgrade

Custom properties

Powershell

Deployment Fabric

Hyper-V Bare Metal Provisioning

Hyper-V,

VMware, Citrix XenServer

Network Management

Storage Management

Update Management

Dynamic Optimization

Power Management

Monitoring Integration

Fabric

Management

Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview

VMware ESX Servers and

Clusters

Hyper-V Servers and

Clusters

Citrix XenServers

and Clusters

VMware vCenter Server

VMM Console

Library Server

Self-Service PortalServer

WDS (PXE)

Server

SQL Server

HA VMM Management

Servers

WSUS Server

Web Console Internet Explorer 8Internet Explorer 9

App Controller Server

App Controller Console Internet Explorer 8Internet Explorer 9

Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Architecture

Virtual Machine Manager Management Server

SCVMM ConnectorWindows PowerShell

Self Service Web PortalConsole

VMware ESX Hosts and Clusters

Management Interfaces

Storage / Networking

VMM Library Server

Hyper-V Hosts and Clusters VMware ESX

Hosts and Clusters

Windows Software Update Services Server(WSUS)

Virtualization Abstraction Layer

VMware vCenter

Operations Manager Management Server

Citrix XenServerHosts and Clusters

Windows Deployment

Services Server (WDS)

WDS server

VHD

Library server

Host profile

Bare Metal

Server

5. Run GCEs & Configure partitions

Drivers

Hyper-V

Server

VMM Server contoso

1. OOB Reboot

Heterogeneous scenarios

The case for and against mixing your Hypervisors– Technology transition

• i.e. currently vSphere, moving to Hyper-V

– Broader in guest Operating System Support

– Application support• Vendor support demands other Hypervisors

– Mergers and acquisitions

SCVMM 2007

• Virtual Server 2005 R2

SCVMM 2008 RTM

• Virtual Server 2005 R2

• Hyper-V RTM

• ESX 3.x

SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1

• Virtual Server 2005 R2

• Hyper-V RTM

• Hyper-V R2

• Hyper-V R2 SP1

• ESX 3.x

• ESX 4.0 (limited)

Multiple Hypervisor Support

SCVMM 2012

• Hyper-V RTM

• Hyper-V R2

• Hyper-V R2 SP1

• ESX 3.x

• ESX 4.1

• Citrix XenServer

XenServer Management

• VMM has no dependency on Citrix XenCenter

Citrix XenServer(s)

Integration Pack

Storage Repositories

SCVMM 2012 Server

SCVMM 2012 Libraries

Citrix XenCenter

Hyper-V

ESX ManagementvCenter 4.1 Integration

• vCenter datacenter tree structure no longer imported

• Adds host and host clusters into any host group

• Support for using less privileged accounts in vCenter

vCenter SCVMM 2008 R2SCVMM 2012

Troubleshooting and wrap up

• Installation & Upgrade

• Adding hosts and Deploying guests

• Notes from the forums

• Where to find out more.

Questions?Thank you

See you in ViennaRonnie Isherwood@virtualfat

ResourcesSCVMM Survival Guide - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/vmm-2012-survival-guide.aspx

SCVMM Forums- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/category/virtualmachinemanager

SCVMM Error codes - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4906.aspx

SCVMM2012 Update Management Blog Series

Bare Metal deployment with SCVMM2012 and HP ILO

Ronnie Isherwood@virtualfat

• A good place to find more

• …in Norwegian