with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

JumpStart: Server Virtualization

Symon Perriman Senior Technical Evangelist Microsoft | @SymonPerriman

Corey Hynes
Lead Architect & President holSystems | @holSystems

Course Topics Day 1

Windows Server 2012 R2
01 | 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 R2
07 | Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager 08 | Managing the Infrastructure with VMM 09 | Configuring and Managing the VMM Library 10 | Creating and Managing VMs with VMM 11 | Managing Clouds with VMM 12 | Managing Services with VMM and App Controller 13 | Protecting and Monitoring the Virtualization Infrastructure

Meet the Presenters

Symon Perriman Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Background
As Microsofts 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 (OReilly) and is a graduate from Duke University with degrees in Computer Science, Economics and Film & Digital Studies.

Contact
@SymonPerriman

Meet the Presenters

Corey Hynes Lead Architect & President, HOLSystems 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.

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@holsystems

Course Expectations
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

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Module 7

Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

Module Overview
Integrating System Center and Server Virtualization
Overview of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Installing System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Adding Hosts and Managing Host Groups

Lesson 1: Integrating System Center and Server Virtualization

Provisioning Server Virtualization with VMM
Managing Server Virtualization by Using App Controller Monitoring Server Virtualization by Using Operations Manager Integrating Service Manager Automating Tasks with Orchestrator

Using Data Protection Manager to Protect VMs

Using the Windows Azure Pack for Self-Service Capabilities

Provisioning Server Virtualization with VMM

VMM features include:

Multihost support Hyper-V, Citrix Xenserver, VMware Intelligent placement Dynamic optimization App-V support Live migration Delegated administration Cloud, infrastructure, and services management Networking, virtual machines in the cloud environment, storage, infrastructure, and support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

Enhanced in System Center 2012 R2 VMM:

Managing Server Virtualization by Using System Center App Controller

App Controller:
Replaces the now deprecated VMM self-service portal Provides delegated access to private and public cloud resources, such as:

Virtual machines Services Templates, images

Allows administrators to migrate between VMM, Windows Azure, and service provider data centers

Monitoring Server Virtualization by Using System Center Operations Manager

Operations Manager provides:
Application monitoring in both the private and public

clouds

Dashboards Health monitoring Alerts Agent and agentless monitoring Fabric monitoring

By integrating Operations Manager and VMM, you

can monitor an entire virtualized environment

Integrating System Center Service Manager

With Service Manager, you can:
Implement service management, as defined in the ITIL and

the Microsoft Operations Framework Use the built-in process management packs to provide processes for:

Defining templates and workflows Implementing change requests and change request templates Manually designing activity templates Enforcing compliance

Automating Tasks with System Center Orchestrator

Orchestrator provides the ability to:
Automate processes across systems, platforms, and cloud

services Automate best practices Connect different systems from different vendors Implement built-in integration packs Implement end-to-end automation across multiple System Center products

Enhancements in System Center 2012 R2:

Increases multiple runbook workers that combine with Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server Use runbooks to automate tasks with Windows PowerShell

Using System Center Data Protection Manager to Protect a Server Virtualization Deployment
DPM provides:
Disk and tape-based data protection and recovery Recover bare-metal servers and desktops running

Windows operating systems Central management from the DPM Administrator Console Role-based access permissions to distribute backup and restore management Enhancements in System Center 2012 R2:

Windows Azure Backup SQL Server cluster support Virtualized deployment Linux virtual machine backup

Using the Windows Azure Pack for Self-Service Capabilities

Provides the following capabilities: Management portal for tenants Management portal for administrators Service management API Windows Azure Web site and virtual machine access to private cloud Service bus communication between applications Automate and extend custom services

Lesson 2: Overview of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager

Introducing System Center 2012 R2 VMM
Fabric Management VMM Architecture Determining Topology for a VMM Deployment

Introducing System Center 2012 R2 VMM

Significant enhancements in the following areas: Enterprise-class performance
Support for up to 1,000 host and 25,000 virtual machines Dynamic VHDX resize Automatic upgrade Hyper-V clusters with Live Migration Enhanced support for Citrix and VMware hosts

Simplified provisioning and migration Storage improvements Bare-metal provisioning Multitenant cloud infrastructure Provisioning Windows Azure infrastructure

Fabric Management
Fabric includes network and
Fabric Management
Network management Power management

storage infrastructure, host computers and groups, and WDS and WSUS servers Aggregates and abstracts everything into resources that can be consumed and deployed Accessed by administrator and designated user roles in private cloud resource allocation

Storage management

Update management

Dynamic Optimization Hyper-V bare metal provisioning

Hyper-V, Citrix, VMware

Monitoring Integration

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VMM Architecture

VMM Architecture

Determining Topology for a VMM Deployment

Windows Azure

VMM Console App Controller Library Server VMM Server SQL database Server VMware vCenter Server WSUS Server Branch Office VMM Servers

WDS Server Hyper-V Host Citrix XenServer Host ESX Host

Lesson 3: Adding Hosts and Managing Host Groups

What Are Host Groups?
Deploying Hyper-V Hosts to Bare-Metal Computers

What Are Host Groups?

Allows collective management of physical hosts

Can nest host groups: Parent-Child inheritance applies Naming & moving group, allow unencrypted file transfers Placement rules: Virtual machine must, should, must not or should not match the host Host reserves: Can reserve various resources for host alone
Includes CPU, Memory, Disk I/O and space, Network I/O

Configurable properties include:

Dynamic optimization for determining vm load

Resource default: CPU 30%, RAM 512MB, Disk I/O 0% Power optimization included

Network: Can assign varied network resources: IP pools, load balancers, logical networks & MAC pools Storage: Can assign storage pools and logical units resources

Deploying Hyper-V Hosts to Bare-Metal Computers

Physical

computer without an operating system installed is installed AND deployed as physical host

Requirements:
Network adapter PXE-enabled; PXE server in domain

BIOS set to PXE-boot first

BMCs have proper credentials Host profile must already exist MAC address discovered for static IP assignment; VMM SP1

and R2 offer Deep Discovery automates IP assignment

Uses Fabric workspace, Add Resource Wizard, to launch deployment

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Module 8

Managing the Infrastructure with VMM

Module Overview
Managing Networking Infrastructure
Managing Storage Infrastructure Managing Infrastructure Updates Hyper-V Clustering

Lesson 1: Managing Networking Infrastructure

Working with Virtualization Infrastructure
What Is Networking Infrastructure? Configuring Ports and Logical Switches in Virtual Machine Manager Using Virtual Machine Networks for Isolating Networking

Working with Virtualization Infrastructure

VMM infrastructure contains the

components that make the virtualization environment, which are:

VMM infrastructure servers (any with a VMM agent)

Library servers, Hosts servers (and host groups), PXE servers, WSUS servers, vCenter servers and VMM servers

Networking

Logical networks, MAC address pools, load balancers, VIP templates, logical switches, port profiles port classifications, network service
Classifications and pools, providers, arrays, file servers, Fibre channel fabrics

Storage

What Is Networking Infrastructure?

Top of rack switch management and

integration Logical network: named networks that serve particular functions IP address pool management and integration with IPAM Host and VM network switch management Load balancer integration and automated deployment Network virtualization deployment and management

Configuring Ports and Logical Switches in Virtual Machine Manager

Hyper-V host #1

Logical switch
Switch settings Port profiles (uplink)
Management Corporate

Virtual switch
Management

Port profiles (virtual)

Hyper-V host #2 Virtual switch

Management

Cluster

Using Virtual Machine Networks for Isolating Networking

Virtual machine network features: Built on top of logical networks Allows you to use several virtualization networks on one logical network Without isolation there can only be one virtual machine network per logical network. This kind of virtual machine network uses the logical network to communicate. VLANs and PVLANS are configured at the logical network Virtual machine networks work well for many situations, not just for hosts

Lesson 2: Managing Storage Infrastructure

Storage Options for Server Virtualization
Implementing Block Storage Implementing File Storage Deploying Storage in Virtual Machine Manager

Storage Options for Server Virtualization

When you do storage planning for virtualization hosts, you should: Use high performance connectivity to storage Implement redundant storage Analyze the current storage usage, and determine the storage performance Plan for adequate space for existing virtualization needs, and plan future storage growth Ensure you include data protection, such as backups or offsite replication

Implementing Block Storage

Implementing Fibre Storage Virtual Fibre Channel Adapters

Implementing iSCSI Storage

Implementing File Storage

SMB 3.0: Enables virtual machine storage on SMB 3.0 file shares Requires Windows Server 2012 file servers Requires fast network connectivity Provide redundancy and performance benefits

NFS: Enables you can use NFS Shares to deploy VMware to virtual machines

Deploying Storage in Virtual Machine Manager

After adding storage to VMM, you can deploy logical units using two SAN methods:

Snapshots. With this method, the SAN creates a writable snapshot of an existing logical unit Cloning. With this method, the SAN creates an independent copy of an existent logical unit

The method used must be supported by the SAN vendor After integration, you can deploy logical units and storage pools by using the VMM Console or Windows PowerShell cmdlets

Lesson 3: Managing Infrastructure Updates

What Are Infrastructure Updates?
Configuring a Fabric Update in Virtual Machine Manager Planning an Update Baseline Update Server Considerations

What Are Infrastructure Updates?

Infrastructure updates: You can integrate VMM and Windows Server Update Server (WSUS) to provide scanning and compliance of your virtualization infrastructure

Configuring a Fabric Update in Virtual Machine Manager

Process for implementing update management in VMM: 1. Enable update management 2. Configure and manage update baselines 3. Start a scan to determine compliance status 4. Perform an update remediation 5. Specify update exemptions

Planning an Update Baseline

An update baseline is a set of required updates

assigned to a scope of infrastructure servers within the private cloud

If you move a host or host cluster to a new host

group, the object will inherit the baseline associated with the target host group

If you assign a baseline specifically to a standalone

host or host cluster, the baseline will stay with the object when it moves from one host group to another

Update Server Considerations

When integrating WSUS and VMM:
You must have WSUS 3.0 SP2 x64 or newer You should limit languages, products, and classifications in WSUS

Integration with Configuration Manager is

possible, if WSUS server is managed by Configuration Manager

Also use reporting capabilities for compliance information

Lesson 4: Hyper-V Clustering

Clustering Review
Dynamic Optimization Power Optimization

Overview of Failover Cluster

Up to 64 physical servers

Compares with VMware HA

and 6,000 VMs Built-n hardware and software validation Shared storage using SMB, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) or Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS)

Dynamic Optimization

Compares with vSphere DRS

Power Optimization

Compares with vSphere DPM

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Module 9

Configuring and Managing the VMM Library

Module Overview
Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library
Working With Profiles and Templates

Lesson 1: Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library

What Is the Virtual Machine Manager Library?
Virtual Machine Manager Library Resources Library Server and Host Group Association Considerations for Highly Available Library Servers

What Is the Virtual Machine Manager Library?

Hosted

on Library servers Stores resources used to create virtual machines Catalog of stored resources

Some resources stored in VMM database

Contains

templates and profiles Contains library shares

Shared folders on the Library servers Can be organized into subfolders Indexed for quick retrieval Variable chunking Compression of primary data to other storage areas

Data deduplication

Virtual Machine Manager Library Resources

Library stored resources include:
File-based resources answer and driver files, virtual floppy and hard drives, ISO images, Windows PowerShell and SQL Server scripts, web deployment, and SQL DAC files Virtual machines templates and profiles Equivalent objects Cloud library Self-service user content Orphaned resources Updated catalogs and baselines Stored virtual machines and services

Library Server and Host Group Association

Library servers can be associated with particular

host groups

Enhances ability to work on several libraries at a time Grouped according to bandwidth, location Library servers in each host group share resources within host group:

A Library server

Host group London

HQ Host group

Host group South

Considerations for Highly Available Library Servers

VMM management servers cannot be on the same

cluster as library servers When a cluster fails over, library shares on it go offline until the cluster comes back up The SQL Server running the VMM database should also be clustered As an alternative to failover clustering, you can add more library servers VMM library servers do not replicate files

Manually copy files using robocopy or another similar utility

Lesson 2: Working With Profiles and Templates

What Is a Hardware Profile? What Is a Guest OS Profile? What is Server App-V

What Is an Application Profile?

What Is an SQL Server Profile? Configuring Virtual Machine Templates

What Are Service Templates and Service Deployment Configurations?

What Is a Hardware Profile?

Contains specifications for:

CPU Memory Network and Fibre Channel adapters Floppy, IDE, SCSI and DVD drives COM ports Memory weight Virtual NUMA CPU priority

Ensures consistent hardware

settings over virtual machines made with the profile

Imported into VM templates

What Is a Guest OS Profile?

Contains specifications for: Operating System Identity Information Admin Password Product key Time zones Roles Features Domain/Workgroup Answer file GUIRunOnce Commands

What is Server App-V

Isolated Virtual Application Mode
Application A Application B Application C

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Application packages sequenced to derive from different sources; run on same virtual machine

Data

System Services

Configurations

App-V Server sequenced package in Library Server

What Is an Application Profile?

Application profiles provide the instructions for installing applications to support a VNN-managed service Application profiles support the following application types: SQL Server DACs Server App-V applications Web applications Scripts

What Is an SQL Server Profile?

A SQL Server profile is a building block for

deploying a SQL Server instance onto a virtual machine.

The process for installing and configuring a

SQL Server Instance includes:

1. Prepare a SQL Server image using Sysprep

2. Create a SQL Server profile

3. Create a VM template 4. Create a service template 5. Deploy the service

Configuring Virtual Machine Templates

A virtual machine template provides an efficient way to deploy new virtual machines and services

Virtual machine templates provide: A means to configure hardware, operating systems, applications and SQL Server specifications and to create new templates A consistent method for self-service users to deploy new virtual machines and services

Service Templates and Service Deployment Configurations

Service templates Encapsulate requirements to deploy and run an instance of an application Use machine tiers to specify settings of virtual machine types Service Deployment Configuration Configures deployment of service template settings Makes use of the deployment diagram and selects virtual machines to be deployed as part of the service

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Module 10

Creating and Managing VMs with VMM

Module Overview
Creating Virtual Machines
Cloning & Converting Virtual Machines

Lesson 1: Creating VMs

Create a VM
Create a VM with PowerShell

What Is a Virtual Machine Checkpoint?

A non-checkpointed .vhd/.vhdx Checkpoint creates .avhd/.avhdx file

.vhd

Checkpoint

All subsequent changes are written to the .avhd/.avhdx file When reverted, the and .avhd/.avhdx file is deleted

.avhd

.vhd

Checkpoint

.avhd

Lesson 2: Cloning and Converting Virtual Machines

What Is Virtual Machine Cloning?
Considerations for Virtual Machine Cloning Converting a Virtual Machine

Creating Virtual Machines in VMM

Use the Create Virtual Machine Wizard Can use existing resources such as virtual machines, templates, .vhds Create a brand new virtual machine Configure Hardware page provides many options Intelligent placement on host

Configuring Virtual Machine Placement in VMM

Virtual Machine Manager evaluates a hosts capacity and performance Automatically places a virtual machine on the most suitable host Makes star rating recommendations through intelligent placement

What Is Virtual Machine Cloning?

Rapid way to deploy a virtual machine

Makes copy of the .vhd/.vhdx, configuration files,

and memory contents Original can be online if using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cloned virtual machine is an exact copy with the same identity

Virtual Machine 1

Virtual Machine 1

Considerations for Virtual Machine Cloning

The cloned virtual machine has the same name and domain SID of the original virtual machine After cloning, run Sysprep, or manually change to unique settings and values Ensure sufficient disk space exists on host

Converting a Virtual Machine

Convert Citrix XenServer virtual machines to Hyper-V

via a P2V conversion Virtual-to-virtual machine conversion supports converting:

In System Center 2012 VMM

ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 5 ESX/ESXi 4.0 ESX/ESXi 4.1 ESXi 5.1

In System Center 2012 SP1 VMM and System Center 2012 R2 VMM

ESX/ESXi 4.1 ESXi 5.1

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Module 11

Managing Clouds with VMM

Module Overview
Introduction to Clouds
Creating and Managing a Cloud Working With User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager

Lesson 1: Introduction to Clouds

What Is a Cloud?
What Are Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds? Virtualization and the Cloud Clouds in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Example of a Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Cloud

What Is a Cloud?

Is also known as cloud computing Enables sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale Uses the Internet, Internet standards, and protocols Can provide various resources such as virtual machines, storage, apps, services including databases, programs, and systems

What Are Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds?

Public On-demand computing delivered through the Internet with Internet standards and protocols Makes resources available to users anywhere Users do not need their own infrastructure Users run apps, services, or virtual machines remotely, running on the cloud vendors infrastructure Organizations use their own infrastructure but integrate with certain resources of the cloud vendor On-demand computing delivered through the Internet with Internet standards and protocols Makes resources available to only its users Users run apps, services, or virtual machines remotely, running on the organizations infrastructure

Private

Hybrid

Virtualization and the Cloud

Private cloud is more than just virtualization Critical components of virtualization:

Server consolidation Easy deployment Elasticity and scalability Multiple tenets High availability and mobility Private cloud requires more: Automated management Pools of compute resources Self-service provisioning Usage-based chargeback

Clouds in System Center 2012 R2 VMM

Details of fabric are

hidden Easy to define quota limits New Tenant Administrator role On-premises can be within the organization or somewhere else

Example of a Cloud

Enhanced storage Automate SAN iSCSI or Fibre Enhanced networking Switch zoning IPAM Site-to-site network connections using private IP address RBA

AdatumCloud

Live cloning
DevGroup ResearchGroup

Lesson 2: Creating and Managing a Cloud

Configuring Cloud Resources
Configuring Cloud Capacity Configuring Cloud Capability Managing a Cloud

Configuring Cloud Resources

Hardware Storage: SAN, Fibre, disk, libraries, .iso files Networking, Logical LANs, load balancers, vIP Memory CPUs Software Databases, apps, large applications Physical hosts Virtual machines

Configuring Cloud Capacity

Uses quotas Specifies maximum usage allowed by default

Can be throttled back by a lesser amount

Applies to: Virtual CPUs Memory Storage Custom quota points Virtual machines Can add more capacity

Configuring Cloud Capability

Capability built on capacity profiles Provides built-in fabric capability

Assignment based on the hypervisor platform

VMware ESX Server Microsoft Hyper-V XenServer, Citrix Xen Hosts

Can use one, any, or all three

Can also make custom capacity profiles

Managing a Cloud
Chargeback and governance of resource usage Private cloud application performance monitoring

GSM ensures applications are always up and

always on SLA-based

Lesson 3: Working With User Roles in VMM

What Are User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager?
Objects and Actions that Can Be Delegated User Role Profiles Creating a User Role Connecting to Virtual Machine Manager by Using Different User Roles

What Are User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager?

User roles contain: Profiles Members Scope Network Cloud quotas Resources Permissions Run-As accounts

Depending on profile selected

Objects and Actions that Can Be Delegated

The resources (objects) available in a private cloud are: Virtual CPUs Memory Storage Custom Quota (Points) Virtual Machines Data paths The actions you can allow for these resources are:
Author Checkpoint (snapshots) Checkpoint (Restore Only) Deploy Deploy (From Template only) Local Administrator Pause and Resume Receive Remote Connection Remove Save Share Shut down Start Stop

Store

User Role Profiles

Preexisting Administrator role Fabric administrator: Formerly, Delegated Administrator May still show up in technical references Read-only administrator Tenant administrator: New user role in VMM 2012 SP1

Application administrator: Formerly known as Self-Service User May still show up in technical references

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Module 12

Managing Services with VMM and App Controller

Module Overview
Understanding Services in Virtual Machine Manager
Creating and Managing Services in VMM Using System Center 2012 R2 App Controller

Lesson 1: Understanding Services in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

What Is a Service?
What Is a Service Template? Service Template Service Template Updates

What Is a Service?
A service is a set of one or more virtual machines

that are deployed together and managed as a single entity Service:

Is deployed by an administrator or end-user Can contain several different components Can be deployed to a private cloud or to a host group Can have preinstalled roles, features and applications Can contain multiple virtual machines working together on an application, such as a web application

What Is a Service Template?

Encapsulates all necessary components that are

required to deploy and run a new instance of an application

Service template considerations: Administrator creates service template in VMM Application owner deploys a service based on the service template App Controller or VMM console can be used to deploy service based on service template

Service Template

Service Template Updates

Lesson 2: Creating and Managing Services in VMM

Creating a Service Template
Creating Deployment Configuration for Services Updating a Service Exporting and Importing Service Templates

Creating a Service Template

Important considerations about creating service templates: End users cannot create service templates Service templates can include one or more tiers Each tier can contain one or more virtual machines and applications Add network components such as load balancers and logical networks to service templates Use library resources to build service templates

Creating Deployment Configuration for Services

When deploying a service, you must create a service deployment configuration
Considerations for creating a service deployment

configuration

Deployment configuration validates a service template and chooses a host Deploy process is initiated from VMM console or App Controller You can monitor the service deployment process from Jobs view and Event Viewer

Updating a Service
Two ways to update services:
Apply updates to an existing virtual machine

Known as an in-place update Quicker way to apply an update Good for application updates and VM configuration Used to update operating system, apply service packs

Deploy new VMs with updated settings

Use upgrade domains to enhance service availability

Groups of VMs that are updated one at a time Only one group taken down, updated, brought up, then

repeats process on next group

Lesson 3: Using System Center 2012 R2 App Controller

What Is an App Controller?
Connecting an App Controller to Clouds

What Is an App Controller?

A self-service tool for end users that allows them

to manage, deploy and view resources in clouds Web-based, uses Internet Explorer to connect Server requires IIS installation Can manage Windows Azure subscriptions

Allows end users to manage, deploy and view resources in Windows Azure

Allows administrators to delegate authority to

application administrators for certain cloud resources

Connecting an App Controller to Clouds

App Controller must be connected to VMM or

Windows Azure or both

For VMM, you should provide the FQDN of the server For Windows Azure, you need a subscription ID and password

Consider importing certificates from VMM

Administrator privileges are required to establish a

connection

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Module 13

Protecting and Monitoring the Virtualization Infrastructure

Module Overview
Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure using Data Protection Manager
Using Operations Manager for Monitoring and Reporting Integrating VMM with Operations Manager

Lesson 1: Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure by Using Data Protection Manager

Benefits of Using DPM
DPM Components and the Protection Process Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up Virtual Machines Deploying DPM Protection Agents Configuring Protection Groups

Options for Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure

Performing Virtual Machine Recovery Deploying Windows Azure Online Backup for DPM

Benefits of Using DPM

DPM provides the following features:
Backing up of multiple Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines from a single application Disaster recovery by replicating protected data to secondary offsite locations Protection of workloads such as SharePoint, AD DS, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Backups to cloud services with Window Azure Online Backup Enhanced reporting Scriptable through Windows PowerShell Support for CSV clusters and virtual machines stored in SMB 3.0 file shares

DPM Components and the Protection Process

DPM components

DPM server

Virtual Machines DPM agents

DPM (Database)

Hyper-V hosts DPM agents

DPM Protection Agent =

DPM Components and the Protection Process

DPM component
Central Console

DPM server

DPM server

DPM server

DPM Components and the Protection Process

DPM component
Disaster recovery Secondary DPM server

DPM server

Secondary DPM server

DPM (Database)

DPM Protection Agent =

DPM Components and the Protection Process

DPM component
Windows Azure Backup

DPM server

Windows Azure Backup

DPM (Database)

Deploying DPM Protection Agents

Deploying protection agents: Choose the installation method, manual, automatic Configure firewall rules Deploy agent via DPM console Deploy agent manually

Configuring Protection Groups

Protection groups are collection of data sources (members) that group together the following configuration settings: Data protection methods such as disk, tape, and or cloud Data retention Synchronization frequency Consistency checks Recovery Points Compression

Options for Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure

Backup options for a server virtualization infrastructure include: Host-level backups that may include item-level recovery Can be online or offline, subject to in-guest operating system versions

Performing Virtual Machine Recovery

Virtual machine recovery considerations: Consider the virtual machine recovery location, and make sure there is adequate space Ensure that the performance of any systems during a restore does not impact end users Ensure recovered virtual machines maintain desired security level

Do not recover and leave virtual machine hard disks in insecure locations

Lesson 2: Using Operations Manager for Monitoring and Reporting

Key Features and Components of Operations Manager
Overview of Management Packs

Key Features and Components of Operations Manager

Overview of Management Packs

Management packs contain settings used to monitor a specific application or device Management packs can include: Monitors Rules Views Knowledge Tasks Reports Run As profiles

Lesson 4: Integrating VMM with Operations Manager

Operations Manager Integration with VMM
What Are PRO Tips? Configuring Advanced Monitoring for Virtualization Components

Operations Manager Integration with VMM

Integrating VMM and Operations Manager provides: Advanced monitoring and reporting PRO tips Diagram views of the virtualization environment

What are PRO Tips?

Management packs with monitors that can react to events and remediate against them in VMM

For example, you can configure a hardware PRO tip to migrate virtual machines from a host when a disk fails

Configuring Advanced Monitoring for Virtualization Components.

Import management packs for hardware and

software components Use the Fabric Health Dashboard and Diagram views

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End of Day 2

Course Summary

Summary What have we learned about Hyper-V?

Host & Virtual Machine Configuration with inbox tools Resilient Hyper-V Infrastructure with Failover Clustering Virtual Machine Migration, Backup & Replication

What have we learned about System Center?

Resources

Hyper-V Overview - http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831531 Competitive Advantages of Hyper-V - http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8ECBD78-F07A-4A6F9401-AA1760ED6985/Competitive-Advantages-of-Windows-Server-Hyper-V-over-VMware-vSphere.pdf Technical Documentation | Virtual Machine Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=6346 Technical Documentation | App Controller: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29694 Technical Documentation | Operations Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=29256

Technical Documentation | Data Protection Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=29698

Technical Documentation | Service Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27850 Technical Documentation | Orchestrator: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29258 Cloud Services Process Pack Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36497 Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Download: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=34591 System Center PowerShell Deployment Toolkit: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-Deployment797b3c6d

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