Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Technical Overview
Arlindo Alves
Microsoft
http://blogs.technet.com/aralves

Microsoft Virtualization:
From the Datacenter to the Desktop
User State
Virtualization
Document redirection
Offline files
Server
Presentation
Virtualization
Virtualization
Desktop Application
Virtualization Virtualization

Managing The Server Lifecycle

Virtual Machine Manager 2008
A centralized, heterogeneous management solution for the virtual datacenter
• Centralized virtual machine deployment and
management for Hyper-V, Virtual Server, and
VMware ESX servers
• Intelligent placement of Virtual Machines
• Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion
• Comprehensive application and service-level
monitoring with Operations Manager
• Integrated Performance and Resource
Optmization (PRO)
• Increase Agility
• Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines
with templates
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What’s in SCVMM 2008 R2?
 Hypervisor Management – Hyper-V,  Cluster integration
VMware
 Host Configuration  Intelligent Placement
 Library Management  Deployment and Storage
 Virtual Machine Creation  Monitoring and Reporting
 Conversions: P2V and V2V  Automation with PowerShell
 Performance and Resource
 Delegation and Self Service
Optimization (PRO)
 Manage Win2K8 R2 Hyper-V
 Live Migration  Multiple VMs per LUN using CSV
 Maintenance mode  SAN related enhancements
 VDI integration  Network optimizations

VMM 2008 Architecture
Administrator’s Self Service Windows
Console Web Portal Operator’s Web
PowerShel
Console Console
l
Windows® PowerShell
Connector
Virtual Machine Manager Operations Manager
Server Server
Management Interfaces
Virtual VMM Library VMware VI3
Server Host Server
Virtual Center Server
VM VM Templat VM VM VM VM ESX Host
e
VM VM VM VM
VM ISO VHD Script VM VM VM VM
SAN Storage

Virtual Machine Manager Topology
Administrator Console
Self Service User Windows PowerShell
Self Service Web Servers Perimeter Network (DMZ)
Library Servers Virtual Machine Hosts
SQL-Server

Enterprise Topology
Windows®
PowerShell
Administrator
Console
Web-based
Delegated
Provisioning
External UI
Network
(DMZ)
Brussels Optija
Remote
Library
Server
Remote
Virtual Library
Machine Server
Hosts
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Key SC VMM 2008 Features
• P2V and V2V is a core feature of VMM, no additional
infrastructure or costs per conversion
• Self Service Portal - Administrators control access
through policies which designate capabilities
• Library is a Repository for all VM building blocks
• Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)

DEMO
• SC VMM 2008 R2
Overview

Intelligent Placement
• Capacity planning technology ensures best resource utilization
• Star rated results for easy decision making
• Customizable algorithm to achieve your goals
• Applicable to both Microsoft and VMware hosts

Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)
• Workload and
application aware
resource
optimization
• Extensible through the
Operations Manager
2007 MP framework
• Create policies that
VMM acts upon tips
• Minimize downtime
• Enables partners to
deliver value add

Monitoring
• Discovery of Hosts, Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Manager
components
• Performance and Health Monitoring, Reports, etc.
• Application awareness
• Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)

DEMO
• Intelligent Placement

Host Configuration
• Wizard based experience for adding hosts
• Easy management of Hyper-V host clusters
• Management of Windows Server 2008 Failover clusters
for Hyper-V

Highly Available VMs in VMM
• Simplified creation
• Just check a checkbox in “New VM” wizard
• Supports HA VM creation on disks without drive letters
• Quick Migration
• Use the existing “Migrate VM wizard” for quick migration
• Intelligent Placement
• Star rating for each clustered host (node)
• Cluster level reserve
• Store to library
• Uses HA setting when you re-deploy
• Promotion/Demotion
• Promote non-HA VM to HA VM by migrating it to a clustered host,
and vice versa to “demote” the VM.

Network Diagram View
• Single pane of glass
network view

Live Migration via VMM
• VMM 2008 R2
• Detects if Live migration can be done
• Clustering, Shared storage availability
• Higher star rating over Quick or SAN migration
• Serializes live migration for maintenance mode

Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV)
• Enables multiple nodes in a cluster to access a single
shared LUN
• VMM 2008 R2
• Multiple VMs within a cluster can share a LUN
• live migration of individual VMs without affecting
other VMs on the LUN

Multiple VMs sharing a LUN
VMM 2008 R2
Failover
Cluster
Clustered
Storage Vol. 1 Vol. 2
LUN 1 LUN 2
VHD VHD VHD VHD VHD VHD

Network Related Enhancements
• Network Optimization
• Win2k8 R2 supports 2 types of network
optimizations: VMQ & Chimney
• During VM creation: Enable/disable network
optimization
• If enabled, VMM will configure the VM to use VMQ or
Chimney, if available on the host
• Placement: Detect and show availability of
Network optimization on the host

Network Enhancements
VMM has detected that
host has NIC that has
either VMQ or
Chimney capabilities

Hot Add of VM storage
• Ability to add/remove storage to running VMs
• Reduces downtime and provides flexibility to admins
• to add/remove storage as needed
• Admin needs to add storage space to VM
• Need to stop the VM to do this
• With VMM R2 and Win2k8 R2
• Create additional storage and add it to running VM
• Admin needs to backup a VM
• Can create VSS snapshot of his running OS
• Use the new disk as destination of snapshot
• Remove the disk from running VM

Maintenance Mode
• For servicing a host, VMM R2 allows host to be put in
maintenance mode
• VMs on that host that are running are live migrated off the
host to avoid downtime
• Admin can choose to save state VMs if host is not part of a
cluster
• Placement
• Host in maintenance mode gets zero star ratings
• Supported for Hyper-V, VS and VMWare hosts

DEMO
• Maintenance Mode

Fully Manage + Add Value to VMware
• Unified management experience
• Hyper-V and VMware
• Full virtual machine management
• VMotion, Resource Pools, VMware Templates
• Network Diagram view and VMware HA VM Support
• Enhancing capabilities on VMware VI3
• PRO
• Intelligent Placement
• Library
• Integrated conversion tools
• PowerShell automation

Separate Environments
Integrated Solution
Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Virtual Center 1 Virtual Center 2 VMM 2007
Virtual Center 2
Virtual Center 1

Intelligent Placement for VMware
• Workload centric VM creation
• Intelligent Placement identifies the ideal host
based on workload requirements
• Leverages VMM's capacity planning models
• VMotion guided by intelligent placement

VMM Scripting Through PowerShell
• Microsoft’s command shell for scripting and
development
• Consistent scripting syntax
• Encapsulate platform differences
• VMM PowerShell Snap-in
• 170+ command-line functions
• Foundation for VMM administrator’s console and Self Service Portal
• All PowerShell operations are logged and audited

PowerShell Cmdlet
Job
• Progress
• Status
• Owner
• Affected objects

DEMO
• PowerShell Integration

Offline VM Patching
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Summary
 Hypervisor Management – Hyper-V,  Cluster integration
VMware
 Host Configuration  Intelligent Placement
 Library Management  Deployment and Storage
 Virtual Machine Creation  Monitoring and Reporting
 Conversions: P2V and V2V  Automation with PowerShell
 Performance and Resource
 Delegation and Self Service
Optimization (PRO)
 Manage Win2K8 R2 Hyper-V
 Live Migration  Multiple VMs per LUN using CSV
 Maintenance mode  SAN related enhancements
 VDI integration  Network optimizations

Resources
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm
• Tech Center (for documentation and downloads):
http://technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/default.aspx
• Microsoft Virtualization Homepage
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization
• Microsoft System Center Homepage
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Homepage
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v/

OPATIJA | 20 – 24.4. 2009.
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