Aidan finn vmm 2008 r2 - minasi forum 2010

Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Aidan Finn
BSc, MCSE, MVP
@joe_elway
http://www.aidanfinn.com

About Aidan Finn
Working in IT since 1996
MCSE & MVP (Virtual Machine: System Administration)
Have worked with both ESX and Hyper-V
Currently using VMM 2008 R2 and W2008 R2 Hyper-V
Blog: http://www.aidanfinn.com
Windows User Group: http://ws-ugi-spaces.live.com
Writing: Mastering Hyper-V Deployment - Sybex

Agenda
What does VMM provide?
Licensing
PowerShell
Quick Storage Migration
ESX support
V2V and P2V migrations
Performance & Resource Optimization
Demo

Windows 2008 R2 SP1
I can’t say too much about these:
Dynamic Memory
RemoteFX
Can’t say anything about the mechanisms
So don’t bother asking!

Without VMM 2008 R2
Not everyone needs VMM
Failover Clustering and Hyper-V consoles can manage all features of Hyper-V
However, managing lots of templates and hosts can become difficult

With VMM 2008 R2
Manage many hosts with one console
Hyper-V, ESX/ESXi, Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
PowerShell extensions for Hyper-V and VMM
Library to store: templates, virtual machines, scripts, ISO images
More advanced features like SAN integration and Quick Storage Migration
Integration with OpsMgr via PRO
P2V and V2V

Licensing Options
Enterprise + Client ($40)
$869 + $40/host
Workgroup Edition – 5 Hosts Max
$505
System Center Essentials 2010
TBA June 1st 2010
System Center Management Suite (incl SA)
Enterprise $1,198
Datacenter $749/CPU, minimum 2 CPU

VMM Built on PowerShell
Everything in VMM is PowerShell
Wizards can be saved as scripts in the library
Basic Hyper-V tasks can be sequenced together to create more complex tasks
Adding a Hyper-V Host
VM Deployment

Change the physical storage location of a VM

ESX Support 1/2
Uses Virtual Center/vCenter API’s
VMware Virtual Center 2.5:
VMware ESX(i) Server 3.5
VMware ESX Server 3.0 or above
VMware vSphere 4 (VI3 features only):
VMware ESX(i) Server 4.0
ESX(i) Server 3.5
ESX Server 3.0 or above

ESX Support 2/2
Does not support VMware vNetworkDistributed Switches
Can do V2V from VMware to Hyper-V directly or via Library

V2V
Virtual to Virtual Conversion
One-way journey
Remove any additions.
Add IDE driver
Shutdown
VMware:
Direct from managed host
Place VM in library
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1:
Direct from managed host

P2V 1/2
Physical to Virtual Conversion
One-way journey
W2K SP4 and later
No Linux support
Check TechNet for the long supported OS variations list

P2V 2/2
Backup
Remove any hardware specific software
Online migration:
Uses VMM agent on running machine
Not recommended with running databases
Offline Migration:
Uses WinPE
Add drivers via Use storage and network drivers from the following location
Recommended when online fails or with databases

PRO
Performance & Resource Optimization
Provided through management pack integration of OpsMgr and VMM
Detect faults or performance spikes
Uses Live Migration and Intelligent Placement
Move VM’s to more suitable hosts in the cluster

PRO Explained
Highly Available Virtual Machine
Hyper-V
Cluster
VMM
OpsMgr

Demo: VMM 2008 R2

FAQ
Q) Can I install VMM as a virtual machine?
Yes, but live migration of a VMM VM from VMM is not supported.
Q) Can I replicate the library?
A) Not really. Metadata is stored in SQL.

If We Have Time …
The future of VMM …

Did I Stay On Schedule?
That’s all folks!
Aidan Finn
@joe_elway
http://www.aidanfinn.com

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