Optimizing Your Data Center Using Microsoft System Center Vu Nguyen Cao Son EPG Technical Specialist [email_address] www.CaoSonBlog.com

Agenda The Changing Data Center Microsoft’s Approach Solutions for the Data Center Benefits and Conclusion

The Changing Data Center

Microsoft’s Approach

Solutions for the Data Center

Benefits and Conclusion

Changes Affecting the Data Center

Data Center Pressures

Dynamic IT and the Optimized Data Center Unified & Virtualized Process-Led , Model-Driven Service-Enabled User-Focused Infrastructure Optimization Models

Dynamic IT Management Use knowledge-based, automated in-line tasks to deliver rapid, high quality service Maximize the use of the IT department’s existing Windows Server expertise Out of the box, build on deep domain knowledge from both Microsoft and our strong partner community Implement templated best practices through Solution Accelerators Reduce complexity through seamless management of logical IT environments Manage your virtual environments down to the application level Improve visibility and control through integrated management Manage multi-hypervisor technologies and monitor cross-platform environments

Use knowledge-based, automated in-line tasks to deliver rapid, high quality service

Maximize the use of the IT department’s existing Windows Server expertise

Out of the box, build on deep domain knowledge from both Microsoft and our strong partner community

Implement templated best practices through Solution Accelerators

Reduce complexity through seamless management of logical IT environments

Manage your virtual environments down to the application level

Improve visibility and control through integrated management

Manage multi-hypervisor technologies and monitor cross-platform environments

Management Moves Front and Center Servers must be configured and optimized Increasing power and space concerns Greater number of deployments and updates Must support compliance, process and controls More internal and external pressures Access drives security and protection Must ensure business continuity and dependable recovery Centralized assets drives disaster contingency Virtualization for business continuity Must be available and responsive Higher service levels demanded Importance of interoperability and openness

Servers must be configured and optimized

Increasing power and space concerns

Greater number of deployments and updates

Must support compliance, process and controls

More internal and external pressures

Access drives security and protection

Must ensure business continuity and dependable recovery

Centralized assets drives disaster contingency

Virtualization for business continuity

Must be available and responsive

Higher service levels demanded

Importance of interoperability and openness

Data Center Management Solutions Automated Provisioning and Updating of Physical and Virtual Environments Server Consolidation Through Virtualization Proactive Platform Monitoring Application & Service Level Monitoring Interoperable and Extensible Platform Configuration Controls and Reporting Centralized Security Auditing Comprehensive Security & Identity and Access Mgmt Business Continuity Thru Virtualization Mgmt Backup and Recovery of Physical and Virtual Resources Disaster Recovery Configuration Management End to End Monitoring Server Compliance Data Protection and Recovery

Automated Provisioning and Updating of Physical and Virtual Environments

Server Consolidation Through Virtualization

Proactive Platform Monitoring

Application & Service Level Monitoring

Interoperable and Extensible Platform

Configuration Controls and Reporting

Centralized Security Auditing

Comprehensive Security & Identity and Access Mgmt

Business Continuity Thru Virtualization Mgmt

Backup and Recovery of Physical and Virtual Resources

Disaster Recovery

Solutions begin with System Center technologies Integration with Microsoft applications and platform broaden the value Software partner ecosystem extends it Best practices and experience gets it done Data Center Management Solutions Configuration Management End to End Monitoring Server Compliance Data Protection and Recovery

Configuration Management Automated provisioning and server consolidation Power, space and maintenance costs forcing more efficient use of resources Dispersed servers and applications difficult to manage and update resulting in higher costs and underutilized systems Power consumption was a top priority. “We understood that if we consolidated servers we would reduce energy consumption, [System Center is a] one-stop, single-point approach to managing hundreds of Virtual Server–based virtual machines and all the hosts, while also easily performing physical-to-virtual migrations.” - Jason Foster, Systems Architect Sr. Manager of Technology at Continental. Configuration Management Capabilities Challenges Addressed Manage virtual machines to consolidate physical servers Centralize, automate and manage both physical and virtual server software deployments in the data center

Power, space and maintenance costs forcing more efficient use of resources

Dispersed servers and applications difficult to manage and update resulting in higher costs and underutilized systems

Manage virtual machines to consolidate physical servers

Centralize, automate and manage both physical and virtual server software deployments in the data center

Configuration Management Automated provisioning and server consolidation Manage virtual machines to consolidate physical servers Identify candidates servers and do quick physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual conversion for server consolidation Effective and secure patching and upgrading of VM’s Control VM sprawl by consolidating workloads, moving virtual machines, and shutting down unneeded virtual hosts Guidance and best practice services to reduce server sprawl and improve virtualization management Centralize, automate and manage both physical and virtual server software deployments in the data center Capacity planning and resource optimization Quick provisioning of operating systems, applications, patches and updates on both physical and virtual servers Guidance and tools for planning and server deployment Up-to-date inventory and visibility of the servers and applications which reside in the data center Guidance and best practice services for configuration management optimization to streamline IT operations

Manage virtual machines to consolidate physical servers

Identify candidates servers and do quick physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual conversion for server consolidation

Effective and secure patching and upgrading of VM’s

Control VM sprawl by consolidating workloads, moving virtual machines, and shutting down unneeded virtual hosts

Guidance and best practice services to reduce server sprawl and improve virtualization management

Centralize, automate and manage both physical and virtual server software deployments in the data center

Capacity planning and resource optimization

Quick provisioning of operating systems, applications, patches and updates on both physical and virtual servers

Guidance and tools for planning and server deployment

Up-to-date inventory and visibility of the servers and applications which reside in the data center

Guidance and best practice services for configuration management optimization to streamline IT operations

End to End Monitoring Proactive platform, application and service-level monitoring Unintended configuration changes resulting in greater cost and risk Heterogeneous mix of services, applications and servers causing inability to find root cause and increased downtime Increasing service level agreements difficult to meet End to End Monitoring Capabilities Challenges Addressed “ I can provide our system administrators with more in-depth monitoring and more explicit alerting. We can configure server reports to show downtime warnings, downtime events, and the start time and end time of every occurrence. We can also quickly learn why a server experienced downtime—whether it was a power outage, a hardware or software malfunction, or a server maintenance issue.” - Paul Johnson, Windows Monitoring Architect & Systems Engineer, Gates Corp. Availability, performance, and configuration monitoring to proactively address IT issues Deep application and service -level monitoring

Unintended configuration changes resulting in greater cost and risk

Heterogeneous mix of services, applications and servers causing inability to find root cause and increased downtime

Increasing service level agreements difficult to meet

Availability, performance, and configuration monitoring to proactively address IT issues

Deep application and service -level monitoring

End to End Monitoring Proactive platform, application and service-level monitoring Availability, performance, and configuration monitoring to proactively address IT issues Monitor multiple platforms (e.g. Windows, Linux, and UNIX) for both your physical and virtual servers Proactively keep systems up and running with best-practice knowledge on how to resolve problems Allow configuration change monitoring by identifying configuration errors and changes Diagram data center operations and visualize status Report on status of configuration and system issues affecting availability, performance, and reliability Deep application and service -level monitoring Monitor service levels across applications and IT processes through operational IT service views Track and report service levels through dashboards Extend to monitor non-Microsoft applications with partners Guidance and best practice services to meet service-level goals and improve IT productivity

Availability, performance, and configuration monitoring to proactively address IT issues

Monitor multiple platforms (e.g. Windows, Linux, and UNIX) for both your physical and virtual servers

Proactively keep systems up and running with best-practice knowledge on how to resolve problems

Allow configuration change monitoring by identifying configuration errors and changes

Diagram data center operations and visualize status

Report on status of configuration and system issues affecting availability, performance, and reliability

Deep application and service -level monitoring

Monitor service levels across applications and IT processes through operational IT service views

Track and report service levels through dashboards

Extend to monitor non-Microsoft applications with partners

Guidance and best practice services to meet service-level goals and improve IT productivity

Server Compliance Configuration controls and centralized audit of system security Regulations and business policies mandating configuration and security controls are enforced Increasing demands to retain security event information to improve security and meet compliance needs Server Compliance Capabilities Challenges Addressed “ SAS 70 is a huge initiative for us with regard to our data centers and all of our applications, and SOX is obviously important as well. With [System Center] my team has reduced the amount of time that we spend collecting security log information, for example, we just completed an investigation and pulled the security report in less than 5 minutes. In the past it would have taken days.” - Jeff Skelton, Manager, Enterprise Management Center, Stewart Create, maintain and report on configuration controls for the data center environment Gather and report security related events Manage identities, access and improve security in the data center

Regulations and business policies mandating configuration and security controls are enforced

Increasing demands to retain security event information to improve security and meet compliance needs

Create, maintain and report on configuration controls for the data center environment

Gather and report security related events

Manage identities, access and improve security in the data center

Server Compliance Configuration controls and centralized audit of system security Create, maintain and report configuration controls for the data center environment Establish desired configuration states and assess server compliance Assess potential datacenter vulnerabilities Provide visibility into the status of compliance with configuration controls to support internal and regulatory compliance efforts Gather and report security related events Collect events for reporting and tracking on such areas as user access audit, account lockouts, privilege changes, asset inventory and regulatory compliance Backup and store data to meet data retention policies Manage identities, access and improve security in the data center Easily Manage passwords, privileges, and user provisioning Securely protect the data center IT infrastructure from malware and viruses on Windows Server

Create, maintain and report configuration controls for the data center environment

Establish desired configuration states and assess server compliance

Assess potential datacenter vulnerabilities

Provide visibility into the status of compliance with configuration controls to support internal and regulatory compliance efforts

Gather and report security related events

Collect events for reporting and tracking on such areas as user access audit, account lockouts, privilege changes, asset inventory and regulatory compliance

Backup and store data to meet data retention policies

Manage identities, access and improve security in the data center

Easily Manage passwords, privileges, and user provisioning

Securely protect the data center IT infrastructure from malware and viruses on Windows Server

Data Protection and Recovery Backup and restore & business continuity through virtualization Demand for business continuity driving increased costs related to geoclustering and new technology investments Centralized data centers causing more risk of downtime and data loss in the event of a disaster or outage Data Protection and Recovery Capabilities Challenges Addressed “ We really liked the looks of [System Center] for three key reasons, its disk-to-disk-to-tape design, the fact that we could eliminate full backups altogether and simply take snapshots, and its disaster recovery features.” - Ed Olson, Lead Windows Infrastructure Engineer, AutoNation Ensure business continuity and responsiveness with server virtualization management Recover and restore physical and virtual environments after an outage, data loss or corruption

Demand for business continuity driving increased costs related to geoclustering and new technology investments

Centralized data centers causing more risk of downtime and data loss in the event of a disaster or outage

Ensure business continuity and responsiveness with server virtualization management

Recover and restore physical and virtual environments after an outage, data loss or corruption

Data Protection and Recovery Backup and restore & business continuity through virtualization Ensure business continuity and responsiveness with server virtualization management Distribute workloads over locations to ensure continuous and uninterrupted business operations Provide replication and movement of virtual machines and applications for planned backups Recover and restore physical and virtual environments after an outage, data loss or corruption Allows backup and recover of mission critical workloads Perform continuous data protection using integrated disk and tape media Enable rapid and reliable recovery from disk as well as long term data protection through tape based backup Recover both physical and virtual systems after an outage, data loss or corruption Allows geoclustering for disaster recovery and business continuance by physically separating cluster nodes data center A data center B backup and restore

Ensure business continuity and responsiveness with server virtualization management

Distribute workloads over locations to ensure continuous and uninterrupted business operations

Provide replication and movement of virtual machines and applications for planned backups

Recover and restore physical and virtual environments after an outage, data loss or corruption

Allows backup and recover of mission critical workloads

Perform continuous data protection using integrated disk and tape media

Enable rapid and reliable recovery from disk as well as long term data protection through tape based backup

Recover both physical and virtual systems after an outage, data loss or corruption

Allows geoclustering for disaster recovery and business continuance by physically separating cluster nodes

Data Center Solution Benefits Integrated Management Unified user interface Manage physical and virtual Manage Microsoft and non-Microsoft Optimized Resources Improve efficiency and reduce costs Quicker time to value Available and Responsive Increased uptime through knowledge Extend and interoperate to non-Microsoft technologies

Integrated Management

Unified user interface

Manage physical and virtual

Manage Microsoft and non-Microsoft

Optimized Resources

Improve efficiency and reduce costs

Quicker time to value

Available and Responsive

Increased uptime through knowledge

Extend and interoperate to non-Microsoft technologies

System Center has solutions to meet the changing data center To meet the data center’s needs power management server consolidation provisioning and updating high availability service level monitoring audit and compliance business continuance disaster recovery To deliver quick ROI integrated solutions deep knowledge best practices skills and tools In an easy to acquire, high value Suite for server management Conclusion

System Center has solutions to meet the changing data center

To meet the data center’s needs

power management

server consolidation

provisioning and updating

high availability

service level monitoring

audit and compliance

business continuance

disaster recovery

To deliver quick ROI

integrated solutions

deep knowledge

best practices skills and tools

In an easy to acquire, high value Suite for server management

Managing the Server Lifecycle

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