Hyper-V R2 Production Deployment Notes from the Field
1. Solution Field Notes Dave Kawula Principal Consultant TriCon Technical Services Inc. dkawula@triconts.com
2. The Challenge 20 Dealerships / 1000 Employees / 700 Computers 20 Distinctive IT Environments Small IT Team Inefficient Process Lack of Workflow and integration No contingency plan for a disaster
3. The Solution Standardize on a Hardware Platform Consolidate to a Central Datacenter Leverage Virtualization Leverage proven technologies Optimize and Automate Replicate all critical systems to DR
4. The Technology Dell PowerEdge / PowerConnect / Equallogic Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V R2 HA System Center Suite Exchange 2010 HA SharePoint 2010
23. Summary Fully Microsoft Integrated Solution using Windows 2008 R2 / Hyper V R2 Exchange 2010 / Sharepoint 2010 System Center Suite Future State Opalis add-on QA with Ben and Liam from GoAuto
24. Thank You Dave Kawula Principal Consultant TriCon Technical Services Inc. dkawula@triconts.com
Editor's Notes
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation