3. 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
4. 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
• Storage
• Classifications and pools, providers, arrays, file
servers, Fibre channel fabrics
5. 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
6. Configuring Ports and Logical Switches in Virtual
Machine Manager
Hyper-V host #1
Virtual switch
Logical switch
Switch settings
Port
profiles
(uplink)
Port
profiles
(virtual)
Management
Management
Corporate
Cluster
Hyper-V host #2
Virtual switch
Management
7. 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
8. Lesson 2: Managing Storage Infrastructure
• Storage Options for Server Virtualization
• Implementing Block Storage
• Implementing File Storage
• Deploying Storage in Virtual Machine Manager
9. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Lesson 3: Managing Infrastructure Updates
• What Are Infrastructure Updates?
• Configuring a Fabric Update in Virtual Machine Manager
• Planning an Update Baseline
• Update Server Considerations
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
19. Overview of Failover Cluster
• Up to 64 physical servers
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)
Compares with
VMware HA
