This document provides an overview and summary of a training module on evaluating and planning for virtualization using Microsoft technologies. It covers evaluating current environments for virtualization suitability, planning server virtualization with Hyper-V, and managing virtual environments with System Center products. Key topics include virtualization challenges, modes, server and desktop virtualization, and planning storage, networks and availability for virtual machines.
Upgrading from WinS 2008/2008 R2 to WinS 2012iTawy Community
- Why Upgrade to Windows Server 2012?
- Operating System Hardware and Disk Space Requirements
- Supported Windows Clients and Servers
- Supported In-Place Upgrade Paths
- Functional Levels, Operation Master Roles, Active Directory Considerations
- Migration Tools for Windows Server 2012
- Hyper-V and Virtual Machines Considerations
- Summary
Hyper-V is Microsoft's server virtualization technology that is included with Windows Server 2008. It allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical machine. Key capabilities of Hyper-V include support for large memory virtual machines up to 64GB, live migration of virtual machines between physical servers, and integration with the Windows hypervisor for security and isolation of virtual machines. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 provides centralized management of virtualized and physical infrastructure across Hyper-V, Virtual Server and VMware environments.
1) The document discusses three main techniques for virtualizing the x86 CPU: full virtualization using binary translation, OS-assisted virtualization (paravirtualization), and hardware-assisted virtualization.
2) Full virtualization using binary translation allows any x86 OS to run virtualized without modification but has more overhead than other techniques. Paravirtualization requires OS modifications to replace privileged instructions but has lower overhead. Hardware-assisted virtualization uses new CPU features to trap privileged instructions.
3) Each technique has strengths and weaknesses in terms of performance, compatibility, and maintenance requirements. Currently, binary translation performs best overall but hardware assistance will improve over time. VMware uses multiple techniques to deliver the best balance of
CTU June 2011 - Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation with Microsoft and CitrixSpiffy
This document discusses enterprise desktop virtualization solutions using Microsoft and Citrix technologies. It provides an overview of Citrix and Microsoft virtualization platforms and licensing models. It also summarizes the key components of delivering and managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), including XenDesktop and XenApp for desktop and application delivery, Microsoft VDI suites for licensing, and System Center for management. Finally, it briefly discusses supported end user devices for connecting to virtual desktops and applications.
This document provides an installation guide for Citrix XenServer 6.0. It includes information about system requirements, installing XenServer and XenCenter, installation scenarios, new features in XenServer 6.0, upgrading XenServer, applying updates and hotfixes, and licensing. The guide is aimed at system administrators installing and setting up XenServer hosts on physical servers.
Prepare and Manage Remote Applications through Virtualization Rubal Sagwal
Prepare and manage remote applications:
-Configuring application sharing
-Package applications for deployment by using RemoteApp
-Installing and configuring the RD Session Host Role Service on the server
This document discusses setting up System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) on Microsoft Azure. It begins with an overview of cloud computing benefits and Microsoft Azure features. It then reviews the System Center suite and describes the SCCM on Azure architecture with a SQL database, IIS, and load balancer. Steps are provided for deploying the base configuration in Azure. The document demonstrates SCCM functionality and concludes with notes on additional configuration topics.
Upgrading from WinS 2008/2008 R2 to WinS 2012iTawy Community
- Why Upgrade to Windows Server 2012?
- Operating System Hardware and Disk Space Requirements
- Supported Windows Clients and Servers
- Supported In-Place Upgrade Paths
- Functional Levels, Operation Master Roles, Active Directory Considerations
- Migration Tools for Windows Server 2012
- Hyper-V and Virtual Machines Considerations
- Summary
Hyper-V is Microsoft's server virtualization technology that is included with Windows Server 2008. It allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical machine. Key capabilities of Hyper-V include support for large memory virtual machines up to 64GB, live migration of virtual machines between physical servers, and integration with the Windows hypervisor for security and isolation of virtual machines. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 provides centralized management of virtualized and physical infrastructure across Hyper-V, Virtual Server and VMware environments.
1) The document discusses three main techniques for virtualizing the x86 CPU: full virtualization using binary translation, OS-assisted virtualization (paravirtualization), and hardware-assisted virtualization.
2) Full virtualization using binary translation allows any x86 OS to run virtualized without modification but has more overhead than other techniques. Paravirtualization requires OS modifications to replace privileged instructions but has lower overhead. Hardware-assisted virtualization uses new CPU features to trap privileged instructions.
3) Each technique has strengths and weaknesses in terms of performance, compatibility, and maintenance requirements. Currently, binary translation performs best overall but hardware assistance will improve over time. VMware uses multiple techniques to deliver the best balance of
CTU June 2011 - Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation with Microsoft and CitrixSpiffy
This document discusses enterprise desktop virtualization solutions using Microsoft and Citrix technologies. It provides an overview of Citrix and Microsoft virtualization platforms and licensing models. It also summarizes the key components of delivering and managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), including XenDesktop and XenApp for desktop and application delivery, Microsoft VDI suites for licensing, and System Center for management. Finally, it briefly discusses supported end user devices for connecting to virtual desktops and applications.
This document provides an installation guide for Citrix XenServer 6.0. It includes information about system requirements, installing XenServer and XenCenter, installation scenarios, new features in XenServer 6.0, upgrading XenServer, applying updates and hotfixes, and licensing. The guide is aimed at system administrators installing and setting up XenServer hosts on physical servers.
Prepare and Manage Remote Applications through Virtualization Rubal Sagwal
Prepare and manage remote applications:
-Configuring application sharing
-Package applications for deployment by using RemoteApp
-Installing and configuring the RD Session Host Role Service on the server
This document discusses setting up System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) on Microsoft Azure. It begins with an overview of cloud computing benefits and Microsoft Azure features. It then reviews the System Center suite and describes the SCCM on Azure architecture with a SQL database, IIS, and load balancer. Steps are provided for deploying the base configuration in Azure. The document demonstrates SCCM functionality and concludes with notes on additional configuration topics.
This document provides an overview of the System Center 2012 product line. It begins with an agenda for a presentation and hands-on lab on System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Next, it discusses the company providing the presentation and their story and solutions. The remainder of the document summarizes the key components of System Center 2012, including System Center Operations Manager, Data Protection Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Service Manager, and Orchestrator. It also covers private cloud capabilities with System Center and the history and new features of System Center Configuration Manager. Finally, it discusses the two licensing editions for System Center 2012.
This technical brief discusses the challenges of virtualizing critical infrastructure like Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Exchange. It explains that visibility into both the virtual and physical environments is needed to accurately diagnose and resolve performance issues. The brief recommends using a solution like Quest's vFoglight, which provides extensive monitoring of virtual and physical components, allowing administrators to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve problems affecting AD and Exchange availability and performance.
Virtual versions of servers, applications, networks and storage can be created through virtualization. Its main types include operating system virtualization (VMs), hardware virtualization, application-server virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, administrative virtualization and application virtualization.
Securing virtualization in real world environmentsArun Gopinath
This document discusses the security implications of server virtualization. While virtualization provides benefits like reduced costs and improved management, it also introduces new security risks. Specifically, a breach of one virtual server could potentially impact multiple virtual servers running on the same physical hardware. Traditional security tools are not designed to address the unique security challenges of virtualized environments. The document argues that organizations must understand these new risks and take steps to secure virtualized environments in order to fully realize the benefits of virtualization.
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V server overviewaboobakar sanjar
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run on a single machine by dividing the physical hardware resources into virtual machines. Hyper-V is Microsoft's virtualization technology built into Windows Server. It uses a hypervisor to allocate resources to guest VMs. Benefits include reduced costs, high availability, centralized management, and increased efficiency. Hardware requirements include virtualization support from the CPU and enabled data execution prevention. Key Hyper-V components include virtual switches, virtual hard disks (VHD/VHDX files), and child partitions.
Virtualization uses software to divide the hardware resources of a single computer into multiple virtual machines, each capable of running its own operating system. This allows more efficient use of physical resources and greater flexibility. Key benefits include improved resource utilization, easier management of operating systems and applications, reduced downtime, faster provisioning of resources, and lower costs. Virtualization is a core technology enabling cloud computing.
The document provides an overview of Microsoft's Server Purposing solution which uses Automated Deployment Services (ADS) to automate server deployment. It describes how ADS can be used to remotely configure servers from a single administration point, ensure consistent builds, and reduce server deployment costs. It also outlines the steps to install and configure an ADS controller, capture and deploy server images, and best practices for ongoing server management.
This document provides an overview of virtualization. It defines virtualization as separating a resource or request for a service from the underlying physical delivery of that service. Virtualization allows for more efficient utilization of IT infrastructure by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server. There are two main approaches to virtualization - hosted architectures which run on top of an operating system, and hypervisor architectures which install directly on hardware for better performance and scalability. Virtualization can provide benefits like server consolidation, test environment optimization, and business continuity.
Double-Take by Vision Solutions – Christian Willis, Technical Director: Meeting the Availability Challenges of physical, Virtual and Geographically Dispersed Systems
Questions? Contact:
United Kingdom and Ireland
Double-Take House
1, Wildwood Triangle
Worcester, WR5 2QX United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 333 1234 200
Fax: +44(0)333 1234 300
saleseu@doubletake.com
This document discusses server consolidation and virtualization using blade servers and VMware. It begins with an overview of server consolidation benefits like lower costs and improved efficiency. It then describes blade server types, consolidation steps, and system management. Case studies show how organizations implemented consolidation using blades. The document also covers VMware software products and how virtualization allows further consolidation. It ends by noting virtualization and consolidation can reduce complexity through a multi-step process.
This document provides an overview and agenda for an SCCM 2016-17 administration training which covers topics such as Windows Server 2012 R2, Active Directory, SQL Server, SCCM architecture, site deployment, client management, software and application deployment, inventory management, software updates, endpoint protection, operating system deployment, compliance settings, remote control, maintenance and monitoring, mobile device management, and interview questions. The training will include discussions of SCCM features, comparisons of different versions, site roles, deployment scenarios, and configuration of various SCCM components and capabilities.
Configuring and Troubleshooting XenDesktop SitesDavid McGeough
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for desktop administrators. The goal of this session is to demystify these concepts and provide a tactical approach to deployment and troubleshooting of a XenDesktop environment. In this session we will demonstrate the core configuration that is required, and also cover proven troubleshooting approaches to the top three problems we see in customer deployments.
Nov 2014 2 blu pointe continuity cloudrar-master Ron_Roberts
This document discusses BluPointe's cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions. It outlines BluPointe's customer commitment of always providing free trials, training, certification, startup assistance and unlimited software licenses. The document also summarizes BluPointe's backup and recovery features, including support for various operating systems, applications, virtualization platforms, and disaster recovery options like virtual disaster recovery and bare metal recovery. Finally, it discusses BluPointe's upcoming product releases and enhancements in areas like protection, recovery, performance, usability and manageability.
On May 22nd, C/D/H presented its Best of the Microsoft Management Summit 2012. Attendees learned all things MMS, like:
• MMS basics, including who, what, where, and why
• The evolution of the datacenter
• Private vs. public cloud
• All things System Center, including deep dives and demos on SCCM, SCOM, SCDPM, and SCSM
• New licensing details
• New Microsoft certifications
View C/D/H’s Best of MMS slide deck for all the conference highlights and big news about System Center 2012, and what it means for you.
And for more information on this or other topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
This document discusses the Windows Azure Pack, which allows enterprises to build their own multi-tenant clouds with the same technologies and APIs as the public Windows Azure cloud. It provides a consistent platform experience for both customers and IT administrators across private, hosted, and public clouds. Key benefits include building on familiar Windows Server and System Center foundations, simple and cost-effective service delivery, and open interoperability and extensibility.
In June, C/D/H introduced virtual desktops and hosted a panel discussion at the Educational Technology Leadership Conference.
C/D/H discussed the benefits and drawbacks of VDI, deployment considerations and the key players in the space.
Check out our slide deck to find out more about virtual desktops and if they are right for you.
This document provides an overview of implementing Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role services including the Remote Desktop Session Host, Remote Desktop Connection Broker, and Remote Desktop Virtualization Host roles. It covers planning, installing, and configuring these roles to provide users remote access to session-based desktops, applications, and virtual desktops from centralized servers. The document also includes demonstrations of configuring these roles and a lab exercise to implement RDS in a scenario.
This document provides an overview of installing and configuring the Hyper-V R2 server role. It discusses installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, configuring virtual networks, and considerations for virtual network types and VLAN configurations. Hands-on demonstrations are provided for installing Hyper-V, configuring user settings, virtual networks, and VLAN support.
This document provides an overview of configuring and managing the VMM library. It discusses the VMM library server and resources, hardware and guest operating system profiles, virtual machine templates, and high availability options. Demonstrations are provided on adding library servers and shares, creating profiles and templates, and configuring failover clustering for high availability of the library server.
This document provides an overview and instructions for integrating Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 with Hyper-V R2. It discusses planning the VMM implementation, installing the VMM server and console, and managing hosts and host groups. Key topics covered include system requirements, new features in VMM 2008 R2, considerations for planning the VMM database and library, installing VMM components, and adding and configuring host groups.
This document provides an overview of backup and restore strategies for virtual machines using various Microsoft technologies. It discusses options for backing up virtual machines and the VMM database using Windows Server Backup, and implementing Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 to back up the Hyper-V infrastructure. The document includes demonstrations of backing up and restoring virtual machines, the VMM database, and using DPM 2007 SP1 for virtual machine backups.
This document provides an overview of the System Center 2012 product line. It begins with an agenda for a presentation and hands-on lab on System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Next, it discusses the company providing the presentation and their story and solutions. The remainder of the document summarizes the key components of System Center 2012, including System Center Operations Manager, Data Protection Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Service Manager, and Orchestrator. It also covers private cloud capabilities with System Center and the history and new features of System Center Configuration Manager. Finally, it discusses the two licensing editions for System Center 2012.
This technical brief discusses the challenges of virtualizing critical infrastructure like Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Exchange. It explains that visibility into both the virtual and physical environments is needed to accurately diagnose and resolve performance issues. The brief recommends using a solution like Quest's vFoglight, which provides extensive monitoring of virtual and physical components, allowing administrators to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve problems affecting AD and Exchange availability and performance.
Virtual versions of servers, applications, networks and storage can be created through virtualization. Its main types include operating system virtualization (VMs), hardware virtualization, application-server virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, administrative virtualization and application virtualization.
Securing virtualization in real world environmentsArun Gopinath
This document discusses the security implications of server virtualization. While virtualization provides benefits like reduced costs and improved management, it also introduces new security risks. Specifically, a breach of one virtual server could potentially impact multiple virtual servers running on the same physical hardware. Traditional security tools are not designed to address the unique security challenges of virtualized environments. The document argues that organizations must understand these new risks and take steps to secure virtualized environments in order to fully realize the benefits of virtualization.
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V server overviewaboobakar sanjar
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run on a single machine by dividing the physical hardware resources into virtual machines. Hyper-V is Microsoft's virtualization technology built into Windows Server. It uses a hypervisor to allocate resources to guest VMs. Benefits include reduced costs, high availability, centralized management, and increased efficiency. Hardware requirements include virtualization support from the CPU and enabled data execution prevention. Key Hyper-V components include virtual switches, virtual hard disks (VHD/VHDX files), and child partitions.
Virtualization uses software to divide the hardware resources of a single computer into multiple virtual machines, each capable of running its own operating system. This allows more efficient use of physical resources and greater flexibility. Key benefits include improved resource utilization, easier management of operating systems and applications, reduced downtime, faster provisioning of resources, and lower costs. Virtualization is a core technology enabling cloud computing.
The document provides an overview of Microsoft's Server Purposing solution which uses Automated Deployment Services (ADS) to automate server deployment. It describes how ADS can be used to remotely configure servers from a single administration point, ensure consistent builds, and reduce server deployment costs. It also outlines the steps to install and configure an ADS controller, capture and deploy server images, and best practices for ongoing server management.
This document provides an overview of virtualization. It defines virtualization as separating a resource or request for a service from the underlying physical delivery of that service. Virtualization allows for more efficient utilization of IT infrastructure by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server. There are two main approaches to virtualization - hosted architectures which run on top of an operating system, and hypervisor architectures which install directly on hardware for better performance and scalability. Virtualization can provide benefits like server consolidation, test environment optimization, and business continuity.
Double-Take by Vision Solutions – Christian Willis, Technical Director: Meeting the Availability Challenges of physical, Virtual and Geographically Dispersed Systems
Questions? Contact:
United Kingdom and Ireland
Double-Take House
1, Wildwood Triangle
Worcester, WR5 2QX United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 333 1234 200
Fax: +44(0)333 1234 300
saleseu@doubletake.com
This document discusses server consolidation and virtualization using blade servers and VMware. It begins with an overview of server consolidation benefits like lower costs and improved efficiency. It then describes blade server types, consolidation steps, and system management. Case studies show how organizations implemented consolidation using blades. The document also covers VMware software products and how virtualization allows further consolidation. It ends by noting virtualization and consolidation can reduce complexity through a multi-step process.
This document provides an overview and agenda for an SCCM 2016-17 administration training which covers topics such as Windows Server 2012 R2, Active Directory, SQL Server, SCCM architecture, site deployment, client management, software and application deployment, inventory management, software updates, endpoint protection, operating system deployment, compliance settings, remote control, maintenance and monitoring, mobile device management, and interview questions. The training will include discussions of SCCM features, comparisons of different versions, site roles, deployment scenarios, and configuration of various SCCM components and capabilities.
Configuring and Troubleshooting XenDesktop SitesDavid McGeough
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for desktop administrators. The goal of this session is to demystify these concepts and provide a tactical approach to deployment and troubleshooting of a XenDesktop environment. In this session we will demonstrate the core configuration that is required, and also cover proven troubleshooting approaches to the top three problems we see in customer deployments.
Nov 2014 2 blu pointe continuity cloudrar-master Ron_Roberts
This document discusses BluPointe's cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions. It outlines BluPointe's customer commitment of always providing free trials, training, certification, startup assistance and unlimited software licenses. The document also summarizes BluPointe's backup and recovery features, including support for various operating systems, applications, virtualization platforms, and disaster recovery options like virtual disaster recovery and bare metal recovery. Finally, it discusses BluPointe's upcoming product releases and enhancements in areas like protection, recovery, performance, usability and manageability.
On May 22nd, C/D/H presented its Best of the Microsoft Management Summit 2012. Attendees learned all things MMS, like:
• MMS basics, including who, what, where, and why
• The evolution of the datacenter
• Private vs. public cloud
• All things System Center, including deep dives and demos on SCCM, SCOM, SCDPM, and SCSM
• New licensing details
• New Microsoft certifications
View C/D/H’s Best of MMS slide deck for all the conference highlights and big news about System Center 2012, and what it means for you.
And for more information on this or other topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
This document discusses the Windows Azure Pack, which allows enterprises to build their own multi-tenant clouds with the same technologies and APIs as the public Windows Azure cloud. It provides a consistent platform experience for both customers and IT administrators across private, hosted, and public clouds. Key benefits include building on familiar Windows Server and System Center foundations, simple and cost-effective service delivery, and open interoperability and extensibility.
In June, C/D/H introduced virtual desktops and hosted a panel discussion at the Educational Technology Leadership Conference.
C/D/H discussed the benefits and drawbacks of VDI, deployment considerations and the key players in the space.
Check out our slide deck to find out more about virtual desktops and if they are right for you.
This document provides an overview of implementing Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role services including the Remote Desktop Session Host, Remote Desktop Connection Broker, and Remote Desktop Virtualization Host roles. It covers planning, installing, and configuring these roles to provide users remote access to session-based desktops, applications, and virtual desktops from centralized servers. The document also includes demonstrations of configuring these roles and a lab exercise to implement RDS in a scenario.
This document provides an overview of installing and configuring the Hyper-V R2 server role. It discusses installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, configuring virtual networks, and considerations for virtual network types and VLAN configurations. Hands-on demonstrations are provided for installing Hyper-V, configuring user settings, virtual networks, and VLAN support.
This document provides an overview of configuring and managing the VMM library. It discusses the VMM library server and resources, hardware and guest operating system profiles, virtual machine templates, and high availability options. Demonstrations are provided on adding library servers and shares, creating profiles and templates, and configuring failover clustering for high availability of the library server.
This document provides an overview and instructions for integrating Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 with Hyper-V R2. It discusses planning the VMM implementation, installing the VMM server and console, and managing hosts and host groups. Key topics covered include system requirements, new features in VMM 2008 R2, considerations for planning the VMM database and library, installing VMM components, and adding and configuring host groups.
This document provides an overview of backup and restore strategies for virtual machines using various Microsoft technologies. It discusses options for backing up virtual machines and the VMM database using Windows Server Backup, and implementing Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 to back up the Hyper-V infrastructure. The document includes demonstrations of backing up and restoring virtual machines, the VMM database, and using DPM 2007 SP1 for virtual machine backups.
This document discusses implementing high availability for server virtualization. It covers failover clustering options with Hyper-V, including requirements, implementation, and demonstrations. It also covers implementing high availability with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2, including planning, host cluster configuration, and a demonstration of clustering in VMM. A lab exercise provides instructions for installing and configuring failover clustering, live migration, and host clustering in VMM.
This document discusses creating and managing virtual machines using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. It covers creating new VMs, converting physical servers to VMs, converting and migrating existing VMs, and cloning VMs. Demonstrations show how to create and place new VMs, deploy VMs from a library, perform conversions between VM formats, and migrate VMs between hosts and storage.
This document discusses monitoring and reporting virtualization using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 and System Center Operations Manager. It covers viewing and managing job status in VMM, integrating Operations Manager with VMM to enable reporting and monitoring capabilities, and configuring performance and resource optimization (PRO) in VMM using Operations Manager data. A lab is included to practice configuring the integration between VMM and Operations Manager and validating PRO configuration.
This document discusses configuring user roles and the VMM self-service portal. It covers creating user roles in VMM 2008 R2, installing and configuring the self-service portal, and considerations for implementing it. A demonstration shows how to create a user role and configure access to the portal. The goal is to allow specific groups like a research department to deploy and manage their own virtual machines.
This document provides an overview and lessons on creating and configuring virtual hard disks and virtual machines in Hyper-V. It covers storage options for virtual machines, different types of virtual disks, virtual machine components, demonstrations on creating VMs and snapshots, and guidelines for planning and designing VMs for applications like SQL Server and Exchange Server.
This document provides an overview of managing virtual machines using Virtual Machine Manager 2008. It discusses creating and managing checkpoints for virtual machines. The first lesson covers tasks for operating and managing VMs like starting, stopping, pausing, saving state. It also discusses deploying, migrating, and storing VMs. The second lesson explains what a VM checkpoint is and considerations for using them. It includes demonstrations of creating, managing, and restoring checkpoints. The lab exercises guide learners through operating a VM, modifying properties, and managing checkpoints using VMM 2008.
This document discusses maintaining software updates for offline virtual machines using the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool. It provides an overview of the tool, how it works, and infrastructure requirements. It also covers configuring WSUS and the tool, creating and running servicing jobs, and includes demonstrations of key tasks.
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 provides centralized management of virtual machines running on Hyper-V, Virtual Server, and VMware ESX/ESXi hypervisors. It allows administrators to provision and deploy virtual machines, perform conversions between physical and virtual machines, and optimize resource utilization across virtualized hosts. The latest release adds enhanced VMware management capabilities and more flexible delegation of administrative tasks through self-service portals and PowerShell scripting.
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a server virtualization product that provides the following key benefits:
1) It allows efficient use of hardware resources through virtualization and features like improved performance, greater scalability with 64-bit host support, iSCSI support, and host clustering support.
2) It offers the best supported server virtualization solution with features like Windows server guest optimization, broad guest OS compatibility, and resource management policies.
3) It enhances administrator productivity and responsiveness by enabling automated deployment and configuration of virtual machines, and allowing virtual machines to be managed using existing server management tools.
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a server virtualization technology that allows efficient use of hardware resources and increased administrator productivity. It enables organizations to consolidate server workloads, automate software testing, and rapidly deploy new servers. Virtual Server 2005 R2 supports virtual machine clustering for high availability and integrates with Microsoft management tools for easy administration and migration of virtual machines.
Security best practices for hyper v and server virtualisation [svr307]Louis Göhl
The document provides information on the Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit 5.0 customer technology preview and Visual Studio Team System 2010 Lab Management Beta 2. It also covers topics like Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V security best practices, Hyper-V networking configurations, Windows Server 2008 R2: SCONFIG, and Hyper-V best practices.
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Overview - Presented by AtidanDavid J Rosenthal
System Center 2012 R2 provides unified management capabilities for hybrid cloud environments. It allows for comprehensive monitoring of physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure as well as deep application performance monitoring. Key capabilities include infrastructure provisioning, application-focused automation and self-service, and flexible IT service management. System Center 2012 R2 provides enterprises with solutions for challenges around managing complex IT environments, application evolution, and budget pressures.
Presentación sobre Windows 2008 realizada en la Fundación Omar Dengo en el TechBoot Camp 2009.
Saludos,
Eduardo Castro – Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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http://comunidadwindows.org
Costa Rica
The document discusses server virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V and HP solutions. It provides an overview of virtualization benefits like consolidation and efficiency. It also covers virtual machine lifecycle management best practices, considerations for application virtualization, and how HP Insight Control complements Microsoft System Center solutions for virtualization management.
This document summarizes the key capabilities and benefits of Windows Server 2008 R2 virtualization technologies. It discusses how server consolidation using Hyper-V can significantly reduce costs through better hardware utilization, lower power consumption, and less physical datacenter space needed. It also outlines how features like live migration, cluster shared volumes, and management tools in System Center help improve high availability, disaster recovery, and administration of virtualized workloads.
VMWARE Professionals - Availability and ResiliencyPaulo Freitas
This document provides an overview and comparison of virtualization capabilities between Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. It outlines key hypervisor, management, networking, storage, availability, migration and disk formatting features. The document compares terminology and functionality between the two platforms across these areas to help identify similarities and differences.
Windows Server 2008 introduces a new native virtualization platform called Hyper-V. Hyper-V utilizes hardware-assisted virtualization and provides strong isolation between virtual machines and the host operating system. Microsoft also offers System Center virtualization management products that provide centralized management and monitoring of virtual machines. While virtualization adoption remains relatively low, Microsoft estimates around 17% of servers will be virtualized by 2010, representing significant growth and opportunity in the virtualization market.
Virtualisation uses hardware and software to create virtual versions of servers, desktops, networks, storage and memory. This allows one physical server to appear as many servers, or one desktop to run multiple operating systems simultaneously. Server virtualisation improves resource utilisation and reduces costs. Popular virtualisation platforms include VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V. While virtualisation offers advantages like increased flexibility and scalability, it requires new skills and adds some overhead.
This document provides a summary of the history and development of virtualization technology. It discusses early virtualization companies like VMware and Microsoft's entry into the space. It outlines the differences between type 1 and type 2 hypervisors. It also summarizes key virtualization products from Microsoft and VMware over time like Hyper-V, VMware ESX, and Application Virtualization. Finally, it discusses benefits of virtualization like server consolidation and cost savings realized by organizations.
Building solutions with microsoft virtualisationRonnie Isherwood
Based on Microsoft TechEd virtualization 360 talks this is my first community based presentation given in Jersey. A very real-world look using Microsoft slide decks and discussing all type of virtualization technology.
Virtualization 101 presents a history of virtualization and defines key concepts. It describes how virtual machines isolate operating systems and applications from each other and the physical hardware. Benefits include ease of deployment, mobility, backup/recovery, and hardware independence. Server virtualization partitions physical servers, while desktop virtualization hosts desktops centrally. Application virtualization protects operating systems from application changes. Major virtualization vendors include Citrix, Microsoft, and VMWare.
The document outlines the responsibilities of an individual working as a Windows/VMware Engineer and vCloud Automation Engineer from December 2011 to March 2014. Their key responsibilities included building and managing a VMware environment, implementing vCloud Automation for provisioning, and providing Windows administration support. They also led a team to develop an automation tool called ICP that used PowerShell and the VMware API to automate various repetitive tasks related to virtual machine provisioning, monitoring, and decommissioning.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V provides several improvements over the previous version including better flexibility through features like live migration and cluster shared volumes. It also offers improved performance through enhancements to memory management, TCP offload support, and network functionality. Additionally, it provides greater scalability with support for up to 32 logical processors and a core parking feature to improve energy efficiency. Overall, the document discusses how Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtualization capabilities help reduce costs through server consolidation while increasing flexibility and performance.
Microsoft Virtualization for VMware ProfessionalsEduardo Castro
Esta es la presentación utilizada en el WebCast de Semana de la Nube
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=es-AR&EventID=1032491907&CountryCode=AR
En este evento encontrará una introducción a la virtualización con productos y soluciones Microsoft para los VMware Professionals.
Competitive advantages-of-hyper-v-server-2012-over-v mware-v-sphere-hypervisorI-r Papa
The document compares the scalability, performance, and features of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 and the VMware vSphere Hypervisor. It finds that Hyper-V Server 2012 offers significantly greater scalability across hosts, VMs, and clusters. It supports larger host processors and memory, more VMs per host, and larger cluster sizes than the vSphere Hypervisor. The vSphere Hypervisor also imposes restrictions like capping memory at 32GB that limit its ability to run demanding workloads at scale, requiring customers to purchase additional vSphere editions.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems and applications to run concurrently on a single physical machine. A virtual machine monitor (VMM) or hypervisor manages shared hardware resources and isolates guest operating systems in virtual machines. Approaches include full virtualization, paravirtualization, and hardware assisted virtualization. Popular hypervisors include VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Xen, KVM, and Linux containers. The Java Virtual Machine and Android Dalvik Virtual Machine allow writing once and running anywhere.
This document introduces the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization platform. It provides an overview of Hyper-V architecture and features such as isolation, security assumptions, and live migration capabilities. It also demonstrates how to install and manage Hyper-V through tools like Hyper-V Manager and Windows PowerShell. Finally, it discusses the role of System Center Virtual Machine Manager in providing a centralized management solution for virtualized environments.
Configuration Manager 2007 focused on systems management and found user management challenging, while Configuration Manager 2012 embraces user-centric scenarios with a state-based design and full application lifecycle model. Configuration Manager 2012 also understands relationships between user systems and provides a management solution tailored for applications. It allows creating primary sites for scale and optimization of content distribution, inventory, and agent status across locations. Role-based administration provides data segmentation and configurable client agent settings so users only see necessary data.
Configurando Private Cloud con System Center 2012Juanchi_43
This document discusses how System Center provides an integrated platform for managing applications, services, and infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It allows for:
1) Standardizing application deployment using templates to ensure consistent configurations.
2) Creating cloud abstractions that allow managing infrastructure from Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix in a unified way.
3) Providing flexibility through delegation and control by allowing administrators to delegate self-service access and control resource utilization.
This document provides an overview of extending remote desktop services outside an organization using Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) and Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access). It discusses configuring the RD Gateway to enable secure remote access to internal resources over the internet. It also covers installing and configuring RD Web Access to enable launching remote apps and desktops from a web interface. The document includes demonstrations of configuring these technologies.
This document provides an overview and agenda for a course on implementing and managing Microsoft server virtualization. It outlines the course objectives, schedule, modules, and labs. The course will cover topics such as planning virtualization, installing Hyper-V, creating and managing virtual machines, high availability, backup and recovery, and desktop virtualization using Remote Desktop Services. Students will gain hands-on experience working with Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager in labs modeling a virtualized server environment.
The document discusses modules 9 and 10 of a Microsoft Jump Start course on virtualization for VMware professionals. The modules cover virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) architecture in two parts. They explain how VDI moves the operating system, applications, and data from the physical desktop to the data center, allowing users to access their desktops remotely through protocols like Remote Desktop.
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Este documento proporciona una introducción a la virtualización de VMware. Explica las principales razones por las que los clientes eligen VMware, como la reducción de costos y riesgos. Describe las funciones clave de la arquitectura de VMware, incluida la partición, el aislamiento y el encapsulamiento de sistemas operativos y aplicaciones en máquinas virtuales portátiles. También cubre la instalación y configuración, y los próximos pasos de actualización a vSphere.
El documento describe el Marco de Operaciones de Microsoft (MOF), el cual provee guías para lograr alta disponibilidad, confiabilidad y soporte técnico en plataformas Microsoft. MOF se basa en modelos de procesos, equipos y riesgos, dividiendo las operaciones en personas, procesos y tecnología. El modelo de procesos consta de cuatro fases (Cambios, Funcionamiento, Soporte, Optimización) mientras que el modelo de equipo organiza roles funcionales. MOF busca administrar riesgos de forma proactiva a
El documento describe los diferentes procesos involucrados en la gestión de servicios de TI, incluyendo la gestión de incidentes, problemas, cambios, configuraciones, servicios, nivel de servicio y seguridad. Explica los roles y responsabilidades en la gestión de configuraciones y diagramas para representar las relaciones entre componentes de infraestructura.
7. What Is Desktop Virtualization? Desktop virtualization provides options for virtualizing client operating systems Desktop virtualization option Description Client-Hosted Virtual machines run on the user desktop to provide an alternate computing environment Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Client virtual machines are hosted in the data center and accessed through remote desktop Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Provides the tools to build and deploy client virtual machines to user desktops
13. Overview of Microsoft System Center Product Description System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Enables monitoring and managing the hardware and software in a distributed environment System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Enables automated installation and configuration of software and operating system updates System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Enables the centralized management of virtual machines and the host computers System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Enables backup and restore of virtual and physical servers
26. What Is Hyper-V? Applications Applications Applications Windows Server 2003, 2008 Windows Kernel VMBus “ Designed for Windows” Server Hardware Windows hypervisor Supported Linux Distributions Linux VSC Child Partitions OS ISV/IHV/OEM Microsoft Hyper-V User Mode Kernel Mode Ring -1 Windows Server 2008 VMBus VMBus Parent Partition VM Services WMI Provider VM Worker Processes Applications Microsoft / Citrix Provided by VSP IHV Drivers Non-Hypervisor Aware OS Emulation VSC Windows Kernel
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28. Features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster shared volumes Live Migration Dynamic virtual machine storage Improved VHD performance Enhanced processor support Enhanced processor support Enhanced networking support
29. Requirements and Limits for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V Host computer components Virtual machine components Component Description Logical processors 64 Virtual processors per logical processor 8 Virtual machines per server 384 running virtual machines Memory 1 TB Storage No limits imposed by Hyper-V Physical network adapters No limits imposed by Hyper-V Component Description Virtual processors 4 Memory 64 GB Virtual IDE disks 4 Virtual SCSI disks 256 Virtual hard disk capacity 2040 GB Snapshots 50 Virtual network adapters 12
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Presentation: 75 minutes Lab: 60 minutes After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe Microsoft® Virtualization Describe virtualization management. Evaluate the current environment for virtualization. Plan the Hyper-V™ server role. Required materials To teach this module, you need the Microsoft Office PowerPoint® file 10215A_01.ppt. Important: It is recommended that you use PowerPoint 2002 or a later version to display the slides for this course. If you use PowerPoint Viewer or an earlier version of PowerPoint, all the features of the slides might not be displayed correctly. Preparation tasks To prepare for this module: Read all of the materials for this module. Practice performing the demonstrations and the lab exercises. Detailed steps for the demonstrations are provided in the course companion CD. Work through the Module Review and Takeaways section, and determine how you will use this section to reinforce student learning and promote knowledge transfer to on-the-job performance. Make sure that students are aware that there are additional information and resources for the module on the Course Companion CD.
As you introduce this module and lesson, ask students why their organizations are exploring the use of virtualization. Ask them what the most urgent requirements are that are driving the implementation of virtualization. Also ask them to describe what types of virtualization are being implemented or considered. Almost all organizations are looking at some type of virtualization, so use this topic to gain more understanding of the benefits that your students are expecting to get from virtualization. Question: Why are your organizations exploring the use of virtualization? Answer: Answers will vary. In most cases, organizations are considering at least server virtualization as a means to address the very low server utilization in most data centers.
The concept and options for virtualization has developed rapidly in the last few years. Spend some time with this topic, and define virtualization. Stress that it essentially just separates the traditional connection between operating systems, applications, and data from a single hardware instance. Then provide a high-level overview of the different options for enabling virtualization. This module covers each of these virtualization options in more detail, so do not spend a lot of time on each option now. Mention that central role that Microsoft System Center tools provide in managing the virtual environment. Deploying virtualization may appear to increase the complexity of the information technology (IT) infrastructure, so stress that the System Center tools provides a variety of tools to manage both the physical and the virtual environments.
Most students in the class will be familiar with server virtualization, and later modules go into more detail on the server virtualization architecture, so do not spend too much time on this topic. Concentrate on the benefits of virtualization. If you have students who are new to server virtualization, consider discussing the lab environment for this course as an example of server virtualization. Briefly discuss the concept of host computers and virtual machines, or guest operating systems.
Most students will be familiar with Microsoft Virtual PC. It has been available for several years. Highlight that this tool, along with the enhanced version available in Windows® 7, is still an important part of a desktop virtualization strategy. Highlight that Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) provide other options for providing the client computer environment. You can use both of these tools to manage the virtual client computers, but they take different approaches. VDI actually uses a server virtualization environment to provide desktops to users. MED-V provides the tools to centrally manage and deploy virtual desktops that users will download to their local computers before running. Question: When would you use each of the desktop virtualization options? Answer: Client-based desktop virtualization is very simple to deploy, and it does not require any server infrastructure. This makes it a logical option for small organizations or organizations that do not have a requirement for a more-complex and robust desktop virtualization environment. VDI is the best solution for organizations that have external users or users in branch offices connecting across slow wide area network (WAN) links to run business applications. MED-V provides powerful tools for organizations that require virtual client computers for many users.
Students may be familiar with Terminal Services or the administrator access to remote desktop from previous versions of Windows Server. If they are, use this understanding to explain how users can access applications running on centralized servers. Highlight that the name for the presentation feature has changed in Windows Server® 2008 Release 2 (R2), but that most of the features have not changed significantly.
Tell students that if you manage your virtual environment with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, it is necessary to plan backup for its resources and settings. Discuss possible ways to back up each listed component on the slide. Explain that Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) does not have a built-in utility for backing up all the resources but that it can backup the VMM database. Remind students that the VMM database is a Microsoft SQL Server® database that contains all VMM configuration information, so it is very important to back up. Spend some time discussing database restore considerations, because they are very important points. Question: Which technique can you use to backup Library Server resources, such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) files, virtual hard disks (VHDs), virtual machine templates, and other resources? Answer: Since Library files are stored in a file share on the Library server, you can use any available method for file and folder backup. However, be sure that you back up a database, because of Library metadata.
Question: How will virtualization help Contoso, Ltd. address the issues in its current computing environment? Answers : Server virtualization will help Contoso address the server utilization issues. By running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, the organization will be able to increase server utilization significantly. The organization may consider several options for addressing the branch office server issue. It might consider using server virtualization to simplify and standardize the deployment in each branch office. Contoso also might consider using presentation virtualization to run some of the applications that the branch offices require. There are several options from which the organization could choose to address the need for remote users to run a standard set of business applications. If the users are connecting from computers that are never connected to the internal network, the best option is probably to use presentation virtualization or VDI to provide the applications. If users must run the applications while offline, or if the client computers are occasionally connected to the internal network, the organization could consider using client desktop virtualization including using MED-V to distribute the client virtual machine. The organization also might be able to deliver the applications as virtual applications using Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The organization also could consider running custom applications by using client-based desktop virtualization or application virtualization. By using desktop virtualization, the organization could deploy virtual machines with the applications preconfigured. With application virtualization, users could run potentially incompatible applications on their desktop computers.
This topic is designed to get students thinking about what is different about managing an IT infrastructure that has many virtual components compared to the traditional environment, where there typically is a much more direct correlation between applications, operating systems, and physical hardware. Before discussing the points on the slide, ask students what makes managing a virtualized environment different. Point out that the virtualized environment actually may be more complex to manage than the traditional environment because virtualization provides so many more options. Stress the importance of including virtualization management as part of an organization’s virtualization strategy.
Use this topic to provide an overview of how to use System Center products to manage a virtual environment. The following topics provide more detail on the functionality that each tool provides. Stress that in many cases, the System Center products manage both the virtual and physical components in the infrastructure without any distinction. For example, you can monitor the performance of both physical and virtual computers using Operations Manager 2007. The actual counters that you monitor on the servers may be different, but the process for monitoring the servers is exactly the same.
Spend some time reviewing some of the features that are available in VMM. This product is covered in detail later in this course, but it is useful to review the features now. Highlight that VMM is designed to be used to manage most server virtualization environments, including Virtual Server 2005 R2 and VMware. That means that organizations can consider deploying VMM even if they do not yet have Hyper-V deployed.
Point out that Data Protection Manager (DPM), like the other System Center products, does not make a clear distinction between backing up virtual machines and backing up physical machines. You can install the DPM agent on other types of machines, and then backup and restore the servers using the same administrative console. Be prepared to spend some time discussing the differences between VSS-aware machines and those that are not. VSS-aware virtual machines enable the snapshot process inside the virtual machine while it is running. This enables the backup to occur without disruption. With virtual machines that are not VSS-aware, the snapshot has to occur outside of the virtual machine, so you must hibernate it briefly before taking the snapshot.
Point out that Operations Manager 2007 R2 has been tightly integrated with server virtualization in many ways. If students are not familiar with how Operations Manager 2007 works, you might want to provide a brief overview. Stress the importance of management packs, and that they provide the rules that enable the intelligent management of many different services and applications. You also might refer to the Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) feature in VMM, which uses the Operations Manager 2007 integration to help manage virtual machines and hosts intelligently. The topic on VMM covered this feature.
Point out that Configuration Manager 2007 R2 enables management of both physical and virtual machines by using consistent processes and tools. Spend some time on the features in Configuration Manager that are specifically designed for the virtualized environment. For example, consider drawing a diagram that shows how you can use Configuration Manager to distribute the virtual applications that you create in App-V. App-V provides its own application streaming mechanism, but you can replace this with Configuration Manager.
Discuss the factors that need to be considered when choosing which physical server workloads to virtualize. In most cases, the hardware requirements will be the most important factor, as very few workloads are not supported or are not compatible with virtualization. Emphasize the goal of making sure that all servers are appropriately utilized. This means the virtualization is the best option in many cases, but that there also are scenarios in which you can use other options to increase the workload on servers to the point where they are using all of their dedicated hardware resources. Question: What server workloads will you virtualize in your organizations? How will you make the decisions about what to virtualize? Answer: Most organizations begin by virtualizing test and development servers, because these servers typically do not have the same availability and performance requirements of production servers. The first servers that are virtualized in production typically are those that are used lightly, such as Web servers. In many organizations, virtualization has become the default configuration. This means that all servers are virtualized unless there is a good reason not to virtualize a specific server.
Consider downloading one of the solution accelerators to show students what the tools look like. Students will probably be most interested in the Windows Server Virtualization guide, which is one of the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides. Show students the step-by-step approach that the guide describes, as well as the appendix, which includes many templates that students can use during a virtualization project.
The next demonstration will provide examples of the types of information that the Microsoft Assessment Planning (MAP) Toolkit collects, so just provide a summary of the features in this topic. Stress that the MAP data collection process does not require that an agent be installed on the scanned computer, but that it will require administrator access to the computers, and the client firewalls will need to be configured to enable the remote collection of information. The client firewalls must be configured to enable Remote Administration (TPC port 135), and File and Printer Sharing (TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138).
Demonstration Steps: Use MAP to create an inventory of servers in your IT environment . 1.On VAN –CL1, click Start , click All Programs , click Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit , and then click Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit . 2.Under Create an inventory database, type Contoso in the Name field. 3.Click OK . 4.In the main window, click Inventory and Assessment Wizard . 5.On the Computer Discovery Methods page, note the options for locating servers in the environment. Clear all check boxes, and the select the Manually enter computer names and credentials check box. Click Next . 6.On the Enter WMI credentials page, click on New Account . 7.In the Inventory Account window, in the Domain Name field, enter Contoso . 8.In the Account Name field, enter Administrator . 9.In the Password and the Confirm Password fields, enter Pa$$w0rd . 10.In the Computer name field, type LON-SVR3 . 11.Click Save . 12.Click Next on the Enter WMI credentials page. 13.Click Finish on the Review Settings page. 14.On the Status page, wait until the scan is complete, and then click Close . Review the information that MAP provides. 15.In the left pane, expand Server Consolidation , and then click Performance Metrics Results . 16.Click Performance Metrics Wizard . 17.On the Import Computer Names page, click Browse , and locate the ServerNames.txt file in d:\\Labfiles. 18.Click Next . 19.Click OK to acknowledge the confirmation message that follows. 20.On the Enter WMI credentials page, click New Account . 21.In the Inventory Account window, in the Domain Name field, enter Contoso . 22.In the Account Name field, enter Administrator . 23.In the Password and Confirm Passwords field, enter Pa$$w0rd . 24.Click Save . 25.Click Next on the Enter WMI credentials page.
26.On the Performance Collection Duration page, set the end date and time for the collection to end, such as to 7 days from the today. 27.Click Next . 28.Click Cancel to stop the performance metrics collection, and then click Yes . Run the Server Consolidation Wizard, and review the proposal and reports that the wizard generates. 1. Click File , and then click Select a Database . 2. Click Use an Existing Database , select MapHolDb-03 from the drop-down list box, and then click OK . 3. In the top-left tree view, click Server Consolidation . 4. In the center pane, under Configure Host and Run Analysis Engine , click Server Consolidation Wizard . 5. Verify that Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is selected, and then click Next . 6. Ensure that Use the current hardware configuration is selected, and then click Next . 7.From the Manufacturer drop-down list box, select Intel , and then click Next . 8. On the Storage page, click Next . 9. On the Network and Memory page, click Next . 10. On the Host and Guest Thresholds page, select the Select this option check box, type the number 5 in Number of virtual machines per host , and then click Next . 11. Click Browse to select a file, and open the d:\\Labfiles\\network-computers1.txt file. 12. Click Next , and click OK , and then a summary of the host machine configuration is shown. 13. Click Finish to start the placement assessment. 14. When the assessment is complete, click Close . 15. Expand Server Consolidation in the top-left tree view, and click Server Consolidation Results node. You can review the server consolidation assessment results within the user interface (UI). Question: How can the information that the MAP Toolkit collects be useful? Answer: the MAP Toolkit can collect several different types of data, including information on which client computers you can upgrade to Windows 7, which servers you can upgrade to Windows Server® 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, and which servers are good virtualization candidates.
Be prepared to spend some additional time on this topic. This is the only topic that addresses a virtualization project from a step-by-step perspective, so ensure that students are comfortable with the overall process and decision points that need to be made as part of a virtualization project.
The slide diagram provides an overview of the Hyper-V architecture. Use the diagram to discuss the concepts of parent and child partitions, and how the partitions interact with the physical hardware. Use the different examples of operating systems that run in child partitions to describe the different types of available hardware emulation.
Consider opening Hyper-V Manager and briefly describing the configuration components in a Hyper-V virtual machine. The next two modules cover these configuration options in more detail, but if students have not seen these options before, a short demonstration will help them to visualize them. As you discuss the different operating system options for virtual machines, emphasize that the configuration options in Hyper-V change depending on the guest operating system. Also considering showing how the amount of random access memory (RAM) or the number of processors that you can assign to a virtual machine are dependant on the host computer’s physical hardware.
Mention that Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 is built on the previous release. The following are the Hyper-V improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2: Live Migration Dynamic virtual machine storage Improved VHD performance Enhanced processor support Enhanced networking support Cluster shared volumes Discuss the improvements in detail. Mention that the dynamic virtual storage functionality supports reconfiguring virtual machines by adding and removing hard disks and physical disks while it is running. Mention that the enhanced networking support feature enables virtual machines to use jumbo frames up to 9,014 bytes in size, if the underlying physical network supports it. Mention that many of the new Hyper-V features, such as virtual machine queue (VMQ), Chimney, and CPU core parking, require compatible hardware. Question: Will your company benefit from the new Hyper-V features in Windows Server 2008 R2? Which new feature is most useful to you? Answer: Answers will vary, based on the students’ environments, but all who use Hyper-V virtualization will benefit from the new features. Live Migration is most often mentioned, but improved VHD performance and enhanced networking support also are very beneficial. If students' environments include more than 16 CPU servers, they also will benefit from enhanced processor support.
This topic provides maximum hardware configurations for Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines. Mention that these limits are for Windows Server 2008 R2 hosts, and that the limits were lower in Windows Server 2008. Emphasize that these tables list the maximum hardware levels. When planning the Hyper-V deployment, you have to evaluate each server workload that you are virtualizing to identify its optimal hardware configuration.
Highlight that, for the most part, Hyper-V can use any storage option for storing virtual machine files. The only exception is that network attached storage (NAS) is not supported. Briefly summarize some of the ways in which virtual machines use storage. For now, mention that this information needs to be considered when planning the virtualization infrastructure. Later modules will provide much more detail on the planning implications for storage.
Like the other topics in this lesson, this topic is designed to provide students with some understanding of the options available. Avoid going into too much detail on these technologies at this point, because Module 9 covers them in more detail.
This topic provides an overview of the available options that you can use to enhance security of a Hyper-V deployment. This content is not explicitly covered elsewhere in the course, so spend some additional time on this topic.
Exercise 1: Planning for the Hyper-V Server Role In this exercise, you will: Determine the most appropriate Hyper-V implementation based on organizational requirements and scenarios. Estimated time to complete the exercise: 15 minutes Exercise 2: Assessing the Computing Environment by Using the MAP Toolkit In this exercise, you will: Configure the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator: Create an inventory database. Run the report wizard to create appropriate reports related to virtualization. Analyze the inventory and assessment reports: Analyze the generated reports and answer questions related to the results. Note: The lab exercise answer keys are provided on the Course Companion CD. To access the answer key, click the link located at the bottom of the relevant lab exercise page.
Use the questions on the slide to guide the debriefing after students complete the lab exercises. 1. Why did you need to use a previously prepared database for creating the reports in this lab? Answer : You needed to use the prepared database because MAP uses performance data as part of its analysis for which servers to virtualize. Normally, you would let MAP collect this information for several days to ensure it had accurate data. 2. Which servers will you virtualize first in your organization? Answer : Answers will vary. In most organizations, the first servers that will be virtualized are test or development computers. Other common options are servers running on old hardware or those that are underutilized.
Review Questions 1.Your organization is considering implementing server virtualization using Hyper-V. What is the primary thing that you need to consider when purchasing servers for this role? Answer : You will need to purchase servers with 64 bit hardware that support virtualization. The servers must also support Hardware Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and hardware-assisted virtualization, and these options must be enabled in the basic input/output system (BIOS). 2.Your organization is planning to implement server virtualization using Hyper-V and presentation virtualization using Remote Desktop Services. Your manager is concerned that you will not be able monitor the servers effectively. What tool should you be including in your plans? Answer : You should install System Center Operations Manager 2008 R2. You can use it to monitor a large number of servers. 3.Your organization is considering implementing server virtualization. You would like to identify servers in your organization that can be virtualized. How can you identify these servers? Answer : You could use the MAP Toolkit to identify these servers. If you have Operations Manager 2007 installed, you also can use it to collect information on which servers you can virtualize. Real-World Issues and Scenarios 1.Your organization is testing a custom application. The testers report that when they install the application on computers running an older version of the same application, they get errors. How could you address this issue? Answer : The best solution in this scenario is to implementation application virtualization using App-V. With App-V, you could deploy the new application in a virtual environment and avoid compatibility issues. 2.Your organization has several hundred part-time employees who work outside the office. The employees all need to run an application that needs to access a database server located in the main office’s data center. How can you make this application available to users? Answer : The best solution will be to publish the application on a Remote Desktop Services Session Host at the main office. By using Remote Desktop Services Gateway, you can provide secure access to the application for users outside the organization. 2.You are an IT architect at a large insurance provider. You have migrated many important applications to virtual machines and want to increase the availability of those virtual machines. How can availability of applications be increased when you use Hyper-V? Answer : Depending on the type of application, you might be able to use either Network Load Balancing or Failover Clustering to make the applications highly available.