The document discusses the advantages of virtualizing during the upgrade to SharePoint 2010, emphasizing cost savings, increased server flexibility, and improved resource availability. It outlines necessary software and hardware requirements, various migration tools, and the benefits of using virtualization such as live migration and automated failover. Key players in the virtualization market and their offerings are mentioned, alongside considerations for configuring a virtual environment effectively.

1. Upgrade / Migration & Virtualisation with SharePoint 2010 Dave Coleman & Alan Richards

2. Why virtualise when upgrading/migration to SharePoint 2010Simple way to move to a 64bit environment.Cost savings in a time of budget cuts.Increased flexibility in growing and managing your server stock. High availability of e-learning resources.Improved protection against server failure (if in a fail over cluster).

3. SharePoint 2010 Software/Hardware Requirements Software64 Bit edition of SQL 2005 With SP3 or64 Bit edition of SQL 2008 With SP1 and Cumulative Update 2 or64 Bit Edition of SQL 2008 R264 Bit edition of windows server 2008 with SP264 Bit edition of Windows server 2008 R2Hardware64 Bit processor, 4 Cores8GB Ram 80GB Hard Drive Space

4. Single Server DeploymentOne server farmRuns all SharePoint rolesCentral adminWeb front endSQL Server

5. Two Tier FarmSingle SharePoint ServerSQL Server could be MIS Server

6. UpgradeIn place upgradePatched SQLX64 architectureHigh availability upgradePatched SQLCopy MOSS 2007 database and attached to new server

7. Metalogix SharePoint Site Migration Manager 2010Quest Software Migration Manager (2003 to 2010)TzunamiDeployer for SharePoint 2010 migrationAvePointDocAve SharePoint Migration Manager for 2001/2003/2007 to 2003/2007/2010MetaVis Migrator for SharePointXavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool SharePoint Joelhttp://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspxMigration Tools

8. Virtualisation – The BasicsMarket playersCitrixVMWareMicrosoft Hyper-V

9. Standard ModelOne server = One roleNew role = New ServerNew Server = More MoneyVirtualisation – The Basics

10. Virtualisation ModelStart smallOne serverLarge memory and storageOne server runs multiple guestsExpand as necessaryMultiple serversCentralised storageFailoverVirtualisation – The Basics

11. Failover Cluster Manager

12. Failover Cluster ManagerLive Migrate

13. Create New Virtual Servers

14. Start VM

15. Shutdown VM

16. Manage VM’s With HyperV Manager

17. Manage Failover and FailbackSystem Centre Virtual Machine Manager

18. System Centre Virtual Machine Manager

19. System Centre Virtual Machine Manager P2V (Physical to Virtual)

20. Manage Your Virtual Machines

21. Live Migrate

22. Create and Manage Snapshots (Checkpoints)

23. Stop