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Design Virtualization Infrastructure
Module 8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure
• Virtualization of a test server environment
• Virtualization and migration of legacy applications
• Design and test a virtualized development environment
Overview of Virtual Server Hosting in Windows Server 2008
Windows Virtualization Tools:
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Hyper-V
Design Virtual Server Hosting
Web Provisioning Clients
System Center VMM
Management Console
RemoteVirtual Server
HostLibrary Server
Virtual ServerHost
Evaluate Appropriateness of Virtualization
Criteria Authentication
Processor % Processor Time Candidates using low utilization are good candidates
Network Interface Byte Total/Sec Packets/Sec Assign shared or dedicated NICs to virtual machines.
Memory Pages/Sec Available Bytes Confirm that the host has available resources.
Physical DiskAverage disk/sec Good candidates can
function with the available disk read performance.
Isolation RequirementsApplications that need to be isolated (not
sharing a server with other applications) are good candidates.
Availability Requirements Mission critical, high availability legacy applications are good candidates.
Scalability RequirementsApplications that will be expected to grow are
good candidates, as a guest machine can be allocated more resources dynamically.
Moving Legacy Applications to Virtual Servers
1. Perform disk maintenance and defragmentation
2. Add firewall exception (RemoteAdmin)
3. Run Convert Physical Server Wizard in VMM Manager
Operating System P2V Support
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4) Offline
The Windows Server 2003 operating systems with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Online or Offline
The Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition operating system Online or Offline
The Windows XP operating systems with SP1 Online or Offline
Windows Vista Not Supported
64 Bit Windows Operating Systems Not Supported
Windows NT Not Supported
Design Standard Virtual Configuration
• Storage
• Networking
• Backup and recovery
• Failover clustering
Identify guest requirements and size hosts appropriately