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Automate VMware with SC2012 SP1Orchestrator Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & MigrationSymon Perriman Justin IncarnatoSenior Technical Evangelist Senior Program Manager

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Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & MigrationAgenda

(01) Manage VMware with SC2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager

(02) Monitor VMware with SC2012 SP1 Operations Manager & Veeam

(03) Automate VMware with SC2012 SP1 Orchestrator

(04) Migrate VMware VMs using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)

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• Senior Program Manager, Microsoft−Windows Server, System Center,

Cloud & Datacenter Management−Automation & Integration, focus on Orchestrator−Been at Microsoft for 15 years, 10 in System Center

Meet Justin Incarnato

@justininc

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• Introduction to Orchestrator• Demonstrate VMWare management

capabilities using System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

Agenda

Product View

Hypervisor

VM Management

Automation

Service Mgmt.

Self-Service

Monitoring

vSphere Hypervisor

vCenter ServervFabric Application Director

vCenter Orchestrator

vCloud Automation Center

vCloud Director

vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite

Hyper-V

Virtual Machine Manager

Orchestrator

Service Manager

App Controller

Operations Manager

ProtectionvSphere Data

ProtectionData Protection

Manager

VMware

Orchestrator

• Automate processes in your data center, regardless of hardware or platform

• Automate your IT operations and standardize best practices to improve operational efficiency

• Connect different systems from different vendors without having to know how to use scripting and programming languages

Automation conceptsActivitiesIntelligent tasks that perform defined actions

RunbooksSystem-level workflows that execute a series of linked activities

DatabusUsed to publish and consume information as a Runbook executes

Standard activitiesA rich set of out-of-box activities

Get server ID from DPM

Get data sources

Create recovery point

Create incident

Create checkpoint

Start maint mode

Shut down VM

E-mail on error

Update on success

Invoke web services

Compare values

Query database

Send e-mail

Run .NET script

Return data

Check schedule

• Create VM

• Customize VM

• Delete VM

• Maintenance Mode

• Migrate VM

• Move VM

• Reconfigure VM

• Reset VM

• Revert VM Snapshot

• Start VM

• Stop VM

• Suspend VM

• Take VM Snapshot

• Add− Add Network Adapter

− Add VM Disk

• Clone− Clone Linux VM

− Clone Windows VM

• Set− Set Guest Info

Variables

− Set VM CD/DVD to ISO Image

− Set VM Networks

• Get− Get Cluster Properties

− Get Datastore Capacity

− Get Host Datastores

− Get Host Properties

− Get Hosts

− Get Resource Pool Runtime Info

− Get Resource Pools

− Get VM List

− Get VM Properties

− Get VM Status

VMware Integration Pack

Customize AutomationExternal interface to System Center

Standards-basedRESTful web interfaceUses OData (Open Data Protocol)

Take advantage of existing investments in PowerShell, .NET scripting, and third-party APIs, and build them into Orchestrator Runbooks

Virtual Machine ManagerService templatesVirtual machine templatesStorage classificationsLogical networksLoad balancersLoad balancer VIP templates

Operations ManagerServersClientsHardwareWebsitesDatabasesWeb servicesVirtual machinesHostsExchange serversDomainsSitesAnd much more…

Configuration ManagerComputersHardwareSoftwareComputer primary userDesired configuration management

Active DirectoryUsersGroupsComputersPrintersUser manages user

OrchestratorRunbooks

Author workflows to sync data from Line-of-Business applications (LOB) or other third-party management systems

Other optionsCSV data importCustom connector using SDKPowerShell

Import Runbooks and CI Data

Service Manager

Operations Manager

Configuration Manager

Active Directory

Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft Exchange(Admin + User)

Third-party management tools

Orchestrator

• Service Pack 1 – Integration Packs• Service Pack 1 – Evaluation VHDs• Orchestrator on the Microsoft Virtual Academy

−Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start (http://aka.ms/HyperVJS)−Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start (

http://aka.ms/vmJS)−Configuring & Deploying Microsoft’s Private Cloud−System Center 2012 Orchestrator−System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Updates−System Center 2012 SP1 Capabilities

Orchestrator Resources

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