Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2: Advanced Virtualization ManagementIftekhar Hussain Partner Technology AdvisorMicrosoft Corporationihussain@microsoft.com

SESSION CODE: VIR309

Session Objectives

ObjectiveOverview of Virtual Machine Manager and how you can use it to manage your virtual environment

Key TakeawayVMM 2008 R2 coupled with Windows Server 2008 R2 provides a complete, highly available and extensible management solution for your virtualized environment

AgendaDynamic IT And Virtualization

Key Virtualization Concerns

Efficient VM provisioning

Day to Day operations with VMM

Performance and Resource Optimization

Delegated Administration and Self Service

Demo

Increase server utilization, reduce operating costs and improve service levels

Seamless physical, virtual and application management

Access to applications at anytime from anywhere

Flexibility and agility for infrastructure, applications, management and security

Microsoft Virtualization

Your Infrastructure: Virtual

Management

Cloud

Datacenter Desktop

Efficient management reduces cost

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000006879

Case Study

Few Virtualization concerns

How do I streamline VM Provisioning?

Can I do Live migrations between servers with different processors?

How do i determine suitable host for my VM?

How can I optimize resources and performance ?

Can I host more than 1 VM per LUN?

Can I monitor and manage services inside my VMs?

Can I migrate VM storage from 1 SAN to another?

Virtual Machine Manager Server

Connector

Self Service Web Portal

Administrator’s Console

Management Interfaces

SAN Storage

Operator’s Console

Web Console

Windows PowerShell

Operations Manager Server

Virtual Server Host

VM

VM

VMM Library Server

VM Template

ISO ScriptVHD

VMware VI3

Virtual Center Server

ESX Host

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM

Windows® PowerShell

Building a Virtualized Environment

Clustered Shared VolumesHot addition/removal of storageMaintenance ModeSAN migrations in and out of clustered hostsExpanded support for iSCSI SANsSupport for optimized networking

Live MigrationClustered

Shared Volumes

Hot addition/

removal of storage

Maintenance Mode

SAN migrations in

and out of clustered

hosts

Expanded support for iSCSI SANs

Support for optimized

networking

Support for Quick

Storage Migration

Queuing of Live

migrations

Support for third party

CFS

Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Overview

Easily migrate virtual machines between clustered hosts without affecting the connected users.Place multiple virtual machines on a single LUN and manage them individually. The key benefit that CSV delivers here is greatly simplified LUN configuration for the administrator.

Quickly and efficiently respond to changing storage requirements of virtual machines.Simplify the process of initiating maintenance or upgrades to virtual hosts, VMM 2008 R2 provides maintenance mode – a one-step process whereby active virtual machines are safely evacuated to other hosts within the cluster before maintenance begins.

Ability to automatically migrate VMs in and out of clustered hosts using SAN transfers.With expanded support now covering the majority of available iSCSI SANs, VMM 2008 R2 enables administrators to choose from a much wider range of options when selecting a new SAN solution. For those with SAN infrastructure in place, VMM 2008 R2 features greater SAN compatibility enabling administrators to leverage their storage investments.

Support for two new networking services – Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) and TCP Chimney – built into Windows Server 2008 R2. Key benefits to both of these technologies are more efficient processing of network traffic (through the creation of virtual network queues in the former and offloading of TCP/IP workloads to a physical NIC, in the latter) and thus freeing up CPU cycles on the host machine.

VMM 2008 R2 now allows for the migration of a VM’s storage both within the same host and across hosts with minimum downtime.  VMM 2008 R2 also supports VMware storage vMotion so the storage for a VMware VM can be transferred on the same hosts no downtime.

Perform multiple Live Migrations without having to keep track of other Live Migrations within the cluster.For users requiring a true clustered file system, VMM 2008 R2 supports third party file systems by detecting CFS disks and allows for deploying multiple VMs per LUN.

Support for Quick Storage MigrationSupport for third party CFSQueuing of Live migrationsLive Migration:

Finding Suitable Hosts: Intelligent Placement

Planning technology that ensures best resource utilization Star based rating system for easy decision making Customizable algorithm to achieve your goalsApplicable to both Hyper-V and VMware hosts

Utilized during:New virtual machine creation (through UI, PowerShell or Self-Service)Virtual machine migration

Checks host compatibility before migrationsPrevents migration from failingUses Windows Server 2008 R2 and VMware compatibility APIs

Network Optimization Support Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)

Intelligent Placement – Rating Stars

Intelligent Placement – VMQ

VMM has detected that host and NIC has VMQ

capabilities

Speedup VM provisioning using Templates

Consist of Hardware and Guest OS ProfileConsistent hardware and guest OS configuration

across all VMsReduce Provisioning timeEnables provisioning using Self Service Portal

Rapid Provisioning (Cmdline Only)

Rapidly create VMs from template In VMM R2

Create hardware and OS profiles with desired settings.Create a template using profiles and specify blank VHD

Out of Band to VMM R2Create generalized VHD Provision storage, clone VHD and present it to host

Using storage technologies such as snap cloning

In VMM R2Call New-VM with new parameter –UseLocalVirtualHardDisk

Multiple VMs share the same base VHD

LUNs with data provisioned outside of VMM(snapshot, clone, etc)

Golden LUN

VHD

VHD

LUN1(clone)

VHD

LUN2(snapshot)

VM1

VM2

VM1

VM2

Base VHD Golden

Child VHD1

Child VHD2

VM Provisioning Using Templates and Rapid Provisioning

DEMO

Support for CSV

FailoverCluster

ClusteredStorage

VMM 2008 R2

VHD VHD VHD

LUN 1Vol. 1

VHD VHD VHD

LUN 2Vol. 2

Multiple VMs Sharing a LUN

CSV provides a single consistent file name space

Files have the same name and path when viewed from any node in the clusterCSV volumes are exposed as directories and subdirectories under the “ClusterStorage” root directory

C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\<root>C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2\<root>C:\ClusterStorage\Volume3\<root>

CSV brings Cluster Fault Tolerances

SAN

VHD

SAN Connectivity

Failure

I/O Redirected via network

Volume mounted on Node 1

VM running on Node 2 is unaffected

Node Failure

Brief queuing of I/O while volume ownership is

changed

Volume relocates to a healthy node

VM running on Node 2 is unaffected

Routed to Redundant Network

Network Path Connectivity Failure

Live Migration SupportMoving a virtual machine from one server to another without loss of service

Guest OS is unaware of the migrationMaintain TCP connections of the guest OSVM is treated as a black boxBuilding block for Dynamic Data Center through business agility, cost reduction and increase in productivity

Enables new dynamic scenariosLoad balancing VMs via policy

Orchestrated Live Migration

ClusterNode 1

Network Storage

ClusterNode 2

Configuration Data

Virtual Machine

Memory Content

VHD

Memory Sync

Virtual Machine

User

Quick Storage Migration

VMM supportsQuick Storage Migration VMware Storage vMotion

Useful when;Consolidating existing VMs in a Clustered Shared Storage (CSV)Upgrading your SAN Migrating from old to new SANLow disk spaceSite to site migration

Source Disk Destination Disk

Quick Storage Migration behind the scene

1. Create Checkpoint – Now R/W to Diff Disk2. Copy VHD to Disk 23. Pause VM and Transfer Diff Disk to Disk 24. Apply Diff Disk5. Start VM, Clean up Original

Support for third party CFS

Support for Veritas Volume Manager.Supports Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 for Windows (SFW),An SFW volume is limited to one virtual machine.

Support for Sanbolic Clustered File System.Support for Live/Quick Migration in Windows 2008 R2 clusters Support for Quick Migration on Windows 2008 clusters (solves the 1 LUN/VM limitation in clustering for down level Windows 2008)

Maintenance Mode and Live Migration Queuing

Maintenance Mode Options:Live-migrate all running HA VMs and save-state for non-HA running VMsPlace all running virtual machines into a saved state.

When host is in maintenance mode,Blocks all virtual machine creation operations on the host.Excludes the host from the host ratings during placement.

No VM can be moved into the host.Host is not monitored

Supported for Hyper-V, VS and VMware hosts

Maintenance Mode usage scenarios

Shared Storage

Host is now offline for servicing

Enable Maintenance Mode

Conversions: P2V and V2VIntuitive and easy to use tools provide:

Core feature of VMM, no additional infrastructure or costs per conversion Wizard based experienceReconfigure storage, memory, CPU, etc.Efficient disk copy Preserves network settings and MAC addressesAutomatable through PowerShell

Supported platforms:Live - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7Offline - Windows 2000 Server

Processor Compatibility Mode

Host 1 Host 2Shared Storage

Intel® Xeon® Intel® Pentium® 4 VT

Delegation & Self Service PortalAdministrators

Full access to all actions Full access to all objectsCan use the Admin console or PowerShell interface

Delegated AdministratorsFull access to most actions Scope can be limited by host groups and Library serversCan use the Admin console or PowerShell interface

Self-Service UsersLimited access to a subset of actions Scope can be limited by host groups, library shares and

VM ownershipLimited by utilization quotas and template costsCan use the Self-Service Portal or PowerShell interface

Live MigrationMaintenance Mode Self Service Portal

DEMO

Performance and Resource Optimization

VIRTUAL I/O

SECURITY

NON MS WORKLOAD

and APP

CAPASITY PLANNING

VMM PRO Partner Ecosystem

SERVERSSTORAGE

LOAD BALANCERS

Power and Cooling

Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)

DEMO

SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1

ANNOUNCING

SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Goals

Add support for key Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 FeaturesConfiguration supportIntelligent Placement support

Dynamic MemoryStartup Memory, Maximum MemoryMemory Priority, Target Buffer

RemoteFXMaximum number of monitorsMaximum monitor resolution

The feature areas and investments in this slide represent design goals and, as such, are subject to change between now and actual product release.

• End to end service management• Server and application health monitoring & management• Performance reporting and analysis

• Patch management and deployment• OS and application configuration management• Software upgrades

Management Beyond VMM

• Live host level virtual machine backup• In guest Apps backup• Rapid recovery

• Incident and change management

• Automation, orchestration, and integration for IT management tools

To review…

• Migrating Storage from 1 SAN to another.• End to End Virtualization Management.

Templates and VM Profiles,

Processor Compatibility Mode

Intelligent PlacementPRO TIPS

Quick Storage Migration

System Center

• Streamlined VM Provisioning.• Migrations between machines with different

processors.

• Determine the right Host for your VM.• Optimize Resources and Performance.

"Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place" - Thomas Bittman, Gartner

Thank you

Iftekhar Hussainihussain@microsoft.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/iftekhar

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