Microsoft Virtual Academy Module 9 Configuring and Managing the VMM Library

Module Overview Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library Working With Profiles and Templates

Lesson 1: Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library What Is the Virtual Machine Manager Library? Virtual Machine Manager Library Resources Library Server and Host Group Association Considerations for Highly Available Library Servers

What Is the Virtual Machine Manager Library? Hosted on Library servers Stores resources used to create virtual machines Catalog of stored resources Some resources stored in VMM database Contains templates and profiles Contains library shares Shared folders on the Library servers Can be organized into subfolders Indexed for quick retrieval Data deduplication Variable chunking Compression of primary data to other storage areas

Virtual Machine Manager Library Resources Library stored resources include: File-based resources – answer and driver files, virtual floppy and hard drives, ISO images, Windows PowerShell and SQL Server scripts, web deployment, and SQL DAC files Virtual machines templates and profiles Equivalent objects Cloud library Self-service user content Orphaned resources Updated catalogs and baselines Stored virtual machines and services

Library Server and Host Group Association Library servers can be associated with particular host groups Enhances ability to work on several libraries at a time Grouped according to bandwidth, location Library servers in each host group share resources within host group: Host group South HQ Host group Host group London A Library server

Considerations for Highly Available Library Servers VMM management servers cannot be on the same cluster as library servers When a cluster fails over, library shares on it go offline until the cluster comes back up The SQL Server running the VMM database should also be clustered As an alternative to failover clustering, you can add more library servers VMM library servers do not replicate files Manually copy files using robocopy or another similar utility

Lesson 2: Working With Profiles and Templates What Is a Hardware Profile? What Is a Guest OS Profile? What is Server App-V What Is an Application Profile? What Is an SQL Server Profile? Configuring Virtual Machine Templates What Are Service Templates and Service Deployment Configurations?

What Is a Hardware Profile? Contains specifications for: CPU Memory Network and Fibre Channel adapters Floppy, IDE, SCSI and DVD drives COM ports Memory weight Virtual NUMA CPU priority Ensures consistent hardware settings over virtual machines made with the profile Imported into VM templates

What Is a Guest OS Profile? Contains specifications for: Operating System Identity Information Admin Password Product key Time zones Roles Features Domain/Workgroup Answer file GUIRunOnce Commands

What is Server App-V Application B Application C Application A Data System Services Configurations App-V Server sequenced package in Library Server Virtual Machine Isolated Virtual Application Mode Application packages sequenced to derive from different sources; run on same virtual machine

What Is an Application Profile? Application profiles provide the instructions for installing applications to support a VNN-managed service Application profiles support the following application types: SQL Server DACs Server App-V applications Web applications Scripts

What Is an SQL Server Profile? A SQL Server profile is a building block for deploying a SQL Server instance onto a virtual machine. The process for installing and configuring a SQL Server Instance includes: 1. Prepare a SQL Server image using Sysprep 2. Create a SQL Server profile 3. Create a VM template 4. Create a service template 5. Deploy the service

Configuring Virtual Machine Templates A virtual machine template provides an efficient way to deploy new virtual machines and services Virtual machine templates provide: A means to configure hardware, operating systems, applications and SQL Server specifications and to create new templates A consistent method for self-service users to deploy new virtual machines and services

Service Templates and Service Deployment Configurations Service templates Encapsulate requirements to deploy and run an instance of an application Use machine tiers to specify settings of virtual machine types Service Deployment Configuration Configures deployment of service template settings Makes use of the deployment diagram and selects virtual machines to be deployed as part of the service