Todd Kleinhans Datavail
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Briefly explain virtualization Discuss VMWare Workstation 9 Requirements for (6 vms!) ◦ DC, SQL-A, SQL-B, SQL-C, SQL-D, SQL-Core Build two Gold Masters ◦ Windows Server 2012 Standard ◦ Windows Server 2012 Core The Secret in the Secret Sauce ◦ Linked clones ◦ Build remaining vms
Clustering ◦ iSCSI used in examples ◦ Virtual hard drive for shared storage Can be done with vms
Software running inside of software Host ◦ Is the actual physical hardware ◦ Host can host a variety of operating systems Guests ◦ Guests are the actual virtual machines (vms) ◦ Generally limited by host resources (disk, memory, CPU) ◦ Thin provisioning of disk space Don’t actually use real space until you write to it ◦ vms can use/interact with physical devices
Mature product ◦ $250 Electronic software download (ESD) ◦ Supports a ton of features Virtual Box from Oracle (4.2) ◦ Free ◦ Not quite as capable of VMWare ◦ Can consume a lot of resources ◦ Will try to build a SQL Lab and report results
Set-up ◦ Download free Windows Server 2012.iso ◦ Download free SQL Server 2012.iso Hardware ◦ msinfo32 ◦ SSD
Start Building! ◦ Move pretty fast - lots of screen switching ◦ Limited use of ZoomIt Install OS Install VMWare Tools ◦ Allows cut/paste between host and guest .NET 3.5 (required for installing SQL Server) Snapshot/linked clones Sysprep – Generalize! On your lab- run Windows Updates
Good luck with your SQL Lab!