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Datacenter Management the path to Dynamic IT Microsoft Virtualization and Management Unique value of Physical and Virtual Management from one common platform Application (or in-guest) insight Dynamic responses to changing workloads Coexistence

Microsoft Delivers Dynamic IT Through Datacenter Systems Management Desktop Data Center

Requirements and Opportunities for Datacenter Management Virtualization remains driving force Resource pooling increases reliability and performance Back up and recovery infrastructure remains expensive Operational budget is largest opportunity to reduce costs New infrastructure and upgrades tax resources Cost of compliance continues to rise Service availability driving IT investment Cloud computing and SaaS increasing expectations Heterogeneous environment adds complexity

Cost Reduction Via Systems Management is a Real Opportunity in the Datacenter Data derived from Microsoft “Spotlight on Cost” Server Study 2009

Management Automation Optimization Simplification Datacenter Dynamic FoundationDatacenter Desktop Flexible Access DYNAMIC IT Better Business Value ValueIncreaseAvailabilityIncreaseAvailability Improve Business Agility Cloud Elastic InfrastructureCloud

System Center Lowers the Cost of Delivering Datacenter Services

Each situation is different and you need the tools to make it work

Virtual Workload Provisioning OS / Software Deploy, Patching and State Mgmt Performance and Health Monitoring Disaster Recovery Hardware Provisioning Backup Managing The Server Lifecycle Patch management and deployment OS and application configuration management Software upgrades Virtual machine management Server consolidation and resource utilization optimization Conversions: P2V and V2V Live host level virtual machine backup In guest consistency Rapid recovery End to end service management Server and application health monitoring & management Performance reporting and analysis

Addition of Opalis to System Center Enables Process Automation Helps meet strategic IT goals through improving service to business Replaces many manual, resource-intensive, and error-prone activities Typically cross multiple IT components, disciplines, and/or departments

Processes Within an IT Silo Provision, verify, manage and retire

Processes Across IT Silos

Monitor Service request Stop VM Update request Update request Update & close request Clone new VM Update properties Remove from Ops Manager Test VMDeploy Applications Verify Application Add to Ops Manager Create CI Retire CI Create incident Detach Storage Detach Network Adapter

LiveThumbnail Hyper-V Cluster Management Selection Filters ContextSensitiveActions VM Information VMware Cluster Virtual Machines Virtual Virtual Server

Virtual Machine Hosts Physical Infrastructure Virtual Machine Manager agents deployed to virtual machine hosts Performance data collected to identify consolidation candidates Physical servers converted to virtual machines Performance data collected from VM hosts for intelligent placement Intelligent placement of each VM on optimal host Physical machines retired or repurposed Prioritized report of consolidation candidates

Performance data collected from VM hosts for intelligent placement Intelligent placement of new VM on optimal host Centralized Library of VM Templates Pre-configured template selected for new VM VM configuration customized from template New VM created from configured template Virtual Machine Hosts Administrative Provisioning

Delegated Provisioning VM automatically placed on optimally designated host Centralized Library of VM Templates VM created from administrator- assigned template Delegated user begins creating new virtual machine Virtual Machine Hosts Updated web UI for delegated provisioning Web- Based UI

Host Management Automatic installation and configuration of virtualization software Wizard based experience for adding hosts Remotely adds Hyper-V role or Install Virtual Server Easy management of Hyper-V host clusters Add entire Hyper-V host cluster in a single step Automatic detection of node additions/removals Cluster reserve Specify the number of node failures to sustain while keeping all HA VMs running Intelligent Placement ensures that new HA VMs will not over commit the cluster Node failures automatically trigger over commit re-calculation

Library Management Repository for all VM building blocks VMs Templates VHDs ISOs PowerShell Scripts Sysprep Answer Files Use centralized or distributed Windows files servers as libraries Move/copy/delete/modify files directly in the file system SCVMM tracks changes and provides physical and logical view SCVMM stamps objects to track objects and identify copies Support for clustered library servers

Conversions: P2V And V2V Intuitive and easy to use tools provide Wizard based experience Reconfigure storage, memory, CPU, etc. Efficient disk copy Preserves network settings and MAC addresses Automatable through PowerShell V2V – Offline convert of VMDK files Supported platforms Live Conversion - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008\2008R2 Offline Conversion - Windows 2000 Server SMP and x64 sources

Delegation And Self Service Out of the Box User Roles: Administrators control access through policies which designate capabilities Delegated Administrators Manage a scoped environment Self service user Web user interface Manage their own VMs Quota to limit VMs Scripting through PowerShell

Intelligent Placement Capacity planning technology ensures best resource utilization Star rated results for easy decision making Customizable algorithm to achieve your goals

Monitoring And Reporting Operations Manager Management Packs Discovery of Hosts, Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Manager components Performance and Health Monitoring, Reports, etc. Application awareness Performance and resource calibration and optimization

A Single Console to Manage Physical and Virtual Across Hypervisors

Performance And Resource Optimization (PRO) Workload and application aware resource optimization Extensible through the Operations Manager 2007 MP framework Create policies that VMM acts upon tips automatically or manually Minimize downtime and accelerating time to resolution. Enables partners to deliver value add to our mutual customers

Performance and Resource Optimization

PRO Pack Technologies PartnerPRO Technology BrocadeMonitor IO performance from the server to the data in the SAN DellThe “PRO-enabled” Dell Management Pack ensures that host machines operate under normal power and temperature thresholds. Other PRO alerts include memory, storage controller, and disk remediation. CitrixWorkflows can be initiated to automatically start or provision VMs based on an entity’s health and automatically update NetScaler load balancing rules EmulexMonitor I/O rates across the HBA relative to maximum available bandwidth HPMonitor the following attributes of their servers: hard drive, array controller, power, temperature, processor, memory, fans, and alert on degradation or critical errors providing the appropriate recommended resolution Quest SoftwareFor non-Windows Operating Systems and non-Microsoft application technologies, the solution enables intelligent virtual machine tuning Secure VantageExtends the native capabilities of Security Management providing users the ability to mitigate risk and remediate policy violations across virtual environments Virtual Machine Manager PRO Packs For complete list, visit

How VMM Integrates with VMware VMM is the “Manager of Managers” VMM can manage multiple VirtualCenters (Vcenter Servers) VMM proxies task requests to VMware Controlling VMware through VirtualCenter VMware Infrastructure SDK Web Services APIs SFTP File operations on ESX HTTPS File operations ESXi

Virtual Machine Manager manages multiple Virtual Center instances Co-exists with Virtual Center  Updates made in Virtual Center reflected in VMM in real-time and vice-versa Available Virtual Machine Actions OK (Limited) OK Power State (Start, Stop, Pause)Yes VM Configuration (Properties, Remove)Yes VMotionYes Checkpoint (New, Manage)Yes Saved State (Save, Discard)Yes Migrate (intra VC)Yes Migrate (to Library)Yes Clone (intra VC, intra host)Yes Convert (V2V)Yes New VM (from VMM template, new virtual disk)Yes Vmware Integration Details

Add Value to VMware Unified management experience Hyper-V and VMware Full virtual machine management VMotion, Resource Pools, VMware Templates Network Diagram view and VMware HA VM Support Enhancing capabilities on VMware VI3 Intelligent Placement Library Integrated conversion tools PowerShell automation

Virtual Center 1 Virtual Center 2 VMM 2008R2 Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Virtual Center 2 Virtual Center 1 Integrated Solution

Intelligent Placement for VMware Workload centric VM creation Intelligent Placement identifies the ideal host based on workload requirements Leverages VMM's capacity planning models VMotion guided by intelligent placement

VMM Scripting Through PowerShell Microsoft’s command shell for scripting and development Consistent scripting syntax Encapsulate platform differences VMM PowerShell Snap-in 170+ command-line functions Foundation for VMM administrator’s console and Self Service Portal All PowerShell operations are logged and audited Can Store and Execute Scripts from Library

Service Deployment Migration Process Remove

Targeted Workloads IntroduceExpandEntrenchRemove

Solution Accelerators Microsoft Assessment and Planning Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Case Study

Solution Accelerators Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Center

Management Automation Optimization Simplification Datacenter Dynamic FoundationDatacenter Desktop Flexible Access DYNAMIC IT Better Business Value ValueIncreaseAvailabilityIncreaseAvailability Improve Business Agility Cloud Elastic InfrastructureCloud

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