Upgrading Your Private Cloud with Windows Server 2012 R2

Upgrading Your Private Cloud with Windows Server 2012 R2
2/24/ :06 AM MDC325A Upgrading Your Private Cloud with Windows Server 2012 R2 Ben Armstrong Microsoft © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Introduction

Assumptions… You want to upgrade your Private Cloud infrastructure

Assumptions… What you care about most is that the people that use your Private Cloud infrastructure do not notice that it is being upgraded

Assumptions… Buying new hardware in order to upgrade will really slow down the process

Assumptions… Just because you are upgrading software right now, does not mean that SLAs no longer apply

Assumptions… Maintaining high-availability throughout the upgrade process is important

Assumptions… Guest operating systems are upgraded with a different cadence / process to that of virtual infrastructure

Private Cloud Scenario

Upgrading your Private Cloud
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Upgrading your Private Cloud Primary focus today is Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 There are scale requirements © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

The Private Cloud Deployment
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM The Private Cloud Deployment System Center Management Infrastructure Hyper-V Clusters for compute resource Windows File Server clusters for storage © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

A Basic Model For Private Cloud
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM A Basic Model For Private Cloud Windows Server 2012 Cluster(s) System Center Components Management System Center Components Windows Server 2012 Cluster(s) Hyper-V Hyper-V Compute Hyper-V Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 Cluster(s) Scale-out File Server Storage Scale-out File Server © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Upgrading the Management Software

Upgrade System Center First
It can then be used to orchestrate the rest of the process

How critical is each component?
Will users notice if a given System Center component is offline for a brief period of time? SC2012 SP1 upgrade sequencing (order):

TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Upgrading SCVMM Ensure that SCVMM is configured with a separate (preferably external) database server Uninstall SCVMM 2012 SP1 Install SCVMM 2012 R2, and connect it to the existing database © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM What next? © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Upgrading Storage

Technologies available
Storage Migration Copy Cluster Roles Wizard Upgrade in place PowerShell Scripting

Options for Storage Upgrade
No down time Limited down time Extra hardware 1 – Migrate Storage 2 - Copy Cluster Role Limited extra hardware 4 – Migrate Pools 3 – Upgrade in Place

1 – Migrate Storage Setup new 2012 R2 storage cluster
No down time Moves data over the network Needs additional storage 1 – Migrate Storage Setup new 2012 R2 storage cluster Configure access to new cluster Storage Migrate every VM

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6 File Server File Server
Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Pool 5 Disk Pool 6 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server Live! New hardware here

2 – Copy Cluster Roles Setup new 2012 R2 storage cluster
Limited down time No data moved over the network Limited additional hardware 2 – Copy Cluster Roles Setup new 2012 R2 storage cluster Connect new cluster to existing storage Copy Cluster Roles Down time begins Offline roles on old cluster Online roles on new cluster Down time ends

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 File Server File Server
Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server New hardware here

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server Limited down time

3 – Upgrade in Place Prepare Migrate Finalize Limited down time
No data moved over the network No additional hardware 3 – Upgrade in Place Prepare High availability degraded Evict a node from cluster Upgrade / clean install evicted node Create new cluster with evicted node Use Copy Cluster Roles Wizard Migrate Down time begins Offline roles on old cluster Online roles on new cluster Down time ends Finalize Upgrade / clean install remaining nodes Join remaining nodes to new cluster High availability restored

Windows Server 2012 Cluster
Pool 1 Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server No new hardware

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server High Availability degraded during migration

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server Limited down time High Availability degraded during migration

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 File Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server High Availability back to normal

4 – Move Pools Split cluster Migrate Storage Finalize
No down time Moves data over the network Limited additional hardware 4 – Move Pools Split cluster Evict node(s) on existing storage cluster Upgrade evicted nodes to new version Form a side-by-side cluster with shared access to the storage Migrate Storage Evacuate a pool of storage (through storage live migration) Migrate a pool of storage (through storage live migration) Repeat until all pools are migrated Finalize Destroy old cluster, upgrade nodes and join new cluster Rebalance new cluster as required (through storage live migration)

Windows Server 2012 Cluster
Pool 1 Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server No new hardware

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 File Server File Server File Server
Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server Cluster Split

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Evacuated Pool 4 >25% free space required Windows Server 2012 Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Windows Server 2012 Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server Live! File Server File Server

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Evacuated Pool 3 Windows Server 2012 Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server

Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk All Pools Migrated Windows Server 2012 Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server Move remaining nodes

Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
Pool 1 Disk Pool 2 Disk Pool 3 Disk Pool 4 Disk Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster File Server File Server File Server File Server All done! No down time.

Upgrading Compute

Cross-version live migration
Provides a simple way to move a virtual machine across to a new platform

2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V

2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V

2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V

2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Integration Services Stage integration services upgrade to happen on next natural reboot: D:\Support\AMD64\Setup.exe /quiet /norestart

Alternate Approaches Start with a one node 2012 R2 cluster

Alternate Approaches Buy new hardware to act as the “seed” for the 2012 R2 cluster

Alternate Approaches Take advantage of save state compatibility through: - In place upgrade - Virtual machine import

Cluster Validation Will require downtime unless you are using Windows File Server storage

Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2

Copy Cluster Roles Wizard
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Copy Cluster Roles Wizard © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: From To
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: From To Copy roles: Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster (n-2) Windows Server 2012 Cluster (n-1) Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster (n) Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster (n) © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: Testing
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: Testing You can test the Copy Cluster Roles process without impacting customers / production The process is reversible if you encounter any issues Useful for copying roles on test clusters © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: Storage
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Copy Cluster Roles Wizard: Storage Assumes that storage will be re-used between the old (source) cluster and the new (target) cluster Does not copy any data – just cluster role settings from the old (source) cluster to the new (target) cluster © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2012 Hyper-V 2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V VM VM VM VM VM VM TechEd 2013
2/24/ :06 AM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM VM VM VM VM VM VM 2012 Cluster 2012 R2 Cluster 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hyper-V © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Copy Cluster Roles Wizard Copy Roles Report
TechEd 2013 2/24/ :06 AM Copy Cluster Roles Wizard Copy Roles Report Please Read Them! Record of Role and Resource copies Highlights any additional steps necessary Shows changes in disk mapping / resource names All Copy Roles Reports are saved in the Reports folder © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Copy Cluster Role: VM From WS.2008 R2 To WS.2012 R2
Rob Hindman

Summary It is possible to upgrade your Private Cloud with no / minimal downtime Careful planning is required to get the best possible experience

Related content MDC314B - VMware to Hyper-V: Baby Steps
2/24/ :06 AM Related content MDC314B - VMware to Hyper-V: Baby Steps MDC325B - Deliver IT Agility in the Modern Datacentre with Integration of Virtualisation, Cloud, and Application Infrastructure MDC325C - Windows Server 2012 Storage Efficiencies Demonstrated MDC331A - Storage Spaces: What's New in Windows Server 2012 R2 MDC332A - Building a Fully Automated Cloud with System Centre and Hyper-V © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Resources Learning TechNet Developer Network
2/24/ :06 AM Resources Learning Sessions on Demand Virtual Academy TechNet Developer Network Resources for IT Professionals Resources for Developers © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2/24/ :06 AM © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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