1. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – A Technical Overview Kevin Remde IT Pro Evangelist – Microsoft Corporation http://blogs.technet.com/KevinRemde

2. Session Objectives And Takeaways Learn about the new features of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Understand the benefits of SCVMM 2008 Understand how SCVMM 2008 can benefit both Microsoft and VMware virtualization infrastructures

3. What Is Virtualization? Virtual Profiles Personal profiles/settings separate from OS Virtual Storage Storage and backup over the network Virtual Network Localizing dispersed resources Virtual Machine OS can be assigned to any desktop or server Interface bound to process Storage assigned to specific locations Network assigned to specific locations Operating System assigned to specific hardware Applications installed to Specific hardware and OS Without Virtualization With VirtualizationVirtualization Issues InfrastructureInfrastructure ManagementManagement LicensingLicensing InteroperabilityInteroperability SupportSupport Virtual Applications Any application on any computer on-demand Personal profiles and settings bound to OS Virtual Presentation Presentation layer separate from process Virtualization is the isolation of one computing resource from others

4. Document redirection Offline files PresentationVirtualization User State Virtualization ServerVirtualization ApplicationVirtualization DesktopVirtualization Microsoft Virtualization: From the Datacenter to the Desktop

5. What's new in Microsoft virtualization Momentum 765 Gold certified partners already selling MS virtualization solutions Close to a million downloads of Virtual Server Microsoft Application Virtualization has sold more than 4.5 million units More than 75 partners will support the VHD Test Drive program Product Updates Hyper-V RTM is available now via Windows Update. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is now available System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is Available Recent News Announced the extension of the partnership with Citrix, with interoperability of XenServer with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the use of XenDesktop for virtual desktops Changes to Virtual Desktop pricing and Vista OS usage

6. Virtualization Investments A Multiple Level Approach

7. Managing The Server Lifecycle Patch management and deployment OS and application configuration management Software upgrades Patch management and deployment OS and application configuration management Software upgrades Virtual machine management Server consolidation and resource utilization optimization Conversions: P2V and V2V Virtual machine management Server consolidation and resource utilization optimization Conversions: P2V and V2V Live host level virtual machine backup In guest consistency Rapid recovery 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 End to end service management Server and application health monitoring & management Performance reporting and analysis

8. A centralized, heterogeneous management solution for the virtual datacenter. Maximize Resources Centralized virtual machine deployment and management for Hyper-V, Virtual Server, and VMware ESX servers Intelligent placement of Virtual Machines Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion Comprehensive application and service-level monitoring with Operations Manager Integrated Performance and Resource Optmization (PRO) of VMs Increase Agility Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates Centralized library of infrastructure components Leverage and extend existing storage infrastructure and clusters Allow for delegated management and access of VMs Leverage Skills Familiar interface, common foundation Monitor physical and virtual machines from one console Fully scriptable using Windows PowerShell

9. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 LiveThumbnail Hyper-V Cluster Management Selection Filters ContextSensitiveActions VM Information VMware server Virtual Machines

10. Virtual Machine Manager Server Server ConnectorConnector Self Service Web Portal Administrator’s Console Management Interfaces SAN Storage Operator’s Console Web Console Windows PowerShell Operations Manager Server Server Virtual Server Host VM VM VMM Library Server Server VM TemplateTemplate ISOISOScriptScript VHD VMware VI3 Virtual Center Server ESX Host VMVMVMVM VMVMVMVM VMVMVMVM Windows ® PowerShell VMM 2008 Architecture

11. SCVMM 2008 Overview Demo

12. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

13. VMware Management Driven by customer demand Unified management experience Physical and Virtual Hyper-V and VMware Complete virtual machine management VMotion, Resource Pools, etc. Enhanced capabilities Intelligent Placement Library PowerShell PRO application aware calibration

14. Common Management for Hyper-V and VMWare Demo

15. Conversions: P2V And V2V Intuitive and easy to use tools provide Core feature of VMM, no additional infrastructure or costs per conversion Wizard based experience Reconfigure storage, memory, CPU, etc. Efficient disk copy Preserves network settings and MAC addresses Automatable through PowerShell Supported platforms Live – Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 Offline – Windows 2000 Server SMP and x64 sources

16. Library Repository for all VM building blocks VHDs Offline VMs ISOs Sysprep Answer Files PowerShell Scripts with Run option Templates Use centralized or distributed Windows files servers as libraries Move/copy/delete/modify files directly in the file system VMM tracks changes and provides physical and logical view VMM stamps objects with a Id to uniquely track the object

17. SCVMM 2008 Library Demo

18. Delegation And Self Service 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

19. Understanding User Roles Membership: Determines which users are part of a particular user role Members may be individual users or groups Members may be in multiple user roles including user roles based on different profiles Profile determines: Which actions are permitted Which user interface is accessible How the scope is defined Scope determines: Which objects a user may take actions on User Role MembershipMembership ProfileProfile ScopeScope

20. Built-In Profiles Administrators Full access to all actions Full access to all objects Can use the Admin console or PowerShell interface Delegated Administrators Full access to most actions Scope can be limited by host groups and Library servers Can use the Admin console or PowerShell interface Self-Service Users Limited access to a subset of actions Scope can be limited by host groups and Library servers Can use the Self-Service Portal or PowerShell interface

21. Customizing Scopes Administrators No scope customization available. Administrators have access to all objects Delegated Administrators Can be limited to one or more host groups including all child objects Can be limited to one or more Library servers including all child objects Self-Service Users Can be limited to a single host group where new virtual machines may be created Can be limited to a single Library share where new virtual machines can be stored Can be limited to specific templates to use for new virtual machines

22. Delegating Administration SeattleNew York ProductionDev/Test Self Service Users Self Service Users Self Service Users Virtualized Environment Delegated Administration

23. User Roles The Self Service Portal Demo

24. Host Configuration Wizard based experience for adding hosts Remote installation and configuration of virtualization software and management interfaces Remotely enable the Hyper-V role Easy management of Hyper-V host clusters Add entire Hyper-V host cluster in a single step Automatic detection of node additions/removals Management of Windows Server 2008 Failover clusters for Hyper-V Specify number of node failures you want to sustain but still have all your HA VMs running Intelligent Placement ensures that new HA VM creation will not over-commit the cluster Node failures automatically trigger over-commit re-calculation

25. VM Provisioning And Server Consolidation Rapid virtual machine provisioning Wizard based approach for creating VMs VM templates - Syspreped VMs and hardware profile Clone existing VMs Platform aware Resource limits per platform x64, Virtual SMP, etc. Server consolidation Discovery of virtualization candidates Convert existing workloads

26. Intelligent Placement Capacity planning technology ensures best resource utilization Star rated results for easy decision making Customizable algorithm to achieve your goals Applicable to both Microsoft and VMware hosts

27. Intelligent Placement Details CPU, Network, and Disk Load Physical Disk and Memory Requirements Configuration VM Result of Disk Capacity and Memory Check Disk Capacity and Memory Check Capacity Planning Technology Normalized Host + VM Load Existing LoadConfiguration Host Performance and Configuration RatingFunction

28. Placement – Host Ratings Calculation Host Rating =(Free CPU * CPU Weight) + (Free Memory * Memory Weight) + (Free Disk * Disk Weight) + (Free Network * Network Weight) Host Rating equal 0 if any of the thresholds have been violated.

29. 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

30. PowerShell – Command Line Interface PS C:\> Get-VMMServer Server1 PS C:\> Get-help Get-VM –Examples EXAMPLE 1: Get all virtual machines and display complete information about each one. C:\PS> Get-VM -VMMServer VMMServer1.Contoso.com Gets all objects that represent virtual machines. This command retrieves virtual machine objects from the Virtual Machine Manager database on VMMServer1, which is located in the Contoso.com domain, and displays information about these virtual machines to the user. PS C:\> Get-VM –VMMServer server1 | select name, processortype, memory Name ProcessorType Memory ---- ------------- ------ Print Server 1-processor 1.00 GHz Pe... 512 LOB Server 1 1-processor 1.00 GHz Pe... 512 Dev Server 1-processor 1.00 GHz Pe... 1024 Test Server 1-processor 1.00 GHz Pe... 512

31. VM Deployment And Storage Integration LAN based deployment via BITS Cluster Based Migration – Hyper-V and VMware Integration with VDS for Fiber Channel and iSCSI based migrations NPIV solution for fiber channel SANs N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is an ANSI/INCITS T11 standard Allows a physical port to acquire multiple SAN addresses Enables SAN best practices: Each virtual machine is independently Zoned, and LUNs are mapped and masked using dedicated World Wide Port Names (WWPNs)

32. SAN Based VM Migration with VDS Host BHost A LUN 1LUN 2LUN 3LUN 4LUN 5LUN 6 LUN 1 LUN 3 LUN 2LUN 6LUN 5 LUN 3

33. SAN Based VM Migration with NPIV Host BHost A LUN 1LUN 2LUN 3LUN 4LUN 5LUN 6 LUN 5 LUN 3 LUN 1 LUN 2 LUN 3

34. Monitoring Discovery of Hosts, Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Manager components Performance and Health Monitoring, Reports, etc. Application awareness Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)

35. Performance & 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

36. Operations Manager 2007 Integration Demo

37. Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Solution Accelerator Automating patching of virtual machine libraries Integration and automation with VMM, Configuration Manager (SCCM), and WSUS Real time status reporting Installation and use guide Identify the offline VM’s to patch in VMM library Assess the capacity of the maintenance hosts Use ConfgMgr/WSUS to patch Report real time servicing status IdentifyIdentify AssessAssess PatchPatch ReportReport

38. Offline VM Patching

39. Virtual Sessions Per License Unlimited.. 32 16 8 4 1 Standard Enterprise Datacenter Datacenter Edition makes licensing Windows Server for Virtual Machines easy. Simply license the processors. No need to count, track, or license the virtual machines. Includes host OS: YES YES YES Unlimited Virtualization with Datacenter

40. Server Management Suite Enterprise VMM 2008 is available as part of the System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) Comprehensive management for physical, virtual, and storage environments, and includes: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 System Center Operations Manager 2007 Enterprise Edition System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Enterprise Edition System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Provides the rights to manage an unlimited number of operating system environments (“OSEs”) on a physical host server The Server Management Suite Enterprise is available at a price of ~$1497 USD per physical host. (Requires and automatically includes two years of Software Assurance.) VMM 2008 is also available as a standalone product

41. Integrate virtualization into existing environments and processes Manage virtual & physical and into applications from one toolset Enabling Key Scenarios Server consolidation Business continuity Dynamic provisioning At 1/3 rd the cost of VMware VMware Microsoft Microsoft Server Virtualization Solution

42. Microsoft delivers end-to-end Virtualization solutions… …System Center provides the tools for integrated Infrastructure Management "Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place" - Thomas Bittman, Gartner Managing Dynamic IT

43. Resources Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm Tech Center (for documentation and downloads): http://technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/default.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/default.aspx Microsoft Virtualization Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Microsoft System Center Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v/ http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v/

44. Online Resources Web: technet.microsoft.com/scvmm www.microsoft.com/scvmm www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ www.microsoft.com/virtualization Team Blogs: blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/ blogs.technet.com/chengw/ blogs.technet.com/m2/

45. Resources For virtualization EventsWhitepapersDownloads Case Studies Visit: www.microsoft.com/virtualization www.microsoft.com/virtualization