Slides from Solsoft weekly webinar, Friday 18th March 2011
In this session we discussed:
Introduction to Hyper-V
Hyper-V Features
Licensing
High Availability
Benefits of System Centre Virtual Machine Manager
Integration of Hyper-V with SCVMM
2. Hyper-V
Server virtualisation and consolidation
Bundled in Server 2008 and enhanced with R2
Provides highly available systems and applications
Support for non Microsoft platforms
Live migration now available
Migrate individual VMs between LUNs
Dynamic Memory available in SP1
In guest management and monitoring (SCVMM and SCOM)
Microsoft assessment and planning toolkit for virtualisation
Highly scriptable using Powershell
Centralised and automated backup managed by SCDPM
Core parking for green computing
3. Microsoft’s Virtualisation Strategy
User State Virtualization
Microsoft System Center
Server Virtualization
Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Session Virtualization
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
Management
Microsoft System Center
Desktop Virtualization Application Virtualization
Remote Desktop Services Microsoft Application Virtualization
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Remote App
Windows Virtual PC/XP Mode
4. Hyper-V
Server virtualisation and consolidation
Provides highly available systems and applications
Bundled in Server 2008 and enhanced with R2
Support for non Microsoft platforms
Live migration now available
Migrate individual VMs between LUNs
Dynamic Memory available in SP1
In guest management and monitoring (SCVMM and SCOM)
Microsoft assessment and planning toolkit for virtualisation
Highly scriptable using Powershell
Centralised and automated backup managed by SCDPM
Core parking for green computing
5. Defining the Case for Hyper-V
IT organizations must justify adoption of Microsoft Virtualisation
technology
– Must have positive cost impact
– Increase in capacity, security, reliability, and availability of resources
– Flexibility to rapidly adapt to changes in the business
A well-designed server Virtualisation infrastructure built on
Microsoft technology can enable an enterprise to accelerate
achievement of the following goals:
– Reduction in IT capital and operational costs
– Implementation of a flexible and dynamic enterprise infrastructure
– Increase in workload availability
– Reduction in the time to provision, distribute, or remove services
– Reduction in management complexity
6. Microsoft Virtualisation Technologies
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is installed as a role
– Supported in a full installation or a Server Core installation of 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions
– Supports local graphical management in full installation mode
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is built on Windows technologies
– Comes only as a single, free edition
– Designed solely as a Virtualisation platform
– Provides local command-line and a text-based configuration utility to
perform initial configuration tasks
– Designed to be remotely managed
– Leverages the Windows driver and management models / APIs
Management
– Both support full graphical management using standard Hyper-V
administration tools from remote workstation or server
– Both support full graphical management through System Center VMM
8. Microsoft Virtualisation Technologies
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is installed as a role
– Supported in a full installation or a Server Core installation of 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions
– Supports local graphical management in full installation mode
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is built on Windows technologies
– Comes only as a single, free edition
– Designed solely as a Virtualisation platform
– Provides local command-line and a text-based configuration utility to
perform initial configuration tasks
– Designed to be remotely managed
– Leverages the Windows driver and management models / APIs
Management
– Both support full graphical management using standard Hyper-V
administration tools from remote workstation or server
– Both support full graphical management through System Center VMM
9. System Centre Virtual Machine Manager
• Multi-Hypervisor
• P2V & V2V
• Live Migration Support
• Quick Storage Migration
• OpsMgr Integration:
• Unlocks PRO
• Rapid Provisioning
• Intelligent Placement
• Library & Web Portal
• AD Integration
• Granular Management
• PowerShell
• Maintenance Mode
11. Understanding Licensing Options
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
– Standard Edition 1 VM per license
– Enterprise Edition 4 VM’s per license
– Datacentre Edition Unlimited VM’s per processor licensing
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
– Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is not a Windows Server
edition
– No Windows licenses are provided with it
– Must purchase a valid Windows license for each Windows-based
VM that you intend to run on it
12. Understanding Licensing Options
• By assigning a copy of WS
2008 R2 Enterprise:
– 4 free running Instances
– Cumulative...
• The same process with WS
2008 R2 Datacentre:
– Unlimited running instances
• Virtualisation Agnostic
13. Understanding Licensing Options
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
– Standard Edition 1 VM per license
– Enterprise Edition 4 VM’s per license
– Datacentre Edition Unlimited VM’s per processor licensing
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
– Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is not a Windows Server
edition
– No Windows licenses are provided with it
– Must purchase a valid Windows license for each Windows-based
VM that you intend to run on it
14. Defining Hyper-V Base Architectures
Small to Medium Deployments
Single Server
– Server consolidation platform for small test lab, software
development, branch office, and other design scenarios that can tolerate
outages
– Direct-attached storage (DAS), or shared storage (NAS or iSCSI SAN)
– Lacks high-availability to prevent service interruption during planned or
unplanned maintenance events
– Management with out-of-the-box tools (Hyper-V Manager, Windows
Server Backup, and so on)
Two-Node Failover Cluster
– Server consolidation platform for software development, branch
office, and other design scenarios that require high-availability services
– Shared storage (iSCSI or Fibre Channel SAN)
– Failover clustering supports single Live Migration event (serial migration)
– Management with out-of-the-box tools (Hyper-V Manager, Windows
Server Backup, Failover Cluster Manager, and so on)
15. Defining Hyper-V Base Architectures
Datacenter and Enterprise Deployments
Server Farm (Multi-Node Failover Cluster)
– Server consolidation platform for datacenter and other design
scenarios that require large VM consolidation, high-performance, and
high-availability services
– Shared storage (Fibre-Channel SAN)
– Up to 16 node failover cluster to support multiple, concurrent Live
Migration events
– Maximum of 8 simultaneous live migrations in a 16 node cluster
– Dedicated failover nodes or load-balancing cluster designs
– Management with System Center suite
16. System Centre Hyper-V Management tools
Managing a Physical Infrastructure
System Centre Operations Manager for monitoring servers and
applications, performance optimisation and centralised reporting.
System Centre Configuration Manager for asset management, deploying
operating systems, applications and updates.
System Centre Data Protection Manager for protecting
servers, desktops, applications and data.
Managing a Virtual Infrastructure
System Centre Operations Manager for monitoring Hyper-V hosts, virtual
machines and applications, performance optimisation and centralised
reporting.
System Centre Configuration Manager for asset management, deploying
operating systems, applications and updates.
System Centre Data Protection Manager for protecting Hyper-V
hosts, VM’s, applications and data.
System Centre Virtual Machine Manager for intelligent placement and
management of Hyper-V hosts, VM’s, templates and libraries.
18. High-Availability Considerations
Hyper-V host cluster implemented to minimize or eliminate service
interruptions due to planned or unplanned events
– Host hardware component failure
– Complete loss of one or more physical servers
– Host operating system maintenance
Hyper-V host clusters
– Up to 16 Hyper-V hosts configured as nodes of a failover cluster
– Hyper-V hosts must be connected to shared storage
– If Hyper-V host node fails, all VMs hosted on that node are migrated to
another Hyper-V host in the cluster
Hyper-V host cluster required for Live Migration
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
– New Windows Server 2008 R2 feature
– Supported by Hyper-V
– Enables all nodes in a Hyper-V host cluster to access the same shared
storage volumes simultaneously
19. High-Availability Considerations
Hyper-V host cluster implemented to minimize or eliminate service
interruptions due to planned or unplanned events
– Host hardware component failure
– Complete loss of one or more physical servers
– Host operating system maintenance
Hyper-V host clusters
– Up to 16 Hyper-V hosts configured as nodes of a failover cluster
– Hyper-V hosts must be connected to shared storage
– If Hyper-V host node fails, all VMs hosted on that node are migrated to
another Hyper-V host in the cluster
Hyper-V host cluster required for Live Migration
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
– New Windows Server 2008 R2 feature
– Supported by Hyper-V
– Enables all nodes in a Hyper-V host cluster to access the same shared
storage volumes simultaneously
