When Virtual Machine Manager 2012 was released a new feature named Service Templates was introduced, and it offered a way to automate the deployment of various scenarios like guest clusters for SQL Server, VDI, complex web applications etc. With the release of 2012 R2 Service Templates got an update and now you can create very complex deployments like Active Directory sites with scale out capabilities, full blown Lync Servers, multi-tier or single-tier Exchange Servers and even Sharepoint Servers. This type of deployment can be used in normal infrastructures with virtualized workloads, Private Clouds or at a Service Provider level with multi-tenant infrastructures. In this session you will learn how to design a Service Template in order to automate and deploy Active Directory VM’s with scale out possibilities, single-tier or multi-tier Exchange Servers and complex web applications.

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Service Templates in SCVMM
2012 R2
Florin Loghiade
IT Consultant
@florinloghiade
florin@itspark.ro

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• What’s a service template?
• What’s new?
• Usable scenarios.
• Exporting and importing the templates.
• Benefits and limitations.
Agenda

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• It’s a “blueprint” for deploying applications.
• Offers repeatable and rapid deployment of
applications.
• It can be simple or as complex as you want.
• Offers scale-out possibilities.
• Works on multiple hypervisor environments
What’s a service template?

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1-Tier Service

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4-Tier Service

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• Services templates in SCVMM 2012 were
“unfinished”.
• Not limited to the Microsoft stack.
• Finer grained deployment methods.
Why now?

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• Service templates now have
– More script command types
– Powershell script block for script applications
– Deployment order
What’s new?

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Demo
How to build a service template

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• Use Service Templates to deploy:
– Exchange 2013
– Lync 2013
– Sharepoint 2013
– Guest SQL Clusters
– Complex business applications with web, business logic
and database tiers.
Usable scenarios

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Demo
Scaling out a service

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• Create in a test environment
• Can export all attached resources, some of them or
none.
• Sensitive data can be encrypted.
• Can remap resources.
Exporting/Importing a template

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Demo
Exporting and importing a service template

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• Manage deployed VM’s as a single unit
• Can set upgrade domains for easy servicing
• Not limited to the Microsoft stack
• Can be deployed in multiple hypervisor
environments
• Deploy as many times as you want, avoiding human
error
Benefits

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• Limited options for deploying Linux VM’s.
• Works only with applications that can be installed
silently and unattended.
Limitations

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• What are service templates.
• When should we use them.
• How to author a service template.
• Benefits and limitations.
Summary

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• SCVMM 2012 R2 Evaluation download link
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn205295.aspx
• Service models - Web Platform Installer
– http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/08/30/application-
management-system-center-and-the-web-platform-installer-webpi.aspx
Resources

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Q & A

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• Install SCVMM 2012 R2 in a test environment.
• Design a service template.
• Start with simple deployments scale towards complex.
What’s next