Virtual Server 2005 provides virtualization software that allows multiple virtual machines to run simultaneously on a single physical server. This improves hardware utilization and reduces costs. Key benefits include increased consolidation to reduce hardware needs, single point of management, and a test environment without needing additional physical hardware. The document discusses Virtual Server 2005 architecture, capabilities like live migration between physical servers, and competitive pricing compared to other virtualization platforms.

1. Virtual Server 2005 Overview
Rich McBrine, CISSP
rmcbrine@microsoft.com
Technology Specialist
Microsoft New England

2. What is Virtualization All
About? Key Benefits
Server Memory  Under-utilized processors now
in shared environment
 Single point of management
 Cut down on sprawl
 Reduce costs for aging
hardware
 Manage one big piece of
hardware instead of many
smaller
 Provides a clean test
environment

3. • 20 early adoption customers with 600 virtual machines in production
(2000 virtual machines being rolled out)
• Over 12,000 downloads of Virtual Server 2005 evaluation software
“We think we will be saving up to $7.5 million over the next 5 years with
Virtual Server 2005” --
-Michael Mark, Senior Planner, Allstate
"Virtual Server is going to blast this market wide open... I'd expect some large
number of deployments by the end of next year -- 100,000 is not out of the question.“
-Tom Bittman, Gartner

4. Common Scenarios
Test/development automation
Sandbox environments for increased quality
• Test your AD migration steps with a virtual DC
• Validate patches against standard images
• Evaluate solutions that require multiple servers
• Help desk access to variety of supported OS’s
• Provide common development platforms
Departmental/branch consolidation
Multiple applications/services on fewer servers for remote
manageability
• Rapid provisioning on the fly
• Reduce hardware costs
• Low provisioning times
NT4 Server Consolidation
Consolidate NT4 physical servers onto fewer, current servers
• Reduce hardware support costs, data center infrastructure demands
• Solid, supported migration tools

5. Virtual Server architecture
Guest OS Guest OS
Application Application 
 Guest OS:host CPUs
Industry-standard device
Virtualization infrastructure
VS works with Windows: models
Up to 32
 Up Heartbeathost x86 OSes
 Runs all 440BX RAM
to 64GB from kernel/
 Intel major
VM monitor motherboard

scheduler
3.6GB RAM NIC
 Intel API
COM21141
Virtual Hardware  Early tests show good
DeviceTrio64 Gfx

 4 NICs drivers
scalability management
 S3
Resource


NO 56.5TB storage in guest SCSI)
VS  WMI/event log integration
 custom drivers (IDE system
leverages existing and
2-node failover MSCS
storage, networking and security

Virtualization Service clustering
infrastructure
 Guest applications: teamed HBAs
 Teamed NICs,
 Require NO
Windows Server 2003  Optimized for Enterprise et
rewriting, rewiring, retraining,
Edition (<8P/32GB)
c.
x86/x64 Server

6. Virtual Devices Virtual Device Models
440BX chipset with PIIX4
System BIOS (AMI)
 Each VM contains its own PCI Bus
set of virtualized hardware ISA Bus
Power Management
devices SM Bus
8259 PIC
 These interact in the same PIT
DMA Controller
way they would on a real CMOS
RTC
machine Memory Controller
RAM & VRAM
 This approach ensures: COM (Serial) Ports
LPT (Parallel) Ports
 Consistent, known drivers IDE/ATAPI Controllers
SCSI Adapters (Adaptec 2940)
available with all MS SVGA Video Adapter (S3 Trio64)
distributions VESA BIOS
2D Graphics Accelerator
 VM Transportability between Hardware Cursor
systems & Server & PC Ethernet Adapters (DEC 21140)
SoundBlaster Sound Card
versions Keyboard
Mouse

7. Desktop to Server & Back
 Two products
 Virtual PC 2004: Single proc, up to 16 VMs, 4.3GB Shared RAM, no VM
clustering
 Virtual Server: Multi-proc, up to 64 VMs, 64GB Shared RAM, VM
clustering
 Same file format, same hardware emulation
 Build anywhere, move anywhere (SCSI only on Virtual Server, Sound
card only on Virtual PC)
 No “hardware detection” step
 No Product Activation step

8. Virtual Networking
Share Any
Combo of Virtual
Networks with
NAT Any Combo of
Physical NIC
NIC 1 10.1.1.x Virtual
Switch Physical NIC1
Physical NIC2
Internal Only 192.168.1.x
DHCP 12.10.10.201 DHCP
Static 12.10.10.4

9. CPU features in action
Workload management features
VM VM VM
Web server Business logic Database
CPU resource allocation policies wt: 1000
wt: 100 wt: 100
max: 50%
max: 20% max: 20% min: 25%
min: 5% min: 10%
• Weighting provides service level guarantees of DB vis-à-vis other VMs
• Reserve assures that other VMs will not be CPU-starved: balanced
workload

10. Memory features in action
VM VM VM
Web server Business logic Database
Total RAM: 4GB
1GB 1GB
512MB
• No memory overcommit: running VMs’ RAM cannot exceed physical RAM
• Dynamic memory add/delete not currently supported

11. Migration – Reinstall then move
data? 1. Install the core OS and
service packs (a few
Server hours)
Memory
2. Install the application(s)
(another few hours)
3. Virtual Server
Migrate the data (tape or
xcopy?) Toolkit
4. Turn off the old box
5. Turn on the new box
VMWare
6. Do all this with minimal .dsk files
disruption or downtime
7. Pray repeatedly VSMT treats VMWare
8. Repeat for each server installations as just
another physical
machine being migrated
to Virtual Server

12. Physical to Virtual (P2V) Migration
 Virtual Server Migration Toolkit
 Command line tools to help automate P2V migration
 Leverages Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
 Beta now, RTM in Q4
Transform ADS
image to VHD and
Verify suitable deploy to target
configuration, capture system & post-
Technology
image and generate migration
task sequences to use configuration
with ADS
NT 4.0 Server
W2K3 Server
w/Virtual Server & VSMT
ADS pulls image from
remote system, VSMT
powers down old server
W2K3 Server
Guidance
with ADS 1.0 & VSMT
 Solution Accelerator for Consolidating and Migrating LOB Applications
 Determine which applications are good candidates for Virtual Server
 Guidance on using VSMT in combination with ADS

13. Virtual Server demo
 Management
Console
 VMRC Client
 Guest
configuration
 Host
configuration
 Networking

14. Chicken and Egg?
 Other options:
 Capture a floppy drive
Create a
New .VHD
 Capture a virtual floppy drive (file)
Put a
file
 Capture an .iso image
bootable
CD in your
 Ghost
CD-ROM
 PowerQuest
Capture
 RIS
the Drive

15. Okay, so I have one, now what?
2 GB
+ 2GB
4 GB
 SYSPREP the source disk, THEN copy
 OR:
 Change the SID (if using on same network)
 Change NetBIOS Name
 Change IP Address
 Configure Away

16. Differencing Disks
2 GB
+ .1 GB
+ 2GB
2.1GB
4 GB
 Diff Disk References source disk
 Only changes to config captured
in Diff Disk
 Must change NetBIOS name, IP,
etc if you didn’t SYSPREP the
source

17. Oops, I made a mistake
 “Undo” at
shutdown
 Save
state, shut
down, undo, e
tc…

18. Virtual Server Differentiators
 100% support for MS OSs running as VMs
 One-stop shopping for support issues
 Current, supported OSs
 Free tools to automate pull vs. 3rd party
 Smooth legacy app migration to Virtual Svr
 Client and server version interoperability
 Scripting tools with rich COM interface for
automation
 No custom drivers (lower support costs)
 Single VM files
 Active Directory integration
 Lower price**

19. Pricing and Availability
 Two editions differentiated by scale
 Standard Edition (<4CPUs) – ERP $499 per
server
 Enterprise Edition (<32 CPUs) – ERP $999
per server
 180 day eval of EE available NOW!!
 Available in your resource kit
 General availability as of October 1st
 Channels: VL, Retail, SPLA

20. Competitive Costs
Single Multi- Multi-
Guest OS Processor Processor Processor
GSX ESX
VM layer
NIX
Host OS
Test/Dev Test/Dev  Mission Critical Production
Target Targeted Production Targeted Production  Local access via command
Scenarios Single proc per VM line only
 Standard: $499 up to 4 CPUs  For an 8-way server (3.1)  For an 8-way server
(v.2.1.1):
Pricing  Enterprise: $999 up to 8
CPUs
 $10,000 GSX
 $15,000 ESX
 $2400 Virtual Center
 Per server, not per processor Mgt Tool and agents  $5000 Virtual SMP
 Migration tools are free  $5600 for VMotion License
 $500 support (reqd)  $2400 Virtual Center
NOTE: Migration tools are additional cost,
regardless of version of VMWare: Mgt Tool and agents
$18,500 total*
• $9000 perpetual license, unlimited  $5600 for VMotion
migrations  $500 support (reqd)
• $2000 1 year license, 25 migrations, $28,500 total*
incremental costs for more migrations

21. “Virtual” Next Steps
 Load up Virtual PC 2004 and try it
 45-day eval from
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualpc
 Load up Virtual Server 2005
 Register for the bits:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/eval
uation/trial/default.mspx

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