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Server Virtualization
with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

Corey Hynes Symon Perriman

Lead Architect & President Senior Technical Evangelist

holSystems | @holSystems Microsoft | @SymonPerriman

Course Topics – Day 1
Windows Server 2012 R2
01 | Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization
02 | Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role
03 | Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Machines, and Checkpoints
04 | Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks
05 | Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica
06 | Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
Course Topics – Day 2
System Center 2012 R2
07 | Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
08 | Managing Network and Storage Infrastructure in VMM
09 | Configuring and Managing the VMM Library
10 | Creating and Managing VMs Using VMM
11 | Managing Clouds in VMM
12 | Managing Services in VMM and App Controller
13 | Protecting and Monitoring Virtualization Infrastructure
Meet the Presenters
Corey Hynes
Lead Architect & President, HOLSystems
Background

Corey has been a core infrastructure architect and consultant in the field for
over 15 years. His primary focus is operating system virtualization,
management and deployment. Corey has been working with Hyper-V,
XenDesktop and VMware extensively since they were introduced and he is
currently a member of the Windows 8 TAP program. He is the author of over
100 labs across multiple product lines, and is the lead author of the Windows
Server 2012 hands-on labs currently available on TechNet. Corey is also the
owner and lead technical architect for holSystems, an online VM hosting
engine for training and demo providers which hosts thousands of VM instances
in a custom, thin-provisioning engine, and is the platform used for hands-on
labs, instructor-led labs, and on-demand virtual labs worldwide.
Contact
• @holsystems
Meet the Presenters
Symon Perriman
Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
Background

As Microsoft’s corporate Senior Technical Evangelist covering Private Cloud,

Virtualization & System Center, Symon is a recognized industry expert in
datacenter management, cloud, virtualization, high-availability, and others. 
Previously he spent four years as a Program Manager on the Server Clustering
& High-Availability engineering team and has been working in the technology
industry since 2002.  Symon holds several patents and industry certifications,
including Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCSE Private Cloud, and VMware
Certified Professional (VCP).  In 2013 he co-authored the book, “Introduction to
System Center 2012 R2 for IT Professionals” (O’Reilly) and is a graduate from
Duke University with degrees in Computer Science, Economics and Film &
Digital Studies.

Contact
• @SymonPerriman
Course Expectations
• Target Audience
• This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for designing,
implementing, managing, and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are
interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies. The
secondary audience for this course includes IT decision makers who will determine
which virtualization product to implement in their data centers.

• Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material

• 5-day Course: 20409A: Server Virtualization with
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
• Exam: 74-409: Server Virtualization with
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
Microsoft Virtual Academy

Module 1

Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

Module Overview
Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components
Evaluating the Current Environment for Virtualization
• Extending Virtualization to the Cloud
Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
Challenges of Traditional Computing Environments
What Is Server Virtualization?
What Is Network Virtualization?
• Key Technologies
Challenges of Traditional Computing
Environments
• Traditional challenges:
• Space - Housing business equipment
• Power - Providing affordable power to run the server,
storage and network equipment
• Cooling- Maintaining safe operating temperatures for
equipment
• Resilience - Building robust and highly available
solutions and offering a means to recover data
• Flexibility – Providing the time to deliver or upgrade
infrastructure and or applications
• Resources – Maintaining staff-to-system ratios and
meeting training challenges
What Is Server Virtualization?
• Server virtualization:
• You can create and run multiple computer operating
systems on a single physical computer
• Host servers share resources with all the virtual
machines
• Virtualization challenges:
• Limited number of compute resources
• Server virtualization features:
• Hyper-V server virtualization feature allow full
utilization of physical resource and provide advanced
technology to make a more robust, available and
dynamic server computing environment.
What Is Server Virtualization?

Type I Hypervisor

Windows Windows Linux Linux

virtual virtual virtual virtual
machine machine machine machine

Paravirtualization drivers and tools

Hypervisor (VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V

Host – Physical hardware

What Is Server Virtualization?
Type II Hypervisor

Windows Windows Linux Linux

virtual virtual virtual virtual
machine machine machine machine

Paravirtualization drivers and tools

Hypervisor (Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware workstation)

Host – Operating system

Host – Physical hardware
What Is Network Virtualization?
Blue virtual machine
Red virtual
machine
Blue network Red network
virtualization

Physical
server Switches
Physical
network

Servers

Server virtualization runs Network virtualization runs

multiple virtual servers multiple virtual networks
on a physical server on a physical network
Key Technologies

Automation Orchestrator vCenter Orchestrator

Service Mgmt. Service Manager vCloud Automation Center
Protection Data Protection Manager vSphere Data Protection
System Center 2012 R2 vCloud Suite
Monitoring Operations Manager vCenter&Ops Mgmt. Suite
vCenter
Self-Service App Controller vCloud Director
VM Management Virtual Machine Manager vCenter Server
Hypervisor Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor
Key Technologies - Licensing

Automation Orchestrator
System Center 2012 R2 Licensing
vCenter Orchestrator
vCloud Suite Licensing
Std. Adv. Ent.
Service Mgmt.
Standar Datacente
Service Manager d r vCloud
# of PhysicalAutomation Center
# of Physical CPUs CPUs per 1 1 1
2 2
Protection
License
Data Protection Manager vSphere Data Protection
per License
# of Managed # of Managed
2 + Host Unlimited
OSE’s per License OSE’s per Unlimited VMs on Hosts

Monitoring Operations Manager vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite

License
Includes all SC
Mgmt. Yes Yes Includes
Components vSphere 5.1 Yes Yes Yes

Self-Service App Controller vCloud Director

Enterprise Plus
Includes SQL
Server for Mgmt. Yes Yes Includes
No No No
Server Use vCenter 5.5

VM Management Virtual Machine Manager

Open No Level
(NL) & Software
vCenter Server
Includes all
required
Assurance (L&SA)
$1,323 $3,607 vSphere
database5.5 StandaloneNo
Per CPU No No
Pricing (Excl.
S&S):
2 Windows Server
2012 R2 Inc. Hyper-V
Hypervisor vSphere Hypervisor
year Pricing licenses
Standard = $995
Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 = Free Download Enterprise = $2,875
Retail Pricing
$4,99 $7,49 $11,49
Enterprise
per CPU (NoPlus = $3,495
5 5 5
S&S)
Lesson 2: Overview of System Center 2012 R2
Using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 to Manage a Data Center
Overview of VMM
• Overview of App Controller
Using System Center to Manage a Data Center
Manage virtual environment
(VMM, App Controller)
Enable business Manage physical and
Continuity virtual components
(Data Protection (VMM)
Manager)

Data center

Monitor Delegate administration

and report and self service
(Operations (App Controller, Data
Automation Protection Manager)
Manager) (Orchestrator,
Service Manager)
Overview of VMM Compares with
vCenter Server

VMM features include:

• Bare-metal deployment of hosts
• Host and cluster creation
• Host groups
• Cross-platform management
• Storage configuration/network configuration
• Intelligent placement/dynamic optimization
• Power optimization
• PRO
• P2V
Overview of App Controller
• App controller overview
• A browser-based console used for providing delegated
access to manage private and public cloud services and
virtual machines
• App Controller can connect to:
• Multiple VMM instances
• Multiple Windows Azure subscriptions
• Service Provider Foundation
Lesson 3: Evaluating the Current Environment
for Virtualization
Evaluation Factors
Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Assessment Features of MAP
Evaluation Factors
• When evaluating server virtualization, consider
the following:
• Project Scope
• Hardware requirements
• Compatibility
• Applications and services
• Supportability
• Licensing
• Availability requirements
Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
(MAP)
• Third-party tools (import maps output)
• Infrastructure planning and design guides (IPD)
Assessment Features of the MAP Toolkit
50

• Discovery 45

40
• Inventory 35 Ready to

Virtual Machines
• Hardware configuration 30 Migrate
Ready to
25
• Servers migrate after
20 recommended
• Infrastructure (Shared storage and 15
changes
Cannot Migrate
network) 10

• Virtual Server Consolidation Wizard 5

0
• Private cloud fast track Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

• MAP will scan vSphere hosts, and VMs

and produce spreadsheet & report on
conversion candidates
Lesson 4: Extending Virtualization to the Cloud
What is Windows Azure?
Windows Azure Services
Virtual Machines in Windows Azure
• Extending Your Data Center
What is Windows Azure?
Windows Azure is the public cloud offering from
Microsoft
Windows Azure delivers the following service
models:
• PaaS
• IaaS
• SaaS
Windows Azure Services
• Windows Azure Services:
• Compute
• Websites, virtual machines, mobile, and cloud services
• Data Services
• Data management, HDInsight, business analytics, backup,
recovery manager.
• App Service
• Media services, messaging, BizTalk services, identity, caching
• Network
• Virtual network, Traffic manager
Virtual Machines in Windows Azure
• Virtual machines in Windows Azure are:
• Built from scratch
• Deployed from templates including Windows, Ubintu,
CentOS
• Have preinstalled applications such as SQL, SharePoint,
BizTalk, Visual Studio
• Can be customized and built from user templates
• Built on premises VHDs and then imported
Extending Your Data Center
• Extending your datacenter
• Windows Azure Virtual Network
• Windows Azure Pack