Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: Overview Lee Chiang Yen Principal Trainer NetAssist Services 1
Objectives And Agenda Microsoft Virtualization Background System Center and Virtualization Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager Key Features Demos Closing Comments 2
What Is Virtualization? Without Virtualization With Virtualization Virtualization Issues Interface bound to process Personal profiles and settings bound to OS Applications installed to Specific hardware and OS Operating System assigned to specific hardware Storage assigned to specific locations Network assigned to specific locations Virtual Presentation Presentation layer separate from process Virtual Profiles Personal profiles/settings separate from OS Virtual Applications Any application on any computer on-demand Virtual Machine OS can be assigned to any desktop or server Virtual Storage Storage and backup over the network Virtual Network Localizing dispersed resources Infrastructure Management Licensing Interoperability Support Virtualization is the isolation of one computing resource from the others
Microsoft Virtualization From the Datacenter to the Desktop Profile Virtualization Document Redirection Offline files Server Virtualization Presentation Virtualization Management Desktop Virtualization Application Virtualization Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop 4
IT Management With System Center Backup Hardware Provisioning Disaster Recovery Workload Provisioning Monitoring Patching 5
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VMVM VM VM VM VM VM V M 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 PowerShell 6
VMM 2008 Architecture Administrator s Console Self Service Web Portal Windows PowerShell Virtual Machine Manager Server Connector Operator s Console Web Console Operations Manager Server Windows PowerShell Management Interfaces VMM Library Server VMware VI3 Virtual Center Server VM VM VM Template VM VM VM VM ESX Host VM VM ISO VHD Script VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM 7 SAN Storage
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 VMware Cluster Hyper-V Cluster Virtual Server Virtual Machines Context Sensitive Actions Filters Live Thumbnail 8 Management Selection VM Information
VMware Management 9 Driven by customer demand Unified management experience Physical and Virtual Hyper-V and VMware Full virtual machine management VMotion, Resource Pools, etc. Enhanced capabilities Intelligent Placement Library Powershell PRO application aware calibration
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Key Features Summary 11 Familiar interface / Powershell Support Rapid VM deployment Failover clustering support for Hyper-V host HA P2V / V2V Library Granular delegation / Self-Service Intelligent placement Deep integration with Operations Manager (Monitoring, PRO) Manage Hyper-V, Vmware ESX and Virtual Server
Server Management Suite Enterprise VMM 2008 is available as part of the System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise Provides comprehensive management for physical and Windows Server 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 $860 USD plus two years of SA per physical host (~$1300 USD) 12
Unlimited Virtualization With Datacenter Virtual Sessions Per License Unlimited.. 32 16 8 4 1 Standard Enterprise Datacenter Includes host OS: YES YES YES 13 Datacenter Edition makes licensing Windows Server for Virtual Machines easy. Simply license the processors. No need to count, track, or license the virtual machines.
Microsoft Server Virtualization Solution Enabling Key Scenarios Server consolidation Business continuity Dynamic provisioning Integrate virtualization into existing environments and processes At 1/3 rd the cost of VMware Manage virtual and physical and into applications from one toolset 14 Microsoft VMware
Virtualization Road Map Now RTM 1H2008 2H2008 RTM RTM VMM 2007/ VMM 2008 Beta 2008 RTM Oct 21 MDOP w/ SoftGrid 4.5 (RTM) 15
Managing Dynamic IT Microsoft delivers end-to-end Virtualization solutions System Center provides the tools for integrated Infrastructure Management 16 "Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place" Thomas Bittman, Gartner
Resources Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm Tech Center (for documentation and downloads): http://technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/default.aspx Microsoft Virtualization Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Microsoft System Center Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v/ 17
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