1. Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Module 2
Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role

2. Module Overview Hyper-V Host Storage and Networking 20409A
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V Host Storage and Networking

3. Lesson 1: Installing the Hyper-V Server Role
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Changes on the Host after Installing the Hyper-V Role

4. Server Platforms That Provide Hyper-V
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Windows Server 2012 and newer Windows Server operating systems:
Include Hyper-V and other roles
GUI and command-line management
Licensed per processor, includes virtualization rights
Standard edition: two virtual machines with each Windows Server operating system
Enterprise edition: unlimited virtual machines with each Windows Server operating system
Hyper-V Server 2012 and newer:
Includes only the Hyper-V role
Command-line management only (if managed locally)
Free, virtual machines must be licensed separately
Windows 8 and newer Windows client 64-bit operating systems:
Client Hyper-V, does not include server-level features such as high availability or live migration

5. Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Scalability
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
System
Resource
Windows Server 2012 R2
Server
Logical processors
320
Physical memory
4 TB
Virtual processors per server
2,048
Virtual machine
Virtual processors per virtual machine 64
Memory per virtual machine
1 TB
Running virtual machines per server
1,024
Virtual disk size
64 TB
Failover cluster
Nodes per failover cluster
Running virtual machines per cluster
8,000

6. Considerations for Disk and Storage
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V hosts can use
DAS
SAN
NAS (SMB 3.0)
Network shared folders (SMB 3.0)
Virtual Machines require storage for
Virtual hard disk files
Configuration
Checkpoints
Saved state

7. Considerations for Networking
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V host should have multiple NICs
Dedicated NIC for Hyper-V management
At least one NIC for virtual machine networks
Two NICs for shared storage
Dedicated NIC for failover clustering (private network)
At least one NIC for live migration
Use fast NICs
NIC teaming for redundancy and throughput
Bandwidth management

8. Considerations for High Availability
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V host-based failover clustering
Virtual machines are highly available
Virtual machine-based failover clustering
Cluster roles in virtual machines are highly available
Virtual machine-based NLB
Highly available and scale out web-based applications
Application-specific clustering
Applications are highly available

9. Changes on the Host after Installing the Hyper-V Role
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V is installed as A server role
Server Manager, Install-WindowsFeature, dism.exe
Restart required after installation
Hypervisor is added and starts automatically
Windows Server is moved into parent partition
Hyper-V management tools
Additional services
Performance Monitor counters
Applications and Services logs
Hyper-V Administrators group
Windows Firewall rules

10. Lesson 2: Managing Hyper-V
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Using Windows PowerShell to Manage Hyper-V
Hyper-V Security Model

11. Overview of the Hyper-V Manager Console
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V servers
Listing of virtual
machines
Hyper-V server actions
Virtual machine actions

12. Adding the Hyper-V Manager Console
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Used for configuring Hyper-V
Also on Hyper-V Server
If adding the Hyper-V role by using Server Manager, Hyper-V Manager console is added automatically
Hyper-V Management Tool is a feature that you must enable
Windows Server - Add feature
Windows 8 - Turn on Windows Feature
Install RSAT and turn on Windows Feature (Windows 7)
If Hyper-V Manager console cannot run on a device
RDP

13. Using Windows PowerShell to Manage Hyper-V
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V module installed with Hyper-V role
Hyper-V can be managed entirely in Windows PowerShell
Get-Command -Module Hyper-V
Get-Help <cmdlet>, Get-Command *part*
Verb-Noun cmdlet name syntax
Get-, Set-, Disable-, Enable-, New-, Add-, …
Get-VMHost -ServerName LON-DC1, LON-SVR1
Get-VM -HostName LON-HOST1 | Save-VM
Start-VM -Name *DC* -HostName LON-HOST1
Get-VMHost -HostName LON-HOST1 | ft
Windows PowerShell ISE

14. Managing Hyper-V in a Workgroup Environment
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V can be a workgroup member
This has no effect on virtual machines running on the Hyper-V host
Domain membership simplifies management
To enable remote management in a workgroup
Enable Hyper-V firewall rules (Server Core only)
Create a local user with the same username and password
Add a local user to Hyper-V Administrators group
Grant administrative rights remotely to local users
Connect to the Hyper-V host in Hyper-V console
Use HVRemote to simplify configuration

15. Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Best Practices are guidelines for typical deployment
Hyper-V BPA includes over 110 rules including:
Hyper-V should be the only enabled role
Server Core is recommended for Hyper-V servers
Domain membership is recommended for Hyper-V
BPA is available in Server Manager and Windows PowerShell
Can scan one or multiple roles locally or remotely
Can filter scan results
Compliance scan returns one of three levels:
Error, Warning, Information

16. Hyper-V Security Model
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Hyper-V Security Model
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Authorization Manager controls Hyper-V security
Challenging to use, not suitable for complex security rules
Depreciated, but still available in Windows Server 2012 R2
Many administrators use VMM
Simple Authorization is used on Server 2012 R2
Hyper-V Administrators local and domain groups—are empty by default
Members have full access to Hyper-V
Hyper-V Administrators group is incorporated into Authorization Manager

17. Lesson 3: Configuring Hyper-V Settings
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Lesson 3: Configuring Hyper-V Settings
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
What Are Resource Pools?

18. Overview of Hyper-V Settings
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Overview of Hyper-V Settings
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role

19. What Is NUMA? NUMA Hyper-V presents NUMA topology to virtual machines
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
NUMA
Enables host to scale up CPUs and memory
Partitions CPUs and memory into NUMA nodes
Allocation and latency depends on relative CPU location
Hyper-V presents NUMA topology to virtual machines
Guest operating system can make decisions on how to use resources
Can minimize cross-node memory access
NUMA spanning enabled at host level
Virtual NUMA topology can be configured at virtual machine level
By default, virtual NUMA aligns with physical NUMA

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What Is RemoteFX?
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Provides a remote desktop experience that may be equivalent to a physical desktop environment
System Requirements
GPU
Second level address translation
RD Virtualization Host role service
RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter virtual machine hardware
RemoteFX features:
RemoteFX for WAN
RemoteFX Adaptive Graphics
RemoteFX Media Streaming
RemoteFX Multi-Touch
RemoteFX USB Redirection

21. What Is Enhanced Session Mode?
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Remote Desktop over VMBus
Full Remote Desktop capabilities
Shared clipboard
Printers, smart cards, USB devices redirection
Folder redirection
Enabled at Hyper-V host
Guest operating system support required
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 8.1
Remote Desktop users

22. What Is Enhanced Session Mode?
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hypervisor
Applications
Video / Keyboard / Mouse Driver
VMBus
Virtual Machine Management Service
Virtual Machine Worker Process
Virtual machine connect
Basic Experience

23. What Is Enhanced Session Mode?
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hypervisor
Applications
VMBus
Virtual Machine Management Service
Virtual Machine Worker Process
Virtual machine connect
Enhanced session mode
Remote Desktop Services

24. What Are Resource Pools?
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Resource pools are logical containers
Layer of abstraction between virtual machine and hardware
Virtual machine configured to use the pool
Virtual machine can use any resource from the configured pool
Helpful when moving virtual machines
Resource pools can be used for chargeback
Different resource pool types
Processor, Memory, Ethernet, VHD
Resource pools configured by Windows PowerShell
Get-VMResourcePool
New-VMResourcePool -Name "Contoso Network" - ResourcePoolType Ethernet

25. Lesson 4: Hyper-V Host Storage and Networking
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Overview of Network Teaming

26. Demystifying Storage Appliances
What’s in a storage appliance?
x86/x64 Processors
Memory
Network Adapters
Storage HBAs
SAS
Clustered
Multiple physical interfaces; Pools disks, presents LUNs, Simple, Mirrored, Parity etc.
Multiple physical interfaces; Pools disks, presents LUNs, Simple, Mirrored, Parity etc.
“Back”
Presents interfaces:
iSCSI, FC, FCoE, NFS, SMB
Presents interfaces:
iSCSI, FC, FCoE, NFS, SMB
“Front”
Deploy two or more for a Scale Out CA Solution
Ethernet: 1Gb/10Gb
FC: 1/2/4/8/16 Gb
Servers

27. Deploy two or more for a Scale Out CA Solution
Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server and Spaces
SAS
Clustered
Multiple physical interfaces; Pools disks, presents LUNs, Simple, Mirrored, etc.
Multiple physical interfaces; Pools disks, presents LUNs, Simple, Mirrored, etc.
Windows Server 2012 Spaces 
Windows Server 2012 File Server 
Presents interfaces:
iSCSI, NFS, SMB
Presents interfaces:
iSCSI, NFS, SMB
Deploy two or more for a Scale Out CA Solution
SMB3/Ethernet: 1Gb/10Gb
40Gb/56 Gb RDMA
Servers

28. New Designs: Cluster in a Box
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New Designs: Cluster in a Box
Server Enclosure
Additional JBODs …
B ports
A ports
x8 PCIe
Server B
Server A
x8 PCIe
x4 SAS
External JBOD
1/10G E or Infiniband
SAS Expander 23 … 1
Network
Storage Controller
CPU
x4 SAS (through midplane)
1/10G Ethernet cluster connect
(through midplane)
DataOn – DNS 9220
Availability
At least one node and storage always available, despite failure or replacement of any component
Dual power domains
Simplicity
Pre-wired, internal interconnects between nodes, controllers, and storage
Flexibility
PCIe slots for flexible LAN options
External SAS ports for JBOD expansion
Office-level power, cooling, and acoustics to fit under a desk
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29. Familiar Enterprise-Grade Capabilities
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Familiar Enterprise-Grade Capabilities
Traditional Storage
with FC/iSCSI Storage Array
Windows File Server Cluster
with Storage Spaces
Storage Tiering
Data deduplication
RAID resiliency groups
Pooling of disks
High availability
Persistent write-back cache
Copy offload
Snapshots
Storage Tiering (new with R2)
Data deduplication (enhanced in R2)
Flexible resiliency options (enhanced in R2)
Pooling of disks
High availability
Persistent write-back cache (new with R2)
SMB copy offload
Snapshots
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30. Storage Tiering
Improved storage cost-performance with industry-standard hardware
Use solid-state drives (SSD) and hard-disk drives (HDD) in tiered storage space
Can “pin” high priority files to the SSD tier
Storage Spaces
Solid State Drives
Storage tiering
Hot data
Cold data
Hard Disk Drives

31. Overview of Storage Spaces
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Storage pools – collection of physical disks
Storage Spaces – virtual disks on storage spaces
Storage Spaces features
Resiliency and integrity on standard disks
Continuous availability and CSV integration
Optimal storage use and storage tiering
Multitenancy and isolation
Windows virtualized storage
Physical storage
(Shared) SAS, SATA or USB
Storage Pool
Storage Spaces

32. Overview of Disk Deduplication
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Identifies and removes duplications within data
Without compromising data integrity
To store more data on less space
After data is stored (post-process)
Requires NTFS file system
Failover clustering and shared storage supported
CSV support added in R2
Can significantly decrease space for VHD library
R2 adds support for live VHD deduplication for VDI
VHDs must be accessed on an SMB 3.0 network share
Deduplication of virtual machines that use local storage not supported

33. What Is Offloaded Data Transfer?
Compares with
VAAI
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Traditional data copy model
Server issues read request to SAN
Data is read and transferred into memory
Data is transferred and written from memory to SAN
Issues: CPU and memory utilization, increased traffic
Offload-enabled data copy model
Server issues read request and SAN returns token
Server issues write request to SAN using token
SAN completes data copy and confirms completion
Benefits: Increased performance, reduced utilization
SAN must support Offloaded Data Transfer

34. What Is Offloaded Data Transfer?
Compares with
VAAI
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Intelligent Storage Array
Storage array
Actual data transfer
Offload read
Token
Offload write

35. What Is SMB 3.0? SMB is network file sharing protocol
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
SMB is network file sharing protocol
SMB protocol versions are backward compatible
SMB 3.0 features in Windows Server 2012 (R2)
SMB Transparent Failover
SMB Scale Out
SMB Multichannel
SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA)
SMB Encryption
VSS for SMB file shares
Managing SMB file shares by Windows PowerShell
SMB 3.0 is used only if both sides support it

36. Hyper-V over SMB Hyper-V data files stored on network shares
2: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role
Hyper-V data files stored on network shares
Virtual machine configuration, VHD files, checkpoints
Hyper-V supports file shares over SMB 3.0 or newer
File Server and Hyper-V must be separate servers
They must be members of the same Active Directory
Running virtual machine data files can be deduplicated (VDI)
Reliability, availability, and performance as a SAN
Uses SMB 3.0 features
Benefits
Easier provisioning and management
Uses existing infrastructure