Virtualisation in the optimised Datacenter Paul Butterworth Enterprise Technology Strategist Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Virtualization From the datacenter to the desktop

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center. It enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator and certified end users.

Components of Virtual Machine Manager Operations Manager Server Server Virtual Machine Manager Server Server ConnectorConnector Windows ® PowerShell Self Service Web Portal Administrator’s Console Virtual Center Server VMVMVMVM Management Interfaces SAN Storage VM VM VMM Library Server Server VM Template ISOScriptVHD Operator’s Console Web Console Windows PowerShell VMware VI3 ESX Host VMVMVMVM VMVMVMVM VM VM

Virtual Machine Manager LiveThumbnail Host Groups Groups CentralizedLibrary Virtual Machine Views Context- Sensitive Actions DelegatedControl

A centralized management application solution for the virtual data center VM VMVM Maximize Resources Centralized virtual machine deployment and management Centralized virtual machine deployment and management Intelligent placement of virtual machines Intelligent placement of virtual machines Fast and reliable Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) conversion Fast and reliable Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) conversion Comprehensive service-level enterprise monitoring with Microsoft ® Operations Manager Comprehensive service-level enterprise monitoring with Microsoft ® Operations Manager Increase Agility Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates and profiles Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates and profiles Centralized library of infrastructure components Centralized library of infrastructure components Take advantage and extend existing storage infrastructure Take advantage and extend existing storage infrastructure Allow for delegated management of virtual machines Allow for delegated management of virtual machines Take Advantage of Skills Familiar interface, common foundation Familiar interface, common foundation Monitor physical and virtual machines from one console Monitor physical and virtual machines from one console Fully scriptable using Windows PowerShell™ Fully scriptable using Windows PowerShell™

VMware support

Performance And Resource Optimization

Monitoring And Reporting Discovery of Hosts, Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Manager components Performance and Health Monitoring, Reports, etc. Application awareness Performance and resource calibration and optimization

Delegation And Self Service Administrators control access through policies which designate capabilities Delegated Administrators Manage a scoped environment Self service user Web user interface Manage their own VMs Quota to limit VMs Scripting through PowerShell

Virtual Machine Management Agent Deployed Virtual Machines Placed on Optimal Host Physical Machines Retired or Repurposed Performance Data Collected to Identify Consolidation Candidates Prioritized Report of Consolidation Candidates Intelligent Placement Physical Machines Converted to Virtual Machines Virtual Machine Hosts Physical Infrastructure Consolidation Existing Physical Infrastructure Virtual Machine Manager Introduced Virtual Machine Hosts Identified Performance Data Collected for Intelligent Placement

Centralized Library Performance Data Collected for Intelligent Placement Pre-Configured Template Selected for New Virtual Machine Settings Configured for New Virtual Machine Intelligent PlacementVirtual Machines Placed on Optimal Host Virtual Machine Hosts Virtual Machine Hosts Identified New Virtual Machine Created From Template Administrative Provisioning

Performance & Resource Optimization (PRO) Workload and application aware resource optimization Extensible through the Operations Manager 2007 MP framework Create policies that VMM acts upon tips automatically or manually Minimize downtime and accelerating time to resolution Enables partners to deliver value add to our mutual customers

Virtualization Servers (3 + 1 Servers) Brocade PRO Pack VHDs Reside On SAN Domain Controller Ethernet VMs migrate based on Pro Tip VMM intelligent placement indicates optimum host Fabric alerts sent to System Center Operations Manager Brocade VMM PRO Tip Initiated Link Congestion Implement PRO remediation What does this mean for my Virtual Machines?? Specific advice for the VM administrator! Opportunity to automate as needed

Summary Single console for all virtualisation solutions AutomationPowershell Integration with Opalis Pro Helps transition customers to the Virtual world

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