1. Tech·Ed North America 2009 4/6/2017 11:33 AM
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2. 4/6/ :33 AM
Storage & Hyper-V: The Choices you can make and the things you need to know
Jeff Woolsey
Principal Group Program Manager
Windows Server, Hyper-V
WSV312
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3. Session Objectives And Takeaways
4/6/2017
Session Objectives And Takeaways
Understand the storage options with Hyper-V as well as use cases for DAS and SAN
Learn what’s new in Server 2008 R2 for storage and Hyper-V
Understand different high availability options of Hyper-V with SANs
Learn performance improvements with VHDs, Passthrough & iSCSI Direct scenarios
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4. Storage Performance/Sizing
Important to scale performance to the total workload requirements of each VM
Spindles are still key
Don’t migrate 20 physical servers with 40 spindles each to a Hyper-V host with 10 spindles
Don’t use left over servers as a production SAN

5. Windows Storage Stack Bus – Scan up to 8 buses (Storport)
Target – Up to 255 targets
LUNs – Up to 255
Support for up to 256TB volumes
>2T supported since Server 2003 SP1
Common Q: What is supported maximum transfer size?
Dependent on adapter/miniport (i.e. Qlogic/Emulex)

6. Hyper-V Storage Parameters
VHD max size 2040GB
Physical disk size not limited by Hyper-V
Up to 4 IDE devices
Up to 4 SCSI controllers with 64 devices
Optical devices only on IDE

7. Storage Connectivity From parent partition
Direct Attached (SAS/SATA)
Fiber Channel
iSCSI
Network attached storage not supported
Except for ISOs
Hot add and remove
Virtual Disks to SCSI controller only

8. ISOs on network Shares Machine account access to share
Constrained delegation

9. SCSI Support in VMs Supported In Not Supported In
Windows XP Professional x64
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 & 2008 R2
Windows Vista & Windows 7
SuSE Linux
Not Supported In
Windows XP Professional x86
All other operating systems
Requires integration services installed

10. Antivirus and Hyper-V Exclude
VHDs & AVHDs (or directories)
VM configuration directory
VMMS.exe and VMWP.exe
May not be required on core with no other roles
Run Antivirus in virtual machines

11. Encryption and Compression
Bitlocker on parent partition supported
Encrypted File System (EFS)
Not supported on parent partition
Supported in Virtual Machines
NTFS Compression (Parent partition)
Allowed in Windows Server 2008
Blocked in Windows Server 2008 R2
Can run EFS in guest though

12. Hyper-V Storage & Pass Through…
Step by Step Instructions

13. Hyper-V Storage... Performance wise from fastest to slowest…
Fixed Disk VHDs/Pass Through Disks
The same in terms of performance with R2
Dynamically Expanding VHDs
Grow as needed
Pass Through Disks
Pro: VM writes directly to a disk/LUN without encapsulation in a VHD
Cons:
You can’t use VM snapshots
Dedicating a disk to a vm

14. More Hyper-V Storage Hyper-V provides flexible storage options
DAS: SCSI, SATA, eSATA, USB, Firewire
SAN: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SAS
High Availability/Live Migration
Requires block based, shared storage
Guest Clustering
Via iSCSI only

15. VM Setting No Pass Through

16. Computer Management: Disk

17. Taking a disk offline

18. Disk is offline…

19. Pass Through Configured

20. Disk Types & Performance
Microsoft Internal Testing Using Hyper-V R2 RC
Controller: LSI 8480E with 8 external SAS ports
Disks: Fujitsu AMX3036RC SAS 15K 36.7Gb Raid: RAID 0, 8 disks, 64K Stripe,
Write Through, Read Ahead and Direct I/Os
Benchmark: IOMeter ( )

21. Disk type comparison (Read)

22. Hyper-V R2 Fixed Disks Fixed Virtual Hard Disks (Write)
Windows Server 2008 R1: ~96% of native
Windows Server 2008 R2: Equal to Native
Fixed Virtual Hard Disks vs. Pass Through
Windows Server 2008 R1: ~96% of pass-through

23. Hyper-V R2 Dynamic Disks
Massive Performance Boost
64 Sequential Write
Windows Server 2008 R2: 94% of native
Equal to Hyper R1 Fixed Disks
4k Random Write
Windows Server 2008 R2: 85% of native

24. Disk layout - FAQ Assuming Integration Services are installed:
Do I Use
IDE or SCSI?
One IDE channel or two?
One VHD per SCSI controller?
Multiple VHDs on a single SCSI controller?
R2: Can Hot Add VHD’s to Virtual SCSI…
Doesn’t take into account need for hot-add

25. Disk layout - results =

26. Differencing VHDs Performance vs chain length

27. Passthrough Disks When to use
Performance is not the only consideration
If you need support for Storage Management software
Backup & Recovery applications which require direct access to disk
VSS/VDS providers
Allows VM to communicate via inband SCSI unfiltered (application compatibility)

28. Storage Device Ecosystem
Storage Device support maps to same support as exists in physical servers
Advanced scenarios: Live Migration require shared storage
Hyper-V supports both Fibre Channel & iSCSI SANs connected from parent
Fibre Channel SANs still represent largest install base for SANs and high usage with Virtualization
Live Migration is supported with storage arrays which have obtained the Designed for Windows Logo and which pass Cluster Validation

29. Storage Hardware & Hyper-V
Storage Hardware that is qualified with Windows Server is qualified for Hyper-V
Applies to running devices from Hyper-V parent
Storage devices qualified for Server 2008 R2 are qualified with Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
No additional storage device qualification for Hyper-V = R2

30. SAN Boot and Hyper-V Booting Hyper-V Host from SAN is supported
Fibre Channel or iSCSI from parent
Booting child VM from SAN supported using iSCSI boot with PXE solution (ex: emBoot/Doubletake)
Must use legacy NIC
Native VHD boot
Boot physical system from local VHD is new feature in Server 2008 R2
Booting a VHD located on SAN (iSCSI or FC) not currently supported (considering for future)

31. iSCSI Direct
Microsoft iSCSI Software initiator runs transparently from within the VM
VM operates with full control of LUN
LUN not visible to parent
iSCSI initiator communicates to storage array over TCP stack
Best for application transparency
LUNs can be hot added & hot removed without requiring reboot of VM (2008 and 2008 R2)
VSS hardware providers run transparently within the VM
Backup/Recovery runs in the context of VM
Enables guest clustering scenario

32. High Speed Storage & Hyper-V
Larger virtualization workloads require higher throughput
True for all scenarios
VHD
Passthrough
iSCSI Direct
Fibre Channel 8 gig & 10 Gig iSCSI will become more common
As throughput grows, requirements to support higher IO to disks also grows
Ping –n 1 –l

33. High Speed Storage & Hyper-V
Customers concerned about performance should not use a single 1 Gig Ethernet NIC port to connect to iSCSI storage
Multiple NIC ports & aggregate throughput using MPIO or MCS is recommended
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator performs very well at 10 Gig wire speed
10Gig Ethernet adoption is ramping up
Driven by increasing use of virtualization
Fibre Channel 8 gig & 10 Gig iSCSI becoming more common
As throughput grows, requirements to support IO to disks also grows
Ping –n 1 –l

34. Jumbo Frames
Offers significant performance for TCP connections including iSCSI
Max frame size 9K
Reduces TCP/IP overhead by up to 84%
Must be enabled at all end points (switches, NICs, target devices
Virtual switch is defined as an end point
Virtual NIC is defined as an end point
Max frame size 1500
Increase x 6 - 9K
TCP & IP overhead is still same number of bytes
Overhead reduced to 1/6 of  84%

35. Jumbo Frames in Hyper-V R2
Added support in virtual switch
Added support in virtual NIC
Integration components required
How to validate if jumbo frames is configured end to end
Ping –n 1 –l 8000 –f (hostname)
-l (length)
-f (don’t fragment packet into multiple Ethernet frames)
-n (count)
Ping –n 1 –l

36. Windows* 2008 Hyper-V Network I/O Path
NIC
TCP/IP
VM1
VM NIC1
VM2
VM NIC2
Port 2
Port 1
Routing
VLAN Filtering
Data Copy
Miniport Driver
Management OS
Virtual Machine Switch
VMBus
Ethernet
Data packets get sorted and routed to respective VMs by the VM Switch

37. Windows Server 2008 R2 VMQ
NIC
TCP/IP
VM1
VM NIC1
VM2
VM NIC2
Port 2
Port 1
Routing
VLAN Filtering
Data Copy
Miniport Driver
Management OS
Virtual Machine Switch
VM Bus
Ethernet
Switch/Routing Unit
Default Queue Q2 Q1
Data packets get sorted into multiple queues in the Ethernet Controller based on MAC Address and/or VLAN tags
Sorted and queued data packets are then routed to the VMs by the VM Switch
Enables the data packets to DMA directly into the VMs
Removes data copy between the memory of the Management OS and the VM’s memory

38. Intel tests with Microsoft VMQ
Source: Microsoft Lab, Mar 2009
More than 25% throughput gain with VMDq/VMQ as VMs scale
Quad core Intel® server, Windows* 2008 R2 Beta, ntttcp benchmark, standard frame size (1500 bytes)
Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Near line rate throughput with VMDq for 4 VMs
Throughput increase from 5.4Gbps to 9.3Gbps
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39. 4/6/2017
Hyper-V Performance Improvements For virtual network interface and iSCSI in Windows 7
Hyper-V
Parent R1/R2
Hyper-V
2008 R2 Child
RSS
TCP Chimney
TCP Chimney
LSO V1
LSO V1
LSO V2
LSO V2
Jumbo Frames
Performance Benefits
For iSCSI
Direct Connections
Jumbo Frames
MPIO & MCS
MPIO & MCS
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40. Enterprise Storage Features
Performance
Manageability
Scalability
iSCSI digest offload
iSCSI Increased Performance
MPIO New Load Balancing algorithm
iSCSI Quick Connect
Improved SAN Configuration and usability
Storage Management support for SAS
Storport support for >64 cores
Scale up storage workload
Improved scalability for iSCSI & Fibre Channel SANs
Improved Solid State disk performance (70% reduction in latency)
Automation
Reliability
Diagnosability
MPIO Datacenter Automation
MPIO automate setting default load balance policy
Additional redundancy for Boot from SAN – up to 32 paths
Storport error log extensions
Multipath health & statistics reporting
Configuration reporting for MPIO
Configuration reporting for iSCSI

41. iSCSI Quick Connect New in Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2

42. High Availability with Hyper-V using MPIO & Fibre Channel SAN
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High Availability with Hyper-V using MPIO & Fibre Channel SAN
Clients
In Hyper-V Fibre Channel LUNs Supported as
Passthrough Disk
Connect from parent, map to VM
VM formats with NTFS
VHD
Connect from Hyper-V host
Format with NTFS from host
Create VHDs for each guest
Windows
Server Hosts
Fabric/Fibre Channel Network
Switches
VHDs
LUNs
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43. MCS & MPIO with Hyper-V Provides High Availabilty to storage arrays
Especially important in virtualized environments to reduce single points of failure
Load balancing & fail over using redundant HBAs, NICs, switches and fabric infrastructure
Aggregates bandwidth to maximum performance
MPIO supported with Fibre Channel , iSCSI, Shared SAS
2 Options for multi-pathing with iSCSI
Multiple Connections per Session
Microsoft MPIO (Multipathing Input/Output)
Protects against loss of data path during firmware upgrades on storage controller

44. Configuring MPIO with Hyper-V
Connect from parent
Applies to:
Creating vhds for each VM
Passthrough disks
Additional sessions to target can also be added through MPIO directly from guest
Additional connections can be added through MCS with iSCSI using iSCSI direct

45. iSCSI Perf Best Practices with Hyper-V
Standard Networking & iSCSI best practices apply
Use Jumbo Frames
Use Dedicated NIC ports for
iSCSI traffic (Server to SAN)
Multiple to scale
Client  Server (LAN)
Cluster heartbeat (if using cluster)
Hyper-V Management

46. Hyper-V Enterprise Storage Testing Performance Configuration
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
Microsoft MPIO
4 Sessions
64K request size
100% read
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Intel 10 Gb/E NIC
RSS enabled (applicable to parent only)
Jumbo Frames (9000 byte MTU)
LSO V2 (offloads packets up to 256K)
LRO
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
NetApp FAS 3070
Ping –n 1 –l

47. Configuring Hyper-V for Networking & iSCSI

48. Hyper-V Networking Two 1 Gb/E physical network adapters at a minimum
One for management
One (or more) for VM networking
Dedicated NIC(s) for iSCSI
Connect parent to back-end management network
Only expose guests to internet traffic

49. Hyper-V Network Configurations
Example 1:
Physical Server has 4 network adapters
NIC 1: Assigned to parent partition for management
NICs 2/3/4: Assigned to virtual switches for virtual machine networking
Storage is non-iSCSI such as:
Direct attach
SAS or Fibre Channel

50. Hyper-V Setup & Networking 1

51. Hyper-V Setup & Networking 2

52. Hyper-V Setup & Networking 3

53. Each VM on its own Switch…
4/6/ :33 AM
Each VM on its own Switch…
Parent Partition
Child Partitions
VM Service
WMI Provider
VM Worker Processes
Applications
Applications
Applications
User Mode
Windows Server 2008
VM 1
VM 2
VM 3
Windows Kernel
VSP
VSC
Windows Kernel
VSC
Linux Kernel
VSC
Kernel
Mode
VMBus
VMBus
VMBus
VMBus
Windows hypervisor
Ring -1
“Designed for Windows” Server Hardware
Mgmt
NIC 1
VSwitch 1
NIC 2
VSwitch 2
NIC 3
VSwitch 3
NIC 4
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54. Hyper-V Network Configurations
Example 2:
Server has 4 physical network adapters
NIC 1: Assigned to parent partition for management
NIC 2: Assigned to parent partition for iSCSI
NICs 3/4: Assigned to virtual switches for virtual machine networking

55. Hyper-V Setup, Networking & iSCSI

56. “Designed for Windows” Server Hardware
4/6/ :33 AM
Now with iSCSI…
Parent Partition
Child Partitions
VM Service
WMI Provider
VM Worker Processes
Applications
Applications
Applications
User Mode
Windows Server 2008
VM 1
VM 2
VM 3
Windows Kernel
VSC
Windows Kernel
VSC
Linux Kernel
VSC
VSP
Kernel
Mode
VMBus
VMBus
VMBus
VMBus
Windows hypervisor
Ring -1
“Designed for Windows” Server Hardware
Mgmt
NIC 1
iSCSI NIC 2
VSwitch 2
NIC 3
VSwitch 3
NIC 4
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57. Networking: Parent Partition

58. Networking: Virtual Switches

59. New in R2: Core Deployment
There’s no GUI in a Core Deployment, how do I configure which NICs are bound to switches or kept separate for the parent partition?

60. No Problem…
Hyper-V R2 Manager includes option to set bindings per virtual switch…

61. Hyper-V Enterprise SAN Customer Deployments
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Hyper-V Enterprise SAN Customer Deployments
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62. NetApp® Fabric-Attached Storage
4/6/ :33 AM
Avanade
Platform
Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V™
Microsoft MPIO
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Failover Cluster
Applications Virtualized
Team Foundation Server
System Center Operations Manager 2007
Windows® Server 2008 Terminal Services
Impetus for Change
Flexibility for Disaster Recovery
Time savings – needed ability to add servers quickly, rather than over weeks
Space is expensive – needed scalable solution without using as much space
Going green – computing power per watt
Much more efficient use of physical resources
Benefits
51% space savings with de-duplication
250GB capacity saved without code update
Auto-provisioning
Highly available virtual machines
Great performance with Hyper-V and NetApp
1 Gbit/s LAN
Production VMs
4-Node Hyper-V Cluster
iSCSI SAN
NetApp® Fabric-Attached Storage
(FAS) System
“Hyper-V allows us to provision new servers quickly and more efficiently utilize hardware resources. Using Hyper-V with our existing NetApp infrastructure provided a cost-effective and flexible solution without sacrificing performance.”
— Andy Schneider, infrastructure architect, Avanade
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63. Lionbridge Technologies iSCSI/Fibre Channel
4/6/ :33 AM
Lionbridge Technologies iSCSI/Fibre Channel
Applications Used
Microsoft SQL Server/ Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft File Shares
Windows Server 2008 Components
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Failover Clustering
Hyper-V
Microsoft MPIO
FalconStor MPIO DSM
Pain Points
Single Protocol / Single SAN Vendor Lock-In
Lack of Mirroring, Snapshot, Replication across any SAN regardless of protocol
Solution
Microsoft Windows 2008 iSCSI hosts with Hyper-V with Failover Clustering and Microsoft MPIO
SAN Gateway with Snapshot, Mirroring and Sub-block Replication
Benefits
Ability to deploy Multi-Site Clustering
Multiple SAN Vendors
Global IT – Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V ISCSI SAN
SQL Server Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster
MS Exchange 2007 on Windows Server
File Shares
300+
Hyper-V Virtual Machines
iSCSI
Fibre Channel SAN
SAN Gateway
“Hyper-V has allowed us to consolidate 300+ servers to virtual machines. This configuration when combined with Microsoft’s iSCSI, Fibre Channel and multipathing support provides great flexibility in storage options. We chose FalconStor’s SAN Gateway which enables advanced storage features to be used with any SAN storage and our iSCSI based virtual machines”
— Frank Smith, Sr. Systems Engineer
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64. Indiana University: Auxiliary Information Technology Fibre Channel SAN
4/6/ :33 AM
Indiana University: Auxiliary Information Technology Fibre Channel SAN
Applications
Internet Information Server 6.0/7.0 (IIS)
SQL Server 2005/2008
File and Print Services
Team Foundation Server
Pain Points
Cost of managing DAS storage
Time to provision new servers
Insufficient restore times with bare metal recovery
Server Utilization and Legacy Hardware
Solution
90% virtualized DC with Hyper-V
Microsoft MPIO
Microsoft Failover Clustering
Consolidated on Compellent Storage Center
Benefits
Fully virtualized Server and Storage
Ease and speed of deployment
Energy savings with server and storage
Shared Storage and reduced footprint
Hyper-V Hosts
Windows 2008 File Servers
SQL Server on Windows Server 2008
Fibre Channel Switch
With 4GB Dual Path HBAs
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65. Jackson Energy Authority iSCSI SAN
4/6/ :33 AM
Jackson Energy Authority iSCSI SAN
Applications Used
Exchange, SharePoint, Dynamics
Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / Hyper-V
Terminal Services
Windows Server 2008 components
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Microsoft MPIO
Pain Points
High growth and change
No disaster protection
Poor storage utilization
Complex storage management
Solution
Windows Server 2008 iSCSI hosts
30TB iSCSI SAN with MPIO load balancing
Lefthand MPIO DSM
Two storage pools: SAS and SATA
Multi-site SAN between two sites
Benefits
High availability across sites
Reduced storage management costs
Increased flexibility in dealing with change and growth
Highly Available Terminal Server Infrastructure
SharePoint Server Farm
Terminal Server – SITE A
Terminal Server – SITE B
Exchange Mail Servers
iSCSI SAN Switched Gb-Ethernet
Dynamics
Multi-Site iSCSI SAN
“When combining Hyper-V, and native Server 2008 technologies such as Microsoft MPIO and the Microsoft iSCSI software initiator, our administration was greatly simplified.”
— Michael Johnston, VP of Information Technology
SITE A
SITE B
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66. Virtualization Performance iSCSI SAN
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Virtualization Performance iSCSI SAN
Pain Points
Capital Expenditures
Rising Datacenter Costs
Power, Cooling, and floor space
Backup and Disaster Recovery
Disk Utilization
Solution
iSCSI SAN consolidation
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Microsoft MPIO
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
Benefits
Reduced Capital Expenditures
Controlled Datacenter costs
Increased Storage capacity to 15TB
Can failover to DR site quickly
Sales SQL Database VM
Exchange Mail Server VM
File Server VM
Windows Server 2008
+ Hyper-V
iSCSI SAN Switched Gb-Ethernet
iStor iSCSI Disk Arrays
“An iSCSI SAN allowed us to control costs and deliver better services to our clients.”
— Stephen Ames, Virtualization Performance
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67. Microsoft Hyper-V Server V2
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server V2
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68. Microsoft Hyper-V Server V2 New Features
Live Migration
High Availability
New Processor Support
Second Level Address Translation
Core Parking
Networking Enhancements
TCP/IP Offload Support
VMQ & Jumbo Frame Support
Hot Add/Remove virtual storage
Enhancements to SCONFIG
Enhanced scalability

69. Manage Remotely… 4/6/2017 11:33 AM
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70. Hyper-V Server V1 vs. V2 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
Microsoft Hyper-V Server V2
Processor Support
Up to 4 processors
Up to 8 processors
Physical Memory Support
Up to 32 GB
Up to 1 TB
Virtual Machine Memory Support
Up to 32 GB total
(e.g GB VMs or
5 6 GB VMs)
64 GB of memory per VM
Live Migration No
Yes
High Availability
Management Options
Free Hyper-V Manager MMC
SCVMM

71. Live Migration $$ Comparison
Hyper-V Server R2
VMware vSphere
3 Node Cluster
2 Socket Servers
Free
$13,470
4 Socket Servers
$26,940
5 Node Cluster
$22,450
$44,900
For $500 add VMM 2008 R2 (Workgroup Edition) to manage MS Hyper-V Server R2:
Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V); Quick Storage Migration; Library Management;
Heterogeneous Management; PowerShell Automation; Self-Service Portal and more…

72. Best Practices & Tips and Tricks

73. Deployment Considerations
Minimize risk to the Parent Partition
Use Server Core
Don’t run arbitrary apps, no web surfing
Run your apps and services in guests
Moving VMs from Virtual Server to Hyper-V
FIRST: Uninstall the VM Additions
Two physical network adapters at a minimum
One for management (use a VLAN too)
One (or more) for vm networking
Dedicated iSCSI NICs
Connect to back-end management network
Only expose guests to internet traffic

74. Don't forget the ICs! Emulated vs. VSC

75. Cluster Hyper-V Servers
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Cluster Hyper-V Servers
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76. Live Migration/HA Best Practices
Cluster Nodes:
Hardware with Windows Logo + Failover Cluster Configuration Program (FCCP)
Storage:
Cluster Shared Volumes
Storage with Windows Logo + FCCP
Multi-Path IO (MPIO) is your friend…
Networking:
Standardize the names of your virtual switches
Multiple Interfaces
CSV uses separate network
Use ISOs not physical CD/DVDs
You can’t Live Migrate a VM that has a physical DVD attached!

77. More… Mitigate Bottlenecks VHD Compaction/Expansion Use .isos
Processors
Memory
Storage
Don't run everything off a single spindle…
Networking
VHD Compaction/Expansion
Run it on a non-production system
Use .isos
Great performance
Can be mounted and unmounted remotely
Having them in SCVMM Library fast & convenient

78. Creating Virtual Machines
Use SCVMM Library
Steps:
Create virtual machine
Install guest operating system
Install integration components
Install anti-virus
Install management agents
SYSPREP
Add it to the VMM Library
Windows Server 2003
Creat vms using 2-way to ensure an MP HAL

79. Conclusions
Significant performance gains between Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 for enterprise storage workloads
Performance improvements in Hyper-V, MPIO, iSCSI, Core storage stack & Networking stack
For general workloads with multiple VMs, performance delta is minimal between SCSI passthrough & VHD
iSCSI Performance especially with iSCSI direct scenarios is vastly improved

80. Additional Resources Microsoft MPIO: http://www.microsoft.com/mpio
MPIO DDK
MPIO DSM sample, interfaces and libraries will be included in Windows 7 DDK/SDK
Microsoft iSCSI:
iSCSI WMI Interfaces:
Storport Website:
Storport Documentation
Windows Driver Kit
MSDN:
Microsoft Virtualization:

81. Additional Resouces Hyper-V Planning & Deployment Guide
Microsoft Virtualization Website

82. Partner References Intel: http://www.intel.com
Emulex:
Alacritech:
NetApp:
3Par:
iStor:
Lefthand Networks
Doubletake:
Compellent:
Dell/Equallogic:
Falconstor:

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