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GPUG ® Summit 2011 November 8-11 Caesars Palace – Las Vegas, NV Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? An Introduction to running Dynamics GP in a Virtual Environment
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Agenda What is Virtualization? Discuss the “major” players in Virtualization Learn about the three types of virtualization for use with Dynamics GP Using virtualization for Lab/Testing Environments South Adams County Water Virtual “Farm” Comments, Questions, and Discussion
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? DISCLAIMER I am not a licensing expert on any of these platforms. I don’t even play one on TV. Please consult your reseller for licensing questions
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? What is Virtualization ?
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Key Terms – Host – Hypervisor – Guest – VDI—Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Virtual Application
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? The “Major” Players
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Three Types of Virtualization Server Desktop Application
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Three Types of Virtualization Server Desktop Application
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization Pros Increased utilization of hardware License “savings” Backups Snapshot/Rollback Dedicated Functions Migration Advanced Functions Cons “Increased” management complexity Additional Licensing Server sprawl
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vSphere Citrix XenServer
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization Terminal Services IS NOT Desktop Virtualization
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization Microsoft VDI VMware View Citrix XenDesktop
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization— To Go VMware View with Local Mode Citrix XenClient Microsoft RDP?
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization— To Go VMware View with Local Mode Citrix XenClient Microsoft RDP?
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization Pros Ease of Administration Snapshot/Rollback Migration Potential Hardware Savings Advanced Functions – Linked Clones – Remote Rebuilds Cons Additional Licensing Remote assist issues Server overhead
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Application Virtualization
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Application Virtualization Pros Package delivery Snapshot/Rollback OS “Agnostic” Limit Dependency Cons Additional Licensing Large Packages Server overhead Not all apps can be virtual
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Lab/Testing Usages Servers Desktops Applications
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Our Virtual Plantation..
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Began virtualization with Virtual PC 2004 Testing multiple OS Moved Light-weight servers to VMware Server SQL Crash
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? VMware vSphere VMware workstation VMware View Thin Clients Linked Clones VMware ThinApp Failed initially.
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Questions Comments Discussion
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Questions Comments Discussion
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GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Mark Huff Technology Services Specialist South Adams County Water & Sanitation District Commerce City, Colorado mhuff@sacwsd.org
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