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Virtualization Tour:System Center Virtual Machine Manager
SYSTEM CENTER VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
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A centralized management application solution forMicrosoft virtual server software
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Increased Physical Server Utilization • Deploys multiple virtual servers on one physical server
• Increases flexibility
• Sets up servers for testing
• Decreases hardware costs
Centralized Management of Virtual Infrastructure• Uses Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) pack for
reporting and health monitoring
• Reports on consolidation candidates, utilization trending, optimization opportunities
Rapid Provisioning of New Virtual Machines • Enables end users to use Self Service Provisioning UI to
request and place VMs
• Enables administrators to configure rules and boundaries for provisioning
Virtual Machine Manager Server
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Self Service Web Portal
Administrator’s Console
Management Interfaces
SAN Storage
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Windows® PowerShell
SCVMM 2008 Architecture
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Console
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Demo
• Provisioning and Managing with VMM– Add a Host to VMM– Create a New Template
What's new with SCVMM 2008 R2
• Live Migration• Support for Clustered Shared Volumes and Third
Party CFS• Quick Storage Migration• Hot-Add and Removal of Storage• Maintenance Mode• Rapid Provisioning• Host Compatibility Checks
VMware Management
• 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
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
Demo
• Self-Service– Configure Self-Service User– Review Web Interface
Intelligent Placement• Capacity planning technology ensures best resource utilization• Star rated results for easy decision making• Customizable algorithm to achieve your goals• Applicable to both Microsoft and VMware hosts
Conversions: P2V and V2V
• Intuitive and easy to use tools provide:– Core feature of VMM, no additional infrastructure or costs per
conversion – Wizard based experience– Reconfigure storage, memory, CPU, etc.– Efficient disk copy – Preserves network settings and MAC addresses– Automatable through PowerShell
• Supported platforms:– Live - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and
Windows Server 2008– SMP and x64 sources
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
Session Summary
• SCVMM has many useful management tools• SCVMM Simplifies Managing and Monitoring
Physical and Virtual Platforms
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 Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization
• Microsoft System Center Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v/