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VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM A centralized management application solution forMicrosoft virtual server software • 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
SCVMM 2008 Architecture Administrator’s Console Self Service Web Portal Operator’s Console Web Console Windows PowerShell Windows® PowerShell Connector • Virtual Machine Manager • Server Operations Manager Server Management Interfaces Virtual Server Host VMM Library Server VMware VI3 Virtual Center Server Template ESX Host VM VM VM VM VM VM ISO VHD Script VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM SAN Storage
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 VirtualMachines Hyper-VCluster VMwareserver Context Sensitive Actions Filters Live Thumbnail VMInformation ManagementSelection
Hot Add Storage • Create a New Template and Deploy machine using that template
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
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
Hot Addition & Removal of Storage • Add/remove disks to virtual machines while they are running • Virtual hard disk (VHD) and pass-through disks • Must be attached to virtual SCSI controller
Microsoft Virtualization Products Server Virtualization Presentation Virtualization Management Application Virtualization Desktop Virtualization
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 • Cross Platform Monitoring • Service Level Monitoring • User Interface Improvements
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 Disk-based Recovery Online Snapshots (up to 512) Active Directory® System State Up to Every 15 minutes DPM 2007 SP1 DPM 2007 SP1 Disaster Recovery with offsite replication & tape Tape-based Backup file shares and directories
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/
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