ProEvangelist(sebastv@microsoft.com)SolutionSpecialist(gleca@microsoft.com)Agenda•VirtualizationAc

Windows Server 2008 Virtualization

Sebastian Vîjeu IT Pro Evangelist (sebastv@microsoft.com)

Gabriel Leca Solution Specialist (gleca@microsoft.com)

Agenda • • • • • • • •

Virtualization Across The Organization Microsoft Virtualization Products Windows Server 2008 with Hyper‐V Technology Microsoft Hyper‐V Server 2008 High Availability System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 What’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) Q&A

Virtualization Across The Organization

Server Virtualization Consolidate workloads for more efficient resource utilization Reduce operating costs (Hardware, Energy, Space) Improve uptime and availability Enable robust Disaster Recovery Reduce maintenance disruption Streamline resource provisioning and scale

Desktop Virtualization Create an additional isolated OS environment on standard desktop Support legacy applications in current Operating Systems Reduce application‐to‐OS conflicts Accelerate OS migration

Application Virtualization Decouple applications from desktop operating systems, deliver on demand Reduce application‐to‐ application conflicts Reduce application compatibility regression testing Centrally manage updates and patches

Presentation Virtualization Centralize processing and data storage; present the user interface locally Reduce application‐ to‐OS conflicts Streamline compliance and data confidentiality Reduce desktop administration costs

Microsoft Virtualization Products • A comprehensive set of virtualization products, from the data center to the desktop • Assets – both virtual and physical – are managed from a single platform

Windows Server 2008 with Hyper‐V Technology • A role of Windows Server 2008 (Std, EE, DC) – Can be installed on both Windows Server 2008 Full and Core – Production servers can be configured as a minimal footprint Server Core role

• Hypervisor based architecture • Flexible and dynamic virtualization solution • Managed by the Microsoft System Center family of products

Provided by: ISV / IHV / OEM OS Microsoft Hyper-V

Parent Partition

Microsoft / Citrix (XenSource)

Child Partitions

WMI WMI Provider Provider VMMS VMMS

Applications

Application s

Application s

Application s

Supported Windows OS

NonHypervisor Aware OS

Xen-Enabled Linux Kernel

VM Worker Processes

Windows Server 2008 Windows Kernel

VSP VSP

Windows Kernel

Linux Linux VSC VSC

VSC

IHV Drivers

VMBus

VMBus VMBus

VMBus

Emulation Emulation

User Mode Ring 3

Kernel Mode Ring 0

Hypercall Hypercall Adapter Adapter

Windows hypervisor “Designed for Windows” Server Hardware

Ring -1

Windows Hyper‐V Requirements • Description – Hypervisor based virtualization platform – Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition technology • Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions

• Hardware Requirements – x64 server with hardware assisted virtualization • AMD‐V or Intel VT

– Hardware enabled Data Execution Prevention (DEP) required • AMD (NX no execute bit) • Intel (XD execute disable)

– Note: Enabling these BIOS features requires powering down (not rebooting) the server to take effect

Hyper‐V •

Capabilities – 32‐bit (x86) & 64‐bit (x64) VMs – Large memory support (64 GB) per VM – SMP VMs (up to 4 cores) – Integrated cluster support for HA & Quick Migration – BitLocker: Seamless, secure data encryption – Live Backup: Volume Shadow Service integration – Pass‐through disk access for VMs – Virtual Machine snapshots – New hardware sharing architecture (VSP/VSC/VMBus) • Disk, networking, input, video – Robust networking: VLANs and NLB – Support for Full or Server Core installations

• Monolithic hypervisor – Complex – Driver Model Proprietary

VM 1 (“Admin”)

VM 2

VM 3

Hypervisor Drivers Drivers Drivers

• Microkernelized hypervisor – Simple Partitioning – Only Microsoft code – Drivers run in “guest machines”

VM 1 (“Parent”) Virt Stack

VM 2 (“Child”)

VM 3 (“Child”)

Drivers Drivers Drivers

Drivers Drivers Drivers

Drivers Drivers Drivers

Hypervisor

Hardware

Hardware

VMware ESX Approach

Hyper‐V Approach

Microsoft Hyper‐V Server 2008 • Simplified, optimized and free – Provides basic virtualization capabilities – Great stand‐alone hypervisor‐based virtualization product

• Streamlined – Micro‐kernelized hypervisor

• Easily integrates into existing infrastructure – Active Directory integration – Leverage existing management tools (e.g,: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008) – Leverage existing support tools & processes – Leverage existing IT Pro skill‐set and knowledge

HVconfig

Automatic startup at login Easy setup utility for server configuration Localized in 11 languages

Manage Remotely…

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Virtual Server VMware Cluster Hyper‐V Cluster Filters

Management Selection

Virtual Machines

Context Sensitive Actions

Live Thumbnail

VM Information

High Availability • Provides solutions for both planned and unplanned downtime

• Planned downtime – Quickly move virtualized workloads to service underlying hardware – More common than unplanned

• Unplanned downtime – Automatic failover to other nodes (hardware or power failure) – Not as common and more difficult

Quick Migration Fundamentals – Planned Downtime VHDs

1. Save state

Shared Storage

a) Save entire virtual machine state

2. Move virtual machine a) Move storage connectivity from origin to destination host

3. Restore state and Run a) Restore virtual machine and run

Network Connectivity

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper‐V What’s new?

Live Migration • #1 Customer Request • Moving a virtual machine from one server to another without loss of service – Workload is unaware of the migration – Maintain TCP connections of the guest OS

• Enables new dynamic scenarios – No downtime host servicing • Maintenance Mode with SCVMM R2

– Load Balancing with SCVMM R2 & PRO

Simplified Licensing for Server Management

per OSE

per OSE

per OSE

1

Core CAL Suite

2

Enterprise CAL Suite

3

Server Management Suite Enterprise $1,300 per physical box (L+SA)

Online Resources Microsoft Virtualization Home: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization

Windows Server Virtualization Blog Site: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/default.aspx

Windows Server Virtualization TechNet Site: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/servermanager/virtualization.mspx

How to install the Hyper‐V role http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv‐install.aspx

Windows Server 2008 Hyper‐V Performance Tuning Guide http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx

Local Content: Webcast Hyper‐V and SCVMM 2008 – Tudor Damian (MS Influencer) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9639378 IT Board site (www.itboard.ro) – Cristi Valean (MS Influencer) http://itboard.ro/blogs/cristi/default.aspx

Summary Call‐to‐action • Microsoft Hyper‐V Server 2008 – Free download & available now

• Windows Server 2008 – Production ready & available now

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – Available now

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta

Q&A