The Next Generation of Microsoft Virtualization With Windows Server 2012
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The document discusses new features in Windows Server 2012 that improve virtualization capabilities. Key features highlighted include increased scalability for Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines, live migration enhancements, storage migration capabilities, high availability options like Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery, and flexibility in infrastructure deployment. The presentation aims to demonstrate how these features enable private cloud deployments with optimized performance, scalability, and availability.
The Next Generation of Microsoft Virtualization With Windows Server 2012
- 2. The Next Generation of Microsoft Virtualization With Windows Server 2012 Lai Yoong Seng (MVP Virtual Machine) www.ms4u.info | [email protected] Infront Consulting Group
- 3. Session Objective and Takeaway Session Objective Key Takeaway • Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V • Virtualize with Windows Server 2012 Features • Choose Hyper-V • Just Virtualization feature … • Start build Private Cloud with Microsoft
- 4. Windows Server 2012 is Cloud Optimized Scalability, & Flexible Delivery High Performance Infrastructure Availability
- 6. Hyper-V Host Scale and Scale-up Workload Support Maximum number Improvement System Resource Windows Server 2012 Windows 2008 R2 factor (RC) Logical processors on hardware 64 320 5 Host Physical memory 1 TB 4 TB 4 Virtual processors per host 512 2048 2 Virtual processors per virtual machine 4 64 16 Virtual Memory per virtual machine 64 GB 1 TB 16 machine Active virtual machines 384 1,024 2.7 Nodes 16 64 4 Cluster Virtual machines 1,000 4,000 4 6
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- 8. Scale, Performance, and Density Dynamic Resource Memory VHDX Metering Improvement Increases scalability of the data center and uses fewer servers to run more virtual machine workloads.
- 9. Resource Metering • Ability to create Resource Pools • Compatible with all Hyper-V Operations • Data unaffected by Virtual Machine Movement
- 10. Live Dynamic Memory DEMO
- 12. Move Virtual Machine Storage With No Downtime Live storage migration • Move virtual hard disks (VHDs) attached to a running virtual machine Benefits • Manage storage in a cloud environment with greater flexibility and control • Move storage with no downtime • Update physical storage available to a virtual machine (such as SMB-based VHD storage) • Windows PowerShell cmdlets 12
- 13. Improve Live Migration • Concurrent Live Migrations • Live Migration Queuing Concurrent Live Migrations: Multiple simultaneous LMs for a given source or target Live Migration Queuing: In-box tools queue & manage large numbers of VMs
- 14. Migrate Virtual Machines Without Downtime SMB-Share-based Live Migration • Storage remains on SMB Share Improvements • Faster migration and simultaneous migration • Live migration outside a clustered environment SMB-share-based live migration 14
- 15. WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF YOU COULD LIVE MIGRATE A VM WITH NOTHING BUT AN ETHERNET CABLE?
- 16. Migrate Virtual Machines With Just Ethernet “Shared Nothing” Live Migration • Virtual machine migration between two computers that do not share an infrastructure Benefits • Increase flexibility of virtual machine placement • Increase administrator efficiency • Reduce downtime for migrations across cluster boundaries “Share nothing” live migration 16
- 17. Concurrent Live Migration DEMO
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- 20. Networking Network Quality of Service (QoS) Ability to control the throughput of the network and network bandwidth control. 20
- 21. NIC Teaming Technology • Up to 32 network adapters • Many virtual interfaces • Multiple teaming modes • Local or remote management through Windows PowerShell or UI 21
- 22. Hyper-V Clustering Enhancements External Storage iSCSI SAN Flexible VM Guest clustering Arrays Storage • iSCSI Remote File Servers • Fiber Channel • SMB 3 Clustering Support FC SAN File Server SMB 3
- 23. Hyper-V VM Monitoring • The host monitors the guest VM • Any application with a service – Uses Service Control Manager • Configurable recovery actions – Restart Service – Reboot VM – Move VM
- 24. Virtual Machine Failover Priority • Start Order • Live Migration • Node Maintenance • Running Priority – Pre-emption shuts down lower priority VMs High Medium Low
- 25. Failover Prioritization DEMO
- 26. Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) Admin Initiate Cluster-Aware • Automated cluster updating Update Updating Coordinator • Eliminate downtime associated with • cluster updating • Coordinator serially updates all nodes – Windows Update Agent (WUA) • Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) • Windows Update
- 27. Disaster Happen Anywhere … Tsunami…Earthquake … 911 incident… How to protect your datacenter?
- 28. DR Solution – Hyper-V Replica • Replicate VMs from a Primary to a Replica site • Built in Site to Site Replication • Failover recovery in minutes • Work with any server vendor, any network vendor, any storage vendor
- 29. Hyper-V Replica DEMO
- 30. Let Recap’s 64 virtual processors per VM 1TB virtual machine memory New 64TB VHDX format Scalability Native 4k disk support Hyper-V Replica Hyper-V virtual fiber channel Live storage migration Windows NIC teaming Concurrent live migration Support for AES/NI Support for up to 64 nodes per cluster Support for 4000 VMs per cluster Hyper-V support for up to 2 TB of physical memory Hyper-V intelligent second level paging
- 31. Call to Action Virtual Lai’s Blog Q&A www.ms4u.info DOWNLOAD Windows Server Windows Server Blog 2012 Release Candidate http://blogs.technet.com/ http://www.microsoftv b/windowsserver/ irtualacademy.com microsoft.com/windowsserver
Editor's Notes
- #5: Hyper-V in the current OS has help many organization to build private cloud. But windows Server 2012 taken this step further. Microsoft has redesigned the operating system to be cloud optimized and in today session, I will be covered on 3 key area on how to build your private cloudScalabilityFlexibilityHA