A Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview discussing deployment and architecture the looking at heterogeneous scenarios, versions and requirements then wrapping up with troubleshooting and questions.

1. System Center
Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Ronnie Isherwood
@virtualfat

2. The trouble with vm’s

3. Session Objectives
• Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview
• Deployment and Architecture
• Discuss heterogeneous scenarios
• Versions and Requirements
• Troubleshooting and wrap up

4. VMM is now cluster aware
IT has an upgrade path, 2008 R2 SP1 – 2012 RC then RTM
Name/Value pairs
Fully PowerShell scriptable
Infrastructure
Enhancements
HA VMM Server
Upgrade
Custom properties
Powershell
Deployment
Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview

5. Service
Management
Service Templates
Application
Deployment
Custom Command
Execution
Image Based
Servicing
Services
Cloud
Management
Application Owner
Usage
Capacity and
Capability
Delegation and
Quota
Cloud
Infrastructure
Enhancements
HA VMM Server
Upgrade
Custom properties
Powershell
Deployment Fabric
Hyper-V Bare Metal
Provisioning
Hyper-V,
VMware, Citrix
XenServer
Network
Management
Storage
Management
Update
Management
Dynamic
Optimization
Power
Management
Monitoring
Integration
Fabric
Management
Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Overview

6. VMware ESX
Servers and
Clusters
Hyper-V
Servers and
Clusters
Citrix
XenServers
and Clusters
VMware
vCenter Server
VMM
Console
Library
Server
Self-Service
Portal
Server
WDS
(PXE)
Server
SQL
Server
HA VMM
Management
Servers
WSUS
Server
Web Console
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
App Controller
Server
App Controller Console
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9

7. Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Architecture
Virtual Machine Manager
Management Server
SCVMM Connector
Windows PowerShell
Self Service Web PortalConsole
VMware ESX
Hosts and
Clusters
Management Interfaces
Storage / Networking
VMM
Library
Server
Hyper-V
Hosts and Clusters VMware ESX
Hosts and
Clusters
Windows
Software
Update
Services
Server
(WSUS)
Virtualization Abstraction Layer
VMware vCenter
Operations Manager
Management Server
Citrix XenServer
Hosts and Clusters
Windows
Deployment
Services
Server (WDS)

8. WDS server
VHD
Library server
Host profile
Bare Metal
Server
5. Run GCEs & Configure partitions
Drivers
Hyper-V
Server
VMM Server contoso
1. OOB Reboot

9. Heterogeneous scenarios
The case for and against mixing your Hypervisors
– Technology transition
• i.e. currently vSphere, moving to Hyper-V
– Broader in guest Operating System Support
– Application support
• Vendor support demands other Hypervisors
– Mergers and acquisitions

10. SCVMM 2007
• Virtual Server
2005 R2
SCVMM 2008
RTM
• Virtual Server
2005 R2
• Hyper-V RTM
• ESX 3.x
SCVMM 2008
R2 SP1
• Virtual Server
2005 R2
• Hyper-V RTM
• Hyper-V R2
• Hyper-V R2
SP1
• ESX 3.x
• ESX 4.0
(limited)
Multiple Hypervisor Support
SCVMM 2012
• Hyper-V RTM
• Hyper-V R2
• Hyper-V R2 SP1
• ESX 3.x
• ESX 4.1
• Citrix
XenServer

11. XenServer Management
• VMM has no dependency on Citrix XenCenter
Citrix XenServer(s)
Integration Pack
Storage
Repositories
SCVMM 2012 Server
SCVMM 2012 Libraries
Citrix XenCenter
Hyper-V

12. ESX Management
vCenter 4.1 Integration
• vCenter datacenter tree structure no longer imported
• Adds host and host clusters into any host group
• Support for using less privileged accounts in vCenter
vCenter SCVMM 2008 R2SCVMM 2012

13. Troubleshooting and wrap up
• Installation & Upgrade
• Adding hosts and Deploying guests
• Notes from the forums
• Where to find out more.

14. Questions?
Thank you
See you in Vienna
Ronnie Isherwood
@virtualfat

15. Resources
SCVMM Survival Guide - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/vmm-2012-survival-guide.aspx
SCVMM Forums- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/category/virtualmachinemanager
SCVMM Error codes - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4906.aspx
SCVMM2012 Update Management Blog Series
Bare Metal deployment with SCVMM2012 and HP ILO
Ronnie Isherwood
@virtualfat

16. • A good place to find more
• …in Norwegian