System Center

Virtual Machine Manager 2008R2

Rizki Fauzi
Technical Consultant
Virtual Machine Manager
A centralized management solution for the
virtual datacenter.
Management tool for all of your VMs and hosts
Supports multiple hypervisors
In System Center Server Management Suite
Virtual Machine Manager
Operations Manager
Configuration Manager
Data Protection Manager
Service Manager
System Center: End-to-End

Data Design,
Protection Configure
& Recovery & Deploy

IT Service
Manageme
nt

Monitor & Virtualize,

Manage Deploy
Service End to & Manage
End
Topology
Administrator Console
Self Service User Windows PowerShell

Self Service Web Servers Perimeter Network (DMZ)

Library Servers Virtual Machine Hosts

Storage
(local & remote)
Architecture
Administrator’s
Administrator’s Self
Self Service
Service Web
Web
Console
Console Portal
Portal Operator’s
Operator’s Web
Web Windows
Windows
Console
Console Console
Console PowerShell
PowerShell
Windows® PowerShell
Connector
Connector

Virtual Machine Manager Operations Manager

Server Server

Management Interfaces
Virtual
Virtual Server
Server VMM
VMM Library
Library VMware
VMware VI3
VI3
Host
Host Server
Server
Virtual
Virtual Center
Center Server
Server

VM VM Template VM VM VM VM ESX
ESX Host
Host
Template

VM VM VM VM
VM ISO
ISO VHD Script
Script VM VM VM VM

SAN Storage
VMM 2008 R2 Architecture
Client Layer
Engine Layer
Managed Computer Layer
VMM 2008 R2 Capabilities and Supported
Configurations
Capabilities Configurations
Host Configuration including Management Server -
Hyper-V R2, Virtual Server Windows Server 2008 x64 or
and VMware ESX 2008 R2 x64
Library Management Maximum 400 hosts and
Virtual Machine Settings 8,000 virtual machines
Configuration Supports Virtual Server 2005
Conversions: P2V and V2V R2 SP1, Hyper-V, VMware
Delegation and Self Service ESX Server 3.0 or above and
ESX Server 3.5i,
Intelligent Placement VirtualCenter 2.5 (VI3),
Monitoring and Reporting vSphere 4 (VI3 features only)
Automation with PowerShell
Deployment and Storage
Support including 3rd Party
Clustered File System and
Quick Storage Migration
Maintenance Mode
Rapid Provisioning
Performance and Resource
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Optimize Physical and Virtual Resources
Centralized virtual machine deployment
and management for Hyper-V, Virtual
Server, and VMware ESX servers
Intelligent placement of Virtual
Machines
Integrated Performance and Resource
Optimization (PRO) of VMs, Hosts, and
Applications
Complete Virtualization Management
Fast and reliable P2V and V2V
conversion
Centralized library of infrastructure
components
Leverage Existing Skills and Knowledge
Familiar interface, common foundation
Fully scriptable using PowerShell
Adding Hosts into Management
VMM Supports
Virtual Server
Hyper-V Server
VMware ESX Server
Installs agent on
Virtual Server
Hyper-V
Connects ESX hosts through vCenter Server
web services API
Adding Hosts to Management
Virtual Server and Hyper-V
Enables Hyper-V if
not enabled
Installs Virtual
Server if not
present
Discovers and adds
the whole Hyper-V
cluster in one step
Supports perimeter
networks and non-
trusted domains
Virtual Machine Library
Storage for all Virtual Machine Building Blocks

You can have multiple library servers, multiple shares for each server

VMM Library

Template

Guest
Guest
HW
HW OS
OS Virtual
Virtual
Profile
Profile Profile
Profile VHD
VHD Script
Script ISO
ISO Machine
Machine
Virtual Machine Creation
Different Sources
Physical
Server

Blank Existing VM
VHD P2V
P2V
“Hyper-V”

New
New VM
VM Clone
Clone

New
Existing VM
Virtual
V2V
V2V “Virtual Server”
Machine

New V2V
V2V
New VM
VM

Existing VHD New

New VM
VM
Existing VM
(*Rapid Provisioning) “VMware”

New
New Template
Template Template New
New Template
Template
Finding Suitable Hosts
Intelligent Placement
Planning technology that ensures best resource utilization
Star-based rating system for easy decision making
Customizable algorithm to achieve your goals
Applicable to both Hyper-V and VMware hosts
Utilized during:
New virtual machine creation (through UI, PowerShell or Self-
Service)
Virtual machine migration
Checks host compatibility before migrations
Prevents migration from failing
Uses Windows Server 2008 R2 and VMware compatibility APIs
Network Optimization Support
Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
Intelligent Placement – Rating
Stars
Intelligent Placement – VMQ

VMM has detected that

host and NIC has VMQ
capabilities
Day-to-Day Operations
Scripting and PowerShell

VMM Virtual Machine

Administrator Manager
Console and Self- PowerShell
Console
Service UI
Day-to-Day Operations
Scripting and PowerShell

Microsoft’s command shell for scripting

and development
Consistent scripting syntax
Encapsulate platform differences
VMM PowerShell Snap-in
170+ command-line functions
All PowerShell operations are logged and
audited
PowerShell Interface
PS C:\> Get-VMMServer Server1
PS C:\> Get-help Get-VM –Examples
EXAMPLE 1: Get all virtual machines and
display
complete information about each one.

C:\PS> Get-VM -VMMServer

VMMServer1.Contoso.com

Gets all objects that represent virtual

machines. This command retrieves virtual
machine objects from the Virtual Machine
Manager database on VMMServer1, which is
located in the Contoso.com domain, and
displays information about these virtual
machines to the user.
Operations Manager Integration
Application awareness
Monitoring
Discovery of hosts, virtual machines
and VMM components
Performance and health monitoring,
reports, etc.
Performance and Resource
Optimization (PRO)
Performance & Resource
Optimization Implement
Virtualization
Virtualization Servers
Servers
VMs migrate based on Pro Tip
Domain
PRO Controller
Brocade VMM intelligent placement
remediation
VMM PRO Tip indicates optimum host
Initiated
Link Congestion

Opportunity to
automate as
Ethernet

needed

Fabric alerts sent to

Specific advice System Center
for the VM Operations Manager
administrator!
VHDs Reside
On SAN
Enterprise Topology
Windows®
PowerShell

Administrator
Console

Web-based
Delegated
Provisioning
External UI
Network
(DMZ)
London Singapore

Remote
Library
Server

Virtual
Machine
Hosts
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Scenario: Consolidation

Physical servers
Performance
dataPhysical converted
collected to to Prioritized report of
virtual
retiredmachines
identify
machines consolidation
orconsolidation
repurposed
Intelligent
Performance
Virtual Machine data candidates
placement
candidates
collected
Manager
of each from
VM
agents
on
VM
hosts
deployed
optimal
for intelligent
tohost
virtual
machine
placementhosts
Physical
Infrastructure

Virtual Machine
Hosts

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Scenario: Administrative Provisioning

New VM created
from configured
Pre-configured
template VM configuration
template selected customized from
for new VM template
Intelligent placement
Centralized Library Performance
of new VM on data
of VM Templates collected
optimalfrom
hostVM
hosts for intelligent
placement

Virtual Machine
Hosts

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Scenario: Delegated Provisioning
Web-
Based UI

VM created
Updated
Delegated
webuser
UI for
from
begins
delegated
creating new
adminstrator-
virtual
provisioning
machine
assigned
template

Centralized Library
of VM Templates VM automatically
placed on optimally
designated host

Virtual Machine
Hosts

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Virtualization Candidates
Host Utilization
Host Utilization Growth
Online Resources
Web
Http://technet.microsoft.com/scvmm
Http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm
Http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization
Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm
Http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm
Http://blogs.technet.com/m2
Http://blogs.technet.com/chengw
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