70-412 VCE

Configuring Advanced

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2 – Editions Overview

FoundationNo virtualization

EssentialsSmall Business,

Cloud Enabled

Standard*Low density or

no virtualization

Datacenter*High density

virtualization

Per Server

Per Server

Processor +

CALs

Processor +

CALs

• Limited to 1

processor only

• Up to 15 users

• Up to 2

processors only

• Up to 25 users

• Full product

features

(parity with

Datacenter)

• No processor limit

Windows Server

2012 R2 Foundation

Windows Server

2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Server

2012 R2 Standard

Windows Server

2012 R2 Datacenter

As Guest OS Only

Two virtual instances

Unlimited

License Type FeaturesVirtualization

Rights

IT Pro Day

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012

Michel Luescher, Senior Consultant Microsoft

Thomas Roettinger, Program Manager Microsoft

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Agenda

Hyper-V Replica

VM-Mobility

Networking

Cross Platform Migration

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15+ years of advanced datacenter development

Global scale, 200+ services, 24x7

The world’s biggest apps

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Scale enhancements

System Resource

Maximum numberImprovement

factorWindows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012

Host

Logical processors on hardware 64 320 5×

Physical memory 1 terabyte 4 terabytes 4×

Virtual processors per host 512 1’024 2×

Virtual

Machine

Virtual processors per virtual machine 4 64 16×

Memory per virtual machine 64 GB 1 terabyte 16×

Active virtual machines 384 1’024 2.7×

Virtual disk size 2 terabytes 64 terabytes 32×

Cluster

Nodes 16 64 4×

Virtual machines 1’000 4’000 4×

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VM Mobility

Shared Nothing Live Migration, Multiple Live Migrations, Storage Migration

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Manage virtual machines independently

from underlying infrastructure

Handle changing needs on demand

Live migration

within a cluster

Shared-nothing live

migration

Hyper-V

Replica

Live migration of

storage

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Reads and writes go to the source VHD

Reads and writes go to the source VHD. Live Migration BeginsDisk contents are copied to new

destination VHDDisk writes are mirrored;

outstanding changes are replicatedLive Migration ContinuesLive Migration Completes

Destination Hyper-V

Virtualmachine

Target deviceSource device

Virtualmachine

Source Hyper-V

IP connection

Configuration dataMemory contentModified memory pages

Live Migration

MEM

ORY

MEM

ORY

Increase flexibility of virtual machine placement

Reduce downtime for migrations across cluster boundaries

Increase administrator efficiencyBenefits

DemoShared Nothing Live Migration

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Hyper-V Replica

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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A-Synchronous Replication

Replication changes are sent every 5 minutes

Additional recovery points can be configured

Incremental VSS copy for Application consistency

IP Injection for Replica

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Replication Workflow

Log File 2

Primary Host

VHDLog File 1

Fixed Replication

Frequency

Log to VHD

converterDriver

APP X

Primary VM

VHD

Replica VM

Replica Host

Primary Site

SQL VM IIS VM CRM VM Exchange VM

Replica SiteSQL

Replica VM

IIS Replica VM

CRM Replica

VM

SMB File Share SAN

Exchange Replica VM

OnPremise

SQL VM IIS VM CRM VM Exchange VM

Hosted CloudSQL

Replica VM

IIS Replica VM

CRM Replica

VM

SMB File Share

Exchange Replica VM

Hoster Fabric

SPF

Hosted Cloud Scenario

Considerations

Place Page file on a separate VHDX

Network QOS for Replica Traffic

How to send Initial Replica?

Do I need more than one Replica listener?

Replica Folder name as GUIDs

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DemoHyper-V Replica

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Network

Network Teaming, QoS, SMB3

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Network Teaming (LBFO)

Up to 32 Network Cards

Unlimited Virtual Interfaces (t-nics)

Hyper-V distribution mode available

Switch Independent and dependent Mode

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QoS Policies

Use QoS to enable multi-tenancy and avoid overprovisioning in you datacenter

Minimum and Maximum Bandwidth options

Weight for Minimum Bandwidth allows oversubscription

DCB

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Possible New Configurations

What if I only have 1 Gbit/s Nics?

What if I have two 10 Gbit/s Nics?

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10 Gbit/s LBFO Scenario – Part1

Hyper-V Extensible Switch

VM

1

VM

n

Live

Migration

Cluster /

CSV

Manageme

nt

VM 1 VM n

Network Team

Storage

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10 Gbit/s LBFO Scenario – Part2

Live Migration -

tnic

Cluster / CSV -

tnic

VM 1 VM n

Team 1

Hyper-V

Extensible

Switch

Team 2

Management -

tnic

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SMB 3

SMB for Server Applications, Hyper-V & SQL

Active SMB File Sharing with Scale Out File Server

Scale, fast and efficient storage access with SMB Direct (RDMA up to 54Gbit/s!!)

Fault Tolerance with Multichannel SMB

VSS for file shares

SMB Encryption

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DemoNetworking, SMB 3

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Cross Platform Migration

Virtual Machine Converter

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Microsoft VM Converter

Converts and Deploys Virtual Machines from VMware hosts to Hyper-V

Converts the virtual disks Converts the memory, virtual processor configuration, adds network interface

Supports conversion of Virtual Machines from: VMware vSphere 4.1 (if managed by vCenter 4.1) VMware vSphere 4.1 VMware vSphere 5.0

Uninstalls VMware tools prior to conversion Creates Snapshot before uninstallation for easy fallback

Scriptable command-line interfaces Wizard-driven GUI

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MVMC In Action

More Features

So much that we just touched the surface

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Top of the ICEBERG

CDN Extensible Switch SR-IOV Dynamic VMQ Dynamic RSS Router Guard DHCP Guard IP Sec Offload Guest Fibre Channel Adapter Guest NUMA Dynamic Memory – Minimum

Memory

Multiple Live Migrations Cross Cluster Live Migration CAU CSV CACHE Guest Application Monitoring Startup Priorities VHDX, TRIM/Unmap ODX Online Snapshot Merge And much more

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Windows Server 2012

Excitement

I've never said VMware is bad. It is great

software! Just like Novell and Netscape were