Accelerating Your Journey to Microsoft Virtualization

Adrian SimaysSr Technical ArchitectEMC Corphttp://vwin.typepad.com

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Agenda

Intro to Virtualizing & CloudJourney to the Hyper-V CloudPhase 1- Dipping the Toe in Virtual WaterPhase 2 - Full Speed AheadPhase 3 – Final Steps to the Private CloudConclusion

Today’s IT Challenge:Balancing Act of Value and Cost

Consolidation Create economies of scale

through standardization Reduce IT costs

Deliver innovation Enable flexibility Ease of use Information access

Business Requirements

Vs. Resource Reality

DELIVERING VALUEREDUCE COSTS

Organizations need an flexible IT environment that supports both dimensions

When Worlds Collide

Physical Infrastructure

Virtual Infrastructure

Intelli-gence

Protect

Store

App Aware

Cloud OS

VDIManage

& Automate

Secure

Public Private

Cumulus

Hosted Private Cloud

Hybrid Cloud

What is a Cloud and How Do I Get One?

The Private Cloud: Why Now?

IT InfrastructureComplexInefficientInflexible

IT budget70% Maintenance

42%Infrastructure Maintenance

30%Application

Maintenance

23%ApplicationInvestment

5%Infrastructure Investment

Source: Fortune 100 customers.

Build the Bridge to the Private Cloud

ThePrivate Cloud

Today’sIT World

THE

Journey

THE

Bridge

of fully automatedand virtualizeddata centers

Unprecedented levelsof efficiency, control & choice

Increasing complexity,inflexibility, and cost oftraditional IT environments

15%

30%

50%

85%

IT Production Business Production IT-as-a-Service

95%

Run IT As ABusiness

Development,Test & IT-Owned

Applications

% Virtualized

Journey to the Hyper-V Private Cloud

PlatinumGold

Mission CriticalApplications

15%

30%

IT Production

Development,Test & IT-Owned

Applications

% Virtualized

Customer Begins the Journey to Hyper-VDipping your Toe in Virtual Water

Analyze, Assess & PlanFind opportunities for consolidationEnsure workloads will be a fit

Use Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit

Identify hardware for virtualization using Hyper-VDetailed assessment of server utilization and recommendations for server consolidation

Journey Begins with Microsoft Exchange

Pretend like you’re doing it physically… Just do it virtuallyArchitect for the application, not for the virtualization solution

Refer to support policies, recommendations and Best Practice documentsDeploy VMs with similar roles on separate hosts

MBX VMs in same DAG should not co-locateSpread your CAS aroundDeploy with Fixed Disk VHDScale up and scale out

Hardware Requirements for your Virtual World

Storage Infrastructure RequirementsEfficiencySimplicity

FlexibleSupports file, block & object

Meets Application DemandsAutomatic storage tiering

Out-of-the-box integrationHyper-V, System Center, Data Protection

Dynamic CapacityThin Provisioning

Instead, only allocate space when data is created written, and

pay as you grow

5000 Exchange usersx 1GB Mailboxes

5 TB

Dynamic Capacity ProvisioningIncrease storage utilization and buy up to 5x less storage

Traditional Storage

People overbuy unused capacity all the time

5000 Exchange usersx 5GB Mailboxes

25 TB

Full/Over-Provisioned

Virtualized Exchange Design Guide

Solution Components:Cisco UCS B200 Servers hosting 32,000 Exchange 2010 mailboxesReplication provided by native Exchange Database Availability GroupsVirtualization of all Exchange roles using Microsoft Hyper-VExchange Thin Provisioned LUNs provided by EMC Unified Storage

http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h7337-exchange-unified-cisco-hyper-v-wp.pdf

Simplified Management for Windows

Free tool to provision EMC storage for Windows ServersWindows MMC basedAgent less architectureApplication awareFibre Channel, iSCSI & CIFS support

Storage Integrator Use Cases

Provides insight into mapping of application and physical disk resources to storage arraysBridges the complexity gap between Server/Application admin to storage adminEliminates costly mistakes – automatic incorporation of application best practices for storage provisioning

Where are these LUNs coming

from?

I need storage for my SharePoint Web

App deployment ASAP

demo

EMC Storage Integrator

50%

85%

Business Production

% Virtualized

Journey to the Hyper-V Private CloudFull Speed Ahead

Virtualize the DatacenterIdentify what isn’t a fit opposed to the other way aroundDesign goal: end users don’t know if it is physical or virtual

Several BenefitsReduced power and coolingEasier managementSimplify High Availability & Disaster Recovery for the server and applications

Mission CriticalApplications

Journey Continues with Microsoft SQL Server & Sharepoint

Follow Microsoft Best Practices for SQL Server & SharePointUse perfmon to identify intensive SQL workloads & deploy appropriatelyDesign back-end to support workload (IOPS)Create separate dedicated networks for public traffic, Hyper-V management operations and storage connectivityContinue to place database and log files on separate spindles for performance and recovery purposes

Maintain Performance in a Virtual WorldOlder approaches are inefficient for virtualized workloads

Poor utilization

Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk

Flash Flash Flash

Better utilization… but $$$

Aggregating Mechanical Drives

Using a lot of spindles for IOPS results in low capacity utilization

Flash Drives

Flash drives are faster than mechanical disks – but expensive

Striped

Short stroked & striped

Self-Optimizing Storage Pools

Storage pool

5%Flash

95%Disk Data

• All data activity is constantly tracked

• High activity data moved to Flash drives

• Low activity to cost effective disk• Applications get best response time possible for data

InactiveData

Active Data

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) for Virtual Pools

Maintain Performance in a Virtual WorldAutomatic Data Optimization

Tame the DataCenterSystem Center for IT Management

Single tool for physical and virtual serversTop to bottom management of infrastructureAutomate many tasksTemplates and Powershell integration for rapid deployment

demo

Storage Management using System Center Operations Manager & PRO

High Availability for Hyper-VCluster Shared Volumes (CSV)

Failover Cluster FeatureSingle Consistent Name SpaceMultiple Nodes Access the Same Volume SimultaneouslySimplified Management with less volumes to manage

CSV

Site B

Hyper-V Virtual Machine Failure Event

One tool to replicate all

applications, servers & storage

Dynamic Synchronous and

Asynchronous Replication

Point-in-time roll-back

Fibre Channel or iSCSI StorageBuilt in VDI and VSS Application Integration

Cluster Enabler to stretch your

cluster across geographic

locationsSite A

RecoverPoint

Hyper-V Failover Cluster

Virtualized SQL Server Test Results

Tested SQL Server 2008 on

Fibre Channel SAN to measure

performance

Similar performance between

physical and virtual with Hyper-V

Pass-through

Using Flash drives to extend

cache (FAST Cache), significant

performance gains were realized

Hyper-V with Failover

Clustering of all servers

MetaLogix StoragePoint

moved 92% aged content

to cost effective disks

Tiered data on single SAN

to service all workloads

Increased useable

capacity without impacting

performance

Virtualizing Sharepoint with Hyper-V

Data Center

Synchronous

Asynchronous

Anywhere

VPLEXLocal

VPLEXMetro

VPLEXGeo

VPLEXGlobal

Enables The Virtual Data Center

Access Anywhere

Next Steps in the JourneyVirtual Storage

VirtualClients

PrivateCloud

PublicCloud

Virtualization

Information

Security

Federation

The Private Cloud

VirtualApplications

IT-as-a-Service

95%

Run IT As ABusiness

% Virtualized

Final Steps to the Private Cloud

Policy-drivenManage outcomes, not elements

Automated and fluidLower costBetter reliabilityWorkflow orchestration

Chargeback for usageRun IT as a business

PlatinumGold

EMC Provisioning Integration

Created for Opalis version 6.3EMC Provisioning cmdlets have been formulated as Opalis objects which can be employed in Opalis workflowsPowerShell scripts have been incorporated to handle login credential inputsLeverage SMI-S and System Center to deliver a better Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutionExtend provisioning capabilities to Self Service Portal (SSP)

Summary

The journey to implementing a cloud solution will be unique for each environment, no two scenarios are the sameHyper-V virtualization is the key to realizing the benefits of a private cloudImplement a customizable, dynamic virtualized environment that is both scalable and highly availableA successful cloud solution leverages technologies from many vendors – no single solution Enjoy the ride, these are exciting times

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