Lessons Learned Adopting System Center 2012 SP1: Case Study from LionbridgeDamian Flynn, Infrastructure Architect, LionbridgeNigel Cain, Senior Program Manager, MicrosoftIM-B307

Agenda

Introduction’s

Delivering on Objectives

Learning Lessons

v.Next Goals

Technology Adoption Program

Introductions

Introductions

Damian is author of Cloud chapters in two books:

Microsoft Private Cloud Computing

Hyper-V Configuration and Installation

Nigel Cain Senior Program Manager on the Windows Server & System Center engineering team.

Damian FlynnInfrastructure Architect on the Corporate IT team with Lionbridge

Technologies, and Microsoft MVP for “ Cloud and Data Center”

Together we are the Author’s of the

“Microsoft VMM Networks Blog Series”

Lionbridge

We manage our clients’ business-critical product and content releases in hundreds of global markets and languages

MANAGE

TRANSLATEWe translate our clients’ applications and content, enabling them to deliver a superior customer experience worldwide

TESTWe test software and online search results to help clients deliver high-quality, relevant applications in global markets

We develop content and applications to accelerate our clients’ global revenue

DEVELOP

We author, illustrate and translate technical documentation for clients who serve and support customers in global markets

SUPPORT

Delivering Objectives

How did we get here?

Reweaving the Fabric

Optimizing Clouds

IT as a Service

Reweaving the Fabric

Private Cloud Construction

HETEROGENEITY

Create cloud abstractions across virtualized infrastructure from Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix.

ABSTRACTION

Take the underlying infrastructure of networking, storage, and compute, and abstract those resources into clouds.

ACCESS

Manage resource utilization and service creation by delegating self-service access to cloud resources.

CONTROL

Standardize application deployment by using templates.

Abstraction – Environmental Fabric

2 Datacenters on US East Coast

Multiple Redundant Interconnects

Dynamic Mesh for Office ConnectionsMulti-point VPN

PRIMARYData Center

SECONDARYData Center

Field Office �͛s

3 ISP Feed �͛s ISP Feed

Abstraction – Network Fabric

Standardized Core – Cisco Nexus

VLAN Isolation

10Gb Converged

VMM Other Management Server

Management

Cluster Network

Gateway Portal

Tenants Admins

ProviderNetwork

Compute Live Migrations

Storage Network

Abstraction – Logical Networks

Lots of VLAN’s = Lots of Logical Nets

SP1 Unconnected Networks

Happy Days!

Abstraction – Compute Fabric

Standardized Hardware

Thin Provisioning

Overprovision across cloud resources

HYPER-V 2008R2OPS Stack 3

HYPER-V 2008R2OPS Stack 4

HYPER-V 2008R2Sx Stack B

HYPER-V 2008R2Sx Stack A

HYPER-V 2008R2OPS Stack 1

HYPER-V 2008R2OPS Stack 2

HYPER-V 2012A Stack

HYPER-V 2012B Stack

HYPER-V 2012C Stack

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SilverStack B

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Abstraction – Storage Fabric

Storage Virtualization

Thin Provisioning

Block-Level Data Redundancy

Linux MgmtSQL

SnapshotAgent

SnapshotAgent

SnapshotAgent Snapshot

Agent

TimeMark snapshots

Full replicas

Snapshots

Block-level data replication

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Abstraction – Storage Fabric

CSV 1.0

CSV 2.0

Disaster Recovery / High Availability

Private Cloud Construction

HETEROGENEITY

Create cloud abstractions across virtualized infrastructure from Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix.

ABSTRACTION

Take the underlying infrastructure of networking, storage, and compute, and abstract those resources into clouds.

ACCESS

Manage resource utilization and service creation by delegating self-service access to cloud resources.

CONTROL

Standardize application deployment by using templates.

Access

2 Datacenters

3 Cloud Administrators

2 Datacenter Fabric Administrators

Sao Paulo

MadridTokyo

East Coast

Control – Clouds

Create clouds for specific needs

View deployed Virtual Machines

Overprovision across cloud resources

Control – Resources

50+ Language Versions per OS

Bespoke Applications

Per-Cloud Custom VM Templates

Optimizing Clouds

Flexible, Dynamic, and Well-ManagedCONTROLLED

Help protect your private cloud infrastructure by setting limits on your clouds while ensuring the correct application owners have access to their cloud resources.

STANDARDIZED

Standardize your approach to application and OS updating. Use a controlled process to update services through service templates.

OPTIMIZED

Help ensure that the services running in your private cloud get the resources they need, and that your cloud dynamically reallocates resources as demand changes.

RIGHT-SIZED

Report on the current utilization of your private cloud, trend usage over time, and forecast future needs.

Optimized – Right Sized

Dynamic Optimization

Resource Forecasting

Controlled – Managing the Cloud Capacity

Protecting the Physical……from the Virtual

Thin Provisioning

Relearn the art of Forecasting

Standardized – Self Service

1 Cloud = 1 Role = BAD

Segmented ApproachOnboarding & Execution

End User Acceptance Testing…

Right Sized – Private Cloud Usage Reports

Simple KPI Dashboards

Powered by PowerShell

Roll on SCOM 2012 SP1

IT as a Service

IT Service Solutions

Automations

Repeatable tasks visually represented to communicate the cause and action effects for IT processes.

Anti-Malware

Centrally manage global malware polices, across a heterogeneous global infrastructure

ID Management

Synchronize identifications across multiple disparate systems trough the use of a broker.

Data Mapping

Automate the transformation od data from one source to another, in a programmatic repeatable manner, to simply end user consumption.

Anti-Malware – SCCM

Cost ReductionReplace Yellow Box Solution

Unified Management Experience

Rich Reporting Solution

Automation – SCO Architecture

Always On!

Easy Extensibility for IT PROs

Rich Reporting Solution Active Orchestrator Runbook Servers

Passive Orchestrator Runbook Servers

Runbook Sync

PRIMARYData Center

SECONDARYData Center

ActivityAction͛�s

Automation – Extensible

Orchestrator Integration Toolkit

Easy Extensibility for IT PRO’s

Automation – Line of Business

SaaS Applications Access Control

HR SAP Synchronization to AD & LOB

Automated Data Transformation

Lessons, vNext & TAP

• Private Cloud• Show back Reporting• Utilization and Predictive Analytics• Azure Services for Windows Server UI

• Asset Management• Extending the SCSM CMDB• Enabling Life-Cycle Asset Management

v.Next – Future Focus

• Be Organized• Spend Time upfront planning your destination• Create a Road Map, with many Mile Stones on the route• Execute in stages, and Report on progress, Celebrate and announce Mile Stone Achievements

• Communication• Do not make assumptions – Take Ownership• Make Presentations, Live or Recorded.• Enable Training• Over Communicate – Sell UP!

• Clouds• End users do not always just “Get It”• On boarding and Execution is not as “Simple” as you think.• App-Controller is not User Friendly!

Lessons Learned

TAP Experiences

Overall Experience

Repeat Participation

Benefits

Shared Goals

Resources

http://www.DamianFlynn.com

Read our Blog Series!http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2013/01/08/virtual-networking-in-vmm-2012-sp1.aspx

Resources

http://to.ms/blog

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