IT Camp - Vision Solutions Presentation

Microsoft IT CampMay/June, 2012

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Agenda

Datacenter ManagementVirtualizationMigrationsMigration TechnologyDisaster Recovery / High AvailabilitySystem Center Integration


Managing a Datacenter?

Dissimilar Hardware

Multiple Sites

Multiple SLAs

Data Retention

Disaster Recovery

Migration

Acquisition

You’ve Got Problems…


Virtualization to the Rescue?

Virtualization helps with:• Server Provisioning• Resource Allocation• Moving Servers between Hardware• Reducing Hardware Complexity• Datacenter Consolidation• Lowers Costs• Do More with Less


Virtualization – Continued

Virtualization also:• Is Not Always Easy to Convert• Allows Server Sprawl• Locks You to a Hypervisor


How Are You Virtualizing?

Choose a Hypervisor• Hyper-V• VMware• XenServer, KVM, others…

Migrate• Convert Physical Servers to Virtual• Convert from Hypervisor to Hypervisor• Move to the Almighty Cloud?

Manage • Microsoft System Center

Protect• What are the DR Options for Virtualization?• Local, Site-to-Site, Cloud

Migration Headaches

Manually Intensive – Lost Weekends

Multiple Tools and Experts Needed

Downtime $$$

Prone to Human Error


Why are you Migrating?

Hardware RefreshVirtualizationConsolidation

• Sites• Technologies

• Hypervisors, Storage

The Cloud


Migration Scenarios

Physical to Physical (probably not, but maybe)

Physical to Virtual

Virtual to Virtual – Cross Hypervisor

Virtual to Physical (probably not, but maybe)

Physical to Cloud

Virtual to Cloud

Storage Migration


The Technology to Migrate?

Real-Time Replication• Minimum Downtime• Efficient Data Movement

• Migrate in Production• Compression for Low Bandwidth

System State Technologies• Migrate the Whole Server, Not Just Data

Automation• End-to-End Automated Migration Cutover• Automatically Redirect Users


The Technology to Protect?

Real-Time Replication• Minimum Data Loss• Minimum Downtime• Efficient Data Movement

System State Technologies• Protect the Whole Server, Not Just Data

Automation• Failover Automatically or With One Button• Automatically Redirect Users• Failback or Reverse Protection with One Button


Double-Take Move

Real-Time Byte-Level Replication• Minimum Downtime• Over Any Distance

Simple One-Click or Automatic CutoverHardware IndependentFull Server, System State MigrationData/Storage MigrationVirtual Machine Auto-ProvisioningWAN Optimized

• Compression• Bandwidth Scheduling


Double-Take Availability

Real-Time Byte-Level Replication• Minimum Data Loss• Minimum Downtime• Over Any Distance

Simple One-Click or Automatic FailoverFull Server, System State ProtectionHardware IndependentVirtual Machine Auto-ProvisioningWAN Optimized

• Compression• Bandwidth Scheduling


System Center Integration

Designed to Migrate VMware to Hyper-VBuilt within Orchestrator

• Run Books• Integration Packs

Integrated with Virtual Machine Manager• Automatically Discover VMware Servers

Integrated with Service Manager• One-click Migration Approval/Initiation• Status Updates Pushed to Service Manager• One-Click Cutover Approval

Fully CustomizableIntegrated with Operations Manager for Monitoring






Questions and Discussion