Virtual Server 2005 R2

R2 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Technical Overview OLAV TVEDT EMENTOR

Agenda    

Microsoft Virtualization Strategy Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Key Scenarios Features and Benefits  

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Efficient use of hardware resources Enhanced administrator productivity and responsiveness Best supported virtualization solution

Summary

Increase Availability

Server Administrator s Increase Responsivenes s

Lower Operational Costs

Application Developers Improve Utilization

Systems “Designed For Operations”

“Operationally Aware Platform”

“Intelligent Management Tools”

Designs include all information relevant to management

Rich instrumentation and hardware resource virtualization

End to End, automated management tools

More flexibility and control in the provisioning and use of your hardware resources.

Vision for Virtualization 

IT organizations benefit when workloads are decoupled from hardware 

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Improves availability, manageability

Long term, workloads will become increasingly dynamic Virtualization is a key enabling technology to achieve some of this today

Businesses Need  Efficiency More efficient hardware  

environments Improved administrative productivity Environments to efficiently develop and test solutions involving multiple servers with complex configurations

Virtualization Principles 

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Allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same processor Each independent virtual machine functions as a self-contained computer Run side-by-side testing and production systems on the same machine  

Use off-the-shelf servers Use fewer servers with higher utilization

Application Consolidation Tool

Guidance

Technology

Hardware partitioning (HP, IBM, Unisys)

Best for

Very highthroughput applications Complete isolation of applications

Resource Management (WSRM)

Medium-high throughput applications which will co-exist Managing resource usage All applications must run on same OS level OS/HW single point of failure

Virtual Machines (Virtual Server)

Low-throughput applications Isolating legacy applications

Re-sizing partitions Limit requires a reboot Capacity in 4proc increments Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Consolidating and Applications  

More complex management Performance “tax” if not clustered Migrating LOB

Prescriptive guidance for migrating and re-hosting NT4 LOB applications Determine which LOB apps are suitable for Virtual Server and how to use tools to migrate

Application Consolidation Application Consolidation Attack Plan

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Determine legacy platform dependencies:  

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NT 4.0 Application Compatibility Toolkit The LOB Consolidation “Decision Tree”

Application and Server Resource Discovery Application Shared Resource Dependencies (Application Profiling) Target only server-side applications Microsoft .NET applications are consolidation friendly Proof of Concept

Solution Accelerator Decision Tree 

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Start

Provides guidance on determining appropriate solutions for NT LOB apps What to do? (Process)

No

Rapid Decommission

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No

Decommission No

Portable

Yes No

Yes Yes

Envision Assessment

Yes

No

Portable

Behaved or Manageable in WSRM

No

WSRM and Windows Server 2003

.NET Framework 1.1 and Windows Server 2003

Yes Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003

WSRM and Windows Server 2003

Yes

Behaved or Manageable in WSRM

No

Business Case for Porting No No

Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003

Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003

Provides prescriptive guidance on re-hosting NT LOB apps using virtual machines Based on Virtual Server Migration Toolkit Scenario-based and lab-validated

.NET Framework 1.0 Managed Code

No

Yes

Yes

.NET Framework 1.0 and Windows Server 2003

Yes

WSRM and Windows Server 2003

Virtual Server Planning and Implementation Guide

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Windows Server 2003 Compatible

Windows Server 2003 Compatible

Yes

Understanding

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Yes

BusinessCritical No

No

Rapid Portability

the start state Understanding possible end states Mapping to solutions Refining and finalizing solutions

Yes

Longevity

WSRM and Windows Server 2003

No

Business Case for .NET Framework 1.1

Yes

.NET Framework 1.1 and Windows Server 2003

Consolidation using Virtual Server 2005 R2

Cost-Effective Solution A cost-effective and well supported server virtualization technology for the Windows Server System™ platform. 

Focused on key customer scenarios  

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Consolidate server workloads Automate and consolidate software test and development environments Disaster recovery

 Reduce

costs and improve IT responsiveness   

Reduce hardware costs by at least 50% Reduce provisioning times by 50-95% Increase administrator productivity

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2

Like Virtual Server 2005, Virtual Server 2005 R2 will be available to customers in two editions: 

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard Edition ($99 USD)

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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition ($199 USD) Features across the two Editions are the same, scalability is the only difference.  Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard Edition will support up to four processors, and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition will support up to 32 physical processors.

Consolidate Server Workloads 

Consolidate infrastructure, application, and branch office server workloads 

Ideal for server consolidation datacenter branch office

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More efficient use of hardware resources Enhance administrative productivity

Rapidly deploy new servers to address changing

Jack in the Box Business Goals 

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Reduce high operating costs in 2,000 retail locations Improve management line of sight to store operations and critical data

Solution 

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 used to consolidate in store systems and re-host POS and back-office applications 2:1consolidation ratio AD and GP used to used to manage VM’s and provide access rights from Central IT location SQL Server 2000 EE used to transfer data nightly from stores to central IT

Results 

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“Using Virtual Server 2005 R2, we can immediately upgrade our restaurant hardware and operating system software to take advantage of higher performance, reliability, and management features while running older applications on Windows NT.” says Brian Yates, Director of Restaurant Systems, Jack in the Box.

50% fewer in-store servers, significantly reducing management and support costs Reduced upgrade and patching times Corporate and restaurants have timely access to mission critical data

Legacy Application ReHosting

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Applications often outlive their original OS or hardware VS enables smooth migration on your timeline 

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Upgrade infrastructure without having to upgrade or rewrite applications Host legacy applications on current hardware running Windows Server 2003

Software Test and Development 

Consolidate and automate software test and development environments    

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Greater flexibility Better test coverage Developer productivity Automate provisioning

Test distributed server applications on a single physical server

Disaster Recovery 

Virtual Server 2005 R2 can be used as part of a disaster recovery plan  

Provides application portability Flexibility across hardware platforms

Virtual Server Benefits Efficient use of hardware resources

Enhanced administrator productivity and responsiveness

Best supported server virtualization solution

Efficient Use of Hardware Resources 

Virtualization     

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Improved performance Greater scalability with x64 host support iSCSI support Host clustering support Windows server guest operating system performance optimization Broad x86 guest operating system compatibility

Resource management  

Policy-based resource management features Fine-grained control of CPU and memory resource allocation

64-bit Host Support 

Provides Greater Scalability 

Supported x64 hosts Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

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64-bit port of VMM and service Better scaling from larger kernel address space x64 systems typically can have more RAM

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Host-only 64-bit support No 64-bit guest support in this release 64-bit guest support planned for next generation virtualization products

Improved Performance 

Virtual Server 2005 R2 includes 

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Improved shadow page table management Improved performance of guest process switching and memory intensive application Up to 65% increase in internal memory tests Up to 50% decrease in CPU utilization using 64 bit host

High Availability  Virtual Machine Clustering: Scenarios 

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Support for iSCSI allows clustering virtual machines across hosts

Virtual Server R2 Host Cluster support 

The ability to cluster Virtual Server hosts.  

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Virtual Server host clustering uses Windows Server 2003 EE/DTC clustering Virtual Server host clustering supports SAN, iSCSI or direct attached storage

Benefits:  

Guest OS agnostic. Any virtual machine running any OS can be moved or failover to another cluster node FREE. Virtual Server host clustering will be available as a free download in the same time frame as Virtual Server 2005 R2

Host Cluster Support Details  Accommodates both planned and unplanned downtime 

Planned downtime: Servicing the host hardware or patching the host operating system Virtual machine migration. Virtual machines can be moved from one cluster node to another with minimal downtime. (Downtime dependent on speed of storage infrastructure) 

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Less than 10 seconds to move 128 MB vm via 1GbE iSCSI (faster on SAN)

Unplanned downtime: Failover to another cluster node due to hardware failure

Increased Administrator Productivity  Deploy 

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Complete scripted control enables automated configuration and deployment

Manage and Migrate 

Use existing server management tools to administer virtual machines running on a familiar host operating system Efficient use of hardware resources

Productive and responsive

Best supported solution

Easy to Deploy 

Comprehensive COM API 

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Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs)  

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Encapsulates virtual machines Allows flexible configuration, change and deployment

Virtual Networking 

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Enables complete scripted control of virtual machine environments

Facilitates secure and versatile networking

PXE Boot integrated in updated BIOS

Allstate Financial Business Goals 

Slow the growth of servers in data center and test/dev lab

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Eliminate need to build additional data center space

Solution 

Virtual Server 2005 R2 used to consolidate test/dev servers

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Consolidation ratio of 4:1 in Claims Technology Services Group COM API used to leverage scripts to automatically deploy new server builds

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Results 

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50% decrease in server hardware growth (expect to reduce new server count by 114 in 2004) Estimate savings of US $7.5M over 5 years Reduced server provisioning time from 4 weeks to just a few minutes Delayed or eliminated need for additional data center space

“If you invest in 30 servers and find out six months later that the application isn’t really worth the investment, you have those servers lying around collecting dust. With Virtual Server 2005 R2, we can create 30 servers in no time on just a few physical servers, and do a proof of concept to determine whether the application is viable. Najam Usmani, Allstate Insurance Company

Easy to Manage and Migrate  Virtual Server Administration Website 

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Microsoft integrated solutions  

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Secure, authenticated administration and client remote access Active Directory integration Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack for Virtual Server Systems Management Server 2003 SP1 Virtual Server Migration Toolkit

Other solutions 

Integrate other existing server management tools

Virtual Server Migration Toolkit

Re-host as Virtual  Planning and Implementation Guide based Machines on:  

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT)

Focus on re-hosting Windows NT 4.0 machines Virtual Server Migration Toolkit 

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Re-hosting Windows NT 4.0, Windows® 2000, and Windows Server 2003 physical servers intact on virtual machines Leverages ADS Three executables and ADS task sequences Command-line driven for automated deployment through scripting

Physical to Virtual (P2V) Virtual Server Migration Toolkit Migration 

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Guidance

Technology

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Command line tools to help automate P2V migration Leverages Automated Deployment Services (ADS) Beta now, RTM in Q4 Verify suitable configuration, capture image and generate task sequences to use with ADS

NT 4.0 Server

Configure new virtual machine running NT4 and legacy applications

W2K3 Enterprise Server w/Virtual Server & VSMT

Transform ADS image to VHD and deploy to new target system W2K3 Server with ADS & VSMT

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Solution Accelerator for Consolidating and Migrating LOB Applications  

Determine which applications are good candidates for Virtual Server Guidance on using VSMT in combination with ADS

VSMT Limitations 

Limitations 

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Servers with hardware not emulated in VS cannot be moved – for example, parallel port dongle, USB, HBAs Physical servers with less than 96 MB of memory cannot run migration tools (160 MB if FAT partitions) Cannot migrate extended and dynamic partitions Cannot migrate SAN data – must be copied manually Some hardware configurations will require manual intervention in the migration process, particularly with Windows NT 4.0

Targeted at IT Pros or consultants

Planning and Implementation 

The LOB solution accelerator contains a planning and implementation guide 

Planning guide provides guidance for completing a Virtual Server 2005 solution Guides planning and design of the solution

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Implementation guide gives information on establishing the Virtual Server 2005 environment and virtualizing applications Guides consolidation and migration of NT4 server onto virtual machines

AtlantiCare Business Goals 

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Accelerate migration from Novell to Windows without adding data center space Move legacy applications to supported hardware to increase reliability Improve the efficiency with which servers could be deployed, reimaged, and retired for developers

Solution 

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 used to consolidate infrastructure and legacy application servers Consolidation ratio achieved of 33:2

Results 

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Eliminated need to expand or relocate data center Reduced server operating and management costs Virtual machine deployment in less than 5 minutes vs physical machine deployment of 10 days

“Without using Virtual Server 2005 R2, our migration to new Windows Server System applications would have been delayed several months…With Virtual Server 2005 R2, we have just three servers using six outlets. Plus, these newer systems use far less rack space than our old systems, giving us additional data center savings.” Roger Vann, AtlantiCare

Management Pack for MOM 2005 Displays all hosts including knowledge of physical vs virtual

Generate scripts leveraging COM API to automate tasks

MOM 2005 – Single pane for managing physical servers to virtual machines

Mapping guests to host with visibility into server health

Fine grained control over virtual machines (guests)

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One-to-Many management of hosts and guests

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Health monitoring and configuration changes

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Closed loop automation via scripting and COM API

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Available in Q4

VS and SMS 2003 SP1  

SMS Client supported in virtual machines Configuration management support for virtual machines 

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 called out in hardware inventory information A new node called Virtual Machine in the SMS admin console Resource Explorer Discovery of virtual host/guest relationships 

Additional Improvements  Improved Hyperthreading support    

F6 Disk (SCSI driver) Virtual disk pre-compactor Open necessary ports at install time Reserve space for saved states

Best Supported Server Virtualization Solution 

Comprehensive support and testing of Microsoft solution stack   

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Ecosystem Support 

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Windows qualified drivers Operating system support Windows Server System family support ISVs and customers can create functionality and manageability

Forward migration 

Smooth migration path to Windows Virtualization

Virtualization Investments 

VHD format:  Royalty-free

license  Enables migration from Virtual Server to Windows hypervisor

Windows Hypervisor: 

Powerful virtualization built into the Windows platform

Management tools

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Summary 

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Cost-effective, well supported server virtualization technology  Increases hardware utilization  Enables organizations to rapidly configure and deploy new servers Supported through the entire Microsoft solution stack Visit our homepage for the latest information 

http://www.microsoft.com/virtualserver

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© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.