Mastering Hyper-V 2012 R2 with System Center and Windows Azure

This book will help you understand the capabilities of Microsoft
Hyper-V, architect a Hyper-V solution for your datacenter, plan a
deployment/migration, and then manage it all using native tools and
System Center. Coverage also includes hybrid cloud scenarios
specifically with Windows Azure to complete the full virtualization
piece of providing data both on premise and off premise.

In addition, you will explore the Windows Azure capabilities for
virtual machines and managing a hybrid cloud, including Windows
Azure's Internet as a Service (IaaS) and storage
capabilities, how seamless management is possible with PowerShell
and System Center, plus how Azure Storage can play a part in a
company's complete solution.

Key topics covered include: virtualization fundamentals, network
virtualization, storage configuration, Hyper-V management and
maintenance, failover clustering and migration, Hyper-V replica and
cloud orchestration, private cloud implementation, Azure IaaS,
Azure storage, managing with PowerShell, Hyper-V decoding, and
Windows Server 2012 R2 integration.

Autorentext

John Savill is a Windows technical specialist, an 11-time
MVP, and an MCSE for Private Cloud and Server Infrastructure 2012.
He's also ITIL certified and a CISSP. John is the author of
the popular FAQ for Windows and a senior contributing editor to
Windows IT Pro, as well as the author of Microsoft
Virtualization Secrets (Wiley). John speaks at leading industry
events and blogs at http://www.savilltech.com/blog.

Zusammenfassung

This book will help you understand the capabilities of Microsoft Hyper-V, architect a Hyper-V solution for your datacenter, plan a deployment/migration, and then manage it all using native tools and System Center. Coverage also includes hybrid cloud scenarios specifically with Windows Azure to complete the full virtualization piece of providing data both on premise and off premise.

In addition, you will explore the Windows Azure capabilities for virtual machines and managing a hybrid cloud, including Windows Azure's Internet as a Service (IaaS) and storage capabilities, how seamless management is possible with PowerShell and System Center, plus how Azure Storage can play a part in a company's complete solution.

Key topics covered include: virtualization fundamentals, network virtualization, storage configuration, Hyper-V management and maintenance, failover clustering and migration, Hyper-V replica and cloud orchestration, private cloud implementation, Azure IaaS, Azure storage, managing with PowerShell, Hyper-V decoding, and Windows Server 2012 R2 integration.

Inhalt

Introduction xix

Chapter 1 • Introduction to Virtualization and Microsoft Solutions 1

The Evolution of the Datacenter 1

One Box, One Operating System 1

How Virtualization Has Changed the Way Companies Work and Its Key Values 5

History of Hyper-V 10

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Features 12

Windows Server 2008 R2 Changes 13

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 15

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Changes 16

Windows Server 2012 R2 21

Licensing of Hyper-V 23

One Operating System (Well, Two, but Really One) 24

Choosing the Version of Hyper-V 26

The Role of System Center with Hyper-V 27

System Center Confi guration Manager 28

System Center Virtual Machine Manager and App Controller 28

System Center Operations Manager 28

System Center Data Protection Manager 29

System Center Service Manager 29

System Center Orchestrator 30

Clouds and Services 30

The Bottom Line 32

Chapter 2 • Virtual Machine Resource Fundamentals 35

Understanding VMBus 35

The Anatomy of a Virtual Machine 38

Generation 1 Virtual Machine 39

Generation 2 Virtual Machine 44

Processor Resources 47

Virtual Processor to Logical Processor Scheduling 49

Processor Assignment 52

NUMA Support 57

Memory Resources 60

Virtual Storage 67

VHD 67

VHDX 69

Creating a Virtual Hard Disk 70

Pass-Through Storage 72

The Bottom Line 72

Chapter 3 • Virtual Networking 75

Virtual Switch Fundamentals 75

Three Types of Virtual Switch 75

Creating a Virtual Switch 78

Extensible Switch 80

VLANs and PVLANS 83

Understanding VLANs 83

VLANs and Hyper-V 86

PVLANs 87

How SCVMM Simplifies Networking with Hyper-V 91

SCVMM Networking Architecture 92

Deploying Networking with SCVMM 2012 R2 97

Network Virtualization 112

Network Virtualization Overview 112

Implementing Network Virtualization 117

Useful Network Virtualization Commands 119

Network Virtualization Gateway 124

Summary 131

VMQ, RSS, and SR-IOV 132

SR-IOV 132

DVMQ 136

RSS and vRSS 138

NIC Teaming 141

Host Virtual Adapters and Types of Networks Needed in a Hyper-V Host 143

Types of Guest Network Adapters 147

Monitoring Virtual Traffic 150

The Bottom Line 152

Chapter 4 • Storage Configurations 153

Storage Fundamentals and VHDX 153

Types of Controllers 156

Common VHDX Maintenance Actions 157

Performing Dynamic VHDX Resize 159

Storage Spaces and Windows as a Storage Solution 160

Server Message Block (SMB) Usage 166

SMB Technologies 166

Using SMB for Hyper-V Storage 172

iSCSI with Hyper-V 173

Using the Windows iSCSI Target 175

Using the Windows iSCSI Initiator 177

Considerations for Using iSCSI 178

Understanding Virtual Fibre Channel 178

Leveraging Shared VHDX 186

Data Deduplication and Hyper-V 188

Storage Quality of Service 189

SAN Storage and SCVMM 191

The Bottom Line 193

Chapter 5 • Managing Hyper-V 195

Installing Hyper-V 195

Using Configuration Levels 197

Enabling the Hyper-V Role 198

Actions after Installation of Hyper-V .200

Deploying Hyper-V Servers with SCVMM 202

Hyper-V Management Tools 203

Using Hyper-V Manager 205

Core Actions Using PowerShell 210

Securing the Hyper-V Server 214

Creating and Managing a Virtual Machine 214 <p&g...