Preparing for "The Big One": Protection and Recovery Using Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP

1. MGT327 Preparing for "The Big One": Protection and Recovery Using Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP Hector Linares Vishal Mehrotra Senior Program Manager Principal Program Manager Lead Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation

2. Overview: System Center 2012 VMM Service Templates Application Deployment Custom Command Execution Image-based Servicing Clouds Application Owner Usage Capacity and Capability Delegation and Quota Services Infrastructure Server Lifecycle Management Multiple Hypervisors Network Management Storage Management Dynamic Optimization HA VMM Server PowerShell Upgrade Custom Properties Fabric

3. Themes: System Center 2012 SP1 VMM Tenant Administrator VM Network Isolation Service Deployment UI Add-ins Service Templates Server Hardware Providers Load Balancer Providers Storage automation Large VMs Live Migration Enhancements Network Virtualization Storage Management Clustering & High Availability Increase Scale Increase Performance Decrease Latency

4. Windows Server 2012 + System Center 2012 SP1 Management for the private cloud Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V & Failover Clustering Platform for the private cloud

5. In this session, we will – • Focus on clustering enhancements in Windows Server 2012 • Discuss how VMM 2012 SP1 enables seamless management of these new capabilities. • NOTE: This is an early preview!!! • None of these VMM features are available in the CTP-2 builds of VMM 2012 SP1

6. Massive clusters & CSV2

7. Massively scalable clusters!!! • Massive scale-out and scale-up capabilities on Windows Server 2012 • 4x scale over Windows Server 2008 R2 • Scale out to 64-nodes • Scale up to 4,000 VMs per cluster • Up to 1,024 VMs per node Scale up ... . . . Scale out Windows Server 2012 supports an industry best 4,000 VMs per cluster and can now massively scale out to 64 nodes in a cluster Effortless management

8. Support for CSV2 • Windows Server 2012 – Next generation Scale-out app platform • Supports file servers - File based (SMB) storage for Hyper-V • Improved backup • Direct I/O for more scenarios • Better VM creation and copy performance • Multi-subnet support • VMM 2012 SP1 will: • Support CSV2 and CSVFS for Windows Server 2012 clusters • Support converting available storage to CSV2 and vice-versa • Continue to support CSV v1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 • CSV2 is enabled by default for Windows Server 2012 based clusters.

9. Preferred Owners

10. VMM 2012 SP1 support for Preferred Owners VMM 2012 SP1 will: • Refresh existing preferred owners settings configured on the cluster. • Enable you to add, edit & remove preferred owners from VMM console & PowerShell. • ‘Remember’ this setting as long as the VM remains within the cluster – lost if moved to a standalone host/different cluster. • You cannot set preferred owners during new VM creation • You cannot set preferred owners during new VM template creation

11. Placement/Dynamic & Power Optimization On VMM 2012 SP1: • Warning when trying to place VM to a node that is not in the VM’s preferred owners list. • Dynamic optimization will move VMs that are not on a preferred owner. • Maintenance mode ignores this setting (i.e., not a hard block) • Preferred owners will be ignored in overcommit calculations.

13. Possible Owners

14. VMM 2012 SP1 support for Possible Owners VMM 2012 SP1 will: • Refresh existing possible owners settings configured on the cluster. • Enable you to add, edit & remove possible owners from VMM console & PowerShell. • ‘Remember’ this setting as long as the VM remains within the cluster – lost if moved to a standalone host/different cluster. • You cannot set possible owners during new VM creation • You cannot set possible owners during new VM template creation

15. Placement/Dynamic & Power Optimization On VMM 2012 SP1: • Zero stars when trying to place to a node that is not in the VM’s possible owners list. • DO will move VMs that are not on a possible owner. • VMs will not be migrated to a node that is not a possible owner. • VMM Maintenance mode ignores this setting (i.e., not a hard block) • “Can’t calculate over-commit” warning - for VMs with custom possible owners configured.

17. VM Priority

18. VM Priority - Windows Server 2012 clusters VM priority enables the failover cluster to: • Start the most important VMs first • Ensure the most important VMs are running • Pre-empt & shut down low priority VMs to free up resources for higher priority VMs to start • Ideal for infrastructure servers (DCs) or tiered architecture (back-end, middle-tier, customer-facing) High Medium Low

19. VMM 2012 SP1 support for VM Priority VMM 2012 SP1 will: • Refresh existing VM priority settings configured for VMs on the cluster. • Enable you to configure VM priority from VMM console & PowerShell. • ‘Remember’ this setting even across VM migration (VM priority moves with VM). • Setting ignored for VMs on standalone, Win 7 cluster, ESX & Xen hosts • You can set VM priority during new VM creation • You can set VM priority during new VM template creation • VMM placement engine ignores VM priority – enforced by the failover cluster • Maintenance mode ignores VM priority.

21. VMM Availability Sets

22. Windows Failover Cluster Anti-affinity You can configure VM anti-affinity on Windows failover clusters: • Feature available on Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012 • Keeps specific VMs off the same cluster node. On failover clusters, VMM 2012 SP1 Availability Sets leverages cluster anti-affinity: • VMM will automatically create anti-affinity class names in accordance with configured availability set. • For Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012 clusters

23. Introducing VMM ‘Availability Sets’ … Availability Set  configurable anti-affinity rules for VMs • VMM 2012 SP1 ensures VMs are placed on different hosts for better availability. • VMM Placement algorithm offers suggestions based on availability sets. • Works across: • Standalone (non-clustered) Hyper-V hosts* • Hyper-V clusters* • Xen Server hosts • VMware hosts Availability Set: “DCs” * Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012 based hosts

24. VMM 2012 SP1 support for cluster Anti-affinity VMM 2012 SP1 will: • Enable you to add, edit, rename & remove availability sets from VMM console & PowerShell. • Create required anti-affinity class names on failover clusters when you create availability sets. • Refresh existing anti-affinity class names set using Failover Cluster manager or PowerShell cmdlets. • ‘Remember’ this setting across migrations. • Enable self-service users to create service instances that leverage availability sets. You can: • Assign multiple availability sets to a VM. • Add unlimited number of VMs per availability set.

30. Placement/Dynamic & Power Optimization On VMM 2012 SP1: • Warnings displayed when trying to place VMs belonging to an availability set on the same host. • DO will try to fix cases where VMs in an availability set are on same cluster node. • VMM Maintenance mode ignores this setting (i.e., not a hard block)

31. Availability Sets & VMM Services • VMM Services can leverage ‘Availability Sets’ • Availability sets – configured at the machine tier level • Ensures that VM instances of a machine tier are placed on different hosts. • SSUs can request availability sets for their VMs • Simple checkbox experience • Available from the VMM Service Template Designer

33. Management Notes • Cluster Aware Update (CAU) • For Hyper-V clusters, the recommendation is to use VMM • Placement and dynamic optimization will load balance VMs • VMM does not call CAU APIs for draining or failback • VMM works for pre-Win8 and Win8 • VMM is aware of cluster in PAUSE state • Cluster state will be updated to PAUSE • Nodes go into “Needs Attention” state • Application Health • App level awareness for failover purposes • Targeted at customers who do not deploy OM

34. Recovery

35. Data Protection Manager Overview Disk-Based Backup Online Snapshots Active Directory Up to Every 15 minutes Data Protection Manager Tape-Based Backup Data Protection Manager Disaster Recovery with offsite replication and tape

36. Themes: System Center 2012 SP1 DPM DPM Backup to Cloud CSV 2.0 Remote SMB Data Deduplication VM Mobility … Increase Scale Increase Performance

37. Protection for Windows 2012 Features • 80% backup performance improvement • Parallel Backups • Live Migration Hyper-V Over CSV VM Protection Hyper-V Over SMB • Efficient backup using Remote SMB • Hosts and/or SMB can be clusters • Live Migration Uninterrupted Data Protection - VM Mobility Deduped File System Protection • Uninterrupted data protection upon VM live migration • Inter Cluster • Intra Cluster • Standalone to Standalone • Cluster to Standalone and vice versa • Efficient Data protection of Deduped file system volume • Efficient over the wire • Efficient on DPM storage

38. demos Protection for CSV, Remote SMB, VM Mobility and DeDupe Vishal Mehrotra Principal Program Manager Lead Microsoft Corporation

39. DPM Backup to Cloud

40. DPM Backup to Cloud Disk-Based Backup Online Snapshots Cloud Backup Active Directory Up to Every 15 minutes Data Protection Manager Tape-Based Backup Data Protection Manager Disaster Recovery with offsite replication and tape

41. demo DPM backup to cloud Vishal Mehrotra Principal Program Manager Lead Microsoft Corporation

42. Challenges • Security/Compliance • Can US govt. get access to my data ? • What happens if cloud gets hacked ? • What happens if cloud operations person want to misuse this data ? • Can Steve Ballmer get access to my data ? • You are safe for all of the above as data is always encrypted and private key is with YOU and not in cloud. • Can I control where data reside ?- Yes • Networking • Compression • Network Throttling

43. Related Content • Breakout Sessions • MGT314 - What's New in System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager • MGT316 - Overview of Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 - Storage Management • MGT317 - Overview of Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager Services • MGT319 - Infrastructure Management: Configure and Deploy • MGT320 - Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Zero to Cluster to Cloud • MGT321 - Service Template Creation from the Ground Up • MGT326 - Building a Hosted Cloud Using Microsoft System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012 • VIR312 - Compete to Win, Part 2: Comparing Private Cloud Capabilities • MGT322 – Backup your Private Cloud workloads Before its too late • Other Sessions • MGT41-HOL- Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Infrastructure Components Management • MGT42-HOL - Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager and App Controller Creating, Deploying, and Managing Service Templates • MGT53-HOL - Microsoft System Center 2012 Application Self-Service and Managing Applications across Clouds • PRC03 - Pre-Conference Seminar - Private Cloud Immersion • MGT61-HOL Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager: A First look

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