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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO

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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho | EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
Jun, 2014 | 428 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
VMM 2012 Architecture
VMM 2012 Architecture
Introduction
Understanding each component for a real-world implementation
Planning for High Availability
Designing the VMM server, database, and console implementation
Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario
Licensing the System Center
Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies
2
Upgrading from Previous Versions
Upgrading from Previous Versions
Introduction
Reviewing the upgrade options
Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade
Upgrading to VMM 2012 R2
Reassociating hosts after upgrading
Updating the VMM agents
Performing other post-upgrade tasks
3
Installing VMM 2012 R2
Installing VMM 2012 R2
Introduction
Creating service accounts
Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for a VMM implementation
Installing VMM dependencies
Configuring Distributed Key Management
Installing a VMM management server
Installing the VMM console
Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console
Creating credentials for a Run As account in VMM
Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM component
4
Installing a High Available VMM Server
Installing a High Available VMM Server
Introduction
Installing a highly available VMM management server
Installing a VMM management server on the additional node of a cluster
Connecting to a highly available VMM management server using the VMM console
Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster
Uninstalling a highly available VMM management server
5
Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM
Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM
Introduction
Creating host groups
Setting up a VMM library
Configuring networks in VMM
Networking – configuring logical networks
Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways
Networking – configuring logical switches, port profiles, and port classifications
Integrating and configuring the storage
Creating a physical computer profile (host profile)
Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host – Bare Metal host deployment
Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters
6
Deploying Virtual Machines and Services
Deploying Virtual Machines and Services
Introduction
Creating private clouds
Creating hardware, guest OSes, applications, and SQL profiles
Creating user roles in VMM
Creating and deploying virtual machines
Creating virtual machine templates
Creating and deploying service templates
Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy
7
Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer Hosts
Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer Hosts
Introduction
Adding VMware vCenter Server to VMM
Adding VMware ESX hosts or host clusters to VMM
Configuring network settings on a VMware ESX host
Configuring host BMC settings
Importing VMware templates
Converting VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V
Managing Citrix XenServer hosts and pools
Converting Citrix virtual machines to Hyper-V
8
Managing Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and the New Features of R2
Managing Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and the New Features of R2
Introduction
Creating Hyper-V clusters
Managing fabric updates
Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization
Live migrating virtual machines
Managing Linux virtual machines
Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs
Configuring resource throttling
Integrating with the IPAM server for IP management
Deploying SC App Controller 2012 R2 for hybrid cloud management
Configuring Synthetic Fibre Channel
9
Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2
Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2
Introduction
Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2
Installing management packs
Managing Discovery and Agents
Configuring the integration between Operations Manager 2012 and VMM 2012
Enabling reporting in VMM
Extending monitoring with management packs
10
Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager
Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager
Introduction
Introducing VMM PowerShell
Finding the command to automate tasks in VMM
Creating a script from VMM wizards
Storing and running scripts in VMM
Using VMM sample scripts
Index
Index

Integrating and configuring the storage

VMM 2012 supports block-level storage devices and file storage solutions. Their descriptions are given in the following list:

  • Block-level storage devices: These expose logical unit numbers for storage, using fibre channel, iSCSI, and SAS connection mechanisms. You can integrate these arrays with VMM using a storage provider, meaning that you will be able to manage the arrays through the VMM console.

    Note

    From Windows 2012 onward, the Windows WMI-based Windows Storage Management API (SMAPI) replaces the Virtual Disk Service API (VDS). See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/san/archive/2012/06/26/an-introduction-to-storage-management-in-windows-server-2012.aspx for more information.

    The supported storage providers in VMM 2012 are as follows:

    • SMI-S CIM-XML: VMM 2012 SP1/R2 uses SMAPI to interconnect with SMI-S compliant servers. This in turn uses the Microsoft-Standards-based Storage Management Service to communicate with the SMI-S external storage.

      Note

      If your storage...

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