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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Roman Levchenko, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Third Edition

By: Roman Levchenko, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO

Overview of this book

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2016 is part of the System Center suite to configure and manage datacenters and offers a unified management experience on-premises and Azure cloud. This book will be your best companion for day-to-day virtualization needs within your organization, as it takes you through a series of recipes to simplify and plan a highly scalable and available virtual infrastructure. You will learn the deployment tips, techniques, and solutions designed to show users how to improve VMM 2016 in a real-world scenario. The chapters are divided in a way that will allow you to implement the VMM 2016 and additional solutions required to effectively manage and monitor your fabrics and clouds. We will cover the most important new features in VMM 2016 across networking, storage, and compute, including brand new Guarded Fabric, Shielded VMs and Storage Spaces Direct. The recipes in the book provide step-by-step instructions giving you the simplest way to dive into VMM fabric concepts, private cloud, and integration with external solutions such as VMware, Operations Manager, and the Windows Azure Pack. By the end of this book, you will be armed with the knowledge you require to start designing and implementing virtual infrastructures in VMM 2016.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Introduction


In this chapter, we will take a closer look at the additional management and features provided by VMM 2016. We will also cover the Windows Azure Pack (which is the replacement of the App Controller) that will allow you to manage clouds.

Note

Windows Azure Pack should not be confused with Azure Stack (see Chapter 1, VMM 2016 Architecture). Azure Pack supports new features of Windows Server 2016 like Shielded VMs and some features of SDNv2, and its life cycle was extended to 2027.

In this chapter, we will continue to learn more about VMM management capabilities, such as cluster OS rolling upgrade, live migration, availability options, checkpoints, and virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA).

Note

Although an integration with Azure is not covered in the book, keep in mind that VMM 2016 supports only management of classic Azure VMs. The latest VMM 1801 (semi-annual channel release) allows you to manage both Azure Resource Manager-based and classic VMs using management certificates or...