System Center Virtual Machine Manager

1. System CenterVirtual Machine Manager David Hitchen Technology Solution Professional

2. Agenda System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Eco System • Deployment • Features • Licensing

3. Virtualisation Products Server Virtualization Presentation Virtualization Management Application Virtualization Desktop Virtualization

4. Virtual Machine Manager

5. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center. It enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator and certified end users.

6. At a glance Host Groups Context Sensitive Actions VM Views Centralized Library Live Thumbnail

7. Test/Dev Deployment VM VM VM VM Single Physical Server Windows®PowerShell Delegated Provisioning UI Administrator Console SCVMM Agent Centralized Library

8. Corporate Deployment Administrator Console Windows®PowerShell Web-based Delegated Provisioning UI Library Server Virtual Machine Hosts

9. Enterprise Deployment Administrator Console Windows®PowerShell Web-based Delegated Provisioning UI Library Server Virtual Machine Hosts Singapore London Library Server Library Server Virtual Machine Hosts WAN Infrastructure Virtual Machine Hosts

10. Components • Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Engine Server • VMM Engine running on dedicated server • VMM System Console • VMM Agent • Installed on the Virtual Server host machines • Communicates with VMM Engine • Library Server • File store for the virtual infrastructure building blocks • SQL Server • Stores the configuration and discovery information • Interfaces • Admin UI • Web • Command line

11. Powershell • The basis for the SC VMM Admin Console • Command-line shell and scripting language • >130 standard command-line tools • Consistent scripting syntax and utilities that integrate with established tools and procedures • All functions of the VMM Admin Console are based on PowerShell scripts

12. Library • Provides a central store for all the building blocks of virtualisation • Virtual Machines/VHDs store for re-deployment • Templates to create new Virtual Machines (VM) • ISO images used in VM management and creation • Scripts to customize base VMs • Decommissioned Virtual Machines/VHDs • Hardware configurations profiles

13. Physical to Virtual Migration (P2V) • P2V is a core feature of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SC VMM), no additional costs per conversion • SCVMM P2V includes the ability to create images of physical hard disks, prepare them for use in a virtual machine, and create the final virtual machine for an end-to-end P2V solution • Support for Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 R2 • No additional infrastructure is required; no need for PXE or ADS as in VSMT • Simple wizard integrated in the main SC VMM user interface is used to perform the conversions • P2V process is also completely scriptable via Windows PowerShell and can be done in stages (imaging, fix-up, virtual machine creation)

14. Features • Host Configuration • Automate Host setup/configuration • Global host settings • Virtual Machine Creation • Wizard-based user interface • Rapid creation of VMs using P2V, Media, Templates • Ability to save definitions as templates for rapid deployment

15. Features • Library Management • Store offline VMs, templates, ISO images • Create, update, delete & store objects in the distributed library • Virtual Machine Placement and Deployment • Recommendation based on host capacity and utilization • Manual admin override • Movement of VM files over LAN or SAN

16. Features • Self Service Provisioning User Interface • User interface allowing end users to request and place VMs • Automation • Completely scriptable user model • Monitoring and Reporting • Centralized view of all virtual machines • Reports on consolidation candidates, utilization trending, optimization opportunities

17. Licensing SMLEnterprise Edition Full Application and Server Management (P&V) • Virtual machine management is a key component of server management • Introducing the System Center Enterprise Server Management License • Provides comprehensive management for physical and Windows Server and storage environments and includes: • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007* • System Center Operations Manager 2007 Enterprise Edition • System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Enterprise Edition • System Center Configuration Manager 2007 • Pricing and licensing will be announced approximately 30 days prior to launch Configure & Secure Monitor & Analyze Enterprise Edition Management Licenses Data Protection Manager 2007 Back Up & Restore Consolidate & Provision Available Q4 CY2007 *VMM will only be available as part of the E-SML

18. Q & A

19. For More Information • Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Homepage: www.microsoft.com/scvmm • Datasheet: www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/scvmm/evaluation/default.mspx • Email: scvmm@microsoft.com • Newsgroup: http://connect.microsoft.com/vmm • Microsoft Virtualization Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization • Microsoft System Center Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/

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21. Demo Virtual Machine Manager Name Title Group