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EMC Support for Microsoft Hyper-V Accelerating Virtualization from the Desktop to the Data Center

EMC Support for Microsoft Hyper-V Accelerating Virtualization from the Desktop to the Data Center. EMC and Microsoft: A Unique Alliance. Shared view of importance of information 12+ year, continually expanding partnership Broad and deep partnership across products and services

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EMC Support for Microsoft Hyper-V Accelerating Virtualization from the Desktop to the Data Center

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  1. EMC Support for Microsoft Hyper-V Accelerating Virtualization from the Desktop to the Data Center

  2. EMC and Microsoft: A Unique Alliance • Shared view of importance of information • 12+ year, continually expanding partnership • Broad and deep partnership across products and services • Joint sharing of intellectual property • Significant deployments of each other’s technology internally • Thousands of joint customers • CEO-sponsored worldwide go-to-market alliance Eleven Microsoft Gold Competencies 20x Time Partner of Year 2,700+ consultants worldwide Cooperative Support Agreement $20M plus equipment in Redmond labs Information Infrastructure Excellence MSFT Expertise EMC’s Unique Microsoft Customer Value

  3. Engineering roadmap alliance Customer services Product qualification Joint Alliance Management Activities Professional services Solution development Customer engagement EMC/Microsoft Alignment Areas • “EMC has gone beyond standard integration to take a broad and active approach to support and optimize Microsoft technologies including Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Window Server 7.” • The Clipper Group, October 2009

  4. End-to-End Capabilities for Microsoft Tiered/ Unified Storage Backup, Recovery, Archive Enterprise Content Management Virtual Infrastructure Business Continuity Security EMC Consulting Services Strategize • Advise • Architect • Implement • Manage • Support EMC Information Infrastructure EMC helps you successfully plan, design, deploy and manage your Microsoft applications and platforms

  5. EMC Value Points for Hyper-V • Storage Management and Optimization • PowerPath Virtual Edition • EMC Storage Integrator (ESI) • Powershell Toolkit Storage Provisioning • -VNX\Unisphere Hyper-V wizards • Backup and Recovery • Hyper-V Parent & Child Protection • Applications running in VMs • Data Deduplication • Business Continuity • Local & Remote Replication • Support for Cluster Shared Volumes • Storage Federation • Proven Solutions Application Integration • SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, VDI

  6. Storage Ports Parent Server Parent Server PowerPath PowerPath Storage Performance ManagementPowerPath/VE Maintain predictable performance even when: • Workloads are dynamic and exhibit I/O bursts • Virtual machines are moved, added and/or removed on the fly • I/O Channels go offline (planned or unplanned) • Migration Enabler • Encryption All channels are active and used to load balance

  7. Storage Provisioning …today Multiple points of management for provisioning • Array Management Tools • Windows Server Manager • Failover Cluster Manager • Hyper-V Manager • iSCSI Initiator/ FC Switch

  8. EMC Storage Integrator (ESI) demo • Storage Provisioning for Windows Servers • Application aware Storage Provisioning • Windows MMC based • Agent less architecture • Supports all EMC arrays • Block and File support Easy to use MMC Snap-ins for the Server/Application Admin

  9. EMC Support for Powershell EMC Powershell Toolkit • Powershell commands to automate storage functions such as.. • Create new storage volumes • Create and assign LUNs • Provide server access to LUNs • Create snapshots • Remove volumes, LUNs, snaps

  10. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Backup proxy server Centralized Data Mover Physical server MOUNT SAN storage Backup/Recovery Solution • Parent Backup & Recovery: • Complete protection of VHD files • Traditional and deduplication backup • Off-host backup • No scripting • Broad Hyper-V OS support • Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 Server Core with Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 • Child Backup & Recovery: • Application-aware backups for Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, etc. with application log management • Persistent snapshot for quick recoveries • In-guest source deduplication drives maximum performance

  11. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-VAutomated failover operations for Hyper-V environments Prod 2 Prod 1 Target 2 Target 1 Cluster nodes with RecoverPoint/CE installed LAN/WAN Private Interconnect Site A Site B Majority Node Set with File Share Witness RecoverPoint Hyper-V with Failover Clusters supports up to 8 nodes with Windows 2008 R2

  12. Hyper-V Live Migration with VPLEX VM Mobility Over Distance Without Delay • Create VPLEX distributed volume from storage at both sites • Provision VPLEX distributed volume to servers at both sites • In Hyper-V, move VMs between sites using Live Migration Hyper-V Cluster Hyper-V Cluster Distributed Storage VPLEX Cluster-1 • VPLEX Cluster-2 Site 1 Site 2

  13. EMC System Center Management Packs • Single tool for physical and virtual servers • Top to bottom management of infrastructure • Provide SAN visualization, health monitoring, and drill down within SCOM

  14. System Center Operations Manager Management Packs • Combine SCOM discovery and monitoring with standards based management management • Leverage SMI-S Standard for service and health models • Leverage WS-Management for communication • Provide SAN visualization, health monitoring, and drill down within SCOM

  15. EMC PRO Management Pack

  16. Virtualized Sharepoint Server Managing Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) • Solution Components: • Windows 2008 R2 Server with Hyper-V in a Microsoft Failover Cluster for High-Availability • EMC VNX5300 storing Sharepoint databases, index files, snapshots, Hyper-V VHDs and BLOB storage • MetaLogixStoragePoint software to schedule and move BLOB content as it ages to more cost effective storage. • Benefits: • Moved 92% of aged data from primary databases to higher capacity storage. • Increased useable capacity without impacting performance. • Simplified management by virtualizing Sharepoint and Metalogix servers with Microsoft Hyper-V

  17. Solution Components: Virtual Servers hosted on Cisco UCS B200 Server Platform hosting more than 30,000 Exchange 2010 mailboxes (10,000 per site) Replication provided by Exchange Database Availability Groups Virtualization using Microsoft Hyper-V supporting 24 Virtual Machines Exchange Thin Provisioned LUNs provided by EMC NS480 Configurations validated and supported by Microsoft Multi-Site, Virtualized Exchange 2010 Solution Microsoft, Cisco, EMC Microsoft program to test virtualized Exchange 2010 configurations with Hyper-V Virtualized Exchange 2010 Virtualized Exchange 2010 Virtualized Exchange 2010 Cisco UCS B Series Cisco UCS B Series Cisco UCS B Series Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Database Availability Groups EMC Unified Storage EMC Unified Storage EMC Unified Storage http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h7337-exchange-unified-cisco-hyper-v-wp.pdf

  18. Virtualized SQL Server 2008 with EMC VNX Using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V • Solution Components: • Test SQL Server 2008 in a physical and virtual configuration to compare results • Use features found in EMC VNX5700 for improving performance with SQL Server OLTP databases such as EMC FAST Cache. • Benefits: • Due to the performance of the EMC VNX array, 1,448 transactions per second (TPS) were achieved. • When using Hyper-V Pass Through there was only a slight change in performance with still over 1,300 TPS achieved. • When using VNX FAST Cache performance was increased by over 300%!

  19. Solution Components: FibreChannel (FC) SAN connectivity between the hosts and the EMC storage for optimal performance. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and virtual local area network (VLAN) connections for maximum performance and to eliminate network bottlenecks. All virtual machine files are stored on the EMC Unified storage array. Storage allocation for desktops is based on a 1+1 RAID 1 building block supporting up to 100 virtual desktops per building block. Target of large customer environments with maximum shared storage capacities of 120 disks and 64TB. Virtual Desktops (VDI) on EMC Unified Storage Microsoft, Citrix, EMC EMC Documented Solutions for 100 to 1000 Virtual Desktops using Citrix XenDesktop & Microsoft Hyper-V http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/technical-documentation/h8102-virtual-unified-storage-hyper-v-citrix-ra.pdf

  20. EMC Hyper-V Industry Leadership • EMC Proven Solutions • Over 50 technical whitepapers including: • Hyper-V Best Practices with EMC storage arrays • Deployment Guides for virtualizing Exchange, SQL and Sharepoint such as http://www.emc.com/collateral/solutions/reference-architecture/h7041-bc-sharepoint-clariion-recoverpoint-hyperv-ref-arc.pdf. • Advanced local and remote protection including EMC VPLEX with Hyper-V Live Migration: http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h7116-vplex-hyper-v-sql-wp.pdf • Blogs and Press Releases • EMC Microsoft Virtualization Blog: http://vwin.typepad.com/ • Webcasts and Presentations • Session VIR203 at Microsoft TechEd 2011 on Implementing Hyper-V Cloud • Session BK07 at Microsoft MMS 2011 on Storage Provisioning and Management • Ziff Davis webcast “Optimizing storage for Enterprise Deployments of Hyper-V” • http://www.eseminarslive.com/c/a/Virtualization/EMC030210/ • Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Microsoft Hyper-V & EMC webcast • http://www.emc.com/collateral/demos/microsites/mediaplayer-video/emc-consolidate-sql-server.htm

  21. EMC Documented Solutions EMC with Hyper-V • Top 10 Reasons: Why EMC for Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization • Using EMC CelerraIP Storage with Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V over iSCSI Best Practices Guide • Using EMC CLARiiON with Hyper-V Applied Technology • EMC Symmetrix with Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Applied Technology • Disaster Recovery in a Geographically Dispersed Cross Site Virtual Environment using CX, RP & Hyper-V • EMC Networker: Complete Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V • Implementing EMC VPLEX and Microsoft Hyper-V and SQL Server with Enhanced Failover Clustering • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Backup and Replication on EMC CLARiiON Storage – Applied Technology • EMC Replication Manager for Virtualized Environments • Failover Clustering with Hyper-V on Celerra Build Document(requires Powerlink account) • Performance Characterization of CIFS, NFS & iSCSI on Hyper-V Validation Test Report(requires Powerlink account) • Dell Business Ready Configurations • EMC Business Continuity for Microsoft Hyper-V Enabled by EMC Symmetrix VMAX and SRFDF/CE • Windows IT Pro: Essentials Guide to Microsoft Virtualization • Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Lab Validation Report: EMC Symmetrix VMAX and Microsoft Server Virtualization • Microsoft Hyper-V Scalability with EMC Symmetrix VMAX • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V on EMC VNXe Series Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with EMC & Hyper-V • Deploying Microsoft Windows 7 Virtual Desktops with Windows Server R2 Hyper-V Applied Best Practices • EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops Enabled by Unified Storage, Hyper-V & Citrix XenDesktop 4

  22. EMC Documented Solutions Virtualizing Exchange with EMC & Hyper-V • Business Continuity for MS Exchange 2010 – Enabled by EMC Unified Storage, Cisco UCS and Microsoft Hyper-V • Zero Data Loss DR for Exchange 2010 – Enabled by EMC, Brocade, Dell and Microsoft Hyper-V • EMC Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2007 on Hyper-V with CX4-120 iSCSI & RM Reference Architecture • EMC Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2007 on Hyper-V with CX4-120 iSCSI & RM Proven Solutions Guide • EMC Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Hyper-V Enabled by Unified Storage, Data Domain and EMC Networker Plug-in for Exchange 2010 • Virtualization for Microsoft Exchange 2007 on EMC Celerra Validation Test Report(requires Powerlink account) • Hyper-V for EMC Celerra Build Document for Exchange 2007(requires Powerlink account) Virtualizing SQL Server with EMC & Hyper-V • EMC Virtual Infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server – Enabled by EMC Celerra and Hyper-V Build Document(Powerlink) • EMC Virtual Infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server – Enabled by EMC Celerra and Microsoft Hyper-V • EMC CLARiiON Database Storage Solutions: SQL Server 2008 in Virtualized Environments Best Practices • Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 Using EMC VNX Series and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtualizing Sharepoint Server with EMC & Hyper-V • EMC Business Continuity for SharepointServer 2007 – Enabled by CX4, Recoverpoint/CE & Hyper-V Reference Architecture • EMC Business Continuity for Sharepoint Server 2007 – Enabled by CX4, Recoverpoint/CE & Hyper-V Proven Solution • EMC Virtual Infrastructure for SharepointServer 2007 – Enabled by EMC Celerra Unified Storage & Hyper-V • EMC Tiered Storage for SharepointServer 2007 BLOB Externalization Enabled by EMC CX, Atmos, MS Hyper-V and Metalogix • Brocade and EMC Solution for Microsoft Hyper-V and Sharepoint Cluster • EMC Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 with EMC CX-4, RM, Ontrack & Hyper-V • Externalizing Large Sharepoint 2010 Objects with Hyper-V, EMC VNX and MetaLogixStoragePoint

  23. EMC Consulting Readiness and Offerings • Consultant Readiness • 40+ consultants trained in Microsoft virtualization technologies • Active Microsoft virtualization engagements ongoing (across stack) • History with Microsoft virtualization --- EMC won 2008 Microsoft Partner of The Year for Business Process and Integration Solutions with a solution that included Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 • EMC Service Offerings • EMC Proof of Concept for Microsoft Hyper-V: a one week engagement for deployment of Hyper-V, proposal of next steps for full deployment, and a Microsoft Hyper-V knowledge transfer • Virtualization Assessment: Formalized virtualization readiness assessment service across application environments and infrastructure

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