System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. VMM 2012 Architecture

Introduction

Knowing your current environment – assessment

Designing the solution

Creating the private cloud fabric

Understanding each component for a real-world implementation

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more…

Windows Azure Pack

Service Reporting

Domain controllers

Windows Server Update Service

System Center App Controller

System Center components' scenarios

See also

Planning for High Availability

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more…

SQL Server

The VMM library

Designing the VMM server, database, and console implementation

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more...

Storage providers – SMI-S and SMP

Bare Metal

Configuring security

Run As accounts in VMM

Ports' communications and protocols for firewall configuration

The VM storage placement

Management clusters

Small environment

Lab environments

Medium and enterprise environments

Private cloud sample infrastructure

Hosting environments

New networking features in VMM 2012 R2

See also

Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Licensing the System Center

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Verifying WMI providers

Troubleshooting tools

Background Intelligent Transfer Service troubleshooting

Data collection tools

See also

2. Upgrading from Previous Versions

Introduction

Upgrade notes:

Reviewing the upgrade options

How to do it...

In-place upgrade from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012

Upgrading from 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 on a different computer

Upgrading from VMM 2012 to VMM 2012 SP1

Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade

Getting ready

How to do it...

Uninstalling previous versions of Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)

Checking whether Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is working

How it works...

There's more...

Upgrading to VMM 2012 R2

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 or VMM 2012 R2

Upgrading a VMM console

Upgrading the VMM Self-Service Portal

Uninstalling the VMM Self-Service Portal

See also

Reassociating hosts after upgrading

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Updating the VMM agents

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Performing other post-upgrade tasks

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Updating driver packages

Relocating the VMM Library

See also

3. Installing VMM 2012 R2

Introduction

Creating service accounts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for a VMM implementation

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Installing VMM dependencies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

SQL Server Connectivity Feature Pack components

The Telnet client

See also

Configuring Distributed Key Management

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

See also

Installing a VMM management server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

See also

Installing the VMM console

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console

How to do it...

How it works…

See also

Creating credentials for a Run As account in VMM

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Disabling a Run As account

Enabling a disabled Run As account

Deleting a Run As account

Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM component

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

4. Installing a High Available VMM Server

Introduction

Installing a highly available VMM management server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Installing a VMM management server on the additional node of a cluster

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Connecting to a highly available VMM management server using the VMM console

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Uninstalling a highly available VMM management server

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

5. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM

Introduction

Creating host groups

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Moving a host group to another location

Configuring host group properties

See also

Setting up a VMM library

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a library share

Adding file-based resources to a VMM library share

Creating or modifying equivalent objects in the VMM library

Marking (creating) objects as equivalent

Modifying equivalent objects

See also

Configuring networks in VMM

How to do it...

There's more...

Designing for converged networks

Networking – configuring logical networks

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating an IP address pool

Automating the network configuration

Associating the VMM Logical Network with the physical adapter

See also

Networking – configuring VM networks and gateways

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a gateway device, a virtual switch extension, or network manager in VMM 2012 R2

See also

Networking – configuring logical switches, port profiles, and port classifications

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating port profiles for VM adapters

Creating a port classification

Adding a virtual switch extension manager

Creating a logical switch

Configuring the network adapter for VMs and host management

See also

Integrating and configuring the storage

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating an iSCSI session on a host

Bringing the storage pools under management and assigning classifications

Configuring the allocation method for a storage array

Creating logical units (LUN)

Allocating logical units and storage pools to a host group

See also

Creating a physical computer profile (host profile)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host – Bare Metal host deployment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding Hyper-V hosts in a disjointed namespace

Adding Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter network

Installing the agent on the standalone server

Adding perimeter hosts to VMM

See also

6. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services

Introduction

Creating private clouds

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Assigning the private cloud to a user role

See also

Creating hardware, guest OSes, applications, and SQL profiles

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a guest operating system profile

Creating an application profile

Creating a SQL Server profile

See also

Creating user roles in VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a delegated or read-only administrator user role

Creating a tenant administrator role

Creating an application administrator (self-service user) role

Configuring self-service user roles to share and receive resources

See also

Creating and deploying virtual machines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There's more...

Generalizing the guest OS using Sysprep

See also

Creating virtual machine templates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Enabling MAC spoofing

Deploying virtual machines from virtual machine templates

See also

Creating and deploying service templates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Deploying a service from the VMs and Services workspace

Scaling out a service in VMM

Updating a service in VMM

See also

Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a template that is SAN Copy capable

Deploying a virtual machine through rapid provisioning

See also

7. Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix® XenServer® Hosts

Introduction

Adding VMware vCenter Server to VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

Importing the VMware self-signed SSL certificate

Adding vCenter to VMM

How it works...

See also

Adding VMware ESX hosts or host clusters to VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Updating the host status to OK

See also

Configuring network settings on a VMware ESX host

How to do it...

Configuring the network settings for a host

How it works...

There's more...

Verifying the settings for a virtual switch

Viewing the compliance information for a physical network adapter

See also

Configuring host BMC settings

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Powering a computer on or off through VMM

See also

Importing VMware templates

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Converting VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating a pool on Citrix® XenCenter®

Adding Citrix® XenServer® hosts to VMM

How it works...

There's more...

Troubleshooting a failed job when adding XenServer® hosts

See also

Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

8. Managing Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and the New Features of R2

Introduction

Creating Hyper-V clusters

Getting ready

Prerequisites for cluster creation using VMM 2012

Prerequisites for fabric configuration

Prerequisites for networking

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a Hyper-V host as a cluster node

See also

Managing fabric updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

Installing WSUS for VMM 2012

Integrating WSUS with VMM

How it works...

There's more...

Scanning servers for compliance

Remediating updates for a standalone server in VMM

Remediating updates for a Hyper-V cluster in VMM

See also

Configuring Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization

Getting ready

How to do it...

Configuring settings for Dynamic Optimization (DO)

Configuring settings for Power Optimization

How it works...

There's more...

Performing Dynamic Optimization (DO) on the host cluster

See also

Live migrating virtual machines

Getting ready

Requirements for live migration

Requirements for live storage migration

Requirements for live system migration

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Performing live migration of a VM between hosts in two clusters

Performing live storage migration between standalone hosts

Performing concurrent live migrations

See also

Managing Linux virtual machines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring availability options and virtual NUMA for VMs

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring availability sets for a VM running on a host cluster

Configuring preferred and possible owners for a VM

Configuring virtual NUMA in VMM 2012 R2

See also

Configuring resource throttling

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring memory throttling

Configuring memory weight

See also

Integrating with the IPAM server for IP management

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The IPAM and VMM time synchrony

Deploying SC App Controller 2012 R2 for hybrid cloud management

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Connecting to private clouds – integrating with VMM 2012

Connecting to public clouds

See also

Configuring Synthetic Fibre Channel

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating virtual SANs

Creating a VM or a VM template with Virtual Fibre Channel

Editing vSAN port assignments

Removing a vSAN

Adding a new vHBA

Editing vHBA WWNN and WWPN dynamic settings

See also

9. Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2

Introduction

Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Installing management packs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing Discovery and Agents

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring the integration between Operations Manager 2012 and VMM 2012

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Enabling PRO tips and maintenance mode integration in VMM 2012

See also

Enabling reporting in VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Extending monitoring with management packs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring proxy settings for an agent

Configuring proxy settings for a management server

Configuring the OpsMgr Agent task to adjust the registry settings

See also

10. Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager

Introduction

Introducing VMM PowerShell

Getting ready

Installing the VMM PowerShell module

How to do it...

Starting VMM PowerShell

How it works...

There's more...

Understanding PowerShell properties

Methods

Object synchronization

See also

Finding the command to automate tasks in VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

Using the Get-Help cmdlet

How it works...

There's more...

Displaying About topics

See also

Creating a script from VMM wizards

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Modifying a generated script

Adding parameters to a generated script

See also

Storing and running scripts in VMM

Getting ready

How to do it...

Storing a script in the VMM library

Viewing and updating a script in the VMM library

Running a script from the VMM library

Running a script from the command prompt

How it works...

There's more...

Credentials

Using VMM Run As accounts

Using the JobGroup parameter

Cmdlets that you can use JobGroup with

Using VMM sample scripts

How to do it...

Counting the number of Virtual Machines per Operating System

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a storage provider by its IP address

Converting a dynamic VHD to a fixed VHDX

Creating a new virtual disk drive and adding it to an existing Virtual Machine

Testing a dynamic VHD attached to a fixed-format virtual disk drive on a Virtual Machine

See also

Index

System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

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