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ptg6432687 Managing Backups Using the Command-Line Utility Wbadmin.exe 186 Viewing Backup History. 186 Running a Manual Backup to Remote Storage Using Wbadmin.exe. 186 Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Systems 187 Daily Maintenance. 187 Weekly Maintenance 190 Monthly Maintenance. 192 Quarterly Maintenance. 193 Performing Management Tasks with Server Manager 193 Server Manager Roles Page . 194 Server Manager Diagnostics Page 196 Server Manager Configuration Page 200 Summary . 206 Best Practices . 206 7 Optimizing the Hyper-V Host Server and Guest Sessions 209 Defining Capacity Analysis 209 The Benefits of Capacity Analysis and Performance Optimization . 210 Establishing Policy and Metric Baselines 211 Benchmark Baselines 212 Using Capacity-Analysis Tools 214 Task Manager 214 Network Monitor 216 Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor 223 Other Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tools 227 Third-Party Toolset . 233 Optimizing the Performance of Hyper-V Host Servers and Guest Sessions . 234 Resource Allocation to Hyper-V Guest Sessions 234 Optimizing Disk Configuration for Hyper-V Guest Sessions . 236 Monitoring System Performance . 238 Key Elements to Monitor for Bottlenecks . 239 Monitoring System Memory and Pagefile Usage. 239 Analyzing Processor Usage . 243 Evaluating the Disk Subsystem. 244 Monitoring the Network Subsystem 245 Optimizing Performance by Server Roles . 247 Virtual Servers 248 Summary . 249 Best Practices . 249 Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed x Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Part IV System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment 8 System Center Virtual Machine Manager Technology Primer 253 What Is Virtual Machine Manager? . 253 History of Virtualization and Virtualization Management. 253 Microsoft History of Virtualization . 254 Microsoft’s History on Virtualization Management 254 What Is Virtual Machine Manager 2008? . 255 Components of VMM 255 VMM on Top of PowerShell. 256 PowerShell Support in VMM 2008 . 257 Consoles in VMM. 257 VMM Self-Service Portal. 258 VMM Administrative Console. 258 Administrative Console in VMM. 258 The Navigation Pane 259 Administrator Console Layout . 261 Heterogeneous VM Management . 261 VMs Managed by VMM 2008. 261 Backward Compatibility and Enhancements in VMM 2008. 262 Cluster Support in VMM 2008 263 The Importance of Clusters in the Virtual Environment . 263 High Availability with Clustered Hosts . 263 The VMM Library . 263 Hardware Profiles 264 Guest OS Profiles 264 Disk Images and ISO Image Files 264 VM Templates 265 Roles-Based Access Control . 265 User Roles in VMM 2008 . 265 The Value VMM 2008 Brings to the Enterprise . 266 Centralized Management . 266 Decreases Server Sprawl . 267 Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2007 . 267 Profiles and Templates Make Provisioning Easier . 267 Self-Service Provisioning 267 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 267 Optimized Resource Allocation . 268 Physical and Virtual Server Conversions 268 Roles-Based Access Control. 269 Contents xi Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Who Needs VMM 2008?. 269 VMM 2008 for Delegated Administration Environments . 269 VMM 2008 for Structure ITIL-Based Organizations 269 VMM 2008 for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity . 269 VMM 2008 for Dynamically Adjusting Environments . 269 VMM 2008 for Highly Leveraged Virtual Environments . 270 VMM 2008 for VM Conversion Requirements . 270 VMM 2008 for Heterogeneous Environments . 270 Summary . 270 Best Practices . 271 9 Installing and Getting Familiar with Virtual Machine Manager 2008 273 Understanding the Components of VMM 2008 . 273 The VMM 2008 Server . 273 The Administrator Console . 274 The Self-Service Portal . 274 The Local Agent . 275 Preparing the Server for VMM 2008. 275 Single- or Multiple-Server Deployments 275 Supported Operating Systems for VMM Components . 276 Prerequisite Software 277 VMM Database Considerations . 278 VMM 2008 Installation . 280 Installing VMM Server and the SQL Server Express Database on Windows Server 2008 . 280 Installing the VMM Administrator Console 284 Installing the Self-Service Portal 286 Installation of the Local Agent . 288 Understanding the VMM Administrator Console 289 Overview of the Administrator Console 289 Summary . 298 Best Practices . 299 10 Creating Guest Images from Existing Production and Virtual Systems 301 Understanding Virtual Machine Conversions 301 Physical Computers That Can Be Converted. 301 Additional Requirements for P2V Conversion. 302 Performing a P2V Conversion. 303 Performing a P2V Online Conversion. 303 Performing a V2V Conversion 310 Performing a V2V Conversion . 311 Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed xii Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Creating a Virtual Lab . 317 Using P2V to Create a Virtual Copy of Production. 317 Summary . 318 Best Practices . 318 11 Using Virtual Machine Manager 2008 for Provisioning 321 Understanding Roles-Based Access and Delegation to Provision Virtual Machines . 321 Administrator Role in VMM 2008. 321 Delegated Administrator Within VMM 2008 . 322 Self-Service User as a Role in VMM 2008. 322 Managing User Roles. 322 Managing the Administrator User Role. 322 Creating a Delegated Administrator User Role . 324 Creating a Self-Service User Role 326 Modifying User Roles 330 Removing User Roles 331 Deploying Virtual Machines . 331 Virtual Machine Placement . 332 Deploying Virtual Machines Using the Administrator Console 334 Deploying a Virtual Machine Using the Self-Service Portal 337 Migrating a VM 340 The Migrate Virtual Machine Action 340 Drag and Drop the VM onto a Host 342 Drag and Drop the VM onto a Host Group 342 Summary . 343 Best Practices . 344 Part V Maintaining Guest Session Uptime in a Hyper-V Environment 12 Application-Level Failover and Disaster Recovery in a Hyper-V Environment 349 Choosing the Best Fault-Tolerance and Recovery Method . 350 Using Native High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery Technologies Built in to an Application . 350 Using Guest Clustering to Protect a Virtual Guest Session. 352 Using Host Clustering to Protect an Entire Virtual Host System 353 Purchasing and Using Third-Party Applications for High Availability and Disaster Recovery 354 Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 . 354 Windows Server 2008 Cluster Terminology 355 Contents xiii Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Overview of Failover Clustering in a Hyper-V Host Environment. 358 Failover Cluster Quorum Models 358 Shared Storage for Failover Clusters 359 Failover Cluster Node Operating System Selection . 363 Deploying a Failover Cluster for Hyper-V Hosts . 363 Installing the Failover Cluster Feature on a Hyper-V Host . 365 Running the Validate a Configuration Wizard . 366 Creating the Hyper-V Host Failover Cluster 367 Configuring Cluster Networks. 368 Adding Nodes to the Hyper-V Host Cluster 371 Adding Storage to the Cluster 371 Cluster Quorum Configuration . 372 Creating a Virtual Guest Session on the Host Cluster . 373 Configuring Start Actions and Making the Virtual Guest Highly Available 374 Configuring Failover and Failback . 376 Testing Failover Clusters 377 Failover Cluster Maintenance . 379 Removing Nodes from a Failover Cluster . 380 Backing Up and Restoring Failover Clusters . 380 Failover Cluster Node Backup Best Practices 381 Restoring an Entire Cluster to a Previous State . 381 Summary . 383 Best Practices . 383 13 Debugging and Problem Solving the Hyper-V Host and Guest Operating System 385 Using the Task Manager for Logging and Debugging 386 Monitoring Applications 387 Monitoring Processes 387 Monitoring Services . 387 Monitoring Performance 388 Monitoring Network Performance . 388 Monitoring User Activity 389 Using Event Viewer for Logging and Debugging . 390 Examining the New Event Viewer User Interface. 391 Conducting Additional Event Viewer Management Tasks . 395 Performance and Reliability Monitoring . 399 Resource Monitor . 400 Performance Monitor 401 Reliability Monitor. 404 Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed xiv Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Data Collector Sets. 405 Reports . 407 Setting Baseline Values 409 Reducing Performance Monitoring Overhead . 409 Important Objects to Monitor. 410 Using the Debugging Tools Available in Windows Server 2008 . 411 TCP/IP Tools . 411 System Startup and Recovery 418 Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool 420 Resources and Support Tools 421 Common Problems Found in Hyper-V 422 Hyper-V Installation-Related Problems . 422 Hyper-V Networking-Related Problems . 423 Hyper-V Configuration-Related Problems. 424 Hyper-V Miscellaneous Problems 425 Summary . 427 Best Practices . 428 Index 429 Contents xv Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 About the Authors Rand Morimoto, Ph.D., MCSE, CISSP, has been in the computer industry for more than 30 years and has authored, co-authored, or been a contributing writer for dozens of best- selling books on Windows 2008, Exchange 2007, Security, BizTalk Server, and remote and mobile computing. Rand is the president of Convergent Computing, an IT consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area that was one of the key early adopter program partners with Microsoft implementing beta versions of Windows Server 2008 in production envi- ronments over 3 years before the product release. Rand has spoken at more than 50 conferences and conventions around the world in the past year on tips, tricks, and best practices on planning, migrating, and implementing Windows 2008 Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Jeff Guillet, MCITP, MCSE, CISSP, has been in the computer industry for more than 25 years and has been a contributing writer and technical editor for several books on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2007, and Exchange 2003. Jeff is a senior consultant for Convergent Computing and participates in many early adopter beta programs. Jeff holds Charter MCITP: Enterprise Administrator and MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator certifications for Windows Server 2008 and has maintained MCSE certifications since 1999. He maintains a popular technical blog at www.expta.com. Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Dedication I dedicate this book to Kelly and Chip, whose lives will hopefully be made better by efforts we do today in virtualizing our computer data centers as our part to make a greener IT environment! —Rand Morimoto I dedicate this book to my wife, Amy. It is only through her love, patience, and encouragement, even when I’m working long hours on weekends and late nights after coming home from my “real” job, that I enjoy my small successes. —Jeff Guillet Download at www.wowebook.com ptg6432687 Acknowledgments Rand Morimoto I would like to thank all the consultants at Convergent Computing who have worked with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 for many, many months before the product release and have built up the knowledge and best practices found in the pages of this book. I also want to thank Kevin Lane and Ken Spann at Microsoft for including us in the early adopter program on Hyper-V and giving us the opportunity to work with customers willing to put a beta product into their production environments. Thanks go out to the various Windows Server 2008 contributors whose knowledge and content are leveraged in this Hyper-V book, including Chris Amaris, Chris Wallace, Kim Amaris, Omar Droubi, Ross Mistry, and Scott Chimner. And as always, a thank you to my mother, Vickie, whom I’m grateful to for all the lessons you taught me about hard work, dedication, and determination that I put to use in every- thing I do! Jeff Guillet I would like to thank Rand Morimoto for all his help and coaching through the development of this book. His drive and quest for excellence fuels the excitement that I have for technology and providing solutions for our clients. It is an honor to work with him. I also want to acknowledge the application developers and program managers at Microsoft for their hard work and for making such a great suite of software products. It’s amazing to see the products progress and mature so quickly between beta releases. 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Hyper -V 422 Hyper -V Installation-Related Problems . 422 Hyper -V Networking-Related Problems . 423 Hyper -V Configuration-Related Problems. 424 Hyper -V Miscellaneous Problems 425 Summary . 427 Best Practices. 3 02 Performing a P 2V Conversion. 303 Performing a P 2V Online Conversion. 303 Performing a V2 V Conversion 310 Performing a V2 V Conversion . 311 Windows® Server 20 08 Hyper -V Unleashed xii Download. Local Agent . 27 5 Preparing the Server for VMM 20 08. 27 5 Single- or Multiple -Server Deployments 27 5 Supported Operating Systems for VMM Components . 27 6 Prerequisite Software 27 7 VMM Database Considerations