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Roman Levchenko is a Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, and systems architect working for a

leading international IT integrator He focuses mainly on Microsoft technologies, including WindowsServer, System Center, PowerShell, and Azure Furthermore, he is certified as Microsoft MCSE,MCSA, MCS, MCITP, and VMware VCP6-DCV As a technical reviewer, he has also participated inthe making of some recent and well-known books by Manning He runs his own blog, and you canfollow him on Twitter at @rlevchenko to keep in touch and receive the latest news

I am grateful to everyone with whom I have had the pleasure to work during this project: the team

at Packt who found me and offered to take up the writing; Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso, the author

of the previous editions, for being a technical reviewer together with Tomica Kaniski I have

worked nonstop on the book for the last few months and couldn’t survive without my family—

thanks a ton for your support and love.

Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso is a former Microsoft MVP, international speaker, author, evangelist,

and a subject matter expert in cloud, virtualization, management, and identity, working for Microsoft

as a secure infrastructure architect for Asia Pacific, Greater China, India, and Japan

He has more than 27 years of experience in the IT industry working with LBDMs, building trust,

demonstrating business value, solving complex business problems, and transforming business strategyinto technology utilizing existing and innovative technologies He is a reviewer on this book

It is always a challenge to maintain a work-life balance and I would like to thank my wife,

Daniele, and my kids, Nicole, Lucas, and Matheus for their tremendous support, and for always pushing me to achieve my best.

Since the last edition, VMM evolved with some important new features and I would like to

acknowledge the great work that Roman Levchenko did by updating the book and getting it to its 3rd edition.

About the reviewer

Tomica Kaniski is a Microsoft MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management (since 2010) He is fully

engaged with (but not limited to) Microsoft products and technologies In his spare time, he plays thebass guitar and also likes to read and travel He currently works in the telecommunications industryfor VIPnet d.o.o in Croatia (A1 Telekom Austria Group/América Móvil company)

I would like to thank my family for their patience and constant support.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Third Edition Packt Upsell

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Contributors

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Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

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Reviews

How it works

There's more

Windows Azure Pack Service Provider Foundation Service Reporting

Domain controllers Windows Server Update Service – WSUS System Center App Controller

Microsoft Azure Stack System Center components scenarios Planning for high availability

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

There's more

SQL Server VMM library Designing the VMM server, database, and console implementation Getting ready

VM storage placement Management cluster Small environment Lab environments Medium and enterprise environments Private cloud sample infrastructure Hosting environments

New networking features in VMM 2016 New storage features in VMM 2016 See also

Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario

2 Upgrading from Previous Versions

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 started

How it works

There's more

Upgrading to VMM 2016

Getting ready How to do it

Upgrading to VMM 2012 SP1 or to VMM 2012 R2 Upgrading VMM 2012 R2 to VMM 2016

How it works

There's more

Upgrading VMM with configured AlwaysOn Availability Groups Upgrading a highly available VMM 2012 R2 to VMM 2016 Upgrading a VMM console

Upgrading the VMM Self-Service Portal Uninstalling the VMM Self-Service Portal Upgrading the App Controller

See also Re-associating 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

Re-adding PXE servers Updating driver packages Relocating the VMM library See also

3 Installing VMM 2016

Introduction

Creating service accounts

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

There's more

Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for VMM implementation

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

There's more

How to easily get the SQL configuration file Installing a SQL failover cluster using the configuration file Configuring SQL Server with AlwaysOn AGs

See also Installing VMM dependencies

Getting ready How to do it

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

See also Installing a VMM management server

Getting ready How to do it

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 Highly Available VMM Server

Introduction

Installing a highly available VMM management server

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

See also Connecting to a highly available VMM management server by 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

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

Deploying a Network Controller using VMM Adding a Gateway device, a virtual switch extension or network controller in VMM 2016 Validating a Network Controller deployment

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

Creating a logical switch

Configuring the Network Adapter for VMs and host management

Applying a logical switch to host network adapters

Converting a standard switch to a logical switch

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

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

Managing the storage pool

Creating cluster shared volumes

Setting storage QoS policies See also

6 Configuring Guarded Fabric in VMM

Deploying a shielded VM from a template Converting an existing VM to a shielded VM How it works

See also

7 Deploying Virtual Machines and Services

Introduction

Creating private clouds

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

There's more

Creating a guest OS profile Creating an application profile Creating a SQL Server profile See also

Creating user roles in VMM

Getting ready How to do it

Creating and deploying virtual machines

Getting ready How to do it

How it works

8 Managing VMware ESXi hosts

Introduction

Adding a 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 ESXi hosts or host clusters to VMM

Getting ready How to do it

Configuring host BMC settings

How to do it

How it works

See also

9 Managing Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and New Features of VMM 2016

Introduction

Creating Hyper-V clusters

Getting ready Prerequisites for cluster creation using VMM 2016 Prerequisites for fabric configuration

Prerequisites for networking How to do it

How it works

See also Managing fabric updates

Getting ready How to do it

Installing WSUS for VMM 2016 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 live migration of a VM between hosts in two clusters

Performing live storage migration between standalone hosts Performing concurrent live migrations

Configuring resource throttling

How to do it

How it works

There's more

Configuring memory throttling

Configuring memory weight

IPAM and VMM Time Synchrony

Deploying Windows Azure Pack for cloud management

Creating virtual SANs

Creating a VM or VM Template with virtual fiber Channel

Editing vSAN port assignments

Removing a vSAN

Adding a new vHBA

Editing vHBA WWNN and WWPN Dynamic Settings See also

10 Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2016

Introduction

Installing System Center Operations Manager 2016

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 2016 and VMM 2016 Getting ready

How it works

There's more

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Who this book is for

This book is essentially intended at system engineers, solution architects, administrators and anyonewho wants to learn and master VMM 2016 If you are not familiar with VMM, don't worry Start fromthe beginning, and the book will also help you to get insight into the virtualization platform, its

management, and other techniques related to the private cloud

What this book covers

Chapter 1, VMM 2016 Architecture, provides an understanding of the VMM modular architecture,

which is useful when designing VMM and troubleshooting deployment This chapter also covers allthe requirements that must be satisfied to make a private cloud

Chapter 2, Upgrading from Previous Versions, walks you through all the necessary steps to upgrade the

previous version of VMM to the new VMM 2016, covering its database, highly available

configurations, and post-upgrade tasks

Chapter 3, Installing VMM 2016, focuses on deploying VMM and its dependencies It also gives plenty

of tips and tricks to install and automate VMM and SQL Server deployments in both Windows ServerCore and Full environments

Chapter 4, Installing a High Available VMM Server, dives into more advanced VMM configuration,

and provides an understanding of how VMM has become a critical part of the private cloud

infrastructure You will also learn how to make a highly available library server and VMM

configuration database

Chapter 5, Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM, discusses building a new fabric in VMM by

configuring compute, storage, and networking resources It starts by adding host groups and ends bycreating a hyper-converged cluster with Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-V It also covers the

deployment of a network controller providing a good starting point for network virtualization

implementation

Chapter 6, Configuring Guarded Fabric in VMM, walks you through the recipes to help protect

confidential data by deploying new shielded VMs as a part of a Guarded Fabric consisting of

Guarded Hosts and a Host Guardian Service It also discusses how to convert existing VMs to

shielded and manage them through VMM

Chapter 7, Deploying Virtual Machines and Services, provides information to help the administrator to

create, deploy, and manage private clouds, virtual machines, templates, and services in VMM 2016;

it provides recipes to assist you in getting the most of our deployment

Chapter 8, Managing VMware ESXi Hosts, shows you how to manage and make VMware resources

available to private cloud deployments It also covers converting VMware machines to Hyper-V(V2V), deploying virtual machines and templates, all from the VMM console

Chapter 9, Managing Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Cluster and the New Features of 2016,

covers other new features of VMM 2016 such as Cluster OS Rolling upgrade and Production

Checkpoints You will also learn how to integrate VMM 2016 with Windows Azure Pack for VMcloud management

Chapter 10, Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2016, guides you through the steps

required to complete integration of SCOM 2016 with VMM in order to enable monitoring of theprivate cloud infrastructure

To get the most out of this book

This book assumes a medium level of expertise on Windows Server and Hyper-V, basic knowledge

on cloud computing and networking, and a moderate experience with PowerShell To evaluate all therecipes in the book, you will need System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager, SQL Server (2016version is used throughout the book), as a minimum requirement The book also covers integrationwith VMware vCenter 6.0; therefore, you need to have it deployed beforehand Although the recipesprovide exceptional step-by-step guides, prepare Windows Azure Pack, Service Provider

Foundation, and System Center Operations Manager 2016 media files at least

Actually, some of the chapters were made in Azure, and you can also use public IaaS services and itsfree trial to deploy and check some of the explained scenarios In addition, Azure is required if youplan to protect virtual machines via the Azure Site Recovery service

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addition, it will add the ApplicationFrameworks folder to the library share."

A block of code is set as follow

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Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:SoftwareMicrosoftMicrosoft

System Center Virtual Machine Manager ServerSetup' -Name

VmmServicePrincipalNames -Value "SCVMM/vmm-mgmt01,SCVMM/vmm-

mgmt01.rllab.com"

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