Transcript Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview: Server Virtualization

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Introduction
Scalability & Performance
Security & Multitenancy
Flexible Infrastructure
High Availability & Resiliency
Virtualization Innovation
Summary & Wrap Up
Massive scalability for the
most demanding workloads
Hosts
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Support for up to 320 logical processors
& 4TB physical memory per host
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Support for up to 1,024 virtual machines
per host
Clusters
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Support for up to 64 physical nodes &
8,000 virtual machines per cluster
Virtual Machines
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Support for up to 64 virtual processors
and 1TB memory per VM
Online VHDX Resize provides
VM storage flexibility
Expand Virtual SCSI Disks
1. Grow VHD & VHDX files whilst attached
to a running virtual machine
2. Then expand volume within the guest
Shrink Virtual SCSI Disks
1. Reduce volume size inside the guest
2. Shrink the size of the VHD
or VHDX file whilst the VM is running
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Provides Near-Line Rate to a
VM on Existing Hardware
vNIC
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vRSS makes it possible to virtualize
traditionally network intensive physical
workloads
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Extends the RSS functionality built into
Windows Server 2012
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Maximizes resource utilization by
spreading VM traffic across multiple
virtual processors
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Helps virtualized systems reach higher
speeds with 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps NICs
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Requires no hardware upgrade and works
with any NICs that support RSS
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Control allocation of Storage
IOPS between VM Disks
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Allows an administrator to specify a
maximum IOPS cap
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Takes into account incoming &
outgoing IOPS
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Configurable on a VHDX by VHDX
basis for granular control whilst VM is
running
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Prevents VMs from consuming all
of the available I/O bandwidth to
the underlying physical resource
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Supports Dynamic, Fixed
& Differencing
Comprehensive feature
support for virtualized Linux
Significant Improvements in
Interoperability
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Multiple supported Linux distributions
and versions on Hyper-V.
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Includes Red Hat, SUSE, OpenSUSE,
CentOS, and Ubuntu
Comprehensive Feature Support
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64 vCPU SMP
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Virtual SCSI, Hot-Add & Online Resize
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Full Dynamic Memory Support
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Live Backup
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Deeper Integration Services Support
Configuration
Store
Worker
Processes
WMI Provider
Management Service
Windows
Kernel
Virtual Service
Provider
Independent Hardware
Vendor Drivers
Hyper-V
Server Hardware
Duplication of a Virtual
Machine whilst Running
Export a clone of a running VM
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Point-time image of running VM
exported to an alternate location
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Useful for troubleshooting VM
without downtime for primary VM
Export from an existing checkpoint
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Export a full cloned virtual machine
from a point-in-time, existing checkpoint
of a virtual machine
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Checkpoints automatically merged into
single virtual disk
VM1 VM2
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Utilizes available CPU resources on the
host to perform compression
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Compressed memory sent across the
network faster
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Operates on networks with less than 10
gigabit bandwidth available
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Modified
Memory pages
Storage
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handle moved
setup
then transferred
MEMORY
Intelligently Accelerates Live
Migration Transfer Speed
Modified
memory
pages
Configuration
Memory
content
data
IP connection
Enables a 2X improvement in Live
Migration performance
iSCSI, FC or SMB Storage
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Remote Direct Memory Access delivers
low latency network, CPU utilization &
higher bandwidth
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Supports speeds up to 56Gb/s
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Windows Server 2012 R2 supports RoCE,
iWARP & Infiniband RDMA solutions
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Delivers the highest performance for
Live Migrations
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Memory Storage
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Live migration
transferred
handle moved
setup
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Harness RDMA to Accelerate
Live Migration Performance
Modified
memory
pages
Configuration
Memory
content
data
IP Connection
using RDMA
iSCSI, FC or SMB Storage
Bridge Between VM Networks
& Physical Networks
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Multi-tenant VPN gateway in Windows
Server 2012 R2
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Integral multitenant edge gateway for
seamless connectivity
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Guest clustering for high availability
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BGP for dynamic routes update
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Encapsulates & De-encapsulates
NVGRE packets
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Multitenant aware NAT for
Internet access
Guest Clustering No Longer
Bound to Storage Topology
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VHDX files can be presented to multiple
VMs simultaneously, as shared storage
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VM sees shared virtual SAS disk
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Unrestricted number of VMs can
connect to a shared VHDX file
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Utilizes SCSI-persistent reservations
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VHDX can reside on a Cluster Shared
Volume on block storage, or on
File-based storage
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Supports both Dynamic and Fixed VHDX
Flexible choices for placement of Shared VHDX
Replicate Hyper-V VMs from a
Primary to a Replica site
• Affordable in-box business continuity and
disaster recovery
• Configurable replication frequencies of 30
seconds, 5 minutes and 15 minutes
• Secure replication across network
• Agnostic of hardware on either site
• No need for other virtual machine
replication technologies
• Automatic handling of live migration
• Simple configuration and management
Once
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Uponreplicated,
Hyper-V
site failure,
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Replicate to 3rd Location for
Extra Level of Resiliency
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Once a VM has been successfully
replicated to the replica site, replica
can be replicated to a 3rd location
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Chained Replication
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Extended Replica contents match the
original replication contents
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Extended Replica replication frequencies
can differ from original replica
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Useful for scenarios such as SMB ->
Service Provider -> Service Provider DR
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Replication
canconfigured
be enabledfrom
on the
1st replica
to a 3rd site
Replication
primary
to secondary
VMs built on Optimized,
Software-Based Devices
Ease of Management & Operations
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PXE boot from Optimized vNIC
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Hot-Add CD/DVD Drive
Dynamic Storage
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VMs have UEFI firmware with support
for GPT partitioned OS boot disks >2TB
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Faster Boot from Virtual SCSI with Online
Resize & increased performance
Security
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Removal of emulated devices reduces
attack surface
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VM UEFI firmware supports Secure Boot
Enhancing VMConnect for
the Richest Experience
Improved VMBus Capabilities enable:
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Audio over VMConnect
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Copy & Paste between Host & Guest
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Smart Card Redirection
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Remote Desktop Over VMBus
Enabled for Hyper-V on both Server
& Client
Fully supports Live Migration of VMs
Simplifying Activation of
Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs
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Activate VMs without managing
product keys on a VM by VM basis
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VMs activated on start-up
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Reporting & Tracking built-in
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Activate VMs in remote locations, with
or without internet connectivity
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Works with VM Migration
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Generic AVMA key for VMs activates
against a valid, activated Windows
Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host
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