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With this release you will be able to do: Fabric Management Hyper-V and Cluster Lifecycle Management – Deploy Hyper-V to bare metal server, create Hyper-V clusters, orchestrate patching of a Hyper-V Cluster Third Party Virtualization Platforms - Add and Manage Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX Hosts and Clusters Network Management – Manage IP Address Pools, MAC Address Pools and Load Balancers Storage Management – Classify storage, Manage Storage Pools and LUNs Resource Optimization Dynamic Optimization...
שלום לכולם, רציתי לעדכן שהשנה התבקשתי להעביר בטקאד את ההרצאות הבאות: 1. Opalis IT Process Automation - Introduction & Technical Overview (יום שני ב-11:30) – מעבר על מוצר ה-Run Book Automation החדש שרכשה מיקרוסופט לפני שנה ונכלל היום בחבילת System Center. בהרצאה אני אראה איך אפשר להשתמש ב-Opalis כ-"מוח הניהול" המרכזי ולהגדיר בו Workflows שיאפשרו לדוגמא למשתמש קצה למלא Change Request בפורטל ה-Helpdesk שבעקבותיו ירוץ תהליך אוטומטי מורכב של יצירת סביבה וירטואלית שלמה (כולל הגדרות ב-SAN...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM) is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center, enabling increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator, delegated administrator, and authorized end users. VMM 2008 can manage hosts that are running Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, and VMware ESX through VirtualCenter Server. Recently...
You can now download VMM 2008 R2 Beta from https://connect.microsoft.com . I’ve already tested it with Live Migration and it work great! (we had a demonstration for it at a Municipality Convention in Jerusalem recently) so take the time to play with it a little. What's New in VMM 2008 R2 Beta System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM) is a comprehensive management solution for managing virtualized infrastructure running on Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2 and VMware...
Microsoft has just announced the availability of Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer 2008 (VMMCA). Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA) is a diagnostic tool that you can use to evaluate important configuration settings for computers that either are serving or might serve Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) roles or other VMM functions. To download VMMCA 2008 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02d83950-c03d-454e-803b-96d1c1d5be24&displaylang...
I had the opportunity today (16.9.08) to participate in Microsoft’s getVIRTUALnow event, and to present the session " Physical and Virtual Server Management " I presented my take on data center management, which involves automating management tasks in response to system\application states. It was impressive to see the number of vendors that were present in the event. Microsoft seem to be quick in building the required ecosystem of partners that will push it's Virtualization offerings...
Come & visit our booth at the "Get Virtual Now" conference at Avenue Airport City. Amit Gatenyo will deliver a lecture about the advantages of Hyper-V for you organization with emphasis on management. At our booth you can see the Hyper-V technology in action via our presentations, and learn more about how Dario IT Solutions can assist your organization's IT needs. Hyper-V Capabilities Demo
Management of Virtual Machines is not just about managing the VM's themselves but also the workloads that run in them. The key to managing the entire IT infrastructure is the integration of both physical and virtual machine management into a single set of tools. I'll be giving a presentation on the subject tomorrow (16/9/08) at the Microsoft getVIRTUALnow convention that will be held in Airport City, Israel. In this session I will give an overview & demo of real-world costumer implementation...
SCVMM 2008 provides a seamless experience for creating and managing HA VMs. Here are some of the highlights: SCVMM 2008 is Windows 2008 Cluster "aware". When you add a host that belongs to a windows cluster, it will automatically bring in the rest of the nodes in the cluster. Many SCVMM cmdlets have cluster specific parameters or switch, so that you can define how SCVMM should take actions according to the HA attribute of the target VM/host. When the HA VM moves, VMM keep track of the VM's...
In my previous post, I've described the VMM 2008 PRO feature. The following steps discuss the best way to get through the configuration and ensure a successful configuration. First I want to be clear on two assumptions that are made by the following instructions: These instructions will not work with VMM beta, they are written assuming that you are using a post beta build of VMM 2008 These instructions assume that you have already installed OpsMgr 2007 sp1. In order to try and keep these instructions...
VMM2008 includes a very nice new feature that rely on OpsMgr 2007 in order to provide automatic self-healing and minimize downtime. What is PRO? PRO stands for Performance & Resource Optimization, which: Is a powerful and valuable feature as the result of integration between SCOM (OpsMgr) and SCVMM ; Is a software package that leverages the System Center Operations Manager framework, which enables Microsoft partners (software and hardware vendors) to deliver value-added service and solution to...
Here's a list of some of the key improvements in the RTM version (in comparison to the current Beta) of VMM 2008: Support for managing hosts in a Disjoint Namespace PRO (Performance & Resource Optimization) Support for enabling PRO on non-clustered hosts Automated loading of OpsMgr MPs via "Configure Operations Manager" option in Setup View Script Option – now you can preview the script that PRO will run to implement the PRO Tip Admin Console Network Diagram View graphically shows...
SCVMM must be installed on a system in the domain. This isn’t a big deal in most environments, but if you aren’t using a domain (such as I wasn’t in my test environment). SCVMM must be installed on Windows Server 2008 x64. Once your install SCVMM, only the account which installs SCVMM has permissions to log into the application ! Adding users to the SCVMM local groups do not help, new users have to be created in the administration screen of the SCVMM console. When adding hosts, the SCVMM server needs...
The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool manages the workflow of updating large numbers of offline virtual machines according to their individual needs. The tool works with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (VMM) and with software update management systems (at present, either Windows Server Update Services 3.0 (WSUS) or System Center Configuration Manager 2007). The following figure illustrates the workflow: How information flows between the tool and other system components The...