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I’ve Got Hyper-V, Now What? Volumes I & II
Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, CTP
Senior Partner and Principal Technologist,
Concentrated Technology, LLC
http://ConcentratedTech.com
You’ve got Hyper-V…
Purchase orders were signed.
Equipment’s been delivered.
Out of the box and into the rack.
Operating systems have just finished installing, as have Windows
updates and the necessary roles
You’ve got Hyper-V…
Purchase orders were signed.
Equipment’s been delivered.
Out of the box and into the rack.
Operating systems have just finished installing, as have Windows
updates and the necessary roles
Congratulations!
You’ve got yourself a shiny new Hyper-V environment!
You’re ready for production virtualization, running your
company’s most-critical workloads atop Microsoft’s hypervisor.
…Now What?
Are you really ready?
That environment can host virtual machines.
But can it host your most-critical workloads?
…Now What?
Are you really ready?
That environment can host virtual machines.
But can it host your most-critical workloads?
Staring at that Hyper-V Console, you might be asking
yourself…
I’ve got Hyper-V, Now What?
…Now What?
Are you really ready?
That environment can host virtual machines.
But can it host your most-critical workloads?
Staring at that Hyper-V Console, you might be asking
yourself…
I’ve got Hyper-V, Now What?
Answering that question is the topic of this
three-volume eBook (and webinar) series.
Three Volumes that Answer the ??
Now What?
Volume 1:
Implement Better Monitoring
Volume 2:
Protect VMs with Comprehensive Backup and Recovery
Volume 3:
Ensure Visibility with Alerts, Reporting, & Business Relevance
Now What #1:
Understand Hyper-V’s Objects to Monitor
First up is understanding what’s going on underneath the
Hyper-V Manager console.
Virtual environments are far more complex.
More moving parts that must perfectly orchestrate.
Resources that are in greater contention.
Now What #1:
Understand Hyper-V’s Objects to Monitor
First up is understanding what’s going on underneath the
Hyper-V Manager console.
Virtual environments are far more complex.
More moving parts that must perfectly orchestrate.
Resources that are in greater contention.
“Core Four” resources.
Processor
Memory
Networking
Storage
Now What #2:
Track Resource Utilization, Supply & Demand
Counters / Metrics can exist in multiple locations.
On the host / hypervisor
In the VM.
At the storage.
From the network. Operating System
Applications
Hypervisor
Virtual Host
Storage
Now What #2:
Track Resource Utilization, Supply & Demand
Counters / Metrics can exist in multiple locations.
On the host / hypervisor
In the VM.
At the storage.
From the network.
Each location measures behaviors from that unique
perspective. Behaviors at one layer…
…aren’t captured by the counters at other layers.
…can’t be seen by the metrics in other layers.
Now What #2:
Track Resource Utilization, Supply & Demand
Counters / Metrics can exist in multiple locations.
On the host / hypervisor
In the VM.
At the storage.
From the network.
Each location measures behaviors from that unique
perspective. Behaviors at one layer…
…aren’t captured by the counters at other layers.
…can’t be seen by the metrics in other layers.
Hyper-V’s Economics Model: Resource Supply & Demand
Now What #3:
Identify Performance Issues & Take Action
Virtualization by design creates the situation where
resources can come into contention.
You implemented virtualization to get rid of resource waste, yes?
Now What #3:
Identify Performance Issues & Take Action
Virtualization by design creates the situation where
resources can come into contention.
You implemented virtualization to get rid of resource waste, yes?
Contention defines the situation where resource demand
exceeds resource supply.
A well-oiled virtual environment rides the razor-thin line between
perfectly meeting demand with supply…
…and suffering from too much demand and too little supply.
Now What #3:
Identify Performance Issues & Take Action
Virtualization by design creates the situation where
resources can come into contention.
You implemented virtualization to get rid of resource waste, yes?
Contention defines the situation where resource demand
exceeds resource supply.
A well-oiled virtual environment rides the razor-thin line between
perfectly meeting demand with supply…
…and suffering from too much demand and too little supply.
Meeting supply to demand requires automation.
Monitoring | Analysis | Traceability | Action
Three Volumes that Answer the ??
Now What?
Volume 1:
Implement Better Monitoring
Volume 2:
Protect VMs with Comprehensive Backup and Recovery
Volume 3:
Ensure Visibility with Alerts, Reporting, & Business Relevance
Now What #5:
Figure out Per-Object RTO/RPO. Meet it.
Recovery Time Objective:
How long are you willing to be down?
Recovery Point Objective:
How much data are you willing to lose?
Now What #5:
Figure out Per-Object RTO/RPO. Meet it.
Recovery Time Objective:
How long are you willing to be down?
Recovery Point Objective:
How much data are you willing to lose?
Biggest mistake:
RTO/RPO per-datacenter, not per-object.
Now What #5:
Figure out Per-Object RTO/RPO. Meet it.
Recovery Time Objective:
How long are you willing to be down?
Recovery Point Objective:
How much data are you willing to lose?
Biggest mistake:
RTO/RPO per-datacenter, not per-object.
Define an RTO/RPO per object and find a solution that…
…can restore an entire virtual machine.
…can restore a file and/or folder.
…can restore an application.
…can restore individual application objects.
Now What #6:
Get Comfortable with VSS
A triple-headed beast of a service…
Volume Shadow
Copy Service
VSS RequestorVSS Writer
VSS Provider
Disk Volume
Backup ApplicationMicrosoft Exchange
SQL Server
Oracle
Active Directory
Others...
Operating System
Storage Array
Now What #6:
Get Comfortable with VSS
A triple-times-triple-headed beast of a Hyper-V service…
Volume Shadow
Copy Service
VSS RequestorVSS Writer
VSS Provider
Disk Volume
Windows Server
BackupHyper-V Writer
Operating System
Storage Array
VSS Writer
Virtual Machine
Microsoft Exchange
Etc...
Now What #7:
Test Every Backup
Forgetting to test the backups:
The IT pro’s greatest Resume Producing Event.
Now What #7:
Test Every Backup
Forgetting to test the backups:
The IT pro’s greatest Resume Producing Event.
And yet testing the backups is also
Our Greatest Sisyphusean Task.
Take a backup.
Test that backup.
Take another backup.
Test that backup.
Now What #7:
Test Every Backup
Forgetting to test the backups:
The IT pro’s greatest Resume Producing Event.
And yet testing the backups is also
Our Greatest Sisyphusean Task.
Take a backup.
Test that backup.
Take another backup.
Test that backup.
Testing the backups requires automation.
Essentially, testing backups requires not testing them yourself.
Now What #8:
Remember to Add Backup Jobs for New VMs
Ahhh, the joys of self-service.
Ahhh, the pain.
Now What #9:
Automate and (Almost) Forget It
Similar to Volume 1’s Now What? questions,
the answer here is automation.
Now What #9:
Automate and (Almost) Forget It
Similar to Volume 1’s Now What? questions,
the answer here is automation.
Automation facilitates all the necessary VSS activities.
Automation ensures data is backed up correctly, and in ways that
makes it easy to restore.
Automation gets the job of testing done right.
Automation ensures that every VM gets protected.
Three Volumes that Answer the ??
Now What?
Volume 1: Implement Better Monitoring
Understand Hyper-V’s Objects to Monitor
Track Resource Utilization, Supply and Demand
Identify Performance Issues and Take Action
Get Assistance in Automating these Activities
Volume 2: Protect VMs with Comprehensive Backup and Recovery
Figure out Per-Object RTO/RPO. Meet it.
Get Comfortable with VSS
Test Every Backup
Remember to Add Backup Jobs for New VMs
Automate and (Almost) Forget It
I’ve Got Hyper-V, Now What? Volumes I & II
Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, CTP
Senior Partner and Principal Technologist,
Concentrated Technology, LLC
http://ConcentratedTech.com
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