system center 2012 r2

System Center 2012 R2Deborah ManorData Centers Solutions Specialist

• GA in October 2013, together with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 – System Center R2 tightly coupled with Windows Server 2012 R2

• System Center is a major component in MS hybrid cloud strategy – unified clouds management

• Bringing learning of the public cloud to your datacenter – Windows server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2

Facts

The Cloud OSModern platform for the world’s apps

DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT IDENTITY VIRTUALIZATIONDATA

CUSTOMER

SERVICE PROVIDER

WINDOWS AZURE

1CONSISTENTPLATFORM

Transforms the datacenter

Unlocks insightson any data

Empowers people-centric IT

Enables modern apps

Windows Server

Windows Azure

High-performance storage on industry-standard hardware File and storage servicesOffloaded data transferStorage spaces with automatic tiering

Policy-based automation Cluster aware updatesDynamic optimization

Multi-tenant environments with isolationServer CoreHyper-V Network VirtualizationWebsites, VMs & Service Bus

Application elasticityService templates

Software-defined networkingHyper-V Network VirtualizationNetwork QoSCross-premises connectivity

And many others…

Bringing our learnings to your datacenter

What’s New in System Center 2012 R2

Infrastructure Provisioning

Enable enterprise-class multitenant infrastructure for hybrid environments

Application Performance Monitoring

Deep insight into application health

Automation and Self-Service

Enable application owner agility with IT retaining control

IT Service Management

Flexible service delivery

Windows Azure Pack

Azure cloud services in your datacenter

The Cloud OS

Infrastructure Monitoring

Comprehensive monitoring of physical, virtual & cloud infrastructure

Utilize a single tool for on-premises and cloud provisioning

Infrastructure provisioning

Effectively manage virtual environments

at-scale

Reduce infrastructure complexity

Deliver efficient infrastructure services across customer base

IT demands

System Center 2012 R2 deliversEnterprise-class virtualization management with robust Linux supportSupport for Windows Server scale & performance: • Dynamic VHDX resize • Dynamic Memory support

for Linux• Snapshot running VM• Gen 2 VMsFiber-channel SAN connectivity

Simplified provisioning & migration• Windows Server file

storage & Storage Spaces management

• Automated Hyper-V cluster upgrades with VMM

• Service templates & runbooks for System Center components

• Protection & recovery across datacenters

Multi-tenant cloud infrastructure• Multi-hypervisor clouds • Virtual networks

management• Automated standards-

based TOR switch configuration

• Multi-tenant edge gateway provisioning

• Service management automation

Extend familiar management to Windows Azure • Workloads migrated to

Windows Azure Virtual Machines

• Windows Azure Integration Pack

Enterprise-class multi-tenant infrastructure for hybrid environments

Virtual Machine Manager

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• Multi-hypervisor support.• Multi-tenant isolation with virtual

networks.• Multi-tenant edge gateway provisioning

bridges physical and virtual networks.• Storage management, including VM

connectivity into fiber channel.• SANs and Storage Spaces support. • Service templates.• Server application virtualization.• Dynamic Optimization and Power

Optimization.• Windows-Azure consistent VM

management and virtual network APIs.

• Preserve and optimize existing infrastructure investments.

• Improve infrastructure SLAs • Reduce operational expense. • Gain flexible provisioning in shared

multi-tenant environments. • Receive end-to-end management of

virtualized and cloud datacenter resources.

• Save time with standardized service creation and upgrades.

• Enable consistent management experiences between Windows Server and Windows Azure environments.

System Center 2012 R2 Benefits

SCVMM R2 Dashboard

VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.0*, 4.1

vCenter Server

Microsoft Hyper-V

Support for multiple hypervisorsVirtual Machine Manager

Citrix XenServer 6.1

Host group

* New in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

Logically group your resources into clouds Create clouds,

tenants, and VM Networks

View deployed services and VMs

Overprovision across cloud resources

Assign quota capacity – per cloudAbility to set quota at the “all members

combined” level

Ability to set quota at the “individual

member” level

50 VM limit for all members of user role

10 VM limit per individual member

Monitor the usage of the private cloud, and trend the data over timeAnalyze the historical data to create “what-if” scenarios for future planning

Analysis and what-if forecasting

5/1/116/1/11

7/1/118/1/11

9/1/1110/1/11

11/1/110%

2000%

4000%

6000%

8000%

10000%

CPU usage forecast

Historical data Projected data

Timeline

95% Confidence forecast data limit

Service template (multi-tier .NET applications)

Anatomy of a service template

Web tierScale out and health policy

Internet Information Services (IIS)

HW profile

OS profile

App profile

Application tierScale out and health policy

Application server

HW profile

OS profile

App profile

Data tierScale out and health policy

SQL Server

HW profile

OS profile

SQL profile

OS settings MS deploy package

Configuration

W2K8R2.VHD

SQL DAC Configuration

Configuration App-VService template library

Service Template

Tier can run a different script on the first node (for instance to create a cluster) - previously you would need 2 tiers for this type of workload

Asymmetric provisioning Within a Tier*

New option to replace GCE as app deploymentThe script commandline and parameters are checked as part of servicing – so you can deploy and then update.Useful when calling provisioning subsystems like Chef/Puppet or the new PowerShell DSC

Full lifecycle support for Script App Deployment

Service deployed into VMs running on Xen hypervisor** New in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

Windows Server 2012 ||

• Bare metal deploy operating system• Create scale out

file server cluster• Create storage

pools• Create file share• Assign file share

to Hyper-V host

Provision low cost scale out file server*

WindowsVirtualizedStorage

Scale Out File Server ClusterPhysical or virtualized deployments

PhysicalStorage

(Shared) SSD, SAS or SATA

Storage PoolStorage Pool

Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space

Host group

Authorized Hyper-V hosts

* New in System Center 2012 R2Virtual Machine Manager

On-premises

Windows Azure

App Controller

MoveVM management(e.g. start, stop)

Orchestrator(Windows Azure Integration Pack)

App Controller

App Controller

Migrate VM: On-premises to Windows Azure

Migrate VM: Windows Azure to on-premises

Extend familiar System Center to manage Windows Azure virtual machines

Unified management view across clouds

Flexible delegation with single sign-on

Self-service visibility for application services across on-premises, service provider, and Windows Azure

Easy VM and workload portability from on-premises to Windows Azure (including SharePoint and SQL)










Windows Azure Pack


The Cloud OS



IT demands

System Center 2012 R2 delivers

Monitor diverse environments

Assure physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure health

Ensure reliable workload configurations

Infrastructure & App monitoring

Best-of-breed Windows monitoring, robust cross-platform supportCross platform monitoring:• Windows Server• RHEL/SUSE Linux• Oracle Solaris• HP-UX & IBM AIX• Cross-platform configuration: • Windows Server • Linux/UNIX

Network monitoring and cloud infrastructure health• VMM-Operations Manager

connector• VMware vSphere health with

VEEAM Management Pack• Network topology discovery • System Center Management

Pack for Windows Azure• AWS Management Pack

Best-practice workload configuration• Best practice configuration

for Windows Server 2012 with System Center Advisor connector

Comprehensive monitoring of physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure

• Comprehensive physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure monitoring using familiar console.

• Enhanced dev-ops collaboration and decreased time to resolution with deep application insight.

• Improved insights with personalized reporting.

• Cloud-integrated insight to assure predictable application and workload SLA.

Operations Manager

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• .NET and Java Application performance management.

• Monitoring across on-premises and Windows Azure (including System Center Management Pack for Windows Azure).

• Improved UNIX and Linux support.• Network monitoring.• Customizable dashboards.• Global Service Monitor. • Integrated System Center Advisor

views.• Integrated dev-ops.• Management packs for Microsoft

workloads and third party ISV apps.


Application performance monitoringIT demands


Assure Line of Business (LOB)application SLA

Enable rapid application lifecycle

Assure great end-user experiences and Microsoft workload health

Deep application insight

• .Net and Java monitoring, including line-of-code level traceability

• Integrated transaction monitoring with BlueStripe

Integrated dev-ops that spans people, process and systems• Faster issue tracking and

remediation with System Center-Visual Studio connector

• Efficient app debugging with Microsoft Monitoring Agent

Cloud-integrated insight in familiar monitoring console• Outside-in monitoring with

Global Service Monitor• Best practice configurations

for MS workloads with System Center Advisor connector

• Management Packs for Microsoft workloads and third party ISV apps


StorageCompute Network

Comprehensive System Center Monitoring

StorageCompute

Windows Azure

VMware vSphere monitoring with VEEAM Management Pack

Expanded cloud infrastructure health visualization with integration between VMM & Operations Manager components

Native SNMP-based network monitoring

Cloud-integrated monitoring Integrated System Center Advisor views with Operations Manager connector

Windows Server 2012

VMware vSphere

Availability and performance monitoring for Windows Azure Virtual Machines & Windows Azure Storage

Deep infrastructure and workload insight

Azure-integrated insight with Global Service Monitor (GSM)

Operations manager

Production application

Microsoft Visual

Studio 2012

Global Service Monitor

(running in Azure)

!Customer datacenter

The DevOps disconnect“Hey, I just got a call about a failed application.”

“Do you know what might have caused the failure?”

“How would I know? You wrote the code!”

App

owner

Datacenter

admin

Deep application insight for .NET applicationsComprehensive monitoring and

deep application insight help you “get to green”

Discover application

dependencies

Monitor client and server

components of the application

Isolate root cause Triage and remediate

Comprehensive monitoring & deep application insight

help you “get to green”Discover application

dependenciesMonitor client and server

components of the application

Isolate root causeTriage and remediate

Java Tomcat app server support (v5.5, v6 and v7). Windows and RHEL/SUSE Linux guest OS support.Multiple instrumented Java frameworks, including web services and database connectors.Code-level traceability with performance and exception metrics.

Deep application insight for Java Applications










Windows Azure Pack


The Cloud OS



Automation and self-serviceIT demands


Empower app owners while retaining control

Common management tools for on-premises and cloud

Dynamically expand capacity to support app SLA

Self-service app provisioning, incl. multitenant environments• Standardized application

provisioning with service templates (e.g., SharePoint farms)

• Scalable multi-VM tenant services with Windows Azure-consistent user experience (e.g. SQL cluster)

Unified management views & artifacts b/w Windows Server & AzureUnified view across clouds with App ControllerExtended datacenter capacity with common VM templates & VHD images: • VHDs for first party workloads

like SharePoint• VHDs for Windows Server &

Linux

Scale application tiers via automation & integration • Rich automation workflows

with Orchestrator and PowerShell

• Windows Azure Integration Pack for automated compute & storage deployment

• SharePoint Integration Pack

Application agility while IT retains control

Orchestrator

• Workflow automation.• Integration of third-party management

tools. • Simple design of custom workflow

runbooks.• Updated Integration Packs (IP),

including Windows Azure IP and SharePoint IP.

• Service Provider Foundation (SPF). Aggregation of multiple infrastructure stamps.REST-based web APIs for System Center components.Service management automation including built-in PowerShell workflows and REST APIs.

• Lower costs and increase reliability by automating repetitive tasks.

• Simplify heterogeneous datacenter management.

• Have IT resources focus on higher business impact projects.

• Enable multi-tenant infrastructure provisioning and custom automation.

• Enable service provider infrastructure to be easily consumed by enterprises.


Service Manager

• Service catalog.• Self-service request portal.• Release and SLA management.• Data warehousing and reporting.• Cloud Service Process Pack (CSPP). • Chargeback metering and price sheets

for VMs.• SharePoint 2013 support for service

request portal.

• Increase organizational agility with customized service offerings.

• Improve corporate compliance through process management.

• Improve business intelligence through customized reporting and basic chargeback.











Windows Azure Pack


The Cloud OS



IT service managementIT demands


Enable easy publishing andconsumption of IT services

Integrate people, process and knowledge

Efficient resource utilization and SLA tracking

Self-service requests for private cloud capacity

• Service catalog, including support for SharePoint 2013

• Cloud Service Process Pack (CSPP)

• Flexible service offerings and service request templates

Industry-standard service management and process workflows• Automated workflows for

incident, problem, change & release management

• Configuration management database (CMDB)

Business and operational insight

• VM-level metering and price sheets

• SLA reporting data warehouse

• Integration with Cloud Cruiser cost analytics solution for chargeback


Approve request

Process automation

Self-service deployment

requestAccess

service catalogProvision

service


Business and operational insight with chargeback

Cloud

$ Virtual Machine/day

$ Cloud Membership/day

$ Virtual Machine CPU Core/day

$ Virtual Machine Memory GB/day

$ Virtual Machine Storage GB/day

Price Sheet










Windows Azure Pack


The Cloud OS



R2 w/ Service Provider Foundation

Future ServicesService

BusSQLVMsWebSites

Service Management API

ServicePlansUsers Provider

PortalConsumer

Self-ServicePortal

Web SitesAppsDatabaseVMs

Service ProviderCustomer

Self Service Portal Moves On-

Premises

Common Mgt. Experience

Workloads

Cloud-Enabled Services Move On-

Premises

Consistent Dev.

Experience

Other Service

sCDN.

Media,, etc.

Caching

Service BusSQLVMsWeb

SitesWorker

Role

Service Management API

Web SitesAppsDatabaseVMs

Subscriber Self-

ServicePortal

Windows Azure

Cloud OS Consistent Experiences

R2

Windows Azure-consistent IaaS- User Experience & API

Virtual Machine Roles- Portable- Elastic- Gallery- Windows and Linux Support

Virtual Networks- Site to Site connectivity- Tenant supplied IP addresses

Virtual Machines










Windows Azure Pack


The Cloud OS



• Save time with consolidated management server console.

• Secure access for the broader IT team.• Gain quicker time to recovery.• Receive granular protection for

Microsoft workloads.

Data Protection Manager

• Centralized management of servers with Data Protection Manager.

• Role-based administration.• Item-level recovery for virtual

machines.• Best of breed protection and recovery

for Microsoft workloads (Exchange, SharePoint, SQL).


Configuration Manager

• Improved settings management with remediation.

• Integrated anti-malware with System Center.Endpoint Protection.

• Delegated administration.• Linux/Unix configuration support.

• Reduce compliance complexity.• Improve support for virtualized

environments.• Reduce cost through integrated

security.• Enable cross-platform configuration.


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