Presented by Michael Noel, this session focuses specifically on SharePoint Server 2010 farm virtualization, and how components of a SharePoint 2010 environment can be successfully virtualized. Included in the discussion are new virtualization High Availability options such as Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Live Migration of SharePoint guest sessions as well as time-tested design architecture examples using integrated SharePoint failover techniques.
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2. Michael Noel Author of SAMS Publishing titles “SharePoint 2010 Unleashed,” “SharePoint 2007 Unleashed,” “SharePoint 2003 Unleashed”, “Teach Yourself SharePoint 2003 in 10 Minutes,” “Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed,” “Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed”, “ISA Server 2006 Unleashed”, and many other titles . Partner at Convergent Computing (www.cco.com / +1(510)444-5700) – San Francisco Bay Area based Infrastructure/Security specialists for SharePoint, AD, Exchange, Security
3. What we will cover Why Virtualize? SharePoint 2010 Virtualization Guidelines and Models Virtualization of SharePoint Roles Virtualization of SQL Server Memory Limitations and Guidelines for Guests Microsoft Virtualization Software Options Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Third Party Virtualization Product Support Microsoft Licensing for Virtual Servers Demo: Quick Farm Provisioning with VMM 2008 R2
26. Microsoft Support of SharePoint Virtualization Microsoft’s official SharePoint support stance is that any SharePoint role or service is supported for hardware virtualization, including SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2. There are only three requirements for virtualization that must be satisfied, these are as follows: Hardware-assisted virtualization, which is available in processors that include a virtualization option—specifically processors with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology. Hardware-enforced Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is available and enabled. Either deployed on Microsoft Hyper-V (RTM or R2 version) or a validated third-party hypervisor that is part of the Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) – KB 897615
27. What does this mean for SharePoint on Third party? SharePoint supported on VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenServer, or others in the SVVP This only covers Hypervisor products, so excludes products such as VMware Workstation or VMWare Server
31. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 New version out (VMM 2008 R2) VMM 2008 R2 has P2V (Physical to virtual migration) and V2V (VMware Guest migration to Hyper-V) tools For SharePoint, allows for creation of SharePoint template servers that can be quickly provisioned for test farms or for new farm members in production Can manage both Hyper-V and VMware guests (though must ‘go through’ a Virtual Center server to manage VMware guests.) Self-Service Portal allows end users and remote admins to be able to provision their own virtual machines based on templates
32. Quick SP2010 Farm Provisioning with VMM 2008 R2 Create new Virtual Guest (Windows Server 2008 R2) Install SP2010 Binaries. Stop before running Config Wizard Turn Virtual Guest into Template, modify template to allow it to be added into domain Add PowerShell script to run on first login, allowing SP to be added into farm or to create new farm Voila! 15 minute entire farm provisioning…
35. Virtualized Farm ArchitectureMicrosoft Virtualization Licensing Primer Windows Server Virtualization Licensing Standard Edition: One virtual guest (if host is dedicated to virtualization role) Enterprise Edition: Four virtual guests (if host is dedicated to virtualization role) / Guests can be Std/Ent DataCenter Edition: Unlimited Number of Virtual Guests / Per processor socket license Virtualization OS licensing applies to Hyper-V or any virtual host software listed in SVVP (KB 897615) System Center Virtualization Licensing System Center Management Suite Standard Edition License: Gives DPM, OpsMgr, ConfigMgr, and VMM Agents for 1 server. System Center Management Suite Enterprise Edition License: Gives unlimited DPM, OpsMgr, ConfigMgr, and VMM Agents for all virtual guests on the host. Check with Microsoft for Specifics…
36. Microsoft Virtualization Guest Licensing Model Guests can run any combination of downlevel licenses (i.e. Datacenter host, Ent or Std edition guests) Applies not only to OSes running virtualized with Windows Virtualization, but it also applies to 3rd party virtualization as well!
37. Session Takeaways Understand the architecture options for SharePoint 2010 Consider Virtualization for SharePoint, but architect host and guest environments very carefully. Best performance comes from dedicated virtual hosts, dedicated passthrough NICs, and dedicated passthrough disks and by not overcommitting resources. KB897615 outlines MS Support for 3rd Party Virtualization such as VMware and XenServer… Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V technology gives high performance and is a very cost competitive option MS Licensing has new virtualization support, and Datacenter edition will provide for unlimited guests under a single host.
38. For More Information SharePoint 2007 Unleashed and SharePoint 2010 Unleashed (SAMS Publishing) (http://www.samspublishing.com) Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed and/or Hyper-V Unleashed (http://www.samspublishing.com) Microsoft ‘Virtualizing SharePoint Infrastructure’ Whitepaper (http://tinyurl.com/virtualsp) Microsoft ‘Virtualizing SQL Server’ Whitepaper (http://tinyyurl.com/virtualsql) Microsoft SQL Mirroring Case Study http://tinyurl.com/mirrorsp Failover Mirror PowerShell Script http://tinyurl.com/failovermirrorsp Microsoft Edge Videos on Virtualization of SharePoint: http://tinyurl.com/edgenoel2 http://tinyurl.com/edgenoel3 Contact us at CCO.com