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Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture
Live Migration

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Improved Live Migration

Windows Server 2012 R2 takes full advantage of your hardware to reduce the time
required to live migrate virtual machines. It is now faster and easier to manage and
maintain and your private cloud infrastructure. When maintenance or upgrades are
required on your server running Hyper-V, live migration enables you to quickly
migrate your virtual machines. This reduces the time it takes to monitor lengthy
migration operations.You can also quickly and efficiently balance your virtual
machine workloads.
In Windows Server 2012 R2, live migration provides three options to reduce the time
required to live migrate your virtual machines. You can choose to use memory
compression. Alternatively, you can choose to use Remote Direct Memory Access
(RDMA) functionality (which requires RDMA-enabled adapters) or multichannel
network adapters.
Increasing the efficiency of live migration when your hardware resources are
constrained (memory compression).
Increasing the scalability of live migration when your hardware resources are
not constrained (multi-channel and RDMA-enabled network adapters).

Faster Live Migration (less than 10 GB)

In environments where networking resources are not constrained, you can configure live
migration to use multi-channel network adapters or RDMA-enabled network adapters, which
reduces the time required to live migrate virtual machines.

Live Migration with RDMA-enabled Network Adapters

Computers that are running Windows Server 2012 R2 can be equipped with RDMAenabled network adapters that deliver significantly faster live migrations for your virtual
machines. RDMA is able to perform a direct memory access from the memory of one
computer into that of another without involving the operating system. This permits highthroughput, low-latency networking and delivers greater effeciency with live migration.

RDMA delivers low-latency network
and CPU utilization.

Virtual Machine

RDMA enabled
Network
Network
Adapter
Interface
Adapter

Virtual Machine

Hyper-V utilizes available CPU
resources on the server running
Hyper-V to reduce the network load.
Live migration compression is enabled by default.

Fast Network Connection
20 GB Connection

Virtual Machine

Server Running Hyper-V

Live Migration with Multi-Channel Network Adapters

Windows Server 2012 R2 servers running multi-channel network adapters installed can
perform faster live migrations for your virtual machines. Large virtual machines can be
migrated simultaneously, utilizing multiple network adapters and hence achieving
faster migration efficiencies.

Windows Server 2012 R2 enables you to share a virtual hard disk file (VHDX format),
which provides shared storage for a virtual machine failover cluster (also known as a
guest cluster). By making shared storage available to virtual machines, you can can easily
use a virtual machine failover cluster to protect your application services (for example,
SQL or file server services) running inside your virtual machines.

Virtual Machine Clustering Using Cluster Shared Volumes

One option for using virtual hard disk sharing is to use Cluster Shared Volumes.
Node 2

You can configure virtual
machine storage on the
server running Hyper-V.

Configuration
File

Network
Adapter

Network
Adapter

GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) Network Connectivity

Supported Scenarios for Virtual Hard Disk Sharing
Supported scenarios include:

Fast virtual hard disk sharing using SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel.
Migrating shared virtual hard disks using live migration.
Saving and restoring virtual machines.
Protecting against the failure of a guest node, Hyper-V host, or file server node.
Using Windows Server 2012 R2 for file server nodes and Hyper-V hosts.

Virtual Machine Clustering with SMB Storage in a Scale-Out File Server
One option for using virtual hard disk sharing is to use a scale-out file server.
Node 1

Shared
Disk

Boot
Disk

VHDX format only

Boot
Disk

Configuration
File

IOPS

Shared
Disk

Boot
Disk

Configuration
File

VHDX 2
VHDX format only

Regular VHDX
VHDX 1

Disk 2

VHDX 3

VHDX 2

A virtual machine failover cluster using a shared
virtual hard disk is not limited to a specific
storage topology. It is supported on Fibre
Channel, iSCSI, Storage Spaces, and SMB.

Space 1

Disk 3

Disk 4

Shared Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Storage

Virtual Hard Disk Sharing does not support:

Shared VHDX

Server Running Hyper-V

Server Running Hyper-V
Shared Virtual
Hard Disk Stored
on SMB File Share

Quality of Service Management

Share 1

Storage Spaces

VHDX 1

Storage Quality of Service (QoS).

Share 1

Space 1

File Server 1

Storage QoS delivers the ability
to specify a minimum IOPS
value for your virtual hard disk.

You will be notified when the IOPS to a
specified virtual disk is below a threshold
that is needed for its optimal performance.

Operating
System
Volume

Regular VHDX
Shared VHDX
Disk 1

Disk 2

Disk 3

Shared SAS Storage

Disk 4

A virtual machine failover cluster using a shared
virtual hard disk is not limited to a specific
storage topology. It is supported on Fibre
Channel, iSCSI, Storage Spaces, and SMB.

You can expand or
shrink virtual hard
disk files (VHDX).

Unallocated Volume
(created by the online
resize of a virtual hard
disk (VHDX)).

Expand Virtual Hard Disk

You can expand the operating system
volume to include the unallocated volume
space and make the expanded virtual hard
disk capacity available to the operating
system within the virtual machine.

Virtual Machine

Network
Adapter

Migrated Virtual Machines

File-based Server
Storage (SMB)

Server Running Hyper-V
in Failover Cluster

Server Running Hyper-V
in Failover Cluster

Failover Cluster
Node B

Server Running Hyper-V
in Failover Cluster

Virtual Machine

Failover Cluster Node A

A storage network failure breaks the link
between a virtual machine to its storage.
Failover Clustering detects the problem
and restarts the virtual machines on the
other node in the cluster.

You can access virtual
machine storage from
the virtual machine
moved to Node B.

Network
Adapter
Network
Cable

Network
Adapter

Switch
Event log entries describe the reason for
a virtual machine being restarted or
moved when a storage failure is
detected.

Ethernet

Shared Storage

Cluster Shared Volumes
(CSV)

SMB 3.0
Shares

Storage failure detection identifies
physical storage failures on storage
devices that are not managed by
the failover cluster.

Storage failure detection supports VHD and VHDX file formats, differencing disks, virtual hard disks
connected to IDE controllers, virtual hard disks connected to SCSI controllers, virtual machine
checkpoints (snapshots), and virtual machines using storage and network resource pools.

Virtual Machine

Failover Cluster Node B

If a virtual machine loses
network connectivity due to a
physical network failure (link
state of network adapter fails),
then the failover cluster will
move the virtual machine to
another node in the cluster.

Network
Adapter
Network
Cable

Before the virtual machine is
moved, link detection of the
destination network adapter is
confirmed on the destination
computer.

Storage Network

Basic Session Mode

Basic session mode provides a basic console view for the virtual machine, which allows you to send
mouse and keyboard information and to view the graphics displayed by the virtual machine. This is
analogous to plugging in a monitor to a physical computer.

Enter credentials
(including smartcards)

VMConnect

Local Computer

Switch

Network
Event log entries indicate the reason for a virtual machine being moved when a network failure is detected.

Network failure detection works with any virtual machine. It supports legacy and software-based
network adapters, SR-IOV–enabled network adapters, virtual machine checkpoints, storage or
network resource pools, and advanced networking features enabled on virtual machines.

Allocated
Volume

Shrink Virtual Hard Disk

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Unallocated
Volume

It is only possible to
shink an unalloacted
volume when reducing
the size of a virtual
hard disk.

Virtual Machine

Virtual
Machines
Server Running Hyper-V

Generation 2 Virtual Machines

Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new class of virtual machines that are optimized for
virtualization—generation 2 virtual machines. They provide advanced features that deliver
significant management, storage and security benefits.

In enhanced session mode, VMConnect provides you with a high-fidelity experience when
connecting to Hyper-V virtual machines. It delivers the ability to share a clipboard between the
client computer and virtual machine—and supports redirected audio, redirected USB, multi-touch,
multi-monitor, and the use of smartcards for logon authentication. Enhanced session mode
provides similar capabilities to Remote Desktop Services without the need for a network
connection to the virtual machine.

Booting Generation 2 Virtual Machines
Generation 2 virtual machines use a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and
software-based devices when turning on your computer. UEFI is an alternate firmware
interface and delivers improved boot time performance and flexibility.

Generation 1
Generation 2

Generation 2 virtual machines in Windows Server 2012 R2 support the same Hyper-V features
as generation 1 virtual machines in Windows Server 2012. These include checkpoints
(snapshots), state transitions (for example Saved or Paused), import/export, backup/restore,
failover replication, clustering and advanced networking features such as Quality of
Service(QoS), Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and virtual machine queuing.
Generation 2 virtual machines do not support RemoteFX.

I
UEF

Generation 2 virtual machines use
UEFI firmware instead of the BIOS.
BIOS

Management Virtual
Virtual
Operating Machines Machines
System
Virtual Machine

VMBus

Server Running Hyper-V

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USB device redirection requires that Group Policy is configured on the client computer.
Enhanced session mode support requires a guest operating system that supports Remote
Desktop Services. Device redirection capabilities might differ depending on the operating system
running in the virtual machine.
Remote Desktop Services does not need to be enabled in the guest operating system.

Running simultaneous virtual machines on the same server.
Windows Server 2012 R2 supports creating and running generation 1
and generation 2 virtual machines on the same server simultaneously.
This ensures you can easily migrate virtual machines running on an
earlier version of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012 R2.

VHDX

Secure Boot. Generation 2 virtual machines use UEFI firmware, which
provides support for Secure Boot. Secure Boot functionality prevents
“unauthorized” operating systems and software from loading during the
startup process.

Generation 2 virtual machines can
use software-based Fibre Channel
and network adapters.

Generation 2 virtual machines
have faster boot times.

Generation 2 virtual machines support the VHDX file format and support large boot
volumes up to 64 TB. You can also use online resizing to expand or shrink your
virtual hard disk files (VHDX). This includes the operating system (boot drive) and
data volumes. Online resizing is only available for SCSI-attached VHDX files.

Generation 2 virtual machines support 64-bit versions of Windows 8 or Windows
Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

CD/DVD devices can be hot-added and hot-removed from a generation 2
virtual machine. No CD/DVD devices are present by default.

SCSI
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Generation 2 virtual machines support ISO format images.
Generation 2 virtual machines are available for integration services setup.

Boot from a SCSI CD/DVD. Generation 2 virtual machines can boot
from a SCSI CD/DVD drive using an ISO image file.
Boot from a SCSI-attached virtual hard disk. Using UEFI firmware
support, generation 2 virtual machines can boot from SCSI-attached virtual
hard disks (VHDX). The VHDX file format supports volumes up to 64 TB.

Network
Adapter
Fibre
Channel

Generation 2 virtual machines use
software-based devices for video. They
support the same video modes as
generation 1 virtual machines.

Network boot. Generation 2 virtual machines use the optimized virtual
network adapter. This eliminates the need for an emulated network
adapter. It simplifies the process of booting a virtual machine and
decreases problems associated with configuring virtual machine network adapters. IPV4 and IPV6 addressing schemes are supported.

Enter credentials
(including smartcards)

You can choose to switch between
basic and enhanced modes using
VMConnect.

Generation 2 Virtual Machine

In Windows Server 2012 R2, generation 2 virtual machine hardware removes most of the
emulated (”legacy”) devices, or replaces them with optimized software-based devices.

Keyboard, Graphics, Mouse, Audio, Clipboard, USB Devices,
Printers, and Redirected Plug and Play Devices

Local Computer

More
information ...

Understanding Generation 2 Virtual Machines

Generation 2 virtual machines provide the following boot capabilities.

Enhanced Session Mode

Shrink VHDX

Operating
System
Volume

Mouse
Information

Generation 2 Virtual Machines

Generation 2 virtual machines lay the foundation for advanced virtual machine features,
including a reduced attack surface for the platform and faster boot times for virtual
machines.

Keyboard
Information

Display Graphics

VMConnect
Virtual Hard Disk

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information...

The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection tool (VMConnect) provides you access to the desktop or
console environment of running virtual machines. Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 introduce
a new enhanced session mode to connect to virtual machines. Basic mode connections are supported.

Virtual Machine

Virtual Hard Disk

File Server 2

Storage migration.
Hyper-V Replica.

VHDX 3

VHDX 2

Non-disruptive

Minimum IOPS

Windows Server 2012 R2 enhances your capability to manage virtual machine storage resources.
You can increase or decrease the size of a virtual hard disk while the virtual machine is still running.

Expand VHDX

Virtual Machine

Session Modes

Online Virtual Hard Disk Resizing

Virtual Machine

You can use network failure detection to monitor the health of a physical cluster node as well as the
health of the virtual machine and ensure that you can provide a robust environment to host private
cloud environments.

Windows Server 2012 R2

You can monitor storage-related parameters for the virtual hard disk of the virtual
machine.

Hyper-V Manager

In previous releases, Failover Clustering has monitored and managed network connectivity among
cluster nodes, and between clients and cluster nodes. It detects problems with a network adapter or
other network device and takes appropriate action to ensure connectivity is uninterrupted. In Windows
Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering have been enhanced to detect network connectivity
issues for virtual machines. If the physical network assigned to the virtual machine suffers a failuresuch as a faulty switch port, network adapter, or a disconnected network cable—then the failover
cluster moves the virtual machine to another node in the failover cluster in order to restore network
connectivity.

Virtual Machine

Windows Server 2012 R2

Online resizing is intended exclusively for SCSI-attached VHDX files.

Storage Spaces

Disk 1

Migrated Virtual Machines

These maximum and minimum values are specified in terms of normalized IOPS where
every 8 KB of data is counted as an I/O.

Storage

Virtual Machine 2

Shared
Disk

You can throttle the storage I/O and stop a
tenant from consuming excessive storage
resources that may impact another tenant.

Minimum IOPS

VHDX 1

Server Running Hyper-V

IOPS

Node 2

Virtual Machine 1

VHDX 2

Shared Virtual Hard Disk
on Cluster Shared
Volumes

Virtual Machine

Storage Quality of Service (QoS)

Maximum IOPS

A virtual machine is moved to a new cluster
node when storage failure detects a virtual
machine can no longer access its storage.

Network Failure Detection for Virtual Machines

Virtual Machine

In Windows Server 2012 R2, in-place upgrades are easier than before. Hyper-V now
supports restoring virtual machines from a saved state created on Windows Server
2012 in Windows Server 2012 R2. You simply save your virtual machine state prior to
upgrading your host computer, upgrade the host, and then restore the virtual
machine. The ability to save and restore virtual machine states across different
releases is supported across all Hyper-V features—including import/export, backup
and restore, in-place upgrades and checkpoints (snapshots). This can significantly
reduce the downtime associated with release upgrades.

Storage QoS provides storage performance isolation in a multi-tenant environment and
mechanisms to notify you when the storage I/O performance does not meet the defined
threshold to efficiently run your virtual machine workloads.

Storage QoS delivers the ability to
specify a maximum input/output
operations per second (IOPS)
value for your virtual hard disk.

Failover Cluster
Node A

In-Place Upgrades

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 includes the ability to set certain Quality of Service (QoS)
parameters for storage on a virtual machine.

Virtual Machine

Server Running Hyper-V
in Failover Cluster

Public Network

Live migration with Server Message Block (SMB)
shared storage enables you to move virtual
machines between servers running Hyper-V while
the virtual machine storage remains on the
SMB-based file server.

Virtual Machine

Storage Quality of Service

Storage

Hyper-V virtual machine failover
clustering is available for use with
data virtual hard disks, not the boot
virtual hard disk.

Configuration
File

VHDX 1

Server Running Hyper-V

Virtual Machine

Ethernet

Non-disruptive

Maximum IOPS

Migrated Virtual Machines

Shared
Storage

Windows Server 2012

Ethernet Cable

Windows Server 2012

Using Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 for guest nodes.

Virtual Machine 2

Shared
Disk

Server Running Hyper-V

Shared
Storage

Windows Server 2012 R2

Live migration without shared storage (also known
as “shared nothing live migration”) enables you to
migrate virtual machines and their associated
storage between servers running Hyper-V. This kind
of live migration uses only an Ethernet connection.

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Failover Cluster
Windows Server 2012 R2

Supported

Live Migration Without Shared Storage

Network
Adapter

Storage failure detection can detect the failure of a virtual machine boot disk or any secondary data disk
associated with the virtual machine. If such an event occurs, Failover Clustering ensures that the virtual
machine is relocated and restarted on another node in the cluster. This eliminates situations where
unmanaged storage failures would not be detected and where virtual machines resources may become
unavailable. For example, a SQL data store failing on a secondary drive is now detected.

You can upgrade a virtual machine with SMB
shared storage from Windows Server 2012 to
Windows Server 2012 R2 with zero downtime.

Ethernet

40 GB Connection

Server Running Hyper-V

Failover Cluster
Windows Server 2012

Network
Adapter

Windows Server 2012

Supported

Non-disruptive

Live migration with failover clusters enables you
to move running virtual machines from a
Windows Server 2012 cluster to a Windows
Server 2012 R2 cluster.

Virtual Machine

Migrated Virtual Machines

Zero downtime for virtual machines
and end users

Virtual Machine

Network
Adapter

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

You can migrate a virtual machine without
shared storage from Windows Server 2012 to
Windows Server 2012 R2 with zero downtime.

Virtual Machine

Supported

Windows Failover
Cluster Node B

More
information...

Virtual Machine

Available through the graphical user interface
and Windows PowerShell
Network
Adapter

You can upgrade a virtual machine with
failover clusters from a Windows Server 2012
cluster to Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster
with zero downtime.

Windows Failover
Cluster Node A

More
information...

Hyper-V with Virtual Hard Disk Sharing

Boot
Disk

Virtual Machine

Windows Server has always allowed you to cluster your virtual machines using storage managed by the
failover cluster. If a storage failure was detected, the failover cluster responded in an appropriate manner
and ensured that your virtual machine maintained access to its storage. In Windows Server 2012 R2,
Hyper-V and Failover Clustering have been enhanced to detect physical storage failures on storage
devices that are not managed by the failover cluster (for example, SMB 3.0 shares).

Live Migration with SMB Shared Storage

Virtual machines remain up and active
throughout the entire upgrade
process.

Server Running Hyper-V

Server Running Hyper-V

Migrated Virtual
Machines

Hyper-V Storage

Virtual Machine 1

RDMA enabled
Network
Network
Adapter
Interface
Adapter

Storage Failure Detection for Virtual Machines

Private Network

Private Network

Public Network

You can migrate a virtual machine from Windows
Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 with no
downtime.

You can implement multi-channel functionality
while using live migration. Each host computer is
configured with dual 10 GB Ethernet network
adapters.

Virtual Machine

Node 1

Simple Live Migration

Hyper-V and Failover Clustering

More
information...

Live Migration with Failover Clusters

You can now easily upgrade your private cloud infrastructure, which eliminates impact
to your virtual machine workloads and helps you avoid the cost and inconvenience
associated with unwanted downtime. Live migration delivers a more robust and
automated upgrade path for large-scale environments and makes it easy to adapt to
a faster upgrade cadence as different versions of Windows Server are released. It also
makes it easier for you to manage and deliver on your service level agreements.

Virtual Machine

Hyper-V compresses virtual machine
memory transferred across the network.

Server Running Hyper-V

Migrated Virtual Machines

Hyper-V live migration in Windows Server 2012 R2 updates live migration with new
capabilities that enable you to easily upgrade and manage your private cloud. You
can now live migrate your virtual machines from Windows Server 2012 to Windows
Server 2012 R2 in a simple, automated process that delivers zero downtime for your
virtual machines.

GbE (Gigabit Ethernet ) Network Connectivity

In environments where hardware and networking resources are constrained, live
migration delivers performance improvements for migrating virtual machines by
compressing the memory data before sending it across the network. This utilizes
spare CPU capacity available in the server running Hyper-V. Hyper-V closely
monitors the CPU requirements of the virtual machine and only consumes an
appropriate amount of CPU resources to quickly move virtual machines from one
server to the next.

More efficient use of
CPU resources

Live Migration

Faster Live Migration (greater than 10 GB)

These live migration options can support your private cloud infrastructure by:

Upgrading Your Private Cloud

You can get the free Windows 8
app, Server Posterpedia, from
the Windows Store

You can get the free mobile app
at http://gettag.mobi

You can manage generation 2 virtual machine boot order using Windows
PowerShell, Hyper-V Manager, or Windows Management Interface (WMI).

i

Secure Boot is not available in generation 1 virtual machines.
Generation 1 virtual machines use the BIOS and emulated IDE before software-based
devices can be utilized.

Author: Martin McClean (Cloud & Enterprise Division)

email: virtua@microsoft.com

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Windows server 2012 r2 Hyper-v Component architecture

  • 1. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Live Migration More information... Improved Live Migration Windows Server 2012 R2 takes full advantage of your hardware to reduce the time required to live migrate virtual machines. It is now faster and easier to manage and maintain and your private cloud infrastructure. When maintenance or upgrades are required on your server running Hyper-V, live migration enables you to quickly migrate your virtual machines. This reduces the time it takes to monitor lengthy migration operations.You can also quickly and efficiently balance your virtual machine workloads. In Windows Server 2012 R2, live migration provides three options to reduce the time required to live migrate your virtual machines. You can choose to use memory compression. Alternatively, you can choose to use Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) functionality (which requires RDMA-enabled adapters) or multichannel network adapters. Increasing the efficiency of live migration when your hardware resources are constrained (memory compression). Increasing the scalability of live migration when your hardware resources are not constrained (multi-channel and RDMA-enabled network adapters). Faster Live Migration (less than 10 GB) In environments where networking resources are not constrained, you can configure live migration to use multi-channel network adapters or RDMA-enabled network adapters, which reduces the time required to live migrate virtual machines. Live Migration with RDMA-enabled Network Adapters Computers that are running Windows Server 2012 R2 can be equipped with RDMAenabled network adapters that deliver significantly faster live migrations for your virtual machines. RDMA is able to perform a direct memory access from the memory of one computer into that of another without involving the operating system. This permits highthroughput, low-latency networking and delivers greater effeciency with live migration. RDMA delivers low-latency network and CPU utilization. Virtual Machine RDMA enabled Network Network Adapter Interface Adapter Virtual Machine Hyper-V utilizes available CPU resources on the server running Hyper-V to reduce the network load. Live migration compression is enabled by default. Fast Network Connection 20 GB Connection Virtual Machine Server Running Hyper-V Live Migration with Multi-Channel Network Adapters Windows Server 2012 R2 servers running multi-channel network adapters installed can perform faster live migrations for your virtual machines. Large virtual machines can be migrated simultaneously, utilizing multiple network adapters and hence achieving faster migration efficiencies. Windows Server 2012 R2 enables you to share a virtual hard disk file (VHDX format), which provides shared storage for a virtual machine failover cluster (also known as a guest cluster). By making shared storage available to virtual machines, you can can easily use a virtual machine failover cluster to protect your application services (for example, SQL or file server services) running inside your virtual machines. Virtual Machine Clustering Using Cluster Shared Volumes One option for using virtual hard disk sharing is to use Cluster Shared Volumes. Node 2 You can configure virtual machine storage on the server running Hyper-V. Configuration File Network Adapter Network Adapter GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) Network Connectivity Supported Scenarios for Virtual Hard Disk Sharing Supported scenarios include: Fast virtual hard disk sharing using SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel. Migrating shared virtual hard disks using live migration. Saving and restoring virtual machines. Protecting against the failure of a guest node, Hyper-V host, or file server node. Using Windows Server 2012 R2 for file server nodes and Hyper-V hosts. Virtual Machine Clustering with SMB Storage in a Scale-Out File Server One option for using virtual hard disk sharing is to use a scale-out file server. Node 1 Shared Disk Boot Disk VHDX format only Boot Disk Configuration File IOPS Shared Disk Boot Disk Configuration File VHDX 2 VHDX format only Regular VHDX VHDX 1 Disk 2 VHDX 3 VHDX 2 A virtual machine failover cluster using a shared virtual hard disk is not limited to a specific storage topology. It is supported on Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Storage Spaces, and SMB. Space 1 Disk 3 Disk 4 Shared Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Storage Virtual Hard Disk Sharing does not support: Shared VHDX Server Running Hyper-V Server Running Hyper-V Shared Virtual Hard Disk Stored on SMB File Share Quality of Service Management Share 1 Storage Spaces VHDX 1 Storage Quality of Service (QoS). Share 1 Space 1 File Server 1 Storage QoS delivers the ability to specify a minimum IOPS value for your virtual hard disk. You will be notified when the IOPS to a specified virtual disk is below a threshold that is needed for its optimal performance. Operating System Volume Regular VHDX Shared VHDX Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Shared SAS Storage Disk 4 A virtual machine failover cluster using a shared virtual hard disk is not limited to a specific storage topology. It is supported on Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Storage Spaces, and SMB. You can expand or shrink virtual hard disk files (VHDX). Unallocated Volume (created by the online resize of a virtual hard disk (VHDX)). Expand Virtual Hard Disk You can expand the operating system volume to include the unallocated volume space and make the expanded virtual hard disk capacity available to the operating system within the virtual machine. Virtual Machine Network Adapter Migrated Virtual Machines File-based Server Storage (SMB) Server Running Hyper-V in Failover Cluster Server Running Hyper-V in Failover Cluster Failover Cluster Node B Server Running Hyper-V in Failover Cluster Virtual Machine Failover Cluster Node A A storage network failure breaks the link between a virtual machine to its storage. Failover Clustering detects the problem and restarts the virtual machines on the other node in the cluster. You can access virtual machine storage from the virtual machine moved to Node B. Network Adapter Network Cable Network Adapter Switch Event log entries describe the reason for a virtual machine being restarted or moved when a storage failure is detected. Ethernet Shared Storage Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) SMB 3.0 Shares Storage failure detection identifies physical storage failures on storage devices that are not managed by the failover cluster. Storage failure detection supports VHD and VHDX file formats, differencing disks, virtual hard disks connected to IDE controllers, virtual hard disks connected to SCSI controllers, virtual machine checkpoints (snapshots), and virtual machines using storage and network resource pools. Virtual Machine Failover Cluster Node B If a virtual machine loses network connectivity due to a physical network failure (link state of network adapter fails), then the failover cluster will move the virtual machine to another node in the cluster. Network Adapter Network Cable Before the virtual machine is moved, link detection of the destination network adapter is confirmed on the destination computer. Storage Network Basic Session Mode Basic session mode provides a basic console view for the virtual machine, which allows you to send mouse and keyboard information and to view the graphics displayed by the virtual machine. This is analogous to plugging in a monitor to a physical computer. Enter credentials (including smartcards) VMConnect Local Computer Switch Network Event log entries indicate the reason for a virtual machine being moved when a network failure is detected. Network failure detection works with any virtual machine. It supports legacy and software-based network adapters, SR-IOV–enabled network adapters, virtual machine checkpoints, storage or network resource pools, and advanced networking features enabled on virtual machines. Allocated Volume Shrink Virtual Hard Disk © 2012 Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, Hyper-V, RemoteFX, Windows, Windows PowerShell, and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved. Other trademarks or trade names Unallocated Volume It is only possible to shink an unalloacted volume when reducing the size of a virtual hard disk. Virtual Machine Virtual Machines Server Running Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual Machines Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new class of virtual machines that are optimized for virtualization—generation 2 virtual machines. They provide advanced features that deliver significant management, storage and security benefits. In enhanced session mode, VMConnect provides you with a high-fidelity experience when connecting to Hyper-V virtual machines. It delivers the ability to share a clipboard between the client computer and virtual machine—and supports redirected audio, redirected USB, multi-touch, multi-monitor, and the use of smartcards for logon authentication. Enhanced session mode provides similar capabilities to Remote Desktop Services without the need for a network connection to the virtual machine. Booting Generation 2 Virtual Machines Generation 2 virtual machines use a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and software-based devices when turning on your computer. UEFI is an alternate firmware interface and delivers improved boot time performance and flexibility. Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 2 virtual machines in Windows Server 2012 R2 support the same Hyper-V features as generation 1 virtual machines in Windows Server 2012. These include checkpoints (snapshots), state transitions (for example Saved or Paused), import/export, backup/restore, failover replication, clustering and advanced networking features such as Quality of Service(QoS), Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and virtual machine queuing. Generation 2 virtual machines do not support RemoteFX. I UEF Generation 2 virtual machines use UEFI firmware instead of the BIOS. BIOS Management Virtual Virtual Operating Machines Machines System Virtual Machine VMBus Server Running Hyper-V 1010101010101 0101010101010 1010101010101 USB device redirection requires that Group Policy is configured on the client computer. Enhanced session mode support requires a guest operating system that supports Remote Desktop Services. Device redirection capabilities might differ depending on the operating system running in the virtual machine. Remote Desktop Services does not need to be enabled in the guest operating system. Running simultaneous virtual machines on the same server. Windows Server 2012 R2 supports creating and running generation 1 and generation 2 virtual machines on the same server simultaneously. This ensures you can easily migrate virtual machines running on an earlier version of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012 R2. VHDX Secure Boot. Generation 2 virtual machines use UEFI firmware, which provides support for Secure Boot. Secure Boot functionality prevents “unauthorized” operating systems and software from loading during the startup process. Generation 2 virtual machines can use software-based Fibre Channel and network adapters. Generation 2 virtual machines have faster boot times. Generation 2 virtual machines support the VHDX file format and support large boot volumes up to 64 TB. You can also use online resizing to expand or shrink your virtual hard disk files (VHDX). This includes the operating system (boot drive) and data volumes. Online resizing is only available for SCSI-attached VHDX files. Generation 2 virtual machines support 64-bit versions of Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. CD/DVD devices can be hot-added and hot-removed from a generation 2 virtual machine. No CD/DVD devices are present by default. SCSI 1010101010 1010101010 1010101010 1010101010 1010101010 Generation 2 virtual machines support ISO format images. Generation 2 virtual machines are available for integration services setup. Boot from a SCSI CD/DVD. Generation 2 virtual machines can boot from a SCSI CD/DVD drive using an ISO image file. Boot from a SCSI-attached virtual hard disk. Using UEFI firmware support, generation 2 virtual machines can boot from SCSI-attached virtual hard disks (VHDX). The VHDX file format supports volumes up to 64 TB. Network Adapter Fibre Channel Generation 2 virtual machines use software-based devices for video. They support the same video modes as generation 1 virtual machines. Network boot. Generation 2 virtual machines use the optimized virtual network adapter. This eliminates the need for an emulated network adapter. It simplifies the process of booting a virtual machine and decreases problems associated with configuring virtual machine network adapters. IPV4 and IPV6 addressing schemes are supported. Enter credentials (including smartcards) You can choose to switch between basic and enhanced modes using VMConnect. Generation 2 Virtual Machine In Windows Server 2012 R2, generation 2 virtual machine hardware removes most of the emulated (”legacy”) devices, or replaces them with optimized software-based devices. Keyboard, Graphics, Mouse, Audio, Clipboard, USB Devices, Printers, and Redirected Plug and Play Devices Local Computer More information ... Understanding Generation 2 Virtual Machines Generation 2 virtual machines provide the following boot capabilities. Enhanced Session Mode Shrink VHDX Operating System Volume Mouse Information Generation 2 Virtual Machines Generation 2 virtual machines lay the foundation for advanced virtual machine features, including a reduced attack surface for the platform and faster boot times for virtual machines. Keyboard Information Display Graphics VMConnect Virtual Hard Disk More information... The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection tool (VMConnect) provides you access to the desktop or console environment of running virtual machines. Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 introduce a new enhanced session mode to connect to virtual machines. Basic mode connections are supported. Virtual Machine Virtual Hard Disk File Server 2 Storage migration. Hyper-V Replica. VHDX 3 VHDX 2 Non-disruptive Minimum IOPS Windows Server 2012 R2 enhances your capability to manage virtual machine storage resources. You can increase or decrease the size of a virtual hard disk while the virtual machine is still running. Expand VHDX Virtual Machine Session Modes Online Virtual Hard Disk Resizing Virtual Machine You can use network failure detection to monitor the health of a physical cluster node as well as the health of the virtual machine and ensure that you can provide a robust environment to host private cloud environments. Windows Server 2012 R2 You can monitor storage-related parameters for the virtual hard disk of the virtual machine. Hyper-V Manager In previous releases, Failover Clustering has monitored and managed network connectivity among cluster nodes, and between clients and cluster nodes. It detects problems with a network adapter or other network device and takes appropriate action to ensure connectivity is uninterrupted. In Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering have been enhanced to detect network connectivity issues for virtual machines. If the physical network assigned to the virtual machine suffers a failuresuch as a faulty switch port, network adapter, or a disconnected network cable—then the failover cluster moves the virtual machine to another node in the failover cluster in order to restore network connectivity. Virtual Machine Windows Server 2012 R2 Online resizing is intended exclusively for SCSI-attached VHDX files. Storage Spaces Disk 1 Migrated Virtual Machines These maximum and minimum values are specified in terms of normalized IOPS where every 8 KB of data is counted as an I/O. Storage Virtual Machine 2 Shared Disk You can throttle the storage I/O and stop a tenant from consuming excessive storage resources that may impact another tenant. Minimum IOPS VHDX 1 Server Running Hyper-V IOPS Node 2 Virtual Machine 1 VHDX 2 Shared Virtual Hard Disk on Cluster Shared Volumes Virtual Machine Storage Quality of Service (QoS) Maximum IOPS A virtual machine is moved to a new cluster node when storage failure detects a virtual machine can no longer access its storage. Network Failure Detection for Virtual Machines Virtual Machine In Windows Server 2012 R2, in-place upgrades are easier than before. Hyper-V now supports restoring virtual machines from a saved state created on Windows Server 2012 in Windows Server 2012 R2. You simply save your virtual machine state prior to upgrading your host computer, upgrade the host, and then restore the virtual machine. The ability to save and restore virtual machine states across different releases is supported across all Hyper-V features—including import/export, backup and restore, in-place upgrades and checkpoints (snapshots). This can significantly reduce the downtime associated with release upgrades. Storage QoS provides storage performance isolation in a multi-tenant environment and mechanisms to notify you when the storage I/O performance does not meet the defined threshold to efficiently run your virtual machine workloads. Storage QoS delivers the ability to specify a maximum input/output operations per second (IOPS) value for your virtual hard disk. Failover Cluster Node A In-Place Upgrades Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 includes the ability to set certain Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for storage on a virtual machine. Virtual Machine Server Running Hyper-V in Failover Cluster Public Network Live migration with Server Message Block (SMB) shared storage enables you to move virtual machines between servers running Hyper-V while the virtual machine storage remains on the SMB-based file server. Virtual Machine Storage Quality of Service Storage Hyper-V virtual machine failover clustering is available for use with data virtual hard disks, not the boot virtual hard disk. Configuration File VHDX 1 Server Running Hyper-V Virtual Machine Ethernet Non-disruptive Maximum IOPS Migrated Virtual Machines Shared Storage Windows Server 2012 Ethernet Cable Windows Server 2012 Using Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 for guest nodes. Virtual Machine 2 Shared Disk Server Running Hyper-V Shared Storage Windows Server 2012 R2 Live migration without shared storage (also known as “shared nothing live migration”) enables you to migrate virtual machines and their associated storage between servers running Hyper-V. This kind of live migration uses only an Ethernet connection. Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Failover Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2 Supported Live Migration Without Shared Storage Network Adapter Storage failure detection can detect the failure of a virtual machine boot disk or any secondary data disk associated with the virtual machine. If such an event occurs, Failover Clustering ensures that the virtual machine is relocated and restarted on another node in the cluster. This eliminates situations where unmanaged storage failures would not be detected and where virtual machines resources may become unavailable. For example, a SQL data store failing on a secondary drive is now detected. You can upgrade a virtual machine with SMB shared storage from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 with zero downtime. Ethernet 40 GB Connection Server Running Hyper-V Failover Cluster Windows Server 2012 Network Adapter Windows Server 2012 Supported Non-disruptive Live migration with failover clusters enables you to move running virtual machines from a Windows Server 2012 cluster to a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster. Virtual Machine Migrated Virtual Machines Zero downtime for virtual machines and end users Virtual Machine Network Adapter Virtual Machine Virtual Machine You can migrate a virtual machine without shared storage from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 with zero downtime. Virtual Machine Supported Windows Failover Cluster Node B More information... Virtual Machine Available through the graphical user interface and Windows PowerShell Network Adapter You can upgrade a virtual machine with failover clusters from a Windows Server 2012 cluster to Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with zero downtime. Windows Failover Cluster Node A More information... Hyper-V with Virtual Hard Disk Sharing Boot Disk Virtual Machine Windows Server has always allowed you to cluster your virtual machines using storage managed by the failover cluster. If a storage failure was detected, the failover cluster responded in an appropriate manner and ensured that your virtual machine maintained access to its storage. In Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering have been enhanced to detect physical storage failures on storage devices that are not managed by the failover cluster (for example, SMB 3.0 shares). Live Migration with SMB Shared Storage Virtual machines remain up and active throughout the entire upgrade process. Server Running Hyper-V Server Running Hyper-V Migrated Virtual Machines Hyper-V Storage Virtual Machine 1 RDMA enabled Network Network Adapter Interface Adapter Storage Failure Detection for Virtual Machines Private Network Private Network Public Network You can migrate a virtual machine from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 with no downtime. You can implement multi-channel functionality while using live migration. Each host computer is configured with dual 10 GB Ethernet network adapters. Virtual Machine Node 1 Simple Live Migration Hyper-V and Failover Clustering More information... Live Migration with Failover Clusters You can now easily upgrade your private cloud infrastructure, which eliminates impact to your virtual machine workloads and helps you avoid the cost and inconvenience associated with unwanted downtime. Live migration delivers a more robust and automated upgrade path for large-scale environments and makes it easy to adapt to a faster upgrade cadence as different versions of Windows Server are released. It also makes it easier for you to manage and deliver on your service level agreements. Virtual Machine Hyper-V compresses virtual machine memory transferred across the network. Server Running Hyper-V Migrated Virtual Machines Hyper-V live migration in Windows Server 2012 R2 updates live migration with new capabilities that enable you to easily upgrade and manage your private cloud. You can now live migrate your virtual machines from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 in a simple, automated process that delivers zero downtime for your virtual machines. GbE (Gigabit Ethernet ) Network Connectivity In environments where hardware and networking resources are constrained, live migration delivers performance improvements for migrating virtual machines by compressing the memory data before sending it across the network. This utilizes spare CPU capacity available in the server running Hyper-V. Hyper-V closely monitors the CPU requirements of the virtual machine and only consumes an appropriate amount of CPU resources to quickly move virtual machines from one server to the next. More efficient use of CPU resources Live Migration Faster Live Migration (greater than 10 GB) These live migration options can support your private cloud infrastructure by: Upgrading Your Private Cloud You can get the free Windows 8 app, Server Posterpedia, from the Windows Store You can get the free mobile app at http://gettag.mobi You can manage generation 2 virtual machine boot order using Windows PowerShell, Hyper-V Manager, or Windows Management Interface (WMI). i Secure Boot is not available in generation 1 virtual machines. Generation 1 virtual machines use the BIOS and emulated IDE before software-based devices can be utilized. Author: Martin McClean (Cloud & Enterprise Division) email: virtua@microsoft.com