Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Continual Availability in the Datacenter Symon Perriman Annur Sumar Senior Technical Evangelist Solutions LeaderArchitect Microsoft Corp Concurrency ID: 533105
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DCIM-416Microsoft System Center 2012 R2: Continual Availability in the Datacenter
Symon Perriman Annur Sumar
Senior Technical Evangelist
Solutions Leader/Architect
Microsoft Corp. Concurrency
@
SymonPerriman
System Center Cloud MVPSlide3
AgendaContinual Availability ArchitectureInfrastructureIT Services & Automation
Applications
Extending the DatacenterSlide4
Continual AvailabilityArchitectureSlide5
Hardware High AvailabilityRedundancy everywhere: servers, storage, networking, etc.Host High Availability for WorkloadsHost Failover Clustering for VMs & RolesGuest Application High Availability
Guest Failover Clustering for apps within VMs
VM Storage High Availability
Scale Out File Server Failover Clustering
Management High Availability
System CenterSite High AvailabilityHyper-V Replica & Multi-Site Clustering
Defining Continual Availability
Guest Failover Cluster
Host Failover Cluster
Scale Out File Server
Hardware Redundancy
System Center & Management
Hyper-V Replica / Multi-SiteSlide6
R2
System Center 2012 R2 is
one product
with
eight components
.
Windows Azure Pack (WAP) allows you to run Azure-like services in your datacenter using System Center.
System Center Advisor is a free cloud service (
www.SystemCenterAdvisor.com
).
Slide7
Infrastructure provisioning
System Center 2012 R2
Automation
IT service management
Windows Azure Pack
App
Controller
Self-service
Service
Manager
Service model
Orchestrator
Service
Manager
Application performance monitoring
Infrastructure monitoring
Virtual Machine Manager
Operations
Manager
With Advisor
Configuration Manager
Data Protection Manager
IT
Admin
Customers
Microsoft
Customer
Service
ProviderSlide8
ServerRedundant server deploymentsRun server inside a clustered VMBackup using DPM or Replicate using Hyper-V ReplicaMonitor with a SCOM Management PackDatabase
SQL Server 2012/2014
AlwaysOn
Clustering
Replication / Mirroring / Backup to a secondary site
Run SQL inside a clustered VMBackup using DPM or Replicate using Hyper-V ReplicaMonitor with a SCOM Management Pack
System Center High-AvailabilitySlide9
VMM Library ServerRun a file server on a failover clusterVMM Management ServerRun directly on a failover clusterOperations Manager ServerHighly-Available Management GroupOrchestrator Runbook Server
Primary and redundant runbooks server failover
App Controller, Orchestrator Web Console, Service Manager Service Catalog
Load-balance network traffic
Advisor
Redundant & distributed services on AzureSystem Center Server HA SolutionsSlide10
InfrastructureSlide11
Managing ClustersDeploy, validate, configure & manageScale management for hosts and VMsHyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2 Clusters
Automatic detection of cluster configuration changes
Supports all new types of
live migrationSlide12
Hyper-V Cluster
Bare Metal Cluster Provisioning
Bare Metal
Server
VMM Server
Configure storage
Configure
network
Configure
Boot & Install
Hyper-V RoleFailover Clustering Feature
Storage
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
Network
Validate the configuration
64 nodes per cluster
8,000 VMs per cluster
1,024 VMs per nodeSlide13
Building Spaces & SOFS Cluster
Clustered Storage Pool & Storage Spaces
Hyper-V
Hosts
SMB
Unified Cluster Shared Volume Namespace
Shared SAS
JBOD Arrays
Clustered File Servers
\\SRV\VDI
\\SRV\CRM
\\SRV\DB
60-bay
SAS Array
60-bay
SAS Array
Mirror Space
Mirror Space
Mirror Space
96Gbps
Shared SAS Links
Compute
Storage
Architecturally
similar to traditional storage deploymentSlide14
Cluster ManagementDemoVirtual Machine ManagerSlide15
Microsoft Hyper-V
vCenter Server
VMware
vSphere
Multiple Hypervisor Support
Virtual Machine Manager
Citrix
XenServer
Host GroupSlide16
Load Balancing enables redundant serversAutomationConnect to load balancer through hardware providerAssign to clouds, host groups, and logical networksConfigure load balancing method and add virtual IP on service deployment
Partners
Windows Server Network Load Balancing, F5 BIG-IP, Brocade
ServerIron
ADX, Citrix
NetScaler, etc. Service Template Integration Load Balancer SupportSlide17
Automates placement logic on hostsCapacity planning improves resource utilizationSpreads VMs across nodes‘Star-Rated’ results for easy
decision making
Customizable algorithm
Intelligent PlacementSlide18
Automated cluster updatingUses Intelligent Placement & live migrationWindows PowerShell SupportMost hosts can be patched
Hosts, Host Groups, Host Clusters
VMM Server, Library Server, PXE Server,
Update Server
Does not patch VMs or VHDs
Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST)Automated Update ManagementSlide19
Dynamic OptimizationNo SCOM dependencyRebalances VMs across hostsLive migration
Keeps cluster balanced
Avoids VM downtime
Supports heterogeneous clusters
Managed resources
Considers CPU, memory, disk IO, network IOOptimize when above resource thresholdConsiders entire clusterOptions
Manual or automaticUser controlled frequency
Configurable aggressivenessSlide20
Performance & Resource
Optimization (PRO)Slide21
Cross-Platform Visibility
Health Monitoring
Windows
Linux/UNIX Support
Novel SLES, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IBM AIX 7.1, HP-UX,
Solaris, and others through partner management packs
Heterogeneous
monitoringSlide22
SCOM ExtensibilityMonitor anythingMicrosoft provides knowledge and thresholds for Microsoft productsCreate MPs using templates
Partners provide expertise for non-Microsoft applications
Organizations author their own management packsSlide23
Physical & Virtual networksDiscoverMulti-vendor support and protocol supportSNMP v1 – v3 IPv4 and IPv6Monitor
Port and Interface
Peripheral Components
CPU
RAM
ReportMemory & processor utilizationPort traffic volumePort error analysisPort packet analysis
Visualize
Network MonitoringSlide24
DPM protects VMs, hosts and VMM Server800 VMs of 100 GB each per DPM ServerHyper-V over SMB supportProtect during all types of live migration CSV protectionItem level recovery (ILR)
Recover to the same host or different locations
Infrastructure ProtectionSlide25
Online Snapshots
Disk-Based
Recovery
Active Directory
Tape-Based
Backup
Data Protection Manager
Up to
Every 15 minutes
Disaster Recovery
with offsite replication and tape
Data Protection Manager
Continuous Backup and ProtectionSlide26
Site A
Site B
Synchronous or Asynchronous Replication between Storage
Systems Or Backup
, Replication, and Restore
Physical Server 2
Physical Server 1
Physical Server 3
Hyper-V ProtectionSlide27
IT Services & AutomationSlide28
Standardized Service Delivery & Automation
STANDARDIZATION
SELF SERVICE
AUTOMATION
Give consumers of IT services the ability to identify, access and request services as needed.
Controlled Empowerment
Request offerings displayed based on user role
Intuitive easy to navigate portal
Automate the service processes and systems necessary to the fulfillment of consumer requests.
Automate routing of requests for approval and notification.
Automate provisioning of the service request
Standardize the services
provided by
IT to consumers.
Define the services to be offered
Define the request offerings that will be contained within a Service Offering
Identify who needs to be involved (approvals, notifications, fulfillment)Slide29
Service Requests for Incident Reporting
Configuration Manager Database (CMDB)
Runbooks
Templates
Services
Virtual Machines
Hosts
Users
Templates
Enables standardization and compliance
Virtual
Machine
Manager
Library
DC
Admin
User Roles
Publish
App
OwnerSlide30
Triage and Remediate
Discover application dependencies
Monitor
end user and application components
Isolate root cause
Discover application dependencies
Monitor
end user and application components
Isolate root cause
Service Monitoring and Recovery
Isolate root cause
Monitor
end user and application components
Discover application dependencies
Triage and RemediateSlide31
Integration Packs Active DirectoryFile ManagementEmailMonitoringNotificationScheduling
System
Text File Management
Utilities
System Center 2012 R2
VMware vSphere
Microsoft (Windows) Azure3rd Party Management SystemsExtensibleSlide32
HA Self-Service AutomationService Manager and OrchestratorSlide33
ApplicationsSlide34
Complete Application Monitoring Solution
Server-Side
Monitoring the actual code that is executed and delivered by the application
Client-Side
Synthetic
End-user experiences related to page load times, server and network latency, and client-side scripting exceptions
Pre-recorded testing paths through the application that highlight availability, response times, and unexpected responses
Infrastructure Monitoring
Use the same tools to monitor with visibility across infrastructure and applicationsSlide35
Hybrid service
Unified application monitoring across private and public (System Center
Management Pack
for
Microsoft Azure
applications)
Trigger remediation actions on
Microsoft Azure
applications from System Center
CONTOSO
Contoso Webstore
Portal
Databases
Portal
Watchers
Web
Roles
Store
Orders
Chicago
Las Vegas
WebRoleInst1
WebRoleInst2
Private
Application Monitoring Across Clouds
Microsoft AzureSlide36
Operations Manager
Web Test
Global Service Monitoring
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Production Application
Visual
Studio
Workitem
+
Results +
Intellitrace
Results
Results +
Intellitrace
Call Web App
Web Test + Target URL + Schedule
Global Service Monitor
!
On-PremiseSlide37
Application Monitoring DemoOperations ManagerSlide38
Consistent Application Configuration
Scale-out & health policy
Service Template (Multi-Tier .NET App)
SQL
HW profile
OS profile
SQL profile
Data Tier
SQL DAC
Configuration
Service Template Library
Scale-out & health policy
App Server
HW profile
OS profile
App profile
App Tier
Scale-out & health policy
IIS
HW profile
OS profile
App profile
Web Tier
W2K8R2.VHD
OS
settings
MSDeploy
package
Configuration
App-V
ConfigurationSlide39
Application Maintenance without Downtime
IN PLACE UPDATES
Change application or template settings without replacing OS
image
Change memory, update application package
TEMPLATE DRIVEN
Provide a single source of truth for service
deployments
Use Upgrade Domains to limit disruption of service during updates
IMAGE BASED UPDATES
Replace old OS image with new OS
image
Reinstall the application and restore the state Slide40
Extending the DatacenterSlide41
On-Premise
System Center Integration with Azure
App Controller
Move
Manage
Azure IP
Orchestrator
App Controller
Operations Manager
Azure MP
App Controller
Monitor
DPM
Advisor
Microsoft AzureSlide42
System Center AdvisorProactively avoid problemsAlerts for unpatched, misconfigured, or unsupported configurations
Regular assessment of server configuration
Remote access to portal
Resolve issues faster
Access current and historical configuration data
Share configuration data with internal or Microsoft support staff
Get instant access to guidanceReduce downtime
SQL Server and Windows Server knowledge Compare with best practicesAccess centralized configuration data Sign up free at www.SystemCenterAdvisor.com Slide43
Online Snapshots
Disk-Based
Recovery
Active Directory
Tape-Based
Backup
Data Protection Manager
Up to
Every 15 minutes
Disaster Recovery
with offsite replication and tape
Data Protection Manager
Backup to the Cloud
Microsoft AzureSlide44
DR Orchestration
DR Orchestration
SCVMM
Compute
Storage
Networks
DRP
Primary Site
SCVMM
Compute
Storage
Networks
DRP
Extensible Data Channel
(Hyper-V Replica, SQL
Always-ON)
Secondary Site
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery
DR to Azure
Hyper-V
Recoery
ManagerSlide45
Azure Site Recovery DemoMicrosoft AzureVirtual Machine ManagerSlide46
ConclusionSystem Center 2012 R2 can provide continuous availability for the Private Cloud
Each component can be made highly-available as well as supporting HA
features
High-availability is available from the infrastructure to the service layer to the application
Microsoft AzureSlide47
Breakout SessionsDCIM-B327 Cluster-in-a-Box Using Windows Server 2012 R2: Solutions and ApplicationsDCIM-B337 File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure in WS 2012 R2DCIM-B349 Software-Defined Storage in WS 2012 R2 and Microsoft SC 2012 R2
DCIM-B364 Step-by-step to Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
DCIM-B416 - System Center 2012 R2: Continual Availability in the Datacenter
Labs
DCIM-IL200 (Repeats) Build Your Storage Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 R2
DCIM-H201 - Introduction to Microsoft Virtualization, Part 1: Host ManagementDCIM-H205 Build Your Storage Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 R2
DCIM-IL308 (Repeats) Windows Server 2012 R2: Introduction to Failover Clustering with Hyper-VDCIM-H321 Windows Server 2012 R2: Introduction to Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
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