Overview
This 5-day instructor-led course is part two in a series of two courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement an enterprise virtualization solution. This course will cover implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server R2 environment using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager. This course primarily covers the advanced and enterprise-level technologies and solutions available through Microsoft virtualization, networking and storage. Using hands-on labs, students will learn the following:
- New features and capabilities in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
- How to configure High Availability for Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager
- How to update the Virtual Machine Manager environment and underlying Fabric infrastructure including considerations for other System Center components
- How to configure advanced networking features in Virtual Machine Manager
- How to update the Virtual Machine Manager environment and underlying Fabric infrastructure including considerations for other System Center components
- How to configure advanced networking features in Virtual Machine Manager such as Uplink Port Profiles and Virtual Port Profiles
- How to configure Storage in Virtual Machine Manager including the advantages and disadvantages between different storage types
- How to use Virtual Machine Manager to configure cloud resources and provision access to a cloud
- How to configure and manage the Library in Virtual Machine Manager including Library synchronization and equivalence objects
- How to prepare the Windows Operating System for deployment in Virtual Machine Manager including how to use Sysprep, WIM and an unattended.xml file
- How to configure and use Virtual Machine Templates and Service Templates in Virtual Machine Manager including how Service Templates are used in a real-world scenario
- How Virtual Machine Manager integrates with other System Center components such as Operations Manager and Orchestrator including how Operations Manager monitors the Virtual Machine Manager environment
- An overview of Windows Azure Pack including how to complete an express deployment and how to configure VM Clouds
- How to configure Azure Site Recovery to replicate and recover virtual machines
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have the following technical knowledge:
- Recommended: MCSA Windows Server 2012
- Recommended: Course 20409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server and System Center
- An understanding of virtualization concepts and working knowledge of Microsoft Hyper-V
- An understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts and working knowledge of Microsoft networking
- An understanding of different storage technologies and concepts and working knowledge of Microsoft storage technologies and solutions
- Working knowledge of Windows PowerShell
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for IT Professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies for enterprise datacenter environments. This course is also intended for IT Decision Makers who will be determining which virtualization and infrastructure management products to implement in their characters.
Course Outline
- Overview of Hyper-V
- Overview of Virtual Machine Manager
Lab: Completing the Fabric for the VMM environment
- Clustering requirements for Virtual Machine Manager
- Configuring SQL AlwaysOn for the Virtual Machine Manager Database
- Hyper-V Host Clustering
Lab: Implementing High Availability for Virtual Machine Manager
- Understand the Servicing Order for System Center
- Performing the manual update process in Virtual Machine Manager
- Patching the Virtual Machine Manager
- Patching the Virtual Machine Manager Fabric with Windows Server Update Services
Lab: Updating the Virtual Machine Manager environment
- Overview of Networking in Virtual Machine Manager
- Logical Networks
- Uplink and Virtual Port Profiles
- Logical Switches
- Virtual Machine Networks
- Software Defined Networking (optional)
Lab: Configuring Networking in VMM
- Storage options available in Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager
- Understanding Storage in Virtual Machine Manager
- What Storage will be managed?
- Configuring and Managing Storage in Virtual Machine Manager
Lab: Provisioning and configuring Storage in Virtual Machine Manager
- Introduction to Clouds
- Creating and Managing a Private Cloud in Virtual Machine Manager
- Working with User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager
Lab: Managing Clouds in Virtual Machine Manager
- Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library
- Managing Libraries
Lab: Configuring and Managing the Virtual Machine Library
- Preparing a Windows Operating System
- Virtual Machine Architecture
- Preparations required for Bare Metal deployments of Hyper-V and Scale-out File Servers
Lab: Preparing the Windows Operating System
- Overview of Virtual Machine Templates
- Overview of Service Template Templates
Lab: Deploying Virtual Machines and Services
- Monitoring the Virtual Machine Manager environment with Operations Manager
- Automation with Orchestrator
Lab: Responding to Alerts using Orchestrator
- Overview of Windows Azure Pack
- Deploying Windows Azure Pack
- Configuring Windows Azure Pack
- Windows Azure Pack Tenant Experience
Lab: Deploying Windows Azure Pack and provisioning infrastructure services
- Overview of Azure Site Recovery
- Configuring and using Azure Site Recovery
Lab: Configuring Azure Site Recovery
