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Module 13

Protecting and Monitoring

Virtualization Infrastructure

Module Overview
Overview of Backup and Restore Options for
Virtual Machines
Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure by
Using DPM
Using Operations Manager for Monitoring
and Reporting
Integrating VMM with Operations Manager

Lesson 1: Overview of Backup and Restore

Options for Virtual Machines
Windows Server Backup Infrastructure
Backup Options for Virtual Machines
Demonstration: Backing Up and Restoring
Virtual Machines
Backup and Restore Options for VMM
Scenarios for Using Windows Server Backup

Windows Server Backup Infrastructure

VSS architecture
Writers

VSS

System
provider

Hardware
provider

Volume

Requester

Software
provider

Windows Server Backup Infrastructure

Uses VSS
Provides basic backup including:
One-time or scheduled application-consistent
backups
Bare-metal recovery for Windows Server
System state, AD DS, and Hyper-V
Windows folders and files with configurable file
type exclusion
Full and incremental backups
Can back up to local disk or to remote shares

Backup Options for Virtual Machines

In-guest versus host-level
Online versus offline
Storage considerations

Demonstration: Backing Up and Restoring

Virtual Machines
In this demonstration, you will see how to:
Add the Windows Server Backup feature to
Windows Server
Configure one time and scheduled backups
Select items for backup, including virtual
machines
Set advanced VSS features

Backup and Restore Options for VMM

Considerations for protecting VMM
components:
VMM database. Use SQL Server database backup
options
VMM library. Use file level backup options
VMM Server. Use a virtual machine, use host level
backup
Combine options for better protection

Scenarios for Using Windows Server

Backup

Lesson 2: Protecting Virtualization

Infrastructure by Using DPM
Benefits of Using DPM
DPM Components and the Protection Process
Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up
Virtual Machines
Deploying DPM Protection Agents
Configuring Protection Groups
Options for Protecting Virtualization
Infrastructure
Performing Virtual Machine Recovery
Deploying Windows Azure Online Backup for

Benefits of Using DPM

DPM provides the following features:
Backing up of multiple Hyper-V hosts and virtual
machines from a single application
Disaster recovery by replicating protected data to
secondary offsite locations
Protection of workloads such as SharePoint, AD
DS, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Windows 7,
and Windows 8.
Backups to cloud services with Window Azure
Online Backup
Enhanced reporting
Scriptable through Windows PowerShell
Support for CSV clusters and virtual machines
stored in SMB 3.0 file shares

DPM Components and the Protection

Process
DPM components
DPM server

DPM
(database)

Virtual machines
DPM agents

Hyper-V hosts
DPM agents

DPM agent =

DPM Components and the Protection

Process
DPM component
Central console

DPM server

DPM server

DPM server

DPM Components and the Protection

Process
DPM component
Disaster recovery Secondary DPM server

DPM server

Secondary DPM
server

DPM
(database)

DPM agent =

DPM Components and the Protection

Process

Windows Azure Backup

DPM server

DPM
(database)

Windows Azure
Backup

DPM Components and the Protection

Process
DPM storage
methods
Disk-to-disk
Protected server

DPM server

DPM Components and the Protection

Process

Disk-to-tape
Protected server

DPM server (Tape

library)

DPM Components and the Protection

Process
DPM storage
methods
Disk-to-disk-to-tape
Protected server

DPM server

DPM server (Tape

library)

Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up

Virtual Machines
Hyper-V Hostlevel backup
Hyper-V host
.vhdx/ .vhd

DPM server

DPM
(Database)

DPM protection agent

Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up

Virtual Machines
Hyper-V clustered hostlevel backup
Hyper-V Host1
.vhdx/.vhd

Hyper-V Host2
.vhdx/.vhd

DPM server

DPM
(database)
.vhdx/.vhd

CSV
DPM agent =

Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up

Virtual Machines
Hyper-V clustered hostlevel backup
Hyper-V Host1
.vhdx/.vhd

Hyper-V Host2
.vhdx/.vhd

DPM server

DPM
(Database)
.vhdx/.vhd6

SMB 3.0
share

DPM agent =

Considerations for Using DPM to Back Up

Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Backup
Virtual
machin
es

Hyper-V host

DPM server

DPM
(database)

DPM agent =

Deploying DPM Protection Agents

Choose the installation method, manual, or

automatic
Configure firewall rules
Deploy the DPM protection agent via DPM
console
Deploy the DPM protection agent manually

Configuring Protection Groups

Protection groups are collection of data
sources (members) that group together the
following configuration settings:
Data protection methods such as disk, tape,
or cloud
Data retention
Synchronization frequency
Consistency checks
Recovery points
Compression

Options for Protecting Virtualization

Infrastructure
Host-level backups that may include item-

level recovery
Can be online or offline, subject to in-guest
operating system versions

Performing Virtual Machine Recovery

Virtual machine recovery considerations:
Consider the virtual machine recovery
location, and make sure there is adequate
space
Ensure that the performance of any systems
during a restore does not impact end users
Ensure recovered virtual machines maintain
desired security level

Do not recover and leave virtu1al machine hard

disks in unsecured locations

Deploying Windows Azure Online Backup for

DPM
Windows Azure backup:

Cloud base copy of selected DPM replicas

Protected server

DPM server

DPM server (Tape library)

Lesson 3: Using Operations Manager for

Monitoring and Reporting
Key Features and Components of Operations
Manager
Demonstration: Using the Operations
Console
Overview of Management Packs
Creating Overrides
Configuring Notifications
Demonstration: Configuring Notifications
Configuring Reports and Reporting

Key Features and Components of

Operations Manager

Demonstration: Using the Operations

Console
In this demonstration, you will review the
Operations Manager Console and its
workspaces including:
Monitoring
Authoring
Reporting
Administration

Overview of Management Packs

Management packs contain settings used to
monitor a specific application or device
Management packs can include:
Monitors
Rules
Views
Knowledge
Tasks
Reports
Run As profiles

Creating Overrides
Create overrides in Operations Manager to

specify the amount of data and events

collected and the alerts, rules, and tasks
you might create based on that data
Two management pack types: sealed and
unsealed
Can only store overrides in unsealed
management packs

Configuring Notifications
Configuring notifications:
Notification channels
Notification subscribers
Notification subscriptions
Scheduling and maintenance mode

Demonstration: Configuring Notifications

Configuring Reports and Reporting

VMM Reports available
in Operations Manager:

Capacity Utilization
Host Group Forecasting
Host Utilization
Host Utilization Growth
Power Savings
SAN Usage Forecasting
Virtual Machine Allocation
Virtual Machine Utilization
Virtualization Candidates

Lesson 4: Integrating VMM with Operations

Manager
Operations Manager Integration with VMM
Configuring Operations Manager and VMM
Integration
Demonstration: Integrating VMM and
Operations Manager
What Are PRO Tips?
Configuring Advanced Monitoring for

Virtualization Components.

Operations Manager Integration with VMM

Configuring Operations Manager and VMM

Integration
Operations Manager and VMM Integration

Demonstration: Integrating VMM and

Operations Manager
In this demonstration, you will see how to:
Install the Operations Manager console on a VMM
server
Enable VMM integration with Operations
Manager

What Are PRO Tips?

Management packs with monitors that can
react to events and remediate against them
in VMM

For example, you can configure a hardware PRO

tip to migrate virtual machines from a host if a
disk fails

Configuring Advanced Monitoring for

Virtualization Components.
Import management packs for hardware

and software components

Use the Fabric Health Dashboard and
Diagram views

Lab: Monitoring and Reporting

Virtualization Infrastructure
Exercise 1: Implementing Microsoft System Center
2012 R2 Operations Manager Agents
Exercise 2: Configuring Operations Manager
Monitoring Components
Exercise 3: Configuring Operations Manager

Integration with System Center 2012 R2 Virtual

Machine Manager (VMM)
Logon Information
Virtual machines:
20409B-LON-HOST1
20409B-LON-DC1
20409B-LON-VMM1
20409B-LON-OM1
User name:
Adatum\Administrator
Password:
Pa$$w0rd
Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Lab Scenario
As usage of the A. Datum Corporation virtual
environment increases, IT management is
concerned about the lack of information available
about the environment. IT management wants to
ensure that all virtual machine and host computer
performance is monitored carefully. They also would
like to see high-level reports showing the
performance for the entire environment.
To provide this level of monitoring and reporting, you
must configure integration between VMM and
Operations Manager. You will then use Operations
Manager to provide IT management with better
reports regarding the virtualization infrastructure,
including performance monitoring.

Lab Review
After you integrate VMM with Operations

Manager, what reports are available?

Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions

Course Evaluation