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Course
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
Lesson 1: Overview of Backup and Restore
Options for Virtual Machines
Windows Server Backup Infrastructure
Backup Options for Virtual Machines
Backup and Restore Options for VMM
Windows Server Backup Infrastructure

VSS architecture

Writers VSS Requester

System Hardware Software

provider provider provider

Volume
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 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
Virtual machines
DPM agents

DPM Hyper-V hosts

(database) DPM agents

DPM agent =
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 Windows Azure

Backup

DPM
(database)
DPM Components and the Protection
Process

Disk-to-tape

Protected 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 Hyper-V Host2

.vhdx/.vhd .vhdx/.vhd

DPM server

DPM
(database)

.vhdx/.vhd

CSV
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
Overview of Management Packs
Creating Overrides
Configuring Notifications
Configuring Reports and Reporting
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
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
Configuring Operations Manager and VMM
Integration
What Are PRO Tips?
Configuring Advanced Monitoring for
Virtualization Components.
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