Dec 30, 2015
Switching to Hyper–V:Migrating from VMware ‘the other guys’Mark GossonSenior Program Mgr.Microsoft
Matt McSpiritTechnical Product
Mgr.Microsoft
WS-B325
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Switchers“With System Center 2012, we have much more granular insight into and control over the services we’re delivering to the business. This is critical in helping Pella make great windows and doors.” - Jim Thomas, Director of IT Operations, Pella
Pizza Chain to Switch 10,000 Store Servers to Hyper-V to Increase Reliability, Performance
Domino’s is switching its in-store virtualization software to Hyper-V and uses System Center data center solutions to manage those servers
To stay competitive, Apartments.com needs to introduce new services frequently and deliver outstanding web performance. It found that its VMware-based infrastructure was too inflexible to meet developer needs and too expensive to deploy in production
“After virtualizing our Taiwan data center using Windows Server 2012, we expect to save $600,000 a year. The potential savings across all our
global data centers could be up to five times higher.” - Harry Richards, Group Enterprise Architect, Acer
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Microsoft Options | VMMV2V Inbox – Walk through a simple wizard to convert VMs from VMware to Hyper-V. VMs should have VMware Tools removed, and can be on a host (off), or in VMM library.
+ Orchestrator
Easy Steps – Select VM settings, Select Host, Select Path, Select NetworksFinish – View Script button for PowerShellOrchestrator – Combine with Orchestrator to automate the conversion process from VMware to Hyper-V
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Demo
What is MVMC?Supported & Free – Quick and easy to download, use and start conversions of VMware VMs
Convert to 2012 – Converts and deploys virtual machines or virtual disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-V hosts including Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012Scriptable – fully scriptable command-line interfaces for performing virtual machine and disk conversions that integrates well with data center automation workflows and Windows PowerShell scriptsOS Support – Supports Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 & Windows Vista & Windows 7
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Demo – Kicking off a migration
PowerCLI
MAT - Architecture
User Ordered List
1 - Collect
2 - Order
3 - Convert
The “other guys”MVMC.exe
Ctrl
SQL Express
Hyper-V
Helper-1 Helper-2 Helper-X
Start Remotes
Convert
Task Schedule on Remotes
Check Semaphore
Sempahore > QueueLength
Start
Get Unassigned Get Next VM=0End Start-Process
Log Monitor
MATWorkflow
Demo – MAT deep dive
MVMC Automation Toolkit
• Key Features:• Free to use• Easy to use• Driven by PowerShell • SQL Express Database (free version)• Supports Multiple Concurrent Conversions per Server• Scales Horizontally to Multiple Servers • Extensible and Customizable• Provides Simple Reporting and Management• Download it here
Key Focus Areas
Who’s Migrating & Why?
Microsoft’s Migration Options
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation ToolkitSummary
Summary
• Customers are migrating for a number of reasons:• Cost, Comprehensive Management, Automation, Integration
• Multiple options available for Migration• Virtual Machine Manager (V2V/P2V) with Orchestrator
• Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter• Free solution to migrate individual VMs from VMware to Hyper-V with no
System Center
• Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Automation Toolkit• Accelerates and Scales the free MVMC through simple, extensible automation• Read about it on http://aka.ms/buildingclouds
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