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Data Center Server Virtualization Solution Using Microsoft Hyper-V St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Culminating Projects in Information Assurance Department of Information Systems 5-2017 Data Center Server Virtualization Solution Using Microsoft yH per-V Sujitha Dandu St Cloud State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/msia_etds Recommended Citation Dandu, Sujitha, "Data Center Server Virtualization Solution Using Microsoft yH per-V" (2017). Culminating Projects in Information Assurance. 23. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/msia_etds/23 This Starred Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Information Systems at theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Culminating Projects in Information Assurance by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Datacenter Server Virtualization Solution Using Microsoft Hyper-V by Sujitha Dandu A Starred Paper Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of St. Cloud State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Information Assurance February, 2017 Starred Paper Committee: Dr. Dennis Guster, Chairperson Dr. Susantha Herath Dr. Balasubramanian Kasi 2 Abstract Cloud Computing has helped businesses scale within minutes and take their services to their customers much faster. Virtualization is considered the core-computing layer of a cloud setup. All the problems a traditional data center environment like space, power, resilience, centralized data management, and rapid deployment of servers as per business need have been solved with the introduction of Hyper-V (a server virtualization solution from Microsoft). Now companies can deploy multiple servers and applications with just a click and they can also centrally manage the data storage. This paper focuses on the difference between VMware and Hyper virtualization platforms and building a virtualized infrastructure solution using Hyper. 3 Table of Contents Page List of Tables ............................................................................................................................ 6 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter I. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 8 Problem Statement .................................................................................................. 10 Nature and Significance of the Problem ................................................................. 10 Summary ................................................................................................................. 10 II. Background and Review of Literature .......................................................................... 12 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 12 Cloud Computing .................................................................................................... 12 Storage Migration ................................................................................................... 23 High Availability/Failover Cluster ......................................................................... 24 SCVMM Server ...................................................................................................... 25 VMM Architecture.................................................................................................. 26 Summary ................................................................................................................. 27 III. HYPER_V vs VMware ................................................................................................. 28 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 28 Microsoft Hyper-V.................................................................................................. 28 VMware vSphere .................................................................................................... 29 4 Focusing on the Small Business Client ................................................................... 31 Management Tools.................................................................................................. 33 Performance and Scalability ................................................................................... 34 Summary ................................................................................................................. 35 IV. Methodology ................................................................................................................. 37 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 37 Benefits of Server Virtualization ............................................................................ 38 Security ................................................................................................................... 39 Hardware and Software Requirements ................................................................... 39 Product Costing ....................................................................................................... 39 Summary ................................................................................................................. 41 V. Implementation ............................................................................................................. 42 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 42 Installation of Hyper-V ........................................................................................... 42 Installation of the Hyper-V Role by Utilizing Power Shell .................................... 43 Creating a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V Manager .............................................. 44 Installing the Guest Operating System ................................................................... 46 Upgrading Integration Services .............................................................................. 46 Active Directory Installation in Windows Server 2012 .......................................... 47 Installing SQL ......................................................................................................... 58 Prerequisites for SCVMM ...................................................................................... 68 Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 ......................................... 71 5 Adding Hosts to VMM ........................................................................................... 75 To Configure a Logical Network in SCVMM ........................................................ 83 Configuring the IP Address Pools for the Logical Networks Created Already ...... 84 Virtual Networks in SCVMM ................................................................................. 91 Storage Migration ................................................................................................... 95 Summary ................................................................................................................. 100 VI. Summary ....................................................................................................................... 101 Future Work ............................................................................................................ 102 Limitations .............................................................................................................. 103 References ................................................................................................................................. 104 6 List of Tables Table Page 1. Virtualization Types with Examples ............................................................................. 13 2. Pros and Cons of Microsoft Windows Hyper-V ........................................................... 29 3. VMware vSphere Pros and Cons .................................................................................. 30 4. Windows Hyper-V and VMware VSphere Features Comparison ................................ 35 7 List of Figures Figure Page 1. Dell Power Edge t420—an Example of a Tower Server .............................................. 14 2. View of a Rack Server from the Back End ................................................................... 15 3. Example of Blade Servers ............................................................................................. 15 4. Hyper-V Architecture—Basic Structure of How Hyper-V Works ............................... 19 5. Hyper-V Manager—Views from Window Server 2012 ............................................... 20 6. Live Migration .............................................................................................................. 21 7. Storage Migration ......................................................................................................... 24 8. High Availability .........................................................................................................
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