Understanding the Different Types of Virtualization

Michael Otey Technical Director Windows IT Pro Magazine

What this Session Covers

Virtualization Basics Types of Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization Server Virtualization Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Application Virtualization

FAQs

Virtualization Basics

A complete set of virtualization products, from the data center to the desktop All assets both virtual and physical managed from a single platform
Server Virtualization Presentation Virtualization

Types of Virtualization

Management

Application Virtualization Desktop Virtualization

Virtualization Types and Uses

Desktop

Development Testing Training Server consolidation Disaster recovery High availability Testing and deployment

VDI

Server

Centralized desktop management Standardization Application deployment Resolving application incompatibility

Application

Hardware Virtualization Evolution

Runtime Virtualization
Guest 1 Guest 2

Hosted Virtualization
Guest 1 Guest 2

Hypervisor Virtualization

Virtualization Host OS Hardware

Virtualization Host OS Hardware

Guest 1

Guest 2

Virtualization Hardware

JVM & CLR

Virtual PC & Virtual Server

ESX vSphere & Hyper-V

Virtual Machine Host Environment

Virtual

Applications Guest OS (Windows 2003) Virtual Machine

Applications Guest OS (Linux) Virtual Machine

Applications Guest OS (Windows 2008) Virtual Machine

Physical

Virtualization System Hardware

Virtual Machine Guest Environment

Looking inside the VMs

VM Hard Disk Options

Virtual hard disks

Fixed Dynamic Pass-through Snapshots Undo disks Differencing disks

Virtual hard disk features

VM Networking Options
Virtual Networking

None Internal Private External (Bridged)

VMware Tools / Integration Services

Installed after the guest OS

Typically from installed ISO image Improves VM performance

Enhanced video, network, memory drivers Improved mouse support Drag-and-drop with the host Time synchronization

64-bit and Virtualization

64-bit host support

Windows Server SE and EE x64

x64 eliminates physical memory restrictions 64-bit Virtual Machine Manager

Larger kernel address space

DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION

Desktop Virtualization Scenarios

Development Testing Training Help desk Legacy application support

Desktop Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization Products

Desktop

VMware Workstation 7 & Player 3.0 Virtual PC 2007 & Windows Virtual PC & Windows 7 XP Mode Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows Oracle VirtualBox 4 Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac VMware Fusion 3

Others

Mac

VMware Workstation 7
First VM product 64-bit host & guests 8-way virtual SMP 32 GB RAM per VM Multiple snapshots USB 1.1 & Audio support Unity DirectX 9.0 & Aero Capture & replay $189

VMware Player 3.0

Free Can both play and create VMs Same broad host and guest support 8 vCPUs Unity Not the same advanced features of Workstation

No teams, snapshots, capture and replay

 Free 64-bit host support Hardware virtualization support Vista support

Virtual PC 2007

Intel-VT & AMD-V Host and guest

No official Linux support Multiple monitor support Audio no USB

Windows Virtual PC & Windows 7 XP Mode

Windows Virtual PC

Free Successor to Virtual PC 2007 Only runs on Windows 7 Designed for legacy XP support USB & Aero support
No official Linux support

Windows 7 XP Mode

Seamlessly run XP application on the Windows 7 desktop Red window border

MED-V
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization SA customers only Runs on Virtual PC 2007

Runs on multiple Windows desktop OSs

Seamlessly run application on the Windows desktop

Other Desktop Virtualization Products

Oracle VirtualBox 4.04

Free Runs on Windows, Linux and MAC 32 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM per VM USB, High Def Audio $79.99 VMs with 8 vCPUs & 8 GB RAM per VM USB support

Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows

Mac Desktop Virtualization

Parallels

$49.95 Desktop integration and Aero support USB support $79 Fusion and Aero support USB support

VMware Fusion

Differences of Desktop and Server

Desktop Virtualization (Virtual PC, Workstation)
Designed for running one or two desktop systems Runs on the desktop Windows management UI Local virtual disks only No management API VM supports audio/USB

Server Virtualization (vSphere, Hyper-V)

Designed for running multiple server systems Runs on the hardware Remote management console SAN support Management API No VM audio/USB support

SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

Server Virtualization Architecture

Server Virtualization Scenarios

Server consolidation Disaster recovery High availability Testing and deployment

Server Virtualization Products

Server Products

VMware ESX vSphere Microsoft Hyper-V Citrix XenServer Parallel's Virtuozzo and Bare Metal Server VMware Virtual Server Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2

Others

Legacy

VMware vSphere 4.1

Leader in enterprise virtualization Bare metal installation Best performance & features Expensive Part of vSphere

Standard, Advanced, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus ~$1,300 - $4,400 per processor Free

vSphere Hyperviser (ESXi)

vSphere Features-at-a-Glace
CPU virtualization 4-way Virtual SMP Direct SAN LUN mapping, boot from SAN Up to 255GB VM RAM Can cluster VMs across physical hosts

Up to 32 nodes

Centralized management using VirtualCenter

VMotion and Storage VMotion High Availability Distributed Resource Scheduler Fault Tolerance

ESX 4 and ESXi Maximums

64 processor cores 1TB of host RAM 256 VMs 8-way Virtual SMP (Enterprise Plus)

4-way virtual SMP for the other editions

4 vNICs per VM

ESX Server Overview

Microsoft Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 / R2 Hyper-V Role Hyper-V Server 2008 / R2 (Free) Features-at-a-glance

4-way Virtual SMP Up to 64GB RAM per VM 64 Logical Processors (8 sockets) 1 TB of Host RAM Live Migration & Quick Migration

Live backups using Volume Shadow Copy Service Direct SAN LUN mapping Offline VHD tools Hot-Add VHDs No USB in guests

Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering

Microsoft Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Role Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (Free) Features-at-a-glance

4-way Virtual SMP Up to 64GB RAM per VM Live Migration & Quick Migration

Live backups using Volume Shadow Copy Services Direct SAN LUN mapping Offline VHD tools No USB in guests

Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering

Hyper-V Architecture

Hypervisor Summary
Hyper-V Less expensive Broader hardware support Very good performance Smaller hypervisor / bigger platform Cost effective for smaller business ESX Server No reliance on Windows Broader guest support The best performance Bigger hypervisor / smaller platform Better scalability for larger businesses

VMware Virtual Server

Features

64-bit host & guest support Virtual SMP support USB support VM Snapshots Import MS VM images Windows and Web management Central management with vSphere Hosted virtualization

Limitations

Virtual Server 2005 R2

Features

Limitations

64-bit host support Web-based management Support for some Linux distributions iSCSI Support Support for Failover Clustering Hosted virtualization No 64-bit guest support No guest audio No guest USB

Other Virtualization platforms

Citrix XenServer

Parallel's Virtuozzo Containers

Free and paid versions ($50000 Platinum edition) Xen roots - Windows and Linux support vCPUs (32 Linux, 8 Windows ) 32 GB RAM per VM Virtualizes the OS rather than the hardware Linux roots, web hosting environments High performance, low overhead $499 Small Business Edition, $999 Standard Hypervisor-based 12 vCPUs 64 GB or RAM per VM

Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal

Windows Server Licensing and Server Virtualization

Applies to any virtualization product Windows Server 2003 R2 &Windows Server 2008 R2 VM licensing changes

WS08 Standard Edition base OS & 1 additional VM Enterprise Edition: base OS and 4 additional VMs Windows Server Datacenter Edition: unlimited VMs

VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE (VDI)

Driving Forces of Desktop Management

Standardization

Security

Easier desktop training Easier desktop support Appropriate rights & privilege s New clients Applications OS Applications

Deployment Updates

Benefits of VDI
Centralized desktop management Desktop standardization More control over desktop security Ability to roll back to previous desktop states Easier migration to new client OSes Greater device independence

Desktop Virtualization vs. VDI

Client virtualization
Hosted Application compatibility, development Virtualize the entire XP OS (hosted) Windows XP Mode, VMware Workstation / Windows Virtual PC VDI Thin client, legacy PC Support for the RDP, ICA, PCIOP protocols Desktop is housed on a virtual server XenDesktop, VMware View

VDI Architecture

VDI Products
Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suite Citrix XenDesktop 5.0 VMware View 4.5 Quest vWorkspace

Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suite

Not a real product Software licensing bundling

Windows Server 2008 System Center

Hyper-V Remote Desktop Services (RD Sessions Broker & RD Gateway) Virtual Machine Manager Operations Manager Configurations Manager

Licensed per client device

App-V (Premium Suite)

VDA Virtual Desktop Access $100 per device (retail)

Cirtix XenDesktop 5.0

Premium VDI offering for Microsoft virtualization Uses XenServer or Hyper-V Multiple clients Based on the ICA protocol Pooled or Personal desktops Master image management

Windows, Mac, web, virtual, thin, devices

High Definition Experience (HDX)

Machine Creation Service (MCS)

VMware View
Uses vSphere on the backend PCoIP protocol Windows, Linux, thin clients, iPad Local mode Editions

View Enterprise View Premier

Licensed per connected user

Quest vWorkspace
Works with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Parallells Virtuozzo Managed through System Center or vCenter Server Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, thin clients, iPad Licensed per user

APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION

Application Virtualization Scenarios

Application deployment Legacy applications Incompatible applications End of DLL Hell No OS changes Can be coupled w/ AD or other management frameworks for client management and deployment

Application Virtualization
Runs as an application Virtualizes OS settings
Registry File system

Application Virtualization Products

Microsoft App-V

Was - Softricity SoftGrid Was Thinstall

VMware ThinApp

App-V
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Requires AD Requires a back-end applications server On-demand deployment

Streams software to clients

Policy-based management

App-V Overview
Install Application Server Deploy Universal Clients Add App-V application groups to AD Sequence target applications Assign applications to App-V groups

App-V Overview

VMwares ThinApp
Packages virtual applications Run an installation to capture changes Virtual Operating System (VOS)

Lightweight 300K, 1MB RAM Virtual registry and file system

Create and distribute packages Less infrastructure than App-V Free Starter Edition with VMware Workstation 7

VIRTUALIZATION FAQS

Virtualization FAQs
Does the Windows Server Datacenter unlimited virtualization licensing just apply to Microsoft virtualization?

No. It applies to all virtualization products including VMwares ESX Server

Virtualization FAQs
Were there any changes to the virtualization licensing with Windows Server 2008?

Yes. Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition now provides support for running one active virtual Windows instance.
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
One active VM

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

Up to four active VMs

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition

Unlimited active VMs

Virtualization FAQs
How does licensing work with virtualization with products like SQL Server and BizTalk that offer a per-processor licensing option?
When licensing in the per-processor model you license for the number of virtual processors. However, for Enterprise Edition if you license all of the physical processors you can run an unlimited number of virtual SQL Server instances. 62 http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/l icensing-faq.aspx

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