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Windows 2012 Hyper-V Advanced Network Security : DHCP Guard, Router Guard, Port Mirroring

November 27, 2012 5 comments

Windows 2012 Hyper-V brought a lot of new features. There are many improvements in security as well:

•DHCP Guard is a security feature that drops DHCP server messages from unauthorized virtual machines pretending to be DHCP servers.
•Router Guard is a security feature that drops Router Advertisement and Redirection messages from unauthorized virtual machines pretending to be routers.
•Port Mirroring duplicates all egress and ingress traffic to/from one or more switch ports (being monitored) to another switch port (performing monitoring)

These settings are configured per Virtual Machine and Virtual Switch. To configure :

  1. Open the Hyper-V Manager and then select the Virtual Machine (e.g. W2012-FS01)
  2. On the right panel, click on Settings.
  3. Select the Virtual Switch (e.g. v-External-Wired) you want to configure and expand Advanced Features.

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Hyper-V , XenServer, vSphere Comparison : Scalability,Performance;Density

November 12, 2012 6 comments

Some folks are asking me about Citrix and Hyper and VMware comparison :

Scalability,Performance;Density

1.XenServer 6.0 active VMs per host varies based on Server/VDI workload, with PVS/IntelliCache & HA on/off

2.Maximum VMs on a Cluster (Resource Pool) on XenServer 6.0 based on a maximum of 50-60 concurrent protected VMs per host with HA enabled.
3.Host physical memory is capped at 32GB thus maximum VM memory is also restricted to 32GB usage.
4.For clustering/high availability, customers must purchase vSphere
5.vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus is the only edition that supports 32 vCPUs.  All others support 8 vCPUs within a virtual machine.
6.Maximum number of Virtual CPUs per Host is not documented in the Citrix XenServer 6.0 Configuration Limits documentation.

High Availability & Resiliency

1.XenServer 6 provides Automated VM Protection & Recovery in the Advanced edition and higher
2.XenServer 6 provides a Site Replication capability in the Platinum edition, however replication is provided by a storage vendor, not inbox from XenServer hosts.
3.XenServer 6 provides HA in the Advanced edition or higher.
4.The vSphere Hypervisor has no high availability features built in – vSphere 5.0 is required.
5.VMware Data Recovery is available in Essentials Plus and higher vSphere 5.0 editions
6.vSphere Replication is a feature of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM), which is available in 2 editions and is a chargeable addition to vSphere 5.0
7.VMware HA is built in to Essentials Plus and higher vSphere 5.0 editions
8.VMware have made APIs publicly available, but actual application monitoring is not included
9.Features available in all editions that have High Availability enabled.

 

1.Maximum VMs on a Cluster (Resource Pool) on XenServer 6.0 based on a maximum of 50-60 concurrent protected VMs per host with HA enabled.
2.High Availability/vMotion/Clustering is unavailable in the standalone vSphere Hypervisor
3.VMware does not support VM Guest Clustering using iSCSI storage.
4.VMware does not support VM Guest Clustering using File Based Storage i.e. NFS
5.VMware does not support the vMotion of a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster
6.VMware does not support the use of Memory Overcommit with a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster
7.No XenServer documentation can be found that details the number of simultaneous live migrations over either 1GB or 10GB Ethernet.

Also, comparing Hyper-V Windows 2008R2 with Hyper-V Windows 2012

 

 

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Windows Server 2012 Roadshow : Virtualisation in Perth. December 18th

November 6, 2012 Leave a comment

Join us for the ‘Windows Server 2012 Roadshow : Virtualisation’. Unique opportunity to get knowledge from the best and understand how to build your own Private Cloud, as the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional show you his tips with the latest release.

Registration REQUIRED : https://ws2012rocks.msregistration.com/abstract.aspx?id=7d701162-706c-474e-a801-3ad70ab0658f&Eventid=230

Get a chance to talk about the challenges to build your Private Cloud and the new features included in Windows 2012 and SCVMM 2012 SP1 that will help your business get into the Private Cloud.

Topics will include:

  • Scenarios for Server Virtualization
  • Hyper-V Enhancements, Mobility and Flexibility, System Center VMM 2012 SP1,
  • Veeam Backup and Replication for Hyper-V and integration with SC 2012*

        plus:

  • Windows Server 2012 – Networking

Connect from anywhere, more working and less waiting, better network management via cost-aware networking. Sound interesting? This session provides a general overview, including many of the improvements to DirectAccess, BranchCache, and general networking improvements in Server 2012.

  • Windows Server 2012 – High Availability & Virtualisation

Do you need your applications and systems to be online all the time. Well listen closely. We will be covering the enhancements to Windows Server 2012 that will help keep your applications and systems online all the time. We will be covering a range of High Availability enhancements in Windows Server 2012. We will discuss, Hyper-V Replicas, Live Storage Migration, Disk De-Duplication and Network Teaming just to name a few.

You will not leave disappointed from this session. With so much to cover, you will not want this presentation to end.

Target audience

Decision makers, IT Professionals, IT Managers.

Cost Details

FREE

Registration REQUIRED : https://ws2012rocks.msregistration.com/abstract.aspx?id=7d701162-706c-474e-a801-3ad70ab0658f&Eventid=230

* Veeam Software is a Microsoft Gold ISV partner and has recently won the 2012 Microsoft Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year award.  Veeam Backup & Replication provides fast, flexible and reliable recovery of virtualized applications and data. It unifies backup and replication in a single solution, increases the value of backup and reinvents data protection for Microsoft Hyper-V. Veeam also offers customers Veeam ONE, which provides 24×7 real-time monitoring, performance analysis, resource optimization and management reporting for virtualized environments. Veeam also extends deep into virtualization monitoring in Microsoft System Centre 2012 with Veeam Management Pack™ (MP). Veeam MP helps businesses manage physical and virtual infrastructures, applications and dependencies from a single console.

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November 6, 2012 Leave a comment

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Join us for the ‘Windows Server 2012 Roadshow : Virtualisation’. Unique opportunity to get knowledge from the best and understand how to build your own Private Cloud, as the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional show you his tips with the latest release.

Registration REQUIRED : https://ws2012rocks.msregistration.com/abstract.aspx?id=7d701162-706c-474e-a801-3ad70ab0658f&Eventid=197

Get a chance to talk about the challenges to build your Private Cloud and the new features included in Windows 2012 and SCVMM 2012 SP1 that will help your business get into the Private Cloud.

Topics will include:

  • Scenarios for Server Virtualization
  • Hyper-V Enhancements, Mobility and Flexibility, System Center VMM 2012 SP1,
  • Veeam Backup and Replication for Hyper-V and integration with SC 2012*

        plus:

  • Windows Server 2012 – Networking

Connect from anywhere, more working and less waiting, better network management via cost-aware networking. Sound interesting? This session provides a general overview, including many of the improvements to DirectAccess, BranchCache, and general networking improvements in…

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