1. What’s New in
Hyper-V 2012 R2
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2. So what’s this all about?
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• Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
• Windows Azure IaaS
• Improvements in 2012 R2
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Generation 2 VMs
Remote Desktop over VMBus
Automatic activation
Zero-downtime upgrade
Cross-version compatibility
Faster Live Migration
Online VHDX resize
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Shared VHDX
Virtual Network improvements
Live VM export/clone
Storage QoS
Hyper-V Replica
Improved Linux Guest support
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3. Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
• Focused on delivering Private Cloud solutions
• Incredibly well received – key highlights:
– Hyper-V Replica
– Shared Nothing Live Migration
– Support for virtual machines on SMB 3.0
– Full PowerShell Support
– And more…
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4. Windows Azure IaaS
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• Windows Azure uses the same Hyper-V virtualization service
built-into Windows Server 2012
• Complete virtual machine compatibility between on premise
Hyper-V and Azure IaaS
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5. Generation 2 Virtual Machines
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• Legacy free
• UEFI based
– Many emulated devices removed
– Boots from virtual SCSI or synthetic network adapters
– Enables UEFI secure boot standard
• Supported guest operating systems:
– 64-bit versions of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
– 64-bit versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
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6. Gen 2 Virtual Machine Hardware
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Legacy Devices Removed
Enhancements
IDE Controller
Virtual SCSI Controller
Boot from VHDx (64TB max size, online resize)
IDE CD-ROM
Virtual SCSI CD-ROM
Hot add/remove
Legacy BIOS
UEFI firmware
Secure Boot
Legacy NIC
Synthetic NIC
Network boot with IPv4 & IPv6
Floppy & DMA Controller
No floppy support
UART (COM Ports)
Optional UART for debugging
Faster and more reliable
i8042 keyboard controller
Software based input
No emulation – reduced resources
PS/2 keyboard
Software based keyboard
No emulation – reduced resources
PS/2 mouse
Software based mouse
No emulation – reduced resources
S3 video
Software based video
No emulation – reduced resources
PCI Bus
VMBus
Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
No longer required
Programmable Interrupt Timer (PIT)
No longer required
Super I/O device
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No longer required
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7. Remote Desktop over VMBus
• Full remote desktop capabilities
– Shared clipboard
– Audio redirection
– Enhanced login
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• Enabled even when the network is down
• Integrated into Hyper-V Management experience
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8. Automatic Activation
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• Zero touch activation of virtual machines
• Virtual machines automatically activated according to the
hosting environment
• Reduces configuration for hosters / enterprises
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9. Zero-downtime upgrade
• Live migrate virtual machines from
Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2
• Includes shared nothing live migration
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10. Cross version compatibility
Compatibility In Windows Server 2012 R2 from Windows
Server 2012 R2
• Live migration
• Saved states
• Checkpoints (aka Snapshots)
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11. Faster Live Migration
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• Compression
– Over 2x improvement in live migration time
– No hardware changes are required
– Enabled by default
• SMB Direct
– Utilizes existing and new high-end networks
– Enables super high-speed live migrations
– Supports SMB Multichannel to leverage multiple interfaces
• Simple guidance:
– If your live migration network is….
• 10 Gbit or less – use compression
• Over 10 Gbit – use SMB / SMB Direct
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12. Online VHDX resize
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• Increase and decrease the size of virtual hard disks – while
the virtual machine is running
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13. Guest clustering with shared virtual disks
Guest Clustering with commodity storage
Sharing VHDX files provides shared storage for
Hyper-V Failover Clustering
Guest
Clustering
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
on block storage
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Scale-Out File Server
for file based storage
Maintains separation between infrastructure
and tenants
VM presented a shared virtual SAS disk
Appears as shared SAS disk to VM
Virtual SAS
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VHDX
File Based Storage

14. Virtual Network/Switch improvements
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• Virtual Network
– Inbox HNV Gateway
– Dynamic IP Address Learning
• Virtual Switch
– Hyper-V Virtual Switch Extended Port ACLs
– Dynamic Load Balancing of Network Traffic
– Hyper-V Network Virtualization coexists with third party forwarding
extensions for the Hyper-V Virtual Switch
– Traffic bottlenecks to VMs are reduced with vRSS (virtual Receive
Side Scaling)
– Network tracing is streamlined and provides more detail
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15. Live virtual machine export/clone
While the virtual machine is running…
• Export a complete copy – including memory state
• Export any snapshot of a virtual machine
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16. Storage QoS
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• Enables constant SLA delivery
• Dynamically configurable while the virtual machine is
running
• Can restrict disk throughput for overactive or disruptive
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17. Hyper-V Replica
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• Extended replication
• Finer grained control of replication
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18. Improved Linux Guest Support
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Full dynamic memory
Online backup
Online VHDX resize
New video driver
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19. Summary
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Hyper-V for Private Cloud is just getting better
Increasing virtual machine up-time is always a priority
Listening to customers and refining features
Innovating in virtualization
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20. Additional Resources
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• MDC-B330 – TechED NA/EU 2013
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Architecture Posters
– http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40732
• TechNet
– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282278.aspx
– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn383586.aspx
– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn343757.aspx
• [Blog] Ben Armstrong (Virtual PC Guy)
– http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/
• [Blog] Aidan Finn, MVP
– http://www.aidanfinn.com/?tag=hyper-v
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21. Q&A
Tudor Damian
IT Solutions Specialist
Virtual Machine MVP
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