Upgrade / Migration & Virtualisation with SharePoint 2010

Dave Coleman & Alan Richards

About the Speaker….

Dave ColemanTwynham Schoolwww.twyhnamschool.comSharepointedutech.comDave.coleman@twyhnamschool.com@davecoleman146

About the Speaker….

Alan RichardsWest Hatch High Schoolwww.westhatch.essex.sch.ukEdutechnow.comarichards@westhatch.essex.sch.uk@arichards_Saruk

Why virtualise when upgrading/migration to SharePoint 2010

Simple way to move to a 64bit environment.Cost savings in a time of budget cuts.Increased flexibility in growing and managing your server stock. High availability of e-learning resources.Improved protection against server failure (if in a fail over cluster).

SharePoint 2010 Software/Hardware

Requirements Software

64 Bit edition of SQL 2005 With SP3 or64 Bit edition of SQL 2008 With SP1 and Cumulative Update 2 or64 Bit Edition of SQL 2008 R264 Bit edition of windows server 2008 with SP264 Bit edition of Windows server 2008 R2

Hardware

64 Bit processor, 4 Cores8GB Ram 80GB Hard Drive Space

Single Server Deployment

One server farm

Runs all SharePoint roles Central admin Web front end SQL Server

Two Tier Farm

Single SharePoint Server

SQL Server could be MIS Server

Upgrade

In place upgrade Patched SQL X64 architecture

High availability upgrade Patched SQL Copy MOSS 2007 database and attached to new server

Migration Tools

Metalogix SharePoint Site Migration Manager 2010Quest Software Migration Manager (2003 to 2010)Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint 2010 migrationAvePoint DocAve SharePoint Migration Manager for 2001/2003/2007 to 2003/2007/2010MetaVis Migrator for SharePointXavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool

SharePoint Joelhttp://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx

Virtualisation – The Basics

Market playersCitrixVMWareMicrosoft Hyper-V

Virtualisation – The Basics

Standard ModelOne server = One roleNew role = New ServerNew Server = More Money

Virtualisation – The Basics

Virtualisation ModelStart small

One serverLarge memory and storage

One server runs multiple guestsExpand as necessary

Multiple serversCentralised storageFailover

Failover Cluster Manager

Failover Cluster Manager

* Live Migrate* Create New Virtual Servers* Start VM* Shutdown VM* Manage VM’s With HyperV Manager* Manage Failover and Failback

System Centre Virtual Machine Manager

System Centre Virtual Machine Manager

System Centre Virtual Machine Manager

* P2V (Physical to Virtual)* Manage Your Virtual Machines

* Live Migrate* Create and Manage Snapshots

(Checkpoints)* Stop* Shutdown* Restart

* Create templates to easily create virtual servers

* Manage ISO Storage* Manage Your VMware VirtualCenter Server* http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/u

s/virtual-machine-manager.aspx

* WYSIWYG

* Monitor Memory Available on your Hosts

* Shutdown

* Start

* Restart

* RDP Support

* FREE

* Download From

* http://mindre.net/post/Hyper-V-Monitor-Gadget-for-

Windows-Sidebar.aspx

HyperV Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar

Our SharePoint Topology

Load balanced Web Front EndsSearchQueryCrawling

Application ServerCentral Admin

Clustered SQL ServerSearch DatabaseCentral Admin DatabaseContent Databases

Virtualised Environment

Domain ControllersPhysical

Hyper-V Servers2 x Quad Core72 Gb RAM

SANiSCSI12 x 1TB disks in RAID 5 configuration

How It Stacks Up

Virtual servers installed on Hyper-V boxesClustered SQLLoad balanced web front endsEasily add additional servers

Hyper-V Licensing

Windows Server 2008 Standard1 free licence for guest Windows OS

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise4 free licences for guest Windows OS

Windows Server 2008 DatacentreLicensed per processor (platter NOT core)Unlimited licences for guest Windows OS

Additional Benefits

Automatic failoverHyper-V server fails all virtual server moved to another serverUser sees no loss of service

Easily and quickly add serversStore ISO of operating system on Hyper-V servers

Live migrationMigrate virtual server to another Hyper-V server while its onlineUser sees no loss of service

Cost effectiveNot asking for more money every time you need a new serverProlong server lifecycles

Thank you for attending!

Alan Richards & Dave Coleman