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#MVPBUZZ CloudOS Roadshow : System Center 2012 R2 DPM and #WindowsAzure Backup Vault Storage #sysctr

Friday, March 7, 2014 we had a Great event at Microsoft Netherlands called MVP CloudOS Roadshow :

MVP CloudOS RoadShow 2

MVP CloudOS RoadShow 1

Here you can find the information about the MVP CloudOS Roadshow

I spoke about Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager and Windows Azure Backup Storage in the Cloud of Microsoft.
Here you find the step-by-step guide for backup to Windows Azure and eliminate Tape Management :

What you need before you begin is the following :

  • A Microsoft Windows Azure subscription for the Backup Vault in the Cloud.
    When you don’t have a Windows Azure Subscription you can try it first here :Try Windows Azure
  • And On-Premisses you need a System Center 2012 R2 DPM Server with a secure Internet Connection.

First you have to make an Certificate on the DPM Server :

SDK 81

Download the SDK for Windows 8.1 here (You only need to install the SDK)

We need MakeCert.exe located in the following directory after installing the SDK kit for the Self-Signed Certificate.

Makecert

Copy Makecert.exe to the DPM Server to make the Self-Signed Certificate.
CommandRun as AdminOpen Command Prompt Run as Administrator and go to the directoy where Makecert.exe is located.
Type the following command for example :

makecert.exe -r -pe -n CN=AzureBackup -ss my -sr localmachine -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2 -len 2048 -e 01/01/2016 AzureBackup.cer

You can find more information about makecert.exe here

Now we have created the self-signed certificate, we will make the Backup Vault in Windows Azure :

Login on Windows Azure Management Portal : https://manage.windowsazure.com

Create Backup Vault 1Give the Backup Vault a Name and Region for the Storage and Click on Create Vault.

When the Windows Azure Backup Vault is created you can upload the self-signed Certificate.

Manage Certificate DPMUpload your certificate.

After this you have to download the Backup agent for System Center 2012 R2 DPM.

Download Backup AgentDownload agent from Windows Azure Backup Vault for the DPM Server.

When the Agent is installed go to the console of System Center 2012 R2 DPM.

DPM1Go to Management and Click on Register

DPM2Browse to the certificate

DPM3Select the self-signed Certificate AzureBackup

DPM4Fetching Backup Vaults from Windows Azure.

DPM5Select your Backup Vault

DPM6Select your proxy server for the secure Internet connection

DPM7Here you can manage your Internet Bandwidth

DPM8Set here your recovery folder settings.

DPM9Set your Encryption settings and Click on Register

DPM10DPM Registration with Windows Azure Backup Vault is Completed.

From here we can configure the protection groups with Windows Azure Backup Vault :

DPM11Edit Protection Group PG_FileVolume

DPM12Select the Shares or Disk Volumes.

DPM13Select your Online Protection Goals.

DPM14Update Group and the backup will be made to the Cloud Storage of Windows Azure.

DPM15

BackupVault Azure 1Here you can see your Usage Overview in Windows Azure

BackupVault Azure 2Here you see the Registered DPM Server for the Backup Vault in Windows Azure.


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System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012 R2 #sysctr

MP ISCSI

Supported Config MP

This management pack covers the following

  • DeDuplication
  • FSRM
  • iSCSI
  • NFS
  • SMB
  • Work Folders
  • DFS Namespaces
  • DFS Replication

You can download the Microsoft System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012 R2 here


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I Like #WindowsAzure Friday : Scott Guthries explains SQL Databases in Azure #Cloud

Windows Azure Friday

http://friday.azure.com

Windows Azure Friday

Trusted voices at the center of the Enterprise and Cloud computing.

I learn best when a trusted friend sits down with me and we pair on a problem. Just two engineers, a laptop and the cloud, solving problems. I’m trying to bring that experience to you every Friday. No editing, no marketing, just solutions. — Scott Hanselman


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#Microsoft Cloud OS Roadshow Evenement op 7 maart 2014 #MVPBUZZ (Dutch)

Cloud OS MVP RoadshowEen stralend nieuwe dag in IT – Ervaar het vandaag!

Er zijn vandaag meer apps, meer apparaten en meer gegevens dan ooit tevoren – allemaal mogelijk gemaakt door de opkomst van cloud computing en allemaal verbonden met cloud services. Hoe kunnen we effectiever samenwerken en meer waarde brengen door deze technologieën te introduceren in onze zakelijke omgevingen? Het antwoord vanuit Microsoft is het CloudOS.  Met deze oplossing krijgt u alle schaalbaarheid, snelheid en wendbaarheid  die u wenst, zonder dat het afdoet aan uw huidige investeringen. Uw IT-afdeling kan dan snel apps bouwen en uitrollen, IT-services flexibel beheren en real-time analyse van gegevens ondersteunen.

The Cloud OS

Agenda

09u00 – 09u15 Introduction to the CloudOS (Isabel Moll)
09u15 – 10u00 Extend your datacenter with virtualization and networking (Marc van Eijk)
10u00 – 10u45 Ensure business continuity and service delivery (James van den Berg)
10u45 – 11u00 Koffie pauze
11u00 – 11u45 Unlocking Data Insights (André Kamman)
11u45 – 12u30 The Modern Data Warehouse  (André Kamman)
12u30 – 13u15 Lunch Pauze
13u15 – 14u00 Access and information Protection (Raymond Comvalius)
14u00 – 14u45 Unified Device Management (Maarten Goet)
14u45 – 15u00 Koffie pauze
15u00 – 15u45 Enable modern business apps (Tom Verhoeff)
15u45 – 16u30 Why cloud matters for modern business applications (Tom Verhoeff)
16u30 – 17u00 wrap-up & Drinks
U kunt zich hier meteen inschrijven voor het evenement.
Het evenement vindt plaats op Vrijdag 7 maart 2014 bij Microsoft Nederland


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#Microsoft Windows #PowerShell Networking Guide for #ITPRO #MVPBUZZ

Powershell Networking

Windows PowerShell is an essential administrative tool designed specifically for Windows administration. By learning to use Windows PowerShell, network administrators quickly gain access to information from Windows Management Instrumentation, Active Directory, and other essential sources of information. To manage Exchange Server, Windows Azure, and SQL Server, DNS, DHCP, network adapters, and other components, one needs to know and understand how to use Windows PowerShell. This guide explains how to use Windows PowerShell to manage a few networking scenarios.

Powershell logoYou can Download the Microsoft Windows Powershell Networking Guide here


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Awesome Free E-Book Building a Virtualized Network Solution #sysctr #SCVMM #Hyperv #NVGRE #SDN

Building Virtualized Networking Solutions

Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution
Mitch Tulloch with Nigel Cain, Alvin Morales, Michel Luescher, Damian Flynn
February 2014
136 pages

This book is geared to private and hybrid cloud architects preparing to design and build a virtualized network solution based on Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1, or later. Written by experts on the Microsoft System Center team and with Microsoft MVP Mitch Tulloch as series editor, this title focuses on architecture and design.

You can download “Building a Virtualized Network Solution” here

AWESOME Free E-Book 🙂


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Download Now Microsoft #WindowsAzure Symbol/Icon Set #sysctr #MVPBUZZ

Windows Azure Icons 2

Windows Azure IconsWindows Azure Icons 3

This package contains a set of symbols/icons to help you create visual representations of systems that use Windows Azure and related technologies. Feel free to use the symbols in your architectural diagrams and training docs

You can download the Microsoft Windows Azure Symbols and Icons here


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#HyperV Network Virtualization technical details and Gateway Architecture #SCVMM #Cloud #SDN

S2S Hybridcloud

In Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV), a customer is defined as the “owner” of a group of virtual machines that are deployed in a datacenter. A customer can be a corporation or enterprise in a multitenant public datacenter, or a division or business unit within a private datacenter. Each customer can have one or more VM networks in the datacenter, and each VM network consists of one or more virtual subnets

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation figure 1.

Generic Routing Encapsulation This network virtualization mechanism uses the Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) as part of the tunnel header. In NVGRE, the virtual machine’s packet is encapsulated inside another packet. The header of this new packet has the appropriate source and destination PA IP addresses in addition to the Virtual Subnet ID, which is stored in the Key field of the GRE header.

The Virtual Subnet ID allows hosts to identify the customer virtual machine for any given packet, even though the PA’s and the CA’s on the packets may overlap. This allows all virtual machines on the same host to share a single PA, as shown in Figure 1.

Sharing the PA has a big impact on network scalability. The number of IP and MAC addresses that need to be learned by the network infrastructure can be substantially reduced. For instance, if every end host has an average of 30 virtual machines, the number of IP and MAC addresses that need to be learned by the networking infrastructure is reduced by a factor of 30.The embedded Virtual Subnet IDs in the packets also enable easy correlation of packets to the actual customers.

With Windows Server 2012 and later, HNV fully supports NVGRE out of the box; it does NOT require upgrading or purchasing new network hardware such as NICs (Network Adapters), switches, or routers. This is because the NVGRE packet on the wire is a regular IP packet in the PA space, which is compatible with today’s network infrastructure.

Windows Server 2012 made working with standards a high priority. Along with key industry partners (Arista, Broadcom, Dell, Emulex, Hewlett Packard, and Intel) Microsoft published a draft RFC that describes the use of Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), which is an existing IETF standard, as an encapsulation protocol for network virtualization. For more information, see the following Internet Draft: Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation. As NVGRE-aware becomes commercially available the benefits of NVGRE will become even greater.

Here you can read more on Microsoft Technet about Hyper-V Network Virtualization technologies

Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway Architectural Guide :

SCVMM2012R2 Design

System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Figure 2.

In the VMM model the Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway is managed via a PowerShell plug-in module. Partners building Hyper-V Network Virtualization gateways need to create a PowerShell plug-in module which physically runs on the VMM server. This plug-in module will communicate policy to the gateway. Figure 2 shows a block diagram of VMM managing a Hyper-V Network Virtualization deployment. Note that a partner plug-in runs inside the VMM server. This plug-in communicates to the gateway appliances. The protocol used for this communication is not specified here. The partner may determine the appropriate protocol. Note that VMM uses the Microsoft implementation of WS-Management Protocol called Windows Remote Management (WinRM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to manage the Windows Server 2012 hosts and update network virtualization policies.

Cross Premise Gateway

Cross Premises Gateway Figure 3.

The Hybrid Cloud scenario enables an enterprise to seamlessly expand their on-premises datacenter into the cloud. This requires a site to site VPN tunnel. This can be accomplished with Windows Server 2012 as the host platform and a per tenant Windows Server 2012 guest virtual machine running a Site To Site (S2S) VPN tunnel connecting the cloud datacenter with various on-premise datacenters. Windows Server 2012 S2S VPN supports IKEv2 and configuration of remote policy can be accomplished via PowerShell/WMI. In addition Windows Server 2012 guest virtual machines support new network interface offload capabilities that enhance the performance and scalability of the gateway appliance. These offload capabilities are discussed below in the Hardware Considerations section.

Figure 3 shows a scenario where Red Corp and Blue Corp are customers of Hoster Cloud. Red Corp and Blue Corp seamlessly extend their datacenter into Hoster Cloud has deployed Windows Server 2012 based per tenant virtual machine gateways allowing Red Corp and Blue Corp to seamlessly extend their on-premise datacenters. In Figure 10 there is no requirement that Red Corp or Blue Corp run Windows Server 2012 S2S VPN, only that the customer’s on premise S2S VPN support IKEv2 to interact with corresponding Windows Server 2012 S2S virtual machines running on HostGW.

Figure 9 shows the internal architecture for HostGW. Each Routing Domain requires its own virtual machine. The technical reason for this is that a vmnic can only be associated with a single Virtual Subnet (VSID) and a VSID can only be part of a single routing domain. The VSID switch port ACL does not support trunking of VSIDs. Therefore the simplest way to provide isolation is with a per tenant (Routing Domain) gateway virtual machine.

Each of the virtual machines is dual homed which means they have two virtual network interfaces. One of the virtual network interfaces has the appropriate VSID associated with it. The other virtual network interface has a VSID of 0 which means traffic is not modified by the WNV filter. The Windows Server 2012 virtual machine is running RRAS and using IKEv2 to create a secure tunnel between Hoster Cloud and the customer’s on premise gateway.

HybridCloud VM Gateway

Hybrid Cloud with Windows Server 2012 based Per Tenant VM Gateways Figure 4.

Figure 4 shows the architecture where VMM is managing a Hyper-V Network Virtualization deployment. The partner has a plug-in that runs in the VMM server. When using Windows Server 2012 as a Hyper-V Network Virtualization gateway appliance a local management process running in Windows is required as the end point for this communication from the plug-in running in the VMM server. This is how the plug-in is able to communicate network virtualization policy to the WNV filter running on HostGW

You can Read more on Microsoft Technet about Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway Architecture here