When it comes to choosing a manufacturer there\u2019s a few factors to consider:<\/p>\n
A big reason we choose Hyper-V for hardware virtualization is System Center. That\u2019s why two of those points focus on System Center. I\u2019ve previously talked about server hardware monitoring<\/a> for IBM, Fujitsu, HP and Dell. I\u2019ve no experience with the Fujitsu stuff so I cannot rate it. But that doesn\u2019t stop me from ranking IBM as last in this category, based on my experience. Dell and HP both do a great job in this category. But that\u2019s just the servers. You should make sure your storage and networking solutions also have OpsMgr health and performance management packs.<\/p>\n One of the coolest aspects of Hyper-V\/System Center is Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO). PRO management packs can detect failures or performance issues in OpsMgr managed resources in your Hyper-V infrastructure. That alert is passed on to Virtual Machine Manager. VMM then takes an action, i.e. Live Migrate a VM, based on that failure. For example, a NIC might fail in a host server. Failover Clustering will not react to this but PRO will. VM\u2019s might be offline because of this so the VM\u2019s are moved to the most suitable host for each workload. This all means using a Hyper-V cluster.<\/p>\n You can find a listing of PRO management packs on the Microsoft site<\/a>. It\u2019s an interesting list, including Dell, HP and IBM. Storage components such as QLogic and Emulex (HBA\u2019s) are there. NetApp have a PRO pack. Veeam even have one for VMM managed VMware environments \u2013 it seems like you might be able to bring PRO to vSphere!<\/p>\n So here\u2019s what I\u2019d do. Start off by making sure there is an OpsMgr management pack for the hardware. This really should be a free download from the manufacturer. Then make sure the components you are going to be relying on for Hyper-V performance have PRO packs. That\u2019ll allow you to build a management system that builds in intelligence and automation into your virtualization and<\/em> hardware. You will really be able to change how you do IT; using accurate information to always make the best decisions, even when you\u2019re asleep in bed!<\/p>\n When it comes to choosing a manufacturer there\u2019s a few factors to consider: Experience with their hardware? Do they have suitable servers and\/or storage? Do they have hardware monitoring management packs? Do they have PRO tips management packs? A big reason we choose Hyper-V for hardware virtualization is System Center. That\u2019s why two of those … Continue reading “Choosing a Hardware Manufacturer for Hyper-V”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,193,195],"class_list":["post-10631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-system-center","tag-virtualisation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}