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Appendix D: Server Size and Placement Job Aid Step 5. Record the configuration and placement of each server. Each instance requires a VMM server, a database server and, optionally, a Web server. D-1. Virtual Machine Manager Server Instance Configuration and Placement Information Instance Virtual Machine Manager server Database server Web server Dallas Placement: At Dallas location Configuration: Dual-processor 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 200 MB of hard disk Fault Tolerance: None Placement: At Dallas location Configuration: Dual-core 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 150 GB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: Clustered SQL Server database N/A Houston Placement: At Houston location Configuration: Dual-processor 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 200 MB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None Placement: At Houston location Configuration: Dual-core 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 150 GB of hard disk space Tolerance: Clustered SQL Server database N/A Seattle, Production Placement: At Seattle location Configuration: Dual-processor 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 200 MB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None Placement: At Seattle location Configuration: Dual-core 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 150 GB of hard disk Fault Tolerance: N/A
Clustered SQL Server database Seattle, Placement: At Seattle location Configuration: Dual-processor 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 200 MB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None Placement: In Seattle test lab Configuration: Dual-core 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 150 GB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: Clustered SQL Server database Placement: At Seattle location Configuration: 2.8 GHz CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 1 GB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None Seattle, Test lab network Placement: In Seattle test lab Configuration: Dual-processor 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 200 MB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None Placement: At Dallas location Configuration: Dual-core 3.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 150 GB of hard disk Fault Tolerance: Clustered SQL Server database Placement: At Seattle location Configuration: 2.8 GHz CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 1 GB of hard disk space Fault Tolerance: None
Appendix F: Network Design Job Aid Step 7. Record the network bandwidth. Table F-1. Virtual Machine Manager Network Bandwidth Information Source location Destination location Required bandwidth (K) Available bandwidth (K) Bandwidth requirements? Description Dallas Houston 1000 1500 Yes File replication Houston Dallas 1000 3000 Yes File replication Version History Version Description Date 2.0 Added “What’s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2” section. Made minor updates to conform to the current IPD template and to improve navigation between steps and corresponding appendices. Added Joe Coulombe as a contributor. September 2009 1.1 Figure 2, the infrastructure graphic, was simplified. Deleted a note about the number of multi-homing agents that are supported by Operations Manager. Added two reviewers, John Joyner and René Scholten. September 2008 1.0 First release. June 2008
Acknowledgments The Solution Accelerators–Management and Infrastructure (SA-MI) team acknowledges and thanks the people who produced the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. The following people were either directly responsible for or made a substantial contribution to the writing, development, and testing of this guide. Contributors: Jude Chosnyk – GrandMasters Joe Coulombe – Microsoft Honeycutt – Studio B Productions Michael Kaczmarek – Microsoft Robin Maher – Microsoft Fergus Stewart – Microsoft Melissa – Microsoft Reviewers: Alan Goodman – Microsoft Kerim Hanif – Microsoft Susan Hill – Microsoft Hector Linares – Microsoft John Joyner – ClearPointe René Scholten – Capgemini Pete Zerger – Studio B Productions Editors: Vernon Barr – Volt Technical Services Laurie Dunham – Microsoft Dave Field – Studio B Productions Pat Rytkonen – Volt Technical Services