Windows Server 2012

Beyond Virtualization
Shared Nothing Live Migration
What is Shared Nothing Live Migration?

Why should I care?

Technology Overview

Demo

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Shared Nothing Live Migration
What is it?
Shared Nothing Live Migration
The ability to move a virtual machine while it is
powered on from one host to another without
requiring shared storage

Faster and simultaneous migration

Entire VM moved with no downtime
VHD, configuration files, snapshots,
etc.
Improved performance and flexibility
No longer requires a clustered
environment or shared storage*

Live Migration can be done with

shared storage and clustered VMs,
but Shared Nothing uses neither
Shared Nothing Live Migration
Why should I care?
Why should I care?
The challenge
In Windows Server 2008 R2, migration of Hyper-V data required a shared
infrastructure
Implementing shared storage and failover clustering can be expensive
In order to migrate data from one host to another, both had to have a
simultaneous connection to a shared storage device that could buffer data

The Windows Server 2012 solution

Shared nothing means the hosts needs to share nothing but a simple Ethernet
connection to each other
Data is migrated without the need for a costly infrastructure
No devices are required to assist with buffering
Shared Nothing Live Migration
Technical Overview
Live Migration Moving a Running
VM without Shared Storage
1. Live Migration setup
occurs
2. Memory pages are
transferred from the
source server to the
destination server
3. Modified pages are
transferred to
destination server
4. State is transferred to
destination server
5. VM brought online on
standard Ethernet connection destination server
6. Network cleanup
occurs
Configuring Live Migration
Performing Live Migration
Performing Live Migration, (Cont.)
Performing Live Migration, (Cont.)
Performing Live Migration, (Cont.)
Shared Nothing Live Migration
DEMO
Live Migration Shared Nothing Video
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