In this presentation, we will cover the latest feature of Microsoft System Center 2016 as well as cover the operation management suite and how connecting it to the organization will help you having insight in your environment.
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
What's New In Microsoft System Center 2016 & OMS
1. What's New in System
Center 2016
Asaf Nakash
CTO
0549700780 asaf@cloudvalley.io
Lior Armiev
Technical Manager - Server
Management & Automation
2.
3. System Center 2016 capabilities
Protect
Backup private
clouds, physical
machines,
clients, and
server
applications
Automate
Automate
management
tasks using
graphical and
scripting tools
Self-service
IT process
management
and self-service
Monitor
Monitor
physical, virtual
and cloud
infrastructure
and workloads
in real-time
Provision,
deploy
Provision fabric,
deploy and
manage VMs,
and deploy
multi-tier apps
VMM OM SCO/ SMA DPM SM
Configure
Configure, patch
and update
clients & servers
CM
4. Azure, AWS, other hoster
Microsoft
Operations
Management
Suite
Premises Datacenter
WINDOWS
HYPER-V
WINDOWS
VMware WINDOWS
What can you do with System Center 2016?
System
Center 2016
Manage heterogeneous
infrastructure and
workloads
Monitor cloud
resources &
services
Attach for analytics &
supplementary
services
5. PS-based Automation
Rapid innovation for continuous
value
Full SDDC support
Efficient data protection
Improved Service Management
Hybrid cloud operations management
6. Credential Guard
Defender
Host Guardian
Shielded VM
SDN Network
Controller
Software Load Balancer
Distributed Firewall
Virtual network
Gateway
SDN QoS
RDMA
Switch-Embedded
Teaming
Storage-Spaces Direct
Synchronous replication
Storage QoS
Online storage resize
Nano server
Rolling upgrades for zero
downtime
Mixed OS Mode cluster
High performance live
migration
Hot add/remove Fixed
Memory and NIC
VM resiliency
Containers *
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016
Compute Security
SC2016 VMM
Monitor (SC2016 OM) (Nano, S2D, SDN, Roles…)
Storage Network
SC2016 CM
Automate (SC2016 Orc/SMA)
SC2016 DPM
9. HYPER-V
WINDOWS VMware WINDOWS
OM (with partner MPs)
Monitor ESX hosts, clusters & resource pools
Monitor VMs, virtual appliances
Monitor networks, distribution switches, &
port groups
DPM
Backup through vCenter
Detect & backup VMs from NFS, SAN, DAS
Recover files or folders from Windows VM
Detect & protect new VMs automatically
VMM
Manage VMWare VMs
V2V conversion from VMWare to Hyper-V
SCO
VMWare integration pack
10. Notification Hubs
Operational Insights
Redis Cache
Scheduler
Search
Service Bus
SQL Azure
Storage Accounts
Traffic Manager
Virtual Machines
Websites
Application Insights
Automation
Backup
BizTalk
Cloud Service (web and worker roles)
Data Factory
DocumentDB
Logic App
Media Services
Mobile Services
Virtual Networks
EC2 instances
EBS volumes
ELB load balancers
Auto Scaling and Availability Zones
Elastic Beanstalk applications
CloudFormation stacks
CloudWatch Alarms
CloudWatch Custom Metrics
Add Microsoft Azure subscriptions to VMM and perform basic actions
on Azure instances
11.
12. Protect
Backup private
clouds, physical
machines,
clients, and
server
applications
Automate
Automate
management
tasks using
graphical and
scripting tools
Self-service
IT process
management
and self-service
Monitor
Monitor
physical, virtual
and cloud
infrastructure
and workloads
in real-time
OM SCO/ SMA DPM
Provision,
deploy
Provision fabric,
deploy and
manage VMs,
and deploy
multi-tier apps
VMM
Configure
Configure, patch
and update
clients & servers
CM
13. Software-Defined Data Center with VMM
{ Compute
Storage
Networking
Lifecycle mgmt. of Nano Server-based
hosts and VMs, Rolling cluster OS
upgrades
Manage storage clusters with Storage
Spaces Direct, Quality of service for VM
storage, Storage replica
Centrally configure and manage SDN
NC, physical and virtual network devices
such as routers, switches, gateways, SLB
and NSG
Assurance
Provision and manage host guardian
service and shielded VMs
14. • Nano Server
• New minimal-footprint installation
option in WS2016
• Better resource utilization
• Faster reboots
• Fewer updates
• Bare metal to Nano Server
• Compute clusters
• Storage clusters (hyper-converged or
disaggregated)
15. Seamless
Zero downtime for hosted VMs
Effortless
VMM orchestrates the process
Safe
Maintain backup SLA using DPM
Upgrade WS 2012 R2 host cluster to WS 2016
16. • Start with industry-standard
servers with local storage
• Create a storage pool from
which storage can be
allocated
Storage Pool
Storage Space Virtual Disks
Virtual Machines
Cluster Shared Volumes
Software Storage Bus
18. • Use VMM to create cluster
and check S2D checkbox
• A hyper-converged cluster
gets provisioned with a
global pool and up to two
tiers – capacity and
performance
• Use VMM to create CSV for
use as VM storage
Storage Pool
Storage Space Virtual Disks
Virtual Machines
Cluster Shared Volumes
Software Storage Bus
21. Realize Software-Defined Data Center
Cluster rolling
upgrade
Manage nano
Production
checkpoints
Modify running
VMs
Intelligent
placement & live
migration of VM,
storage
Support for 25K
VMs on 1K hosts
Storage Spaces
Direct (S2D)
Storage replica
Storage QoS
SDN
management –
NC, SLB, Port
ACL for NSG
Switch
Embedded
Teaming
SDN QoS
virtual network
provisioning
Template-
based multi-tier
app
deployment
Drag-and-drop
template
authoring
Scale-in and
scale-out
Custom scripts
on VM and app
deployment
Creation of
guarded hosts
Create and
manage
Shielded VMs
22. Monitoring the Software-Defined Data Center
{Insights Alerts
Fabric
Storage
Networking
OS and workloads
Application & Services
Audit resource health, state, metrics and
usage of virtualization hosts and VMs
Monitor storage subsystem, volumes
and file shares with actionable alerts
Discover network paths, and monitor
health of network devices and ports
Track availability, config, perf., and
security of OS and workloads
Track health, metrics and usage of
applications and services
23. • Nano server compatible SCOM agent
• Agent installation experience is at par
with full agent installation
• Supported workloads - DNS, IIS, Failover
Cluster, and Base OS (more to come…)
• MPs of Nano compliant workloads is
updated, to use PowerShell instead of
VB Script/JScript
Nano server monitoring
24. System Center 2016 Operations Manager
PowerShell
Actions
Windows Server
Health Service
Storage System
Discovery
User Notifications Dashboards
Focus on relevant objects
(Cluster/Storage subsystem,
volumes and file shares)
No dependency on VMM
Management Pack
New visualizations
25. A view of health and performance that is actionable and
easy to understand
fileservershare
CSV CSV CSV CSV CSV
26. Monitoring support for
SNMP enabled devices
Load & walk SNMP MIB
files to gather SNMP OID
Generate MP and explore
monitoring capabilities
Add components, rules
and monitors
30. 1. Automatically suggests unmonitored workloads
2. Identifies machines containing these workloads
3. Notifies about updates to MPs
31.
32. OMS attach
including OM
management
groups
Log analytics and
correlation of alerts
Audit collection
services
Enhanced data
visualization
New MPs for Azure,
O365, SQL,
Exchange, Server OS,
DHCP, DNS, NLB, IIS,
etc.
Nano server and
workload monitoring
LAMP stack
monitoring
Storage monitoring
CPS monitoring
Extensible network
device monitoring
Network
performance
monitoring with
OMS integration
Scheduled
maintenance mode
MP updates and
recommendations
VSAE for VS 2015
In-place upgrade
Ready discoverability
of partner solutions
and MPs
HTML5 web console
Get unparalleled insight into infrastructure and applications
39. PowerShell ISE plugin for authoring
Support for PowerShell scripts in
SMA
Windows Management Framework
5.0 support
HTML Self Service Portal
Significant Performance
Improvements
Service catalog, including support
for Lync 2013 & Skype for Business
Integrate people,
process, and
knowledge
Efficient resource
utilization and SLA
tracking
Easy publishing and
consumption of
IT services
Deploy cloud services
and process
automatically
43. • Storage Savings: Compare storage consumption between Legacy and
Modern DPM Storage
• Backup SQL DBs to a specific Storage
44.
45.
46. Private clouds
(Azure Stack, Hyper-V, VMware, OpenStack)
Windows
Server
(VM)
Windows
Server
(VM)
Windows
Server
(VM)
Windows
Server
(VM)
Linux
(VM)
Operations
Management Suite
Operations Management Suite
Simplified guest and workload management anywhere
47. Operations Management Suite
Simplified guest and workload management anywhere
Deliver IT
insights
Improve operational
efficiency
Log analytics
Fast integrated search
Custom dashboard
Workflow & DSC
Graphical &
PowerShell authoring
Many more to come….
Enable business
continuity
Backup
Recovery
Migration
Champion security
and compliance
Malware assessment
Security posture
System update assessment
Operations
Management
Suite
Application
Dependency
Monitor
(Preview)
Automatic discovery of
infrastructure
dependency for the
application
48.
49. Physical Network
SDN Controller
BGP
Agent Agent Agent
Auto detect
subnets & paths
Custom
alert rules
Detect faults
Analytics-driven
monitoring
Determine e2e
loss & latency
NPM Service
Agents can be placed
across DC/clouds
Live intra and inter-network
performance monitor
Device
Agnostic
54. SYSTEM CENTER 2016
Workload & App Monitoring
- Azure, 0365, Exchange, SQL,
VMM
- LAMP Stack Monitoring
- Application Perf. Monitoring
Infrastructure Monitoring
- Nano Server, Windows Storage
(SMI-S support), Container
- Microsoft Azure Stack (MAS)
- Cloud Platform System (CPS)
- Networking performance (L2-L3)
- Extensible network device
monitoring (without certification)
SCOM Infrastructure
- In-place upgrade from 2012 R2
- MP Discoverability, Update and
Recommendation
- Data-driven alert management
- Scheduled Maintenance Mode
- Performance Updates
- VSAE support on VS 2015
- Enhanced Data Visualization
- Improve UI Responsiveness
- Scale improvements X-Plat
SCOM Attached Services
- Operations Management Suite
- Custom Log Correlation
- SCOM Health Assessment
Monitor (OM)
Reduced TCO w/ Modern DPM storage
Improved Private Cloud Protection
- Seamless backup of Shielded VMs,
VMs stored on Storage spaces direct
- Backup SLA with rolling cluster
upgrade
- VMware VM Backup
Flexible
- No reboot of production server after
upgrade
- Seamless migration of backups to
Modern DPM Storage
- VMware VM Backup
Protect (DPM)
Automate (SCO/SMA)
- SCO Migration Tool Kits
- PowerShell Script support in SMA
- PowerShell ISE plugins for SMA
Self-Service (SM)
- Improved usability and perf
- HTML5 self-service portal
- CM and AD connector perf
improvements
- Support for SQL 2014 SP1 and SQL
2016
- Integration with OMS
Configure (CM)
Windows 10 support
- Native support for OS deployment
as well as upgrade
- Management and monitoring of
Windows 10 servicing rings
- Policy and application management
- ConfigMgr 2012/R2 and ConfigMgr
2007 compatibility
Update/upgrade improvements
- New in-console Updates and
Servicing model
- In-place upgrade from 2012 SP1
and 2012 R2
Manage Windows 10 devices via MDM
with on-premises infrastructure
- Updates via Intune
- MDM enrollment with Azure AD
- Bulk enrollment support
- Customer data not stored in cloud
Infrastructure
- Unified end user portal
- Increased scale
- Extend peer caching for WinPE
- Content distribution improvements
- Cluster aware settings
Provision (VMM)
Ease of Use and Efficiency
- Rolling cluster upgrades
- Streamlined compute and storage
cluster creation
- Simplified logical switch creation
and deployment
- Extending VM Role to support
dedicated disk during
deployment
- Re-associate orphaned VM back
to its service or role
Security and Infrastructure
- Shielded VM management
- Guarded host management
- Improved storage and networking
resiliency
Expanded Fabric Management
- SDN deployment and management
- Port ACL management
- Switch Embedded teaming
- Consistent device naming for guests
- Managing mixed OS clusters
- Nano Server management
- Storage Spaces Direct management
- Synchronous Replication using
Storage Replica
- Storage QoS policy management