Eli the Computer Guy

Info

• Level: Beginner
• Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
• Date Created: February 2, 2012
• Length of Class: 59 Minutes

Tracks

• Virtual and Cloud Computing

Prerequisites

• Introduction to Cloud Computing

Purpose of Class

• This class teaches students the basic concepts that required to deploy Virtualization in the real world.

Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00)
2. Overview  (01:10)
3. Type 1 Hypervisors  (13:45)
4. Type 2 Hypervisors  (33:31)
5. Converting to Virtualization  (40:51)
6. Final Thoughts  (47:05)

Class Notes

1. Introduction
1. Virtualization allows you to separate the Operating System from the underlying hardware
2. Virtualization is NOT the same as Cloud Computing.  Virtualization is a Type of Cloud Computing.
3. Hypervisors are the software that Operating System “Instances” run on.
2. Overview
1. Virtualization allows you to easily migrate servers between pieces of physical hardware
2. Virtualization allows you to consolidate multiple cheap physical servers into one server
3. An “Instance” is a “Virtual Computer” installed on a Hypervisor.
3. Type 1 Hypervisors
1. Called Bare Metal Hypervisor
2. Installs directly on to hardware
3. You use Management Software installed on a different computer to manage a Type 1 Hypervisor box.
4. Based on XEN.
5. Generally the Hypervisor is free, but you pay for the Management software
6. Over Allocation allows you to allocate more total resources to the Instances of the operating systems then the physical server has.  At any one time all Instances CANNOT use more resources then the total amout that the server has.
4. Type 2 Hypervisors
1. Called Hosted Hypervisor
2. Type 2 Hypervisors are installed onto an Operating System such as Windows 7, OSX or Linux. (VirtualBox, Virtual PC)
3. Be careful allocating resources to virtual machines.  You have the ability to allocate so many resources to the virtual machines that you crash the host machine.
4. Networking can start acting “weird” on the host machine when Virtual Machines are running
5. Converting to Virtualization
1. Vendors of Virtualization software have “conversion” software that will convert an Operating System that installed on a Physical Computer into a Virtual Machine
2. Many pieces of Backup Software no backup servers directly into a Virtual Machine.
6. Final Thoughts…
1. Be careful of licensing!!! Per Server/ Per Socket/ Per Core
2. Virtualization software is stable, and not “cutting” or “bleeding” edge technology.

Resources

• Xen
• Citrix
• VMWare
• VirtualBox
• Virtual PC

Eli the Computer Guy (437 Posts)

Eli the Computer Guy has 16 years experience in technology being the guy to fix "it". From the Army, to building out new satellite offices for the enterprise, to running his own shop with 9 full time employees Eli has real world experience with almost all systems that technicians will be working with. Eli has 1600 hours of formal technical beyond his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice on technologies ranging from Avaya PBX/ Audix to Microsoft, Red Hat Linux, MySQL, Cisco and much more.