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Tech Talk – Nutanix Calm

Greg Smith, VP Product Marketing Gil Haberman, Director of Product Marketing

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Building an Enterprise Cloud

Networking

One-Click Operations

Server StorageData Protection

Virtualization

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Application Management for Multi-Cloud Environments

Networking

One-Click Operations

Server Data Protection

Virtualization

Multi-Cloud Management

Application Automation

Nutanix Calm• App-centric automation and

lifecycle management

• Abstract applications from cloud infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications on multiple clouds

Storage

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Increasing Complexity in Managing Applications

Compute/storage

Virtualization

AppApp App

Private Cloud

More app components and

platformsLess IT agility

Knowledge silos Longer time to resolution

Fragmented ownership

Extended release cycles

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Public Cloud

Public Cloud

Public CloudPrivate Cloud

Hybrid Clouds Introduce Management Challenges

Inoperable and Disparate Platforms

Application

Management and Provisioning

Infrastructure

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Private Cloud

Full-stack ApplicationAutomation

What Is Needed

Azure Portal or Classic Portal GCP ConsoleIAM ConsoleUnified Orchestration and Management

Application

Management and Provisioning

InfrastructurePublic Cloud

Public Cloud

Public Cloud

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Introducing Calm

Nutanix CalmApplication

Management and Provisioning

InfrastructurePublic Cloud

Public Cloud

Public Cloud

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Delivered in Prism

Distributed Storage Fabric

App Mobility Fabric

AcropolisPrism

AHV (Built-in Virtualization)

One-click Infrastructure Management

One-click Operational

Insights

One-Click Planning

CalmApp Lifecycle Management

Hybrid Cloud Management

Self Service and Governance

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Calm Overview

Cal

mApplication Lifecycle Automation

Self Service and Governance

Hybrid Cloud Management

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Application Lifecycle Automation

Cal

mApplication Lifecycle Automation

Self Service and Governance

Hybrid Cloud Management

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Blueprints Capture All Elements Of The Application

BlueprintComponent

VMs

Base Applications

Configuration

Policy

Connectivity

Dependencies

Operations

Intuitive and visual way to model applications

Incorporate all elements including VMs,

configurations and binaries

Drive repeatable provisioning of applications

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Make Sense of Complexity In a Visual Way

Capture organizational

knowledge

Streamline provisioning and

lifecycle tasks

Easy to understand dependencies

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Blueprints Are Flexible And Open

Utilize existingBash or

Powershell scripts

Call any external service using

REST API

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Blueprints Are Used For Lifecycle Management

Provision

Configure

Scale

Upgrade

Delete

Blueprint

Automate routine application management

operations

Reduce errors, delays and downtime

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Self Service and Governance

Cal

mApplication Lifecycle Automation

Self Service and Governance

Hybrid Cloud Management

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Nutanix Marketplace Empowers Self-Service

One-Click App Provisioning

Pre-integrated blueprints

Self-service based on user role and group

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Transitioning From Friction And Handoffs..

IT Resource Request OS Team DB Team Network Team

Ticket Creation Handoffs:Different SLAs

Different PrioritiesDifferent Approvals

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..To One Click Automation

Request

Provision VM

Connect DB

Configure Network

Finalize App

IT User

Automation

Marketplace

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Hybrid Cloud Management

Cal

mApplication Lifecycle Automation

Self Service and Governance

Hybrid Cloud Management

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Deploy Across Clouds Based On Need

Enterprise Cloud Public clouds

Apps

Calm

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Nutanix Profile

AWS Profile

Apply Profile to Blueprint

Deploy Across Clouds Based On Need

Cloud destination is configured once, then can be

used for any blueprint

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