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Introducing Virtual Infrastructure:
ESX Server Version 3 withVirtual Center Version 2:
Dan SullivanTerritory Manager – New England
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Industry-Standard Way of Computing
Platform for any OS,
hardware, application
Most effective way to
manage IT infrastructure
Mainframe-class
reliability and availability
The automated… …always on… …infrastructure
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
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VMware Virtual Infrastructure Evolution
Reduced Platform Cost Improved Capabilities
ESX Server 3 - VirtualCenter 2
2006
ESX Server 2 - VirtualCenter 1
Blade Servers
Multi-server Infrastructure
Virtual SMP
VMotion
SAN Integration
Virtual SDK
20032001
ESX Server 1First x86 Hypervisor
Expanded storage support
White box server support
Infrastructure-wide services
Expanded VM capacity
Increased scalability
Improved management
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VMware Delivers Innovative Technologies
• ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2 – powerful virtualization platform• 5+ years of data center experience
• Proven reliability, performance and scalability
• Platform for transformative services from VMware and our partners• Virtualization lets you do things not possible with physical systems
• First service was VMotion
• New with this release: Distributed availability services, Distributed resource scheduling, Consolidated backup
Making virtual machines better than physical machines
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Virtualization Everywhere!
• More x86 servers and storage hardware supported
• Expanded virtual machine capacity and management scalability
• Simplified management
• Meets demanding enterprise datacenter requirements
• Expands footprint of virtualization from branch offices to biggest data centers
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Virtualization Technology Basics
System without VMware Software System with VMware Software
VMware software insulates the BIOS / Operating System / Applications from the physical hardware, so many systems can share hardware, or be moved to different hardware with no service interruption
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Three Key Properties of Virtualization
Partitioning• Run multiple operating
systems on one physical machine
• Fully utilize server resources• Support high availability as
shared data is cluster-ready for failover and redundancy
Encapsulation• Encapsulate the entire virtual
machine as a data file• Server provisioning is similar to
copying a file• Server migration is similar to
data migration• Data management techniques
can be used to manage servers: Cloning, Versioning, Mirroring, Archiving
Isolation• Isolate faults and security at
the hardware level• Dynamically control CPU,
memory, disk and network resources per virtual machine
• Guarantee service levels
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Application + OS: Now A Data File
• Server provisioning is similar to copying a file
• Server migration is now similar to data migration
• Data management techniques can be used for server management
• Server cloning/copying• Versioning• Server archival• Remote mirroring
Entire server – OS, apps, data, devices, and state – is now
simply a file.
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VMotion technology lets you move live, running virtual machines from one host to another while maintaining
continuous service availability.
VMotion™
| Continuous Optimization | Fast Reconfiguration || Zero-Downtime Maintenance |
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ESX Server 3 Features Virtualization Everywhere!
• NAS and iSCSI storage
• Expanded hardware compatibility list
• 4-way Virtual SMP
• 64GB guest memory/128GB per Host
• Hot-add virtual disks
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guests
• Multiple snapshots
• Enhanced performance
• Updated Service Console (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3)
• More flexible networking
• 64-bit guest technology – FULL SUPPORT
Branch Office
Branch Office NAS/iSCSI
Storage
Dev & Test
Dev & Test Local
Storage
Fibre Channel
SAN
Data Center
Data Center
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Lower Cost Access to the Benefits of Virtual Infrastructure
• NAS• NFS client built into ESX Server
• NAS can be used in place of VMFS as the file system for virtual disks
• iSCSI• Use hardware iSCSI card or built-in software iSCSI
• ESX Server boot from iSCSI (for hardware iSCSI only)
• Both• VMotion, distributed resource scheduling, and high availability services all
extend to non-fibre channel shared storage
• Storage option transparent to guests
ESX Server 3 New Features NAS & iSCSI Details
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• Single Windows and browser client for ESX Server and VirtualCenter
• ESX Server configuration through VirtualCenter
VirtualCenter 2 New Features Simplified Management
• Remote devices
• Topology maps
• Centralized licensing
• All VM files (vmx, nvram…) on VMFS
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Host Configuration
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Topology Maps
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Custom Roles and Permissions
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VirtualCenter Audit Trails
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Performance Graphs
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• Custom roles and permissions
• VirtualCenter audit trails
• Increased scalability• Hundreds of VMware servers
• Thousands of virtual machines
• Faster startup, more responsive
• VirtualCenter session management
• Enhanced performance graphs
• Enhanced SDK
VirtualCenter 2 New Features Enterprise-Ready
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Major New Technologies
• Business Continuity• Distributed Resource Scheduling
• High Availability Services
• Resource Pools
• VMware Consolidated Backup
• VMware Update Manager
• Storage VMotion
• Site Recovery Manager
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Business Continuity Design Paradigm
The Power of Many Hosts, the Simplicity of One
• Reduce management complexity by combining stand-alone hosts into clusters for higher availability and more flexible resource controls
CPU = aMem = x
CPU = bMem = y
CPU = cMem = z
Stand-alone hostsResource
Pool
Pooled ResourcesCPU = a+b+cMem = x+y+z
AvailabilityTransparent
failover
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Distributed Resource Scheduler
Creating a Unified Compute Resource
• Global scheduler• Automates initial virtual machine placement
• Uses VMotion to continuously optimize based on current workload
• Reacts to adding or removing hosts from the cluster
• Achieve >80% utilization
VM VM VM
ESX Server
VM VM
ESX Server
VM VM VM
ESX Server
VirtualCenter
Resource Pool
Global Scheduler
Local Scheduler Local Scheduler Local Scheduler
VMVM VMVM
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High Availability Services
High availability for all your servers
• Losing a host in a cluster means fewer resources, not lost virtual machines• Impacted virtual machines are restarted on remaining hosts
• Placement optimized by global scheduler
• VirtualCenter handles all setup and configuration automatically
• None of the cost and complexity of clustering
VM VM VM
ESX Server
VM VM VM
ESX Server
VM VM VM
ESX Server
HA Group
VM VM VM
ESX ServerXVM VM VM
Shared Status
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Resource Pools
Virtual Machine Containers with Assigned Resources
• With resource pools you can…• Let a user create and run as many virtual machines as desired
while limiting the total resources used
• Instantly add extra resources to an enterprise application
• Delegate control over assigning resources to virtual machines while maintaining complete control over hardware
Resource Pool(CPU= 8 GHz, Mem = 6 GB)
VM VM VM VM
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Resource Pools
Precise Resource Control
• Virtual machines draw resources from their resource pools
• Resource allocations can be changed dynamically
• Resource pools can be nested
Cluster capacity:5 x (4.8 GHz, 4 GB)= (24 GHz, 20 GB)
Floating capacity:5 GHz, 5 GB
Resource Pool 1(CPU = 16 GHz, Mem = 12 GB)
VM VM VM VM
Resource Pool 2(3 GHz, 3 GB)
VM VM VM
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VMware Consolidated Backup
Centralized File-Level Backups with No Agents
• Move backup out of the virtual machine and into the infrastructure layer
• Manage centralized backup service instead of agents
• File system-consistent live snapshots
• Remove backup load from ESX Server hosts and virtual machines
• Pre-integrated with major third-party backup products
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Consolidated Backup (VCB) Enhancements
• Support for VMs running on iSCSI, NAS or local storage
• Run VCB within a VM
• Use VMware Converter to restore VCB images
• Full GUI Integration with leading partners
• Simplified data protection setup and configuration
• 1 step restore procedure for virtual machines
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New Enablers for Mainframe-class Availability and Reliability Across the Stack
Virtualization Platform
Œ
Virtual Infrastructure
Management & Automation
> Site Recovery Manager
> Storage VMotion
> HA Updates
> Update Manager
• Automation of disaster recovery set up, testing, failover and failback
• Non-disruptive migration of virtual machine disk files
• Protection of virtual machines from OS failures
• Automated enforcement of patch standards
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VMware Update Manager
Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX Server hosts and virtual machines
Automates enforcement of patch standards
Reduces risk through snapshots and offline virtual machine patching
* Note: RHEL guests can only be scanned, not remediated
• Automates patch management for ESX Server hosts and select Microsoft and RHEL virtual machines
• Scans and remedies online as well as offline virtual machines* and online ESX Server hosts
• Snapshots virtual machines prior to patching and allows rollback to snapshot
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LIN
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UpdateManager
HostServer
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Non-disruptive ESX Server Patching with Update Manager and DRS
Automates patching of large number of hosts with zero downtime to virtual machines
• Update Manager patches entire DRS clusters
• Each host in the cluster enters DRS maintenance mode, one at a time
• VMs are migrated off, host is patched & rebooted if required
• VMs are migrated back on
• Next host is selected
Resource Pool
UpdateManager
VMotionVMotion
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Offline Machine Patching• Reduces exposure from non-compliant offline/suspended virtual machines
• Systems have NICs disabled during patching to reduce risk
Update Manager Benefits
Guest Patching
Administrative time – 3064 hrs, $153,200 saved annually
Calculated for 100 virtual machines, assuming 75 patches per machine
> Scan machines
> Assess patch requirements
> Remediate systems> Troubleshoot> Rollback
Manual
15 min
Automated
6 min
Annual Savings for 100 VMs
1125 hrs, $56,250
Manual
18 min
Automated
6 min
Annual Savings for 100 VMs
1939 hrs, $96, 950
Manual
33 min
Automated
12 min
Annual Savings for 100 VMs
3064 hrs, $153, 200
Per virtualmachine
Per patch
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Prevent planned outages Quick recovery from unplanned outages
ComponentNIC Teaming
Multipathing
ServerDRS with Maintenance Mode
VMotionHA
Storage Storage VMotion VCB
Data N/A VCB
Site Site Recovery Manager
Manage All Types of Downtime
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• Minimizes planned downtime due to storage
• Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion
Storage VMotion
• Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks
• Zero downtime to virtual machines
• LUN independent
• Supported for Fibre Channel SANs
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Array A (off lease)
LUN A2
LUN A1
Storage VMotion for Storage Array Migration
Non disruptively:
• Refresh to new arrays
• Migrate to different class of storage
• VM granularity, LUN Independent
Array B (NEW)
LUN B2
LUN B1
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Storage VMotion for Storage I/O Optimization
• Non-disruptively:• Eliminate virtual machine
storage I/O bottlenecks
• Move individual virtual machines to best performing LUNs
I/O Bottleneck
LUN 2
LUN 1
OptimizedSet LUN 2
Bottleneck Eliminated
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HA Enhancements
• Simple, cost effective availability for any workload
• Minimizes unplanned downtime due to hardware and OS failures
• 32-node clusters
• Proactive cluster configuration checks
• Individual VM Failure monitoring (experimental) :
• Monitors virtual machines for guest OS failures
• Automatically restarts VM after specified interval
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• Simplifies and automates disaster recovery workflows:
• Setup, testing, failover, failback
• Provides central management of recovery plans from VirtualCenter
• Turns manual recovery processes into automated recovery plans
• Simplifies integration with 3rd-party storage replication
Introducing VMware Site Recovery Manager
Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to transform disaster recovery
• Makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable, manageable, affordable
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Site Recovery Manager Key Components
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
VirtualCenterSite Recovery
Manager Service
Protected virtual machines
3rd-party Replication
Production Disaster Recovery
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
VirtualCenter
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Summary of Benefits
• Site Recovery Manager Leverages VMware Infrastructure to Make Disaster Recovery
• Rapid• Automate disaster recovery setup, failover,
failback, and testing• Eliminate complexities of traditional recovery
• Reliable • Ensure proper execution of recovery plan• Enable easier, more frequent tests
• Manageable• Centrally manage recovery plans• Make plans dynamic to match environment
• Affordable• Utilize recovery site infrastructure• Reduce management costs
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Summary
Virtual Infrastructure 3• Virtualization everywhere!
• Simpler is better
• Meets higher enterprise standards
• Game-changing infrastructure-wide services:• Distributed resource scheduling to deliver improved application performance
• High Availability clustering to automate restarts after outages
• Consolidated backup where backup is simplified thru snapshots
• Update Manager delivers automated patching to ESX, O/S and applications
• Site Recovery Manager is workflow process-oriented DR tool
• Virtual machines are better than physical machines!
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