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VMware VMware vSpherevSphere

Nth Generation Computing

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VMware vSphere architectureVMware vSphere architecture

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VMware VMotionVMware VMotion

• What is it?• Live migration of virtual machines from one host to another with no service interruption

• Impact• Zero downtime • Continuous service availability

• 8 – 5 maintenance• Complete transaction integrity• Supported on Fibre Channel, iSCSI SAN and NAS

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Distributed Resource Distributed Resource SchedulerSchedulerCreating a Unified Compute Resource

Automates initial virtual machine placement Uses VMotion to continuously optimize based on current workload Reacts to adding or removing hosts from the cluster

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Distributed Power Distributed Power ManagementManagement Dynamically reduce your power footprint

During non-peak hours, consolidate VMs onto fewer hosts Place unnecessary hosts in standby mode When load increases, bring additional hosts out of standby vSphere supports WOL and new wake technologies (iLO, IPMI)

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VMware High AvailabilityVMware High Availability

What is it? Automatic restart of virtual

machines in case of server failure

HA Impact Cost effective high availability

for all applications No need for dedicated stand-

by hardware None of the cost and

complexity of clustering

VMware HA enables cost-effective high availability for all applications

VMware vSphere VMware vSphere VMware vSphere

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Thin architecture Unparalleled security and reliability

• Fits on a 1GB USB Flash Drive• Only OS-independent design focused on

virtualization

Integrated in server systems Easiest way to deploy and manage

virtualization• Hardware is certified and ready-to-run• Intuitive start up experience that

dramatically reduces deployment time• Optimized for central management

Next generation, thin hypervisor integrated in server systems

VMware ESXiVMware ESXi

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Why you should be using Why you should be using ESXiESXi

Higher Density Lower Cost Less Complexity Future of development

“In the future, ESXi’s superior architecture will be the exclusive focus of VMware’s development efforts.”

• ESXi Team Blog “ESXi Chronicles”, June 1st 2009 “Due to the superior nature of ESXi, VMware will discontinue

the classic Service Console-based ESX in the near future”• Session abstract for VMworld 2009 TA4060, “The Path to COS-less

ESX: Migrating Server Operations from ESX to ESXi” So don’t bet on there being a version 5 of ESX “Classic”

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VMware Update ManagerVMware Update Manager

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

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

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Zero-Downtime Host Zero-Downtime Host PatchingPatching

VMotionVMotion

Update Manager server

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

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Update Manager Update Manager ImprovementsImprovements

Upgrades as well as Patching Update Manager is preferred upgrade tool for VI35->VS40

VM Upgrades (VMware Tools, VM Hardware Version) Staging Patches

Now you can pre-load patches onto your hosts before your maintenance window to reduce patch time.

Shared Repositories Multiple Update Manager servers can share a single patch

repository.

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Storage VMotionStorage VMotion

Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks

• Zero downtime to virtual machines• LUN independent• Supported for Fibre Channel & iSCSI SANs

Minimizes planned downtime due to storage

Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion

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Storage VMotion Storage VMotion ImprovementsImprovements

Much faster thanks to block-change tracking Virtual Hardware version 7 VMs track changed blocks,

making SVMotion deltas quicker Doesn’t require double resources

No longer requires a “self-vMotion” meaning your VM takes up double the CPU and RAM during SVMotion

As a result, doesn’t need VMotion to be enabled on host Can move between all supported storage types

FC, iSCSI, NFS Switch from Full- to Thin-Provisioned during SVMotion GUI SUPPORT!

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App

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Zero downtime, zero data loss No complex clustering or specialized hardware required

Single common mechanism for all applications and OS-es

Single identical VMs running in lockstep on separate hosts

Zero downtime, zero data loss failover for all virtual machines in

case of hardware failures Integrated with VMware HA/DRS

VMware Fault VMware Fault ToleranceTolerance

FTHAHA

VMware ESX VMware ESX

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Distributed vSwitchesDistributed vSwitches New Distributed Virtual Switch technology allows one

vitual switch to manage your entire virtual datacenter. Use the built-in VMware Distributed vSwitch or replace

it with a Nexus 1000V virtual switch.

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Host ProfilesHost Profiles Configure your ESX server once, then replicate its

configuration to other servers. Automatically configure new cluster members with a

base config. Use for compliance – easily identify misconfigurations

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Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning Provision your VMs with disks

that grow as needed. Doesn’t require array support. New alarming and reporting

capabilities keep you out of trouble.

If you run out of space, VMFS now supports volume grow.

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vShield ZonesvShield Zones Create VM-aware firewalls

and trust zones, all within your Virtual Infrastructure

Base your trust zones on existing containers like hosts, vSwitches, or folders.

Runs as a virtual appliance.

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vSphere Data RecoveryvSphere Data Recovery vSphere Data Recovery integrates disk-to-disk backup

into the vSphere Client. Includes Deduplication!

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vSphere Data RecoveryvSphere Data Recovery Full VM restore is as easy as rolling back to a

snapshot. File level restore is as easy as copying files from a

mounted drive letter.

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Bigger VMs, Bigger HostsBigger VMs, Bigger Hosts New Host Maximums:

64 logical CPUs, 1TB Memory, 320 VMs, 350K IOPS• “Logical CPU” is Sockets x Cores x Threads

New Virtual Machine Maximums: 8 vCPUs, 255GB Memory, Faster SCSI and NIC adapters

• Paravirtualized SCSI adapter provides better storage I/O rates• VMXNET3 NIC supports all kinds of offload, including Receive Side

Scaling in Windows 2008

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Performance is KeyPerformance is Key In an 8vCPU VM, OLTP throughput is 86% of native

• VMware whitepaper “Performance and Scalability of Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere 4”

World-record 50,166 score on SPECweb2005• 14% improvement over previous record on VI3

SAP workloads handle 95% users of native• VMware whitepaper “Virtualized SAP Performance with VMware

vSphere 4”

SPECjvm2008 ops/m is 94% of native Accommodate 8000 Heavy Users in Exchange 2007 on

an 8 core server (2x of native!)• VMware whitepaper “Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Performance

on VMware vSphere 4”

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vSphere 4 EditionsvSphere 4 Editions

High Availability

STANDARD ENTERPRISE PLUS

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

4-way vSMP

VC Agent

6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory

VMotion™

High Availability

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

4-way vSMP

VC Agent

12 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory

ADVANCED

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

VMotion™

High Availability

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

8-way vSMP

VC Agent

12 Physical Cores / CPUNo License Memory Limit

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

Distributed Switch

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Host Profiles

High availability products for

protecting critical production applications

Basic consolidation

of a lab or small

environment

Large scale management of critical production applications

VMotion™

High Availability

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

4-way vSMP

VC Agent

6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory

ENTERPRISE

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager

Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning

VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs

Hot Add Hot AddHot Add

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But what about support?But what about support? Microsoft has developed the

Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP)

These Hypervisors receive support equal to that of physical hardware

VMware ESX 3.5 was the first hypervisor on this list!

Windows 2003, 2008, and 41 Microsoft applications are supported.

vSphere already supported!

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