VSphere 6.0 Overview

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VMware vSphere ® 6.0

Knowledge Transfer KitOverview



Agenda

• Overview

• Product Udates

! VMware "#$i% &ost

! Virtual Machine

! VMware v'enter #erver%

! VMware v#here (e) 'lient

! VMware v#here vMotion*

! Availa)ilit+ ,eatures• VMware v#here ,ault -olerance

• VMware v#here &igh Availa)ilit+

! 'ontent i)rar+

! #torage

! /etworing



Overview



Virtualization Overview

• Virtualiation

! A)stracts traditional h+sical achine resources and runs worloads as virtual achin

! "ach virtual achine runs a guest oerating s+ste and alications

! -he oerating s+ste and alications don3t now that the+ are virtualied



Virtualization Overview (ont.!

• &+ervisors

! Partition couting resources o a server

or ultile virtual achines

! &+ervisors alone lac coordination or

higher availa)ilit+ and eicienc+

! -he VMware v#here &+ervisor is "#$i

• VMware v#here

! A suite o sotware that e6tends )e+ond )asic

host artitioning )+ aggregating inrastructureresources and roviding additional services

such as d+naic resource scheduling

! #erves as the oundation o the sotware7

deined data center 8#99':



"loud "o#puting and the S$$"

• I- as a #ervice 8I-aa#:

! A)stracts cole6it+ in the enterrise data center

! Achieves econoies o scale

! ;enews ocus on alication services

• Availa)ilit+

• #ecurit+

• #cala)ilit+

%nterpr"loud

"loud OS

Manage#e



vSphere & 'se "ase %a#ples

"loud "o#puting & )The *oundation for the VMware v+ealize ® Suite,• v#here "na)les the 'loud and 'hoice 8Private= Pu)lic= or &+)rid:

• -housands o v'loud Providers Availa)le -oda+

• #uort or "6isting and ,uture Alications

*oundation for Virtual $es-top & )%nale $ata to *ollow the 'ser,• v#here is the #uorting Inrastructure or an+ VMware &orion% View% 9elo+ent

• Access a Virtual 9esto ro An+where and with An+ 9evice

*oundation for /usiness Solutions & )Adopt a More Agile nfrastrutur• #ecurit+ and 'oliance ! delo+ cost7eective and adative securit+ services )uilt on v#here

• >usiness 'ontinuit+ ! slash downtie with VMware v#here &igh Availa)ilit+= VMware v#here-olerance= VMware v#here 9istri)uted ;esource #cheduler%= VMware v#here vMotion= andVMware v'enter% #ite ;ecover+ Manager%

• #erver 'onsolidation ! cut caital and oerating costs while increasing I- service deliver+

• >usiness 'ritical Alications ! increased agilit+ and outstanding relia)ilit+



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%S8i %nhane#ents

• #cala)ilit+ iroveents

! Ma6iu cluster sie increased to <4 hosts

! 000 virtual achines er cluster

! 40 h+sical 'PUs er host

! 12 -> o ;AM er host

! 1000 virtual achines er host

• #ecurit+ enhanceents

! ,le6i)le locdown ode• ocdown ode disa)led the 9irect 'onsole User Interace 89'UI: and was inle6i)le. It has )

include a white list or user access

! "#$i user accounts can )e centrall+ anaged with VMware v'enter and "#$'I co

! Account locout and account locout duration added or anageent o ailed login a

! Password cole6it+ rules added

! Iroved audita)ilit+ o "#$i adinistrator actions

! #art card authentication to the 9'UI



Virtual Mahine %nhane#ents

• Virtual Machine &ardware Version 11 introduced or v#here <.0= which adds su

! 12 v'PUs in a virtual achine

! 4 -> o ;AM in a virtual achine

! (99M 1.1 C9I acceleration

! A U#> D.0 6&'I controller

• v/UMA enhanced or hot7add eor+ allowing eor+ to )e roerl+ allocatednodes

• #erial and arallel orts iroved with Virtual Machine &ardware Version 11

• ;eoval ro a VM ossi)le

! Ma6iu nu)er o orts increased to D2

• "6anded guest O# suort

! Adds suort or Oracle Un)reaa)le "nterrise Eernel ;D FUD= Asianu6 4 #P4= #ola

12.04.5 and 14.04.1= Oracle inu6 ?= ,ree>#9 B.D= and Mac O# $ 10.10



v"enter Server %nhane#ents

• v'enter architecture and delo+ent has )een siliied to two delo+ent o

%#edded %ternal



v"enter Server %nhane#ents (ont.!

• -he services are slit out as ollows

! -he Plator #ervices 'ontroller installation is a set o inrastructure services= which i

• VMware v'enter #ingle #ign7On%

• icense service

• oou service

• VMware 9irector+ #ervices

• VMware 'ertiicate Authorit+ 8'A:

! -he v'enter service installation is the reainder o the v'enter suorting services in

•v'enter #erver

• v#here (e) 'lient

• Inventor+ #ervice

• VMware v#here Auto 9elo+%

• VMware v#here "#$i 9u 'ollector

• v#here #+slog 'ollector on (indows and v#here #+slog #ervice or the VMware v'enter #




• Plator #ervices 'ontroller introduced in

v#here <.0

! In addition to hosting the services= thePlator #ervice 'ontroller relicates

inoration such as licenses= roles and

erissions= and tags with other Plator

#ervice 'ontrollers

! -his allows or a single ane o glass o the

environent with "nhanced ined ode

• "nhanced ined ode

! ined ode using Microsot A9#GA9AM

relaced with "nhanced ined ode

! Plator #ervice 'ontroller3s now relicate all

inoration reHuired or ined ode

! "nhanced ined ode is now ena)led )+

deault in an environent

! v'enter Aliance now su

"nhanced ined ode

! Mi6ing (indows and Alian

suorted




• VMware 'ertiicate Authorit+ 8'A: introduced

! 'oniguring securit+ in a v#here environent has )ecoe increasingl+ cole6 with

o v'enter #ingle #ign7On in v#here 5.1 ! VMware 'A is a solution to this cole6it+ as it now acts as the ;oot certiicate autho

which all certiicates are generated

! Allows or enhanced securit+ as all certiicates or coonents are signed and valid

! ;oot certiicate can )e relaced with one ro a cororate 'A to integrate v#here int

inrastructure

• VMware "ndoint 'ertiicate #tore ! 'ertiicate store on each Plator #ervices 'ontroller or v'enter host that stores all ce

coonents on the server

• Individual certiicate no longer reHuired or each coonent

! In revious releases each coonent 8v'enter #ervice= Inventor+ #ervice= and so on:

uniHue certiicate

! In v#here <.0 all counication is directed through the ;everse Pro6+ "ndoint= thesingle certiicate er server is reHuired




• v'enter or (indows and v'enter Aliance suort the sae scala)ilit+ nu)eatures

Metri v"enter for indows v"en

&osts Per v'enter #erver #+ste 1=000

Powered7on VMs er v'enter #erver #+ste 10=000

&osts Per 'luster <4

Virtual Machines Per 'luster =000

%nhaned 9in-ed Mode es



vSphere e "lient %nhane#ents

• v#here (e) 'lient erorance and

usa)ilit+ iroveents

! ogin ties have )een iroved signiicantl+

! CUI interace has )een iroved such that it

ore closel+ iics the VMware v#here

'lient%

! ;ight clic enus are )etter organied and

ore consistent across interaces

! /ew dro7down enu or ast navigation

! -as ane has )een relocated to the )otto o

the screen

! 9oca)le UI or eas+ interace custoiation



VMware vSpherevMotion %nhane#ents

• v#here vMotion has )een enhanced

! #uort or live igrations across dierent

virtual switches ! #uort or live igrations across dierent

v'enter s+stes

• ;etains UUI9= event= tas= alar histor+

• ;etains &A and VMware v#here

9istri)uted ;esource #cheduler% settings

including ainit+ rules= autoation level=

startu riorit+ and isolation resonsesettings

• ;etains shares= reservations and liits

• MA' addresses are also reserved

! #uort or live igrations across long

distances o u to 10s round tri tie 8;--:

! Migrations )etween v'enter or (indows and

v'enter #erver Aliance are suorted



Availailit3 *eature %nhane#ents

• v#here ,ault -olerance has )een enhanced

! v#here ,- now suorts #MP o u to 4 v'PUs

! v#here ,- now suorts u to <4 C> o ;AM

! -his is accolished )+ an all new ast7chec ointing technolog+

! VMware #torage APIs or 9ata Protection can )e used without an agent

! #nashots now availa)le with v#here ,- VMs

! Virtual achine storage now handled dierentl+

• A ull co+ o the entire virtual achine is taen resulting in total rotection or the virtual ach

• #uorts all virtual dis orats 8eager7eroed thic= thic= and thin:

! &ost coati)ilit+ now the sae as or v#here vMotion

• v#here &A has )een enhanced

! VM 'oonent Protection introduced

• Allows v#here &A to tae action on all aths down 8AP9: and eranent device loss 8P9: e

! v#here &A can now rotect u to <4 hosts and <000 VMs er cluster



"ontent 9irar3

• /ew to v#here < is the addition o the v#here 'ontent i)rar+

! Allows or a central anageent store or telates= I#O iages= and scrits

! Allows or u)lication o content across sites

! 'ontent is autoaticall+ udated at the su)scri)ed sites when content is udated

! 'an )e conigured to ush or ull content as reHuired such that +ou can revent (A/



Storage %nhane#ents

• /ew to v#here < is the addition o virtual

volues

! Virtual Volues )rings VMware Virtual #A/%st+le sotware deined olic+7)ased storage to

#A/ and /A# arra+s

! Virtual volues is a raewor or VM7level

anageent o the storage

! Is granular to the virtual dis level= solving the

ro)le o rovisioning ;AI9 5 or ;AI9 10

volues that are inle6i)le ! Uses storage olic+7)ased anageent and

native storage arra+ olicies with VMware

v#here API or #torage Awareness to u)lish

the caa)ilities



Storage %nhane#ents (ont.!

• VMware Virtual #A/ has )een enhanced

! All ,lash7)ased volues ! ##9s are used instead instead o using agnetic diss or

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• VMware v#here 9ata Protection% enhanceents

! All unctionalit+ in VMware v#here 9ata Protection Advanced has )een consolidated

Protection in v#here <.0 ! Includes agents that ena)le alication consistent )acuGrecover+ oJ

• Microsot #F #erver 8including #F clusters:

• Microsot "6change #erver 8Including "6change #erver data)ase availa)ilit+ grous:

• Microsot #harePoint #erver

! Allows or individual data)ases and ail)o6es to )e restored as reHuired

!>acu integrit+ can )e tested with ractice restores

! Autoated )acu veriication that schedules restores and checs or VM heart)eats

! #uort or )ac to "M' 9ata 9oain

! "6ternal ro6ies now can )e used to hel iniie networ )andwidth reHuireents




• VMware v#here ;elication% has )een

enhanced

! v#here ;elication traic can )e coressedas it is sent across the networ

! -raic or v#here ;elication can )e isolated

on its own ort grou and use ultile networ

cards

! v#here ;elication can Huer+ the arra+ or

storage allocation inoration reducing

)andwidth reHuireents or )acus ! Migration o relica inoration with v#here

#torage vMotion no longer reHuires a ull

s+nchroniation o data

! /ow= VMware -ools% eatures allow Huiesce

o inu6 guest O# during relication



5etwor- %nhane#ents

• v#here /etwor IGO 'ontrol "nhanceents Version D

! "na)les adinistrators to guarantee )andwidth to a v/I' in a virtual achine or to an

grou ! Integrated with 9;#

• v#here now suorts the use o /,# 4.1

! Eer)oros 5 authentication suorted

! Multiathing and session truning availa)le

! "rror recover+ enhanced or server down or networ artitions

! #ingle Protocol

• atenc+7aware /etFueue now availa)le



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