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Storage and Server Virtualization at Seton Hall
Matt Stevenson – IT ArchitectSeton Hall Universitystevenma@shu.edu
About Seton Hall University•Located in South Orange NJ•Approx 12,000 Students/Faculty/Staff•Main campus and Law School
Agenda• Overview of virtualization topics
• Storage Virtualization▫History at Seton Hall▫Design and selection of storage virtualization solution▫Overview of storage virtualization
• Server Virtualization▫History at Seton Hall▫Design and selection of server virtualization solution▫Overview of server virtualization▫Additional virtualization products
Virtualization•Presentation focus is on Storage and
Server virtualization
•All part of a major virtualization effort▫Storage▫Network▫Servers▫Desktops
Storage Virtualization
What is storage virtualization?• Layer residing between the host (server, desktop, etc)
and the physical storage array (out of band or in band)
• Manipulates physical array(s) to overcome array limitations (maximum LUNs, number of partitions, replication, mirroring, heterogeneous storage environments)
• Platform is usually one of the following:Stand alone appliancesIncluded in the physical arrayStorage switch based
History 2004 / 2005 – (1)•In 2004 SHU had stand alone servers and
various disk islands
•Most storage was direct attached
•Standard “1U” rack servers, one per application
History 2004 / 2005 – (2)
•IBM 2105 - ESS “Shark”▫Direct attached via SCSI
•Several stand alone IBM disk units▫Direct attached via SCSI
•Each server had local disk▫Different controllers, RAID replacement
procedures
Architectural Changes (1)
•Implement SAN▫Reduce dependency on direct attached disk▫Provide more centralized management of
disk
•Reduce server sprawl▫Research virtualization technology
•Focus on Blade technology▫Smaller size, power, and cabling
requirements
Architectural Changes (2)
• IBM Blade Center Technology
▫ Modular design
▫ Includes Network, Storage Switch, and Management in single chassis
▫ Lower power requirements for servers
▫ 70 Servers per rack
▫ Boot from SAN for no moving parts on blades
Architectural Changes (3)
•Implement SAN
•Reduce server sprawl
•Focus on Blade technology
•All led to: ▫ Requirement for Storage Virtualization
Storage (SAN)• SAN Storage
▫ IBM DS8000▫ StorageTek Flex380▫ Sun 6140
• SAN Switch/Infra▫ qLogic SANBox 9000
(Blades) Up to 256 Ports (10G
ready) Ability to expand SAN to
other buildings/long distance (DR, etc)
Storage Virtualization (1)• FalconStor IPStor software (v5)
▫“Virtualizes” all storage, allows resize, assign/remove on the fly
▫Allows mirroring/physical disk moves with no downtime (between multiple physical storage units)
▫Single “pane of glass” management for all storage
▫Freedom from vendor limitations (LUNs, sizes, etc)
▫Snapshots of live data possible
Storage Virtualization (2)• FalconStor IPStor software (v5)
▫In-band solution
▫Active/Active cluster
▫Single software interface for all management (Linux/Windows) via Java web start launcher
▫Clients available for snapshots for Oracle, Notes/Exchange, SQL Server, etc
Storage Virtualization (3)Server
SAN Switch
Virtualization
Storage
Blade 1 Blade 4Blade 2 Blade 3
SAN Switch 1 SAN Switch 2
IPStor 1 IPStor 2
DS8000 Flex380
Storage Virtualization (4)
•Tasks for administrators:
▫Mirror data (Upgrades, backups)
▫Move data
▫Add additional storage from selected tier
▫Provision new servers
Storage Virtualization (5)• Mirror Command
▫ Move data▫ “Swap” mirrors▫ “Promote” mirror to
primary storage
• Moving storage from one array to another
System Performance• Applications currently utilizing storage virtualization – 100+ server
clients
▫ Lotus Domino (campus wide)
▫ Sungard Banner (Approx 12 instances with multiple add-ons)
▫ File/Print services (campus wide)
▫ Content management system
▫ Luminis Portal
▫ VMWare ESX Servers
Additional Features• Replication
• “Hot Zone”
• Snapshots
• Reports
Storage Virtualization Sample Configuration
Banner ERP System
Storage Virtualization and Banner (1)• Banner Hardware and Operating Systems
Hardware (Application and DB servers)▫IBM LS21 AMD Opteron Dual Core, Dual
Processor blade▫8GB RAM▫4Gb Fiber Channel HBA, Boot from SAN▫Dual GigE Ethernet
• Operating System▫RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 – Update 9 (32Bit)
Storage Virtualization and Banner (2)•Production Banner layout
Prod App Server #1 Prod App Server #2
Banner Prod DB #1
DS8000
Storage
Flex380
Storage
Storage Virtualization
Data Mirrored
Storage Virtualization and Banner (3)
• Banner DB Layout
Virtual Disk Mount Point▫ 32GB OS Filesystems▫ 32GB /u00/app/oracle▫ 100GB /u00/archive▫ 120GB /u00/backup▫ 30GB /u00/oradata▫ 100GB /u01/oradata▫ 32GB /u02/oradata▫ 32GB /app/sct
• Banner App Server Layout
Virtual Disk Mount Point▫ 32GB OS Filesystems▫ 32GB /u00/app
Storage Virtualization and Banner (4)• Storage Virtualization Banner tasks
▫Mirror Data Specific virtual disks or entire system
▫Monitor performance Read/Write usage of specific virtual disks or entire system
▫Resize virtual disks and filesystems when necessary RHEL AS 3.0 requires offline filesystem resize Online resize available in RHEL AS 4.0+
Storage Virtualization - Review• Single pane of glass for administration
• Migration between physical disk arrays is a non-issue
• Simplification means no full time storage administrator necessary
• Avoid Single Point of Failure
• Storage Virtualization Banner usage is no different than any other system
Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization - History
•Single standalone servers
•One server per application
•Development environment for each production environment
Server Virtualization
• Goals
▫“Virtualize Everything” VMWare ELA Resource pools + “one to one” mapping
▫Provide enterprise class infrastructure Servers, storage, network design
▫Start with servers, move to desktops
▫Use VMWare for DR solution (SRM)
Configuration (1)Seton Hall Environment
• (10) VMWare ESX Servers▫ (6) IBM x3850m2▫ Virtual Infrastructure
Enterprise 3.5U2 ▫ 64GB RAM each▫ VMWare ELA
• VirtualCenter Management Server▫ Win2k3 Blade
Configuration (2)
Storage (Virtual)
VI3 Servers
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenter(DRS)
Layers of Virtualization
VMWare Products
•VMWare VI3 Enterprise
•VMWare VDI
•VMWare SRM
•VMWare Lifecycle Manager
Server Virtualization – Virtual Center• Virtual Center
▫Single management console to view all VMWare servers
▫Can be single point of failure (won’t bring down VMs)▫Required for Vmotion, HA/DR▫Accounts can be from Active Directory
Server Virtualization - Vmotion• Vmotion (Server and Storage)
▫“Live” migration of virtual machines between VMWare servers
▫Requires dedicated GigE connection
▫Requires shared SAN disks (VMFS)
▫Requires “like” CPUs on VMWare servers Review VMWare documentation closely
▫VirtualCenter can dynamically move VMs based on system load (Distributed Resource Scheduler)
▫VMWare also includes “Storage Vmotion” for similar abilities for storage
Seton Hall Server Virtualization (1)•How Seton Hall is utilizing Server Virtualization
▫100+ Virtual Machines
▫Includes both production and development systems
▫Vmotion/DRS implemented to avoid VMware system downtime
Seton Hall Server Virtualization (2)•How Seton Hall is utilizing Server Virtualization
▫Remote access to development systems From user’s desktop Remote media mount (CD, Floppy, etc)
▫Storage flexibility (adding virtual disks on the fly)
▫“Virtual Appliances” http://www.vmware.com/appliances
Seton Hall Server Virtualization (3)•How Seton Hall is utilizing Server
Virtualization
▫Migration of old hardware/servers Out of date/out of warrantee physical
hardware
▫Schedule restarts/power on-off/relocation of VMs
Seton Hall Server Virtualization – Performance
•Sample Seton Hall Applications
▫Oracle Identity Manager (Production + Development)
▫Cacti SNMP statistics (Production)▫ezProxy reverse proxy server (Production)▫R25 Scheduling (Development)▫Active Directory (Development)▫Sungard Banner (Development)▫Lecture123 (Production)
Seton Hall Server Virtualization – Performance
• VMWare ESX Server and VirtualCenter provide performance graphs
▫ Exportable to Excel
Sample Performance Reports (1)•Banner Application Server Performance -
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Sample Performance Reports (2)•Banner Application Server Performance -
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Sample Performance Reports (3)•Banner Application Server Performance -
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VMWare Projects In Progress…
VMWare VDI•VMWare VDI (Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure)▫Thin Client (Wyse, HP, others)▫Can also run on existing PC hardware▫Same infrastructure as Server
Virtualization Requires additional VDI server, can be virtual
▫Normally implemented at time of desktop/hardware refresh
▫One to one mapping, or “pools” of virtual desktops
▫Single image to maintain
Why VDI?“Thin Client computing” seems to come around every 5-10 years, what’s different about this?
VMWare Configuration
Storage (Virtual)
VI3 Servers
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenter(DRS)
VMWare VDI Configuration
Storage(Virtual)
VI3 Servers
Virtual Desktops/Servers
VirtualCenter(DRS)
Thin ClientsOr Desktops
VDI Testing•All SHU images moved to VDI platform
for testing
•No performance issues encountered with any standard apps
•Multimedia apps are the biggest concern▫Various thin client solutions available to
resolve problems
Why Keep Storge Virtualization with
VMWare?VMWare’s storage allocation has many of the same features that stand-alone storage virtualization offers
One Answer = VMWare SRM•VMWare SRM = Site Recovery Manager
▫Failover/Failback from primary site to secondary
▫Uses existing virtual infrastructure▫Test out DR plan easily (DR runbook)▫Simulate failovers
Can use a quarantined network to test DR failover
▫Works with array based replicationEMC and Falconstor among replication supported
Virtualization Configurations
Storage
VI3 Servers
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenter(DRS)
Primary Site
Secondary Site
Replication
Some things to review when implementing VMWare…
Processors•Use “Like” processors when rolling out a
VMWare solution▫Future CPUs from Intel/AMD should make
the situation better•For 64bit apps, check for “virtualization
CPU feature flag”, most modern CPUs should have it, older processors won’t. ▫Even if your server can run 64bit native
operating systems, it may not be able to run 64bit virtual machines
Server configuration•Your servers should have plenty of expansion
slots (PCIe) and multiple NICs▫SHU’s VMWare servers have a minimum of 8
NICs per VMWare ESX server
•Acquiring identical servers is the best way to go if possible
•Review VMWare hardware compatibility list thoroughly
Storage configuration•If you are looking to implement SRM,
check that your storage arrays support the SRM “Storage replication adapters” required for replication between primary and DR site
Support (1)• Microsoft Products
▫ Products supported in virtualized environments http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006/
▫ Support policy for non MS hardware virtualization http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615
▫ MS Premier support helps the situation:
“For Microsoft customers with Premier-level support running non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software from vendors with which Microsoft does not have an established support relationship that covers virtualization solutions, Microsoft will investigate potential issues with Microsoft software running together with non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software”
Support (2)
•Oracle Products▫Metalink Doc ID 249212.1
“Oracle will only provide support for issues that either are known to occur on the native OS, or can be demonstrated not to be as a result of running on VMware.”
How it all works for SHU..• Storage Virtualization
▫Dynamic allocation of virtual disks▫Single pane of glass storage management▫Sidestep vendor restrictions
• Server Virtualization▫Relies on Storage Virtualization for all storage▫Physical server consolidation▫Single pane of glass server management▫Live movement of VMs for high availability▫Remote access built in
Questions
Matt Stevenson – IT ArchitectSeton Hall Universitystevenma@shu.edu
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