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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
Introduction 3
The Virtualization Journey 3
VMware vSphere And VMware vCenter 4
Application Performance 4
Virtual Machine Scalability 4
Better Application Scalability On Multicore Servers 6
What About Databases? 6
What About SAP? 8
What About Exchange? 8
Consolidation 9
Database Consolidation 9
Sotware License Consolidation 10
Applications as a Service In The Private Cloud 11
Accelerate The Application Liecycle 12
Guarantee Application Quality O Service 13
ISV Support 16
Specifc ISV Statements 16
Microsot Support 16
Oracle Support 17
Conclusion 17
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Executive Summary
InthepastmostVMwarecustomersstartedtheirvirtualization
journeywiththeeasyapplicationssuchastest/devenvironments
andinrastructureapplicationsStartingatthelow-endothe
applicationspectrumhelpedcustomerstominimizeriskwhile
quicklyvirtualizing0percentto0percentotheirinrastructure
Beyondthatpointcustomerswereotenmorehesitantto
virtualizetheirbusiness-criticalapplicationsThisreluctancewas
ueledprimarilybyconcernsaroundperormanceISVsupport
andtherelativeriskodeployinganapplicationonanewer
lesserknownplatorm
Todaycustomersaremovingbeyondthesetraditional
concernstovirtualizetheirbusiness-criticalapplicationsatan
acceleratedpaceAccordingtoarecentsurvey7percentocustomersreporttheyvirtualizebusiness-criticalapplicationsin
productionincludingSAPdatabasesandMicrosotExchange
Whathaschanged?Ontheonehandlegacyconcernsaround
perormanceandISVsupportarenolongerwarrantedMoreover
customersarerealizingthatthevalueovirtualizationextends
arbeyondbasicconsolidationandthatapplicationsrunbetter
ontheVMwareprivatecloudwithasterapplicationliecycle
andimprovedapplicationqualityoservice
Applicationperormance isnolongerabarriertoadoption
VMwarevSphereprovidesoutstandingscalabilitywith
VMwarevirtualmachinessupportinguptoeightvirtualCPUs
and55GBRAMwithminimalvirtualizationoverheadenough
tosupportevenlargedatabases
Consolidationandcostreduction includinginrastructure
costsandsotwarelicensingcostsarestrongdriversor
virtualizationERPsystemsemailapplicationsanddatabases
consumelargepoolsoover-provisionedserversVirtualizing
theseapplicationsyieldsconsolidationratioso5:andhigher
Throughconsolidationcustomersareabletonotonlyslash
inrastructurecostsbutalsoinmanycasesachieve00percent
orgreaterimprovementintheutilizationotheirexpensive
sotwarelicenses
Theentireapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproduction
canbestreamlinedandacceleratedwithVMwareDevelopers
andQAteamscandeployandsharedevelopmentenvironmentsontheyPreconguredmultitierapplicationscanbedeployed
inproductioninamatterominutesinsteadodaysorevenweeks
Applicationqualityoservice canbeimprovedbyensuring
perormanceandavailabilityorallappsWithVMwareIT
canmonitorservicelevelsidentiybottlenecksandscale
applicationsdynamicallytoensureperormanceundervariable
loadTheVMwarebusinesscontinuitycapabilitiesincluding
HighAvailability(HA)FaultTolerance(FT)andSiteRecovery
Manager(SRM)protectallapplicationsromhardware-related
downtimewithoutthecomplexityoapplication-levelclustering
TheISVecosystemsupportingVMwareisstrongandrapidlyexpandingTheourlargestsotwarevendorsMicrosotIBM
SAPandOraclehavesupportstatementsinplaceorVMware
VMwareisalsosupportedbyhundredsosmallerISVsand
gainingsupportrommanynewISVseachmonth
Introduction
TheVirtualizationJourney
Iyouareoneothemorethan50000companiesworldwide
thatuseVMwaresolutionsyouhaveprobablyvirtualized
asignicantportionoyourdatacenterAndlikemostyou
probablystartedyourjourneybyconsolidatingunderutilized
serverssupportingsmallerlow-priorityapplications
YoumadetherightdecisionYouveprobablyalreadyreduced
yourinrastructureTCOsignicantlythroughserverconsolidation
Atthesametimeyououndthatvirtualizationreducedoperational
complexitysimpliedthelivesoadministratorsandeliminated
manymanualrepetitivetasksYounowcanplancapacityata
macro-levelprovisionsystemsatthetouchoabuttonandmigrateapplicationslivebetweenhostsAlongwithcutting
annualpowerconsumptionbyroughly7000kWhperconsolidated
serveryoualsoreducedtheannualcarbondioxideoutputo
yourdatacenterbyourtonsocarbondioxideoreachserver
removedInactvirtualizationmayevennowbeakey
componentoyourcompanysenergyeciencystrategy
Asyourcondenceinvirtualizationgrewsodidyourdesireto
virtualizealargerportionoyourinrastructureHoweverwhen
itcomestovirtualizingyourlargebusiness-criticalapplications
youmayhesitateVirtualizingthegearsthatrunyourbusiness
databasesERPsystememailserversindustry-specicsolutions
andmoreeelslikeacompletelydiferentballgameandyou
maywonderwhethertherisk/returnratioisstillworthitIn
additiontheseapplicationsotenhavepowerulappowners
thatmaynotbeamiliarwithvirtualizationandotenhavetheir
ownspecicobjections:willVMwarehaveanegativeimpacton
myapplicationperormance?;willtheISVgivemethesupport
Ineed?;whatsinitormeandmyapplication?;andiits
notbrokenwhychange?
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Whiletherearecertainlyspecicchallengeswhenitcomesto
virtualizingbusiness-criticalapplicationsthemostcommon
concernsareactuallylingeringmisperceptionsbasedon
earlierincarnationsovirtualizationromyearsagoInaddition
virtualizationisnolongerjustaboutconsolidationand
cost-savingsTodayadvancedVMwarecustomersareusing
virtualizationtotransormtheirITinrastructureintoaprivate
cloudApplicationsreallydorunbetterontheVMwareprivate
cloud,withmuchasterdev-test-provisioningcycles,better
servicelevelsunderunpredictableload,andsimple,cost-
eectiveavailability.
JointhemanyVMwarecustomersonthenextstepoyour
journeytotransormyourinrastructureintoadynamicprivate
cloudRunyourbusiness-criticalapplicationsincludingExchange
SQLSAPandOracleonVMwarevSpherewithbreakthrough
perormanceandoutstandingreliabilityBuildaexiblecloud
computinginrastructurethatcandeliverbusiness-criticalapplicationsasdynamiccost-ecientandreliableITservices
VMwarevSphereAndVMwarevCenter
VMwarevSphereistheindustrysleadingvirtualizationplatorm
orholisticallymanaginglargecollectionsoinrastructure
CPUsstoragenetworkingasaseamlessexibleanddynamic
operatingenvironmentUnliketraditionaloperatingsystemsthat
manageanindividualmachineVMwarevSphereaggregates
theinrastructureoanentiredatacentertocreateasingle
powerhousewithresourcesthatcanbeallocatedquicklyand
dynamicallytoanyapplicationinneed
VMwarevSphereprovidesrevolutionarybenetsbutwithapracticalnon-disruptiveevolutionaryprocessorlegacy
applicationsExistingapplicationscanbedeployedonVMware
vSpherewithnochangestotheapplicationortheOStheyare
runningon
VMwarevSpheredeliverstheperormancerequiredtorun
business-criticalapplicationsinlarge-scaleenvironments
VMwarevSphereprovides-timestheperormanceothe
previousgenerationplatorm(VMwareInrastructure)while
keepingvirtualizationoverheadataverylimitedat-0percent
WiththeseperormancenumbersVMwarevSphereisableto
runevenlargeresource-intensivedatabasesandinmanycases
enablesapplicationstoscalebetteronnewermulticoreservers
VMwarevSphereprovidesasetoapplicationservices that
enableapplicationstoachieveunparalleledlevelsoavailability
securityandscalabilityForexamplewithVMwarevSphereall
applicationscanbeprotectedromdowntimewithVMwareHigh
Availability(HA)andVMwareFaultTolerance(FT)withoutthe
complexityoconventionalclusteringInadditionapplications
canbescaleddynamicallytomeetchangingloadswithcapabilities
suchasHotAddandVMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)
TheVMwarevCenterProductFamily istheindustrysmost
advancedvirtualizationmanagementplatormwhichunlocks
thepowerovirtualizationthroughproactivemanagementand
centralizedcontrolovirtualinrastructureForexampleVMware
vCenterAppSpeedenablesIToperationstomonitorandensure
theservicelevelsodistributedmultitierapplicationsrunning
onVMwarevSphereVMwarevCenterLabManagerprovides
developersandapplicationownerson-demandsel-service
accesstoalibraryoapplicationanddevelopmentenvironments
toacceleratedevelopandtestcycles
WiththepowerulcapabilitiesoVMwarevSpheretheVMware
vCenterProductFamilyandagrowingecosystemoover500
technologiescompaniesthequestionhasnowshitedrom
canIvirtualizemybusiness-criticalapps?tocanIafordnot
to?InthispaperwellexplainwhyVMwarevSphereisthebest
platormordeliveringbusiness-criticalapplicationsWewill
addresseachothesesixkeyconsiderationsinorder:Applicationperformance
Consolidationandcostreduction
Deliveringapplicationsasaserviceintheprivatecloud
Acceleratingtheapplicationlifecycle
GuaranteeingapplicationQualityofService
ISVsupport
Application Performance
Therearetwokeyperormanceconsiderationstokeepinmind
whenvirtualizinglargeresource-intensiveapplicationsFirst
eachindividualvirtualmachinemustscaletosupportthe
requirementsotheapplicationitishostingSecondmany
applicationscanactuallyachievehigherperormanceon
vSpherethanonphysicalserversbyscalingoutonmultiple
virtualmachinestobetterleveragethecapacityolarge
multicoreservers
VirtualMachineScalability
Thereisstillaperceptioninthemarketthatvirtualization
introducesaperormanceconstraintonlargerapplications
especiallyIO-intensiveapplicationssuchasdatabasesandemail
serversThisperceptionwascreatedwithearlyversionsothe
VMwarehypervisorVMwareESXwhichdidhavescalability
limitationsandmaterialoverheadThishoweverwasmultiple
productgenerationsago
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AsisusuallythecaseperceptionlagsrealityThelatestversions
oVMwareESX5andhaveadvancedbyleapsandbounds
overtheearlyproductgenerationsVMwarehasplacedasignicant
ocusonmaximizingtheperormanceovirtualmachinesand
asaresultESXhasmadetremendousprogressinIOCPUand
memoryscalabilityoverearlyproductgenerations
TodayvirtualmachinesonESXcanscaletoeightvirtualCPUs
56GBomemoryandover50000diskIOPSwhilekeeping
overheadlimitedbetweenand0percentorthemajorityo
applicationsThattranslatestoa0xperormanceincreaserom
ESXtoESXToputthisperormanceinperspectiveasingle
virtualmachinetodayprovidesaboutthesameperormanceasa
SunFire5Kin00averylargemulti-milliondollarUnixserver!
TheseadvancesinperormancearechartedinFigureAndwhattheymeanoryouisthatresource-intensiveapplicationsperorm
verywellonVMwarevSphereInactwehavemeasuredthe
resourcerequirementsomorethan700000production
applicationsrunningonx86serversandVMwarevSphereis
abletosupportmorethan95percentothoseapplications
Application Performance Requirements
Source: VMware Capacity Planner assessments
%o
fApplications
Overhead
CPU
Memory
Network
IOPS
300,000
5PercentofApplicationsMatchorExceedNativePerformanceonVMware
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BetterApplicationScalabilityOnMulticoreServers
Applicationscalabilityhaslaggedbehindtheevolutiono
high-endmulticoreserversIn005largequad-socketservers
hadatotalo8processorcoresbutastorwardto00andlargequad-socketserverswillhaveupto6processorcores
Howmanycorescanyourapplicationsscaleto?Unortunately
thevastmajorityoapplicationscannotcomeclosetousing6
coresinparallelMostapplicationsareonlysucientlymulti-
threadedtoecientlyusebetweento8coresinparallelFor
exampleMicrosotExchangeonlyscalesto8corestheaverage
customapplicationislimitedtoourprocessorsandeven
MicrosotSQLServerislimitedtoaboutcores
Becauseotheselimitationsthetraditionaldeploymentmodel
ooneappperserverlimitsapplicationstoonlyscaletoa
ractionoservercapacityleavingmuchothecomputecapacity
untappedForlargerCPU-intensiveapplicationsthisisbecoming
anincreasinglyimportantproblemlimitingapplicationscalability
andleadingtoincreasedinrastructurecosts
WithVMwarevSpheremanyapplicationscanbescaledout
inmultiplesmallerapplicationinstancesWebserverssuchasApacheoMicrosotIISapplicationserverssuchasTomcat
orWebSphereandevenMicrosotExchangecaneasilybe
scaledoutonmultiplevirtualmachinesThisdeploymentmodel
enablesapplicationstoecientlyusethecapacityolarge
multicoreserverswhilepreservingexcellentisolationbetween
multipleapplicationinstances
WhatAboutDatabases?
Databasesareamongtheapplicationsthatcustomersare
mostconcernedaboutonVMwarebecauseotheirresource
requirementsandthebusiness-criticalnatureothesesystems
Figure 2. ScalingApplicationsonVMwarevSpheretoLeverageMulticoreCapacity
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Theseconcernsareunwarrantedhoweverasthecapabilities
providedbyVMwarevSpherearewellbeyondtheneedso
almostalldatabasesincludingOracleandSQL
InFebruary009VMwarevSpheresetanewbenchmarkinvirtualizeddatabaseperormanceVMwarevSpherewas
benchmarkedwithoneothemostdemandingworkloads
orvirtualization:aresource-intensiveOLTPdatabasebased
onaair-useimplementationoTPC-CThisapplicationis
signicantlymoreresource-intensivethanaverageproduction
databasesandhenceputsaheavyloadonthehypervisorEven
orthisdicultworkloadasinglevirtualmachineinVMware
vSphererunningOraclegandLinuxachieved85percento
nativeperormancewithnear-linearscalabilityromonevirtual
CPUtoeightvirtualCPUsThevirtualmachinesupported8900
transactionspersecondanddroveabout60000diskIOPSa
massiveamountothroughputthatonlyasmallractiono
databasesactuallyrequireItistruethattherearesomeexceptionallylargedatabases
outtherebutitistheraredatabaseindeedthatcanexceed
perormancecapabilitiesprovidedbyVMwarevSphereThe
realityisthatalmostalldatabasescanrunquitecomortablyon
VMwarevSpherewithplentyoprocessingheadroomtospare
BasedonVMwareCapacityPlannerdatacompiledromtenso
thousandsoproductionserversincustomerenvironmentsthe
averageproductionOracledatabaserequiresonlyaractiono
thecapacitythatavirtualmachinecandeliver
Caseinpoint
We have close to 60 Microsot SQL Servers virtualized,
some with a disk usage greater than 90 MB per second,which translates to 22,000 IOPS, says Tom Gibaud,
Manager o Inormation Technology at ViaHealth, a amily
o health care providers in New York state, including
Rochester General Hospital. These are SQL Servers that
touch the patient and have a lot o traci theyre
down, its a major issue. Having them virtualized on
VMware gives us greater reliability and more uptime.
We have a VMware-rst policy, and have virtualized
nearly 90 percent o our application environment, adds
Gibaud. That shows how much condence we have in
VMware technology. Simply put, VMware helps us better
manage our computing environment. For example, i we
notice that there is a memory error on a server, it is veryeasy or us to vMotion that box somewhere else, replace
the memory chip, and then vMotion it back. Try doing
that with a data center ull o physical servers!
Figure 3. AverageOracleDatabaseFitsEasilyinaVirtualMachine
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WhatAboutSAP?
Becausetheyuseadisproportionateshareodatacenter
resourcesEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)applications
areidealcandidatesorconsolidationAnaverageSAPimplementationusesabout50serversincludingahigh
ratioonon-productionserversVMwaredeliversthehighest
consolidationratiosintheindustryorsuchapplicationsoten
exceeding0:Virtualizingthisoneapplicationsavescustomers
0serversormoreonaverage
SAPsotwarealsoperormsverywellonVMwarevSphereUsing
thestandardSAPSDbenchmarkavirtualmachinerunning-
virtualCPUsmatchestheperormanceophysicalserverswith
lessthan0percentoverhead
Caseinpoint
Checkpoint Systems International, a leading manuacturer
o retail tracking, security, and merchandising solutions
relies on SAP to produce, sell, ship, and invoice its products.
Checkpoint migrated SAP modules rom clustered
physical servers to virtual machines in a phased approach,
culminating in 2007 when they virtualized the two most
critical piecesthe central SAP database and ERP
instance. Checkpoint now has 20 SAP servers running on
VMware at its primary site and three VMware hosts at its
secondary site or disaster recovery purposes. With an 8:1
server consolidation ratio, Checkpoint has increased
server utilization rom 15 to 70 percent, cut power and
cooling costs by more than a third, and acceleratedprovisioning rom our to six weeks beore to one hour
now. Availability is up, and management time is down.
Moving our SAP deployment on to VMware has made it
easier to deliver a higher level o service to the business
than was previously possible, says Michael Nogger,
Checkpoints IT Operations Manager or Europe. Our
lives are now signicantly easier; we spend ar less time
perorming upgrades and maintenance tasks, and our
service delivery processes are incredibly streamlined.
WhatAboutExchange?
MicrosotExchangescalesextremelywellonVMwarevSphere
Ononehandasinglevirtualmachinecanmatchtheperormance
ophysicalserversandsupportabout8000heavyusermailboxesOntheotherhandVMwarevSpherecanmorethandoublethe
perormanceachievedromphysicalserversbyscalingExchange
outinmultiplevirtualmachinesVMwaresetacapacityrecord
orasingle6-coreserverrunningExchange007doublingthe
numberoheavymailboxessupportedrom8000to6000
TheconventionaldeploymentmodelistodeployjustoneMailbox
ServerperphysicalhostThiscongurationsupportsabout8000
heavyusermailboxesandscalestoabout8coresWithVMware
vSphereMailboxServerscanbescaledoutinmultiplevirtual
machinesperphysicalhosttouseallthecoresavailable
Caseinpoint
University o Plymouth, one o the UKs most prominent
universities virtualized 50,000 Exchange 2007 mailboxes
on VMware. We not only have a more manageable
and exible Exchange environment, but we have
replaced Microsot clustering with VMwares built-in
high availability solutions such as HA and vMotion. We
couldnt be happier with the uptime and perormance
o our Exchange implementation on VMware. VMware
technology works or small companies all the way up
to massive nancial institutions. And clearly, it has
worked or us, explains Adrian Jane, Inrastructure and
Operations Manager.
The benets go ar beyond Exchange perormance.
Application delivery has accelerated by an order o
magnitude. In our previous experience with migrating
rom Exchange 2000 to 2003, the mailbox migrations
were quite slow, says Jane. With the VMware
implementation o Exchange 2007, we ound we could
move between 1,000 and 5,000 mailboxes a night. It was
about ten times aster. Moreover, server provisioning
time went rom months to minutes, and disaster recovery
time dropped rom weeks to less than an hour.
With VMware, the university has reduced the number o
server racks in its datacenter rom 32 to 2, a 93 percent
saving on oor space, and estimates annual savings onits electricity bill o about $90,000, and a reduction o its
data center output o CO2 by about 170 tons per year.
VMware is a strategy or us, not a product, concludes
Jane. The system manages itsel. The IT team and I can
get on with doing things that are much more productive
or the university.
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Consolidation
Costreductionthroughconsolidationremainsastrongdriver
orvirtualizationVMwarevSpheredelivershugesavingsnot
onlyinhardwarepowerandadministrativecostsInJanuary
008CIOMagazinepublishedtheresultsoitsVirtualization
intheEnterprisesurveyonearly00CIOsWhenaskedwhy
theyhavevirtualizedtheirservers8percentothecompanies
responded:tocutcostsviaserverconsolidationConsolidation
ratioso0:ormorearecommonwithsomecompanies
achieving0:Thataddsuptoalotosavings
Thesehighconsolidationratiosarealsocommonwithlarge
business-criticalapplicationsThe8:consolidationratio
CheckpointachievedorSAPistypicalSomecustomershave
gonebeyondthatcomortablyachieving0:consolidationratioswithSAPForexampleAstraZenecaoneotheworlds
leadingpharmaceuticalcompaniesconsolidateditsentire
SAPenvironmentto5060virtualmachineshostedonsixHP
serversandasaresultexpectscostsavingsomorethan
millionoverthreeyears
ForExchangeconsolidationratiosareusuallyintherangeo
5:to0:WithoutVMwarevSphereeachExchangeserver
role-mailboxserveredgehubandclient-isdeployedon
adedicatedserverInadditionthereareotendedicated
standbyserversoravailabilityaswellasmultipleExchange
hubscreatingampleopportunityorhighconsolidationratios
OrganizationssuchastheUniversityoPlymouthmedical
devicemanuacturerNuVasiveandpackagingmanuacturerBoisehavetakenadvantageothisopportunitytocutdownon
hardwarecostsandrampuponeciencyexibilityandagility
Inmanycasescustomersarealsoabletoconsolidatesotware
licensessometimesbyasmuchas0:
ManyapplicationscanbelicensedbyvirtualCPUorexample
inthecaseoIBMwiththesub-capacitylicensingmodelor
MicrosotSQLServerStandardPerProcessorlicensesInthis
caseorganizationshavetheopportunitytolicenseonlythe
capacitytheyareefectivelyusing(virtualCPU)asopposed
totheullphysicalcapacityotheserverLicenseconsolidation
ratioso:to:arecommonwiththismodel
SomeapplicationsarelicensedbyphysicalCPUorexample
OracledatabasesandMicrosotSQLServerEnterprisePer
ProcessorlicensesOrganizationsthathavemultipleinstances
osuchanapplicationcancreateadedicatedvSpherecluster
ortheapplicationBylicensingallthephysicalprocessorsin
theclustertheycreateanallyoucaneatenvironmenton
whichanunlimitednumberoinstancesandvirtualmachines
canbedeployedConsolidationratioso5:to0:arecommon
withthisapproach
DatabaseConsolidation
Databaseconsolidationisanincreasinglypopularusecaseor
VMwarevSphereNearlyallapplicationsrequiretheirowndatabase
andmanyorganizationsareacedwithspiralingdatabasesprawl
andcostsAcrosstheITindustryMicrosotSQLServeristhe
singlelargestapplicationintermsonumberox86servers
consumed!Databasesalsotendtobethemostover-provisionedapplicationsinthedatacenterandareveryexpensivedueto
highlicensecostsandtop-tierinrastructurerequirements
Tocontrolthesecostsmanyorganizationshaveundertaken
databaseconsolidationprojectsConventionaldatabase
consolidationistypicallydonebyeitherrunningmultipleSQL
orOracleinstancesonasharedOSimage(multi-instancing)
orrunningmultipledatabaseswithinasharedSQLorOracle
instance(sharedinstancing)Thesetwotraditionalapproaches
canbesuccessulbutalsohavesignicantchallenges:
ThereisgenerallyalackofOSconguration,security,fault,and
resourceisolationbetweendatabaseinstancesandasingle
OSorSQLailurecouldresultindozensodatabasesandapplicationsbeingdownsimultaneously
Loadbalancingbetweenphysicalhostsisacomplexundertaking
thatrequiresre-provisioningdatabasesAlargeworkloadspike
ononephysicalhostcouldresultinunacceptableperormance
ormanydatabasesatthesametime
Itcanbediculttoguaranteeresourcestoanyindividual
databaseOnemisbehavingdatabasecouldhogtheresources
oothermorecriticaldatabases
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VMwarevSphereofersamuchsimplerandmoreecient
alternativeFigureillustrateshowsomecustomerschoose
tohaveadedicateddatabaseconsolidationclustersimilarto
whatwouldbedonewithconventionaldatabaseconsolidation
HoweverconsolidatingdatabaseswithVMwarevSpheredelivers
severaluniquebenetsoverconventionalapproaches:
1. Fast consolidation with P2V: With VMware vSphere,
consolidating existing legacy databases is simple. Databases
can be migrated with a simple physical-to-virtual (P2V)
migration, or re-provisioned in a virtual machine with their
existing OS and database congurations. This eliminates
the need to re-test and update databases to run on
standardized OS and database congurations.
2. Isolation: Databases consolidated on VMware vSphere
preserve perect isolation between instances (conguration,
ault, security, and resource isolation). Databases can run on
their own OS and SQL version, and a single OS ailure willonly impact a single database. This is an obvious benet o
virtualization, but not possible with conventional database
consolidation approaches.
3. Resource guarantees: Guarantee and control resources with
great precision to ensure that each database delivers its
required service levels, with no risk o misbehaving databases
taking over critical resources rom other databases.
4. Load balancing: With VMware vSphere, when a host is running
out o capacity, databases can be migrated in real-time and
with no downtime to other hosts. This eliminates the need to
over-provision, increases consolidation ratios, while maximizing
database service levels.
SotwareLicenseConsolidation
Consolidationcandelivertremendouscostsavingsnotonlyon
inrastructurebutalsoonsotwarelicensesManyapplications
arelicensedbyphysicalprocessorWhenprocessorsareutilized
onlyat5-5percentotheircapacitythesotwarelicensesare
alsounder-utilizedatthesamelevelsForexamplethisisthe
caseorrelativelyexpensiveMicrosotSQLEnterpriselicenses
(processorlicensing)aswellasOracledatabaselicenses
Forcustomersrunningarelativelylargenumberothese
applicationslicensedperphysicalprocessoryoushouldconsider
Figure 4. vSphereisIdealPlatformforDatabaseConsolidation
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creatingdedicatedvSphereclustersorrunningthoseapplications
Onceallthephysicalprocessorshavebeenlicensedyouhavean
allyoucaneatclusterromalicensingstandpointByconsolidating
yousignicantlyincreasebothinrastructureandlicenseutilization
TheexampleinFigure5showsacustomerwhomovedeight
individualdatabaseseachrunningonadedicatedhosttoone
sharedclusterrunningeightDBinstancesWithEnterpriseEdition
youonlyneedtolicensethephysicalprocessorstherebyreducing
therequiredlicensesrom6downto8andreducingoverall
costsbymorethan70percent
Applications as a ServiceIn The Private Cloud
SotwaredevelopmentandIToperationsaretwoverydiferent
entitiesWhiletheyhaveacommonobjectivetodeliver
high-qualitydynamicITservicesinsupportobusiness
requirementstheyoperateatoppositeendsothatobjective
Figure 5. SQL/OracleServerConsolidationCutsHardwareandSoftwareCosts>50%
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Developerscaremostlyaboutbuildingbetterbusiness
unctionalityasterwhileITadministratorscaremostlyabout
ensuringservicelevelsatthelowestpossiblecostModern
applicationarchitectures(SOAWebservices)andrameworks
(egJavaNETRailsGrails)increasedevelopmenteciency
dramaticallybutITadministratorsarehavinganincreasingly
diculttimerunningthesemodernapplicationsonrigid
inexibleITinrastructureSomeothechallengesrequently
encounteredbyITadministratorsinclude:
Provisioninganincreasinglylargenumberoapplicationswith
updatesandchangesbeingrolledoutasterthaneverbeore
Accuratecapacityplanning toensuretheperormanceoa
multitudeoapplicationsunderunpredictableloadwithout
over-provisioningandwhilekeepingcostsundercontrol
Ensuringapplicationservicelevels acrossdistributed
interconnectedapplicationsEnsuringapplicationavailability acrossmultipleapplication
tiersandmanagingmultipleapp-specicclusteringsolutions
ITadministratorsneedabetterwaytobuildrunandmanage
applications;theyneedaplatormthatisasadvancedas
theapplicationsbeingdevelopedApplicationsshouldbe
provisionedon-demandinthelabsandinproductionwith
guaranteedqualityoserviceandthroughasel-service
interaceaccesseddirectlybyapplicationteams
VMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterprovidetheideal
platormtodevelopandrunbothlegacyandnext-generation
applications:aullsetocapabilitiesandsolutionstostreamline
theentirebuild-run-managecyclebringingdownthebarriersbetweendevelopmentandproductionWithVMware
applicationteamsandITadministratorsareabletoaccelerate
theapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproductionand
guaranteeapplicationqualityoservice
AccelerateTheApplicationLiecycle
WithVMwaretheentireapplicationliecyclecanbeaccelerated
andapplicationscanbeprovisionedondemandthroughasel-
serviceinteracebyapplicationownersVMwarevSphereand
theVMwarevCenterProductamilyenable:
Faster,moreecientapplicationdevelopment throughsel-
servicedeveloperprovisioningopre-congureddevelopmentstacks(egLAMP)
Streamlinedreleasecycles bytransparentlysharingtest
congurationsbetweendevelopmentQAandproduction
Aproductionapplicationcanbequicklyclonedintothelabs
oranewappcanbeautomaticallypromotedthroughthe
releasecycle
On-demandprovisioning oapplicationsinproduction
bycreatingstandardoptimizedmultitierapplication
congurations(vApps)thatcanbedeployedinamatter
ominuteswhileeliminatingmanualprovisioningand
congurationooperatingsystemsandapplications
FasterDevelopmentandQAWithVMwareVcenter
LabManager
Modernapplicationrameworksandarchitecturesenable
developerstodevelopnewbusinessunctionalityaster
thaneverbeoreUnortunatelythespeedoinnovation
isalltoootenhinderedbytherigidityotheunderlying
inrastructureForexamplewhenstartinganewapplication
projectdevelopersotenhavetorequestanewdevelopment
environmentProvisioningthisenvironmentisaprocessthat
cantakedaysorevenweeksholdingbackdevelopmentcycles
Facedwiththischallengemanydevelopersturntothird-
partycloudserviceprovidersasanalternativetotheinternalinrastructureUnortunatelyapplicationsdevelopedonthird-
partycloudenvironmentscanbeverydiculttomigrateback
totheinternalinrastructureoncetheyarereadyorproduction
VMwarevCenterLabManagerpartotheVMwarevCenter
ProductFamilyprovidestheidealplatormtosupportmodern
developmentprojectsLabManagertransormstheinternal
developmentinrastructureintoadynamicsel-serviceprivate
cloudDeveloperscandeploytheirownpre-conguredmultitier
developmentstacks(egLAMPstack)inamatterominutes
throughasel-serviceinteraceTheycanalsocaptureand
shareanysystemcongurationwithothermembersotheir
developmentteamprototypenewapplicationsrapidlytest
sotwarereleasesonabroaderrangeosystemcongurationsandcapturereproduceandresolvedeectsmoreeasily
On-DemandProvisioningWithvApp
ApplicationprovisioningcanbeacauseomajorinecienciesIT
administratorsmustsupporttheoverheadoconguringeach
applicationtierincludingthehardwareOSandapplicationAt
thesametimecongurationerrorsandcongurationdritare
verycommonotenleadingtoapplicationdowntimeTomake
mattersworseprovisioningisntlimitedtoproductionenvironments
butotenincludestestdevelopmentandtrainingsystemsOver
timethesesystemsotenalloutosyncwithproduction
systemsresultingininaccuratetestingandQAcycles
WithVMwarevSphereonceanappisreadytoberolledoutintoproductionapplicationteamsareabletopackagethe
applicationasavApp;agoldenimageotheapplicationthat
canbeprovisionedondemandontotheproductioninrastructure
AvAppisessentiallyatemplateoamultitierapplicationIt
includesmultiplepre-conguredvirtualmachinescontainingthe
diferentapplicationtiers(egWebappdatabase)Thevirtual
machinesarepre-integratedthroughnetworkencingandthe
virtualmachinebootsequencecanbecustomized
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vApptechnologydramaticallyimprovesprovisioningeciency
vAppsaregenerateddirectlybytheapplicationteamsensuring
thatthecopyrunninginproductionistheoptimalconguration
Theycanbeprovisionedondemandinamatterominutes
eliminatingtheweeksoleadtimetypicallyrequiredtoprovision
anewapplicationDiferentinstancesotheapplicationremain
identicaleliminatingcongurationdritvAppscanbecloned
romproductionintothelabsinasingleoperationtorapidly
createtestenvironmentsthatareanidenticalcopytoproduction
VMware obsoletes many manual processes and lets us be
more pro-active and innovative, says Jay M. Leone, Lab
Manager or Avaya, a market leader in voice and data
technology or the enterprise. I cant think o any other
product, process, or project that has had a greater impact
in our daily activities. Everything just runs with little
intererence. Weve become hugely reliant on VMware
to help us test our sotware better and aster. Ultimately,
weve ound VMware not only ofers invaluable tools, but
a way o lie.
GuaranteeApplicationQualityOService
Ensuringtheperormanceandavailabilityoproductionapplications
isadauntingtaskApplicationsarenotalwaysdeveloped
withscalabilityavailabilityandmanageabilityinmindYetIT
administratorsareexpectedtoensurethebusinesssrequired
servicelevelsoreverysingleapplicationandapplicationtier
VMwareenablesITorganizationstoensureapplicationquality
oservice(QoS)throughefectiveperormancemonitoring
dynamicscalabilityandbuilt-inhighavailabilityanddisaster
recoveryorallapplicationsVMwareprovidesaplatormthat
canautomaticallyensureapplicationavailabilityperormance
andsecurityatthelowestpossiblecostVMwarevSphereand
theVMwarevCenterProductFamilyenable:
Accuratecapacityplanningforeachvirtualmachinetoensure
servicelevelswithoutover-provisioning
Performancemonitoringofmultitierapplicationstoquickly
pinpointperormancebottlenecks
Dynamicscalabilityofapplicationstoensureservicelevels
underunpredictableorincreasingload
Simple,cost-eectiveavailabilityforallapplicat ionswithout
thecomplexityoclustering
Automateddisasterrecoveryforallapplications
Caseinpoint
As a power inrastructure manuacturer, Alstom has
built the plants that supply around 20 percent o theworlds electrical powerwith VMware running in back.
Its not just about saving money on hardware, but also
about simpliying things like application provisioning,
maintenance, high availability, and disaster recovery,
says Dirk Holzwarth, Alstoms virtualization Team Leader.
Thanks to VMware, my wie and kids see me more oten.
Recently, Alstoms CEO decided he wanted Blackberry
up and running within two months. With physical
inrastructure this would have taken our months - with
VMware, it took only one - and hal the staf. The IT team
spent a ew weeks creating virtual machine templates
that met their requirements and then provisioned
Blackberry rom the templates in a matter o hoursonto the VMware platorm.
It is important or us to keep operational costs low.
We have standardized on VMware Inrastructure and its
comprehensive application management toolset to improve
exibility and maximize operational eciency, says Daniel
Liyew, Alstoms Director, Data Centre Service Line.
Now the companys IT department is moving to VMware
vSphere 4 with the expectation o even higher eciency.
These eciency gains improve even more with VMware
vSphere 4, continues Liyew, thanks to eatures like
VMware Host Proles and VMware vNetwork Distributed
Switch. These eatures will allow us to deploy newhosts more quickly, achieve standardization, and more
eciently manage our virtualized environment to reduce
our operational overhead.
Right-SizeApplicationsWithVMwarevCenterCapacityIQ
SizingapplicationscanbeanightmareProvidetoomuch
capacityandyourcostsgothroughtherooProvidetoolittle
capacityandbreakyourservicelevelsWiththegrowingnumber
oapplicationstomanageitisincreasinglydiculttoright-size
capacitytomeetservicelevelswhilekeepingcostsundercontrol
VMwarevCenterCapacityIQenablesIToperationstosizeboththeunderlyingphysicalinrastructureaswellasthevirtual
machinesrunningontheinrastructureItprovideshistorical
trendingdataandidentiesunder-andover-provisionedvirtual
machinesForexampleITadministratorscanidentiyavirtual
machinethatisabouttorunoutocapacitybeoreservice
levelsgetimpactedCapacityIQalsoidentiesunderutilizedor
idlevirtualmachinesallowingIToperationstoreclaimunused
capacityandminimizecosts
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IdentiyPerormanceBottlenecksWithVMware
vCenterAppSpeed
EvenwithanoptimallysizedinrastructureSLAviolations
arestillaactolieduetounoreseenworkloadspikesor
perormancebottlenecksUnortunatelyinrastructureteams
typicallyhavelimitedvisibilityintothesourceobottlenecks
andhavemanyunansweredquestionssuchasWhatsthe
inrastructureimpactonservicelevels?andWhatisthesource
operormancebottlenecks?Becauseothislackovisibility
whenanend-usercomplainsaboutslowresponsetimesthe
situationotenturnsintoanger-pointinggamebetween
inrastructureandapplicationteams
VMwarevCenterAppSpeedisaperormancemonitoring
productoptimizedorvSphereanddesignedtoendthenger-
pointinggameAppSpeedisdeliveredasavirtualappliance
andrequiresnoagentswithinthevirtualmachinesItpassively
listenstonetworktracgoingthroughthevirtualswitchinginrastructureandprovidestheollowinginormationtoIT
administrators:
Automaticallydiscoversandmapsbusinessservices
toindividualappsvirtualmachinesandESXhostsIT
administratorsgaindeepvisibilityintohowthediferent
businessservicesrelatetotheunderlyinginrastructure
Monitorsend-userservicelevelsincludingtransactionlatency,
throughputanderrorrate
Quicklyidentiesbottlenecksbybreakingdownthe
perormanceobusinessservicestoindividualapplications
virtualmachinesandESXhosts
ScaleDynamicallyToEnsureServiceLevels
Whenperormancebottlenecksdooccuritisotennecessaryto
scaleanapplicationtorestoreservicelevelsUnortunatelywhen
runningondedicatedphysicalserversre-sizingapplications
requiresre-provisioningonlargerphysicalhostswhichisatime
consumingandhighlydisruptiveundertakingDatabasesarea
goodexampleAdministratorshavetoorecastcapacity
requirementsyearsinadvanceandtranslatethatestimateinto
systemspecsincludingCPUandmemoryIconditionschange
theappmustbere-provisionedcausingdowntimedisruption
andseriousunhappinessinthecorneroces
VMwarevSphereprovidesanumberocapabilitiesthatenableIT
operationstoscaleapplicationsdynamically:
HotAddallowsITadministratorstoincreasethecapacityo
avirtualmachinewithnodowntimeForexampleaMicrosot
SQLvirtualmachinecouldbeincreasedromtovirtual
CPUsandromto8GBomemoryontheyMicrosotWindows008andSQL008cansel-tuneortheincreased
capacityenablingthenewSQLinstancetohandlemoreload
whilecontinuingtomeetservicelevels
VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS) enablesIT
administratorstoperormlivemigrationsovirtualmachines
inaDRSclusterromasmalloverutilizedhosttoalargerhost
withmoreavailablecapacity
Finally,iftheapplicationcanbescaledout(forexamplein
theWebtier)VMwarevSphereenablesastprovisioningoan
additionalapplicationinstancetohandleincreasedload
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ProtectAllApplicationsWithSimpleAnd
Cost-EectiveAvailability
EnsuringavailabilityoyourapplicationsisdicultEach
applicationcomponentmustbemadehighlyavailableand
operationsteamsotenstrugglewithaprolierationodiferent
clusteringandavailabilityoptionsTheWebtierisairlysimple
toprotectusingnetworkloadbalancingtheapplicationtiercan
beclusteredbutdatabasesaretypicallythemostdiculttierto
protectDatabasescanbeprotectedusingMicrosotClustering
databasemirroringorhigh-endoptionssuchasOracleRAC
Unortunatelythesesolutionsaresocomplexandexpensivethat
onlythemostcriticaldatabasestendtobeprotectedlessthan
0percentodatabaseinstancesonaverageThisisclearlya
problemas90percentodatabasesarevulnerabletounplanned
downtimepotentiallyimpactingimportantbusinessservices
VMwareprovidesarangeocapabilitiesthatextendavailability
to00percentoapplicationswithoutthecomplexityorcostoclustering(seeFigure6)
VMwareHAaeatureoVMwarevSphereprovidesautomated
applicationrestartintheeventoESXhostailureorOSailure
withinthevirtualmachineItisautomaticallyavailableorany
applicationrunningonVMwarevSphereVMwareHAissimple
anddoesnotrequireOSorapp-levelclusteringItisalsovery
costefectivebecauseitdoesntrelyondedicatedstandby
serversandinmanycasesallowstheuseolowercostOSand
applicationlicenses
VMwarevMotioneliminatesplanneddowntimeorhost
maintenanceWhenmaintenanceisrequiredonaphysicalhost
orexampleorahardwareorBIOSupdateallapplicationscan
belivemigratedtoanotherhostorthedurationothemaintenance
VMwareFTprotectsanyapplicationagainsthostailurewith
continuousavailabilitywithoutanydatalossordowntime
VMwareFTcreatesvirtualmachinepairsthatruninlockstep
essentiallymirroringtheexecutionstateoavirtualmachineTo
theexternalworldtheyappearasoneinstance(oneIPaddressoneapplication)buttheyareullyredundantinstances
Figure 6. Transformingavailabilityservicelevelsfordatabases
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AutomatedDisasterRecoveryForAllApplications
DisasterRecoveryisinherentlysimplerwithVMwareOncean
applicationisvirtualizeditisencapsulatedinavirtualmachine
andabstractedromtheunderlyinghardwareVirtualmachines
areeasytoreplicatetoaailoversiteandcanbelaunchedon
anyavailableESXhosteliminatingtheneedtohavededicated
standbyhardwareintheailoversite
VMwareSiteRecoveryManageracceleratesrecoveryand
ensuressuccessulrecoverybyautomatingtherecoveryprocess
andeliminatingthecomplexityomanagingandtesting
recoveryplansSiteRecoveryManagereliminatescomplex
manualrecoverystepsandremovestheriskandworryrom
disasterrecovery
Caseinpoint
Campbell Clinic, a 400-person healthcare provider, had
already implemented VMware Inrastructure 3 or the
consolidation benets; Weve virtualized everything
rom Exchange to SQL to SharePoint, says Justin Lauer,
Campbell Clinics IT Manager, and in doing so, weve
been able to nearly halve our total number o boxes.
When vSphere 4 launched, Campbell Clinic migrated its
production applications, including most o its business-
critical healthcare applications that provide access to
patient medical records and surgery-center practice
management systems, to the latest platorm.
Campbell Clinic is also leveraging VMware vSphere Data
Recovery to provide quick, simple, and cost-efective
backup and recovery. For smaller businesses with nite
IT resources, simplicity becomes a critical requirement,
which is something VMware understands, says Lauer.
With the new VMware Fault Tolerance in VMware vSphere
4, we can provide zero downtime, with continuous
protection against hardware ailures. Unlike clustering
sotware, VMware FT did not require application-level
customization and my staf was able to congure it with
a couple o mouse clicks.
I our applications go down, our doctors will not be able
to access the inormation they need to treat patients,
adds Lauer. Our business would efectively shut down.
We have enabled VMware Fault Tolerance or thesevirtual machines, giving us peace o mind that our critical
workloads will not experience any service interruption i
the hardware ails.
ISV Support
AstheindustrystandardorvirtualizationVMwarevSpherehas
receivedstrongISVsupportTodaywehavesupportstatements
inplaceromtheourlargestISVs:MicrosotIBMSAPand
OracleInadditionhundredsosmallerISVsociallysupport
VMwaresuchasCernerSybaseTibcoandmanyothersThe
listoISVswithocialsupportorVMwareisexpandingrapidly
withdozensonewISVseachmonth
VMwarevSphereistransparenttoapplicationsanddoesnot
introduceunctionalchangesHencemanyoourcustomers
choosetoruntheirapplicationsonvSphereevenwithout
ocialsupportstatementsromISVsInthesesituationsthe
vastmajorityoISVsstillchoosetoprovidethelevelosupport
requiredbycustomersWorstcasesomeISVsmightrequirethatproblemsbereproducedonphysicalserverspriortoproviding
supportThisisanoptionthatisseldomappliedinpracticeI
indoubtaskyourISVhowmanytimestheyhaverequested
physicalre-productionandhowmanybugstheyoundtobe
relatedtoESXFormostISVstheansweriszero!
SpecifcISVStatements
MicrosotSupport
BackinAugust008ESX5becametheindustrysrstthird-party
hypervisortobevalidatedunderMicrosotsServerVirtualization
ValidationProgramThismeansthatVMwareisnowcertiedand
ociallysupportedorWindowsandapplicationsincluding
Exchange007SQLServer008SharePoint007andDynamics
CRM0CustomersrunningtheseapplicationsonVMwareare
guaranteedtoreceivecollaborativesupportromMicrosotand
VMwareintheeventoproblems
MicrosothasalsoremovedthevMotiontaxInthepastlicenses
couldnotbemovedbetweenhostsmorethanonceevery90days
withoutincurringacostpenaltymakingitverydiculttotake
advantageoVMwarevMotionMicrosotlitedthisrestriction
reeingcustomerstousevMotionwithMicrosotapplicationsas
requentlyasdesiredwithoutpayingalicensingpenalty
AdditionalMicrosotsupportdocumentationcanbeoundat
theselocations:
http://support.microsot.com/?id=897615
http://support.microsot.com/?id=956893
http://windowsservercatalog.com/svvp
http://support.microsot.com/?id=957006
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OracleSupport
AlthoughsomeOraclemarketingdocumentsimplythatOracle
doesnotsupportVMwareandOraclesalesmighttellyouthat
VMwareisnotsupportedwearepleasedtoclariythatOracle
doeshaveasupportstatementinplaceorVMwareOracles
Metalinknote9publishedonMyOracleSupportdenes
OraclespolicyorsupportingapplicationsonVMwareThis
supportpolicyisverysimilartothetypesosupportprovided
byotherISVsAndjustlikeatotherISVsOraclesknownbug
repositoryMetalinkhasnothadasingleESXrelatedissue
loggedinmorethanthreeyearsBasedonourexperience
withmanyVMwarecustomersrunningOracleinproduction
onVMwarewhatitcomesdowntoisthatOraclessupport
organizationwillsupportyouwhenyoucall
HerearetheactsromOraclesstatement:
OraclewillacceptsSupportRequestsonVMwareforbugs
alreadyknowntoOracle
OraclemayacceptSupportRequestsonVMwareforbugsthat
arenotseenbyOracleasbeingcausedbyvirtualization
Oraclemaintainstherighttorequirephysicalreproductionif
theysuspectVMwareisatault(thoughrarelyenorced)
OracleRACistheonlyproductthatisexpresslynotsupported
onVMware
ForcustomersthatwanttorequestsupportromanewISV
VMwareprovidesanumberouseulresources
ContactourISVAllianceteamdirectly.Thisteamis
responsibleorworkingdirectlywithISVstoobtainsupport
orvSphereOurISVAllianceorganizationcanbecontactedat
DownloadourcustomertoolkitforISVsupport.Thistoolkit
includesanumberodocumentsorcustomerstoleverage
whendiscussingsupportwiththeirISVsItcanbedownloaded
athttp://www.vmware.com/les/pd/resources/isv_toolkit_
vmware_customers.pd
Conclusion
BusinessagilitydependsonITagilityandVMwarevSphere
enablesITtodeliverBystandardizingonthevSphereinternal
cloudtovirtualize00percentoyourapplicationsyoucan
reducecapitalandoperationalcostsby50percentwhile
providingamoredynamicplatormorapplicationsthat
streamlinestheentirebuild-run-manageapplicationcycle
Whilevirtualizingbusiness-criticalapplicationspresents
someuniquechallengesthemainlegacyconcernsaround
virtualizationspecicallyperormanceandISVsupportarea
thingothepastApplicationperormancehasimprovedsteadily
withmultipleproductgenerationsandwithVMwarevSphere
thereispracticallynoapplicationthatcannotbevirtualizedrom
aperormancestandpointTheourlargestISVsMicrosotIBMSAPandOraclehavesupportstatementsinplaceorVMware
VMwareisalsosupportedbyhundredsosmallerISVsand
gainingsupportromtensonewISVseachmonth
WithVMwarevSphereapplicationscanbedeliveredas
dynamicITservicesontheinternalcloudDevelopereciency
isincreasingdramaticallywithmodernapplicationarchitectures
andrameworksbutITishavinganincreasinglydiculttime
deliveringthesemodernapplicationsonrigidinexibleIT
inrastructureVMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterprovide
theidealplatormtodevelopandrunbothlegacyandnext-
generationapplications:aullsetocapabilitiesandsolutions
tostreamlinetheentirebuild-run-managecyclebringing
downthebarriersbetweendevelopmentandproductionWithVMwareapplicationteamsandITorganizationscanaccelerate
theapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproductionand
guaranteeapplicationqualityoservice
NowisthetimetojointhemanyVMwarecustomersonthe
nextstepoyourjourneytotransormyourinrastructureintoa
dynamicinternalcloudRunyourbusiness-criticalapplications
includingExchangeSQLSAPandOracleonVMwarevSphere
withbreakthroughperormanceandoutstandingreliability
Buildaexiblecloudcomputinginrastructurethatcandeliver
business-criticalapplicationsasdynamiccost-ecientand
reliableITservices
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