CitrixXenServer 5.6

Marcel Keller

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Enterprise-Virtualisierung und Cloud-Computing

• Unlimitiertes zentrales Management via XenCenter

• Ressourcen-Pools Live-Migration

• Shared FC, iSCSI, und NFS Storage

• Verfügbar via freiem Download von www.citrix.com

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EnterpriseEdition

Platinum Edition

FreeXenServer

XenServer

Premium

Editions

Shared Storage (iSCSI, FC, NFS)

XenCenter Management

64bit, Windows, Linux Workloads

Live-Migration (XenMotion)

No socket restriction

High Availability

StorageLinkTM

Provisioning Services (p+v)

Lab Management

Performance Monitoring

Citrix XenServer 5.6-Familie

Active Directory-Integration

Storage Snapshots

Provisioning Services (virtual)

Stage Management

Workload Balancing

Workflow Studio Orchestration

AdvancedEdition

StorageLinkTM Site Recovery

Heterogeneous Pools

Live Memory Snapshots

Role-based Administration

Automated WLB + Power Management

Dynamic Memory Control

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• Windows

• Windows Server 2008 64-bit & 32-bit & R2

• Windows Server 2003 32-bit SP0, SP1, SP2, R2; 64-bit SP2

• Windows Small Business Server 2003 32-bit SP0, SP1, SP2, R2

• Windows XP 32-bit SP 2, SP3

• Windows 2000 32-bit SP 4

• Windows Vista 32-bit SP 1

• Windows 7 32-bit / 64-bit

• Linux

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 32-bit 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1-4.5, 4.7, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 , 5.3; 64-bit 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 32-bit 9 SP2, SP3, SP4; 10 SP1; 64-bit 10 SP1, SP2, SP3, SLES 11 (32/64)

• CentOS 32-bit 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 , 5.3; 64-bit 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

• Oracle Enterprise Linux 64-bit & 32-bit 5.0, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4

• Debian Lenny (5.0)

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Breite Unterstützung für Gast-Betriebssysteme

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Continued development of the free platform

XenServer 5.6 Platform Enhancements

• Enhanced performance and scale

• XenDesktop-driven enhancements

• XenConvert 2.2

• XenCenter improvements

• v6 licensing

• Common Criteria certification

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Focus on scalability, performance and improved TCO

XenDesktop-driven Improvements

Improve Storage• Block charge or buffer cache

• Final determination driven by performance test results

• Removal of auto SR scans

• Unsafe write caching

• Enable use of local (cheap) storage

• iSCSI offload support

• Reference architecture will still focus on NFS

Improve Start-up Time• Improved serialization of VM starts

Improve I/O Performance• Reduce XAPI logging

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• Usability enhancements• Multi-select

• Clearer UI

• XenCenter –plugins• XenCenter UI customisation

• Can add new tabs and menu items

• Menu items can go to web pages, or run executables

• http://community.citrix.com/xencenter/plugins

• Download / Advertising / Community site for XenCenter plugins.

• Dropped XenCenter support for XenServer 4.1

XenCenter Improvements

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Plugin Examples

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• New kernel (2.6.27)

• Xen 3.4

• Multiple DVD drives and floppy drives

Other new platform enhancements in XenServer 5.6

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Citrix Lizenz-Server-Integration

• Gleicher Lizenz-Server wie bei anderen Citrix-Produkten

• Zentrale Überwachung

• Verfügbar als Virtual Appliance oder als Windows-Service

Hinweis: freier XenServer nutzt keinen Lizenz-Server

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Advanced

Dynamic Memory Control (DMC)

• Over-Commitment von RAM möglich

• Anpassung RAM-Konfiguration (VM) während des Betriebs

• Mehr VMs pro Server möglich

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Rollenbasierte Administration

• Zuweisung und Kontrolle von Rechten innerhalb einesPools

• Integration von Active Directory-Benutzern und -Gruppen

• Audit Logging über Workload Reports

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Role Abilities

Pool Admin Can do anything

Pool Operator Can do anything except assign roles and access host console

VM Power Admin Can do anything to VMs

VM Admin Can do most things to VMs: can’t choose a home server, or make snapshots

VM Operator VM lifecycle operations and console

Read Only Can only look at the pool, not change anything

Role-Based Access Control

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• XenCenter-gesteuerte live VM Snapshots

• One-click Revert

• Unterstützung fürVerzweigungen vonSnapshots

Live Memory Snapshot und Rollback

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Dynamic Workload Balancing

• Starten von VMs auf demoptimalen Server

• Automatisiertes VM Load Balancing

• Ein-/Ausschalten von Servernnach Bedarf

• Auslastungs-Reporting

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Dynamic Workload Balancing

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• Automated guest migration • Scheduled optimization changes: from

maximum performance to maximum density

• Power down unused servers• But still be anticipatory about your

workload needs

• Integration with main IHV out-of-band management solutions (HP ILO, DELL DRAC etc.)

…and Efficient Power Consumption

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Heterogene Pools (CPU Masking)

• Gleichzeitige Nutzung unterschiedlicher

Prozessorgenerationen innerhalb eines Pools

• Basierend auf Intel Flex Migration / AMD Extended

Migration

• Ideal für nachträgliche Pool-Erweiterung

• CPU-Kombinationen sind in HCL

hinterlegt

Pool

Intel

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Heterogene Storage-Umgebungen

Pool Management

LUN Management

Host Access

Eine Instanz, ein Prozess,

standardisierter Zugriff auf

jeden unterstützten

Storagehersteller

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StorageLink – Ansteuerung über XenCenter

• Vollständige Nutzungbestehender Storage-Funktionen

• Reduzierte SAN-Beanspruchung

• Schnellere Installation / Konfiguration

• Vereinheitlichung von Storage-Prozessen

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System / Vendor

DataCore

Dell EqualLogic

EMC CLARiiON

GreenBytes

HP Enterprise Virtual Array “EVA” (SMI-S)

HP Modular Smart Array “MSA”

HP P4000 Series “Lefthand SAN/iQ”

IBM N Series

NetApp

Nexenta Storage Adapter

StorageLink – unterstützte Storage-Systeme

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StorageLink Site Recovery

Remote-SpiegelungSnapshot-basiertes

Staging/Testing

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StorageLink™

Site Recovery

• Remote-Spiegelung von Storageplatz für Disaster Recovery

• Einfache Konfiguration der Replikation

• Disaster Recovery Failover

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