Colorado VMUGWhat’s New @ VMware?

Jarod D Martin - SEApril 2, 2008

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Agenda

VMsafeESXi (formerly 3i)Software Lifecycle Management

VMware Lab ManagerVMware Stage ManagerVMware Lifecycle Manager

VMware Site Recovery ManagerOther Beta ProgramsVI3.5 Performance EnhancementsMSCSMaintenance Releases vs Updates

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VMsafe

What is VMware VMsafe??-Leverages properties of VMware Infrastructure (VI) to protect machines in ways previously not possible with physical machines.- Provides new security for virtualized environments and an application program interface (API)-sharing program to enable partners to develop VMware-aware security products.- VMsafe Security API is an open approach that gives security vendors the insight to leverage the inherent properties of virtualization in their security offerings. -While physical security solutions attempt to protect through layered defenses using network and host protection, VMsafe enables a new layer of defense enveloping the VM and protecting it from network, host, and application threats simultaneously.

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VMsafe

•Memory and CPU - VMsafe provides introspection of virtual machine memory pages and CPU states.

•Networking - VMsafe enables filtering of network packets inside hypervisors, as well as within the security of the virtual machine itself.

•Process execution - VMsafe provided in-guest, in-process APIs that enable complete monitoring and control of process execution.

•Storage - Guest virtual machine disk files can be mounted, manipulated and modified as they persist on storage devices.

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ESXi 3.5

Server boot to running virtual machines in minutes

Simplified management Increased security and reliability

Compact, 32MB footprintOnly architecture with no reliance on a general purpose OSIntegration in hardware eliminates installationIntuitive wizard driven start up experience dramatically reduces deployment timeStandards-based management of the underlying hardware

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VMkernel

HAL and Device Drivers

Resource Management

NetworkingStorage

RHEL3-basedService Console

Helpers VMM

Agent Agent…

VMM

Disk Footprint: 2 GB 32 MB

RPM

VMM

Disk Footprint:

Traditional ESX Server

Percent of Patches 70%

98% 2%

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ESXi 3.5: Thin Virtualization!

VMkernel

Resource Management

NetworkingStorage

RHEL3-basedService Console

VMM

Agent Agent…

VMM

RPM

VMMHelpers

HAL and Device Drivers

Disk Footprint: 2 GB 32 MBDisk Footprint:Percent of Patches 70%

98% 2%

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ESXi 3.5 announcements

VMware ESX Server 3i becomes VMware ESXi 3.5

Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and Super Micro announced plans to embed VMwareESX Server 3i across broad lines of servers to accelerate the proliferation of virtualization.

· Dell announced plans to ship 3i embedded in ALL Dell servers with the first models shippingin April, including the Dell 2950 III, R900, and M-Series blades.· Fujitsu announced immediate general availability of two server models – RX300 and RX330.· HP announced the VMware ESX Server 3i Option Kit for ten different HP Server models intheir BladeSystem and ProLiant server lines (GA in early April).· HP announced that they will be creating an integrated image of ESX Server 3i thatincorporates HP Common Information Model (CIM) providers. This enables customers tomanage HP hardware with System Insight Manager through an agent-less managementprotocol.· IBM announced new models of servers including their new IBM BladeCenter and HS21 XM blade.

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VMware Solutions for IT Service Delivery

development QA test manage integrate(dev)

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Application Development

Application/Service Transition

stage-UAT

VMware Lab Manager

Self-service Provisioning and Image Library Management for

transiently configured infra-structure in Development, QA, Support, Training, Demos, etc.

VMware Stage Manager

Automation and Management ofPre-production Infrastructure andOperations in IT Service Delivery

Lab Manager and Stage Manager are complementary management and automation solutions for VMware Infrastructure.

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VMware Lab Manager

VMware Lab Manager addresses the needs of development and QA engineers and the IT teams that support them by providing fast

and simple self-service provisioning of multi-tier virtual machine based environments while enabling IT control over policies.

Lab Manager 3.0 Beta-Tighter integration with Virtual Center

- Vmotion, DRS (resource pools), HA, etc….

-More detailed access rules and permissions granularity -Multiple Networks-BEA LiquidVM

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VMware Stage Manager

VMware Stage Manager addresses the needs of the IT and application administrators responsible for rolling new and updated IT services into production, enabling streamlined and accelerated transition of applications through the pre-production stages –

including integration, testing, staging, user acceptance testing – and into production.

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Manage pre-production infrastructure assets Build up a pre-production image of complex production

environments Move complex system changes through development,

testing, staging and user acceptance phases before committing systems into production

Accelerate and enforce change, config,and release management processes Define stages for each service Manage & Track stage Transitions,

Visualize entire service delivery lifecycle UI provides unified view of all services, stages, and related

resources

Stage Manager Solves Service Transition

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VMware Lifecycle Manager

VMware Lifecycle Manager addresses the needs of infrastructure administrators, and allows companies to

implement a consistent and automated process for requesting, approving, deploying, updating, and retiring

virtual machines.

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Request for VM

Provisioning

DeleteArchive

Intelligent Placement

Route for Approval

Lifecycle Manager Workflow

Automated Deployment

VM Tracking

Policy & Control

Decommission

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VMware Site Recovery Manager

VMware Site Recovery Manager which can make disaster recovery more rapid, reliable, and

manageable. VMware Site Recovery Manager delivers centralized management of recovery plans, automates the recovery process, and enables dramatically better

testing of recovery plans.

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Simplifies and automates disaster recovery workflows:

Setup, testing, failover, failback Provides central management of

recovery plans from VirtualCenter Turns manual recovery processes into

automated recovery plans Simplifies integration with 3rd-party

storage replication

VMware Site Recovery Manager

Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to transform disaster recovery

Makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable, manageable, affordable

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VI3.5 Performance Enhancements

Scalability 512GB RAM per host 64GB RAM per VM 64 logical CPUs per host

Networking Jumbo Frames TCP Segment Offload 10 GigE

Memory Large memory pages

Storage Infiniband

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vi3_performance_enhancements_wp.pdf

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Other Beta Programs

Workstation 6.5 Converter Integration

Player 2.5ACE 2.5VI Toolkit for Windows

Provides a powerful yet simple command line interface for task based management of the VMware Infrastructure platform. Windows Administrators can easily manage and deploy the VMware Infrastructure with a familiar, simple to use command line interface.

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ESX Server 3.5 support of MSCS

VMware is planning to support a limited amount of hardware platforms in ESX Server

3.5 Update 1 with MSCS, but we'll be open for partner certification in the ESX Server

3.5 Update 2 timeframe.

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Maintenance releases vs. Updates

Prior to the ESX Server 3.5 line, we provided Maintenance (x.y.z) releases every 4-6 months.  These releases include security and bug fixes (rolled up from the previous 4-6 months of monthly patches) and new hardware and guest OS support.With the ESX Server 3.5 line we are changing the terminology slightly to Updates (i.e., ESX Server 3.5 Update 1, ESX Server 3.5 Update 2, etc.) with the primary change being the frequency.  We are targeting instead 3-4 month intervals to stay closer to hardware and OS releases.  Updates also include feature enhancements in a continual effort to further polish the product - minor adjustments to the newer features once they have gone into the field and completion of testing on features that were enabled in the major/minor release, but not fully tested in time for the release.

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What’s New @ VMware?

Questions??