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Copyright © 2006 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

Introducing Virtual Infrastructure:

ESX Server Version 3 withVirtual Center Version 2:

Dan SullivanTerritory Manager – New England

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Industry-Standard Way of Computing

Platform for any OS,

hardware, application

Most effective way to

manage IT infrastructure

Mainframe-class

reliability and availability

The automated… …always on… …infrastructure

VMware Virtual Infrastructure

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VMware Virtual Infrastructure Evolution

Reduced Platform Cost Improved Capabilities

ESX Server 3 - VirtualCenter 2

2006

ESX Server 2 - VirtualCenter 1

Blade Servers

Multi-server Infrastructure

Virtual SMP

VMotion

SAN Integration

Virtual SDK

20032001

ESX Server 1First x86 Hypervisor

Expanded storage support

White box server support

Infrastructure-wide services

Expanded VM capacity

Increased scalability

Improved management


VMware Delivers Innovative Technologies

• ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2 – powerful virtualization platform• 5+ years of data center experience

• Proven reliability, performance and scalability

• Platform for transformative services from VMware and our partners• Virtualization lets you do things not possible with physical systems

• First service was VMotion

• New with this release: Distributed availability services, Distributed resource scheduling, Consolidated backup

Making virtual machines better than physical machines


Virtualization Everywhere!

• More x86 servers and storage hardware supported

• Expanded virtual machine capacity and management scalability

• Simplified management

• Meets demanding enterprise datacenter requirements

• Expands footprint of virtualization from branch offices to biggest data centers


Virtualization Technology Basics

System without VMware Software System with VMware Software

VMware software insulates the BIOS / Operating System / Applications from the physical hardware, so many systems can share hardware, or be moved to different hardware with no service interruption


Three Key Properties of Virtualization

Partitioning• Run multiple operating

systems on one physical machine

• Fully utilize server resources• Support high availability as

shared data is cluster-ready for failover and redundancy

Encapsulation• Encapsulate the entire virtual

machine as a data file• Server provisioning is similar to

copying a file• Server migration is similar to

data migration• Data management techniques

can be used to manage servers: Cloning, Versioning, Mirroring, Archiving

Isolation• Isolate faults and security at

the hardware level• Dynamically control CPU,

memory, disk and network resources per virtual machine

• Guarantee service levels


Application + OS: Now A Data File

• Server provisioning is similar to copying a file

• Server migration is now similar to data migration

• Data management techniques can be used for server management

• Server cloning/copying• Versioning• Server archival• Remote mirroring

Entire server – OS, apps, data, devices, and state – is now

simply a file.


VMotion technology lets you move live, running virtual machines from one host to another while maintaining

continuous service availability.

VMotion™

| Continuous Optimization | Fast Reconfiguration || Zero-Downtime Maintenance |


ESX Server 3 Features Virtualization Everywhere!

• NAS and iSCSI storage

• Expanded hardware compatibility list

• 4-way Virtual SMP

• 64GB guest memory/128GB per Host

• Hot-add virtual disks

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guests

• Multiple snapshots

• Enhanced performance

• Updated Service Console (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3)

• More flexible networking

• 64-bit guest technology – FULL SUPPORT

Branch Office

Branch Office NAS/iSCSI

Storage

Dev & Test

Dev & Test Local

Storage

Fibre Channel

SAN

Data Center

Data Center


Lower Cost Access to the Benefits of Virtual Infrastructure

• NAS• NFS client built into ESX Server

• NAS can be used in place of VMFS as the file system for virtual disks

• iSCSI• Use hardware iSCSI card or built-in software iSCSI

• ESX Server boot from iSCSI (for hardware iSCSI only)

• Both• VMotion, distributed resource scheduling, and high availability services all

extend to non-fibre channel shared storage

• Storage option transparent to guests

ESX Server 3 New Features NAS & iSCSI Details


• Single Windows and browser client for ESX Server and VirtualCenter

• ESX Server configuration through VirtualCenter

VirtualCenter 2 New Features Simplified Management

• Remote devices

• Topology maps

• Centralized licensing

• All VM files (vmx, nvram…) on VMFS


Host Configuration


Topology Maps


Custom Roles and Permissions


VirtualCenter Audit Trails


Performance Graphs


• Custom roles and permissions

• VirtualCenter audit trails

• Increased scalability• Hundreds of VMware servers

• Thousands of virtual machines

• Faster startup, more responsive

• VirtualCenter session management

• Enhanced performance graphs

• Enhanced SDK

VirtualCenter 2 New Features Enterprise-Ready


Major New Technologies

• Business Continuity• Distributed Resource Scheduling

• High Availability Services

• Resource Pools

• VMware Consolidated Backup

• VMware Update Manager

• Storage VMotion

• Site Recovery Manager


Business Continuity Design Paradigm

The Power of Many Hosts, the Simplicity of One

• Reduce management complexity by combining stand-alone hosts into clusters for higher availability and more flexible resource controls

CPU = aMem = x

CPU = bMem = y

CPU = cMem = z

Stand-alone hostsResource

Pool

Pooled ResourcesCPU = a+b+cMem = x+y+z

AvailabilityTransparent

failover


Distributed Resource Scheduler

Creating a Unified Compute Resource

• Global scheduler• Automates initial virtual machine placement

• Uses VMotion to continuously optimize based on current workload

• Reacts to adding or removing hosts from the cluster

• Achieve >80% utilization

VM VM VM

ESX Server

VM VM

ESX Server

VM VM VM

ESX Server

VirtualCenter

Resource Pool

Global Scheduler

Local Scheduler Local Scheduler Local Scheduler

VMVM VMVM


High Availability Services

High availability for all your servers

• Losing a host in a cluster means fewer resources, not lost virtual machines• Impacted virtual machines are restarted on remaining hosts

• Placement optimized by global scheduler

• VirtualCenter handles all setup and configuration automatically

• None of the cost and complexity of clustering

VM VM VM

ESX Server

VM VM VM

ESX Server

VM VM VM

ESX Server

HA Group

VM VM VM

ESX ServerXVM VM VM

Shared Status


Resource Pools

Virtual Machine Containers with Assigned Resources

• With resource pools you can…• Let a user create and run as many virtual machines as desired

while limiting the total resources used

• Instantly add extra resources to an enterprise application

• Delegate control over assigning resources to virtual machines while maintaining complete control over hardware

Resource Pool(CPU= 8 GHz, Mem = 6 GB)

VM VM VM VM


Resource Pools

Precise Resource Control

• Virtual machines draw resources from their resource pools

• Resource allocations can be changed dynamically

• Resource pools can be nested

Cluster capacity:5 x (4.8 GHz, 4 GB)= (24 GHz, 20 GB)

Floating capacity:5 GHz, 5 GB

Resource Pool 1(CPU = 16 GHz, Mem = 12 GB)

VM VM VM VM

Resource Pool 2(3 GHz, 3 GB)

VM VM VM


VMware Consolidated Backup

Centralized File-Level Backups with No Agents

• Move backup out of the virtual machine and into the infrastructure layer

• Manage centralized backup service instead of agents

• File system-consistent live snapshots

• Remove backup load from ESX Server hosts and virtual machines

• Pre-integrated with major third-party backup products


Consolidated Backup (VCB) Enhancements

• Support for VMs running on iSCSI, NAS or local storage

• Run VCB within a VM

• Use VMware Converter to restore VCB images

• Full GUI Integration with leading partners

• Simplified data protection setup and configuration

• 1 step restore procedure for virtual machines

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New Enablers for Mainframe-class Availability and Reliability Across the Stack

Virtualization Platform

Œ

Virtual Infrastructure

Management & Automation

> Site Recovery Manager

> Storage VMotion

> HA Updates

> Update Manager

• Automation of disaster recovery set up, testing, failover and failback

• Non-disruptive migration of virtual machine disk files

• Protection of virtual machines from OS failures

• Automated enforcement of patch standards

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VMware Update Manager

Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX Server hosts and virtual machines

Automates enforcement of patch standards

Reduces risk through snapshots and offline virtual machine patching

* Note: RHEL guests can only be scanned, not remediated

• Automates patch management for ESX Server hosts and select Microsoft and RHEL virtual machines

• Scans and remedies online as well as offline virtual machines* and online ESX Server hosts

• Snapshots virtual machines prior to patching and allows rollback to snapshot

OFF

LIN

E

UpdateManager

HostServer

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Non-disruptive ESX Server Patching with Update Manager and DRS

Automates patching of large number of hosts with zero downtime to virtual machines

• Update Manager patches entire DRS clusters

• Each host in the cluster enters DRS maintenance mode, one at a time

• VMs are migrated off, host is patched & rebooted if required

• VMs are migrated back on

• Next host is selected

Resource Pool

UpdateManager

VMotionVMotion

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Offline Machine Patching• Reduces exposure from non-compliant offline/suspended virtual machines

• Systems have NICs disabled during patching to reduce risk

Update Manager Benefits

Guest Patching

Administrative time – 3064 hrs, $153,200 saved annually

Calculated for 100 virtual machines, assuming 75 patches per machine

> Scan machines

> Assess patch requirements

> Remediate systems> Troubleshoot> Rollback

Manual

15 min

Automated

6 min

Annual Savings for 100 VMs

1125 hrs, $56,250

Manual

18 min

Automated

6 min


1939 hrs, $96, 950

Manual

33 min

Automated

12 min


3064 hrs, $153, 200

Per virtualmachine

Per patch

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Prevent planned outages Quick recovery from unplanned outages

ComponentNIC Teaming

Multipathing

ServerDRS with Maintenance Mode

VMotionHA

Storage Storage VMotion VCB

Data N/A VCB

Site Site Recovery Manager

Manage All Types of Downtime

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• Minimizes planned downtime due to storage

• Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion

Storage VMotion

• Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks

• Zero downtime to virtual machines

• LUN independent

• Supported for Fibre Channel SANs

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Array A (off lease)

LUN A2

LUN A1

Storage VMotion for Storage Array Migration

Non disruptively:

• Refresh to new arrays

• Migrate to different class of storage

• VM granularity, LUN Independent

Array B (NEW)

LUN B2

LUN B1

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Storage VMotion for Storage I/O Optimization

• Non-disruptively:• Eliminate virtual machine

storage I/O bottlenecks

• Move individual virtual machines to best performing LUNs

I/O Bottleneck

LUN 2

LUN 1

OptimizedSet LUN 2

Bottleneck Eliminated

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HA Enhancements

• Simple, cost effective availability for any workload

• Minimizes unplanned downtime due to hardware and OS failures

• 32-node clusters

• Proactive cluster configuration checks

• Individual VM Failure monitoring (experimental) :

• Monitors virtual machines for guest OS failures

• Automatically restarts VM after specified interval

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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

Introducing 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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Site Recovery Manager Key Components

Storage

Servers

VMware Infrastructure

VirtualCenterSite Recovery

Manager Service

Protected virtual machines

3rd-party Replication

Production Disaster Recovery

Storage

Servers

VMware Infrastructure

VirtualCenter

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Summary of Benefits

• Site Recovery Manager Leverages VMware Infrastructure to Make Disaster Recovery

• Rapid• Automate disaster recovery setup, failover,

failback, and testing• Eliminate complexities of traditional recovery

• Reliable • Ensure proper execution of recovery plan• Enable easier, more frequent tests

• Manageable• Centrally manage recovery plans• Make plans dynamic to match environment

• Affordable• Utilize recovery site infrastructure• Reduce management costs


Summary

Virtual Infrastructure 3• Virtualization everywhere!

• Simpler is better

• Meets higher enterprise standards

• Game-changing infrastructure-wide services:• Distributed resource scheduling to deliver improved application performance

• High Availability clustering to automate restarts after outages

• Consolidated backup where backup is simplified thru snapshots

• Update Manager delivers automated patching to ESX, O/S and applications

• Site Recovery Manager is workflow process-oriented DR tool

• Virtual machines are better than physical machines!


Questions?

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