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Lessons Learned: VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud

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“We are a cognitive solutions and cloud

platform company that leverages the power

of innovation, data and expertise to improve

business and society.”

– Ginni Rometty

IBM CEO

Lessons Learned: VMware Cloud

Foundation on IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud



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The IBM | VMware strategic partnership

is designed to provide a security-rich,

compatible hybrid cloud solution, leading to an

improved user experience for its clients.



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Learnings

As we deployed more and more VMware platforms on

our client sites, we immediately saw ways we could

improve the solution and received correct validation on

some of our original assumptions.

We have identified these learnings and the mechanisms

we have leveraged to implement these, in production,

on our various client sites.

We intentionally set-up our service in such a manner

that we could quickly turnaround on client

requirements and harden the service directly with

learnings from the field.

This is what we know so far …

SECURITY

NETWORKING

LICENSING

MIGRATION

STANDARDIZED REPEATABLE ARCHITECTURES

SUPPORT

SET-UP TIME

EASE OF USE

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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on IBM Cloud

offering is a hyperconverged, software-defined data

center solution that uses IBM Cloud infrastructure,

VMware Cloud Foundation's SDDC Manager, VMware

vSphere Hypervisor, VMware vCenter, VMware vSAN,

VMware NSX and MS Active Directory/DNS services.

IBM Cloud for VMware solutions

VMware vCenter Server on IBM Cloud offering is

a partner to Cloud Foundation as a more

customizable, basic virtualization environment that

uses the IBM cloud infrastructure, VMware

vSphere Hypervisor, VMware vCenter Server and

VMware NSX.



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Security, Security, Security

IBM Cloud

vSphere

vSAN

NSX

VMware Cloud Foundation

Security and Controls

Encryption

Identity & Access

AntiVirus

Logging

Intrusion Prevention

Firewall

Client Workloads

Feedback from the field

— The greatest barrier to IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions and overall cloud

adoption is security

— Majority of security concerns:

— Is my data safe?

— Where is my data stored?

— Can I encrypt my data?

— How do I prevent data from leaving a geographic boundary?

Solution | Improvement

— IBM developed a secure reference architecture with multiple financial

services customers that address a majority of security concerns

— Solution encompasses IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions deployment

with security tools included within the installation.

— Encryption

— AntiVirus

— Malware Protection

— Firewalls

— Pluggable, with bring-your-own solutions



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Hybrid Cloud Connectivity


— The connectivity between on-prem and the cloud remains a challenge

— How do I connect over public internet and stay secure during a PoC? –

Firewall ports opening

— After a PoC, what are the connectivity options?

— Can I bring my own IP address range?

— What if I don’t know anything about NSX?


— IBM has developed and documented several connectivity options for

both PoCs and production scenarios

— IPSEC VPN with an NSX Edge Services Gateway

— IPSEC VPN with a Vyatta

— Connection over direct-link options

— We also have implementation services that can assist with the

deployment and connectivity between on-prem and IBM Cloud.

— Look out for announcement at VMworld Barcelona!



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• Helps ensure data centers are loosely integrated into globally available coverage of the VMware platform and IBM Cloud services

IBM Cloud Foundation provides interconnected data centers across the planet



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Use Automation: Humans break things


— Customers that chose to implement their own VMware solution in IBM

Cloud have encountered issues

— Incorrect driver level for RAID controller causes vSAN outage

— Installation of unsupported ESXi version on servers

— Improper NSX controller configuration

— Upgrading becomes a difficult road on your own


— IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions automates the installation and

configuration of VMware components

— BIOS, Firmware, and driver levels are certified

— Disks configured properly, VMware components installed an configured

according to best practices on the IBM Cloud

DECOMMISSION OPERATE

CREATE



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VMware Licenses


— Customers that already had an VMware ELA were forced to buy licenses

from IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions deployments.

— New licenses added extra, unneeded cost to cloud environment.

— ELA pricing is typically priced more competitively than vCAN licenses

available on a per-month basis.


— IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions now offer bring-your-own licenses

during the ordering process.

— License options are decoupled allowing licensing gaps to be purchased

(if any exist)

— Significantly reduces monthly expenditure for VMware deployments on

IBM Cloud

— IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions are deployed with 60-day evaluation

licenses to cover any licensing delays.



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Physical Server Size & Clusters


— Customers want to be to able to choose their own certified hardware sizes

for CPU and memory

— Release 1: Server memory options were too large

— Release 2: Server memory options were too small

— Single cluster configuration for cloud workloads was only good for PoCs

and DR use cases

— Additional separate clusters are a must for cloud economics and

security


— IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions customers will be able to customize

the CPU and memory ratio for desired workloads and economics.

— Upcoming release of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions will contain

cluster addition and cluster configuration options

— Choose custom hardware for each cluster

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Storage Performance


— Who still uses SATA drives?

— Why did VCF BOM standardized on SATA drives for vSAN capacity tier

— At the time, SSDs were too expensive

— Customers want performance and expect SSDs


— Next release of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions will standardize on an

all-SSD BOM for vSAN



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Demonstration

— Show Management Console

— Add Services

— BYOL License

Solution

components

Ease of use



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Benefits of

VMware

on IBM Cloud

IBM Differentiation

— Access the entire suite of IBM Cloud services, including cognitive

capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT)

and deep learning tools.

— Vmware on IBM Cloud offerings fully customizable with memory,

compute and storage options available

Compatibility

— Obtain full compatibility with vCenter on and off premises.

— Gain workload portability, putting you in charge of where your

environments reside.

— Continue using your existing staff, tools and infrastructure.

Flexibility

— Expand, even globally, as your needs grow.

— Manage virtually everything from a single console.

Cloud economics

— Achieve predictable and simplified budgeting with cloud economics.

— Pay for only what you use with the cloud operating expense

(Opex) model

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