Virtualization Monitoring and Management with Veeam and System Center

Charles Clarke [t:@chas_clarke]Veeam Software – Lead Pre-Sales Engineer APAC

Michael Pell ETSA Utilities - Server Support Engineer

Session code: SEC317

Agenda

► Who are Veeam? ► Why is unity of monitoring important?► What do Veeam and System Center

deliver?► Case study – ETSA Utilities► Unity in business continuity

Who are Veeam?

The Green Veeam Teeam

Simplify and Standardize VMware Monitoring

Multiple monitoring tools can be expensive...

• Duplication of training costs• Duplication of management teams with different

methodologies and processes• Disparate servers and systems for management

infrastructure and software• Often have ‘tunnel vision’• Longer time to resolution

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High-Level Anatomy of a Monitoring Solution

What needs monitored -

Database layer -

Application Layer -

Presentation Layer -

System Center Operations Manager

What needs monitored -

Database layer -

Application Layer -

Presentation Layer - - Monitoring Console- Notifications- Reporting

-Management Server- OpsMgr Agents

- OpsMgr Database- Data Warehouse

Managem

ent Packs

Another monitoring framework

What needs monitored -

Database layer -

Application Layer -

Presentation Layer -

Why not simply extend Operations Manager?Have a single ‘pane of glass’?

Veeam Management Pack for VMware

What needs monitored -

Database layer -

Application Layer -

Presentation Layer - - Monitoring Console- Notifications- Reporting

- Management Server- OpsMgr Agents

- OpsMgr Database- Data Warehouse

1Veeam Management Pack for VMware

Integration

Complete integration

For all VMwarecomponents– vCenter– ESX(i) hosts– Clusters– Virtual machines– Storage– Hardware– vShield– VSA

…enable all Ops Managerfunctionality– Alert on performance and

events– View service maps &

dashboards– Get detailed reporting & auditing– Integrate notifications,

responsesand automation

Detailed health model

Standard metrics, such as:

– Cluster memory %– Host CPU %– VM CPU ready %– Snapshot Age

Advanced metrics, such as:

– Memory Pressure– Memory Compression– Memory swap file I/O– Disk IOPS– Disk Queue Latency– Total network traffic– Packet Loss

vCenter events, such as:● HA/DRS cluster status● VMotion issues● Storage connectivity

Hardware alerts, such as:● Power supply failure● Temperature sensors● Fan status● RAID disks

Full and Integrated Knowledge base

►VMware“guru in a box”

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Complete Integration

Demo’s

Tour of the Management Pack

Topology View

Reporting

Service Level Dashboards

Deployment Considerations

vSphere API

Secure– AD-integrated authentication – Encrypted data traffic

Scalable– Supports hundreds of ESX(i) hosts from one

vCenter connection Easy to configure

– One port to open, one user to configure Rich data source

– Provides hundreds of events, metrics and properties

– Very granular

Microsoft System Center

Operations Manager

nworksManagement Pack

VMware vSphere 4 and VI3

AgentlessScalable

Centrally managedFault-tolerant

Ops Manager Agent

nworks Collector

Scalable

Xnworks

Management PackVMware

vSphere 4 and VI3

AgentlessScalable

Centrally managedFault-tolerant

Microsoft System CenterOperations Manager 2007

MOM 2005

Management Server

[standby]

Fault Tolerant

Hosted Environment

Management Servers

DataCenterDataCenter

DataCenter

SCOM Gateway TCP 5723

OpsMgr DB DW DB

SCOM Gateway TCP 5723

SCOM Gateway TCP 5723

Unified Monitoring Console

Advanced Scenario’s

Advanced Scenario’s

SCOM Gateway SCOM AgentVeeam Collector

TCP 5273

Certificate-

based Authn

Case Study

Michael Pell –

ETSA Utilities

► Electricity Distributor for South Australia► Delivers power to more than 800,000

homes and businesses► Employ around 1800 people► Head office in Adelaide

ETSA Computing Environment

► 400+ Windows servers► 65% virtualisation using VMware► 35 ESX servers► SQL and Oracle databases► 35 remote offices► 2 data centres► 24x7 support

Previous Monitoring Strategy

► Numerous disparate existing solutions► Reactive► No single view of the environment► Root cause analysis difficult► No common alerting methodology► No integration into Service Desk► Lack of historical information► Management reporting difficult

Why Operations Manager?

► Best of breed Windows monitoring► Holistic view of the environment► Single interface► Common alerting► MS products managed immediately► Specific application monitoring► Improve service availability

Why Veeam Management Pack?

► Integrates seamlessly into SCOM► Integrates seamlessly with vCenter► Utilises SCOM database► Look and feel same as SCOM► Correlation of events► Quick install► Simplicity

ETSA Monitoring Solution

Case Example – HBA Issue

► Alert generated► Datacenter Topology view► Health Explorer► Fix underlying issue

Alert generated to console and SMS

Datacenter Topology

Health Explorer View

In-built Knowledge

Case Example – Reporting

► All reports can now utilise Veeam objects► Can see the whole environment

In-built Knowledge

Summary

► Single view of the environment in SCOM► Simple installation► In-built knowledge► Faster resolution time - proactive► Improved service availability► IT as a strategic asset

Unity in Business Continuity

Veeam Backup & Replication for Hyper-V

1: Image-based backup and replication

2: Changed block tracking

3: Deduplication and compression

Image-based Backup and Replication

► Single solution for backup and replication: – 1 approach, 1 license

► Includes file-level recovery and failover to previous restore points

► Includes Failback► Restore to any Hyper-V host

Scalability

► Enhanced distributed architecture– Before: Backup Server

Now: Backup Server + Proxy Server + Repository Server

– Also allows backup to remote storage/over WAN(e.g. cloud-based backup)

► Intelligent load balancing—within and across jobs– Not just round robin—considers connections,

parallel tasks, etc.– Eliminates backup storms and target saturation

(problems reported by users of other backup tools)

Changed Block Tracking

► Veeam technology that maintains a list of blocks thathave changed– Works with cluster shared volumes (CSVs)

► Facilitates incremental backup and replication– Only transfer changed blocks– Eliminates need to perform a comparison

► Reduces backup window: 10x fasterEnables near-continuous data protection (near-CDP)

Changed Block Tracking

De-duplication and Compression

► Same proven technology Veeam has for VMware

► Leverages existing storage► Optimizes hardware utilization

– Only transfer (and store) unique blocks

► Minimizes cost and complexity– Everything is built-in

De-duplication and Compression

Demo

Hyper-V VM Recovery

DEMOHyper-V file-level recovery

DEMOHyper-V Failover and Failback

Compliments DPM

► Data Protection Manager will still perform application-level backup and item restore

► Veeam Backup and Replication jobs can be daisy-chained to DPM

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Summary

► Unity in monitoring and business continuity– Easier– Faster– Cost-effective

► System Center provides a compelling platform for monitoring and management– Veeam fills the VMware monitoring gap

Thank You!► Booth 22 and 39► Live Demo’s of Management Pack► Recorded demo’s of Hyper-V

failover and failback► X-Box Giveaway

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