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Traditional Infrastructure Overview

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What is Virtual Infrastructure?

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VMware Virtualization Product Line

Focus is Here

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Virtual Infrastructure Overview

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ESX Server: a High-performance platform for virtual machines Virtual Center: a management front-end to ESX Servers and GSX Servers, and their virtual machines

Supports VMotion, which allows moving running virtual machines between ESX Servers

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Traditional Vs Virtual Infrastructure

Physical Machine Hard to move Difficult to copy Bound to a specific set of hardware

Virtual Machine Ease to move and copy

Encapsulated into files Independent of physical hardware Isolated from other virtual machines running on the same physical hardware Insulated from physical hardware changes

Easy to manage

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ESX Server Architecture

Guest OS
VMM Scheduler
VMkernel x86 SMP Hardware

Guest OS
VMM

Guest OS
VMM

Guest OS
VMM Console OS

Memory Mgmt

SCSI Driver

Ethernet Driver

CPU

Memory

disk

nic nic NIC

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High Performance Network

Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Each virtual adapter has its own MAC address No world switch ! Stub Driver
VMM

Stub Driver
VMM

Stub Driver
VMM
NIC specific drivers

VMware Server VMM x86 SMP Hardware

VMware Ethernet Driver

VMware Ethernet Driver

NIC
Shared Device

NIC
Exclusive Device
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Intra-system networking
Executes at memory speed

Stub Driver

Stub Driver

Stub Driver

Stub Driver

VMware Server VMM x86 SMP Hardware

NIC Virtual Network specific drivers

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Why use virtual machines?

OS and applications are freed from physical hardware

Hardware maintenance is easier Fewer gotchas on hardware upgrade New options in disaster recovery Configure OS and applications once, clone many times Back up a virtual machine by backing up its few constituent files

Easy to image a virtual machine

Many VMs can run on the same physical server

Greater resource utilization Each is unaffected by the others Fine-grained tuning options
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GSX Vs ESX

Hosted (VMware workstation and ACE, GSX Server)

Native (ESX Server)

Maximum device compatibility Installs like an application Lower price point

Maximum performance Lowest overhead Dynamic resource controls Virtual SMP

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GSX Vs ESX
GSX Hosted on windows or Linux Maximum hardware compatibility Up to 3.6GB RAM per VM Up to 64 VMs per GSX Server Lower pricing

ESX Runs Natively Maximum scalability and performance Up to 3.6GB per Virtual machine Virtual SMP Support Up to 80 VCPUs per ESX Server Advanced memory management and dynamic resource allocation Allows VMotion Uses the multiple-access VMware File System (VMFS)

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vManage products

VirtualCenter: a management front end to ESX Servers and GSX Servers ,and their VMs

A Windows application with a database back-end Uses:

Centrally manage all VM images Deploy new VMs using standardized templates Monitor VMs state and performance Manage access to VMs with one point of control

VMotion: move running VMs from one server to another with no downtime

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Virtual Infrastructure Management

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Virtualizing a Network Interface

VMApp
Physical Ethernet

Guest OS
Virtual Network Hub Virtual Bridge

Host OS
VMDriver

NIC Driver

NIC Driver

VMM

Physical NIC

PC Hardware

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vTool product

VMware P2V Assistant Takes a snapshot of an existing phsical system Transforms it into a VMware virtual machine

Suitable for use with ESX Server, GSX Server, or Workstation Windows NT 4.0 with Service pack 4 or later Windows 2000 with Service pack 1 or later Windows Server 2003 Windows XP
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Supported Source OSes:

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Use cases for VMware products

Server consolidation Migrate underutilized physical machines into virtual machines Spend less money on maintenance and operation Disaster recovery Use virtual machines as lower-cost standbys for physical machines Use storage Area Networks to physically separate storage from the production data site Testing and development Maintain libraries of preconfigured virtual machines Spend less money on maintenance of multiple configurations Desktop deployment Use VMware ACE to give users consitent, time-limited environment

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VMotion requirements

CPUs must be identical ESX Server must see same LUNs Both ESX Servers must have VMotion license Network labels must be consitent VMotion network must be GigE

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VirtualCenter Farm Guidelines

Group hosts under single administrative control Group hosts to form a single pool of resources Group hosts that meets VMotion requirements Logically group VMs into VM groups eg, by business unit or function
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ESX Server sizing - tips

If a VMs application is extremely sensitive to a resource, dedicate a resource to that VM

Examples:

Consider dedicating a disk LUN to a VM Consider dedicating a CPU and NIC to applications with low-latency requirements

Consider dedicating a NIC to an application with high security requirements

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VMFS and SAN best practises

Each LUN should have the right RAID level and storage characteristic for applications in VMs that will use it One LUN should contain only one single VMFS volume If multiple VMs accessing same LUN, use disk shares to prioritize VMs Keep test VMs on separate VMFS volumes from production VMs Keep virtualcenter templates on separate VMFS volumes from virtual disk files Spread I/O loads over available paths to storage
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Boot from SAN

ESX Server supports installation into and boot from SAN disk arrays

Only certain fibre channel adapters and disk arrays are supported

Deploy boot from SAN

Avoid boot from SAN

When hardware requires it, as on blade systems When maintenance of local service console storage is undesirable If easy cloning of service consoles is desired

When clustering is required When there is a risk of I/O contention between service console and VMkernel When the use of clusterin-across boxes is required When the use of VMFS raw device mappings is required When additional dependencies between service console and VMkernel are undesirable
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Virtual Infrastructures Impact

Virtual Infrastructure affects

Storage Architecture

Ensure that SAN cloud boundaries match VirtualCenter farm boundaries and business-function boundaries Connect service console and VirtualCenter to management networks, and virtual machines to production networks Treat physical servers as pools of available processing power

Network architecture

Compute Architecture

Policies

Use VirtualCenter roles to match permissions to job functions

Use VMotion to meet high-availability expectations
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Service Level Agreements

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Virtual Machine Manager and IBM Director 4.20

VirtualCenter Host Virtual Farm VMware Host (Physical Machine) Guest OS with IBM Director Agent Logical Platform (Virtual Machine)

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VMware on SMP and Blades BladeCenter x445

VMotion VirtualCenter Console 2 or 4-way Blades
ESX ESX ESX ESX

ESX Console

ESX Server

ESX Server on 4-16x SMP System

Large single system image Automatic load-balancing of large number of VMs in same system

VirtualCenter w/VMotion on BladeCenter

Greater resiliency and availability Multiple 2X/4X blade and ESX instances Standby blade within chassis for availability Modular scalability Increased scaling of memory & I/O capacity Blade form factor advantages Increased density, standardization, power efficiency Workload balancing with mixed blades e.g. temporarily migrate VM to higher performance blade to complete task more quickly

Simplified resource sharing & mgmt SCSI disk can be used

Lower entry cost for smaller systems

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Scalability with VMware

Benefits scale across deployment size, server form factors
VirtualCenter Suite
w/ VMotion

Number of Physical CPUs

128+ 64 32 16 8 4

Mix and match form factors

BladeCenters 16-100s+ CPUs

ESX Server + V-SMP

Multiple x445 Servers SAN Storage

ESX Server
2-4 CPU x445 Servers SMP Servers

Multiple SMP Servers

Choose the right platform for each customer

64 128
512+

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Number of Virtual Machines

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Virtualization on Blades
Virtualization

increases hardware utilization to 70% or higher so that solution with the same compute power requires fewer blades

Migration to higher spec blades Facility, power, and cooling savings Server support and maintenance savings

Instant provisioning Less downtime for maintenance Dynamic resource redeployment

Application migration to different hardware without having to reinstall

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Scenario #1: Testing and Deployment

Development VM QA VM

Production VM

Production VM

Production VM

Production VM

Develop

Test

Deploy

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Scenario # 2: Server Consolidation

Web Server Database Server App Server App Server App Server Web Server App Server Web Server

Web Server

Database Server

VMware MultipleWorlds + Physical Hardware

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Scenario #3: Application Compatibility

Some applications require their OS Some solutions require multiple applications Appliances provide solutions VMware in Appliances

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