ProjectWise VirtualizationKevin Boland

What is Virtualization?Virtualization is a technique for deploying technologies. Virtualization creates a level of indirection or an abstraction layer between a physical object and the managing or using application.

-Site definition in Google

Who provides Virtualization?•VMWare – VMWare WorkStation, GSX, ESX and Virtual Server.

•Microsoft – Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual Server

•There are a number of other smaller providers of virtualization software.

Single OS image per machine Software and hardware tightly coupled Running multiple applications on same

machine often creates conflict Underutilized, inflexible,

costly infrastructure

Without Virtualization

Break dependencies between OS and hardware

Manage OS and application as single unit by encapsulating them into VMs

Strong fault and security isolation VMs are hardware-independent:

they can be provisioned anywhere

With Virtualization

Why Virtualize ProjectWise?•Server Consolidation•Requirement •Maximizing server potential•Ease of deployment

Why virtualize ProjectWise?

•Server Consolidation

Why virtualize ProjectWise?

•Ease of Deployment

VMware Host 2

Virtual CenterManagement Console

VMware Host 1

VM

VM

VM

VM

ProjectWise 2004 Edition

Bentley Publisher 2004 Edition

ProjectWise Publisher XMEdition

ProjectWise XMEdition

Cluster and Fail Over

• High Availability

• Redundant

Cluster and Fail Over

• Clustering- provides load balancing and two-node failover, which allows a second server to take over if the first one fails.

Clustering/NLB Options

Active Active

Passive

Virtaul IP of Cluster

ProjectWise In a Cluster

How To Setup Projectwise

In A Clustered Environment

ProjectWise In a Cluster

• Requirements• A working cluster configuration • A database server to host the

Projectwise database, this should not be part of the Projectwise cluster

• One or more file transfer servers to provide file storage, these should not be part of the Projectwise cluster

Microsoft Cluster Setting

ProjectWise In a Cluster

• Configure the database• A database should be configured to host

the Projectwise database using the standard installation procedures. An ODBC data source should then be created on each machine in the cluster pointing to the Projectwise database. It is required that the ODBC data sources are identical in each machine.

ProjectWise In a Cluster

Install Projectwise on each machine in the cluster. All installation paths and other details should be the same on each machine. After Projectwise is installed, make sure all Projectwise services are stopped on each machine.

ProjectWise In a Cluster

• Create the datasource• The datasource entries in the

dmskrnl.cfg file can be created in several ways

• Create the datasource on one of the cluster machines before it is added to the cluster using normal procedures

Clustering with ProjectWise

All dmskrnl.cfg files across the entire cluster should be identical.

Clustering with Caching Servers

Storage Area Network

ProjectWise 2004 XM EditionApplication Server

ProjectWise 2004 XM EditionApplication Server

ProjectWise 2004 XM EditionApplication Server

Configuration of Storage Area

Server Farm

Fail Over and Clustering with VM’s

Network

Storage

Enterprise Virtualization

Virtual Machines

Virtual ServerVirtual Server Virtual Server Virtual Server Virtual Server Virtual Server

• Fail over inside the VM or the VM itself.

• Store virtual machine disks on local or shared storage. VMFS cluster file system manages virtual machine disk storage or SAN.

• Build virtual networks/domain within or across multiple Servers.

Virtualization Solution

Delivering Solutions!

Caching Server

ProjectWise Virtualization and Cluster/Fail Over

Questions?