vSphere With Operations Management: Monitoring the Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager

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Kyle Gleed, VMware, IncRyan Johnson, VMware, Inc

Disclaimer• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development.

• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product.

• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind.

• Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.

• Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined.

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Performance IssueCaused by Change

Capacity AnalysisAnd “What if?” Analysis

Efficiency Optimization

What isvSphere with Operations Management

What is vSphere with Operations Management?

StandardEnterpriseEnterprise Plus

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vSphere

Standard

vCenter Operations VSOM

vSphere+vC Ops Standard• Operations Dashboard• Health Monitoring• Capacity Planning• Efficiency Optimization

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Limited time “vCenter Operations Advanced Edition”Add-On Promohttp://www.vmware.com/promotions/2014-vcops-vsom-promo Contact sales for more information.

Advanced

How is vSphere with Operations Management Licensed?• Single License Key to Enable Both vSphere and vCenter Operations

– Licensed from within vCenter Server– Per-processor– No Restrictions on Physical Cores, Physical RAM or # of VMs

• Licensing, Pricing and Packaging Guide– vmware.com/go/vsom-licensing

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Moving from vSphere to vSphere with Operations Management

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4 East Steps to Add Operations Management to Your Existing vSphere Deployment

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Add License

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Configure Network Settings

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Deploy vApp

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Register with vCenter Server(s)

Once deployed allow time for the analytics to learn the environment.

– Immediate = Health and Performance– 1 Week = Waste and Density– 1 Month = Capacity

The longer vCenter Operations Manager runs, the more accurate the data will be.

vCenter Operations Manager Distribution• Distributed as a Single vApp (OVA)

• OVA comprised of Two VMs– UI VM

• vSphere Web Client• vCenter Operations Administration Portal

– Analytics VM• Collects and Stores Data• Capacity and Performance Analytics

• Three Deployment Models:

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1500 VMs4 vCPUs16GB Mem

3000 VMs8 vCPUs25GB Mem

>3000 VMs16 vCPUs34GB Mem

Deploy the OVF …

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Deploy the OVF …

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Deploy the OVF …

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WhyYou Need vSphere with Operations Management

Performance Issue?

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CURRENT CPU UTILIZATION

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CPU UTILIZATION OVER TIME

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Static Threshold CPU

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CPU UTILIZATION OVER TIME

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Why Add “Operations Management”?

vSphere (vCenter + ESXi)

• Limited visibility & notification• Per Host / Per VM

vSphere with Operations Management (vSOM)

• Holistic visibility • Dynamic thresholds w/ smart alerts• History & trends• Capacity planning• Utilization & efficiency

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ExplainingHealth / Risk / Efficiency

Health, Risk & Efficiency

• Real-time visibility • Self learning analytics / dynamic thresholds• Integrated smart alerts

HealthHealth

• How much time/capacity do I have left?• “What If” capacity planningRiskRisk

• Identify over provisioned resources• VM to Host consolidation ratiosEfficiencyEfficiency

HEALTHHEALTH

RISKRISK

EFFICIENCYEFFICIENCY

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Immediate Future

Comprehensive Operations Dashboard

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Forward Looking

Are there areas that I should be concerned about?

Am I utilizingresources in the most efficient Manner?

Immediateproblems

What ishappening right now?

What do I need to pay attention to?

Understanding vCenter Operations Badges by David Davis: http://goo.gl/IWV2zj

vSphere Web Client with vCenter Operations

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Integrated Interface

DefiningDynamic ThresholdsIntelligent Operations Groups Custom Policies

Dynamic vs. Static Thresholds

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Learned Dynamic Threshold

CPU Spike within Dynamic Threshold not a concern

CPU Spike outside Dynamic Threshold indicates abnormal behavior

Not All Objects Are Equal• Policies define:

• Badge Threshold Settings• Usable vs. Physical Capacity• Overcommit Settings• Over/Undersized Calculations• When to send alerts

• Different workloads require different policies– Production, test, dev, batch, etc.

• After install, default policy used for all objects

• Important: Group objects by workload and associate an appropriate policy!

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Groups & Policies

DEFAULT POLICY• Overcommit = Yes• High Availability = Yes• Idle VMs = 90%• Alerts = Yes

PROD TEST DEV

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Groups & Policies

TEST-GRP DEV-GRPPROD-GRP

PROD-POLICY• Overcommit = No• HA = Yes• Idle = 90%• Alerts = Yes

TEST-POLICY• Overcommit = Yes• HA = No• Idle = 50%• Alerts = No

DEV-POLICY• Overcommit = Yes• HA = No• Idle = 95%• Alerts = No

• Customize operational view of infra to specific business needs (App, LOB)• Intelligent alerts and thresholds based on group management policies

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Tech PreviewRecommendations and Actions

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Summary of alerts, but how do I troubleshoot?

How do I fix?

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Future:• Define your own symptoms

and alerts• Include recommendations• Built in “actions”

Custom Alert!

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Alert triggers when:

• DRS is not enabled

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• Host in cluster has high CPU load

User defined recommendation

Tech PreviewProjects

Cannot commit “What-if” planning scenarios.

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What-if moved to “Projects” with new look & feel.

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Ability to plan, commit and expire projects.

Tech PreviewCustom Reports

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Static list of reports

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Future: Ability to create custom reports!

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Q & AKyle GleedSenior Technical Marketing Architectblogs.vmware.com/vsphere/ @Kyle_Gleed

Ryan JohnsonStaff Technical Account Managertenthirtyam.org@tenthirtyam

Summary

• Health Monitoring and Performance Analytics– Real-time visibility into your vSphere Infrastructure– Self learning analytics and dynamic thresholds that learn and adapt to your environment– Integrated smart alerts help to identify building problems and proactively address issues before they

affect end users

• Operations Dashboards with root cause analysis– Easy to use dashboards– Monitoring data abstracted into health, risk and efficiency

• Capacity Management and Optimization– Identify overprovisioned and under provisioned resources– “What If” capacity planning

• Integrated with the vSphere Web Client

VMware vSphere with Operations Management

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Thank YouKyle GleedSenior Technical Marketing Architectblogs.vmware.com/vsphere/ @Kyle_Gleed

Ryan JohnsonStaff Technical Account Managertenthirtyam.org@tenthirtyam

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vSphere With Operations Management: Monitoring the Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager

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Kyle Gleed, VMware, IncRyan Johnson, VMware, Inc