what’s new with vmware infrastructure 3 · 2008-03-05 · “while we initially chose vmware...

What’s New with VMware Virtual Infrastructure

John Hinkle

e-TechServices

February 27, 2008

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Virtualization: Industry-Standard Way of Computing

Hypervisor

Virtual Infrastructure

Management & Automation

Hypervisor


Hypervisor

Test & Development

Early Adoption Mainstreaming Standardization

Server Consolidation

Infrastructure Management

High Availability

3rd generation2006- 2008

2nd generation2003 - 2005

1st generation1998 – 2002

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Customers Move Rapidly Along the Adoption Curve

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Customer Example: Large Wireless Technology Company

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Virtual Machines % of x86 Infrastructure

Leading Organizations are Standardizing on VMware Virtual Infrastructure

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Drivers for Standardization are Emerging

“While we initially chose VMware virtual infrastructure to address development hardware problems by reducing hardware costs and decreasing server deployment time, we soon discovered additional benefits to adopting the technology, including server portability, protection, and availability.”

Keith LeahyVP, Technology, Merrill Lynch

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Industry-Standard Way of Computing

Platform for any OS,

hardware, application

Most effective way to

manage IT infrastructure

Mainframe-class

reliability and availability

The automated… …always on… …infrastructure

VMware Virtual Infrastructure

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The VMware Virtual Infrastructure Stack TodayInfrastructure Optimization

SW Lifecycle

Resource Mgt Availability Mobility

Virtualization Platform



Desktop Management

Business Continuity

> ESX Server> VMFS> Virtual SMP

> VMotion> HA> VCB

> DRS

> Virtual Center

> Converter

> VDI> ACE

> Lab Manager

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Mainframe-class




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Customers Have Been Looking for a Better IT Management Model

Why can’t my data center be as easy to use as the USB port on my Macintosh? It’s plug and play, mix and match, multi-function, and it just works—every time, and on the fly. That’s what I want, I want a USB Data Center! Whoever figures that out, will really be on to something big…

CIOFortune 200 Manufacturer

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New Enablers for More Effective Management




> Update Manager> Guided Consolidation

(in VirtualCenter)> Virtual Desktop Manager

> DRS with Distributed Power Mgmt

> ESX Server 3i

Automated enforcement of patch standardsGuided server consolidationIntegrated virtual desktop management

Energy efficient resource management for a green datacenter

Next generation thin hypervisor integrated into server hardware for rapid deployment

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ESX Server 3i

Server boot to running virtual machines in minutesSimplified managementIncreased security and reliability

Compact, 32MB footprintOnly architecture with no reliance on a general purpose OSIntegration in hardware eliminates installationIntuitive wizard driven start up experience dramatically reduces deployment timeStandards-based management of the underlying hardware

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From Server Boot to Running VMs in Minutes

1. Power on server and boot into hypervisor

2. Configure Admin Password3. (optional) Modify network

configuration4. Connect VI Client to IP

AddressOr manage with VirtualCenter

3i

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Enabling the ‘Plug-and-Play’ Datacenter

Plug: Power on a new server with ESX Server 3i. The new server joins a DRS cluster.Play: All VMs in the cluster are automatically rebalanced taking in consideration the newly available resources

On-demand capacityEasy scalability

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VMkernel

HAL and Device Drivers

Resource Management

NetworkingStorage

RHEL3-basedService Console

Helpers VMM

Agent Agent…

VMM

Disk Footprint: 2 GB 32 MB

RPM

VMM

Disk Footprint:

Traditional ESX Server

Percent of Patches 50%

98% 2%

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ESX Server 3i: Thin Virtualization!

VMkernel

Resource Management

NetworkingStorage

RHEL3-basedService Console

VMM

Agent Agent…

VMM

RPM

VMMHelpers

HAL and Device Drivers

Disk Footprint: 2 GB 32 MBDisk Footprint:Percent of Patches 50%

98% 2%

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Distributed Power Management (experimental)

Consolidates workloads onto fewer servers when the cluster needs fewer resourcesPlaces unneeded servers in standby modeBrings servers back online as workload needs increase

Minimizes power consumption while guaranteeing service levelsNo disruption or downtime to virtual machines

Resource Pool

Physical Servers

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Distributed Power Management TCO Savings

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Before DPMAfter DPM

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$80,300

$63,093

DPM Savings calculated for a datacenter with 100 physical servers

Assumptions: 50 out of 100 servers can be powered down for 8 hrs/day on weekdays and 16 hrs/day on weekends.Total power consumption per server ( operating power + cooling power) = 1130.625 watts/hrCost of energy = $ 0.0813 per kWH (source: Energy Information Administration)

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VMware Update Manager

Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX Server hosts and virtual machinesAutomates enforcement of patch standardsReduces risk through snapshots and offline virtual machine patching

* Note: RHEL guests can only be scanned, not remediated

Automates patch management for ESX Server hosts and select Microsoft and RHEL virtual machines

Scans and remedies online as well as offline virtual machines* and online ESX Server hosts

Snapshots virtual machines prior to patching and allows rollback to snapshot

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UpdateManager

HostServer

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Non-disruptive ESX Server Patching with Update Manager and DRS

Automates patching of large number of hosts with zero downtime to virtual machines

Update Manager patches entire DRS clusters

Each host in the cluster enters DRS maintenance mode, one at a timeVMs are migrated off, host is patched & rebooted if requiredVMs are migrated back onNext host is selectedResource Pool

UpdateManager

VMotionVMotion

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Offline Machine PatchingReduces exposure from non-compliant offline/suspended virtual machinesSystems have NICs disabled during patching to reduce risk

Update Manager Benefits

Guest PatchingAdministrative time – 3064 hrs, $153,200 saved annuallyCalculated for 100 virtual machines, assuming 75 patches per machine

> Scan machines> Assess patch

requirements

> Remediate systems> Troubleshoot> Rollback

Manual15 min

Automated6 min

Annual Savings for 100 VMs1125 hrs, $56,250

Manual18 min

Automated6 min

Annual Savings for 100 VMs1939 hrs, $96, 950

Manual33 min

Automated12 min

Annual Savings for 100 VMs3064 hrs, $153, 200

Per virtualmachinePer patch

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Guided Consolidation

Automatically discoversphysical serversAnalyzes utilization and usage patternsConverts physical servers to VMs placed intelligently based on user response

Lowers training requirements for new virtualization usersSteers users through the entire consolidation process

Analyze

Convert

Discover

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VDI – Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) Enterprise-class, scalable connection brokerCentral administration and policy enforcementAutomatic desktop provisioning with optional “smart pooling”Desktop persistence and secure tunneling optionsMicrosoft AD integration and optional 2-factor authentication via RSA SecurID®

End-to-end enterprise-class desktop control and manageability

Familiar end user experience

Tightly integrated with VMware’s proven virtualization platform (VI3)

Scalability, security and availability suitable for organizations of all sizes

Centralized Virtual Desktops

VMware VDMClients

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New Enablers for Mainframe-class Availability and Reliability Across the Stack




> Site Recovery Manager

> Storage VMotion> HA Updates

Automation of disaster recovery set up, testing, failover and failback

Non-disruptive migration of virtual machine disk filesProtection of virtual machines from OS failures

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Prevent planned outages Quick recovery from unplanned outages

ComponentNIC TeamingMultipathing

ServerDRS with Maintenance Mode

VMotionHA

Storage Storage VMotion VCB

Data N/A VCB

Site Site Recovery Manager

Manage All Types of Downtime

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Minimizes planned downtime due to storage Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion

Storage VMotion

Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks

Zero downtime to virtual machinesLUN independentSupported for Fibre Channel SANs

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Array A (off lease)

LUN A2

LUN A1

Storage VMotion for Storage Array Migration

Non disruptively:Refresh to new arrays Migrate to different class of storageVM granularity, LUN Independent

Array B (NEW)

LUN B2

LUN B1

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Storage VMotion for Storage I/O Optimization

Non-disruptively:Eliminate virtual machine storage I/O bottlenecksMove individual virtual machines to best performing LUNsI/O Bottleneck

LUN 2

LUN 1

OptimizedSet LUN 2

Bottleneck Eliminated

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HA Enhancements

Simple, cost effective availability for any workloadMinimizes unplanned downtime due to hardware and OS failures

32-node clustersProactive cluster configuration checksIndividual VM Failure monitoring (experimental) :

Monitors virtual machines for guest OS failuresAutomatically restarts VM after specified interval

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Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

Consolidated Backup (VCB) Enhancements

Support for VMs running on iSCSI, NAS or local storageRun VCB within a VMUse VMware Converter to restore VCB imagesFull GUI Integration with leading partners

Simplified data protection setup and configuration1 step restore procedure for virtual machines

Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Simplifies and automates disaster recovery workflows:

Setup, testing, failover, failback

Provides central management of recovery plans from VirtualCenterTurns manual recovery processes into automated recovery plansSimplifies integration with 3rd-party storage replication

Introducing VMware Site Recovery ManagerSite Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure

to transform disaster recovery

Makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable, manageable, affordable

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Site Recovery Manager Key Components

Storage

Servers

VMware Infrastructure

VirtualCenter Site Recovery Manager Service

Protected virtual machines

3rd-party Replication

Production Disaster Recovery

Storage

Servers

VMware Infrastructure

VirtualCenter

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Summary of Benefits Site Recovery Manager Leverages VMware Infrastructure to Make Disaster Recovery

RapidAutomate disaster recovery setup, failover, failback, and testingEliminate complexities of traditional recovery

ReliableEnsure proper execution of recovery planEnable easier, more frequent tests

ManageableCentrally manage recovery plansMake plans dynamic to match environment

AffordableUtilize recovery site infrastructureReduce management costs

These features are representative of feature areas under development. Feature commitments must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.

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Platform for Any OS, Hardware, Application




> ESX Server> ESX Server 3i

Performance OptimizationsScalability EnhancementsExpanded compatibility

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Large memory pages

Paravirtualization

NPIV Support

TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)Jumbo Frames

Performance Scale Compatibility

Ubuntu64GB virtual RAM

256 GB of physical RAM

10 GigE Infiniband

SATA devices

Windows Vista

Virtualization Platform Enhancements

Storage

Network

Virtual Machines

ESX Server

CPUMemory

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Performance Benefits

Standardization on virtualization benefits IT processes by:

Eliminating variability associated with physical hardwareReducing number of specific processes for “special” applications

Performance optimizations allow easy extension of virtualization in the datacenter to all applications

Source: Comprehensive survey of VMware Infrastructure customers in Oct 2007

VMware Virtual Machine Workloads (% Deploying)

48%

46%

56%

54%

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Other Infrastructure(File, print etc)

Databases

Web Servers

EnterpriseApplications

Shared Infrastructure For All Workloads

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Application Performance Benefits – an exampleAchieve 60,000 iops with ESX Server 3.5

Average across 15,000 Oracle databases is 1280 iops

Average 4 CPU database iops is data collected from Capacity Planner which collects iops info throughout the day at regular sampling intervals

ESX Server i/o throughput is not a constraint for virtualizing most databases

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Virtualization Platform Enhancements Paravirtualization

Enables Linux to run at higher perform-ance by making it virtualization-aware

Performance benefits seen for workloads such as large databases, multi-process apps

Paravirtualization is making the guest OS virtualization aware and more performant running on a hypervisor

VMware led successful industry collaboration effort to create a standard interface - paravirt ops - that allows standard Linux kernel (2.6.21) to be VMware virtualization aware

Ubuntu 7.04 now uses this interface

Storage

Network

Virtual Machines

ESX Server

Memory

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Paravirtualization Benefits

Paravirtualization benefits workloads when virtual machines are

Switching between several different execution threadsExecuting network and disk i/o

Large databases, multi-process applications, file servers, web servers typically benefit from these improvements

BT =Binary translation

VMI = VMware Para-virtualization interface

Guest OS used in the experiment: SLES 10 SP1, 2.6.16 VMI patched kernel

Virtual machine characteristics: 1 virtual cpu, 1GB memory

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Storage

Network

Virtual Machines

ESX Server

Memory

Virtualization Platform EnhancementsMemory Management

Large memory pages for more efficient memory access

Benefits memory intensive workloads such as databases, Java apps

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Virtualization Platform Enhancements Network

Benefit network intensive workloads (e.g. backups over LAN, webservers, Citrix, Win Terminal Services, iSCSI) in virtual machines

TCP Segmentation Offload* reduces CPU overhead by streamlining TCP processingJumbo frames* allow reduced TCP/IP processing by enabling larger frame sizesSupport for 10 GigE for network intensive workloads**

Storage

Network

Virtual Machines

ESX Server

CPUMemory

* Supported for ESX Server hosts and select guests

**10 GigE not supported for the ESX iSCSI software initiator

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Networking Performance Benefits

TSO & Jumbo frames enable faster throughput with lower CPU overhead

I/O intensive workloads achieve faster throughput times

Enables consolidation of greater number of workloads per server

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Summary - What is New?


VirtualInfrastructure

Virtual Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Optimization

Software Lifecycle

Desktop Management

Business Continuity

ESX Server 3i 3.5 ESX Server 3.5

> Virtual Center> Guided

Consolidation> Update

Manager

> Site Recovery Manager

> VDI> Virtual Desktop

Manager> ACE

> Lab Manager

> Storage VMotion

> VMotion

> DRS> Distributed

Power Mgmt

> HA> VM failures> VCB

Resource Management Availability Mobility

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Other Enhancements with VI 3.5


VirtualInfrastructure

Virtual Infrastructure Management

Resource Management Availability Mobility

> Increased HA isolation addresses

> Failover customizations

> VirtualCenter scales to 200 hosts and 2000 VMs> Multimedia application support for VDI deployments > Automation for VMware Tools batch and scheduled install> Network CDP Support> Data store browser

VirtualCenter

> Experimental IOAT v1 support> IPv6 support for guests

> VMotion with local swap files

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Virtualization Platform Enhancements Storage Performance

Enables performance optimization through more granular traffic monitoring

NPIV allows assignment of virtual HBAs to individual virtual machinesEnables QoS through SAN tools

Storage

Network

Virtual Machines

ESX Server

CPUMemory

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