Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud

Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud Lai Yoong Seng (MVP Virtual Machine) www.ms4u.info | laiys@redynamics.com Redynamics Asia System Management

Session Objective and Key Takeaway• Session objectives – Product Overview : Vkernel• Key Takeaway – Chargeback product for Private Cloud

VKernel Overview• Quest Product – Performance analysis, Capacity planning – Optimization, Reporting, Chargeback• 800+ customers, 50,000+ users worldwide• Microsoft System Center Alliance partner since 2009• Full Integrated 64 bit Virtual Appliance New Version 4.7• Main competitor = VMware• “Best of Show” at VMworld 2010

Where VKernel fits in System Center Solution • Extend VMM with capacity monitoring, planning, and cost management • Alerts fed into SCOM VKernel Confidential VKernel Confidential

Integration Points Active Directory Vmware VCenter Vkernel API Access

VKernel’s vOperations Suite (vOPS)• Reporting and Chargeback – Business level grouping and views of environment – Environment documentation and reporting – Infrastructure and VM cost visibility and accounting• Performance Analyzer – Root cause with actionable recommendations / remediation – Assess impact of VM performance problems on environment – Monitor environments for capacity bottlenecks• Capacity Manager – VM placement (size and throughput) – Determine future bottlenecks – Predictive resource planning – Capacity reservations• Optimizer – Identify and reclaim wasted resources (automatically) – Optimize resource allocation by VM (CPU, Memory, Storage)

VKernel’sPerformance Monitoring Product

Performance Monitoring• Real Time Monitoring• Monitoring the VM – Extend further to guest OS, non- virtualize server, server hardware, etc (Enterprise)• Correlate system events to VM Performance

Real Time Alert –Root Cause

Impact Analysis

Current Bottleneck-Summary

Memory

Analysis-Why?

Storage

Throughput

Analysis- Throughput

Latency

VKernel’sCapacity Management Product

Capacity Planning Requirement• Predict Resource Exhaustion• Identify Available Slots for Safe VM Deployment• Forecast future hardware needs and time frames

VKernel’sResource Optimization Product

Optimization Requirements• Size VM Resource Allocations Correctly• Identify and Remove Data Waste Files and Idle VM

Rightsizer-Summary

Memory

Storage

Wastefinder- Abandoned VM

VKernel’sReporting Product

Reporting• Customize Dashboard• Querying• Customize Service Level Reporting (Enterprise)

Dashboard

Reporting

Sample Report-Storage

Sample Report- VM Count

Sample Report-Memory

Sample Report-Utilization

Inventory

VM Detail View

VKernel’sChargeback Product

Chargeback Requirement• Calculate Total Billing/Show back amount• Distribute or Export Chargeback Amount• Determine the Operational for Individual VM

VKernel Chargeback• Allocated and actual (utilized) costs• Intelligent business views to group VMs into applications, services, etc. – each with it’s own cost model• Custom fields for allocation of additional costs (power, space, cooling, support, etc.)• Automated, scheduled reporting (email, PDF, CSV formats)• Rest-based API and integration with VMM Self-Service Portal

VKernel vOperations Suite

Chargeback

Let Get Starting….•VKernel delivered as virtual appliance• Download VHD file: www.vkernel.com• Import using VM Wizard• Configure network• Install SCOM collector•Supports both Hyper-V, Vmware and Red Hat from single appliance•Minimum Requirements• 4 vCPU• 8GB of memory• 64 GB of storage space•Microsoft Software Requirements• Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (or later)• Microsoft Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (or later)

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Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud

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