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VMworld Europe 2014: Built to be Extended - vCloud Automation Center
- 2. 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. CONFIDENTIAL 2
- 3. Renaming existing management products 3 vRealize™ New Name Formerly vRealize™ Automation™ vCloud™ Automation Center™ vRealize™ Orchestrator™ vCenter™ Orchestrator™ vRealize™ Operations™ vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ vRealize™ Operations Manager™ vCenter™ Operations Manager vRealize™ Hyperic vCenter™ Hyperic vRealize™ Log Insight™ vCenter™ Log Insight™ vRealize™ Business™ IT Business Management™
- 4. Session Outline • Virtualization infrastructure management pain points • vCloud Automation Center extensibility architecture walk through • Reduce complexity without replacing everything! CONFIDENTIAL 4
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- 12. Virtualization Infrastructure Management Pain Points What can we do to remove pain so we can do something more interesting rather then dealing with non-stop busy work?
- 14. vCloud Automation Center Self service policy driven orchestration and automation engine with integration capabilities built in to core of the product
- 15. vCAC 15 CAFÉ MS SQL DB vPostgreSQL XaaS IaaSExtensibility WAPI SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Proxy and Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI Legend HTTPS iFrames Authentication REST SOAP SQL WAPI REST - private CAFÉ Services ASD CONFIDENTIAL
- 16. vCAC 16 CAFÉ MS SQL DB vPostgreSQL WAPI SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Proxy and Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD CONFIDENTIAL
- 17. vCAC 17 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 18. vCAC 18 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Session MGT2525 This session MGT2487 CONFIDENTIAL
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- 21. vCAC 21 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB GUI Extensibility CONFIDENTIAL
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- 24. Custom Properties • Name/value pairs of metadata • Control machine provisioning and lifecycle operations (# CPU’s, memory, disk size, etc.) • Travel with machine throughout machine lifecycle • Can be set on any level of vCAC management entities (Endpoint, Compute Resource, etc.) • Aggregated at request time • Can be marked as “Prompt User” to allow for user input at machine request time CONFIDENTIAL 24
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- 26. Property Dictionary • Expose “Prompt User” (runtime) Custom Properties via vCAC UI • Associate Custom Properties with a UI elements – CheckBox, DateTime, DropDown, Lists, Integers, etc… • Ensure clean input – Provide min/max bounds – Validate input against Regular Expressions • Allow to define Parent – Child relationships between controls • Provide descriptive display names and label text • Group controls together and modify how they appear (layouts) CONFIDENTIAL 26
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- 28. vCAC 28 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Machine request Property Dictionary Configuration CONFIDENTIAL
- 29. vCAC 29 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Machine request Property Dictionary Configuration CONFIDENTIAL
- 30. vCAC 30 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Machine request Property Dictionary Configuration CONFIDENTIAL
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- 32. vCAC 32 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Model Manager Extensibility CONFIDENTIAL
- 33. Hostname Generation and Validation • Typical use cases – Mergers, acquisitions, consolidation – Inherited Assets – Legacy Nomenclatures: Multiple teams/divisions/BU’s, each with their own conventions – Existing databases tracking names – Metadata baked into machine names • vCAC Out of the Box Hostname plugins – Generation: basic prefix + suffix for names – Validation: verify hostname unique against vCAC DB, DNS and AD • Hostname plugin framework allows creation of custom hostname generation and validation plugins 33CONFIDENTIAL
- 34. vCAC 34 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Hostname Generation and Validation Plugins configuration CONFIDENTIAL
- 35. vCAC 35 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Hostname Generation and Validation Plugins configuration CONFIDENTIAL
- 36. vCAC 36 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Master Workflow State Transitions Extensibility CONFIDENTIAL
- 37. State Transition Workflows • Integrate machine lifecycle with existing 3rd Party products – Custom Machine account - AD/LDAP – IP address management (IPAM) & DNS – CMDB (assets, audit), ITSM (tickets) – Backup, monitoring, SSO, etc. • External/customized Machine Provisioning – “I already have machine build scripts / services in place that I like to use” – Integrate with custom (existing) machine build process – Customize guest OS post cloning or post-install • Invoke custom business logic between IaaS provisioning states – Error handling, build quarantine, build restart – Custom logging or notifications CONFIDENTIAL 37
- 38. Extensibility: Adapting to Your Environment 38 vCloud Automation Center Manage RetireRequest Rebuild Generate Work Order Run Custom Script Blueprint Update Status CMDB Approve Provision CONFIDENTIAL
- 39. vCAC 39 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 40. vCAC 40 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 41. vCAC IaaS Master Workfow 41 Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisioning WF SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 42. vCAC 42 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 43. vCAC 43 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 44. vCAC 44 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 45. vCAC 45 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 46. vCAC 46 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 47. vCAC 47 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Design Center MS SQL DB CONFIDENTIAL
- 48. vCAC 48 SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI ASD MS SQL DB Guest OS Extensibility CONFIDENTIAL
- 49. Guest OS Agent (Gugent) • Generic scripting Guest OS agent – Runs executables from local disk, network location, or host mounted ISO image • Run scripts on provisioned machine after it is created • Control with Custom Properties • Install and configure Guest OS with software • Enable Guest OS integrations, install 3rd party Guest OS agents – SSO – Backup – Monitoring – Configuration tools – Compliance 49CONFIDENTIAL
- 50. Demo
- 51. Conclusion With help of vCloud Automation Center it is possible to reduce complexity of virtualization infrastructure without complete replacement
- 52. Q&A
- 53. Conclusion With help of vCloud Automation Center it is possible to reduce complexity of virtualization infrastructure without complete replacement
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- 57. vCAC 59 CAFÉ MS SQL DB vPostgreSQL XaaS IaaSExtensibility WAPI SOAP REST SNMP SQL X vCO Model Manager SSO Backup ITSM Monitoring DNS IPAM Manager Service Statefull workflows Proxy and Guest Agents DEM Workers stateless workflows DEM Orchestrators Requested WaitingToBuild BuildingMachine On UnprovisionMachine Off Disposing MachineProvisioned Master Workflow Finalized Provisio ning WF Manager Service Statefull workflows Hypervisors Virtual Physical Cloud IaaS Web UI Legend HTTPS iFrames Authentication REST SOAP SQL WAPI REST - private CAFÉ Services ASD
- 58. vCAC Extensibility with vCenter Orchestrator 60 vCloud Automation Center Self - Service Infrastructure Services Policy-Based Governance with Automated Delivery Application Services Extensibility Services Advanced Services Designer Design Center Add new IT services & create new day-2 operations Integrate with 3rd party management systems vCenter Orchestrator IT Process Automation