The document discusses automation of VMware environments at Newmarket International, a company with 20,000 users relying on a critical application suite. Key points:
- Newmarket implemented complete redundancy across primary and secondary sites using storage-based replication between IBM DS4700 arrays and custom scripts to re-register VMs after failover.
- Automation tools included Windows PowerShell, VIMA, Perl scripts, cluster services, and hardware features.
- Tasks automated included installation, configuration, upgrades, disaster recovery, and management.
- Issues addressed were automating DR without SRM, detecting PCI device configurations, handling VMDK files on different LUNs, and tiered network architectures.
This document provides an overview of Oracle VM server virtualization technology. It discusses Oracle VM features such as the ability to run Linux and Windows guests, 64-bit support, live migration, and integrated management. Performance results show Oracle VM introduces minimal overhead. Case studies demonstrate how Oracle VM allows customers to reduce hardware, increase utilization rates, and lower support costs.
This document provides a safe harbor statement regarding Oracle's products and services. It explains that the information provided describes the general direction of Oracle's products but is not meant as a guarantee of capabilities or features. It also states that the information is subject to change at Oracle's discretion and should not be considered as factors for purchase decisions.
This document provides an agenda and summaries for a presentation on troubleshooting VMware vSphere 4. The agenda includes sessions on CPU, memory, storage, network, and troubleshooting tools. The document summarizes techniques for troubleshooting CPU readiness, memory ballooning, page sharing, swapping, and limitations. It emphasizes using tools like esxtop, vCenter, and vscsiStats to diagnose performance issues.
Integration with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arraysVeeam Software
Providing Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ is priority one for a modern data center. Veeam® Availability Suite™ v9 contains integration with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arrays, delivering the best RTPO™ (recovery time and point objectives).
The Unofficial VCAP / VCP VMware Study GuideVeeam Software
Veeam® is happy to provide the VMware community with new, unofficial study guides prepared by VMware certified professionals Jason Langer and Josh Coen.
Free VCP5-DCV Study Guide
In this 136-page study guide Jason and Josh cover all seven of the exam blueprint sections to help prepare you for the VCP exam.
Free VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
For those currently holding their VCP certification and want to take it up a notch, Jason and Josh have you covered with the 248-page VCAP5-DCA study guide. Using this study guide along with hands-on lab time will help you in the three and a half hours, lab-based VCAP5-DCA exam.
The document provides tips and techniques for optimizing performance of virtual machines when using various virtualization platforms like VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual Server, and ESX Server. It discusses best practices for configuring hardware, storage, networking and guest operating systems to maximize efficiency and minimize resource usage of virtual machines. General recommendations include adding RAM and CPUs, using solid state drives, installing VMware Tools/Virtual Machine Additions, and defragmenting disks.
This document discusses VMware performance troubleshooting. It covers topics like root cause analysis, performance characteristics of CPU, memory, disk and networking, and tools like ESXTop, vm-support and the service console. It provides guidelines on capacity planning, virtual machine optimization and design best practices.
This document provides an overview of Oracle VM server virtualization technology. It discusses Oracle VM features such as the ability to run Linux and Windows guests, 64-bit support, live migration, and integrated management. Performance results show Oracle VM introduces minimal overhead. Case studies demonstrate how Oracle VM allows customers to reduce hardware, increase utilization rates, and lower support costs.
This document provides a safe harbor statement regarding Oracle's products and services. It explains that the information provided describes the general direction of Oracle's products but is not meant as a guarantee of capabilities or features. It also states that the information is subject to change at Oracle's discretion and should not be considered as factors for purchase decisions.
This document provides an agenda and summaries for a presentation on troubleshooting VMware vSphere 4. The agenda includes sessions on CPU, memory, storage, network, and troubleshooting tools. The document summarizes techniques for troubleshooting CPU readiness, memory ballooning, page sharing, swapping, and limitations. It emphasizes using tools like esxtop, vCenter, and vscsiStats to diagnose performance issues.
Integration with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arraysVeeam Software
Providing Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ is priority one for a modern data center. Veeam® Availability Suite™ v9 contains integration with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arrays, delivering the best RTPO™ (recovery time and point objectives).
The Unofficial VCAP / VCP VMware Study GuideVeeam Software
Veeam® is happy to provide the VMware community with new, unofficial study guides prepared by VMware certified professionals Jason Langer and Josh Coen.
Free VCP5-DCV Study Guide
In this 136-page study guide Jason and Josh cover all seven of the exam blueprint sections to help prepare you for the VCP exam.
Free VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
For those currently holding their VCP certification and want to take it up a notch, Jason and Josh have you covered with the 248-page VCAP5-DCA study guide. Using this study guide along with hands-on lab time will help you in the three and a half hours, lab-based VCAP5-DCA exam.
The document provides tips and techniques for optimizing performance of virtual machines when using various virtualization platforms like VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual Server, and ESX Server. It discusses best practices for configuring hardware, storage, networking and guest operating systems to maximize efficiency and minimize resource usage of virtual machines. General recommendations include adding RAM and CPUs, using solid state drives, installing VMware Tools/Virtual Machine Additions, and defragmenting disks.
This document discusses VMware performance troubleshooting. It covers topics like root cause analysis, performance characteristics of CPU, memory, disk and networking, and tools like ESXTop, vm-support and the service console. It provides guidelines on capacity planning, virtual machine optimization and design best practices.
The document summarizes an initial presentation for a server consolidation project at a customer in Cincinnati, OH. It includes an agenda covering an overview of the project, a review of performance metrics and architecture/financial assumptions, and next steps. It also provides details on the business goals for consolidation, an impact assessment using VMware tools, scenarios considered, and financial findings showing a three year payback period and ROI for consolidation options.
VMware vSphere - практические аспекты и ценность для бизнесаareconster
VMware vSphere 4 is a virtualization platform and operational system that improves on previous versions with new features. Key enhancements include improved management of computing resources, storage optimizations like thin provisioning, and an enhanced distributed virtual switch for network management across hosts. These updates aim to increase consolidation ratios and reduce infrastructure costs for businesses using vSphere.
Using Virtualization To Improve Development And Testingelliando dias
Using virtualization can improve software development and testing by providing benefits like simplified administration, increased hardware utilization through server consolidation, and decreased provisioning times. Virtualization allows for scenarios like setting up test environments, simulating multiple clients, and rapid setup/teardown of test environments. Best practices for managing performance include profiling applications, monitoring resource usage, and treating virtual machines like physical machines for maintenance purposes.
The document provides information about troubleshooting VMware App Volumes, including where to find relevant log files and events. It discusses log files from the App Volumes Manager, App Volumes Agent, ESXi host, and SQL database. It also provides examples of issues like the SQL database becoming unreachable, Active Directory becoming unreachable, and the vCenter server becoming unreachable. The document describes how to use the Ruby console and PowerShell to help troubleshoot the App Volumes Manager.
This document discusses best practices for virtualizing databases. It begins with an introduction of the presenters, Michael Corey and Jeff Szastak, who are experts in virtualizing Oracle and SQL Server databases. The document then covers reasons for virtualizing databases, including flexibility, efficiency of resources, and cost savings. It provides examples of large production databases that have been successfully virtualized. The document discusses performance results from testing that show virtualized database performance is typically within 5% of physical performance. It provides recommendations for right-sizing resources and avoiding configurations like BIOS settings that could negatively impact performance. The overall message is that databases can be successfully virtualized while meeting service level agreements by following best practices.
VMworld 2013: Storage IO Control: Concepts, Configuration and Best Practices ...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Sachin Manpathak, VMware
Mustafa Uysal, VMware
Sunil Muralidhar, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This document discusses building a management cluster with VMware VSAN for isolated management of a vSphere environment. A management cluster provides dedicated resources for infrastructure management and monitoring separate from production workloads. The author configured a management cluster with 3 Dell servers each containing SSDs for caching and HDDs for capacity. VSAN was chosen for storage to provide high availability and simplify management without an additional storage array. Various management and support VMs were configured to utilize the resources of the management cluster. Performance testing showed over 40,000 IOPS and 163 MB/s throughput. Some initial issues were encountered but resolved with VMware patches. Tips are provided for sizing, documentation, and monitoring the management cluster.
Top Issues For Microsoft Support For Windows ServerBlauge
The document provides resolutions for common issues customers experience with Hyper-V virtualization. It addresses problems such as virtual machines failing to start or load devices correctly, snapshots being lost, virtual machines disappearing, and backup or cluster configuration failures. Resolutions include enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS, installing necessary drivers and service packs, and following steps documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.
This document provides an overview of vMotion capabilities in VMware vSphere, including:
- Types of virtual machine migrations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, and shared-nothing vMotion.
- Requirements for vMotion like compatible CPUs and network connectivity.
- Enhanced features in vSphere 6 like separate vMotion networking stacks and long distance vMotion.
- Best practices for vMotion planning, limitations, and troubleshooting migration errors.
This document summarizes a new product called vPower that provides faster and more efficient backups compared to traditional solutions. vPower uses direct-SAN-access with Changed Block Tracking to backup virtual machines, compressing and deduplicating backups within 3 minutes. It also enables features like storage migration and verification of backups. The document contrasts vPower's simpler, more automated approach to backing up virtual environments versus the expensive agents and multiple complex steps required by traditional backup solutions.
Running your Java EE 6 Applications in the CloudArun Gupta
This document discusses running Java EE 6 applications in the cloud. It provides an overview of Java EE 6 and demonstrates deploying applications to various cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, RightScale, Microsoft Azure, and Joyent. It also compares these platforms and discusses how Java EE can evolve to better support cloud computing.
This document provides an overview and introduction to virtual storage concepts in VMware vSphere, including NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores. It discusses storage protocols, multipathing, and best practices for configuring and managing different types of datastores. The document is divided into several sections covering storage concepts, iSCSI, NFS, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores.
This document provides a proof of concept guide for evaluating VMware's Virtual SAN (VSAN) storage technology. It outlines the requirements, setup instructions, and test workflows to complete a full evaluation. The guide walks through configuring a VSAN cluster, creating VM storage policies, deploying VMs, testing availability and troubleshooting tools. Completing the steps will give customers hands-on experience with VSAN's full capabilities.
The document summarizes steps taken to update the database (db) nodes on an Exadata system from software version 11.2.3.2.1 to 11.2.3.3.0 using the dbnodeupdate.sh utility. It provides details of prerequisites, running the utility in update mode with the -u flag and specified media source, and validations performed during the process including dependency checks. The summary includes checking for known issues, collecting diagnostics, and noting next steps after upgrade completion.
Cvc2009 Moscow Xen App5 Fp1 Fabian Kienle FinalLiudmila Li
The document provides an overview of the new features included in the XenApp 5 Feature Pack, including User Profile Manager, Workflow Studio, Citrix Receiver for Windows, and Citrix Receiver for iPhone. It describes each feature, how it works, and which XenApp editions it applies to. The Feature Pack is a collection of new XenApp features released between January and March 2009 to enhance XenApp 5.
Optimize oracle on VMware (April 2011)Guy Harrison
- Virtualizing Oracle databases on VMware ESX requires careful configuration and monitoring of memory, CPU, and I/O resources to avoid performance issues.
- ESX uses memory overcommitment and techniques like ballooning and swapping to manage physical memory across VMs, which can cause problems if they page Oracle memory like the SGA.
- Multiple virtual CPUs on a VM must wait to be scheduled on the physical CPUs, showing up as ready time and impacting performance of CPU-intensive workloads.
- Dedicating storage, using raw device mapping (RDM), and tuning I/O can help optimize storage performance for virtualized Oracle databases.
This document discusses optimizing Oracle databases that run on VMware virtual machines. It covers VMware's memory, CPU, and I/O resource management and provides recommendations for configuration. Key points include using memory reservations to avoid swapping, allocating enough vCPUs while avoiding overprovisioning, dedicating storage and enabling Storage I/O Control for I/O performance. Oracle RAC support on VMware requires Oracle 11.2.0.2 or higher.
JFokus 2011 - Running your Java EE 6 apps in the CloudArun Gupta
Oracle provides Java EE 6 application servers and databases that can run on various cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, RightScale, Microsoft Azure, and Joyent. These cloud platforms offer virtual servers, storage, databases and additional services that allow flexible deployment of Java EE 6 applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Pricing models vary between platforms and include consumption-based or commitment-based options.
El documento presenta algunas oraciones breves que describen situaciones, personas y sentimientos. Las oraciones incluyen información sobre la hora, la ocupación, el origen, la personalidad, las características físicas, la ubicación y los sentimientos de diferentes personas y situaciones.
The document discusses whether associations should attract international members or expand globally. It provides evidence of global growth fueling international expansion among associations. Signs that a client may be ready for expansion include a growing non-US presence and reliance on international members for revenue growth. Key ingredients for successful expansion include market analysis, financial analysis, operational analysis, and securing local volunteer and management support. Success looks like sustained regional growth trends in participation, revenues exceeding expenses, and more global leadership and contributions. Tips for managing the expansion process include collecting evidence of demand, defining growth expectations, conducting market analysis, creating a business plan, securing funding, and finding regional support.
The document summarizes an initial presentation for a server consolidation project at a customer in Cincinnati, OH. It includes an agenda covering an overview of the project, a review of performance metrics and architecture/financial assumptions, and next steps. It also provides details on the business goals for consolidation, an impact assessment using VMware tools, scenarios considered, and financial findings showing a three year payback period and ROI for consolidation options.
VMware vSphere - практические аспекты и ценность для бизнесаareconster
VMware vSphere 4 is a virtualization platform and operational system that improves on previous versions with new features. Key enhancements include improved management of computing resources, storage optimizations like thin provisioning, and an enhanced distributed virtual switch for network management across hosts. These updates aim to increase consolidation ratios and reduce infrastructure costs for businesses using vSphere.
Using Virtualization To Improve Development And Testingelliando dias
Using virtualization can improve software development and testing by providing benefits like simplified administration, increased hardware utilization through server consolidation, and decreased provisioning times. Virtualization allows for scenarios like setting up test environments, simulating multiple clients, and rapid setup/teardown of test environments. Best practices for managing performance include profiling applications, monitoring resource usage, and treating virtual machines like physical machines for maintenance purposes.
The document provides information about troubleshooting VMware App Volumes, including where to find relevant log files and events. It discusses log files from the App Volumes Manager, App Volumes Agent, ESXi host, and SQL database. It also provides examples of issues like the SQL database becoming unreachable, Active Directory becoming unreachable, and the vCenter server becoming unreachable. The document describes how to use the Ruby console and PowerShell to help troubleshoot the App Volumes Manager.
This document discusses best practices for virtualizing databases. It begins with an introduction of the presenters, Michael Corey and Jeff Szastak, who are experts in virtualizing Oracle and SQL Server databases. The document then covers reasons for virtualizing databases, including flexibility, efficiency of resources, and cost savings. It provides examples of large production databases that have been successfully virtualized. The document discusses performance results from testing that show virtualized database performance is typically within 5% of physical performance. It provides recommendations for right-sizing resources and avoiding configurations like BIOS settings that could negatively impact performance. The overall message is that databases can be successfully virtualized while meeting service level agreements by following best practices.
VMworld 2013: Storage IO Control: Concepts, Configuration and Best Practices ...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Sachin Manpathak, VMware
Mustafa Uysal, VMware
Sunil Muralidhar, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This document discusses building a management cluster with VMware VSAN for isolated management of a vSphere environment. A management cluster provides dedicated resources for infrastructure management and monitoring separate from production workloads. The author configured a management cluster with 3 Dell servers each containing SSDs for caching and HDDs for capacity. VSAN was chosen for storage to provide high availability and simplify management without an additional storage array. Various management and support VMs were configured to utilize the resources of the management cluster. Performance testing showed over 40,000 IOPS and 163 MB/s throughput. Some initial issues were encountered but resolved with VMware patches. Tips are provided for sizing, documentation, and monitoring the management cluster.
Top Issues For Microsoft Support For Windows ServerBlauge
The document provides resolutions for common issues customers experience with Hyper-V virtualization. It addresses problems such as virtual machines failing to start or load devices correctly, snapshots being lost, virtual machines disappearing, and backup or cluster configuration failures. Resolutions include enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS, installing necessary drivers and service packs, and following steps documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.
This document provides an overview of vMotion capabilities in VMware vSphere, including:
- Types of virtual machine migrations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, and shared-nothing vMotion.
- Requirements for vMotion like compatible CPUs and network connectivity.
- Enhanced features in vSphere 6 like separate vMotion networking stacks and long distance vMotion.
- Best practices for vMotion planning, limitations, and troubleshooting migration errors.
This document summarizes a new product called vPower that provides faster and more efficient backups compared to traditional solutions. vPower uses direct-SAN-access with Changed Block Tracking to backup virtual machines, compressing and deduplicating backups within 3 minutes. It also enables features like storage migration and verification of backups. The document contrasts vPower's simpler, more automated approach to backing up virtual environments versus the expensive agents and multiple complex steps required by traditional backup solutions.
Running your Java EE 6 Applications in the CloudArun Gupta
This document discusses running Java EE 6 applications in the cloud. It provides an overview of Java EE 6 and demonstrates deploying applications to various cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, RightScale, Microsoft Azure, and Joyent. It also compares these platforms and discusses how Java EE can evolve to better support cloud computing.
This document provides an overview and introduction to virtual storage concepts in VMware vSphere, including NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores. It discusses storage protocols, multipathing, and best practices for configuring and managing different types of datastores. The document is divided into several sections covering storage concepts, iSCSI, NFS, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores.
This document provides a proof of concept guide for evaluating VMware's Virtual SAN (VSAN) storage technology. It outlines the requirements, setup instructions, and test workflows to complete a full evaluation. The guide walks through configuring a VSAN cluster, creating VM storage policies, deploying VMs, testing availability and troubleshooting tools. Completing the steps will give customers hands-on experience with VSAN's full capabilities.
The document summarizes steps taken to update the database (db) nodes on an Exadata system from software version 11.2.3.2.1 to 11.2.3.3.0 using the dbnodeupdate.sh utility. It provides details of prerequisites, running the utility in update mode with the -u flag and specified media source, and validations performed during the process including dependency checks. The summary includes checking for known issues, collecting diagnostics, and noting next steps after upgrade completion.
Cvc2009 Moscow Xen App5 Fp1 Fabian Kienle FinalLiudmila Li
The document provides an overview of the new features included in the XenApp 5 Feature Pack, including User Profile Manager, Workflow Studio, Citrix Receiver for Windows, and Citrix Receiver for iPhone. It describes each feature, how it works, and which XenApp editions it applies to. The Feature Pack is a collection of new XenApp features released between January and March 2009 to enhance XenApp 5.
Optimize oracle on VMware (April 2011)Guy Harrison
- Virtualizing Oracle databases on VMware ESX requires careful configuration and monitoring of memory, CPU, and I/O resources to avoid performance issues.
- ESX uses memory overcommitment and techniques like ballooning and swapping to manage physical memory across VMs, which can cause problems if they page Oracle memory like the SGA.
- Multiple virtual CPUs on a VM must wait to be scheduled on the physical CPUs, showing up as ready time and impacting performance of CPU-intensive workloads.
- Dedicating storage, using raw device mapping (RDM), and tuning I/O can help optimize storage performance for virtualized Oracle databases.
This document discusses optimizing Oracle databases that run on VMware virtual machines. It covers VMware's memory, CPU, and I/O resource management and provides recommendations for configuration. Key points include using memory reservations to avoid swapping, allocating enough vCPUs while avoiding overprovisioning, dedicating storage and enabling Storage I/O Control for I/O performance. Oracle RAC support on VMware requires Oracle 11.2.0.2 or higher.
JFokus 2011 - Running your Java EE 6 apps in the CloudArun Gupta
Oracle provides Java EE 6 application servers and databases that can run on various cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, RightScale, Microsoft Azure, and Joyent. These cloud platforms offer virtual servers, storage, databases and additional services that allow flexible deployment of Java EE 6 applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Pricing models vary between platforms and include consumption-based or commitment-based options.
El documento presenta algunas oraciones breves que describen situaciones, personas y sentimientos. Las oraciones incluyen información sobre la hora, la ocupación, el origen, la personalidad, las características físicas, la ubicación y los sentimientos de diferentes personas y situaciones.
The document discusses whether associations should attract international members or expand globally. It provides evidence of global growth fueling international expansion among associations. Signs that a client may be ready for expansion include a growing non-US presence and reliance on international members for revenue growth. Key ingredients for successful expansion include market analysis, financial analysis, operational analysis, and securing local volunteer and management support. Success looks like sustained regional growth trends in participation, revenues exceeding expenses, and more global leadership and contributions. Tips for managing the expansion process include collecting evidence of demand, defining growth expectations, conducting market analysis, creating a business plan, securing funding, and finding regional support.
The Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (EEAC) provides free and impartial advice to households on reducing energy use and carbon emissions. It was set up by the Energy Saving Trust to help the UK meet targets of reducing CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010 and 60% by 2050. Simple and low-cost energy efficiency measures like loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, and installing a condensing boiler can save households over £500 per year while also helping to address issues of rising energy consumption, climate change, and health problems from cold homes.
The document presents a quotation for a control room monitoring and centralization system from Green Power Monitor (GPM) for client Montealto. It includes layout plans for a 48 square meter control room, images of example control rooms, case studies of previous successful control room installations, and details on maintenance services provided by GPM such as hosting, backups, remote maintenance and monitoring through GPM's web platform.
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang biaya dan beban dalam konteks akuntansi. Biaya didefinisikan sebagai pengorbanan sumber daya ekonomi yang diukur dalam satuan uang, sedangkan beban adalah biaya yang sudah habis masa berlakunya. Dokumen ini juga membedah jenis-jenis biaya berdasarkan objek pengeluarannya, sifatnya, dan periode manfaatnya.
The document discusses the key aspects of Web 2.0 and how information is shared in new ways. It describes how RSS feeds, blogs, social networks like Twitter and MySpace, and video conferencing allow information to come to users and be shared widely. Examples of using blogs and Google Apps for sharing messages, photos, videos and collaborating on documents and projects are provided. The presentation emphasizes that Web 2.0 enables information to be found globally and shared in new, dynamic ways.
The Tantric Team: Getting Your Automated Build Groove OnAtlassian
Want to take your build automation to the next level? This session explains the process of setting up an automated software development infrastructure using the Atlassian tools, focusing on continuous integration. This session outlines key steps involved in automating a typical Java project using Ant, Bamboo, FishEye, Clover, JIRA and a large cast of other supporting tools.
Customer Speaker: Rik Tam-Daniels
Key Takeaways:
Continuous integration how-to
Integrating multiple Atlassian tools, along with other development infrastructure
Peer Code Review: In a Nutshell and The Tantric Team: Getting Your Automated ...Atlassian
Peer Code Review: In a Nutshell
Development is inherently collaborative. So why aren't you doing code review? This session discusses the importance of collaboration around your source code, the impact code review can have on development teams, and offers guidance on how to get started.
Atlassian Speaker: Matt Quail
Customer Speaker: Patrick Coleman of Dash
Key Takeaways:
* Peer code review explained
* Benefits and approaches to effective code review
The Tantric Team: Getting Your Automated Build Groove On
Want to take your build automation to the next level? This session explains the process of setting up an automated software development infrastructure using the Atlassian tools, focusing on continuous integration. This session outlines key steps involved in automating a typical Java project using Ant, Bamboo, FishEye, Clover, JIRA and a large cast of other supporting tools.
Customer Speaker: Rik Tamm-Daniels
Key Takeaways:
* Continuous integration how-to
* Integrating multiple Atlassian tools, along with other development infrastructure
SAP Business One; Step-by-Step Guide for Installation, configuration on Virtu...Nasir Gondal
This guide is very helpful for “SAP Business One” learners. I have explained – Installation of Server, Installation of SQL Server2005, Installation of client, Post installation important steps, how to setup new company in SBO and few common SBO problems.
I trust you will enjoy this step by step guide and its great learning experience.
(Nasir Gondal)
The document discusses eG Innovations' performance management monitoring solution. It provides an overview of eG and how it can monitor virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments. eG offers deep visibility into all layers of VDI, including the virtualization platform, connection broker, profile server, and individual user sessions. It monitors over 150 applications and infrastructure components to provide comprehensive performance monitoring of complex VDI environments.
This document provides installation instructions for 1KEY Release 2.0.1. It outlines the necessary prerequisites, hardware requirements, and step-by-step procedures for installing various software components on the server and client systems. This includes installing MDAC, Windows Installer, .NET Framework 2.0, SQL Server 2005, 1KEY application, and other utilities. The goal is to guide users through setting up all the required software in the correct order to successfully implement the 1KEY Release 2.0.1 solution.
Introduction to deployment with Ruby on Rails presented at JAX09 in Mainz by Jonathan Weiss.
Learn about the deployment architectures and setups (web and app tier) and using Capistrano/Webistrano.
The document provides 30 tips for optimizing virtual machine performance. Some key tips include allocating only the CPUs and RAM needed for each VM, upgrading to VMware tools version 7 for performance improvements, enabling hyperthreading, setting NICs to autonegotiate, and disconnecting unused physical hardware devices from VMs. The document emphasizes the importance of right-sizing resources for each VM based on its specific workload.
High-Octane Dev Teams: Three Things You Can Do To Improve Code QualityAtlassian
Bugs suck. But we know they are inevitable. Finding bugs fast and dealing with them early results in higher quality code. This session explores the practical approaches to improving code quality with automated testing, continuous integration and effective code review.
Atlassian Speaker: Brendan Humphreys
Customer Speaker: Rik Tamm-Daniels of Attivio
Key Takeaways:
* Overviews of key concepts and how to get started
* Walk-throughs and configuration tips for Clover, Bamboo and Crucible
* Stories from the trenches
This document discusses network topology offloading using intelligent network interface cards (NICs). It proposes using a programmable network processor like the Netronome NFP3200 to implement complex network topologies in software and offload the data and control planes for network functions like switching, firewalls, and load balancing. Example topologies are presented to demonstrate how virtual machines could be connected using common network elements like switches implemented entirely in the network processor.
This document discusses the history and development of the Xen hypervisor project. It provides an overview of how paravirtualization and hardware-assisted virtualization have improved performance. It also examines how virtualization benefits security through policy enforcement and workload isolation. Network and memory management virtualization techniques are described that improve performance for virtual machines.
The document discusses virtualization technologies including fully virtualized and para-virtualized systems. It describes the benefits of virtualization for high availability, increased hardware utilization, separating services from hardware, business continuity, and testing new systems. Specific virtualization software and hardware configurations are provided as examples.
The document discusses deploying VMware on SoftLayer infrastructure. It defines virtualization and lists benefits of virtual machines like partitioning, isolation, encapsulation and hardware independence. Reasons given for choosing VMware include high availability, live migration capabilities like vMotion and Storage vMotion, and management tools. Choosing VMware on SoftLayer is recommended due to lower costs compared to on-premise VMware licensing and infrastructure, and SoftLayer's cloud capabilities like scalability and bare metal servers. The document provides guidance on simple and recommended configurations for deploying VMware on SoftLayer ranging from a single ESXi host to a three-host highly available cluster.
Brian Moon discusses the evolution of the architecture of dealnews.com from a single server setup in the late 1990s to a clustered architecture in 2008. The initial setup encountered bottlenecks with software load balancing and using NFS. They overcame these by implementing hardware load balancing, dropping NFS, and using Memcached for caching. As traffic increased from sites like Digg and Yahoo!, they added more servers, offloaded static content to a CDN, and implemented a custom caching proxy and "pushed cache" to prevent stampeding. Their current architecture loads balances incoming traffic with F5 BIG-IP and uses replication and load balancing for the database.
Varnish is configured to improve site response time. The document provides instructions on setting up Varnish cache in front of a web server. It discusses requirements like routing all traffic through a firewall and caching content for 6 hours if the origin server is down. It also covers estimating cache size, installing Varnish and plugins to monitor performance, and ensuring Varnish automatically restarts.
The document discusses virtualization and its implementation at GHCL Ltd's Sutrapada facility. It defines virtualization as creating virtual versions of operating systems, storage, and network resources. The goals of virtualization are to centralize administration, improve scalability and hardware utilization. Types of virtualization discussed include full, partial, and para virtualization. The document outlines how virtual machines are created, monitored, snapshotted, migrated, and used for failover. It provides an example virtualization implementation at GHCL including resource planning and allocation across three physical servers. Finally, it discusses desktop virtualization and its advantages over traditional desktop computing.
The goal of this test plan is to test SPECTRE and MELTDOWN performance impact on Intel CPU. We will run CPU intensive workloads in Virtual Machine(s) running on non-patched and patched ESXi host and observe performance impact.
We will test impact on network, storage and memory performance because these I/O intensive workloads requires CPU caching which is impacted by vulnerabilities remediation.
Qualification of performance is very specific and hard subject. The performance impact varies across different hardware and software configurations. However, performed tests are very well described in this document so the reader can understand all conditions of the test and observed results. The reader can also perform tests on his specific hardware and software configurations.
The document discusses advanced deployment strategies for Rails applications. It covers using background processing and search services to improve performance. It also discusses options for scaling databases, such as read slaves, master-master replication, and data partitioning. For applications with multiple clients, it recommends configuring clients differently but keeping the same codebase and database structure. When deploying to cloud infrastructure, it advises using a central directory service to dynamically configure database connections. Throughout, it emphasizes that simpler solutions are generally better than complex ones.
WinConnections Spring, 2011 - 30 Bite-Sized Tips for Best vSphere and Hyper-V...Concentrated Technology
The document provides 30 tips for optimizing virtual machine performance. Some key tips include purchasing hardware compatible with virtualization, using paravirtualized drivers for networking and storage, properly allocating CPU and memory resources to VMs, avoiding overuse of snapshots, performing resource-intensive tasks during off-hours, enabling jumbo frames and NTP time synchronization, and leveraging tools like DRS that prioritize faster hosts. Regular optimization and monitoring of VM configurations and underlying hardware is emphasized for maintaining good performance.
Get Your GeekOn with Ron - Session One: Designing your VDI ServersUnidesk Corporation
Join virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby as he breaks down how to select and configure servers, including:
• Server CPU selection - they were not made equal!
• Desktop-to-core guesstimation?
• Memory - and its temperamental relationship with disk design
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Vmware
Automation
Tips, Tricks & Just Good Things to Know
Peter Heigis | Ken Wilson Jan 15, 2008
2. So Here’s The Story
• 1 Company
• 1 Critical Application Set
• ~20,000 users
• COMPLETE REDUNDANCY!
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3. ®
– Sector: Hospitality – Leader in Hospitality Sales Automation
“If you’ve ever attended a meeting, conference, or special event,
chances are that software from Newmarket International was
behind that experience—from the original specification to the
execution of the individual banquets and functions.”
– Corporate offices in Portsmouth, NH, Singapore, London
– Goal: To provide a completely redundant, highly available, cost
effective, manageable and testable solution that does not
leverage any OS services for replication.
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4. – Web-based information service that distributes and
manages leads from multiple business channels
– MeetingBroker receives requests for proposals (RFPs) sent
by meeting planners and provides a suite of online tools to
more quickly assign, respond to, and analyze these leads
– Hosted in a well-known data center in Massachusetts
– Utilize Akamai for improved global network performance
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7. Automate With?
• Automation
– Windows PowerShell & Quest PowerGui
– Virtual Infrastructure Management
Assistant (VIMA) Appliance
Automation
– Perl Toolkit
– Custom Bash & Perl Scripting
– Cluster Services
– SAN Based Tools
– Hardware Based Features
Through Innovation
Call Home, RSA etc…
– Augmenting Applications
Secondary Vmware Applications 7
8. Automate How Long?
• Phased Approach
– Capacity Planner Assessment
35 Days = TCO, ROI & Consolidation Scenario
– Design Blueprint
10-15 Days - Detailed Installation and
Configuration
– Installation
5 Days- 5 IBM 3850, 2 DS-4X00
– Testing & Mitigation
5 Days -Hardware Failover, DR Failover
– Documentation
2-3 Days = SOP(s), VDOC
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9. Automation Methodology
• KISS
• Leverage Freeware
• Constant Re-evaluation
• Quick Learning Curve
• Scalable after the project
• Testable
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10. Issues to Address
• How do you automate DR without SRM?
• How do you know the configuration of PCI
devices?
• How do you deal with VMDK files located on
different LUN(s)?
• How do you handle tiered network architecture?
• How do you install ESX with attached FC?
• How does this change your backup strategy?
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12. What Was Used?
• BIOS & Firmware Updates
– IBM Auto Update
• Installation & Configuration using
– ESXi
– Kickstart
– RSA
• VM Deployment and Migration
– Windows PE
– Vizioncore
• High Availability & Failover
– HA & DRS (With Rulesets)
– SAN Based Replication
– Scripts
• Documentation
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19. Install or Recover
esx noprobe ks=hd:scd0:/kickstartfile.cfg
Or if you don’t have Remote Control
esx noprobe ks=hd:scd0:/kickstartfile.cfg
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20. Great… Where Do I Get IT
• IZARC = Free (www.izarc.org)
•HP Drive Key Boot Utility = Free (www2.hp.com)
•ESXi = Free (www.vmware.com)
•Magic ISO = $29.95 (www.magiciso.com)
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22. OK DOC… What Do I Got
• Performance
– For optimum I/O performance, the file
systems of the VMDK, the datastore and the
storage must be in proper alignment
• What’s The Deal
– Windows and Linux systems reserve space at
the beginning of a disk in order to store their
boot information (MBR partition)
– Windows assumes 63 sectors per Track
Reserves Track 0 – Sectors 0-62
– Storage Arrays assume 64 sectors per Track
• The Result
– Partition starting offset is on Track 0 Sector
63 and continues onto Track 1
– Misaligned I/O due to Track crossing
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23. Impact of Misalignment
• Performance impact of misalignment
– Varies based on workload
4K I/O 1/8 of IOs misaligned
8k I/O 1/4 of I/Os misaligned
16k I/O 1/2 of I/Os misaligned
32k I/O every I/O misaligned
– Performance hit dependent on I/O size
2-3% up to 60%
• Ask customers to correct their VM templates
– Make future VMs perform optimally
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24. How Does This Happen
• VMFS partitions created via vmkfstools will always be
misaligned
– Use fdisk to check
# fdisk –lu /dev/sd*
• VMFS partitions created via VI Client will always be
aligned
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25. VMDK Alignment Issue
• By default operating systems reserve space at the
beginning of a disk in order to store their boot
information = “the partition offset”.
• To build a VMDK:
1. Start with a VMFS Volume/LUN.
2. Create a VMDK file
3. Create a Partition and a Filesystem (within the VMDK).
Windows.vmdk
NTFS
VMFS Volume/LUN 25
26. Default Partition Offset
• Both NTFS and VMFS ultimately store blocks.
• The default partition starts at an offset of 63
sectors—32256.
• Read 1 Block within the Virtual Machine
• Requires 2 IO operations
This can cause performance issues!
NTFS
VMFS
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27. VMDK Misalignment Issue is
Vendor Neutral
• The alignment issue impacts all storage vendors
– Most are unaware of this issue
• Misaligned VMDKs is consistently a top 10 customer
support issue, reports VMware
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30. Pre-emptive Alignment Mitigation
c:diskpart
NTFS
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 4095 MB 8033 KB
Disk 1 Online 4103 MB 4103 MB
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
VMFS
DISKPART> create partition primary align=32 (64 for sql & exchange)
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
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31. Reactive Alignment Mitigation
• You Had Two Options Prior to VM Creation:
– Create VMDK, connect to existing VM for partition creation
– Create VMDK, assign to new VM, boot with Windows
Preinstall Environment CD for partition creation
• In the Old Days…You Had One Option for Alignment
– Requires Data migration
• Now You Can Do It…..Gui
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33. Automate DR?
• Success Criteria
– No Dependency on Windows based Services
– Completely Redundant
– Testable
• Solution
– (2) IBM DS 4700
– Storage Based Replication (Async)
Does not protect against corruption
• Issues
– VMFS Presentation
– VM Registration
UUID… “To Some its not a Problem”
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34. VMware DR w/SRM
Primary Site Secondary Site
Virtual Center&
Virtual Center&
VMware View Site Recovery
Site Recovery VMware View
Manager
Manager
Array Replication
Datastores Datastores
Virtual
Desktop
Virtual
Desktop
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35. Newmarket Complete Redundancy
Primary Site Re-Register VM(s)
Registered VM(s)
dc.vmdk
dc.vmdk Virtual Center
Iis.vmdk
Iis.vmdk
Mount Replicated LUN(s)
Array Replication
Datastores Datastores
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38. How We Got Around IT?
•Treated the Replication like a Snapshot
•Simple Script
•Searches all VMs for hardcoded UUID
•Creates an Array of UUID to Common Volume Names
•Comments out old entry: Replace UUID with Common Volume
Name
•Automated through cron
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39. How Backups are Affected?
•No longer necessary to backup the System Disk every week
•Only need to backup changed files (Incremental Forever)
•Leverage replicated snapshots for quick file level restore
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40. What We Used
As-Built Configuration Change
Documentation Control
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