This document provides an overview and agenda for a Cloud Infrastructure Launch event. It summarizes the key updates in VMware's Cloud Infrastructure 5 including vSphere 5, vCenter 5, and vCloud Director 1.5. The document outlines how these products provide a complete hybrid cloud stack that leverages virtualization to transform infrastructure into elastic, automated capacity that can span on-premise and public cloud environments. Specific enhancements in vSphere 5 like increased CPU, memory and I/O capabilities are highlighted to demonstrate how it can accelerate virtualization of business-critical applications.
Extending Cloud Foundry - London CF User Group Sept 2014.pptxTroy Astle
Extending Cloud Foundry with Open Source Toys.
A user group talk covering reliably deploying and testing Cloud Foundry using Jenkins and seamlessly and scalably monitoring your Cloud Foundry Deployments using Sensu.
Presented by Troy Astle and Matt Johnson at the September 2014 Cloud Foundry London Meetup
VMworld 2014: vCloud Hybrid Service Networking Technical Deep DiveVMworld
VMware vCloud Hybrid Service provides networking services including IPsec VPN connectivity, direct connect options, and network address translation capabilities. Customers can connect their on-premises networks to vCloud Air through various connectivity methods and extend their internal IP addressing schemes. The presentation also discusses load balancing, firewall, and intrusion detection options for securing multi-tier applications on vCloud Air. Disaster recovery with vCloud Air aims to maintain the same network configurations across sites.
This document discusses Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) integrated infrastructure for enabling private clouds based on OpenStack. It provides an overview of Cisco's validated designs for OpenStack private clouds using Cisco UCS and partnerships with other technology providers. Specifically, it describes Cisco's validated solutions for OpenStack private clouds using Cisco UCS with Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) and Ceph storage or FlexPod converged infrastructure with NetApp storage. The solutions are aimed at providing scalable, high availability OpenStack private clouds with single point of support from Cisco and its partners.
This document discusses how Puppet and Cumulus Networks can help with network automation. It provides an overview of Puppet's capabilities in defining and enforcing infrastructure configurations. Cumulus Networks offers an open network operating system that can work with Puppet for zero-touch provisioning and standardization. The document includes demos and next steps for learning more about the Puppet and Cumulus Networks integration.
Cloud Ubuntu Open Stack, Juju, MaaS - Ua Deck Nov 2013The World Bank
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu and offers Ubuntu, Juju, MAAS, and Landscape to deploy OpenStack clouds. Ubuntu is the most popular Linux on public clouds and is used by 9 out of 10 OpenStack clouds. Canonical provides automated tools, long term support, and professional services to help customers deploy and manage scalable OpenStack clouds on Ubuntu.
Extending Cloud Foundry - London CF User Group Sept 2014.pptxTroy Astle
Extending Cloud Foundry with Open Source Toys.
A user group talk covering reliably deploying and testing Cloud Foundry using Jenkins and seamlessly and scalably monitoring your Cloud Foundry Deployments using Sensu.
Presented by Troy Astle and Matt Johnson at the September 2014 Cloud Foundry London Meetup
VMworld 2014: vCloud Hybrid Service Networking Technical Deep DiveVMworld
VMware vCloud Hybrid Service provides networking services including IPsec VPN connectivity, direct connect options, and network address translation capabilities. Customers can connect their on-premises networks to vCloud Air through various connectivity methods and extend their internal IP addressing schemes. The presentation also discusses load balancing, firewall, and intrusion detection options for securing multi-tier applications on vCloud Air. Disaster recovery with vCloud Air aims to maintain the same network configurations across sites.
This document discusses Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) integrated infrastructure for enabling private clouds based on OpenStack. It provides an overview of Cisco's validated designs for OpenStack private clouds using Cisco UCS and partnerships with other technology providers. Specifically, it describes Cisco's validated solutions for OpenStack private clouds using Cisco UCS with Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) and Ceph storage or FlexPod converged infrastructure with NetApp storage. The solutions are aimed at providing scalable, high availability OpenStack private clouds with single point of support from Cisco and its partners.
This document discusses how Puppet and Cumulus Networks can help with network automation. It provides an overview of Puppet's capabilities in defining and enforcing infrastructure configurations. Cumulus Networks offers an open network operating system that can work with Puppet for zero-touch provisioning and standardization. The document includes demos and next steps for learning more about the Puppet and Cumulus Networks integration.
Cloud Ubuntu Open Stack, Juju, MaaS - Ua Deck Nov 2013The World Bank
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu and offers Ubuntu, Juju, MAAS, and Landscape to deploy OpenStack clouds. Ubuntu is the most popular Linux on public clouds and is used by 9 out of 10 OpenStack clouds. Canonical provides automated tools, long term support, and professional services to help customers deploy and manage scalable OpenStack clouds on Ubuntu.
The document discusses integrating Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) with container networking using OpenStack. ACI enables automated container networking and policy mapping without requiring network configuration. It provides structure to container networking and allows direct policy mapping between switch configuration and container usage. The document demonstrates a demo topology using ACI fabric with Contiv plugins to launch a multi-tier application across web and database containers with automated network and policy creation.
Hexgrid's cloud platform was praised for its intuitive user interface and extensive network capabilities. The Unovie cloud solution allows users to pool hardware resources, provide automated provisioning and security, and build scalable private or hybrid clouds in a simple and cost effective manner. Key benefits include reduced downtime, lower datacenter footprint and management costs through a plug-and-play scalable cloud architecture.
Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud (UCSD) Hands-on LabCisco Canada
Pre-Requisites: As this is a hands-on lab, students should bring their laptop to take full advantage of the labs throughout the day sessions.
Learn how to configure network, compute, storage and virtualization components then use UCS Director to orchestrate, provision, automate and manage the solution.
IT transformation is a long journey that requires a close, sustained collaboration across the IT organization. For IT organizations that are transitioning to a private cloud architecture, the measure of success isn’t whether they’ve implemented an IT architecture that “works better”—it’s whether IT makes the business work better. By simplifying the design, build, and operational processes for private and hybrid clouds, Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) helps you focus your time and energy on ensuring that your platform remains closely aligned with business requirements.
Labs
• UCS Director Concepts (vDC, Pod, etc.)
• Managing Physical Resources,
• Managing Virtual Infrastructure,
• UCS Director Extensibility
The document discusses remote access VPN technologies for the Cisco ASA including SSLVPN, WebVPN, and IPSecVPN. It provides information on VPN client options like the AnyConnect VPN client, Cisco VPN client, and web VPN. The document also summarizes how to configure VPN connections on the ASA including AnyConnect client connections, VPN technologies, and VPN connection flows. It includes details on clientless web VPN features and plugins as well as client-based SSL VPN configuration.
This document discusses inserting WAN optimization services into OpenStack. It introduces Cisco vWAAS, a virtual WAN optimization appliance that can be deployed on hypervisors. Use cases are described where the cloud service provider offers infrastructure only, infrastructure and services like vWAAS, or infrastructure and vWAAS but allows customers to use their own WAN optimization licenses. The document proposes collaborating to define APIs for WAN optimization as a service and developing a Cisco-specific plugin to extend vWAAS features in OpenStack.
Avit Systems is the first Cisco partner that has completely implemented Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Avit has equipped its Data Center with ACI hard and software to support the Avit Management Cloud Solutions for its customer.
Ubuntu OpenStack is a tightly integrated combination of OpenStack, Ubuntu Server, Juju, MAAS, and Landscape that allows users to easily build, manage, and scale an open-source cloud. OpenStack provides the core cloud computing components, while Ubuntu Server is the reference operating system. Juju and MAAS simplify deployment and provisioning of hardware. Landscape enables centralized management of thousands of machines. Canonical provides commercial support and expertise in deploying Ubuntu OpenStack clouds.
The document discusses the challenges of securing networks and systems in an increasingly digital world. Key points include:
- By 2020, over 50 billion devices will be connected, with a $19 trillion economic opportunity but also expanding attack surfaces and more sophisticated threats.
- The security industry has rapidly expanded but solutions often lack interoperability and openness, creating complexity and fragmentation.
- Cisco aims to close the "security effectiveness gap" with the most complete security portfolio including threat intelligence, integrated threat defense across endpoints, network and cloud, and automation to simplify management.
Cisco ONE Software aims to simplify software purchasing within Cisco's technology platforms. It offers software solutions that address relevant IT and business outcomes rather than individual products. Cisco ONE Advanced Security provides predefined security suites for data center, WAN, and access in a single subscription. This simplifies security purchasing and provides benefits like simplified pricing models and access to ongoing innovation.
The document discusses the transformation of the enterprise WAN edge. It describes how the WAN edge has evolved over different eras from basic transport and performance to integrated applications. The presentation outlines the drivers for transforming the enterprise WAN edge, provides a framework for the next generation WAN, and discusses next generation WAN solutions and benefits. In summary, it examines how the enterprise WAN edge is evolving to address new needs.
Cisco Connect Montreal 2018 Securité : Sécuriser votre mobilité avec CiscoCisco Canada
The document discusses Cisco's solutions for securing mobility, including Meraki SM, Cisco AMP for Endpoint, Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Cloudlock, Cisco Cloud Email Security, Cisco Threat Response, Identity Service Engine, and Cisco DUO Security. Representatives from Cisco provide overviews of each solution for securing users, data, and applications across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.
[Cisco Connect 2018 - Vietnam] Long ton dc pss hyper flexNur Shiqim Chok
The document discusses Cisco's HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure solution. It highlights how HyperFlex provides support for any application on any cloud at any scale. It details how HyperFlex is engineered on Cisco UCS and features the Cisco HX Data Platform for storage optimization. The document also summarizes benefits like accelerated deployment, increased utilization, lower management costs, and support for increased capacity, resiliency, availability, workloads, and cloud choices.
Cisco ucs s3260 the new storage building blocksIT Tech
The document discusses Cisco's new UCS S3260 Storage Server. The S3260 allows for scaling storage capacity to petabytes within minutes using scale-out architecture. It offers 600TB of storage capacity in a 4U rack space. The S3260 supports various operating systems and can be configured with different drive options, I/O modules, and in single or dual node configurations for increased flexibility and performance.
The document discusses Cisco's Audio Video Bridging (AVB) technology which enables digital audio and video networks over Ethernet. It describes how AVB provides standards-based interoperability for AV equipment as well as more flexible, scalable and cost-effective deployment compared to traditional point-to-point cabling. Cisco has implemented AVB support on their Catalyst 3850 and 3650 series switches to help customers digitize their AV networks in a standardized way.
Converged, Hyperconverged, and Composable Infrastructure EcoCast. Join ActualTech Media as we talk to emerging integrated systems solutions providers as they tell you exactly how they work their magic. You will also hear from vendors that augment that services provided by the infrastructure by ensuring that your data always stays protected.
Increasing mobile usage and device choice have exposed the unnecessary complexity and limited device support of legacy Remote Access solutions. It has also left a security hole as users circumvent corporate policy in a borderless network. This session will focus on how the AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution combines Cisco's web security and next-generation remote access technology to deliver a robust and secure enterprise mobility solution. Customers will benefit from context-aware, comprehensive and preemptive security policy enforcement, an intelligent, seamless and always-on connectivity and secure mobility across today's proliferating managed and unmanaged mobile devices. At the end of the session, attendees will have an in-depth understanding of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution, which integrates the Cisco AnyConnect Client, the Cisco Adaptive Service Appliance (ASA) and the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). Attendees will understand recommended AnyConnect Security Mobility architectures and understand the implementation of the new solution based on current security installations.
This document discusses Canonical and Ubuntu's approach to cloud computing and virtualization. It provides an overview of Canonical, describes Ubuntu Server's virtualization options including KVM and VMBuilder, discusses considerations for cloud computing, and introduces the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud solution which allows organizations to deploy their own cloud infrastructure using Eucalyptus to provide EC2-compatible services.
VirtualTech Japan is an OpenStack consulting and support company with 8 employees located in Tokyo. They provide development, consulting, and support services for OpenStack cloud including contributions to projects like Nova bare-metal provisioning. To market their services, VirtualTech Japan holds OpenStack seminars and events, publishes documentation, and plans to open an OpenStack collaborative lab in February 2016 to research SDN/NFV and DevOps themes with partner companies.
This document discusses OpenStack's role in hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and provides an overview of OpenStack pros and cons as well as corporate strategies and startup initiatives related to OpenStack and HCI. It also poses open questions about OpenStack's future roadmap and suitability for HCI. The document concludes by advertising hiring opportunities for an OpenStack Software Intern and SDN Software Engineer.
18 ottobre 2011 VMware presenta al Virtualization day,evento patrocinato dalla Provincia di Roma e organizzato da S&Q a Palazzo Valentini, l'ultimo software,denominato Vsphere 5.
VMware Enterprise Management – The Vision cfArrow ECS UK
VMware Enterprise Management – The Vision
A steer on the vision for the new Enterprise Management solution suites – the biggest management launch in VMware history.
Colin Fernandes, Global Technical Marketing Manager, VMware
The document discusses integrating Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) with container networking using OpenStack. ACI enables automated container networking and policy mapping without requiring network configuration. It provides structure to container networking and allows direct policy mapping between switch configuration and container usage. The document demonstrates a demo topology using ACI fabric with Contiv plugins to launch a multi-tier application across web and database containers with automated network and policy creation.
Hexgrid's cloud platform was praised for its intuitive user interface and extensive network capabilities. The Unovie cloud solution allows users to pool hardware resources, provide automated provisioning and security, and build scalable private or hybrid clouds in a simple and cost effective manner. Key benefits include reduced downtime, lower datacenter footprint and management costs through a plug-and-play scalable cloud architecture.
Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud (UCSD) Hands-on LabCisco Canada
Pre-Requisites: As this is a hands-on lab, students should bring their laptop to take full advantage of the labs throughout the day sessions.
Learn how to configure network, compute, storage and virtualization components then use UCS Director to orchestrate, provision, automate and manage the solution.
IT transformation is a long journey that requires a close, sustained collaboration across the IT organization. For IT organizations that are transitioning to a private cloud architecture, the measure of success isn’t whether they’ve implemented an IT architecture that “works better”—it’s whether IT makes the business work better. By simplifying the design, build, and operational processes for private and hybrid clouds, Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) helps you focus your time and energy on ensuring that your platform remains closely aligned with business requirements.
Labs
• UCS Director Concepts (vDC, Pod, etc.)
• Managing Physical Resources,
• Managing Virtual Infrastructure,
• UCS Director Extensibility
The document discusses remote access VPN technologies for the Cisco ASA including SSLVPN, WebVPN, and IPSecVPN. It provides information on VPN client options like the AnyConnect VPN client, Cisco VPN client, and web VPN. The document also summarizes how to configure VPN connections on the ASA including AnyConnect client connections, VPN technologies, and VPN connection flows. It includes details on clientless web VPN features and plugins as well as client-based SSL VPN configuration.
This document discusses inserting WAN optimization services into OpenStack. It introduces Cisco vWAAS, a virtual WAN optimization appliance that can be deployed on hypervisors. Use cases are described where the cloud service provider offers infrastructure only, infrastructure and services like vWAAS, or infrastructure and vWAAS but allows customers to use their own WAN optimization licenses. The document proposes collaborating to define APIs for WAN optimization as a service and developing a Cisco-specific plugin to extend vWAAS features in OpenStack.
Avit Systems is the first Cisco partner that has completely implemented Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Avit has equipped its Data Center with ACI hard and software to support the Avit Management Cloud Solutions for its customer.
Ubuntu OpenStack is a tightly integrated combination of OpenStack, Ubuntu Server, Juju, MAAS, and Landscape that allows users to easily build, manage, and scale an open-source cloud. OpenStack provides the core cloud computing components, while Ubuntu Server is the reference operating system. Juju and MAAS simplify deployment and provisioning of hardware. Landscape enables centralized management of thousands of machines. Canonical provides commercial support and expertise in deploying Ubuntu OpenStack clouds.
The document discusses the challenges of securing networks and systems in an increasingly digital world. Key points include:
- By 2020, over 50 billion devices will be connected, with a $19 trillion economic opportunity but also expanding attack surfaces and more sophisticated threats.
- The security industry has rapidly expanded but solutions often lack interoperability and openness, creating complexity and fragmentation.
- Cisco aims to close the "security effectiveness gap" with the most complete security portfolio including threat intelligence, integrated threat defense across endpoints, network and cloud, and automation to simplify management.
Cisco ONE Software aims to simplify software purchasing within Cisco's technology platforms. It offers software solutions that address relevant IT and business outcomes rather than individual products. Cisco ONE Advanced Security provides predefined security suites for data center, WAN, and access in a single subscription. This simplifies security purchasing and provides benefits like simplified pricing models and access to ongoing innovation.
The document discusses the transformation of the enterprise WAN edge. It describes how the WAN edge has evolved over different eras from basic transport and performance to integrated applications. The presentation outlines the drivers for transforming the enterprise WAN edge, provides a framework for the next generation WAN, and discusses next generation WAN solutions and benefits. In summary, it examines how the enterprise WAN edge is evolving to address new needs.
Cisco Connect Montreal 2018 Securité : Sécuriser votre mobilité avec CiscoCisco Canada
The document discusses Cisco's solutions for securing mobility, including Meraki SM, Cisco AMP for Endpoint, Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Cloudlock, Cisco Cloud Email Security, Cisco Threat Response, Identity Service Engine, and Cisco DUO Security. Representatives from Cisco provide overviews of each solution for securing users, data, and applications across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.
[Cisco Connect 2018 - Vietnam] Long ton dc pss hyper flexNur Shiqim Chok
The document discusses Cisco's HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure solution. It highlights how HyperFlex provides support for any application on any cloud at any scale. It details how HyperFlex is engineered on Cisco UCS and features the Cisco HX Data Platform for storage optimization. The document also summarizes benefits like accelerated deployment, increased utilization, lower management costs, and support for increased capacity, resiliency, availability, workloads, and cloud choices.
Cisco ucs s3260 the new storage building blocksIT Tech
The document discusses Cisco's new UCS S3260 Storage Server. The S3260 allows for scaling storage capacity to petabytes within minutes using scale-out architecture. It offers 600TB of storage capacity in a 4U rack space. The S3260 supports various operating systems and can be configured with different drive options, I/O modules, and in single or dual node configurations for increased flexibility and performance.
The document discusses Cisco's Audio Video Bridging (AVB) technology which enables digital audio and video networks over Ethernet. It describes how AVB provides standards-based interoperability for AV equipment as well as more flexible, scalable and cost-effective deployment compared to traditional point-to-point cabling. Cisco has implemented AVB support on their Catalyst 3850 and 3650 series switches to help customers digitize their AV networks in a standardized way.
Converged, Hyperconverged, and Composable Infrastructure EcoCast. Join ActualTech Media as we talk to emerging integrated systems solutions providers as they tell you exactly how they work their magic. You will also hear from vendors that augment that services provided by the infrastructure by ensuring that your data always stays protected.
Increasing mobile usage and device choice have exposed the unnecessary complexity and limited device support of legacy Remote Access solutions. It has also left a security hole as users circumvent corporate policy in a borderless network. This session will focus on how the AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution combines Cisco's web security and next-generation remote access technology to deliver a robust and secure enterprise mobility solution. Customers will benefit from context-aware, comprehensive and preemptive security policy enforcement, an intelligent, seamless and always-on connectivity and secure mobility across today's proliferating managed and unmanaged mobile devices. At the end of the session, attendees will have an in-depth understanding of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution, which integrates the Cisco AnyConnect Client, the Cisco Adaptive Service Appliance (ASA) and the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). Attendees will understand recommended AnyConnect Security Mobility architectures and understand the implementation of the new solution based on current security installations.
This document discusses Canonical and Ubuntu's approach to cloud computing and virtualization. It provides an overview of Canonical, describes Ubuntu Server's virtualization options including KVM and VMBuilder, discusses considerations for cloud computing, and introduces the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud solution which allows organizations to deploy their own cloud infrastructure using Eucalyptus to provide EC2-compatible services.
VirtualTech Japan is an OpenStack consulting and support company with 8 employees located in Tokyo. They provide development, consulting, and support services for OpenStack cloud including contributions to projects like Nova bare-metal provisioning. To market their services, VirtualTech Japan holds OpenStack seminars and events, publishes documentation, and plans to open an OpenStack collaborative lab in February 2016 to research SDN/NFV and DevOps themes with partner companies.
This document discusses OpenStack's role in hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and provides an overview of OpenStack pros and cons as well as corporate strategies and startup initiatives related to OpenStack and HCI. It also poses open questions about OpenStack's future roadmap and suitability for HCI. The document concludes by advertising hiring opportunities for an OpenStack Software Intern and SDN Software Engineer.
18 ottobre 2011 VMware presenta al Virtualization day,evento patrocinato dalla Provincia di Roma e organizzato da S&Q a Palazzo Valentini, l'ultimo software,denominato Vsphere 5.
VMware Enterprise Management – The Vision cfArrow ECS UK
VMware Enterprise Management – The Vision
A steer on the vision for the new Enterprise Management solution suites – the biggest management launch in VMware history.
Colin Fernandes, Global Technical Marketing Manager, VMware
This document discusses cloud computing and IBM's capabilities in this area. It describes how cloud computing allows companies to rethink IT and reinvent their business processes to gain efficiencies and meet changing customer needs. IBM offers two tiers of cloud computing services - SmartCloud Enterprise and SmartCloud Foundation - that allow consuming cloud services in a flexible, usage-based model. IBM also provides tools for building private clouds, including pre-built virtual images, workload management, and elastic caching capabilities to optimize the deployment and management of applications in virtualized and cloud environments.
This document outlines an agenda for a presentation on VMware's enterprise management portfolio. It begins with an overview of how cloud computing requires new approaches to automation and management compared to traditional IT. It then provides an overview of VMware's solutions for virtualization and cloud management, including areas like end-user computing, infrastructure/operations, and application management. The remainder of the agenda dives deeper into several specific VMware products: vCenter Operations Standard for performance management, vCenter Configuration Manager for compliance and configuration management, and vCenter Application Discovery Manager for application discovery and mapping. It also mentions demos of the VCM and ADM products.
This document discusses the evolving nature of application and service management in cloud and shared IT infrastructures. It outlines how IT is transforming to shared infrastructure models and the need to intelligently manage this transformation through visibility, control, and automation. Specifically, it discusses how IBM provides:
1. Infrastructure monitoring across compute, storage, network resources to track cloud service levels and optimize workloads.
2. Event management to proactively identify and resolve issues impacting applications and end users.
3. Application performance management to ensure strong user experiences across hybrid environments.
The document argues this approach helps customers attain the economic and service benefits of cloud while addressing challenges around availability, composition, performance, utilization and capacity in dynamic
Sada cloudovej infraštruktúry a VMware vSphere 5 - základ pre firemný hybridn...ASBIS SK
VMware vSphere 5 Cloud Infrastructure Suite provides a virtualized infrastructure that allows applications to run on any device securely. It offers a more flexible and efficient infrastructure through virtualization and cloud computing. This transforms IT by providing dynamic scaling, intelligent management, and a flexible architecture to support changes.
Dell powers some of the largest cloud providers and top search engines. Dell views different needs governing different cloud approaches, from evolutionary clouds focusing on infrastructure to revolutionary application-focused platforms. Dell supports the OpenStack open source cloud which has support from major industry players and was collaboratively developed, having an API friendly to service providers and able to demonstrate scale. Dell's Crowbar tool automates OpenStack deployment from initial server boot to full configuration.
Support you Microsoft cloud with Microsoft services By Anis Chebbi)TechdaysTunisia
The document provides an agenda for a conference on supporting Microsoft cloud services. It discusses Microsoft's approach to implementing cloud services globally across many markets and languages. It then outlines the value proposition of private clouds for businesses and how Microsoft's data center services and journey to the cloud offerings can help with private cloud transformation and infrastructure as a service.
The document discusses how HP Converged Infrastructure provides a path to the cloud for businesses. It addresses challenges of unpredictable workloads and changing business needs by providing agility, efficiency, and automation. HP solutions like VirtualSystem and CloudSystem integrate best of breed components including servers, storage, networking, and management software to enable businesses to build private, public and hybrid clouds and smoothly migrate workloads between on-premises and cloud environments. HP and VMware technologies are optimized to work together to deliver increased consolidation, performance, and simplified management for virtualized environments.
The document discusses challenges with traditional disaster recovery (DR) approaches and how VMware solutions address these challenges. Traditional DR is costly due to hardware duplication and difficult to test. VMware SRM and vSphere Replication allow for less costly DR by replicating virtual machines instead of physical hardware. They also enable easier testing through non-disruptive testing of recovery plans. The solutions help improve DR agility by making it simpler to update recovery plans for new services.
Ctrls delineates how organizations are moving towards Virtualization and Cloud Computing to optimize their IT Infrastructure needs. Benefits such as cost effectiveness, scalability on demand, moving from a CAPEX to OPEX model and increased returns on investments have made virtualization a lucrative datacenter option.
A Practical Approach to Delivering Cloud Platforms Using Novell Solutions: Ho...Novell
The document provides an overview of how service provider ACS delivers cloud computing services using Novell solutions. It discusses ACS's enterprise cloud business and architecture, including their AMP 2.0 delivery and management platform. The agenda includes background on cloud computing, an overview of ACS's cloud services, a review of their AMP 2.0 delivery platform and architecture, and a demonstration.
The document provides an overview of IBM's Starter Kit for Cloud x86 Edition and BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud solutions. It highlights key benefits such as providing a comprehensive, converged integration platform for private cloud with tools for self-service provisioning, rapid deployment, resource management and metering. The solutions aim to help customers accelerate time to market, free up employees' time, and cut costs by increasing infrastructure efficiency.
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1) The document discusses next generation data centers and technologies like virtualization, cloud computing, and software/platform/infrastructure as a service.
2) Key concepts covered include how virtualization allows for the abstraction of physical resources to run virtual machines, and how cloud computing provides scalable computing resources as a service over the internet.
3) The document proposes that next generation data centers will be characterized by dynamically provisioned infrastructure through automated capabilities to support business processes, technology services built on virtual infrastructure, and standardized processes and technologies to consolidate IT resources.
Businesses are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud solutions to reduce costs and enable more scalable and flexible business processes. A hybrid cloud is a seamless and transparent combination of public and private clouds that uses a highly virtualized, on-premise infrastructure and merges with public cloud resources to increase efficiency, scalability and dependability. This seamless integration also helps extend security, control and transparency to all IT assets and environments regardless of their physical location.
The document discusses Dell's converged infrastructure solutions and strategy. It highlights key benefits such as improved efficiency, agility, and simplified management through convergence. Dell aims to deliver convergence on the customer's terms by supporting both holistic and siloed approaches. The company also discussed its converged blade data center solution, vStart pre-configured solutions, and plans to release a new converged infrastructure manager called Skyhawk to further automate infrastructure configuration and management.
The document discusses the FlexPod solution from Cisco, NetApp, and Proact. FlexPod provides a converged infrastructure that combines Cisco UCS servers and networking with NetApp storage. It offers scalability, efficiency, and unified management. Proact partners with Cisco and NetApp to provide FlexPod solutions that are validated, secure, and easily managed. FlexPods allow customers to reduce costs and complexity while improving agility over traditional siloed data center architectures.
The document discusses 6fusion's utility metered cloud platform. 6fusion profiles existing computing environments to determine supply, demand and cost. It meters workloads across private and public clouds for efficient resource allocation. 6fusion's tools allow modeling optimal workload distribution and estimating cloud costs before deployment.
Cloud computing in south africa reality or fantasySamantha James
The document discusses cloud computing adoption in South Africa. It notes that while cloud computing dominates IT discussions, adoption rates are still low due to concerns over security, cost reductions, and reliability. Platform as a Service (PaaS) is emerging as the next hot cloud model by increasing efficiency and productivity. Virtualization solutions are driving data center revenues and cloud adoption by offering cost savings and flexibility. The uptake of cloud computing in South Africa remains in development, with Infrastructure as a Service showing steady growth and Software as a Service in an early phase.
- Cloud computing represents a major shift in enterprise IT that will transform the industry over several years.
- It offers opportunities for new cloud-based application and service companies as well as those providing enabling infrastructure.
- Virtualization technologies have allowed data centers to transition from isolated silos to automated and optimized cloud environments, improving efficiency and agility.
Salesforce Integration for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions A...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
Interested in deploying an integration with Salesforce for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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3. The New IT Landscape: Promise & Challenge
Empowered, Secure, Mobile Workforce
• Any app on any device, anytime, anywhere – securely!
New Generation of Enterprise Apps
Existing Apps • Combining the social, mobile experience
New Enterprise Apps SaaS Apps
with enterprise requirements
A More Flexible, Efficient Infrastructure
• Exploiting modern, cost-effective hardware
• Creating & spanning both internal and external resource pools
Existing Datacenters Public Cloud Services
3
4. The New IT Landscape: Promise & Challenge
The Challenge for IT:
Existing Apps
Weave all thisApps
New Enterprise
together SaaS Apps
into a cohesive,
secure, compliant whole
Existing Datacenters Public Cloud Services
4
5. The Approach in the IT Management
Traditional IT Management Management in the new Era
Services and Service
assets tied components are
together in abstracted and
complex, brittle, sourced from
vertical stacks dynamic
that are hard resource pools
to change and with horizontal
manage layers loosely
bound into
services
Business agility IT able to keep up with
suffers speed of the business
5
6. Key Constituents for Infrastructure and Management
What kind of
How do I build the right infrastructure should I
How do I keep OpEx
infrastructure to deliver design for today and
down and still deliver
business value yet still tomorrow’s needs? Will
high quality of service?
Care keep the lights on? it work with our current
infrastructure?
About
Head of Head of Head of
Infrastructure Architecture Operations
Balance Seamless extension of
Desired Maximize operational
operating existing infrastructure
Outcome efficiencies with more
expense and interoperable with dynamic lights-out
innovation new technology environment
6
7. VMware Infrastructure and Management Delivers the Infrastructure of the Future
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
APP APP APP APP APP
Resource Pools
VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management
Respond and Alert
PhysicalServer
Failed Servers vs.
Alert and Respond
Optimized for business critical workloads
Hybrid
Highly dynamic, scalable and adaptive Cloud
Private Public
Built-in intelligence to shift to new IT Cloud Cloud
Bridge
management paradigm
Flexible Computing Model
Intelligent Virtual Infrastructure. Delivered Your Way
The Foundation for Your Cloud
7
9. Three Core Focus Areas
Re-think End-User Computing
Modernize Application Development
Existing Apps New Enterprise Apps SaaS Apps
Evolve the Infrastructure
Existing Datacenters Public Cloud Services
9
10. In 2010 VMware Unveiled a Complete Hybrid Cloud Stack…
vCloud Director
vShield Security
vCenter Management
vSphere vSphere vSphere
10
11. Complete Hybrid Cloud Stack
Leverage virtualization to transform physical silos into elastic, virtual capacity
Increase automation through built-in intelligent policy management
Move from static, physical security to dynamic, embedded security
Enable secure, self-service to pre-defined IT services, with pay-for-use
Organization: Marketing Organization: Finance
Users & Policies Virtual Datacenters Catalogs Users & Policies Virtual Datacenters Catalogs
Compute
Storage
Network
11
12. In 2011 VMware is Introducing a Major Upgrade
of the Entire Cloud Infrastructure Stack
vCloud Director 1.5
vCloud Director
New
vShield Security
vShield 5.0
Cloud Infrastructure Launch
(vSphere, vCenter,Operations 1.0 Director)
vCenter vShield, vCloud
vCenter Management
vCenter SRM 5.0
vSphere vSphere 5.0
vSphere vSphere
12
16. ESXi is the Trusted Place to Run Business Critical Applications
Overview
• vSphere 5.0 exclusively utilizes the thin
ESXi hypervisor: 144MB footprint versus
2GB for VMware ESX with the service
console
ESX
vSphere ESXi
Benefits
• Smaller security footprint
• Streamlined deployment and configuration
• Simplified patching and updating model
16
17. ESXi 5.0 Firewall Features
Capabilities
• ESXi 5.0 has a new firewall engine which is not based on iptables.
• The firewall is service oriented, and is a stateless firewall.
• Users have the ability to restrict access to specific services based on
IP address/Subnet Mask.
Management
• The GUI for configuring the firewall on ESXi 5.0 is similar to that used with the
classic ESX firewall — customers familiar with the classic ESX firewall should
not have any difficulty with using the ESXi 5.0 version.
• There is a new esxcli interface (esxcfg-firewall is deprecated in ESXi 5.0).
• There is Host Profile support for the ESXi 5.0 firewall.
• Customers who upgrade from Classic ESX to ESXi 5.0 will have their firewall
settings preserved.
17
18. UI: Security Profile
The ESXi Firewall can be managed via the vSphere client.
Through the Configuration > Security Profile, one can observe the
Enabled Incoming/Outgoing Services, the Opened Port List for
each service & the Allowed IP List for each service.
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19. ESXi Image Deployment
Challenges
• Standard ESXi image from VMware download site is sometimes limited
• Doesn t have all drivers or CIM providers for specific hardware
• Doesn t contain vendor specific plug-in components
?
Missing
CIM
provider
Missing
driver
Standard
ESXi ISO
• Base providers
• Base drivers
19
20. ESXi Image Deployment: Composition of an ESXi Image
Core CIM
Hypervisor Providers
Plug-in Drivers
Components
20
21. Capacity: vSphere 5 with Autodeploy
Before After
vSphere vSphere vSphere vSphere
Time: 30 mins Time: 30 mins Time: 30 mins
...Repeat 37 more times…
Total time: 20 Hours! Total time: 10 Minutes!
21
22. Auto Deploy: What is?
New host deployment method introduced in vSphere 5.0
• Based on PXE Boot
• Works with Image Builder, vCenter Server, and Host Profiles
• How it works:
• PXE boot the server
• ESXi image profile loaded into host memory via Auto Deploy Server
• Configuration applied using Answer File / Host Profile
• Host placed/connected in vCenter
• Benefits
• No boot disk
• Quickly and easily deploy large numbers of ESXi hosts
• Share a standard ESXi image across many hosts
• Host image decoupled from the physical server
• Recover host w/out recovering hardware or having to restore from backup
22
23. What Is Auto Deploy
No Boot Disk? Where does it go?
Boot Disk
Platform Composition: ESXi base,
drivers, CIM providers, …
Configuration: networking, storage, All information on the state
date/time, firewall, admin password, … of the host is stored off the
host in vCenter
Running State: VM Inventory,
HA state, License, DPM configuration
Event Recording: log files, core dump
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24. What Is Auto Deploy
No Boot Disk? Where does it go?
Boot Disk
Platform Composition: ESXi base,
drivers, CIM providers, … Image Profile
Configuration: networking, storage,
date/time, firewall, admin password, … Host Profile
Running State: VM Inventory,
HA state, License, DPM configuration vCenter Server
Event Recording: log files, core dump Add-on Components
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26. Technical Barriers to 100% Virtualization Have Been Falling
Application’s Performance Requirements
95% of Apps VMware Inf. VMware VMware
Require ESX 1 ESX 2 vSphere 4 vSphere 5
3.0/3.5
CPU 1 to 2 CPUs 1 VCPUs 2 VCPUs 4 VCPUs 8 VCPUs 32 VCPUs
% of Applications
Memory < 4 GB at peak 2 GB per VM 3.6 GB per VM 16/64 GB per VM 256 GB per VM 1,000 GB per VM
Network <2.4 Mb/s <.5Gb/s .9 Gb/s 9 Gb/s 30 Gb/s >36Gb/s
IOPS < 10,000 <5,000 7,000 100,000 300,000 1,000,000
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27. New Virtual Machine Features
vSphere 5.0 supports the industry s most capable virtual machines
• 32 virtual CPUs per • 1TB RAM per VM
VM • 4x previous capabilities!
VM Scalability
• 3D graphics
Richer Desktop
Experience
• Client-connected USB • VM BIOS boot order config API
devices and PowerCLI interface
• USB 3.0 devices • EFI BIOS
Broader Device • Smart Card Readers for
Coverage VM Console Access
• UI for multi-core virtual • Support for Mac OS X
Other new CPUs servers
features • Extended VMware
Tools compatibility
Items which require HW version 8 in orange
27
29. New Networking Features
Two broad categories of features
Network Discovery and Visibility/Monitoring features
• LLDP
• NetFlow
• Port Mirror
I/O Consolidation (10 Gig) related features
• New traffic types
• User Defined Network Resource Pool (VM traffic)
• Host Based Replication traffic
• 802.1p Tagging (QoS)
29
30. What Is NetFlow?
NetFlow is a networking protocol that collects IP traffic information
as records and sends them to third party collectors such as CA
NetQoS, NetScout etc.
VM A VM B
Legend :
VM traffic
NetFlow session
Physical
Collector
switch VDS
Host
trunk
The Collector/Analyzer report on various information such as:
• Current top flows consuming the most bandwidth
• Which flows are behaving irregularly
• Number of bytes a particular flow has sent and received in the past 24 hours
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31. NetFlow Usage
NetFlow helps customers monitor the application flows and
measure application performance overtime.
It also helps in capacity planning and ensuring that I/O Network
resources are utilized appropriately by different applications.
NetFlow capability in vSphere infrastructure provides complete
visibility into virtual infrastructure traffic.
• Inter-VM traffic on the same hosts
• Intra-VM traffic across hosts
• VM-to-Physical Infrastructure traffic
This visibility into virtual infrastructure traffic allows customer to
• Perform Security and Compliance analysis
• Do Profiling and Billing
• Perform Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Networking Forensics
31
32. What Is Port Mirroring ?
Port Mirroring is the capability on a network switch to send a copy
of network packets seen on a switch port to a network monitoring
device connected on another switch port.
Port Mirroring is also referred to as SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer)
on Cisco Switches.
Port Mirroring overcomes the limitation of promiscuous mode.
• By providing granular control on which traffic can be monitored
• Ingress Source
• Egress Source
Helps in troubleshooting network issue by providing access to:
• Inter-VM traffic
• Intra-VM traffic
32
34. Performance: vSphere 5 with Network and Storage I/O Controls
VIP “Noisy Neighbor”
Granular IO service level guarantees
34
35. What Is Network I/O Control (NETIOC)?
Network I/O control is a traffic management feature of vSphere
Distributed Switch (vDS).
In consolidated I/O (10 gig) deployments, this feature allows
customers to:
• Allocate Shares and Limits to different traffic types.
• Provide Isolation
• One traffic type should not dominate others
• Guarantee Service Levels when different traffic types compete
Enhanced Network I/O Control — vSphere 5.0 builds on previous
versions of Network I/O Control feature by providing:
• User-defined network resource pools
• New Host Based Replication Traffic Type
• QoS tagging
35
36. NETIOC VM Groups
VMRG1 VMRG2 VMRG3
Total BW = 20 Gig
User Defined RP
vMotion
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch
iSCSI
HBR
NFS
VM
FT
Network I/O Control
10 GigE
VMRG1
VMRG2
VMRG3
36 Confidential
38. What is Storage DRS?
Without Storage DRS:
• Identify the datastore with the most disk space and lowest latency.
• Validate which virtual machines are placed on the datastore and ensure
there are no conflicts.
• Create Virtual Machine and hope for the best.
With Storage DRS:
• Automatic selection of the best placement for your VM.
• Advanced balancing mechanism to avoid storage performance bottlenecks
or “out of space” problems.
• VM or VMDK Affinity Rules.
38
39. What Does Storage DRS Provide?
Storage DRS provides the following:
1. Initial Placement of VMs and VMDKS based on available space and
I/O capacity.
2. Load balancing between datastores in a datastore cluster via Storage
vMotion based on storage space utilization.
3. Load balancing via Storage vMotion based on I/O metrics, i.e. latency.
Storage DRS also includes Affinity/Anti-Affinity Rules for VMs
and VMDKs;
• VMDK Affinity – Keep a VM’s VMDKs together on the same datastore.
This is the default affinity rule.
• VMDK Anti-Affinity – Keep a VM’s VMDKs separate on different datastores.
• Virtual Machine Anti-Affinity – Keep VMs separate on different datastores.
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40. Datastore Cluster
An integral part of SDRS is to create a group of datastores called
a datastore cluster.
• Datastore Cluster without Storage DRS – Simply a group of datastores.
• Datastore Cluster with Storage DRS – Load Balancing domain similar to
a DRS Cluster.
A datastore cluster, without SDRS is just a datastore folder.
It is the functionality provided by SDRS which makes it more
than just a folder. 2TB
datastore cluster
500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB
datastores
40
41. Storage DRS Operations – Initial Placement
Initial Placement – VM/VMDK create/clone/relocate.
• When creating a VM you select a datastore cluster rather than an individual
datastore and let SDRS choose the appropriate datastore.
• SDRS will select a datastore based on space utilization and I/O load.
• By default, all the VMDKs of a VM will be placed on the same datastore within
a datastore cluster (VMDK Affinity Rule), but you can choose to have VMDKs
assigned to different datastore clusters.
2TB
datastore cluster
500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB
datastores
300GB 260GB 265GB 275GB
available available available available
41
42. Storage DRS Operations – Datastore Maintenance Mode
Datastore Maintenance Mode
• Evacuates all VMs & VMDKs from selected datastore.
• Note that this action will not move VM Templates.
• Currently, SDRS only handles registered VMs.
Place VOL1 in
maintenance
mode 2TB
datastore cluster
VOL1 VOL2 VOL3 VOL4
datastores
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43. Storage DRS Operations – Load Balancing
Load balancing – SDRS triggers on space usage & latency threshold.
Algorithm makes migration recommendations when I/O response
time and/or space utilization thresholds have been exceeded.
• Space utilization statistics are constantly gathered by vCenter, default
threshold 80%.
• I/O load trend is currently evaluated every 8 hours based on a past day
history, default threshold 15ms.
Load Balancing is based on I/O workload and space which ensures
that no datastore exceeds the configured thresholds.
Storage DRS will do a cost / benefit analysis!
For I/O load balancing Storage DRS leverages Storage I/O Control
functionality.
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45. Storage DRS Operations
Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster
VMDK affinity VMDK anti-affinity VM anti-affinity
Keep a Virtual Machine’s Keep a VM’s VMDKs on Keep VMs on different
VMDKs together on the different datastores datastores
same datastore
Useful for separating Similar to DRS anti-
Maximize VM availability log and data disks of affinity rules
when all disks needed in database VMs
order to run Maximize availability of
Can select all or a a set of redundant VMs
On by default for all VMs subset of a VM’s disks
45
46. Placement: vSphere 5 with Profile-Driven Storage & Storage DRS
High IO
Throughputs
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Set it and forget it storage configuration in as few as 3 clicks
Automated storage placement
46
47. Why Profile Driven Storage? (1 of 2)
Problem Statement
1. Difficult to manage datastores at scale
• Including: capacity planning, differentiated data services for each datastore,
maintaining capacity headroom, etc.
2. Difficult to correctly match VM SLA requirements to available storage
• Because: Manually choosing between many datastores and >1 storage tiers
• Because: VM requirements not accurately known or may change over its lifecycle
Related trends
• Newly virtualized Tier-1 workloads need stricter VM storage SLA promises
• Because: Other VMs can impact performance SLA
• Scale-out storage mix VMs with different SLAs on the same storage
47
48. Why Profile Driven Storage? (2 of 2)
Save OPEX by reducing repetitive planning and effort!
Minimize per-VM (or per VM request) “thinking” or planning for
storage placement.
• Admin needs to plan for optimal space and I/O balancing for each VM.
• Admin needs to identify VM storage requirements and match to physical
storage properties.
Increase probability of “correct” storage placement and use
(minimize need for troubleshooting, minimize time for
troubleshooting).
• Admin needs more insight into storage characteristics.
• Admin needs ability to custom-tag available storage.
• Admin needs easy means to identify incorrect VM storage placement
(e.g. on incorrect datastore).
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49. Storage Capabilities & VM Storage Profiles
Compliant Not Compliant
VM Storage Profile
associated with VM
VM Storage Profile
referencing Storage
Capabilities
Storage Capabilities
surfaced by VASA or
user-defined
49
50. VM Storage Profile Compliance
Policy Compliance is visible from the Virtual Machine
Summary tab.
50
51. Introduction
In vSphere 5.0, VMware releases a new storage appliance
called VSA.
• VSA is an acronym vSphere Storage Appliance.
• This appliance is aimed at our SMB (Small-Medium Business) customers
who may not be in a position to purchase a SAN or NAS array for their virtual
infrastructure, and therefore do not have shared storage.
• Without access to a SAN or NAS array, this excludes these SMB customers
from many of the top features which are available in a VMware Virtual
Infrastructure, such as vSphere HA & vMotion.
• Customers who decide to deploy a VSA can now benefit from many additional
vSphere features without having to purchase a SAN or NAS device to provide
them with shared storage.
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52. Introduction
VSA VSA VSA VSA Manager
vSphere vSphere vSphere
vSphere Client
NFS NFS NFS
Each ESXi server has a VSA deployed to it as a Virtual Machine.
The appliances use the available space on the local disk(s) of the
ESXi servers & present one replicated NFS volume per ESXi server.
This replication of storage makes the VSA very resilient to failures.
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54. vSphere Web Client Architecture
The vSphere Web
Client runs within
a browser Fx
Application
Server that Flex Client
provides a Back End
scalable back end
The Query Service
vCenter in either Query obtains optimized
single or data live from the
Service core vCenter
Linked mode
operation vCenter Server process
54
56. Features of the vSphere Web Client
Customize the GUI
• Create custom views to reflect the information you need to see, the way you
like to see it
56
57. Introducing vCenter Server Appliance
The vCenter Server Appliance is the answer!
• Simplifies Deployment and Configuration
• Streamlines patching and upgrades
• Reduces the TCO for vCenter
Enables companies to respond to business faster!
VMware
vCenter Server
Virtual Appliance
Automation Visibility
Scalability
57
58. Component Overview
vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) consists of:
• A pre-packaged 64 bit application running on SLES 11
• Distributed with sparse disks
• Disk Footprint
Distribution Min Deployed Max Deployed
3.6GB ~5GB ~80GB
• Memory Footprint
• A built in enterprise level database with optional support for a
remote Oracle databases.
• Limits are the same for VC and VCSA
• Embedded DB
• 5 hosts/50 VMs
• External DB
• <1000 hosts/<10,000 VMs (64 bit)
• A web-based configuration interface
58
59. Feature Overview
vCenter Server Appliance supports:
• The vSphere Web Client
• Authentication through AD and NIS
• Feature parity with vCenter Server on Windows
• Except –
• Linked Mode support
• Requires ADAM (AD LDS)
• IPv6 support
• External DB Support
• Oracle is the only supported external DB for the first release
• No vCenter Heartbeat support
• HA is provided through vSphere HA
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61. vSphere 5 licensing: Evolution Without Disruption
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5
Licensing Unit Processor = Processor
!
Core per proc Restricted < Unlimited
Physical RAM
Restricted < Unlimited
per host
Pooled vRAM Amt of vRAM pooled
NA ≠
entitlement across entire environment
61
62. What is vRAM?
Virtual memory configured
√ to virtual machines
≠
Physical RAM available in
X the server
62
63. What is vRAM?
vRAM is the memory configured to a virtual machine
Assigning a certain amount of vRAM is a required step in the
creation of a virtual machine
63
64. Key concepts - Example
4 licenses of vSphere
Each vSphere Enterprise
Enterprise Edition
Edition license entitles
vRAM Pool (256GB) provide a vRAM pool of
to 64GB of vRAM.
256GB (4 * 64 GB)
Consumed vRAM = 80 GB
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Customer creates
20 VMs with 4GB
vRAM each
vSphere Ent vSphere Ent
1 1 1 1
CPU CPU CPU CPU
Host A Host B
Compliance =
12 month rolling average of Consumed vRAM < Pooled vRAM Entitlement
64
65. vSphere 5 Editions
t New in vSphere 5.0 Essentials Essentials Enterprise
` Essentials Essentials Standard Standard
Advanced Enterprise
Plus Plus Plus
vRAM Entitlement per proc 32 GB 32GB 32 GB 64 GB 96 GB
vCPU 8 way 8 way 8 way 8 way 32 way
Features
Hypervisor
High Availability
Data Recovery
vMotion
Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
Hot Add
vShield Zones
Fault Tolerance
Storage APIs for Array Integration
Storage vMotion
Distribute Resource Scheduler &
Distributed Power Management
Distributed Switch
I/O Controls (Network and Storage)
Host Profiles
Auto deploy t
Profile-Driven Storage t
Storage DRS t
All editions include: Thin Provisioning, Update Manager, Storage APIs for Data Protection, Image Profile, and SLES (except Ess and Ess +)
65
67. Business Continuity at Lower Cost and Complexity for All Apps
Local Site Failover Site
vSphere vSphere vSphere vSphere vSphere
Improved
in 2011
Local Availability Disaster Recover
Improved
vSphere High Availability in 2011 vCenter Site Recovery Manager
vSphere Fault Tolerance Includes vSphere Replication
vMotion
New
Data Protection in 2011
Improved
vSphere Data Recovery in 2011
vSphere Storage APIs for Data
Protection
67
68. vCenter Site Recovery Manager Ensures Simple, Reliable DR
Site Recovery Manager Complements vSphere to provide the simplest
and most reliable disaster protection and site migration for all applications
Provide cost-efficient replication of
applications to failover site
• Built-in vSphere Replication
Site A (Primary) Site B (Recovery)
• Broad support for storage-based
VMware Site Recovery VMware Site Recovery
replication
vCenter Server Manager vCenter Server Manager
Simplify management of recovery and
VMware vSphere VMware vSphere
migration plans
• Replace manual runbooks with
centralized recovery plans
• From weeks to minutes to set up new
plan
Servers Servers Automate failover and migration
processes for reliable recovery
• Enable frequent non-disruptive testing
• Ensure fast, automated failover
• Automate failback processes
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69. Key Components Of SRM 5
Site Recovery Manager
• Manages recovery plans
Site
vCenter Server Recovery • Automates failovers and failbacks
Manager
• Tightly integrated with vCenter and replication
Choice of Replication Options
vSphere vSphere Replication
• Bundled with SRM
• Replicates virtual machines between
vSphere clusters
Storage
Storage-Based Replication (3rd party)
• Provided by replication vendor
• Integrated via replication adapters created,
certified and supported by replication vendor
Required at Both Protected
and Recovery Sites
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70. What’s New In Site Recovery Manager 5.0?
vSphere Replication
Expand DR coverage to
• Bundled with SRM at no additional cost
Tier 2 apps and smaller
• Provides simple, cost-efficient replication
sites
between vSphere clusters
Automated failback
• Bi-directional recovery plans
• Automates failback to original site Streamline planned
migrations
Planned migration
• New workflow that can be applied to any (for disaster avoidance,
recovery plan planned maintenance, …)
• Ensures no data-loss, application-consistent
migrations of virtual machines
Others
• More granular control over VM startup order
• Protection-side APIs
• IPv6 support
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71. Simplify Replication Management With vSphere Replication
Storage-based Replication Overview
SharePoint Datastore Group
VMFS A vSphere Replication provides simple management
Web Datastore of replication
LUN 1
Managed directly from vCenter
App
VMFS B
Datastore Hub Managed at the individual VM-level
LUN 2
SQL
vSphere Storage Admin
Admin
Benefits
vSphere Replication
SharePoint Eliminate complex interactions between
vSphere and storage teams to set up
Web replication
Eliminate need to shuffle VMs between
App
datastores to map applications to replicated
LUNs
vSphere SQL
Admin
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72. vSphere Replication Complements Storage-Based Replication
Replication
Cost Management Performance
Provider
• Low-end storage • VM’ granularity • 15 min RPOs
supported • Managed directly • Scales to 500 VMs
vSphere • No additional in vCenter
VMware • File-level
Replication replication consistency
software
• No automated
failback, FT, linked
clones, physical
RDM
• Higher-end • LUN – VM layout • Synchronous
replicating • Storage team replication
Storage-based storage coordination • High data volumes
Replication • Additional • Application
replication consistency
software possible
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73. Planned Migrations For App Consistency & No Data Loss
Planned Migration Overview
Two workflows can be applied to recovery plans:
DR failover
1 Shut down 3 Recover app- Planned migration
production VMs consistent VMs
Site A Site B Planned migration ensures application
consistency and no data-loss during migration
Graceful shutdown of production VMs in
application consistent state
Data sync to complete replication of VMs
vSphere vSphere Recover fully replicated VMs
Replication
Benefits
2 Better support for planned migrations
Sync data, stop replication No loss of data during migration process
and present LUNs to vSphere
Recover ‘application-consistent’ VMs at
recovery site
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74. Automated Failback To Streamline Bi-Directional Migrations
Automated Failback Overview
Re-protect VMs from Site B to Site A
Reverse replication
Apply reverse resource mapping
Automate failover from Site B to Site A
Reverse original recovery plan Reverse original recovery plan
Restrictions
Site A Site B
Does not apply if Site A has undergone major
changes / been rebuilt
Not available with vSphere Replication
vSphere vSphere
Reverse
Benefits
Replication
Simplify failback process
Automate replication management
Eliminate need to set up new recovery plan
Streamline frequent bi-directional migrations
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76. VMware vCloud Director Builds on vSphere to Transform IT.New in vCloud Director 1.5
Builds on vSphere and scales up to Organization 1 Organization m
10,000 VMs and 25 vCenter Servers
Users
Creates virtual datacenters, by pooling VMware vCloud Director
resources into new units of consumption
User Portals Catalogs Security
Securely enables the cloud with
vShield, LDAP authentication, and RBAC Virtual Datacenter 1 (Gold) VMware
vShield
Virtual Datacenter n (Silver)
Provides self-service portals and
standardized infrastructure catalogs
VMware VMware
Isolates users into organizations with vCenter Server vCenter Server
vCloud API
unique catalogs, policies, and LDAP VMware vSphere VMware vSphere
Secure Private Cloud Programmatic Control Public Clouds
and Integrations
vCloud API and extensions enables cloud
portability, orchestration, and integrations
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77. What s New in vCloud Director 1.5
Most Agile Access to Secure Isolation and The Only Hybrid Cloud
Cloud Infrastructure Simple Management Infrastructure
• Fast Provisioning (Linked • vCloud Messages • vShield Edge VPN Integration
Clones) • Microsoft SQL Server Support
• vApp Custom Guest Properties • Expanded vCloud API and
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Integration SDK
• Globalization • vSphere 5 support
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78. Fast Provisioning using Linked Clones
Overview
• Provisions new VMs from a template
without replicating the entire image
• Instead, links the images (clones) so that
common elements are stored only once
vmdk vmdk vmdk
Benefits
• Dramatically speeds up provisioning time
Template
from >2 minutes to <5 seconds
vmdk
• Reduces storage footprint (and cost) by
over 60%
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79. Linked clones – behind the scenes
Source VM disk serves as a
base disk
Provisioning a new VM creates
an empty delta disk (aka redo
log) and not a full clone of the
source. The delta disk is linked
to the parent disk
All writes go to the delta disk.
Reads walk up the chain until
the desired block is found
Subsequent clones of the new
VM can lead to more delta disks
in this chain
Writes Link
Reads
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80. Cross Datastore Management – How it works
vCloud Director 1.5
vCenter Server 1 vCenter Server 2
(S)
VM-2 VM-3 VM-4 VM-5 VM-6
(L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Datastore-1 Datastore-2 Datastore -3
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81. vApp Custom Guest Properties
Overview
• Allows developers and other users to
easily pass user data into guest OSes
3
using OVF descriptors.
• Parameters available using VMware tools,
2 vApp
Deployment on an ISO, or in the XML for the vApp
Configuration
vSphere
1
Benefits
Deploy
OVF Package
• Easier post-deployment configuration &
OVF Package
provisioning of identity to VMs & vApps
• Provides functionality to bootstrap a wide
variety of guest customization solution
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82. vCloud Messages
Overview
• Connect vCloud Director to enterprise
systems through messaging to rapidly
create end-to-end system integrations
Benefits
• Integrate vCloud Director with existing IT
management tools
CMDB IPAM Ticketing
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84. vShield Product Family
Securing the Private Cloud End to End: from the Edge to the Endpoint
vShield App
vShield Edge
Edge - Create segmentation
Secure the edge of Security Zone
between workloads vShield Endpoint
the virtual datacenter Endpoint = VM
- Sensitive data discovery Anti-virus processing
DMZ Application 1 Application 2
vShield Manager
Endpoint = VM
Centralized Management
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85. vShield Edge Capabilities
vShield vShield vShield
Edge functionality
Edge Edge Edge • Stateful inspection firewall
Tenant A Tenant C Tenant X
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP)
• Site to site VPN (IPSec)
• Web Load Balancer
Secure Secure Secure
Virtual Virtual Virtual
Appliance Appliance Appliance
• (NEW) Static Routing
• (NEW) Certificate mode support
for IPSEC VPN
Management features
• REST APIs for scripting
• Logging of functions
Firewall Load balancer VPN
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85
86. Securing the Data Center Interior with vShield App
Key Benefits
• Complete visibility and
control to the Inter VM
traffic enabling multi trust
zones on same ESX
cluster.
• Intuitive business
language policy
leveraging vCenter
inventory.
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87. vShield App Architecture
vShield
Hypervisor-Level Firewall
vShield
App App • Inbound/outbound
connection control enforced
at the virtual NIC level
• Dynamic protection as virtual
vSphere vSphere machines migrate
• Protection against ARP
spoofing
vShield
ESXi Host ESXi Host Manager
vSphere vCenter
Client Server
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88. Network segmentation
Two approaches
• vCenter Server container objects:
• Datacenters
• Clusters
• Resource pools
• vApps
• Port groups
• Topology-independent
• Security groups are administrator-defined,
business-relevant groupings of any virtual
machines by their virtual NICs.
Examples:
• Deny traffic from Contractors Desktops pool to the Business Apps pool.
• Allow DNS traffic from DC01 to the DNS server at 10.91.245.129.
• Allow VMs in Web-Tier to communicate with VMs in DB-Tier.
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88
89. vShield Data Security for Compliance Readiness
800% increase in data volumes in Data Centers, 80% of which is unstructured, i.e. not in
databases UBS View from 2010 Gartner Data Center Conference
Discover Sensitive Data in the virtual
environment
1 Choose from built in templates for most common
types of sensitive data
Continuous Data
• PII Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Sweep
• PCI-DSS Payment Card Industry Standard
• PHI Patient Health information
2 Continuous sweep of datacenter scanning for
sensitive data in unstructured files
3 Generate actionable reports about the discovery
of sensitive data
Continuous agentless discovery of data across all virtual machines
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96. VMware’s Vision: Intelligent Policy Management
Day N Problem – Ongoing Maintenance
SLA Monitoring w/ vCOps
Availability = 99.99% Availability = 99.9% Availability = 99.%
DR RTO = 1 hour DR RTO = 3 hour DR RTO = none
Back up = daily Back up = weekly Back up = none
Storage capacity = 10 TB Storage capacity = 10 TB Storage capacity = 10 TB
Gold
Performance = High I/O
Security = High
Silver
Performance = Med I/O
Security = Mid Bronze
Performance = low I/O
Security = low
Cloud Infrastructure
(vSphere, vCenter, vShield, vCloud Director)
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97. Learn Normal Behavior and Identify Abnormalities
GRAY
BAR
Upper
and
Lower
band
of
Dynamic
Threshold
-‐
“Normal”
BLUE
LINE
Metric’s
Current
Value
RED
BAR
Breached
Dynamic
Threshold
–
“Abnormal”
Doesn’t assume IT data has a normal bell-shaped distribution
Sophisticated Analytics – 8 different algorithms
Learns your dynamic ranges of “Normal” without templates
Learns patterns of behavior and identifies Abnormalities
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98. Vc Ops vSphere UI – Unified Dashboard
Launching Pad
• Click to Drill down
Focused on problems
• Click to drill into details!
• Almost everything is clickable
Main Themes
• Health
• Risk
• Efficiency
New Concepts
• Faults
• Weekly Stress Profile
• Reclaimable Waste
• Density
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99. vC Ops vSphere UI – Two Different Users
Operations Short and Long Term Capacity
• Immediate • Forward
problems Looking
• What is • Are there
happening areas that I
right now? should be
• What do I concerned
need to pay about from a
attention to? capacity
perspective?
• Have I
deployed my
VI in the
most efficient
manner?
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100. vC Ops Default UI – Major and Minor Badges
• High level
Understanding
Major x 3
• Calculated
from scores of
Minor Badges
• Specifics
Minor x 8 • Guidance
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101. Operations: Major Badge – Health
“How is this object doing right now?"
• Identifies current problems in the system
• Issues that need to be resolved immediately to
avoid problems
High Health is good (100-0)
Heatmap
• Provides quick view of many objects at once
• Shows Health of all parent and child objects
• Go back in time (6 hours) and see the “weather”
of the Virt Infrastructure
Health Score is calculated from its Minor
Badges
• Workload
• Anomalies
• Faults
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102. 95
Operations: Health Minor Badge – Workload
Measures how hard an object is
working?
High Workload is bad (0-100 or
more!)
• Percentage of Demand divided by
effective capacity
• As workload approaches (and
exceeds) 100%
Performance Problems! Improved Network and Disk I/O
Starving object for resources! calculations
Focused attention Eliminates idle networks and storage from
showing High Workload
• CPU
Limit the erroneous 100% Workload
• Memory scores
• Disk I/O
• Network I/O
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103. Operations: Health Minor Badge – Anomalies
Measures how normal is this object
behaving?
• Is what the vC Ops 1.x Health score was,
but now inversed
Derived from the number of metrics
that are outside of their “Normal”
trended ranges
• Learns dynamic ranges of “Normal” for
each metric Anomalies Chart
• Identifies metric abnormalities • Current number of Abnormal
Low Anomalies is good (0-100) Metrics
• Zero meaning the object is performing • Problem/Noise Threshold
exactly the way vC Ops expects it to for Crossing problem threshold will
that time of the day, that day of the week increase the Anomalies Score
• A high number of anomalies are usually Does not generate an alert in
an indication of a problem this vSphere UI
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104. Operations: Health Minor Badge – Faults
Measures the degree of faults or Best Practices:
problems the object is • Do not change the Faults
experiencing Threshold
• Pulled from active vCenter events • Use Alerts View to manage
VMware specific knowledge of Faults
which vCenter Events affect Faults shown in Widget
Availability and Performance
(examples):
• Loss of redundancy in NICs or HBAs
• Memory checksum errors
• HA failover problems
Low Faults is good (0-100)
• Each fault has a default score (e.g. 25,
50, 75, 100)
• Highest individual Fault Score drives the
Fault object Score
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105. Capacity Planning: Major Badge – Risk
Are there future risks to my
systems and VI?
Identifies potential problems that
could eventually hurt the
performance
Low Risk is good (0-100)
Risk Score is calculated from its
Minor Badges
• Time Remaining
• Capacity Remaining
• Stress
Risk Chart
• Shows Risk score over the last 7 days
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106. Capacity Planning: Risk Minor Badge – Time Remaining
Measures time remaining
before each resource type
reaches its capacity
• CPU
• Memory
• Disk
• Network I/O
Early warning of upcoming
provisioning needs
• Avoid future performance issues
High Time Remaining is good
(100-0)
Graph shows resource
utilization trends
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107. Capacity Planning: Risk Minor Badge – Capacity Remaining
Measures how many more
VMs can be placed on the
object
Percentage of Total VM
“Slots” Remaining
• Based on the average size of the
VM on the object (e.g. VM profile)
• Each object has its OWN VM 333 More VMs correlates to
profile size: Host, Cluster, 77% Capacity Remaining for
Datacenter, Etc. this object
High Capacity Remaining is
good (100-0)
• Zero mean no room left for more
VMs
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108. Capacity Remaining Calculation
Determine Capacity Constraint
Resource
• Dashboard Chart does not show
which resource is the limiting one
• Must drill into the Details Chart
Deployed or Powered On VMs
• Deployed/Powered Off VMs only use
disk space resources
• Powered On VMs uses ALL of the 4
resources
Calculation Example Shown:
• Limiting Resource is Disk Space with
333 VMs available
• Use the Deployed VM number of 99
to do the calculation for percentage
space remaining
• Determine Capacity Remaining
• 333 / (333 + 99) = 77%
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109. Capacity Planning: Risk Minor Badge – Stress
Stress measures long-term or
chronic workload
• Workload shows an instantaneous
value
• Stress looks over a longer period of
time
Quickly find and resolve
• Undersized objects
• Population contention
Low Stress is good (0-100)
Stress score encompasses a six
(6) week period Chart shows weeks break
down of Stress for each
• Workloads > 70% = “Stressed”
day/hour averaged over the
• Threshold Configurable last six (6) Weeks
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110. Capacity Planning: Major Badge – Efficiency
Are there optimization opportunities
in my systems?
Shows you how to run a leaner
datacenter
Save $$$ by better utilizing resources
High Efficiency is good (100-0)
Efficiency Score is calculated from its
Minor Badges
• Reclaimable Waste
• Density Three Resources Considered
Graph Depicts VMs by Percent • CPU
• Memory
• Optimal – Optimally Provisioned VMs • Disk Space
• Waste – Over Provisioned VMs
Note: VMs can appear in Stress
• Stress – Under Provisioned VMs and Waste
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111. Capacity Planning: Efficiency Minor Badge – Reclaimable Waste
Measures the over-provisioning
for an object
It identifies the amount of
reclaimable resources
• CPU
• Memory
• Disk
Low Reclaimable Waste is good
(0-100)
Graph shows breakdown of the
Reclaimable Waste = Reclaimable Waste section of the Efficiency
Capacity / Deployed Capacity Badge pie chart
• Score depicts the MAX of the CPU, • % Idle VMs (based on configured
Memory and Disk calculation settings)
• Disk calculation can also include old • % Powered Off VMs
snapshots and templates
• % Oversized VMs
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112. Capacity Planning: Efficiency Minor Badge – Density
Contrasts Actual vs. Ideal Density
Identify Optimal Resource
Deployment Before Contention
Occurs
Greater Consolidation à $$$
High Density is good (100-0)
Measures consolidation ratios:
• VMs/Host Ratios
• vCPU/Physical CPU Ratios
• vMem/Physical Memory Ratios
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