VMworld 2013: Part 2: How to Build a Self-Healing Data Center with vCenter Or...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Nicholas Colyer, Catamaran RX
Dan Mitchell, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: Part 1: Getting Started with vCenter Orchestrator VMworld
VMworld 2013
James Bowling, General Datatech, LP
Savina Ilieva, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: Keep it Simple and Integrated - Out-of the Box Cross-System Aut...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Savina Ilieva, VMware
Joerg Lew, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: Part 2: How to Build a Self-Healing Data Center with vCenter Or...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Nicholas Colyer, Catamaran RX
Dan Mitchell, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: Part 1: Getting Started with vCenter Orchestrator VMworld
VMworld 2013
James Bowling, General Datatech, LP
Savina Ilieva, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: Keep it Simple and Integrated - Out-of the Box Cross-System Aut...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Savina Ilieva, VMware
Joerg Lew, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Balaji Parimi VMware R&D describes best practices when using the vSphere APIs. The VMware vSphere APIs can be used to build VMware vSphere management solutions. Virtual Machines, Host Management, Performance Monitoring. To learn more visit our community. http://developer.vmware.com
It is not that hard to build your own Cloud Adapter! You can enable a citizen developer to do their own integrations using ICS and also use the same adapter when developing on premise SOA solutions. Oracle enables you to sell your product in the Marketplace, further increasing your return of investment. I will show you the different designtime and runtime components which need to be implemented, how JDeveloper extension development works and how you can test your adapter on ICS locally using the ICS execution agent. I will share common pitfalls when starting adapter development to help you get a headstart when you are considering creating your own. This presentation will help developers and architects understand Cloud Adapters and when you should consider creating one yourself!
VMworld 2015: Advanced SQL Server on vSphereVMworld
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely deployed “apps” in the market today and is used as the database layer for a myriad of applications, ranging from departmental content repositories to large enterprise OLTP systems. Typical SQL Server workloads are somewhat trivial to virtualize; however, business critical SQL Servers require careful planning to satisfy performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements. It is the design of these business critical databases that will be the focus of this breakout session. You will learn how build high-performance SQL Server virtual machines through proper resource allocation, database file management, and use of all-flash storage like XtremIO. You will also learn how to protect these critical systems using a combination of SQL Server and vSphere high availability features. For example, did you know you can vMotion shared-disk Windows Failover Cluster nodes? You can in vSphere 6! Finally, you will learn techniques for rapid deployment, backup, and recovery of SQL Server virtual machines using an all-flash array.
VMworld 2015: Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR Deep Dive with Engine...VMworld
Policy based management greatly simplifies the work of IT Administrators making it easy to ensure that applications and VMs receive the resources, protection and functionality required. Learn about the latest enhancements of Site Recovery Manager in this space, which represent a huge step towards providing policy based DR. In this session we'll dive deep into how this approach works and how to work with them.
Not content to simply describe the Virtual Volume (VVOL) framework, this session instead examines practical use cases: How different configurations and workloads benefit from VVOLs. Learn how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) couples with VVOLs to provide VM configuration options not previously available. We demonstrate a handful of real-life scenarios, specifically covering how VVOLs benefits oversubscribed systems, disaster recovery preparation and multi-tenant requirements for customers. Specific configuration options and constraints are covered in detail, including how they work with underlying storage.
VMware and Puppet: How to Plan, Deploy & Manage Modern ApplicationsPuppet
Are you looking to better understand how to use Puppet with VMware to rapidly deploy applications?Join us to learn how to easily model and automate delivery of modern applications to private or public clouds. We will walk through how to use Application Director and Puppet together to build, deploy and configure standardized multi-tier applications within minutes. Once these applications are deployed, you’ll learn how best to provide ongoing management and maintenance. We will show you how to manage drift, roll out updates and ensure consistency in your applications to reduceoutages and unnecessary downtime. This session will include a demo of common use cases and customer case examples.
Speakers
Nigel Kersten
CTO, Puppet Labs
Nigel came to Puppet Labs from Google HQ in Mountain View, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of one of the largest Puppet deployments in the world. He’s been a sysadmin for Linux and Mac deployments for longer than he is entirely comfortable calculating.
Becky Smith
Product Line Manager, VMware
Becky Smith has 16 years of experience in IT and System Management space. As a Product Line Manager for VMware's Enterprise Management business unit, Becky is responsible for product direction for operational, security and regulatory configuration and compliance management across cloud, virtual and physical infrastructures and workloads. Becky Smith's technical background and expertise consists of cloud and virtualization infrastructure management, system administration and compliance.
VMware Infrastructure empowers businesses of all sizes and environments to move beyond traditional IT infrastructure boundaries and build a responsive data center that's dynamic, efficient and available. Learn to operate & maintain VMware vSphere 6.5 from a real-world perspective.
Learn more about:
- About the Netcom VMware vSphere Boot Camp
- Two different ways to integrate vSphere with Active Directory - Best Practices: Join Domain vs. AD LDAP
- Adding an AD Identity Source to vCenter 6.5
- Creating a Default vSphere Permission for users in an AD Group
The popularity of Virtual SAN is growing daily. Server admins are finally free to aggregate storage in their servers to create a shared storage system that scales with their compute needs. The underlying key to making it all work is networking. All Virtual SAN data flows through it, and correct selection and configuration of networking components will mean the difference between disruptive success or dramatic failure. This session will give deep insight in the do's and don'ts of Virtual SAN networking. Best practices for physical and virtual switch configuration and performance testing will be discussed. Virtual SAN 5.5 and 6.0 will be covered, and the networking differences discussed. Methods of troubleshooting network issues will be covered. For those configuring a Virtual SAN network for the first time, for labs or enterprise scale, this session is a must-see.
Private Cloud Academy: Backup and DPM 2010Aidan Finn
The session I ran on how to design CSV for Hyper-V backups, and how to use DPM 2010, at the Microsoft/System Dynamics Private Cloud Academy in Dublin, Ireland.
Balaji Parimi VMware R&D describes best practices when using the vSphere APIs. The VMware vSphere APIs can be used to build VMware vSphere management solutions. Virtual Machines, Host Management, Performance Monitoring. To learn more visit our community. http://developer.vmware.com
It is not that hard to build your own Cloud Adapter! You can enable a citizen developer to do their own integrations using ICS and also use the same adapter when developing on premise SOA solutions. Oracle enables you to sell your product in the Marketplace, further increasing your return of investment. I will show you the different designtime and runtime components which need to be implemented, how JDeveloper extension development works and how you can test your adapter on ICS locally using the ICS execution agent. I will share common pitfalls when starting adapter development to help you get a headstart when you are considering creating your own. This presentation will help developers and architects understand Cloud Adapters and when you should consider creating one yourself!
VMworld 2015: Advanced SQL Server on vSphereVMworld
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely deployed “apps” in the market today and is used as the database layer for a myriad of applications, ranging from departmental content repositories to large enterprise OLTP systems. Typical SQL Server workloads are somewhat trivial to virtualize; however, business critical SQL Servers require careful planning to satisfy performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements. It is the design of these business critical databases that will be the focus of this breakout session. You will learn how build high-performance SQL Server virtual machines through proper resource allocation, database file management, and use of all-flash storage like XtremIO. You will also learn how to protect these critical systems using a combination of SQL Server and vSphere high availability features. For example, did you know you can vMotion shared-disk Windows Failover Cluster nodes? You can in vSphere 6! Finally, you will learn techniques for rapid deployment, backup, and recovery of SQL Server virtual machines using an all-flash array.
VMworld 2015: Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR Deep Dive with Engine...VMworld
Policy based management greatly simplifies the work of IT Administrators making it easy to ensure that applications and VMs receive the resources, protection and functionality required. Learn about the latest enhancements of Site Recovery Manager in this space, which represent a huge step towards providing policy based DR. In this session we'll dive deep into how this approach works and how to work with them.
Not content to simply describe the Virtual Volume (VVOL) framework, this session instead examines practical use cases: How different configurations and workloads benefit from VVOLs. Learn how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) couples with VVOLs to provide VM configuration options not previously available. We demonstrate a handful of real-life scenarios, specifically covering how VVOLs benefits oversubscribed systems, disaster recovery preparation and multi-tenant requirements for customers. Specific configuration options and constraints are covered in detail, including how they work with underlying storage.
VMware and Puppet: How to Plan, Deploy & Manage Modern ApplicationsPuppet
Are you looking to better understand how to use Puppet with VMware to rapidly deploy applications?Join us to learn how to easily model and automate delivery of modern applications to private or public clouds. We will walk through how to use Application Director and Puppet together to build, deploy and configure standardized multi-tier applications within minutes. Once these applications are deployed, you’ll learn how best to provide ongoing management and maintenance. We will show you how to manage drift, roll out updates and ensure consistency in your applications to reduceoutages and unnecessary downtime. This session will include a demo of common use cases and customer case examples.
Speakers
Nigel Kersten
CTO, Puppet Labs
Nigel came to Puppet Labs from Google HQ in Mountain View, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of one of the largest Puppet deployments in the world. He’s been a sysadmin for Linux and Mac deployments for longer than he is entirely comfortable calculating.
Becky Smith
Product Line Manager, VMware
Becky Smith has 16 years of experience in IT and System Management space. As a Product Line Manager for VMware's Enterprise Management business unit, Becky is responsible for product direction for operational, security and regulatory configuration and compliance management across cloud, virtual and physical infrastructures and workloads. Becky Smith's technical background and expertise consists of cloud and virtualization infrastructure management, system administration and compliance.
VMware Infrastructure empowers businesses of all sizes and environments to move beyond traditional IT infrastructure boundaries and build a responsive data center that's dynamic, efficient and available. Learn to operate & maintain VMware vSphere 6.5 from a real-world perspective.
Learn more about:
- About the Netcom VMware vSphere Boot Camp
- Two different ways to integrate vSphere with Active Directory - Best Practices: Join Domain vs. AD LDAP
- Adding an AD Identity Source to vCenter 6.5
- Creating a Default vSphere Permission for users in an AD Group
The popularity of Virtual SAN is growing daily. Server admins are finally free to aggregate storage in their servers to create a shared storage system that scales with their compute needs. The underlying key to making it all work is networking. All Virtual SAN data flows through it, and correct selection and configuration of networking components will mean the difference between disruptive success or dramatic failure. This session will give deep insight in the do's and don'ts of Virtual SAN networking. Best practices for physical and virtual switch configuration and performance testing will be discussed. Virtual SAN 5.5 and 6.0 will be covered, and the networking differences discussed. Methods of troubleshooting network issues will be covered. For those configuring a Virtual SAN network for the first time, for labs or enterprise scale, this session is a must-see.
Private Cloud Academy: Backup and DPM 2010Aidan Finn
The session I ran on how to design CSV for Hyper-V backups, and how to use DPM 2010, at the Microsoft/System Dynamics Private Cloud Academy in Dublin, Ireland.
Strategies for Seamless Backup and Disaster Recovery with AWSAmazon Web Services
by Isaiah Weiner, Sr. Manager of Solutions Architecture, AWS
Businesses of all sizes and industries are using the AWS cloud to enable faster disaster recovery of their critical IT systems without incurring the infrastructure expense of a second physical site. With our global scale, AWS provides a set of cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services that enable rapid recovery of your IT infrastructure and data. Learn best practices from AWS experts. During the second half of this session, an APN B&R provider will demo enterprise backup solutions that are helping customers recovery data and systems quickly in the event of a disaster.
Zerto: Discover an easy five-step process for migrating virtual (VM) machines from VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V to AWS. See this through the lens of datacentre consolidation, disaster recovery to the cloud, and mass migration of VM data. Key highlights include how to replicate VMs and data without performance impact, testing the migration with no break in replication, and automation of the failover process.
In this session you will learn a simple 5 step process for migrating VMs from VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V to AWS. Use cases include datacentre consolidation, disaster recovery to the cloud or mass migration of VM data. Key highlights of the session include;
How to replicate VMs and data with no performance impact, bandwidth requirements and networking considerations, configuring instance sizing, testing the migration with no break in replication and automation of the failover process.
Join us to learn how to make your next DR or migration project to AWS fast and trouble free.
Speaker: Stanley Lee, Manager, Systems Engineering Asia Pacific and Japan, Zerto
VMware Continuent, a multi-site, multi-master database cluster solution, provides a full data management solution that is already handling billions of transactions daily for our customers, on-premises and in the cloud.
Learn how Continuent and MySQL can run business-critical applications in vCloud Air, VMware’s hybrid cloud solution:
- What is vCloud Air and how it can benefit your company
- Overview of DBMS operation in vCloud Air
- Tips and tricks for running Continuent MySQL clusters
- Roadmap for Continuent in vCloud Air as well as vSphere support.
We have a lot of great work on tap related to vCloud Air as well as VMware products in general. Join us for this glimpse into the future of Continuent clustering and replication at VMware.
State, Local and Education customers are using the AWS cloud to enable faster disaster recovery of their mission critical IT systems without incurring the infrastructure expense of a second physical site. Join us for an informative webinar on how AWS cloud supports many popular disaster recovery (DR) architectures from “pilot light” environments that are ready to scale up at a moment’s notice to “hot standby” environments that enable rapid failover. With infrastructure centers in 10 regions around the world, AWS provides a set of cloud-based DR services that enable rapid recovery of your IT infrastructure and data.
Power your apps with a secure, scalable and durable back end on Amazon Web Service. Whether you are looking to minimize your operational overhead or to maintain tight control, AWS has a spectrum of database options for you to choose the right architecture for your needs. Learn about your options and how to choose the right architecture for your apps.
AWS Webcast - Using the AWS Cloud for Disaster recovery_Public SectorAmazon Web Services
State, Local and Education customers are using the AWS cloud to enable faster disaster recovery of their mission critical IT systems without incurring the infrastructure expense of a second physical site. This presentation shares informative on how AWS cloud supports many popular disaster recovery (DR) architectures from “pilot light” environments that are ready to scale up at a moment’s notice to “hot standby” environments that enable rapid failover. With infrastructure centers in 10 regions around the world, AWS provides a set of cloud-based DR services that enable rapid recovery of your IT infrastructure and data.
Scaling drupal horizontally and in cloudVladimir Ilic
Vancouver Drupal group presentation for April 25, 2013.
How to deploy Drupal on
- multiple web servers,
- multiple web and database servers, and
- how to join all that together and make site deployed on Amazon Cloud (Virtual Private Cloud) inside
- one availability zone
- multiple availability zones deployment.
Session cover details about what you need in order to get Drupal deployed on separate servers, what are issues/concerns, and how to solve them.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
2. HotLink DR Express
RTO: Recovery Time Objective
‘How long will it take for the system to be
operational after a disaster?’
- RTO is an agreed target of the maximum time
taken to restore a service – e.g. 8 hours
3. HotLink DR Express
RPO: Recovery Point Objective
‘How much data will I lose?’
- RPO is an agreed target of the maximum
amount of data loss acceptable after a disaster
- Typically specified in hours since the last good
backup
4. Traditional DR Models
Cold Standby – Offsite backup tape storage. Maybe
dedicated replacement hardware/facilities in storage.
[RTO=weeks, RPO=24hrs]. Cheap(ish)
Warm Standby @ Secondary Datacenter –
Dedicated Datacenter, periodic replication of some
data. [RTO=hours/days, RPO=15mins-24hrs]
Expensive but essential for many.
Hot Standby @ Secondary Datacenter – Expensive
real-time replication of data, automated failover.
[RTO<5 mins, RPO=sub-second].Too expensive for
most.
5. DR
- RTO in minutes/VM
- RPO Configurable for each individual VM
- (typically 15 mins to 2 hours)
+ Backup
- Consolidate older Recovery Points to once per
day (configurable). Store up to 500
Snapshots/VM
HotLink DR Express
6. HotLink DR Express – AWS Components
Datacenter Equivalent Amazon AWS Equivalent
vSphere VM - Virtual Machine EC2 - Elastic Cloud Computing
- 1vCPU, 2GB RAM - m1.small
- 1vCPU, 4GB RAM - m1.medium
- 2vCPU, 8GB RAM - m1.large
- 4vCPU, 16GB RAM - m1.xlarge
Primary Storage (SAN) EBS - Elastic Block Storage
Near-Line Storage (disk-based
backup data, archives)
S3 - Simple Storage Service
Internet Firewall ‘Security Groups’
Datacenter LAN VPC – Virtual Private Cloud
WAN ‘Hardware VPN’ (+VPC)
(rough guide for VMWare admins unfamiliar with AWS – AWS capabilities
differ from VMWare and can’t be accurately compared)
7. Hypervisor Host (ESX Server)
Virtual Machines
Primary (SAN) Storage
Near-Line (Backup) Storage
Network Switches
Network Firewall
Internet Connection
Hypervisor Host (ESX Server)
Virtual Machines
Primary (SAN) Storage
Near-Line (Backup) Storage
Network Switches
Network Firewall
Internet Connection
Replication
Replication
Power and Cooling
Rack/Floorspace
Power and Cooling
Rack/Floorspace
DC Management DC Management
Production
Datacenter
DR
Datacenter
Traditional Warm/Hot Standby VMWare DR
8. Production
Datacenter
Hypervisor Host (ESX Server)
Virtual Machines
Primary (SAN) Storage
Near-Line (Backup) Storage
Network Switches
Network Firewall
Internet Connection
AWS Cloud
- BAU
Near-Line (S3) Storage
Network Firewall (VPN)
Replication
Power and Cooling
Rack/Floorspace
DC Management
HotLink DR – Business as Usual state (no disasters)
9. Production
Datacenter
Hypervisor Host (ESX Server)
Virtual Machines
Primary (SAN) Storage
Near-Line (Backup) Storage
Network Switches
Network Firewall
Internet Connection
AWS Cloud
- BAU
Near-Line (S3) Storage
Network Firewall (VPN)
Replication
Power and Cooling
Rack/Floorspace
DC Management
HotLink DR – Business as Usual state (no disasters)
AWS Cloud –
DR Invoked
Virtual Machines (EC2)
Primary (EBS) Storage
Near-Line (S3) Storage
Network Firewall (VPN)
10. How it works – Backups & Replication
HotLink DR Express automatically:
- Clones a VM
- Converts VM from VMWare to AWS EC2 format
- Uploads VM to AWS S3 Storage
- Takes periodic snapshots and uploads changes to
AWS S3
HotLink DR Express
11. How it works – Recovery
HotLink DR Express automatically:
- Moves selected VM Snapshot from S3 to EBS
- Creates EC2 VM
- Powers on EC2 VM with attached storage
- Connects EC2 VM to VPC network and assigns
DHCP IP Address
HotLink DR Express
12. What it looks like – Admin consoles
Protection, replication and recovery all performed
through familiar vCenter console
vCenter plugin shows protection options – can
enable/disable protection and set/modify RPO and
consolidation of snapshots easily per VM
HotLink DR Express
13. HotLink DR Express
What it looks like – Admin consoles
2 additional Datacenters shown in vCenter:
- ‘DR Express’ – shows ‘shadow’ versions of
production VMs. Select a snapshot from here to
recover (using standard snapshot manager menu)
- ‘EC2’ – shows recovered VMs, running on EC2
14. HotLink DR Express
Recovery Features
- Can recover single VM to multiple points in time
- Recovered VMs include their snap timestamp in
their VM name
- All recovered VMs auto-configured for DHCP when
started on EC2 – can modify IP settings after boot.
- Can recover VMs individually, or in batches
- Recover to EC2, or back to your datacenter (after
DR event is over)
15. HotLink DR Express
Whole Datacenter failover
Requires additional planning, additional components:
- Secondary vCenter installation running on AWS
17. Component Limit Comments
VPCs per region 5
Subnets per VPC 200
Internet gateways per region 5
One per VPC
Virtual private gateways per region 5
One per VPC
Customer gateways per region 50
VPN connections per
region
50 Ten per virtual private
gateway
Route tables per VPC 10 Including the main route table
Entries per route table 20
Elastic IP addresses per region for each AWS account 5 Amazon EC2 has a separate limit for its Elastic IP
addresses per region for each AWS account
Security groups per VPC 100
Rules per security group 50
Security groups you can assign to an instance in a VPC 5
Network ACLs per VPC 50
Rules per network ACL 20
BGP Advertised Routes per VPN Connection 100
AWS VPC Limitations (acceptable)
18. HotLink DR Express
Supported Platforms
Host Platforms
- Amazon EC2 (all regions worldwide)
Guest Operating Systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (RHEL 5.4, 5.6, 5.8)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (RHEL 6.0, 6.2)
- CentOS versions of these Red Hat releases
- Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1
- Windows Server 2012
VMware vCenter
- VMware vCenter 5.1
Current Supported Version = vSphere 5.1
[Support for vSphere v5.5 expected very soon (Q1 ‘14)]
Initial replication (seed) of VMs is dependent on Internet Bandwidth at
primary datacentre, could take a while to protect large environments
- Can use Amazon Connect (avail through some ISPs)
19. HotLink DR Express
Cheap – only pay for DR resources when you need them
Reliable AWS infrastructure (including S3 Storage)
Familiar vCenter integration
Unique technology to translate VMWare and EC2 Images
Affordable initial investment – start small (30VMs) and
scale up as required.
20. HotLink DR Express
Unique Capability use case – DR protection in a hurry
“Bob is the CIO of a small/medium enterprise (100 production servers).
Regulatory requirements require a Business Continuity Plan. He has 2 weeks
to install configure and test an IT Disaster Recovery plan before a compliance
Audit”
- Deploy infrastructure in as little as a single day (depending on networking
requirements)
- Initial Seeding performed in batches, can be fully protected within days
(bandwidth dependent)
- This can be reduced with Amazon Web Connect
- Can demonstrate recovery capabilities at any time without impacting
production servers
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