Nutanix Enterprise Cloud makes virtualization invisible, leveraging Nutanix's built-in and license free hypervisor – AHV. This powerful introduction to AHV and Prism's integrated virtualization management explains the benefits of converging the virtualization layer with the infrastructure stack. A veteran Nutanix engineer will demonstrate how easy it is to provision new workloads on AHV, and manage the full virtualization environment via Prism. See all of the enterprise-grade capabilities that make AHV the perfect choice for your applications and IT budget.

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NF102: AHV Basics
Mike Wronski, AHV / Virtualization and Networking Product
Team
Seb Hakiel, Enterprise Architect

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3. The Journey to AHV – Why Does Nutanix Have a Hypervisor?
• Segmented / Manual Management
• Limited native HA
• No native load balancing
• Manual monitoring
• Limited planning tools
• Command Line Tools
Nutanix AHV
Hyper-V
Prism
Deduplication
vSphere Support
Scale-out storage
KVM Support
Multi-cluster
Management
Native Virtualization
with AHV
Backup to AWS
AHV VM High Availability
Backup to Azure
VM Flash Mode
Erasure Coding
Product
Launch
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
VM-centric Backup + DR
Non-disruptive Upgrades
Compression
4x Faster
Performance
Hypervisor
Conversion
Prism Pro with X-Fit
2016
Block Services
Container Support
File Services
Self-Service Portal
What-if Analysis
AHV Dynamic
Scheduling
2017
XenServer Support
Centralized upgrades
Obelix, Micro-segmentation

4. Virtualization
App App
Integrated, scale-out
compute and storage
Virtualization
App App
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Server Server
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
with built-in virtualization
and management
Convergence Journey: 3 Tier to HCI
Enterprise Cloud with AHV

5. Hypervisor Management
Hypervisor or Management?
Load Balancing (DRS)
VM Migration
CPU Scheduling
VM Availability (HA)
Virtual Devices
Virtual Memory
Alerts & Alarms
VM Placement
Network Policy
Monitoring
Orchestration
Security
“Real value comes from ease of
management, orchestration, and
operational insights”

6. Converged Journey: Nutanix HCI with AHV
Capacity Planning
Monitoring / Insights
VM Management
Hypervisor
Storage Services
LUN Centric Storage
Prism Management
AHV Hypervisor
DSF/ABS/AFS/ACS
Nutanix Prism and AHV
Enterprise Cloud

7. What Is the Enterprise Cloud OS?
GCPAWS

8. Value: Deep Integration
• Performance
- Storage Optimized
• Visibility
- Single Location / Full Stack
• Machine Learning
- ADS (a.k.a DRS)

9. Value: Operational Efficiency / Lower TCO
Virtualization
Prism
VUM
Management
Storage
vROps
vRAC
vCenter
…
3rd
Party
Storage Services
ESXi
vSAN
NSX
AHV
OVS
Nutanix AMF/DSF
AFS
ABS
ACS

10. Value: Security
• Automated Security Development Lifecycle (SecDL)
• Custom Secure Technical Implementation Guide
• Automated Configuration Validation & Remediation
• Data at Rest Encryption (HW or Software Based)
• Network Security - Microsegmentation
• Security Certifications

11. Tech Features: VM High Availability
What it does:
• Auto restart user VMs after host failure
• Policy enabled through Prism
• AHV picks the best admission control
policy:
– Reserved segments (default)
– Reserved host
Benefits
• Always-on VMs
• Reduced administrator overhead

12. Tech Features: Acropolis Dynamic Scheduling
• Automatic Detection, and re-mediation of CPU
and storage hot-spots
• Initial VM Placement
• Following anomalies are detected:
• CPU hot spots
• Storage controller hot spots
• Affinity rule violation
• If anomalies are found, re-mediation by:
• Intelligent live migration of VMs
• Backed by Xfit machine learning
• ABS iSCSI session re-direction

13. Tech Features: VM Affinity Rules
VM<>VM Anti-­affinity VM-VM Anti-affinity:
• Place and always keep a group of
powered ON VMs on different hosts.
Use Cases:
• VM HA fault domain separation (e.g.
SQL cluster)
• Manual Hot Spot avoidance
“Should” rule – best effort but can be
violated.

14. Tech Features: Host Affinity Rules
VM <> Host Affinity VM-Host Affinity:
• Place and always keep a powered ON
VM on selected group of hosts
Use Cases:
• SW License Compliance
• Security / Governance
• Hardware Segmentation
“Must” rule - never violated by:
• Initial placement
• HA
• Host maintenance mode
• ADS
• Manual live migration

15. DEMO: Key Features and Functions
DEMO

16. Ecosystem: Partners and Validations
ü Microsoft SVVP
ü Oracle Ready
ü SAP Business Suite
ü Citrix Ready
Enterprise Application
Ready

17. AHV Native Backup Ecosystem Partners
Complete app-aware
backup and recovery
Optimized with workload
across hypervisors,
systems, and clouds
self-service provisioning
Cataloging and Indexing
options
Purpose-built &
Application-aware
Hypervisor-agnostic
Storage Level
Snapshots
Backup to Cloud & NAS
Nutanix-like simplicity
Complete data
management for all
Nutanix workloads
Automated protection
policies,
multi-hypervisor support
Automated protection &
restore workflow
Premier availability
solution provider for
Nutanix virtualized
environments
Agentless solution with
native integration
Highest levels of
availability and data
protection for all
applications and data
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18. Business Critical Applications on AHV
3
10
17
21
25
0
10
20
30
AHV NODES IN PRODUCTION

19. How do I get there?
ü 1-Click ESXi -> AHV Conversion
ü Cross Hypervisor DR / Replication
ü Nutanix Xtract Tools
ü SQL Migration – Best Practices
ü ESXi to AHV VM Migration

20. Simple Onboarding with Xtract for VMs
üAgentless migrations
üNear-zero downtime
üRetain network configurations
üAuto AHV IO driver insertion
Architecture Migration PlanDiscover and Assess Seeding and Cutover
vCenter
AHV
Cluster
ESX
Cluster
VM
Inventory
VM
ESX
Cluster
VM
√ESX
Cluster VM
AHV
VM
AHV
ClusterAHVAHVVM
Xtract

21. Questions?

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Thank You!
Mike Wronski @MCWronski | Seb Hakiel @sebhakiel
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Disclaimer
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All
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Nutanix
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Nutanix
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Nutanix,
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United
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are
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Nutanix
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