OpenNebula management of vCenter based infrastructures allows for datacenter federation provided network quality requirements are met. In this session a use case will be explained to introduce this scenario in real world infrastructures. Also, OpenNebula 5.4 brings a lot of new functionality for vCenter management that will be explained. Lastly, vOneCloud, an OVA encapsulated version of OpenNebula tailored for VMware infrastructures will be presented as well.

1. Tino Vazquez
Senior Developer // @tinova79 // tinova@opennebula.org
Orchestration of VMware
Datacenters with OpenNebula

2. Topics Covered
● The vCenter Approach
● Multiple Datacenters with 1 OpenNebula
● OpenNebula Federation Approach
● New Features in 5.4 Medusa
● vOneCloud - A Tailored Appliance

3. The vCenter Approach
KVM
Virtual Infra Management
•Capacity management
•Resource optimization
•HA and business continuity
vCenter
VMware
Cloud Management
•VDC multi-tenancy
•Simple cloud GUI and interfaces
•Service elasticity/provisioning
•Multi-VM management
Cloud Brokering
•Federation
•Hybrid
Self Service

4. Multiple Datacenters with 1 OpenNebula
Goal
● Manage and consume different datacenters vCenter instances
● Under one single access point (OpenNebula instance)
Infrastructure Requirements
● Use a supported vCenter version: 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5
● Good connectivity between datacenters (low latency)

5. Multiple Datacenters with 1 OpenNebula
Datacenter EU
vCenter vCenter
Datacenter US
OpenNebula Services
Sunstone, API & Scheduler
oned & vCenter drivers
vCenter
Host
Cluster A
Host
Cluster A
vCenter
Cluster
AESX
A
Cluster
AESX
DB
Cluster
AESX
A
Cluster
AESX
Single Entry Point to Federated OpenNebula Cloud
Host
Cluster A
Host
Cluster A
Architecture

6. OpenNebula Federation Approach
When latency does not play nice ….
...OpenNebula comes to the rescue!
Federation allows users to consume resources
regardless of their geographic location
Sunstone allows to change the active Zone
and redirects the request accordingly

7. OpenNebula Federation Approach
Datacenter EUDatacenter US
OpenNebula Services
Sunstone, API & Scheduler
oned & vCenter drivers
vCenter
Host
Cluster A
Host
Cluster A
vCenter
Cluster
AESX
A
Cluster
AESX
DB
OpenNebula Services
Sunstone, API & Scheduler
oned & vCenter drivers
vCenter
Host
Cluster A
Host
Cluster A
vCenter
Cluster
AESX
A
Cluster
AESX
DB
MySQL replication
Single Entry Point to Federated OpenNebula Cloud
5.2
XMLRPC calls
5.4
Architecture

8. New Features in 5.4 Medusa
Storage Enhancements
● Fully aware disk management
○ Storage quotas
○ Storage DRS (without Enterprise Plus)
○ Automated import for VM Templates and Wild VMs
● Resize VM disks
● Linked Clones support
● Save VM disks in images for later use
● Non Persistent Images
● Volatile disks

9. New Features in 5.4 Medusa
Network Enhancements
● Introduce network creation
○ not just consumption
○ standard and distributed port-groups & vSwitches
○ Automated import for VM Templates and Wild VMs
● Automatically provision VLAN isolated Virtual Networks
○ and create routing between them on demand (Virtual Router)
○ without extra components (no need for NSX)
● Enhanced provisioning model
○ easier to isolate Virtual Datacenters

10. New Features in 5.4 Medusa
Other significant enhancements
● Two orders of magnitude performance enhancements
○ relevant in import and monitoring times
● Folder support (place resources automatically within folders)
● Save as Template capabilities
○ Easily create VM Templates from OpenNebula
● VNC port configuration for Wild VMs
● Marketplace support
● Enhanced monitoring metrics
○ read/write IOPS

11. OpenNebula.systems
vOneCloud - A Tailored Appliance
An Instant Cloud Recipe
● Encapsulated OpenNebula in OVA
● Tailored for vCenter infrastructures
● Small to Medium Scale
● Easy to install and maintain
● Ideal for PoCs
● Import your system and deliver
self-service portal in a breeze
● Zero intrusive

12. THANKS!
OpenNebulaConf 2017 US
5th
edition