This document provides an overview of VMware virtualization technology. It discusses that virtualization involves creating virtual representations of hardware instead of physical ones. It then covers key virtualization concepts like hypervisors, ESXi, vCenter, and how they enable the virtualization of applications, servers, storage and networks. The document also summarizes several key VMware virtualization features such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, vSphere DRS and vSphere distributed switches. It explains how these features provide benefits like reduced costs, increased efficiency, agility, scalability, availability and simplified management.

1. VMWare
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2. Virtualization Overview
 Virtualization
 Virtualization is the process of creating a software-based (or virtual) representation of
something rather than a physical one.
 Virtualization can apply to applications, servers, storage, and networks and is the single
most effective way to reduce IT expenses while boosting efficiency and agility for all size
businesses.

3. Virtualization

4. Virtualization vs Baremetal

5. Benefit of Virtualization
 Reduced capital and operating costs.
 Minimized or eliminated downtime.
 Increased IT productivity, efficiency, agility, scalability and responsiveness.
 Faster provisioning of applications and resources.
 Greater business continuity and disaster recovery.
 Simplified data center management.

6. Hypervisors
Hypervisor is software that creates and runs virtual machines (VMs).
A hypervisor allows one host computer to support multiple guest VMs by virtually
sharing its resources, such as memory and processing.

7. Hypervisors

8. Component of virtualization
 Hypervisor  ESXi
 ESXi : Latest hypervisor architecture from VMware
 Management  vCenter
 Data center management server
application developed by VMware
 Client  vSphere client (below version 6.5)
 Allows users to remotely connect to ESXi or vCenter Server from any Windows

9. Component of virtualization

10. Key Features of VMWare

11. VMWare vShpere vMotion
 Live migration of virtual machines from one host to another with zero downtime.
 Used by other vSphere features :
 vSphere Fault Tolerance
 vSphere Storage vMotion
 vSphere Distributed Resource
Scheduler
 VMware vSphere Distributed Power
Management™

12. vSphere Storage vMotion
 Relocate a running virtual machine from one
datastore to another datastore with zero
downtime.
 Relocate across different storage types.
 Change virtual machine disk format (thick or
thin).
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13. vSphere vMotion with vSphere Storage
vMotion
 Combines vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage
vMotion into one process. This combined migration
copies both the virtual machine CPU, memory and
its disk over the network to the destination host.
 This combined migration can be done together
without downtime VM.

14. vSphere vMotion with vSphere Storage
vMotion
 Benefits :
• Zero downtime migration
• No dependency on shared storage
• Lower operating cost
• Helps meet service level and performance SLAs

15. vSphere Distributed Resources, Storage,
and Power Features
 vSphere Distributed Resource
Scheduler and VMware vSphere
Storage DRS™
 Automated load balancing
 vSphere Distributed Power
Manager
 Optionally consolidate virtual
machines onto fewer hosts
and power hosts off/on as
needed

16. vSphere Storage DRS
 Overview :
• Group like datastores in a datastore cluster
• Initial placement of virtual machines/VMDKs
• Datastore maintenance mode
• Space and I/O load balancing
• Affinity and anti-affinity rules

17. vSphere Storage DRS
 Benefits :
• Scalable storage management
• Reduce time for virtual machine provisioning
• Eliminate virtual machine downtime for storage maintenance
• Automated out-of-space avoidance
• Automated I/O bottleneck avoidance

18. What Does VMware vSphere Storage DRS
Solve?
Without VMware vSphere Storage DRS™
 Identify the datastore with the most disk space and lowest latency.
 Confirm which virtual machines are placed on the datastore and avoid
conflicts.
 Create virtual machine and hope for the best.
With vSphere Storage DRS
 Automatic selection of the best placement for your virtual machine.
 Advanced balancing mechanism to avoid storage performance bottlenecks
or lack of space problems.
 VM or VMDK affinity rules.

19. VMware vSphere Thin Provisioning
 Virtual machine disks consume only actual
physical space in use.
 Virtual machine sees full logical disk
at all times.
 More efficient disk storage than
pre-allocated thick disks.

20. VMware vSphere High Availability
 Protects virtual machines and automatically restarts them in case of
 Host failure
 Virtual machine failure (loss of heartbeat and I/O)

21. VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
 A protected virtual machine has a shadow virtual machine in lockstep on another
host.
 Zero downtime in the event of primary host failure.
 Automatic secondary protection after initial failover.
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22. Hot Add
 Hot add virtual devices
 Hot add
 CPU
 Memory
 Hot add or remove
 Storage devices
 Network devices

23. vCenter Linked Mode
 Single pane of glass
 Links multiple VMware vCenter
Server™ instances
 View and search combined
inventory of vCenter Server instances
 Shared licenses and roles
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24. VMware vSphere Web Client
Overview :
• New, improved interface into vSphere delivers the following
– Browser-based experience
– Custom tagging
– Scalability
– Enhanced workflow management
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Console
Tabs
Task List
Sidebar
Extension
Portlets
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25. VMware vSphere Web Client
Benefits :
• Platform independence
• Tag based on specific business cases
• Manage more objects and 3x more active sessions than
ever before
• Pause and resume even the most complex workflow or
task
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Task List
Sidebar
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Portlets
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26. VMware vSphere Distributed Switch
 Defined across hosts
 Port groups span multiple hosts
 Network state stays with virtual machines across
hosts
 Supports private VLANs, PVLANs,
VXLAN
 VMware vSphere Network I/O Control
Virtual Machines
VMkernel Ports
dvPort
Groups
View across multiple hosts
Distributed
Virtual Switch
Host 1
Host 2
Physical
Adapters
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27. VMware vSphere Distributed Switch
Benefits :
• Visibility into physical and virtual
network status
• Backup and recover network
settings
• Fast recovery from lost connectivity
or incorrect configurations
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