Symantec ApplicationHA, Symantec’s high availability solution for VMware virtual environments, provides customers the ability to confidently virtualize their business critical applications. The latest version of Symantec ApplicationHA extends the existing capabilities for disaster recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager integration and provides a dashboard to monitor and manage hundreds of applications within VMware vCenter Server.
Implementing a Disaster Recovery Solution using VMware Site Recovery Manager ...Paula Koziol
IBM Spectrum Virtualize delivers business continuity capabilities using a stretched cluster configuration together with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). The result is an end-to-end disaster recovery solution for organizations of all sizes. Join this session to understand how IBM Spectrum Virtualize, including offerings like IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM Storwize Family, integrates with VMware SRM to automate and optimize disaster recovery operations. Everyone who works in mission critical environments understands the need for high availability and effective solutions for planned and unplanned outages. Organizations demand disaster recovery operations that are fully automated and can be executed in a repeatable manner, so that they are always prepared for disaster situations. This IBM-VMware solution offers SMB and enterprise customers the ability to survive a wide range of failures and enables seamless migration of applications across company sites for various planned activities, enabling zero-downtime application mobility.
VMworld 2013: Virtualization Rookie or Pro: Why vSphere is Your Best ChoiceVMworld
VMworld 2013
Eric Horschman, VMware
Jeff Margolese, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
In this session we'll dive deep into how the vSphere compute and memory schedulers work to provide the same level of performance as bare metal. Hosted by two outstanding performance engineers, they will review concepts like how and when vSphere schedules vCPUs, how virtual machines are idles, understand virtual machine memory overhead and how large memory pages help or hurt performance. If you want to understand what vSphere does at an atomic level you don't want to miss this advanced session.
VMworld 2015: Conducting a Successful Virtual SAN Proof of ConceptVMworld
In this session, Cormac Hogan and Julienne Pham of VMware take a comprehensive look at the setup, policy management, failure handling, and monitoring tools needed to perform a successful Proof of Concept. This session empowered attendees to go and implement their own VSAN POCs.
Accelerate Your Signature Banking Applications with IBM Storage OfferingsPaula Koziol
Signature Users can cut application run and response times by as much as 50% by applying the latest IBM Storage offerings. Hear about an example Signature User’s experience and benefits with IBM Flash. Also, hear about IBM’s direction with the IBMi processor and answer questions you may have in upgrading your IT infrastructure. Current data growth, analytics, and real-time access needs have changed the storage landscape for our clients, particularly in banking. IBM’s multi-billion dollar investments in storage are making a significant impact on the speed, efficiency, and management of these needs. Offerings such as all-flash systems and software defined storage have especially become attractive to our banking clients who are both accelerating the speed of existing applications, such as core banking – or, creating new applications demanding real-time access, such as cybersecurity and cognitive in payments. Learn how others in the Financial Services industry are addressing core banking, payments, and risk & compliance applications using IBM Storage offerings. In addition to Signature, other core banking examples applying flash storage within Fiserv include: Premier, Precision, and XP2. Many of the same business benefits experienced within the banking industry could apply to you and your clients. Learn how you can easily implement these proven capabilities with your Signature application now.
Make your storage work for you: VAAI and ODX offload up to 30% of disk operat...StarWind Software
Hypervisor CPU and Networking overhead is a common issue for operations like VM provisioning, migration, and cloning. There should be a way to enhance performance by offloading the unnecessary CPU load and shrinking the SAN traffic. ODX and VAAI features do exactly this by offloading routine disk tasks to the storage array so they will be executed more effectively.
Stefano Rizzo, SVP Strategy and Business Development di Polarion Software ed Edoardo Sivera, Senior Electronic System Engineer di CNHi, presenteranno gli attuali processi di sviluppo Veicolo e di sviluppo Elettronico in CNHi, le relative esigenze di integrazione della toolchain e di come la collaborazione sinergica di Polarion Software e di Siemens PLM potranno rispondere a tali esigenze.
Implementing a Disaster Recovery Solution using VMware Site Recovery Manager ...Paula Koziol
IBM Spectrum Virtualize delivers business continuity capabilities using a stretched cluster configuration together with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). The result is an end-to-end disaster recovery solution for organizations of all sizes. Join this session to understand how IBM Spectrum Virtualize, including offerings like IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM Storwize Family, integrates with VMware SRM to automate and optimize disaster recovery operations. Everyone who works in mission critical environments understands the need for high availability and effective solutions for planned and unplanned outages. Organizations demand disaster recovery operations that are fully automated and can be executed in a repeatable manner, so that they are always prepared for disaster situations. This IBM-VMware solution offers SMB and enterprise customers the ability to survive a wide range of failures and enables seamless migration of applications across company sites for various planned activities, enabling zero-downtime application mobility.
VMworld 2013: Virtualization Rookie or Pro: Why vSphere is Your Best ChoiceVMworld
VMworld 2013
Eric Horschman, VMware
Jeff Margolese, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
In this session we'll dive deep into how the vSphere compute and memory schedulers work to provide the same level of performance as bare metal. Hosted by two outstanding performance engineers, they will review concepts like how and when vSphere schedules vCPUs, how virtual machines are idles, understand virtual machine memory overhead and how large memory pages help or hurt performance. If you want to understand what vSphere does at an atomic level you don't want to miss this advanced session.
VMworld 2015: Conducting a Successful Virtual SAN Proof of ConceptVMworld
In this session, Cormac Hogan and Julienne Pham of VMware take a comprehensive look at the setup, policy management, failure handling, and monitoring tools needed to perform a successful Proof of Concept. This session empowered attendees to go and implement their own VSAN POCs.
Accelerate Your Signature Banking Applications with IBM Storage OfferingsPaula Koziol
Signature Users can cut application run and response times by as much as 50% by applying the latest IBM Storage offerings. Hear about an example Signature User’s experience and benefits with IBM Flash. Also, hear about IBM’s direction with the IBMi processor and answer questions you may have in upgrading your IT infrastructure. Current data growth, analytics, and real-time access needs have changed the storage landscape for our clients, particularly in banking. IBM’s multi-billion dollar investments in storage are making a significant impact on the speed, efficiency, and management of these needs. Offerings such as all-flash systems and software defined storage have especially become attractive to our banking clients who are both accelerating the speed of existing applications, such as core banking – or, creating new applications demanding real-time access, such as cybersecurity and cognitive in payments. Learn how others in the Financial Services industry are addressing core banking, payments, and risk & compliance applications using IBM Storage offerings. In addition to Signature, other core banking examples applying flash storage within Fiserv include: Premier, Precision, and XP2. Many of the same business benefits experienced within the banking industry could apply to you and your clients. Learn how you can easily implement these proven capabilities with your Signature application now.
Make your storage work for you: VAAI and ODX offload up to 30% of disk operat...StarWind Software
Hypervisor CPU and Networking overhead is a common issue for operations like VM provisioning, migration, and cloning. There should be a way to enhance performance by offloading the unnecessary CPU load and shrinking the SAN traffic. ODX and VAAI features do exactly this by offloading routine disk tasks to the storage array so they will be executed more effectively.
Stefano Rizzo, SVP Strategy and Business Development di Polarion Software ed Edoardo Sivera, Senior Electronic System Engineer di CNHi, presenteranno gli attuali processi di sviluppo Veicolo e di sviluppo Elettronico in CNHi, le relative esigenze di integrazione della toolchain e di come la collaborazione sinergica di Polarion Software e di Siemens PLM potranno rispondere a tali esigenze.
Critical SQL Server Databases: Provide HA with SQL Server Failover Clustering...StarWind Software
Highly-Available SQL Server with reliable Disaster Recovery is traditionally hard to achieve but necessary to have. We say it is possible to build a fully redundant SQL Server 2014 cluster with just 2 servers, StarWind Virtual SAN and Cluster Shared Volumes while implementing disaster recovery to several places with minimal RTO and RPO!
SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SharePoint 2010 - AUSPC2012Michael Noel
Using SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups for failover of SharePoint 2010 Databases, as presented at the Australian SharePoint Conference - March 2012 in Melbourne.
AUDWC 2016 - Using SQL Server 20146 AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SharePoi...Michael Noel
SQL Server 2016 provides for unprecedented high availability and disaster recovery options for SharePoint farms in the form of AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Using this new technology, SharePoint architects can provide for near-instant failover at the data tier, without the risk of any data loss. In addition, the latest version of this technology, available with SQL Server 2016, allows for replicas of SharePoint databases to be stored in the cloud in Microsoft’s Azure cloud offering. This technology, which will be demonstrated live, completely changes the data tier design options for SharePoint and revolutionises high availability options for a farm. This session covers in step-by-step detail the exact configuration required to enable this functionality for a SharePoint 2013 farm, based on the best practices, tips and tricks, and real-world experience of the presenter in deploying this technology in production.
Understand the differences between SQL AlwaysOn options, and determine the requirements to deploy the technologies
Examine how SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups can provide aggressive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of zero and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of a few seconds.
See the exact steps required to enable SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups for a SharePoint 2013 On-Premises environment, including options for storing replicas in Microsoft’s Azure cloud service.
SharePoint Disaster Recovery with SQL AlwaysOnZeddy Iskandar
A talk I gave for SharePoint Saturday about doing warm disaster recovery using SQL AlwaysOn and how to use the secondary replica as read-only browse-able SharePoint site.
Unbreakable SharePoint 2013 with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (HA...serge luca
SharePoint 2013 High Availability and Disaster Recovery with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (HA and DR) - SharePoint Saturday Helsinki-Serge Luca (SharePoint MVP) et Isabelle Van Campenhoudt(SQ Server MVP); ShareQL, Belgium
SQL Server High Availability Solutions (Pros & Cons)Hamid J. Fard
Proper SQL Server High Availability Solution Is Highly Depends on the Business Objective and IT Operation Objectives. It Happens Sometimes that We Might Have Few Solutions on the Table to Implement.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery with SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availabil...turgaysahtiyan
The AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature is a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution that provides an enterprise-level alternative to database mirroring. Introduced in SQL Server 2012, AlwaysOn Availability Groups maximizes the availability of a set of user databases for an enterprise. In this session we will talk about what’s coming with Always On, and how does it help to improve high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
Introducing Neo4j 3.1: New Security and Clustering Architecture Neo4j
Neo4j 3.1, now in public beta, introduces many new exciting features. It improves upon existing security features to provide enterprise class user management, including role based authentication and AD/LDAP integration. The release introduces a new clustering architecture called Causal Clustering that enables very large clusters of Neo4j to be deployed across data centers while maintaining the data integrity that is is critical for the property graph model. Other highlights include database kernel and operations advances, user defined functions, a new Cypher command line interface, and Neo4j Browser improvements.
In this webinar we will cover these new features in detail, including a live demo where we will show how to deploy a Neo4j 3.1 cluster and manage users using the new security features.
Announcing Symantec & Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Disaster Recovery as a Service ...Symantec
Symantec today announced it will extend Symantec’s Storage Foundation High Availability for Windows and Veritas Volume replicator disaster recovery (DR) software solution to the Windows Azure cloud platform. Symantec’s solution will allow organizations of any size to recover business critical applications and their associated data in Windows Azure in the event of a local failure or site disaster. The solution will expand the ability of Symantec’s existing business continuity solutions for Microsoft Corp., providing on-premise-to-cloud disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS).
Virtual Appliances: Simplifying Application Deployment and Accelerating Your ...Novell
Virtual appliances are the wave of the future, declares IDC, because appliances dramatically simplify application deployment and accelerate the shift to cloud computing. Learn how the landmark strategic partnership between Novell and VMware is delivering innovative appliance versions of VMware products running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and how it can help you move your applications to the cloud. See an exciting demonstration of Novell's award-winning SUSE Studio appliance construction tool, used by software vendors to build appliances in minutes for on-premise and cloud environments, and by enterprises to quickly create optimized Linux image builds. The session will also cover Novell's industry-leading lifecycle management capabilities for appliances. If you're a software vendor, you will leave this session with new ideas on how to simplify delivery of your software, perform appliance lifecycle management and extend your applications to the cloud. If you're an end-user organization, you will learn how to reduce the time spent creating and updating core OS images by 90 percent or more.
Storage Management and High Availability 6.0 LaunchSymantec
Symantec announced version 6.0 of the company’s storage management and high availability products. With this release, Symantec enables IT organizations to build resilient private clouds by transforming their existing infrastructure. Organizations can manage entire business services end-to-end with built in resiliency, even if the business service is run across multiple virtualization technologies, operating systems, and storage platforms. This release spans multiple products in Symantec’s portfolio including its flagship Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0, Veritas Cluster Server 6.0, and Veritas Operations Manager 4.1, all tightly integrated to help IT organizations move confidently to a private cloud architecture.
At VMworld 2012, Symantec announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its entire product portfolio to ensure higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection.
Symantec Enterprise Security Products are now part of BroadcomSymantec
Symantec Enterprise Security Products are now part of Broadcom. The consumer division of Symantec Corp. is now NortonLifeLock Inc. -- a standalone company dedicated to consumer cyber safety.
Symantec Webinar | National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Fostering a Secur...Symantec
Youth in foster care face unique risks to their identity.In this webinar we discuss the risks, as well as tips for better protection. Watch on demand here: https://symc.ly/2N8cELV.
Symantec Webinar | National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Protect ITSymantec
Learn how to protect your data during Symantec's National Cyber Security Awareness Month webinar with the Identity Theft Resource Center and Infolock.To watch on demand https://symc.ly/2VMMWQX.
Symantec Webinar | National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Secure ITSymantec
Symantec, TechSoup and the Michigan Small Business Development Center share how to apply added layers of security to your devices and online accounts. Watch on-demand recording here: https://symc.ly/33ifcxo.
Symantec Webinar | National Cyber Security Awareness Month - Own ITSymantec
View this webinar from Symantec and NCSAM partners, the National PTA, Connect Safety and the National Cyber Security Alliance, to learn how to protect the devices you use day to day.
Watch on demand here: https://symc.ly/2nLyXyB
Symantec Webinar: Preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)Symantec
On January 1, 2020, one of the strictest privacy laws in the US, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), will come into effect. What should governance, risk and compliance executives know in order to prepare for CCPA? Watch the on demand recording here: https://symc.ly/2Pn7tvW.
Symantec Webinar | How to Detect Targeted Ransomware with MITRE ATT&CKSymantec
Experts from Symantec and MITRE explore the latest research and best practices for detecting targeted ransomware in your environment.
Watch on-demand webinar here: https://symc.ly/2L7ESFI.
This webinar will explore the less-discussed topics of a mobile security strategy that everyone should understand – before it’s too late. Watch on-demand here: https://symc.ly/2z6hUsM.
Symantec Webinar | Tips for Successful CASB ProjectsSymantec
There is an art to securely using cloud apps and services, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. In this Symantec webcast, hear from Steve Riley, a Gartner senior director analyst who focuses on public cloud security, and Eric Andrews, Symantec’s vice president of cloud security, as they share best practices with practical tips for deploying CASB. Watch here: https://symc.ly/2QTyUec.
Symantec Webinar: What Cyber Threats Are Lurking in Your Network?Symantec
This webinar to shares insight into how an Advanced Threat Assessment does root analysis to uncover unknown, unique threats happening in your environment. Watch here: https://symc.ly/2W52MoA
Learn if you’ve got the right security strategy, and investment plan, to protect your organization and ensure regulatory compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Watch now here: https://symc.ly/2VMNHIm
2019 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR): The New Threat Landscape presented by Kevin Haley, Director Product Management, Security Technology & Response, Symantec. Watch webinar recording here: https://symc.ly/2FJ9T18.
Symantec - The Importance of Building Your Zero Trust Program on a Solid Plat...Symantec
Gain valuable insight whether you’re well on your way to Zero Trust implementation or are just considering it. Watch the original webinar here https://www.symantec.com/about/webcasts?commid=347274.
Symantec Webinar | Redefining Endpoint Security- How to Better Secure the End...Symantec
First-hand insights on the newest cloud-delivered endpoint security solutions. Hear from Joakim Liallias, Symantec and special guest speakers Sundeep Vijeswarapu from PayPal and top industry analyst Fernando Montenegro, 451 Research. Listen here: https://symc.ly/2UY2TlS.
Symantec Webinar Using Advanced Detection and MITRE ATT&CK to Cage Fancy BearSymantec
Learn how Symantec Endpoint Protection & Response (EDR) and the MITRE ATT&CK framework can expose and thwart persistent adversaries like APT28 otherwise known as Fancy Bear. Watch Webinar here: https://symc.ly/2WyPD8I
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!
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...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 the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
De-mystifying Zero to One: Design Informed Techniques for Greenfield Innovati...
Symantec ApplicationHA June 2011
1. VMware and Symantec’s strategic
partnership to deliver ApplicationHA gives
our customers the ability to react to
infrastructure and application failures
without the loss of desirable functionality
they expect. New ApplicationHA integration
with VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager helps ensure high availability of
applications regardless of which site is
running the virtual machine,
– Parag Patel, VP Global Strategic
Alliances at VMware
Symantec ApplicationHA:
Virtualize Business Critical Applications with Confidence
Press Briefing
Don Angspatt, VP Product Management
June 27, 2011
ApplicationHA 1
2. Symantec ApplicationHA
• ApplicationHA (Launched in September 2010)
– Joint partnership with VMware to address “Application Awareness” in a
VM
– Virtualizes business-critical applications with confidence
– Monitors applications in VMs and automate recovery
– Managed within vCenter
• What’s new in this release?
– Application aware Disaster Recovery solution with VMware Site Recovery
Manager (SRM) integration
– Monitor hundreds of virtualized applications with new dashboard
– Broader application, OS, and vSphere support
ApplicationHA 2
3. Application availability a key requirement for
virtualization of critical apps
Key challenges in managing virtualized servers1
(% of respondents)
tier3 tier2 tier1
Ensuring Application Availability 51%
Virtualization adoption
Coordinating new deployments 41%
IIS WebLogic SQL, Oracle and upgrades
Apache WebSphere SAP
Managing unanticipated cost
Print File Exchange 42%
increases
Overcoming existing allocation, 29%
purchasing and budget practices
Compensating for the lack of 32%
integrated management tools
Criticality of applications
• VM up ≠ Application up • Application processes up ≠ Application
functional
• VM boot up or recovered ≠ Application
started or recovered • VM boot up order ≠ Application startup
order
ApplicationHA 3
1. Source: IDC, October 2009. Choosing Storage for Virtualized Servers. For companies with > 1,000 employees.
4. Current tools and processes force challenging trade-offs
Ensure everything
O/S based clustering in the guest
• Prevents use of vMotion,
DRS, DPM
• Increases cost + complexity
Minimize Ensure App Monitoring tool + scripting
Application admin
Complexity Availability
• Longer RCA and recovery time
Infrastructure admin • Burden to maintain scripts
Exploit
Virtualization
Delay virtualization
• Slows down virtualization
initiatives
• Increases operational
complexity
Virtualize everything
ApplicationHA 4
5. Symantec ApplicationHA + VMware HA: Virtualize
without compromise
VM1 VM2 VM2
Symantec App c1 c1
Components c1 c3
ApplicationHA
protect c2 c3 c2 c2 c4
application Application
components Resources
OS OS OS OS
VMware HA
VMware ESX
VM
protect
infrastructure
components ESX Server
Site
ApplicationHA 5
6. Coordinated recovery between ApplicationHA and
VMware HA
• App monitoring
VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2
– Show health status
– Detect app failures ORA SQL ORA SQL
• Coordinated recovery Application
HA
Application
HA
OS OS OS OS
– Restart applications
– Trigger VMware HA VMware HA VMware HA
for further recovery VMware ESX VMware ESX
– Integration via App
Monitoring API
• Protects against wide
range of failures
– Infrastructure failures – VM recovers after a server failure but app doesn’t
– VM is up but app is down – App is up but not functional
ApplicationHA 6
7. What’s new in this release? June 27th Release
A Application Awareness in Disaster Recovery Solution
Site A Site B
• Provide application awareness for SRM environments
ApplicationHA ApplicationHA
• Provide application monitoring on both the protected
and the recovery sites
SRM SRM • Report application status in the audit trail
B Monitor & Control Hundreds of Applications
• Improve customer experience in large scale deployment
through providing:
• Dashboard provides overview for application health
• Resource dependency graph
• Integrated within vCenter
• Soft reboot of virtual machines
C Broader Platform and Application Support
• Improve guest platform support to include:
• SLES 11 SP1
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x
• Win32 (Custom app support)
SLES Win32 OEL • vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 4.1 U1 support
ApplicationHA 7
8. ApplicationHA-SRM Integration Value Propositions
Application Monitoring on Both Sites During Test and Real Recovery
Site B
Test Recovery
• Automatic application monitoring enabled on both sites
• Automatic establishment of communication with VMware
Site A
HA on recovery site
• Dashboard view on both sites with secured
Real Recovery communication
Application awareness in SRM audit trail
• Report application status in SRM audit trail
• Proof to auditors and/or management
ApplicationHA 8
9. Dashboard for Visualizing Application Status and
Controlling Applications
Batch Operations
for Maintenance
Summary of Detailed Status
Application Health
ApplicationHA 9
* ApplicationHA 5.1 SP2 feature.
10. ApplicationHA Key-Takeaways
1. Addresses key challenge to “last mile” of virtualization
2. Continued, strong partnership with VMware
3. Operationally simple
a. Integration in vCenter and Symantec management tools
4. Built off industry-leading VCS technology
5. Now provides:
a. Deeper, recovery with Site Recovery Manager (SRM) integration
b. Monitor hundreds of virtualized applications at once
ApplicationHA 10
12. Platform and Application Coverage
ApplicationHA Console
• Windows Server 2008 & R2 (all x64 only)
ApplicationHA Guest
• Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 (all • Linux x64 (RHEL 5, SLES 11 SP1*, OEL 5*)
x64) • Oracle 10gR1, 10gR2, 11gR1 , 11gR2
• SQL Server 2005*, 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2
• Exchange Server 2007, 2010 • Weblogic 9, 10
• IIS 6.0, 7.0, 7.5 • SAP Netweaver 7.0 (NW04)
• Sharepoint 2010 • IBM Websphere Application Server and MQ
• SAP Netweaver 7.0 (NW04) • IBM HTTP Server
• FileShare
• Custom Application
• PrintShare*
• ApplicationHA Console Server
• Custom Application
• Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2 (32 bit)*
• Custom Application
• FileShare
• SQL Server 2008
More applications on more platforms to be added in future releases
ApplicationHA
* ApplicationHA 5.1 SP2 feature.
13. Symantec ApplicationHA and VMware Site Recovery
Manager Integration
VMware SRM recovers
virtual machines on a
remote site in case of
disaster.
Replication of virtual
machines enabled by
array vendors on a per
protection group level.
Recovery Plans are
configured on the
remote site for test and
real recoveries.
ApplicationHA 13
* ApplicationHA 5.1 SP2 feature.