This document summarizes key capabilities and features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 compared to the vSphere Hypervisor and vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus editions. It covers areas such as scalability, security, networking, storage and infrastructure flexibility. The document provides comparisons of specific features and limitations for areas like live migration, network isolation, SR-IOV support and storage encryption.
Optimizing Oracle licensing in VMware environments iQuate
Hosted by:
Jason Keogh – Founder and CTO, iQuate
Will Monin – Alliances Director, VMware
Virtualizing server environments carelessly can lead to significant, unexpected costs in relation to software licenses from vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.
However, done correctly, Virtualization can actually significantly reduce software license costs while improving performance, scalability and reliability of enterprise applications.
Unfortunately, many customers are prevented from realizing these benefits because of widespread confusion and uncertainty around the implications of licensing Oracle in VMware environments.
This webinar will be jointly hosted by iQuate and VMware and is focused on Oracle database licensing. It will provide insights as to how best structure virtual environments to reduce costs while ensuring compliance and providing maximum ROI.
Intended Audience:
Professionals working in:
Software Asset Management
IT Asset Management
Procurement
IT Management
IT Operations
Anyone who needs practical guidance on maximizing ROI from implementing Oracle in virtual environments.
Oracle database - The most common license compliance issues seenb.lay
The Oracle Database software is one of the most popular Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) used by many of the world’s larger enterprises. Although the Oracle Database is one of the major components in the IT landscape, almost every company that uses the software struggles with managing the accompanying licenses in a complete and accurate manner. This can easily result in large operational, financial and/or legal risks. The objective of this presentations is to provide a clear overview of the most common license compliance issues. After this webinar you can assess your organisations own situation and get a grasp of actions to be taken.
Be prepared and read our white paper "Oracle database - The most common license issues" on www.b-lay.com!
Optimizing Oracle licensing in VMware environments iQuate
Hosted by:
Jason Keogh – Founder and CTO, iQuate
Will Monin – Alliances Director, VMware
Virtualizing server environments carelessly can lead to significant, unexpected costs in relation to software licenses from vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.
However, done correctly, Virtualization can actually significantly reduce software license costs while improving performance, scalability and reliability of enterprise applications.
Unfortunately, many customers are prevented from realizing these benefits because of widespread confusion and uncertainty around the implications of licensing Oracle in VMware environments.
This webinar will be jointly hosted by iQuate and VMware and is focused on Oracle database licensing. It will provide insights as to how best structure virtual environments to reduce costs while ensuring compliance and providing maximum ROI.
Intended Audience:
Professionals working in:
Software Asset Management
IT Asset Management
Procurement
IT Management
IT Operations
Anyone who needs practical guidance on maximizing ROI from implementing Oracle in virtual environments.
Oracle database - The most common license compliance issues seenb.lay
The Oracle Database software is one of the most popular Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) used by many of the world’s larger enterprises. Although the Oracle Database is one of the major components in the IT landscape, almost every company that uses the software struggles with managing the accompanying licenses in a complete and accurate manner. This can easily result in large operational, financial and/or legal risks. The objective of this presentations is to provide a clear overview of the most common license compliance issues. After this webinar you can assess your organisations own situation and get a grasp of actions to be taken.
Be prepared and read our white paper "Oracle database - The most common license issues" on www.b-lay.com!
Increase Efficiency of Solaris Operations & Hardware Life CycleJomaSoft
Current Oracle SPARC Server are very powerful and include the Virtualization Technologies LDoms and Zones. This Servers are the ideal platform for Consolidation Projects. But the complexity and knowledge requirements of System Administrators increase. Standardisation and Automation is the Key. Why always install Applications into Solaris Zones? How does JomaSoft set-up Solaris Environments when combining LDoms and Zones. JomaSoft implemented "Best Practices" into an own CLI Management Framework for highly automated Management and Migration of Servers, LDoms and Solaris Zones. Review of JomaSoft's SPARC Server Life Cycle Projects of the past years. We replaced old SPARC Servers in a few days instead of a few weeks.
Living with the Oracle Database ApplianceSimon Haslam
A presentation about real world experiences of running Oracle Database Appliances (ODA VP) in production for nearly 2 years. Given by Simon Haslam and Peter Moore, Principal DBA at Simplyhealth (a long time Veriton customer), at the UKOUG Systems Event in London on 20 May 2015.
A round-up of the significant new ODA improvements from last quarter of 2014. This presentation was first delivered by Simon Haslam at a ClubOracle event in London on 26 February 2015.
Note: content assumes some familiarity with ODA
XPDS16: High-Performance Virtualization for HPC Cloud on Xen - Jun Nakajima &...The Linux Foundation
We have been working to get Xen up and running on self-boot Intel® Xeon Phi processors to build HPC clouds. We see several challenges because of the unique (but not unusual for HPC) hardware technologies and performance requirements. For example, such hardware technologies include 1) >256 CPUs, 2) MCDRAM (high-bandwidth memory), 3) integrated fabric (i.e. Intel® Omni-Path). Unlike the “coprocessor“ model, supporting self-boot with >256 CPUs has various implications to Xen, including scheduling and scalability. We need to allow user applications to use MCDRAM directly to perform optimally. Also, we need to enable the integrated HPC fabric for the VM to use by direct I/O assignment.
In addition, we have only a single VM on each node to meet the high-performance requirements of HPC clouds. This (i.e. non-shared) model allowed us to optimize Xen more. In this talk, we share our design and lessons, and discuss the options we considered to achieve high-performance virtualization for HPC.
Understanding software licensing with IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualizationJay Kruemcke
One of the key benefits of combining workloads in a virtualized environment is the ability to pay for less than the full capacity of the machine. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions about how software licensing really works in these environments.
The IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualization technology offers a great deal of flexibility, but that flexibility also results in complexity when determining software license requirements. This presentation covers important licensing considerations for the IBM Power Systems environment.
This overview provides insight into the ODA Engineered System. It outlines how the ODA is: Simple, Optimsed and Affordable to implement for all organisations.
Contact me to find out more:
E-mail:daryll.whyte@oracle.com
Phone: +441189244490
Twitter: @daryllwhyte
LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/daryllwhyte
Website- Oracle ODA: https://www.oracle.com/oda
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
Increase Efficiency of Solaris Operations & Hardware Life CycleJomaSoft
Current Oracle SPARC Server are very powerful and include the Virtualization Technologies LDoms and Zones. This Servers are the ideal platform for Consolidation Projects. But the complexity and knowledge requirements of System Administrators increase. Standardisation and Automation is the Key. Why always install Applications into Solaris Zones? How does JomaSoft set-up Solaris Environments when combining LDoms and Zones. JomaSoft implemented "Best Practices" into an own CLI Management Framework for highly automated Management and Migration of Servers, LDoms and Solaris Zones. Review of JomaSoft's SPARC Server Life Cycle Projects of the past years. We replaced old SPARC Servers in a few days instead of a few weeks.
Living with the Oracle Database ApplianceSimon Haslam
A presentation about real world experiences of running Oracle Database Appliances (ODA VP) in production for nearly 2 years. Given by Simon Haslam and Peter Moore, Principal DBA at Simplyhealth (a long time Veriton customer), at the UKOUG Systems Event in London on 20 May 2015.
A round-up of the significant new ODA improvements from last quarter of 2014. This presentation was first delivered by Simon Haslam at a ClubOracle event in London on 26 February 2015.
Note: content assumes some familiarity with ODA
XPDS16: High-Performance Virtualization for HPC Cloud on Xen - Jun Nakajima &...The Linux Foundation
We have been working to get Xen up and running on self-boot Intel® Xeon Phi processors to build HPC clouds. We see several challenges because of the unique (but not unusual for HPC) hardware technologies and performance requirements. For example, such hardware technologies include 1) >256 CPUs, 2) MCDRAM (high-bandwidth memory), 3) integrated fabric (i.e. Intel® Omni-Path). Unlike the “coprocessor“ model, supporting self-boot with >256 CPUs has various implications to Xen, including scheduling and scalability. We need to allow user applications to use MCDRAM directly to perform optimally. Also, we need to enable the integrated HPC fabric for the VM to use by direct I/O assignment.
In addition, we have only a single VM on each node to meet the high-performance requirements of HPC clouds. This (i.e. non-shared) model allowed us to optimize Xen more. In this talk, we share our design and lessons, and discuss the options we considered to achieve high-performance virtualization for HPC.
Understanding software licensing with IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualizationJay Kruemcke
One of the key benefits of combining workloads in a virtualized environment is the ability to pay for less than the full capacity of the machine. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions about how software licensing really works in these environments.
The IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualization technology offers a great deal of flexibility, but that flexibility also results in complexity when determining software license requirements. This presentation covers important licensing considerations for the IBM Power Systems environment.
This overview provides insight into the ODA Engineered System. It outlines how the ODA is: Simple, Optimsed and Affordable to implement for all organisations.
Contact me to find out more:
E-mail:daryll.whyte@oracle.com
Phone: +441189244490
Twitter: @daryllwhyte
LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/daryllwhyte
Website- Oracle ODA: https://www.oracle.com/oda
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
Nesta apresentação, você poderá conferir a evolução do Hyper-V e da plataforma System Center em relação aos produtos VMware e fazer uma comparação complete dos dois fornecedores.
VMworld 2013: What's New in vSphere Platform & Storage VMworld
VMworld 2013
Kyle Gleed, VMware
Cormac Hogan, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
The Unofficial VCAP / VCP VMware Study GuideVeeam Software
Veeam® is happy to provide the VMware community with new, unofficial study guides prepared by VMware certified professionals Jason Langer and Josh Coen.
Free VCP5-DCV Study Guide
In this 136-page study guide Jason and Josh cover all seven of the exam blueprint sections to help prepare you for the VCP exam.
Free VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
For those currently holding their VCP certification and want to take it up a notch, Jason and Josh have you covered with the 248-page VCAP5-DCA study guide. Using this study guide along with hands-on lab time will help you in the three and a half hours, lab-based VCAP5-DCA exam.
Decisions behind hypervisor selection in CloudStack 4.3Tim Mackey
As presented at the 2014 CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Denver (CCCNA14), this deck covers the matrix of functions and features within each supported hypervisor in CloudStack 4.3. This deck forms an excellent reference document for those seeking to provide multi-hypervisor support within their Apache CloudStack based cloud, and for those seeking to determine which feature elements are supported by a given hypervisor.
Hyper-V er ute i 2012 R2-drakt og har blitt den perfekte byggestein for Hybrid Cloud. Men for de med lang fartstid på VMware kan veien virke lang. Kom og få en ærlig gjennomgang av Hyper-V og SCVMM med praktiske referanse til tilsvarende VMware teknologier.
Ved Asbjørn Tonstad, Peanuts AS
OSCON2014: Understanding Hypervisor Selection in Apache CloudStackTim Mackey
A presented at OSCON 2014, this deck covers the matrix of capabilities each supported hypervisor brings to the Apache CloudStack table when building a cloud.
Digital Transformation in the Cloud: What They Don’t Always Tell You [2020]Tudor Damian
The payoff of successful Digital Transformation can be essential for companies engaged in highly-competitive markets. Almost every business decision requires executives and managers to balance risk and reward, and efficiency in that process is essential to an enterprise’s success.
With the emergence of the Cloud, IT risk has suffered yet another radical transformation. The past couple of years have also brought along new vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack methods, as well as new data privacy requirements such as the GDPR. While all of these things require significant changes to any existing processes and tools, they mostly require a different approach when catering to people's IT security awareness, especially when moving to the Cloud.
Based on real-life projects and experience from recent years, this session provides a quick insight into the role that the Cloud plays within Digital Transformation initiatives, touching on challenges companies usually face when dealing with governance, security, change management & cost-control. Examples and case studies included.
Security & Compliance in the Cloud [2019]Tudor Damian
Almost every business decision requires executives and managers to balance risk and reward, and efficiency in that process is essential to an enterprise’s success. Too often though, IT risk (business risk related to the use of IT) is overlooked. While other business risks such as market, credit and operational risks have long been incorporated into the decision-making processes, IT risk has usually been relegated to technical specialists outside the boardroom, despite falling under the same risk category as other business risks: failure to achieve strategic objectives.
With the emergence of the Cloud, IT risk has suffered yet another radical transformation. The past couple of years have also brought along new vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack methods, as well as new data privacy requirements such as the GDPR. While all of these things require significant changes to any existing processes and tools, they mostly require a different approach when catering to people's IT security awareness, especially when moving to the Cloud.
Modern cybersecurity threats, and shiny new tools to help deal with themTudor Damian
With cybersecurity threats changing rapidly, we definitely need a new set of tools to be able to prevent and address them more efficiently: malware is becoming more complex and harder to detect, malicious insider attacks are on the rise and zero-day exploits make their way to the public much quicker than before. Join this session to see how Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 can help organizations deal with this ever-changing security ecosystem by providing them with ways to better secure their environment and data. We’ll touch on topics such as malware & threat resistance, identity & access control, virtualization-based security, configurable code integrity, remote attestation and a few others.
The state of web applications (in)security @ ITDays 2016Tudor Damian
The global security landscape is changing, now more than ever. With cloud computing gaining momentum and advanced persistent threats becoming a common occurrence, the industry is taking a more focused and serious approach, especially after some of last years' heavily publicized cyber breaches. Join this session for a high-level overview on the industry trends in the area of web application security, and find out why security is bound to become a hot topic in any organization developing or using web applications.
2016, A new era of OS and Cloud SecurityTudor Damian
The global security landscape is changing, now more than ever. With cloud computing gaining momentum and advanced persistent threats becoming a common occurrence, the industry is taking a more focused and serious approach when it comes to security, especially after some of last years’ heavily publicized incidents. Join this session for a discussion on what Microsoft is doing to protect against these new security threats with fresh approaches taken both at the server & client OS level, as well as in Azure.
Almost every business decision requires executives and managers to balance risk and reward, and efficiency in that process is essential to an enterprise’s success. Too often though, IT risk (business risk related to the use of IT) is overlooked.
While other business risks such as market, credit and operational risks have long been incorporated into the decision-making processes, IT risk has usually been relegated to technical specialists outside the boardroom, despite falling under the same risk category as other business risks: failure to achieve strategic objectives.
This session intends to address business risks related to the use of IT, looking at industry standards, frameworks and best practices, as well as focusing on real world examples and specific plans on how to implement IT Risk Management on every level of your company.
There is no doubt that Intrusion Detection Systems should be incorporated into any security infrastructure, however today’s IDS implementations are far from perfect. Security Managers should continue to add layers to their defense strategy and not place too much reliance on this technology, as it’s not easy to create a system that can effectively flag an attack without crashing under the weight of its own logs, operate relatively maintenance free and respond appropriately to benign anomalous events without raising too many false alarms.
This session discusses some of the most common techniques aimed at evading IDS detection order to easily attack the infrastructure sitting behind those systems.
DefCamp #5, Bucharest, November 29th
Just as a chain is as weak as its weakest link, computer systems are as vulnerable as their weakest component – and that’s rarely the technology itself, it’s more often the people using it. This is precisely why it’s usually easier to exploit people’s natural inclination to trust than it is to discover ways to hack into computer systems. As the art of manipulating people into them giving up confidential information, Social Engineering has been a hot topic for many years. This session will discuss some of the most common Social Engineering techniques and countermeasures.
Azure Site Recovery and System Center Tudor Damian
Azure Site Recovery is a cloud-based service that automates virtual machine fail-over across sites. The service integrates with Virtual Machine Manager which manages on-premises Hyper-V servers. Hyper-V Replica technology replicates virtual machine configuration and data across sites. Based on customer feedback, support for SAN replication is important. This session covers the scenarios in scope, solution architecture, and SAN integration using SMI-S.
Upgrading your Private Cloud to Windows Server 2012 R2Tudor Damian
Learn about the functionality and processes that are available to enable you to move your private cloud deployments to Windows Server 2012 R2 with zero downtime. Understand the options that are available to you and the considerations that need to be made as you determine the best path for continuing to keep your environment on the best technology available for private clouds today. This session covers the end to end approach including Hyper-V, Clustering, Storage and SCVMM.
O scurta introducere in arhitectura Hyper-V R2 si Linux Integration Services v2.1, precum si o detaliere a unor solutii de management si instrumente utile in gazduirea sistemelor Linux sub Hyper-V - video screencast pe Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/15466169
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
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!
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
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
5. The Good
• You have an API set in here that vendors can program against
• Antivirus can run in this level and you can use that to scan all virtual
machines.
• You can run on CPUs that don’t have virtualization extensions
• Only 144 Meg of code vs competitions 5 Gig
The Not as Good
• You have an API set in there that hackers can program against
• Antivirus has access to all VMs – so would an exploited AV
• You have 144 Meg of stuff running at Ring –1
• Drivers must be written for this Hypervisor so supported hardware is
somewhat limited
6. The Good
• No 3rd party APIs for hackers to code against in Hypervisor
• No global AV option that would could compromise all VMs
• Lots of hardware choices because it relies on the Windows drivers.
• 1.4MB Hypervisor running in Ring –1 vs. 144 Meg in vSphere 5.1
The Not as Good
• No APIs for third parties to add value in hypervisor
• No option to run Antivirus in the Hypervisor
• Requires hardware with CPU Virtualization Extensions
• Requires Windows Management Partition for the drivers
11. System Resource Hyper-V (2008 R2) Hyper-V (2012 R2) Improvement Factor
Host
Logical Processors 64 320 5×
Physical Memory 1TB 4TB 4×
Virtual CPUs per Host 512 2,048 4×
VM
Virtual CPUs per VM 4 64 16×
Memory per VM 64GB 1TB 16×
Active VMs per Host 384 1,024 2.7×
Guest NUMA No Yes -
Cluster
Maximum Nodes 16 64 4×
Maximum VMs 1,000 8,000 8×
12. System Resource Hyper-V (2012 R2)
vSphere
Hypervisor
vSphere 5.1 Ent+ vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Host
Logical Processors 320 160 160 320
Physical Memory 4TB 32GB1 2TB 4TB
Virtual CPUs per
Host
2,048 2,048 2,048 4,096
VM
Virtual CPUs per VM 64 8 642 642
Memory per VM 1TB 32GB1 1TB 1TB
Active VMs per Host 1,024 512 512 512
Guest NUMA Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cluster
Maximum Nodes 64 N/A3 32 32
Maximum VMs 8,000 N/A3 4,000 4,000
1 Host physical memory is capped at 32GB thus maximum VM memory is also restricted to 32GB usage.
2 vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus is the only vSphere edition that supports 64 vCPUs. Enterprise edition supports 32 vCPU per VM with all other editions
supporting 8 vCPUs per VM
3 For clustering/high availability, customers must purchase vSphere
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r51/vsphere-51-configuration-maximums.pdf, https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-51-Platform-Technical-
Whitepaper.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html
13. Virtual Fibre
Channel
Connect a VM directly to FC
SAN without sacrificing
features
64TB Virtual
Hard Disks
Increased capacity,
protection & alignment
optimization
Native 4K
Disk Support
Take advantage of enhanced
density and reliability
Online
VHDX Resize
Increased flexibility for virtual
disks, with support for grow
& shrink operations
14. Boot from
USB Disk
Flexible deployment option
for diskless servers
(Hyper-V Server)
Offloaded
Data Transfer
Offloads storage-intensive
tasks to the SAN
Storage
Spaces
Storage resiliency, availability
& performance with
commodity hardware
15. Capability Hyper-V (2012 R2) vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Virtual Fiber Channel Yes Yes Yes
3rd Party Multipathing (MPIO) Yes No Yes (VAMP)1
Native 4-KB Disk Support Yes No No
Maximum Virtual Disk Size 64TB VHDX 62TB2 62TB2
Online Virtual Disk Resize Yes Grow Only Grow Only
Maximum Pass Through Disk Size 256TB+3 64TB 64TB
Offloaded Data Transfer Yes No Yes (VAAI)4
Boot from USB Yes Yes Yes
Tiered Storage Pooling Yes No No
1 vStorage API for Multipathing (VAMP) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.1 and above
2 vSphere 5.5 support for 62TB VMDK files is limited to when using VMFS5 and NFS datastores only, VMFS3 datastores are still limited to 2TB VMDK
files; also, Hot-Expand, VMware FT , Virtual Flash Read Cache and Virtual SAN are not supported with 62TB VMDK files
3 The maximum size of a physical disk attached to a virtual machine is determined by the guest operating system and the chosen file system within
the guest. More recent Windows Server operating systems support disks in excess of 256TB in size
4 vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.1 and above
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r51/vsphere-51-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-BF2C8E24-B530-4C94-85F6-09E5AE781466.html&resultof=%2262tb%22%20
16. Dynamic
Memory
Increased control for
greater virtual machine
consolidation
Resource
Metering
Track historical data for
virtual machine usage
Network
QoS
Consistent level of
network performance
based on SLAs
Storage
QoS
Control allocation of
Storage IOPS between
VM Disks
17. Capability Hyper-V (2012 R2) vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Dynamic Memory Yes Yes Yes
Resource Metering Yes Yes1 Yes
Network QoS Yes No2 Yes2
Storage QoS Yes No2 Yes2
1 Without vCenter, Resource Metering in the vSphere Hypervisor is only available on an individual host by host basis.
2 Quality of Service (QoS) is only available in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.5
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r51/vsphere-51-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html
20. Many Key Features
• Extension monitoring & uniqueness
• Extensions that learn VM life cycle
• Extensions that can veto state changes
• Multiple extensions on same switch
Several Partner Solutions Available
• Cisco – Nexus 1000V & UCS-VMFEX
• NEC – ProgrammableFlow PF1000
• 5nine – Security Manager
• InMon - SFlow
Build Extensions for Capturing,
Filtering & Forwarding Parent Partition
Hyper-V Extensible Switch architecture
Extension C
Extension D
Extension A
Extension Miniport
Extension Protocol
Virtual Switch
Physical NIC
Virtual Machine
Host NIC VM NIC
Virtual Machine
VM NIC
Capture Extensions
Filtering Extensions
Forwarding Extension
21. Capability Hyper-V (2012 R2) vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Extensible vSwitch Yes No Replaceable1
Confirmed Partner Extensions 5 N/A 2
Private Virtual LAN (PVLAN) Yes No Yes1
ARP Spoofing Protection Yes No vCNS/Partner2
DHCP Snooping Protection Yes No vCNS/Partner2
Virtual Port ACLs Yes No vCNS/Partner2
Trunk Mode to Virtual Machines Yes No Yes3
Port Monitoring Yes Per Port Group Yes3
Port Mirroring Yes Per Port Group Yes3
1 The vSphere Distributed Switch (required for PVLAN capability) is available only in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.1 and is replaceable
(By Partners such as Cisco/IBM) rather than extensible.
2 ARP Spoofing, DHCP Snooping Protection & Virtual Port ACLs require the App component of VMware vCloud Network & Security (vCNS)
product or a Partner solution, all of which are additional purchases
3 Trunking VLANs to individual vNICs, Port Monitoring and Mirroring at a granular level requires vSphere Distributed Switch, which is available in
the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.1
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/cisco-nexus-1000V/overview.html, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/networking/switches/virtual/dvs5000v/, http://www.vmware.com/technical-
resources/virtualization-topics/virtual-networking/distributed-virtual-switches.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-51-Network-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vshield-
app/features.html and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/data_sheet_c78-492971.html
22. Dynamic
VMq
IPsec Task
Offload
SR-IOV
Support
Dynamically span multiple CPUs when processing
virtual machine network traffic
Offload IPsec processing from within virtual machine,
to physical network adaptor, enhancing performance
Map virtual function of an SR-IOV capable physical network
adaptor, directly to a virtual machine
Virtual Receive
Side Scaling
Scale a VM's send & receive side traffic to multiple virtual
processors, increasing performance whilst reducing bottlenecks
23. • Standard that allows PCI Express devices
to be shared by multiple VMs
• More direct hardware path for I/O
• Reduces network latency, CPU utilization
for processing traffic and increases
throughput
• SR-IOV capable physical NICs contain
virtual functions that are securely
mapped to VM
• This bypasses the Hyper-V Extensible
Switch
• Full support for Live Migration
Integrated with NIC hardware
for increased performance
Virtual Machine
VM Network Stack
Synthetic NIC
Hyper-V
Extensible Switch
SR-IOV NIC VF
Traffic Flow
Virtual Function
VF
Traffic Flow
VF
24. VHDX on Traditional LUN
E:VM2
Data Protection, built in
• Supports Used Disk Space Only
Encryption
• Integrates with TPM chip
• Network Unlock & AD Integration
Multiple Disk Type Support
• Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
• Traditional SAN LUN
• Cluster Shared Volumes
• Windows Server 2012 File Server Share
In-box Disk Encryption to
Protect Sensitive Data
VHDX on Cluster Shared Volumes
C:ClusterStorageVolume1VM4
VHDX on File Server
FileServerVM3
VHDX on DAS
F:VM1
25. Capability Hyper-V (2012 R2) vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue Yes NetQueue1 NetQueue1
IPsec Task Offload Yes No No
Virtual Receive Side Scaling Yes Yes (VMXNet3) Yes (VMXNet3)
SR-IOV with Live Migration Yes No2 No2
Storage Encryption Yes No No
1 VMware vSphere and the vSphere Hypervisor support VMq only (NetQueue)
2 VMware’s SR-IOV implementation does not support vMotion, HA or Fault Tolerance.
DirectPath I/O, whilst not identical to SR-IOV, aims to provide virtual machines with more direct access to hardware devices, with network cards
being a good example. Whilst on the surface, this will boost VM networking performance, and reduce the burden on host CPU cycles, in reality,
there are a number of caveats in using DirectPath I/O:
• Small Hardware Compatibility List
• No Memory Overcommit | No vMotion (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS) | No Fault Tolerance
• No Network I/O Control | No VM Snapshots (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS)
• No Suspend/Resume (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS) | No VMsafe/Endpoint Security support
SR-IOV also requires the vSphere Distributed Switch, meaning customers have to upgrade to the highest vSphere edition to take advantage of this
capability. No such restrictions are imposed when using SR-IOV in Hyper-V, ensuring customers can combine the highest levels of performance with
the flexibility they need for an agile infrastructure.
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf
27. Significant Improvements in
Interoperability
• Multiple supported Linux distributions
and versions on Hyper-V.
• Includes Red Hat, SUSE, OpenSUSE,
CentOS, and Ubuntu
Comprehensive Feature Support
• 64 vCPU SMP
• Virtual SCSI, Hot-Add & Online Resize
• Full Dynamic Memory Support
• Live Backup
• Deeper Integration Services Support
Comprehensive feature
support for virtualized Linux
Server Hardware
IndependentHardware
VendorDrivers
Windows
Kernel
Virtual Service
Provider
Configuration
Store
Worker
Processes
ManagementService
WMI Provider
Hyper-V
28. Export a clone of a running VM
• Point-time image of running VM
exported to an alternate location
• Useful for troubleshooting VM
without downtime for primary VM
Export from an existing checkpoint
• Export a full cloned virtual machine
from a point-in-time, existing checkpoint
of a virtual machine
• Checkpoints automatically merged into
single virtual disk
Duplication of a Virtual
Machine whilst Running
VM1 VM2
1
2
3
4
30. • Customers can upgrade from Windows
Server 2012 Hyper-V to Windows Server
2012 R2 Hyper-V with no VM downtime
• Supports Shared Nothing Live Migration
for migration when changing storage
locations
• If using SMB share, migration transfers
only the VM running state for faster
completion
• Automated with PowerShell
• One-way Migration Only
Simplified upgrade process
from 2012 to 2012 R2 2012 Cluster Nodes 2012 R2 Cluster Nodes
Hyper-V Cluster Upgrade without Downtime
31. • Secure Isolation for traffic segregation,
without VLANs
• VM migration flexibility & Seamless
Integration
Key Concepts
• Provider Address – Unique IP addresses
routable on physical network
• VM Networks – Boundary of isolation
between different sets of VMs
• Customer Address – VM Guest OS IP
addresses within the VM Networks
• Policy Table – maintains relationship
between different addresses & networks
Network Isolation & Flexibility
without VLAN Complexity
192.168.2.10 192.168.2.11 192.168.2.12 192.168.2.13 192.168.2.14
10.10.10.10 10.10.10.11 10.10.10.12
Blue Network
10.10.10.10 10.10.10.11 10.10.10.12
Red Network
Network/VSID Provider Address Customer Address
Blue (5001) 192.168.2.10 10.10.10.10
Blue (5001) 192.168.2.10 10.10.10.11
Blue (5001) 192.168.2.12 10.10.10.12
Red (6001) 192.168.2.13 10.10.10.10
Red (6001) 192.168.2.14 10.10.10.11
Red (6001) 192.168.2.12 10.10.10.12
32. • Network Virtualization using Generic
Route Encapsulation uses
encapsulation & tunneling
• Standard proposed by Microsoft, Intel,
Arista Networks, HP, Dell & Emulex
• VM traffic within the same VSID routable
over different physical subnets
• VM’s packet encapsulated for
transmission over physical network
• Network Virtualization is part of the
Hyper-V Switch
Network Isolation & Flexibility
without VLAN Complexity
192.168.2.10 192.168.5.12
Different Subnets
10.10.10.10 10.10.10.11
192.168.2.10 ->
192.168.5.12
GRE Key
(5001)
MAC
10.10.10.10 ->
10.10.10.11
Same Customer
Network & VSID
33. • Multi-tenant VPN gateway in Windows
Server 2012 R2
• Integral multitenant edge gateway for
seamless connectivity
• Guest clustering for high availability
• BGP for dynamic routes update
• Encapsulates & De-encapsulates
NVGRE packets
• Multitenant aware NAT for
Internet access
Bridge Between VM Networks
& Physical Networks
34. Capability
Hyper-V
(2012 & R2)
vSphere
Hypervisor
vSphere 5.5
Enterprise Plus
VM Live Migration Yes No1 Yes2
VM Live Migration with Compression Yes (R2) No No
VM Live Migration over RDMA Yes (R2) No No
1GB Simultaneous Live Migrations Unlimited3 N/A 4
10GB Simultaneous Live Migrations Unlimited3 N/A 8
Live Storage Migration Yes No4 Yes5
Shared Nothing Live Migration Yes No Yes5
Live Migration Upgrades Yes (R2) N/A Yes
VM Live Cloning Yes (R2) No Yes6
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html,
36. • Massive scalability with support for 64
physical nodes & 8,000 VMs
• VMs automatically failover & restart on
physical host outage
• Enhanced Cluster Shared Volumes
• Cluster VMs on SMB 3.0 Storage
• Dynamic Quorum & Witness
• Reduced AD dependencies
• Drain Roles – Maintenance Mode
• VM Drain on Shutdown
• VM Network Health Detection
• Enhanced Cluster Dashboard
Integrated Solution for
Resilient Virtual Machines Cluster Dynamic Quorum Configuration
37. • Full support for running clustered
workloads on Hyper-V host cluster
• Guest Clusters that require shared storage
can utilize software iSCSI, Virtual FC or
SMB
• Full support for Live Migration of Guest
Cluster Nodes
• Full Support for Dynamic Memory of
Guest Cluster Nodes
• Restart Priority, Possible & Preferred
Ownership, & AntiAffinityClassNames
help ensure optimal operation
Complete Flexibility for
Deploying App-Level HA Guest Cluster running on a Hyper-V ClusterGuest cluster node restarts on physical host failureGuest cluster nodes supported with Live Migration
38. • VHDX files can be presented to multiple
VMs simultaneously, as shared storage
• VM sees shared virtual SAS disk
• Unrestricted number of VMs can
connect to a shared VHDX file
• Utilizes SCSI-persistent reservations
• VHDX can reside on a Cluster Shared
Volume on block storage, or on
File-based storage
• Supports both Dynamic and Fixed VHDX
Guest Clustering No Longer
Bound to Storage Topology Flexible choices for placement of Shared VHDX
39. • Failover Priority ensures certain VMs
start before others on the cluster
• Affinity rules allow VMs to reside on
certain hosts in the cluster
• AntiAffinityClassNames helps to keep
virtual machines apart on separate
physical cluster nodes
• AntiAffinityClassNames exposed
through VMM as Availability Set
Ensure Optimal VM Placement
and Restart Operations Hyper-V cluster with VMs on each nodeUpon failover, VMs restart in priority orderAnti-Affinity keeps related VMs apart
40. Capability
Hyper-V
(2012 & R2)
vSphere
Hypervisor
vSphere 5.5
Enterprise Plus
Integrated High Availability Yes No1 Yes2
Maximum Cluster Size 64 Nodes N/A 32 Nodes
Maximum VMs per Cluster 8,000 N/A 4,000
Failover Prioritization Yes N/A Yes4
Affinity Rules Yes N/A Yes4
Guest OS Application Monitoring Yes N/A Yes3
Cluster-Aware Updating Yes N/A Yes4
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html and http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/11/vsphere-5-0-ha-application-
monitoring-intro/, http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/application-HA.html
41. Capability Hyper-V (2012 & R2) vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Ent+
Nodes per Cluster 64 N/A1 32
VMs per Cluster 8,000 N/A1 4,000
Max Size Guest Cluster (iSCSI) 64 Nodes 5 Nodes1
5 Nodes1
Max Size Guest Cluster (Fiber) 64 Nodes 5 Nodes2
5 Nodes2
Max Size Guest Cluster (File Based) 64 Nodes 5 Nodes1
5 Nodes1
Guest Clustering with Shared Virtual Disk Yes Yes6
Yes6
Guest Clustering with Live Migration Support Yes N/A3
No4
Guest Clustering with DM Support Yes No5
No5
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.mscs.doc%2FGUID-6BD834AE-
69BB-4D0E-B0B6-7E176907E0C7.html, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1037959
42. • Affordable in-box business continuity and
disaster recovery
• Configurable replication frequencies of 30
seconds, 5 minutes and 15 minutes
• Secure replication across network
• Agnostic of hardware on either site
• No need for other virtual machine
replication technologies
• Automatic handling of live migration
• Simple configuration and management
Replicate Hyper-V VMs from a
Primary to a Replica site Once Hyper-V Replica is enabled, VMs begin replicationOnce replicated, changes replicated on chosen frequencyUpon site failure, VMs can be started on secondary site
43. Replication configured from primary to secondaryReplication can be enabled on the 1st replica to a 3rd site
• Once a VM has been successfully
replicated to the replica site, replica
can be replicated to a 3rd location
• Chained Replication
• Extended Replica contents match the
original replication contents
• Extended Replica replication frequencies
can differ from original replica
• Useful for scenarios such as SMB ->
Service Provider -> Service Provider DR
Site
Replicate to 3rd Location for
Extra Level of Resiliency
44. Capability
Hyper-V
(2012 & R2)
vSphere
Hypervisor
vSphere 5.5
Enterprise Plus
Incremental Backup Yes No1 Yes1
Inbox VM Replication Yes No1 Yes1
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html,
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdf,
Replication Capability Hyper-V Replica vSphere Replication
Architecture Inbox with Hypervisor Virtual Appliance
Replication Type Asynchronous Asynchronous
RTO 30s, 5, 15m 15 Minutes-24 Hours
Replication Tertiary (R2) Secondary
Planned Failover Yes No
Unplanned Failover Yes Yes
Test Failover Yes No
Simple Failback Process Yes No
Automatic Re-IP Address Yes No
Point in Time Recovery Yes, 15 points No
Orchestration Yes, PowerShell, HVRM No, SRM
49. Hypervisor
VM Management
Automation
Service Mgmt.
Self-Service
Monitoring
vSphere Hypervisor
vCenter Server
vFabric Application Director
vCenter Orchestrator
vCloud Automation Center
vCloud Director
vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite
Hyper-V
Virtual Machine Manager
Orchestrator
Service Manager
App Controller
Operations Manager
Protection vSphere Data Protection Data Protection Manager
50. Virtual Machine Manager & vSphere
VMM integrates with vCenter 4.1/5.0/5.1 for
managing ESX/ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1
Aimed at providing the day to day management of
VMware VMs – Create, Manage, Store, Deploy.
More advanced tasks still use vCenter –
vDS, FT VMs, Update Management
VMM supports managing existing, and creating
new vSphere VM & Service templates
Supports key vSphere Features such as vMotion,
Storage vMotion, PVSCSI, Thin Provisioning, Hot-
Add and adds its own capabilities on top – DO, PO,
PRO, intelligent placement, Private Clouds etc.
Day to Day VM Management
with Virtual Machine Manager
51. App Controller & vSphere
App Controller integrates with VMM, and
provides access to any VMM clouds
VMM clouds can consist of capacity from
Hyper-V, vSphere, XenServer or a combination
Users & Groups can be delegated access to
these vSphere-based clouds with individual-
level capacity limits
Users can deploy vSphere-based VM & Service
Templates to vSphere hosts
Users can also have access to Windows Azure
for deploying VMs & applications
Self-Service access to VMs
running on vSphere
52. Operations Manager & vSphere
Veeam MP for VMware provides OpsMgr admins
with granular insight into their vSphere
infrastructure
Agentless Collection providing end-to-end visibility
from the physical server, to the hypervisor, to the
virtual machines hosting your critical applications
and services
Full System Center functionality – including alerts,
diagrams, dashboards, reporting, auditing,
notifications, responses and automation for all
VMware components
Powerful reports for capacity planning, failure
modelling, cluster capacity and more
Rich topology views for Storage, Compute &
Networking
Partnering with Veeam to
deliver deep vSphere insight
53. Orchestrator & vSphere
vSphere Integration Pack contains a large
number out-of-the-box activities for
automating vSphere
Administrator connects Orchestrator to vCenter,
or to ESXi directly.
Allows the administrator to automate vSphere
tasks in isolation, or combine vSphere activities
into broader runbooks, connected with other
systems
If the Integration Pack doesn’t contain
the desired task, admins can add their on IP
through scripts, or PowerCLI
Automating key tasks within
the vSphere environment
vSphere Integration Pack - Activities
56. Standardized
VM Templates
Roles & Features
Application Layers
VM Templates 2.0:
Service Templates
Deployment
into clouds
Role-based
Self Service
Controlled
Consumption
Construction, Delivery & Consumption
57. Application Construction, Delivery & Consumption
Capability Microsoft VMware
Request Private Cloud Resources Yes Yes1
Role-Based Self-Service Yes Yes
Standardized Templates Yes Yes2
Template Granularity: Roles / Features Yes No
Template Granularity: Application Layer Yes Yes3
Service/Multi-Tier Templates Yes Yes3
Deployment Across Heterogeneous Clouds Yes Yes4
1. vCloud Automation Center allows for the requesting of private cloud resources but lacks a true CMDB capability in box.
2. Each VMware VM template will have it’s own VMDK, even if the template varies only slightly in it’s configuration options.
3. No alternatives to Server Application Virtualization (App-V) thus relies on regular installation methods or inflexible scripts.
4. vCloud Automation Center allows deployment onto non-VMware infrastructure at a cost of $400 per managed machine + S&S
however once deployed, it could not be managed from vCloud Director along with other VMware-based VMs.
VMware Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vcloud-automation-center/features.html,
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/management/vmw-vcloud-automation-center-faq.pdf
59. Application Maintenance, Management & Monitoring
Capability Microsoft VMware
Centralized Patching & Maintenance Yes Yes
Non-Virtualized Infrastructure Management Yes Yes1
Integrated Service Management Yes Lacks CMDB2
Heterogeneous Automation Yes VMware Centric3
Deep Application Insight Yes Yes4
Integrated Dev-Ops Yes No5
1. Would require purchases outside of the vCloud Suite including vCloud Automation Center, vFabric Hyperic, vCenter Operations Management Suite Enterprise Edition
2. vCloud Automation Center enables application owners or administrators to request infrastructure but vCAC lacks any form of true CMDB for complete ITIL/MOF IT
Service Management
3. VMware's vCenter Orchestrator has a limited set of plug-ins, of which the vast majority are VMware centric. No mention of plug-ins for other enterprise management
systems and tools such as those from HP, IBM, BMC etc.
4. Remediation limited to VMware best practices thus lacking in application-specific remediation guidance
5. Lab Manager deprecated, with customers expected to upgrade to vCloud Director, which has no connections with Development IDE.
VMware Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vcloud-suite/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-
virtualization/vcloud-automation-center/overview.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vcloud-automation-center/buy.html,
http://www.vmware.com/products/application-platform/vfabric-hyperic/buy.html, https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/categories/21/view_all,
http://www.vmware.com/products/labmanager/overview.html
61. Protection of Key Applications & Workloads
Capability Microsoft VMware
Granular Workload Protection Yes No1
Physical & Virtual Protection Yes No1
3rd Party Integration Yes No2
Centralized Role-Based Management Yes Yes3
Tape Backup Yes No4
Integrated Disaster Recovery Yes Yes
1. VMware Data Protection offers no protection for the workloads within the virtual machine, simply focusing on the VM itself as the protection
unit and offers no protection of physical machines
2. VMware Data Protection is not extensible by 3rd parties
3. VMware Data Protection is capped at 10 appliances per vCenter with a maximum storage of 2TB/100 VMs per appliance.
4. VMware Data Protection offers no protection to tape media. Disk only
VMware Information: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Introduction-to-Data-Protection.pdf, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-
51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-51.pdf
63. Cross-Platform Infrastructure Management
Capability Microsoft VMware
Multi-Hypervisor Management Yes Limited1
Comprehensive Guest OS Support Yes Yes2
3rd Party Management Integration Yes Limited3
Multiple Application Frameworks Yes Yes4
1. vCloud Automation Center focuses on provisioning VMs to alternative hypervisors, whilst the Multi-Hypervisor Manager plug-in for vCenter
offers only very basic capabilities
2. VMware do not produce any operating systems, and support is therefore focused not on the guest operating system itself, but instead, on
the VM Tools and hardware.
3. vCenter Orchestrator has a limited number of 3rd party plug-ins and vCenter Operations Management Suite requires the purchase of 3rd Party
adaptors to integrate.
4. Monitoring capabilities do extend to multiple frameworks but support for many frameworks is out of date - .NET 3.0 is the latest for instance.
Also, the monitoring is not connected to any true DevOps capability, and lacks remediation guidance around detected issues.
VMware Information: http://www.vmware.com/support/mhm/doc/vcenter-multi-hypervisor-manager-10-release-notes.html,
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/home.html,