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
VMworld 2014: vCenter Server Architecture and Deployment Deep DiveVMworld
1. vCenter Server 5.5 deployment options include a single vCenter Server configuration with all services local or multiple vCenter Server configurations linked via Single Sign-On.
2. The vCenter Server tech preview introduces the VMware Platform Services Controller which includes Single Sign-On and additional services like licensing and certificates.
3. Deployments can use an embedded Platform Services Controller or external Platform Services Controllers for larger environments with numerous vCenter Servers.
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This document provides an overview of vSphere 6.0 including key highlights, deployment options for vCenter Server and the Platform Services Controller, and certification updates. The main points are:
- vSphere 6.0 has seen faster adoption and fewer issues than previous versions. Key features include improved fault tolerance, larger cluster sizes, and simplified workload migration.
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VMworld 2013
Josh Gray, VMware
Justin King, VMware
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vSphere 5.1 brings new features and advantages to IT professionals managing virtual environments with VMware.
Bill Oyler from St Croix Solutions highlights the top features in the new vSphere version and offers tips on upgrading from older versions.
This document provides an overview and technical deep dive of vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On. It discusses the components of vCenter including the installer, inventory service, vSphere web client, and database. It also covers reference architectures, system requirements, upgrades, and new features in vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 such as improved Active Directory integration, simplified installation, and diagnostic tools.
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1. The document discusses upgrading vSphere environments from older versions to vSphere 6.0, including upgrading ESXi, virtual machines, and post-upgrade considerations.
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3. Recommendations are given for upgrading virtual machines, including first upgrading VMware tools and understanding compatibility levels.
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1. The document discusses upgrading vSphere environments from older versions to vSphere 6.0, including upgrading ESXi, virtual machines, and post-upgrade considerations.
2. It provides an overview of the upgrade process and choices for upgrading ESXi, such as using VUM for rolling upgrades with no VM downtime.
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Josh Gray, VMware
Justin King, VMware
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This session discusses the lessons learned from VMware Professional Services Engineering during development of collateral for customers. It brings real world experiences to light, so that common issues can be addressed prior to deployment of the solution, rather than after the fact.
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- Storage features are improved with VMFS-5, which supports volumes over 2TB and faster operations. Storage DRS allows for initial placement and load balancing of VMs across datastores.
- Networking features include support for multiple vMotion NICs for faster migration. The new web client allows remote administration from any browser.
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Virtual SAN is a hyper-converged storage platform that is built into the ESXi hypervisor. It aggregates locally attached flash and disk drives from each ESXi host in a cluster to provide a shared datastore. Virtual SAN provides dynamic capacity and performance scaling. It utilizes storage policies to provide per-VM storage service levels from the single shared datastore. Virtual SAN simplifies storage management by automating control of storage capacity, performance, and availability based on application needs.
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Oracle VM Server for x86 allows for hard partitioning of CPU cores and threads, also known as CPU pinning. This binds virtual CPUs (vCPUs) to physical CPU threads or cores to conform with Oracle licensing requirements. Live migration and features like Distributed Resource Scheduler are not permitted with CPU pinned virtual machines. The document provides instructions on viewing CPU topology and binding vCPUs to physical CPUs for hard partitioning.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for installing VMware ESXi 6.0 on a server. It first lists the minimum hardware requirements including supported server hardware, CPUs, RAM, network adapters and storage. It then outlines the interactive installation process using a CD/DVD including selecting options, providing passwords, configuring networking and applying changes. Once complete, the vSphere client can be used to manage the new ESXi host.
This document provides an overview and introduction to virtual storage concepts in VMware vSphere, including NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores. It discusses storage protocols, multipathing, and best practices for configuring and managing different types of datastores. The document is divided into several sections covering storage concepts, iSCSI, NFS, VMFS, and Virtual SAN datastores.
VMware vSphere 6.0 includes several new and enhanced platform and management features. Key updates include increased scalability limits, improved ESXi account management, enhanced Microsoft clustering support, and new certificate lifecycle management capabilities. The vCenter Server has been improved with a Platform Services Controller, linked mode enhancements, cross-vCenter vMotion, and a redesigned web client. Networking features in vSphere 6.0 focus on increased flexibility and guaranteed bandwidth controls.
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The webinar on Citrix XenServer 6.5 will provide an overview of new features, packaging and licensing changes, and demonstrations of in-memory caching, workload balancing reports, login VSI scalability tests, and vGPU capabilities; attendees are encouraged to tweet about the session using designated hashtags; and the agenda includes discussions of XenServer editions, the What's New in 6.5 release, and live demos of the XenCenter view, configuration, and vGPU functionality.
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The content in this deck was presented in workshop form at FOSSETCON in 2015. Much of the information contained will work for any XenServer version, but XenServer 6.5 was covered. The audience was assumed to have some familiarity with virtualization concepts, but no assumptions about XenServer was made. Core concepts covered included; storage design, network design and operations, scalability and failure domains, as well as core features such as virtualized graphics.
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So what does Profile-Driven Storage try to achieve? Very simply - minimize the amount of time required to provision virtual machines. Provisioning virtual machines isn’t only just selecting a random datastore. You will need to know what the requirements are of the virtual machine and then select the appropriate volume to the best of your knowledge. Profile-Driven Storage tries to help with that by providing better insight into storage characteristics and allowing for custom-tags and linking virtual machines to profiles. vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness is a new set of APIs which will enable vCenter to see the capabilities of the storage array LUNs/datastores, making it much easier to select the appropriate disk for virtual machine placement.
VMworld US 2011 - Avoiding the 16 Biggest HA & DRS Configuration MistakesConcentrated Technology
Everyone thinks HA and DRS are wonderful technologies. Yet both can be notoriously dangerous when misconfigured. Make mistakes with either, and they will take down your virtual infrastructure more quickly than you can imagine. VMware vExpert Greg Shields has collected 16 of the biggest mistakes he has seen in his consulting travels. In this not-to-be-missed session, Greg shares all, along with simple solutions that will keep your virtual environment healthy. Be sure not to miss this session. You will want to remote your systems immediately afterward to see if you have made these mistakes too.
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This document discusses virtual machine backup on Citrix XenServer 5.5. It provides an overview of cold and hot backups and describes how XenServer supports offline and online backups through XenCenter and the command line interface. It then examines three examples of automated hot backup scripts - a Visual Basic script, Bash shell script, and Python script. The document evaluates these scripts and provides guidance on restoration of backed up virtual machines.
This document discusses best practices for designing a VMware vCenter Server infrastructure. It covers choosing between the installable and appliance versions, hardware requirements, high availability and backup options, implementing single sign-on and the web client, and sizing the vCenter Server virtual appliance. The key considerations for design include scale, availability, manageability, security and choosing the right edition based on inventory size.
VMworld 2013: vSphere vCenter Single Sign-on Best Practices VMworld
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Josh Gray, VMware
Justin King, VMware
Jonathan McDonald, VMware
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VMworld 2015: Just Because You COULD, Doesn’t Mean You SHOULD – vSphere 6.0 A...VMworld
This session discusses the lessons learned from VMware Professional Services Engineering during development of collateral for customers. It brings real world experiences to light, so that common issues can be addressed prior to deployment of the solution, rather than after the fact.
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VMware - Virtual SAN - IT Changes EverythingVMUG IT
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The document discusses upgrading from vSphere 5.x to vSphere 6.0. It covers the new vCenter Server 6.0 architecture including the Platform Services Controller. It discusses different upgrade paths such as an in-place upgrade versus a new deployment. It also provides guidance on planning the upgrade, including creating a compatibility matrix, testing plans, and readiness checks.
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VMware vSphere 6.0 includes several new and enhanced platform and management features. Key updates include increased scalability limits, improved ESXi account management, enhanced Microsoft clustering support, and new certificate lifecycle management capabilities. The vCenter Server has been improved with a Platform Services Controller, linked mode enhancements, cross-vCenter vMotion, and a redesigned web client. Networking features in vSphere 6.0 focus on increased flexibility and guaranteed bandwidth controls.
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The content in this deck was presented in workshop form at FOSSETCON in 2015. Much of the information contained will work for any XenServer version, but XenServer 6.5 was covered. The audience was assumed to have some familiarity with virtualization concepts, but no assumptions about XenServer was made. Core concepts covered included; storage design, network design and operations, scalability and failure domains, as well as core features such as virtualized graphics.
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This presentation discusses networking design and configuration considerations for VMware vSAN. It provides an overview of vSAN networking components and traffic, requirements for ports and firewalls, and considerations for multicast, unicast, NIC teaming and load balancing. It also reviews supported network topologies like single site, stretched and 2-node clusters and discusses performance considerations.
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1) DRS 5.5 introduces features like automatically tuning the number of VMs per host and better handling of latency-sensitive and CPU-intensive workloads.
2) DRS is integrated with new storage technologies like VMware vFlash and vSAN. It also supports autoscaling of proxy switch ports.
3) Future areas of focus include network DRS with bandwidth reservations, more accurate static VM overhead memory estimation, and proactive DRS monitoring for potential issues.
VMworld Europe 2014: Storage DRS - Deep Dive and Best PracticesVMworld
This document discusses new features in VMware vSphere 6.0 related to storage management and optimization. It introduces Storage DRS which helps balance storage resource utilization across datastores and hosts. New features like IO reservations allow minimum guaranteed performance levels for VMs. Storage DRS also integrates with storage array technologies like thin provisioning, deduplication, auto-tiering, and replication to improve storage efficiency and availability. The document provides best practices for deploying Storage DRS to maximize its benefits.
VMware introduced several new features in vSphere 6 including increased scalability limits, usability improvements to the vSphere Web Client, enhanced vMotion capabilities such as cross-vCenter and long distance vMotion, expanded fault tolerance support, and the introduction of vSphere Virtual Volumes and its policy-based management framework. Key networking updates included Network I/O Control version 3 and multiple TCP/IP stacks. Storage features focused on Virtual SAN enhancements, Storage DRS integration, and support for VASA 2.0 storage capabilities.
VMworld 2013: vSphere Web Client - Technical WalkthroughVMworld
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VMworld 2013: IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN VMworld
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Track 1 Virtualizing Critical Applications with VMWARE VISPHERE by Roshan ShettyEMC Forum India
Virtualizing Critical Applications with Vsphere 5 provides concise summaries of the key enhancements in vSphere 5 that enable virtualizing even the most critical applications. These include support for larger virtual machines with up to 32 vCPUs, 1TB of RAM and 4x larger sizes. It also improves availability, storage, and network services with features like Storage DRS, Profile-Driven Storage, and Network I/O Control that provide performance guarantees and help prevent resource starvation issues. The document also highlights how vSphere 5 simplifies infrastructure deployment and management with capabilities such as Auto Deploy, vCenter Server Appliance, and the new Web Client.
V sphere 5.1 what's new presentation, customersolarisyourep
The document provides an overview and summary of new features in VMware vSphere 5.1. Key enhancements include support for up to 64 vCPUs and 1TB of RAM per virtual machine, storage appliance improvements, distributed switch enhancements, vMotion without shared storage, vSphere Data Protection for backup and recovery, vSphere Replication for virtual machine replication, vShield Endpoint for security, improved Auto Deploy capabilities, a new vSphere Web Client, single sign-on, and enhancements to vCenter Orchestrator and vCenter Ops Manager Foundation.
VMware vSphere 6.0 - Troubleshooting Training - Day 5Sanjeev Kumar
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- Requirements for vMotion like compatible CPUs and network connectivity.
- Enhanced features in vSphere 6 like separate vMotion networking stacks and long distance vMotion.
- Best practices for vMotion planning and limitations.
VMworld 2013: Virtualization Rookie or Pro: Why vSphere is Your Best ChoiceVMworld
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Jeff Margolese, VMware
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This document provides an overview and introduction to VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). It discusses the VSAN architecture which uses SSDs for caching and HDDs for storage. It also covers how VSAN can be configured through storage policies assigned at the VM level. The document outlines how VSAN provides a software-defined storage solution that is hardware agnostic and can elastically scale storage performance and capacity by adding servers and disks.
The document provides an overview of virtualization concepts using VMware vSphere 5.0. It discusses key components of vSphere including ESXi hosts, the vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client. The document outlines the installation and configuration of ESXi hosts, including requirements, and provides screenshots of installing and configuring the vCenter Server. It also discusses navigating and managing the vSphere environment and virtual machines.
VMware announced new versions of its cloud infrastructure software including vSphere 5, vCenter 5, vCloud Director 1.5, and vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5. The updates focus on accelerating the path to 100% virtualization, providing granular control of network and storage resources, and delivering an intelligent virtual infrastructure across private and public clouds.
Cloud infrastructure licensing and pricing customer presentationsolarisyourep
VMware announced major upgrades to its entire cloud infrastructure stack, including vSphere 5, vCloud Director 1.5, vShield 5, and vCenter SRM 5. The key changes in vSphere 5 licensing include moving from a per-processor licensing model with core and memory restrictions, to an unlimited core model with a pooled vRAM entitlement. Each vSphere license provides a set amount of vRAM that can be used across all hosts managed by a vCenter. Compliance is measured by whether the average daily consumed vRAM stays below the total pooled entitlement. The new model aims to provide more flexibility without disruption to existing customers.
This document provides an overview of virtualization including:
- Benefits of server consolidation and optimization of resources through virtualization
- Key features of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V such as live migration, high availability, core parking, and thin provisioning
- System Center products that can be used to manage a virtualized infrastructure including Virtual Machine Manager, Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, and Data Protection Manager
Windows Server 2016 introduces several new features including software defined storage, Hyper-V improvements, automation enhancements, and Nano Server. Storage Spaces Direct enables hyper-converged infrastructure, Storage Replica allows for volume replication, and Resilient File System provides improved integrity and performance. Hyper-V gains features like cluster rolling upgrades and shielded VMs. Automation is focused on a graphical authoring experience and Linux/Azure support. Nano Server offers a headless deployment optimized for cloud workloads.
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Kiran Madnani, VMware
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Mythbusting goes virtual What's new in vSphere 5.1Eric Sloof
The document summarizes new features in vSphere 5.1 that address common myths about virtualization limitations. It discusses that vMotion can now occur without shared storage using enhanced vMotion, vSphere management no longer requires Windows with the new web client, vSphere Replication provides site disaster recovery without SRM, the VMFS host limit for linked clones increased from 8 to 32, and distributed switch configurations can now be backed up and restored.
Hyperconvergence enables you to pair the elasticity benefits of the cloud with the control and security of on-premise data centers. All within a consolidated management infrastructure. Learn how Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 enables these capabilities and much more for any application, in any cloud at, any scale.
This presentation digs into the latest version of HyperFlex. Cisco experts discuss increased scale up to 64 nodes, logical availability zones, managing HyperFlex with Cisco Intersight, stretch clusters, Hyper-V on HyperFlex, and persistent volume integration with kubernetes.
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This document provides an overview of troubleshooting tools and techniques for Horizon. It begins with introductions and disclaimers. It then covers defining problems, identifying symptoms, gathering additional information, determining possible causes, identifying the root cause, resolving problems, and documenting solutions. Common troubleshooting tools are discussed, including ESXCLI commands, vSphere CLI commands, and log file locations and contents. Methods for collecting log files from Horizon components like desktops, clients, and servers are also provided.
VMworld 2016: Advanced Network Services with NSXVMworld
NSX provides network virtualization and security services including distributed firewalling, load balancing, and VPN connectivity. It reproduces traditional network and security functions in software throughout the virtual infrastructure for improved performance, agility, and security compared to physical appliances. Over 1700 customers use NSX across various industries, with growth of 100% year-over-year. NSX services can be distributed across hypervisors for massive scalability. The platform also integrates with security and application delivery partners to enhance its native capabilities.
VMworld 2016: How to Deploy VMware NSX with Cisco InfrastructureVMworld
This document provides an overview of how to deploy VMware NSX with Cisco infrastructure, including:
- NSX has minimal requirements of 1600 MTU and IP connectivity and is agnostic to the underlying network topology.
- When using Cisco Nexus switches, VLANs must be configured for various traffic types and SVIs created with consistent IP subnets. Jumbo MTU is required across all links.
- NSX is also compatible with Cisco ACI fabrics using Fabric Path or DFA topologies, with the VXLAN VLAN spanning multiple pods/clusters across the fabric.
VMworld 2016: Enforcing a vSphere Cluster Design with PowerCLI AutomationVMworld
This document discusses enforcing vSphere cluster designs using PowerCLI automation. It provides an overview of vSphere cluster design basics like HA and DRS configurations. It then discusses crafting declarative configurations to define the desired infrastructure state. Infrastructure as code principles are reviewed for managing configurations outside the endpoints. The presentation introduces the Vester project for declaratively configuring vSphere clusters using PowerCLI.
Horizon 7 introduces several new features including just-in-time desktops that instantly provision desktops and applications when users log in using VMware's instant clone technology. It also features smart policies that dynamically change desktop configurations based on user location or device. Infrastructure updates improve scalability and failover capabilities. The user experience is enhanced with support for 3D graphics, new protocols like Blast Extreme for optimized mobile access, and expanded capabilities for hosted applications and RDS desktops.
VMworld 2016: Virtual Volumes Technical Deep DiveVMworld
Virtual Volumes provide a more efficient operational model for external storage management in vSphere. They integrate storage capabilities directly into virtual machines at the individual disk level through Storage Policy-Based Management. This simplifies operations by removing the need for static LUN/volume provisioning and allows storage services to be applied non-disruptively on a per-virtual machine basis according to policies. A key component is the VASA Provider, which is used to publish an array's storage capabilities and manage the creation of VM-level objects called Virtual Volumes on behalf of vSphere.
VMworld 2016: The KISS of vRealize Operations! VMworld
This presentation introduces new features in vRealize Operations 6.3 that simplify operations management. It begins with an overview of the vRealize Operations architecture and dashboard. New features are then demonstrated, including a recommended actions page, cluster resource dashboard, data collection notifications, workload balancing through rebalancing containers, guided remediation through alerts, integration with vRealize Log Insight, capacity management of clusters and projections, and extensibility with management packs. Finally, related VMworld sessions are listed that provide further information on capacity planning, troubleshooting, intelligent operations management, log insight, and network insight.
VMworld 2016: Getting Started with PowerShell and PowerCLI for Your VMware En...VMworld
This document provides an overview and introduction to PowerShell and PowerCLI for managing VMware environments. It discusses what PowerShell and PowerCLI are, important terminology like modules and functions, how to set them up and configure profiles, and examples of how to start coding with PowerShell including gathering data, writing logic statements, and using cmdlets safely. The presenters are introduced and an agenda is provided covering these topics at a high level to get started with PowerShell and PowerCLI.
VMworld 2016: Ask the vCenter Server Exerts PanelVMworld
This document is a disclaimer stating that the presentation may include features still under development and not committed to be delivered in final products. Any features discussed are subject to change based on technical feasibility and market demand, and pricing and packaging have not been determined for any new technologies presented. The document is confidential.
VMworld 2016: Virtualize Active Directory, the Right Way! VMworld
Virtualizing Active Directory domain controllers provides benefits like increased availability, scalability, and manageability. However, there are some technical challenges to address like ensuring proper time synchronization. This presentation provides best practices for virtualizing domain controllers including using host-guest affinity rules, disabling time synchronization settings, and ensuring the ESXi host clock is correct. It also introduces new "safety" features in Windows Server 2012 like VM GenerationID that help address issues from restoring or reverting snapshots like USN rollback.
VMworld 2016: Migrating from a hardware based firewall to NSX to improve perf...VMworld
Iain Leiter from A.T. Still University discussed their organization's migration from a hardware-based firewall to NSX to improve performance and compliance. Some key advantages of NSX include distributed firewalling for high performance and scalability, pay-as-you-grow flexibility, and advanced security features like microsegmentation. Their deployment process involved installing NSX, defining security groups, building security policies using syslog data from "recon rules", and applying a common services policy. Discoveries included many backdoors, application architecture issues, and the security benefits of microsegmentation.
VMworld 2015: Troubleshooting for vSphere 6VMworld
The document provides an overview of troubleshooting tools and techniques for vSphere 6. It discusses gathering diagnostic information, identifying potential causes, and resolving problems. The vSphere ESXi Shell and vCLI commands can be used to troubleshoot issues locally or remotely via SSH. An example troubleshooting process is provided to demonstrate defining a vMotion failure problem, gathering logs, testing connectivity, and resolving an incorrect VMkernel interface IP address.
VMworld 2015: Monitoring and Managing Applications with vRealize Operations 6...VMworld
This year VMware vSphere 6 combined with vRealize Operations 6.1 (vR Ops 6) adds critical features to increase technical agility in the infrastructure, and reduce Mean time to Repair. With a new Automated remediation action framework in vR Ops, vSphere 6’s ability to vMotion Physical Raw Device mappings (RDMs), and a complete Management Pack Ecosystem for monitoring Infrastructure to applications, administrators have the tools needed to get to maintain 5 9’s uptime, shorten Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and predict capacity requirements as and when the business requires.. This session will be a deep technical explanation, and live demonstration of these tools. It will give administrators a solid understanding of how they can use these tools to monitor and manage their application clusters, keep applications running during Infrastructure maintenance, and get deep holistic visibility into the entire Application ecosystem, from Storage to Networking.
VMworld 2015: Advanced SQL Server on vSphereVMworld
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely deployed “apps” in the market today and is used as the database layer for a myriad of applications, ranging from departmental content repositories to large enterprise OLTP systems. Typical SQL Server workloads are somewhat trivial to virtualize; however, business critical SQL Servers require careful planning to satisfy performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements. It is the design of these business critical databases that will be the focus of this breakout session. You will learn how build high-performance SQL Server virtual machines through proper resource allocation, database file management, and use of all-flash storage like XtremIO. You will also learn how to protect these critical systems using a combination of SQL Server and vSphere high availability features. For example, did you know you can vMotion shared-disk Windows Failover Cluster nodes? You can in vSphere 6! Finally, you will learn techniques for rapid deployment, backup, and recovery of SQL Server virtual machines using an all-flash array.
VMworld 2015: Virtualize Active Directory, the Right Way!VMworld
Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) allows organizations to deploy a scalable and secure directory service for managing users, resources and applications. Virtualization of ADDS has been supported for many years now, however has required careful management to avoid pitfalls around replication, time management, and access. Windows Server 2012 provides greater support for virtualization by including virtualization-safe features and support for rapid domain controller deployment.
VMworld 2015: Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR Deep Dive with Engine...VMworld
Policy based management greatly simplifies the work of IT Administrators making it easy to ensure that applications and VMs receive the resources, protection and functionality required. Learn about the latest enhancements of Site Recovery Manager in this space, which represent a huge step towards providing policy based DR. In this session we'll dive deep into how this approach works and how to work with them.
VMworld 2015: Building a Business Case for Virtual SANVMworld
This presentation discusses building a business case for VMware Virtual SAN. It provides an overview of Virtual SAN and its benefits for customers like choice, integration, cost savings and performance. A case study is presented of how Dominos Pizza implemented Virtual SAN which resulted in roughly 40% lower costs compared to a traditional storage array. The presentation concludes by demonstrating the Virtual SAN assessment tool and various ways customers can try Virtual SAN.
Not content to simply describe the Virtual Volume (VVOL) framework, this session instead examines practical use cases: How different configurations and workloads benefit from VVOLs. Learn how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) couples with VVOLs to provide VM configuration options not previously available. We demonstrate a handful of real-life scenarios, specifically covering how VVOLs benefits oversubscribed systems, disaster recovery preparation and multi-tenant requirements for customers. Specific configuration options and constraints are covered in detail, including how they work with underlying storage.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Webinar: Designing a schema for a Data WarehouseFederico Razzoli
Are you new to data warehouses (DWH)? Do you need to check whether your data warehouse follows the best practices for a good design? In both cases, this webinar is for you.
A data warehouse is a central relational database that contains all measurements about a business or an organisation. This data comes from a variety of heterogeneous data sources, which includes databases of any type that back the applications used by the company, data files exported by some applications, or APIs provided by internal or external services.
But designing a data warehouse correctly is a hard task, which requires gathering information about the business processes that need to be analysed in the first place. These processes must be translated into so-called star schemas, which means, denormalised databases where each table represents a dimension or facts.
We will discuss these topics:
- How to gather information about a business;
- Understanding dictionaries and how to identify business entities;
- Dimensions and facts;
- Setting a table granularity;
- Types of facts;
- Types of dimensions;
- Snowflakes and how to avoid them;
- Expanding existing dimensions and facts.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
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vSphere 5.5 Platform Improvements
Scalability
• Doubled several configuration maximums
• Virtual Machine Compatibility ESXi 5.5 (aka Virtual Hardware Version 10)
Performance
• Expanded vGPU support
• Improved power management with support for server CPU C-States
Availability
• Hot-Pluggable SSD PCIe devices
• Support for Reliable Memory
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Several vSphere 5.5 maximums doubled
• Logical CPU, Virtual CPU, NUMA Nodes, RAM
Virtualize any size workload with confidence
Item 5.1 5.5
Logical CPUs per host 160 320
NUMA Nodes per host 8 16
Virtual CPUs per host 2048 4096
RAM per host 2TB 4TB
vSphere Host Configuration Maximums Increased
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Virtual Machine Compatibility ESXi 5.5
• aka Virtual Hardware 10
• LSI SAS for Solaris 11
• Latest CPU Architectures
• Advanced Host Controller Interface
(AHCI)
• New SATA controller
• Virtual disks and CDROM
• 30 devices per controller
• 4 controllers per VM
• Total of 120 devices per VM
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Expanded vGPU Support
Added support for AMD GPUs
• NVIDIA available since 5.1
Three rendering modes:
• Automatic = Use GPU when
available, otherwise use software
rendering
• Hardware = GPU is required
• Power-on fails if no GPU
• vMotion check fails if no GPU at
destination
• Software = don’t use GPU,
software rendering only
vMotion between GPU vendors
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Expanded vGPU Support Cont.
vGPU Requirements:
• AMD or NVIDA Graphics Card (GPU)
• See vendor websites for supported cards
• 3D graphics must be supported by the guest operating system
• http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
• Virtual Machine:
• Compatibility ESXi 5.0 or higher (vHW 8) (Windows 8 must be vHW 9)
• VMware Tools must be installed
• Linux distributions must have a 3.2 or later kernel
• Most modern Linux distributions package our drivers by default
• VMware is the only vendor accelerating the entire Linux graphics driver stack and
providing it as free software!
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Hot-Pluggable SSD PCIe Devices
No downtime to Hot-Plug PCIe SSD drives (add/remove) on a
running ESXi host
• PCIe IO expansion chassis to provide Hot-Plug of PCIe devices to an ESXi host
Support both orderly and surprise hot-plug operations
• Orderly operation initiated through hardware elements or software interface
• Surprise operation initiated by physically removing or adding device without
notifying the system
Requirements
• Hardware and BIOS must support Hot-Plug PCIe
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Support for Reliable Memory
Reduce memory corruption
• Memory corruption = PSOD = BAD!
• Provider greater uptime and reliability for ESXi
How does it work?
• Feature of the hardware
• Some memory is more “reliable” than others which is reported up to ESXi for
optimization
Protecting Critical Components:
• VMkernel
• UW (User Worlds)
• Init thread
• Hostd and Watchdog
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Enhancements for CPU C-States
Use deep C-states in default Balanced Policy
• Saves much more power
• Can potentially increase performance by quickly entering Turbo Mode
frequencies if some other core(s) in the same physical CPU are in deep C-
State
More aggressive settings in Low Power Policy
• More eager to enter deeper C-states
USB Auto-suspend
• Automatically put idle USB hubs in a lower power state
• Unused port doesn’t draw much power
• BUT, the controller still DMAs
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Summary vSphere Platform Features
vSphere configuration maximum increases
• 2x increase from vSphere 5.1
Virtual Machine Compatibility ESXi 5.5 (vHW 10)
• LSI SAS for Solaris 11, New CPU Enablement, AHCI SATA Controller Support
Expanded vGPU support
• Support AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, vMotion across GPU vendors
Hot-Plug SSD PCIe devices
• Hot Add/Remove SSD Devices without any downtime
Support for Reliable Memory
• Improved uptime and reliability
Reduced power consumption with enhancements for CPU C-States
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vCenter Server 5.5 Improvements
Security
• Improved vCenter Single Sign On
Usability
• vSphere Web Client enhancements
• Increased platform support
Availability
• App HA
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vCenter Server 5.5 – Single Sign-On
New vCenter Single Sign On
• Improved installation experience
• Improved Active Directory integration
• One-way and two-way trust
• Multi and single forest
• Built-in high availability
• Continued support for local authentication
• No manual database configuration
• SQL authentication no longer required
• No longer require creating DB user accounts
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vCenter Server 5.5 – Web Client
vSphere Web Client
• Increased Platform Support
• Added support for OS X
• VM Console access
• Deploy OVF Templates
• Attach Client Devices
• Enhanced Usability Experience
• Drag and Drop
• Improved Filters
• Recent Items
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vSphere HA VM-to-VM Anti-Affinity
vSphere HA in vSphere 5.5
vSpherevSpherevSphere
vSphere HA/DRS Cluster
DRS Affinity Rule:
VMs must not run
on the same host
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vSphere APP HA
Summary
• Reduce Application downtime
• Protection for several off-the-shelf
applications
• Recovery from a variety of scenarios
• VM-to-VM Anti-Affinity
• Optimal workload placement
More Information
• BCO5047 – vSphere HA – What’s New
and Best Practices
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New features in vSphere Storage
Scalability
• Support for 62TB VMDK
Performance
• 16Gb E2E support
• vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC)
Availability
• MSCS Supportability Enhancements
• Storage vMotion & SDRS compatibility with
vSphere Replication
Operations
• PDL Enhancements
• VAAI UNMAP Enhancements
• VMFS Heap Enhancements
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62TB VMDK
• Supported on VMFS5 & NFS
• No specific virtual hardware requirement
• Requires ESXi 5.5
62TB Virtual Mode RDMs also
introduced in 5.5
• No change in 64TB pRDMs
Support for Larger VMDK & vRDMs
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Support for Larger VMDK & vRDMs
Supported
• NFS & VMFS
• Offline extension of 2TB+ VMDK
• vMotion
• Storage vMotion
• SRM/vSphere Replication
• vFlash
• Snapshots
• Linked Clones
• SE Sparse Disks
Not Supported
• Online/hot extension of 2TB+ VMDK
• BusLogic Virtual SCSI Adapters
• Virtual SAN (VSAN)
• Fault Tolerance
• VI (C#) Client
• MBR Partitioned Disks
• vmfsSparse Disks
• vSphere 5.5 introduces support for 62TB VMDKs & Virtual RDMs
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Heads Up! C# Client Interoperability
SRM
• 2TB+ VMDK can be
managed successfully via
vSphere web client.
• SRM still requires C#
client for management
• Attempting to examine
62TB VMDK properties
via C# client can cause
errors:
All new features/enhances supported via web client
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16Gb E2E Support
With the release of vSphere 5.5, VMware now supports 16Gb E2E (end-
to-end) Fibre Channel
16Gb
16Gb
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MSCS - Microsoft Cluster Services Enhancements
MSCS
Node A
MSCS
Node B
Microsoft
Windows 2012
Clustering
supported
Round Robin
Path Policy
Supported
Round Robin
Path Policy
Supported
FCoE & iSCSI protocols supported
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PDL AutoRemove
PDL (Permanent Device Loss)
Occurs on failures or is incorrectly removed from host
Based on SCSI Sense Codes
PDL means host no longer sends I/O to these devices
PDL AutoRemove in 5.5
PDL AutoRemove automatically removes a device with PDL from the host
Benefit of PDL AutoRemove
A PDL state on a device implies it cannot accept more IOs, but needlessly uses
up one of the 256 device per host limit.
Now device is automatically removed since it is never coming back.
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VAAI UNMAP Improvements
vSphere 5.5 introduced a new simpler VAAI UNMAP/Reclaim command
• # esxcli storage vmfs unmap
• Reclaim size now specified in blocks rather than a percentage value
• Dead space reclaimed in increments rather than all at once
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VMFS Heap Improvements
An issue with previous versions of VMFS heap meant that there were
concerns when accessing above 30TB of open files from a single ESXi
host.
ESXi 5.0p5 & 5.1U1 introduced a larger heap size to deal with this.
vSphere 5.5 introduces a much improved heap eviction process,
meaning that there is no need for the larger heap size, which consumes
memory.
vSphere 5.5 with a maximum of 256MB of heap allows ESXi hosts to
access all address space of a 64TB VMFS.
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Storage DRS, Storage vMotion & vSphere Replication Interop
If a VM which was being replicated via vSphere Replication was
migrated to another datastore, it triggered a full sync because the
persistent state files (psf) were deleted – all of the disks contents are
read and check summed on each side.
In vSphere 5.5 the psf files are now moved with the virtual machine and
retain its current replication state.
This means that virtual machines at the production site may now be
Storage vMotion’ed, and conversely, participate in Storage DRS
datastore clusters without impacting vSphere Replication’s RPO
(Recovery Point Objective).
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What is vSphere Flash Read Cache?
Key Features
• Hypervisor-based software-defined flash
storage tier solution.
• Aggregates local flash devices to provide a
clustered flash resource for VM and
vSphere hosts consumption (Virtual Flash
Host Swap Cache)
• Leverages local flash devices as a cache
• Integrated with vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion
• Scale-Out Storage Capability: 32 nodes
SSD SSD SSD SSD
vSphere Flash Read Cache Infrastructure
vSphere Flash
Read Cache
vSphere Flash
Read Cache
vSphere Flash
Read Cache
vSphere
SSD
Flash as a New Storage Tier in vSphere
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Why vSphere Flash Read Cache?
• Cache is a high-speed memory that can be either a reserved section of
main memory or a storage device.
• Supports Write Through Cache Mode
• Improve virtual machines performance by leveraging local flash devices
• Ability to virtualize suitable business critical applications
Write
Commit
Ack
3
2
Write Through
1
Cache
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vSphere Flash Read Cache Fully Integrated with vSphere
• All the management tasks pertaining to the installation, configuration &
monitoring of vSphere Flash Read Cache will be done from the vSphere client.
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vSphere Flash Read Cache – Flash Resource
• Each host creates a Virtual
Flash Resource containing
one or multiple flash based
devices.
• There can only be one Virtual
Flash Resource per vSphere
host.
• Flash based devices are
pooled into a new file system
called VFFS.
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• Virtual Flash Host Swap Cache configuration is only available via the vSphere
Web Client.
• Ability to utilize up to 4TB of vSphere Flash Resource for vSphere Flash Swap
Caching purposes.
vSphere Flash Read Cache – Virtual Flash Host Swap Cache
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• Virtual Machine Virtual Flash Read Cache
configuration is only available via the
vSphere Web Client.
• Configure Virtual Flash Read Cache per
VMDK – set to match working set size.
• Block Size 4KB – 1024 KB
vSphere Flash Read Cache – Virtual Machine Flash Cache
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Virtual SAN: Radically Simple Storage
• Policy-driven per-VM SLA
• vSphere & vCenter integration
• Scale-out storage
• Built-in resiliency
• SSD caching
• Converged Compute & Storage
Key Features
vSphere
Hard
disks
SSD
VSAN
Hard
disks
SSD
..…3 to 8…
Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSD
VSAN Aggregated Datastore
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Virtual SAN: Radically Simple Storage
• Radically Simple Storage designed
for Virtual Machines
• Fast, Resilient & Dynamic
• Lower TCO for comparable
performance
Customer Benefits
vSphere
Hard
disks
SSD
VSAN
Hard
disks
SSD
..…3 to 8…
Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSD
VSAN Aggregated Datastore
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vSphere Storage Features Summary
Support for 62TB VMDK
16Gb E2E support
MSCS supportability enhancements
PDL Autoremove
Storage vMotion and SDRS compatibility with vSphere Replication
VAAI UNMAP & VMFS Heap enhancements
vSphere Flash Read Cache
Virtual SAN
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Other VMware Activities Related to This Session
HOL:
HOL-SDC-1310 vSOM 101
HOL-SDC-1308 vSphere Flash Read Cache and VSAN
Group Discussions:
VSVC1003-GD vSphere Core Upgrades with Kyle Gleed
STO1001-GD VSAN with Cormac Hogan & VMware R&D