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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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: Managing Users: A Deep Dive into VMware User Environment ManagerVMworld
Take a deep dive into UEM, including an architectural overview, available settings and configurations, user environment management options, UEM deployment considerations and best practices, and UEM integration with Horizon 6.
HBC9363 Virtualization 2.0 How the Cloud is Evolving the Modern Data Centerdavehill99
In his article Virtualization 2.0 Is Your On-Ramp to the Cloud published on SIliconANGLE, VMware Cloud Strategist David Hill, writes, “Many companies today are recognizing value in the cloud even though they have no plans to mothball their own data centers. To them, the cloud represents both an extension of their on-premises infrastructures and the latest chapter in the ongoing evolution of their IT practice.”
David goes on to describe this latest chapter as “Virtualization 2.0,” because just as virtualization untethered workloads from servers, this stage is about untethering those same workloads from the data center itself, enabling apps to freely move between clouds the way they can move between servers today.
The popularity of Virtual SAN is growing daily. Server admins are finally free to aggregate storage in their servers to create a shared storage system that scales with their compute needs. The underlying key to making it all work is networking. All Virtual SAN data flows through it, and correct selection and configuration of networking components will mean the difference between disruptive success or dramatic failure. This session will give deep insight in the do's and don'ts of Virtual SAN networking. Best practices for physical and virtual switch configuration and performance testing will be discussed. Virtual SAN 5.5 and 6.0 will be covered, and the networking differences discussed. Methods of troubleshooting network issues will be covered. For those configuring a Virtual SAN network for the first time, for labs or enterprise scale, this session is a must-see.
HBC8292 vCloud Air Recovery as a Service (RaaS) Deep Divedavehill99
In this session we will get into the details of VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery and Data Protection. We will focus on how these solutions are architected and what that implies in real-life implementations and provide some solutions for tough design challenges and what is coming down the road.
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
In this session we'll dive deep into how the vSphere compute and memory schedulers work to provide the same level of performance as bare metal. Hosted by two outstanding performance engineers, they will review concepts like how and when vSphere schedules vCPUs, how virtual machines are idles, understand virtual machine memory overhead and how large memory pages help or hurt performance. If you want to understand what vSphere does at an atomic level you don't want to miss this advanced session.
VMworld 2015: How To Troubleshoot Using vRealize Operations Manager (Deep Liv...VMworld
See how vRealize Operations Manager can help you to quickly isolate and troubleshoot "My VM is slow!" issues. We'll look at three real-world performance and capacity problems and demonstrate how to troubleshoot them using vRealize Operations Manager on a live environment with real infrastructure issues..
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 2013: Automating the Software Defined Data Center: How Do I Get Started VMworld
VMworld 2013
Thomas Corfmat, VMware
Alan Renouf, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
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: 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: Managing Users: A Deep Dive into VMware User Environment ManagerVMworld
Take a deep dive into UEM, including an architectural overview, available settings and configurations, user environment management options, UEM deployment considerations and best practices, and UEM integration with Horizon 6.
HBC9363 Virtualization 2.0 How the Cloud is Evolving the Modern Data Centerdavehill99
In his article Virtualization 2.0 Is Your On-Ramp to the Cloud published on SIliconANGLE, VMware Cloud Strategist David Hill, writes, “Many companies today are recognizing value in the cloud even though they have no plans to mothball their own data centers. To them, the cloud represents both an extension of their on-premises infrastructures and the latest chapter in the ongoing evolution of their IT practice.”
David goes on to describe this latest chapter as “Virtualization 2.0,” because just as virtualization untethered workloads from servers, this stage is about untethering those same workloads from the data center itself, enabling apps to freely move between clouds the way they can move between servers today.
The popularity of Virtual SAN is growing daily. Server admins are finally free to aggregate storage in their servers to create a shared storage system that scales with their compute needs. The underlying key to making it all work is networking. All Virtual SAN data flows through it, and correct selection and configuration of networking components will mean the difference between disruptive success or dramatic failure. This session will give deep insight in the do's and don'ts of Virtual SAN networking. Best practices for physical and virtual switch configuration and performance testing will be discussed. Virtual SAN 5.5 and 6.0 will be covered, and the networking differences discussed. Methods of troubleshooting network issues will be covered. For those configuring a Virtual SAN network for the first time, for labs or enterprise scale, this session is a must-see.
HBC8292 vCloud Air Recovery as a Service (RaaS) Deep Divedavehill99
In this session we will get into the details of VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery and Data Protection. We will focus on how these solutions are architected and what that implies in real-life implementations and provide some solutions for tough design challenges and what is coming down the road.
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
In this session we'll dive deep into how the vSphere compute and memory schedulers work to provide the same level of performance as bare metal. Hosted by two outstanding performance engineers, they will review concepts like how and when vSphere schedules vCPUs, how virtual machines are idles, understand virtual machine memory overhead and how large memory pages help or hurt performance. If you want to understand what vSphere does at an atomic level you don't want to miss this advanced session.
VMworld 2015: How To Troubleshoot Using vRealize Operations Manager (Deep Liv...VMworld
See how vRealize Operations Manager can help you to quickly isolate and troubleshoot "My VM is slow!" issues. We'll look at three real-world performance and capacity problems and demonstrate how to troubleshoot them using vRealize Operations Manager on a live environment with real infrastructure issues..
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 2013: Automating the Software Defined Data Center: How Do I Get Started VMworld
VMworld 2013
Thomas Corfmat, VMware
Alan Renouf, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
System Center 2012 for VMware InfrastructureBryan Dady
Slides from a group presentation I was privileged to participate in during the last Microsoft Management Summit (MMS, April 2013).
The original is hosted by Microsoft at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/IM-B309, and I've copied this edition here for sharing on my LinkedIn profile.
Nexus 1000V Support for VMWare vSphere 6Tony Antony
Learn how the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches offer increased scale, security, visibility, and ease of management, as well as convenient direct support from Cisco for VMware vSphere 6 environments.
VMWare on VMWare - How VMware IT Implemented Micro-Segmentation and Deployed ...VMware
VMware IT implemented micro-segmentation using NSX Distributed Firewall to secure production applications and deployed NSX in a large-scale internal private cloud environment. We will review use cases for micro-segmentation such as SAP and discuss design considerations. We will outline our approach for finalizing the firewall policy model using Log Insight for firewall traffic monitoring and analytics and discuss roles and responsibilities and lessons learned. Please join us to learn how VMware secured its business services by leveraging NSX and scaled its internal private cloud deployment using NSX features. We will discuss the design, technical and organizational considerations of one of the world’s largest deployments of NSX for vSphere (hosting over 20,000 VMs). We will review the decisions involved in deploying new NSX environments and how VMware’s internal private cloud leverages NSX edge firewalling to achieve a scalable, multi-tenant security model.
Veeam Backup & Replication - What’s New in 6.5Veeam Software
Virtualization changes everything—especially what you can
do with backup. Veeam® recognized the disruptive power
of virtualization early on, and designed a solution from the
ground up specifically for the new platform.
VMworld 2013: vSphere Upgrade Series Part 2: vSphere Hosts and Virtual Machines VMworld
VMworld 2013
Kyle Gleed, VMware
Josh Gray, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
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
VMware vSphere® 6.0 permet aux utilisateurs de virtualiser leurs applications verticales et horizontales en toute sécurité, redéfinit les besoins en disponibilité et simplifie la gestion du datacenter virtuel. Cette version majeure offre une infrastructure à la demande, hautement disponible et fiable qui constitue la base idéale pour tout environnement de Cloud Computing.
Horizon 6, la suite logicielle VDI de VMware, ajoute le support des postes de travail virtuels Linux, en plus de l’environnement Windows de Microsoft. L’éditeur de Palo Alto a lancé un programme d'accès précoce pour les clients désirant tester en avant-première Horizon 6 avec les distributions Linux de Red Hat et Ubuntu sur des ordinateurs distants et des terminaux mobiles.
VMworld 2013
Ameet Jani, Vmware
Justin King, Vmware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: What's New with VMware Workstation VMworld
VMworld 2013
Jason Joel - VMware
Kapil Kasetwar – VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
London VMUG - Upgrade vSphere 5.5 to 6.5Dean Lewis
Mid Feb, one of the London VMUG leaders posted on twitter, looking for someone to present on the subject of "upgrading from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5". This is not a step by step GUI how to guide, but covers the considerations you need to think about.
VMworld 2013: vSphere Upgrade Series Part 1: vCenter ServerVMworld
VMworld 2013
Josh Gray, VMware
Justin King, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
VMworld 2013: vSphere Web Client - Technical WalkthroughVMworld
VMworld 2013
Ameet Jani, VMware
Justin King, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
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.
VMware 2015: Next Horizon for Cloud Networking and SecurityVMworld
Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization has become an accepted part of modern data center architecture. The transformation of networking into a software industry has accelerated innovation and given rise to a number of new technologies and use cases that were previously impossible. Network virtualization is starting to have profound impact on services, security, the underlying physical networks and the organization of the IT organizations that use them. How will network virtualization impact the next horizon for cloud networking and security?
In this session Guido Appenzeller presents a tech-preview of NSX working with Docker Containers and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Additional speakers include Scott Lowe, Mukesh Hira and Jacob Cherkas from VMware and Suneet Nandwani from eBay.
VMworld 2015: vSphere Distributed Switch 6 –Technical Deep DiveVMworld
VMware’s latest 6.0 version of the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) provides unparalleled networking features, control mechanisms, and new ways to construct a LAN topology. In this year’s version of one of the highest rated VMworld sessions, you’ll get front row seats to a deep dive on the VDS in a variety of real world use cases. Gain new knowledge for building multi-tenant capable configurations with NIOC version 3 and CoS marking, learn how to protect critical vSphere management workloads consuming the VDS, and follow along as we review the steps necessary to leverage the TCP/IP stack for routed vMotion.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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.
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/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
2. Disclaimer
• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development.
• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these
features in any generally available product.
• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or
sales agreements of any kind.
• Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.
• Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not
been determined.
CONFIDENTIAL 2
3. Introductions!
CONFIDENTIAL 3
Brian Graf
Senior Technical Marketing Manager
PowerCLI, ESXi Lifecycle, ROBO
@vBrianGraf
VMware Blog: http://blogs.vmware.com/vSphere/
Personal Blog: http://www.vtagion.com
Salil Suri
Product Line Manager
Core ESXi and vSphere Lifecycle
@SalilSuri
4. Agenda
1 vSphere Upgrade Overview
2 Upgrading vSphere ESXi
3 Upgrading Virtual Machines
4 Post Upgrade Considerations
5 What’s new in Tech Preview
6 Technical Resources
CONFIDENTIAL 4
6. CONFIDENTIAL
6
And an important date is fast approaching…
End of General Support for ESXi 5.0 and 5.1
Source: http://tinyurl.com/pyvv6v7
2016 / 08/ 24
8. CONFIDENTIAL 8
“We are currently upgrading our
vSphere environment to the latest
version and are finding the upgrade
process complex & time consuming!”
12. Planning for ESXi Deployment & Upgrade
CONFIDENTIAL 12
• How many hosts?
• Sensitivity to downtime?
• Maintenance window
duration?
• Choice of upgrade method?
• DRS / Host Profiles in use?
• VMs on shared storage?
Questions Considerations
13. ESXi Install versus ESXi Upgrade
• Traditional “OS” upgrade concerns do not apply!
– Boot disk is not repartitioned
– Overwrites Boot Bank contents
– Configuration and VMFS volume preserved
CONFIDENTIAL
scratchMB storecoreBank 1 Bank 2
1GB
VMFS
Remainder4GB
5.5
6.0
Step 1: Save the Config (state.tgz)
Step 2: Replace VIBs (overwrite)
Step 3: Reboot
Step 4: Config re-applied on reboot
13
14. ESXi Deployment methods: You have choices!
CONFIDENTIAL 14
ESXi ISO VUM Auto Deploy Scripted esxcli
Install
Upgrade
Patch
UI & DRS
integration
Supports
Rollback
Optimized
@ scale
15. Rolling Upgrades with VUM
CONFIDENTIAL
vCenter 6 + VUM
vSphere Cluster
vMotion vMotionvMotion
Upgrades with no VM downtime!
vMotion / Storage vMotion
15
16. Introducing AutoDeploy & Host Profiles
CONFIDENTIAL
Bare-Metal Host
Out – of – Date Host (5.x)
Misconfigured Host
Roll-back Host (6.x)
What are my ESXi Install options?
What are my ESXi upgrade options?
How can I keep ESXi Configuration consistent
across my ESXi inventory?
Oops, I applied a faulty patch. Can I roll-back?
• Single workflow for various ESXi deployment, patch, &
upgrade scenarios.
• “Zero-Touch” & highly automatable workflow
• Centralized Image & Configuration Management across
your Data Center
Benefits!
: ‘Zero Touch’ ESXi Deployment,
Configurations and Upgrades with
AutoDeploy & Host Profiles
18. VMware Tools consumption workflow
VMware
Tools Team
Linux
community
Linux kernel main
MyVMware or packages.vmware.com
Up streaming Tools
Linux distro w/ OVT
Distro’s
ESXi w/ Pre-installed tools can be
upgraded using VUM or API
20. Extended Support Matrix
CONFIDENTIAL
vSphere 5.0 vHW 4
vHW 7
vHW 8
vSphere 5.1
Tools 5.1
Tools 4.x
Tools 5.0
vHW 9
Virtual HardwareSupported ToolsvSphere Release
upgrade
vSphere 5.5
Tools 5.5
vHW 10
upgrade
21
vSphere 6.0
Tools 6.0
vHW 11
ESX 3.5 and
later
ESX 4.x and
later
ESX 5.0 and
later
ESX 5.1 and
later
ESX 5.5 and
later
VM Compatibility
ESX 6.0 and
later
upgrade
21. Best Practices & Recommendations!
• VMware Tools
– Upgrade recommended!
– Use open-vm-tools wherever possible.
– Cross Compatibility (see VMware Interoperability Matrix)
• VMware Tools 4.x is supported on ESXi 6.x.
• VMware Tools 6.x is supported on ESX/ESXi 4.x.
• Hardware Version or Compatibility
– Upgrade Optional
• Upgrade VMware Tools first
• Compatibility is not Backwards Compatible
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Q: Okay, but how do I know
when to upgrade?
A: Release Notes for VMware
Tools & common versioning
Coming Soon…!
This is the Future and is
available today!
You can skip versions and
save your self some effort!
23. 24
Roadmap
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our
general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes
only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
26. VMFS Upgrade Considerations
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Feature Upgraded VMFS-5 New VMFS-5
Maximum files 30720 130689
File Block Size 1, 2, 4 or 8MB 1MB (Unified)
Sub-Blocks 64KB 8KB
Partition Format
MBR
(seamless switch to GPT if VMFS
grows > 2TB)
GPT
Starting sector 128 2048
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27. VMFS Upgrade Considerations
• Upgrade all hosts to 5.x before upgrading VMFS-5.
– Upgrade not allowed if 4.x hosts are accessing VMFS
• There is no “undo” (one-way operation)
• To fully benefit from latest VMFS 5 features:
1. Creating new VMFS 5 volume
2. Use Storage vMotion to migrate VMs
3. Schedule data migrations for non-peak hours
4. It can take a while to migrate large data files
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New VMFS version
coming. Upgrade to
vmfs version 5 first!
29. vSphere Upgrade Overview: Summary
Key Points:
1. Order is important!
2. Check Hardware Compatibility & Solution Interoperability before starting!
3. Choose an ESXi method which works for your environment!
4. Understand Virtual Machine upgrade requirements and choose what works for you!
5. Don’t forget about plug-ins, add-ons, VMFS, VDS, etc.!
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Approach upgrades with a holistic view of your virtual Infrastructure
31. “Customer Feedback”
• ESXi Upgrades take too long to execute!
• Why is VUM is not integrated with the Web Client?
• VUM is Windows only application! It is 2015!
Pain Points
32. Steep reduction in ESXi upgrade time!
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0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6 vSphere 6.0
U1 *
Host Evacuation
time (s)
Host Evacuation
Mixed Load (s)
• Host evacuation is ~ 50% of Time to upgrade!
• Average reduction is 4-7x!
• select cases 27-30x!
Dramatic Time savings!
vSphere 6.0 U1 & 5.5U3 **
"I just saw the VM's zip by
so fast. This used to take
hours. This is such a time
saver, and will help
everyone! …" - VMware IT
teamTime (s)
34. VUM Today!
35
2015 +
ESX Server
Cluster
Host Server
ESX Server ESX Server
vCenter Server w/o Update Manager
• Windows Only.
• Separate DB to install, maintain and upgrade!
• Separate Install, Upgrade & Patch for VUM!
Pain Points
35. VUM with fully embedded in vCSA!
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2015 +
ESX Server
Cluster
Host Server
ESX Server ESX Server
w/ Update Manager
• NO Windows.
• NO Separate DB
• NO Separate Install, Upgrade & Patch for VUM!
Customer Benefits!
40. In Closing:
• There has never been a better time to upgrade to vSphere 6. Start planning for it now and take
a holistic approach to planning it out! It’s easy.
• VCSA deserves serious consideration. This will help future proof your investments.
• Several ESXi lifecycle and VUM enhancements rolling out in 6.0 U1 and more to follow!
• We would love to chat and get your feedback. Let’s talk @SalilSuri & @vBrianGraf
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This presentation focuses on upgrading ESXi. In preparation for a discussion on upgrading ESXi we’ll talk about how the ESXi software is packaged and distributed and cover some important distinctions related to patches and updates vs. upgrades. We’ll then go over the ESXi upgrade process and then wrap things up by reviewing important post-upgrade considerations, such as upgrading VMware Tools, Virtual Machine Hardware, VMFS volumes and Virtual Distributed Switches.
Notes: Can get an updated image showing sphere 5.5?
Before you upgrade consult the documentation. Particularly the release notes and upgrade process. Watch for things that are different.
Don’t assume that because your hardware worked with the prior version it will work with the current version. Do your due diligence and verify that your hardware is listed in the compatibility guide.
Know what versions of software you are running and verify interoperability with the new software before upgrading. You may need to coordinate the upgrade of other software components at the same time you upgrade vSphere. For example, VUM, View, Horizon Suite, vCD, etc.
Before jumping into the details of the ESXi upgrade process, it’s important to understand the big picture and to know where the interdependencies are. Here we see the vSphere upgrade path, note that
There are five basic phases to upgrading vSphere. (four if you don’t use VUM)
Always upgrade vCenter Server first
Each phase can be done independent of the other, and spaced out over time.
As you progress through each phase, you can only roll back by restoring from a backup taken prior to starting the phase.
In this presentation we will focus on Phases 3, 4 and 5. Phase 1 is being covered in a separate breakout session.
This slide shows what happens on the ESXi host during an upgrade.
Regardless of upgrade method, end-state of the ESXi hosts is the same!! Key point is that we do not touch your VM data store!
Note that this is the same procedure regardless if you use the ESXi Installer or update manager
Configuration is saved (state.tgz)
Old VIBs are removed
New VIBS are copied in
Host reboots
VMFS left intact. HD is not repartitioned.
Key here is upgrades are really very simple. Nothing to be scared of.
There are four ways to upgrade your vSphere hosts:
Boot from the ISO and run the ESXi installer
Import the ISO into VUM and create an upgrade baseline
Save the offline depot and use ESXCLI
Create answer files and boot from the ISO to perform an unattended scripted install
Regardless which upgrade method you use, it entails the same basic process. Save the configuration (state.tgz), replace the VIBs, and reboot the host. The configuration is automatically restored as part of the reboot. VMFS volumes on the boot disk are left intact.
This slide provides an overview on how to complete a rolling upgrade. Note that vCenter has already been upgraded. Things to highlight:
Rolling upgrades are supported.
Rolling upgrades allow you to easily upgrade large clusters without incurring VM downtime.
To do this you will need to leverage the advanced vSphere features like vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, etc. Remember you can leverage the 60-day trial period available with the vCenter 5.0 upgrade to access to all vSphere feature
Don’t upgrade VM compatibility or VMFS volumes until after all hosts have been upgraded
It’s okay to upgrade tools at any time as tools are both forward and backward compatible (more later)
To summarize when upgrading VMFS volumes:
Wait until all hosts are running ESXi 5.x
Remember it’s a one-way upgrade, there is no un-do
The upgrade does not relay out the volume, so following an upgrade may not realize many of the improvements available in VMFS 5. If this is a concern, consider creating a new VMFS 5 volume from scratch and using storage vmotion to migrate the VMs to this volume.
To help address the VM upgrade challenge, vSphere 5.0 formally extended the support matrix for VMs running on ESXi 5.0. ESXi 5.0 supports VMs running vHW 4, 7, and 8. In addition vSphere 5.0 supports VMs running VMware Tools 4.x as well as VMware Tools 5.0. With this extended support matrix you can continue to run older VMs in a fully tested and supported configuration w/out feeling pressure to always upgrade just to keep up with an ever increasing version number. VM upgrades are only required when necessary to benefit from the newer features and capabilities. In performing fewer upgrades there should be fewer VM reboots, which results in less overall VM downtime.
vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 continue to extend the support matrix to include the latest version of VMware Tools and the newest virtual hardware version, which has is now referred to as VM “compatibility”, which we will discuss next.
This slides discusses upgrading tools and shows the supported versions for both vSphere 4.x and 5.x. Note that VMware Tools 5.x is backward compatible with ESX/ESXi 4.x
To summarize when upgrading VMFS volumes:
Wait until all hosts are running ESXi 5.x
Remember it’s a one-way upgrade, there is no un-do
The upgrade does not relay out the volume, so following an upgrade may not realize many of the improvements available in VMFS 5. If this is a concern, consider creating a new VMFS 5 volume from scratch and using storage vmotion to migrate the VMs to this volume.
Speaker notes: There are a number of considerations when upgrading an already existing VMFS-3 to VMFS-5. These considerations are listed here.
VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continues to have a file limit of 30700 rather than new file limit of 130689 for newly created VMFS-5..
- VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continues to use previous file block size which may not be new unified 1MB file block size.
- VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continues to use 64KB sub-blocks and not new 8K sub-blocks.
- VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continues to use MBR; when VMFS5 is grown above 2TB, it automatically switches from MBR to GPT (GUID Partition Table).
- VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continue to have their partition located on sector 128; newly created VMFS5 partitions will have their partition starting at sector 2048.
My understanding is that these statements are also true about upgraded VMFS-5.
- Upgraded VMFS-5 can use the new 1K small-files feature.
- Upgraded VMFS-5 can be grown to 64TB.
- Upgrade VMFS-5 can support physical pass-thru RDMs of 64TB.
To summarize when upgrading VMFS volumes:
Wait until all hosts are running ESXi 5.x
Remember it’s a one-way upgrade, there is no un-do
The upgrade does not relay out the volume, so following an upgrade may not realize many of the improvements available in VMFS 5. If this is a concern, consider creating a new VMFS 5 volume from scratch and using storage vmotion to migrate the VMs to this volume.
Before jumping into the details of the ESXi upgrade process, it’s important to understand the big picture and to know where the interdependencies are. Here we see the vSphere upgrade path, note that
There are five basic phases to upgrading vSphere. (four if you don’t use VUM)
Always upgrade vCenter Server first
Each phase can be done independent of the other, and spaced out over time.
As you progress through each phase, you can only roll back by restoring from a backup taken prior to starting the phase.
In this presentation we will focus on Phases 3, 4 and 5. Phase 1 is being covered in a separate breakout session.
Dependent on environmental variables: PowerOn/Off ratio, Cluster load, etc.
Results not final, as we are still working on features.
Talk about 5.5 U3
General Host Evacuation. Not necessarily upgrades.
"I just saw the VM's zip by so fast. This used to take hours. This is such a time saver, and will help everyone! …" - VMware IT team
Seamless integration with VCSA & WebClient
Significantly reduce customer OPEX with API and faster upgrades
Significantly reduced time to upgrade a cluster of ESXi hosts
Seamless integration with VCSA & WebClient
Significantly reduce customer OPEX with API and faster upgrades
Significantly reduced time to upgrade a cluster of ESXi hosts
Before you upgrade consult the documentation. Particularly the release notes and upgrade process. Watch for things that are different.
Don’t assume that because your hardware worked with the prior version it will work with the current version. Do your due diligence and verify that your hardware is listed in the compatibility guide.
Know what versions of software you are running and verify interoperability with the new software before upgrading. You may need to coordinate the upgrade of other software components at the same time you upgrade vSphere. For example, VUM, View, Horizon Suite, vCD, etc.