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.
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.
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: Extreme Performance Series - vCenter Performance Best PracticesVMworld
This presentation discusses vCenter performance best practices. It provides an overview of the vCenter architecture and how various components like the database, inventory service, and web client can influence performance. The document outlines factors that impact vCenter resource usage and strategies for optimizing deployment based on inventory size and workload. It also covers techniques for monitoring performance and tips for ensuring sufficient hardware resources.
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: 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.
VMworld 2015: vSphere Web Client- Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowVMworld
This document provides an overview of the vSphere Web Client, including its past, present, and future state. In the past, the Web Client was criticized for being slow, difficult to navigate, and lacking features of the desktop client. Recent improvements in vSphere 6.0 have aimed to address these issues through a redesigned user interface, 2x faster performance on summary views, and 10x faster action menus. The presentation outlines additional planned improvements like live refresh of tasks/alarms, updating manager and custom attributes UIs, and socialcast integration. Feedback is solicited on potential enhancements to further optimize navigation, reduce clicks, and promote related objects.
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.
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.
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: Extreme Performance Series - vCenter Performance Best PracticesVMworld
This presentation discusses vCenter performance best practices. It provides an overview of the vCenter architecture and how various components like the database, inventory service, and web client can influence performance. The document outlines factors that impact vCenter resource usage and strategies for optimizing deployment based on inventory size and workload. It also covers techniques for monitoring performance and tips for ensuring sufficient hardware resources.
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: 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.
VMworld 2015: vSphere Web Client- Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowVMworld
This document provides an overview of the vSphere Web Client, including its past, present, and future state. In the past, the Web Client was criticized for being slow, difficult to navigate, and lacking features of the desktop client. Recent improvements in vSphere 6.0 have aimed to address these issues through a redesigned user interface, 2x faster performance on summary views, and 10x faster action menus. The presentation outlines additional planned improvements like live refresh of tasks/alarms, updating manager and custom attributes UIs, and socialcast integration. Feedback is solicited on potential enhancements to further optimize navigation, reduce clicks, and promote related objects.
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.
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 Europe 2014: Top 10 Do’s / Don’ts of Data Protection For VMware vSphereVMworld
The document discusses new VMware technologies that are under development and subject to change, with features that may or may not be delivered in products depending on technical feasibility and market demand, and pricing has not been determined. It then provides an overview of VMware vSphere Replication capabilities for data protection and disaster recovery. The remainder of the document outlines best practices, configurations, and limitations for different transport modes when using VMware vSphere Replication.
VMworld 2015: Virtual Volumes Technical Deep DiveVMworld
This document provides a technical deep dive on virtual volumes. It begins with an overview of the challenges with today's LUN-centric storage architectures, such as complex provisioning, wasted resources, and lack of granular control. It then introduces an application-centric model using virtual volumes that provides dynamic storage service levels, fine-grained control at the VM level, and common management across arrays. The rest of the document details the management plane, data plane, consumption model using storage policy-based management, virtual machine lifecycles, snapshots, and offloading operations with virtual volumes.
VMworld 2015: The Future of Software- Defined Storage- What Does it Look Like...VMworld
The document discusses the future of software-defined storage in 3 years. It predicts that storage media will continue to advance with higher capacities and lower latencies using technologies like 3D NAND and NVDIMMs. Networking and interconnects like NVMe over Fabrics will allow disaggregated storage resources to be pooled and shared across servers. Software-defined storage platforms will evolve to provide common services for distributed data platforms beyond just block storage, with advanced data placement and policy controls to optimize different workloads.
This document provides an overview and update on the latest NSX network virtualization capabilities from VMware. It discusses both current NSX features such as physical network integration, encapsulations, service chaining, and multi-site network virtualization as well as potential future directions. Key points covered include using Geneve as a tunneling protocol, handling elephant flows, and challenges around multi-site network virtualization across geographically dispersed data centers.
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.
STO7535 Virtual SAN Proof of Concept - VMworld 2016Cormac Hogan
This document provides an overview of tools that can help administrators successfully conduct a Virtual SAN proof of concept. It discusses the Virtual SAN Health Check plugin, capacity views, performance service, HCIbench, and Virtual SAN Observer for monitoring and validating Virtual SAN configurations. Validation scenarios covered include successfully deploying Virtual SAN, deploying VMs on VSAN storage, VM availability during host and storage failures, and measuring rebuild activity.
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.
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 Europe 2014: A DevOps Story - Unlocking the Power of Docker with the ...VMworld
This document discusses new technologies that are currently under development by VMware and subject to change. It provides an overview of trends in development practices, containers, and DevOps. It then summarizes VMware's approach to supporting containers and DevOps workflows through tools that integrate building, running, and managing containerized applications across the application lifecycle. A new technology called Project Fargo is introduced that allows for rapid cloning of virtual machines for improved provisioning and portability of applications.
VMworld 2016: Troubleshooting 101 for HorizonVMworld
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: 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.
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.
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
This presentation provides an overview of new vSphere CPU and memory management technologies:
- It discusses VM CPU sizing and the meaning of %RDY time, highlighting that the same %RDY can have different performance impacts depending on the workload. It also cautions against oversizing VMs.
- It reviews ESXi's NUMA-aware scheduling and importance of adhering to vNUMA defaults.
- It covers memory terminology and techniques like reservation, preallocation, page sharing, and large pages. Guidance is provided on memory overcommitment.
VMworld Europe 2014: What’s New in End User Computing: Full Desktop Automatio...VMworld
This document discusses integrating VMware's cloud orchestration and desktop virtualization products. It begins with an agenda for the presentation and then discusses the goal of using cloud and automation to enable organizations. It describes how integrating vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) and VMware Horizon View can provide workflow control, approval tracking, and self-service for end users and delegated administrators. The rest of the document covers prerequisites, configuring workflows in vCenter Orchestrator, lessons learned, and frequently asked questions about the integration.
E’ un’estensione di VMware vCenter che fornisce ai professionisti IT la possibilità di disaster recovery, migrazione di siti e funzionalità di test non distruttive.
VMworld 2015: Managing vSphere 6 Deployments and Upgrades VMworld
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.
3. Recommendations are given for upgrading virtual machines, including first upgrading VMware tools and understanding compatibility levels.
4. Post-upgrade topics covered include VMFS upgrades and the vSphere distributed switch. The document aims to help make the upgrade process less complex and time-consuming.
A day in the life of a VSAN I/O - STO7875Duncan Epping
This document provides an overview and summary of a VMworld session about Virtual SAN I/O. The session covers Virtual SAN concepts, the I/O flow of reads and writes in Virtual SAN, failure scenarios and how Virtual SAN handles them, and new features like deduplication and compression. The document includes diagrams demonstrating how data is distributed and replicated across hosts in a Virtual SAN cluster. It also provides details on how reads, writes, and failures are handled at a technical level in Virtual SAN. In the conclusion, it recommends three ways for attendees to get started with Virtual SAN: a hands-on lab, 60-day free evaluation, or working with a VMware partner on an assessment.
VMworld Europe 204: Technical Deep Dive on EVO: RAIL, the new VMware Hyper-Co...VMworld
This document provides an overview of the VMware EVO:RAIL product. It begins with a disclaimer noting that features discussed are under development and subject to change. It then introduces EVO:RAIL as a converged infrastructure product that simplifies the deployment, configuration, and management of a software-defined datacenter through an appliance-based model. Key features highlighted include its use of trusted VMware technologies, prescribed 2U/4N hardware platform, automated scale-out capabilities, rapid time to value of deploying the first virtual machine, and non-disruptive upgrade process. Primary use cases are listed as remote/branch office, virtual desktop infrastructure, and private cloud. The document then discusses the origins and development of
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.
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 Europe 2014: Top 10 Do’s / Don’ts of Data Protection For VMware vSphereVMworld
The document discusses new VMware technologies that are under development and subject to change, with features that may or may not be delivered in products depending on technical feasibility and market demand, and pricing has not been determined. It then provides an overview of VMware vSphere Replication capabilities for data protection and disaster recovery. The remainder of the document outlines best practices, configurations, and limitations for different transport modes when using VMware vSphere Replication.
VMworld 2015: Virtual Volumes Technical Deep DiveVMworld
This document provides a technical deep dive on virtual volumes. It begins with an overview of the challenges with today's LUN-centric storage architectures, such as complex provisioning, wasted resources, and lack of granular control. It then introduces an application-centric model using virtual volumes that provides dynamic storage service levels, fine-grained control at the VM level, and common management across arrays. The rest of the document details the management plane, data plane, consumption model using storage policy-based management, virtual machine lifecycles, snapshots, and offloading operations with virtual volumes.
VMworld 2015: The Future of Software- Defined Storage- What Does it Look Like...VMworld
The document discusses the future of software-defined storage in 3 years. It predicts that storage media will continue to advance with higher capacities and lower latencies using technologies like 3D NAND and NVDIMMs. Networking and interconnects like NVMe over Fabrics will allow disaggregated storage resources to be pooled and shared across servers. Software-defined storage platforms will evolve to provide common services for distributed data platforms beyond just block storage, with advanced data placement and policy controls to optimize different workloads.
This document provides an overview and update on the latest NSX network virtualization capabilities from VMware. It discusses both current NSX features such as physical network integration, encapsulations, service chaining, and multi-site network virtualization as well as potential future directions. Key points covered include using Geneve as a tunneling protocol, handling elephant flows, and challenges around multi-site network virtualization across geographically dispersed data centers.
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.
STO7535 Virtual SAN Proof of Concept - VMworld 2016Cormac Hogan
This document provides an overview of tools that can help administrators successfully conduct a Virtual SAN proof of concept. It discusses the Virtual SAN Health Check plugin, capacity views, performance service, HCIbench, and Virtual SAN Observer for monitoring and validating Virtual SAN configurations. Validation scenarios covered include successfully deploying Virtual SAN, deploying VMs on VSAN storage, VM availability during host and storage failures, and measuring rebuild activity.
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.
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 Europe 2014: A DevOps Story - Unlocking the Power of Docker with the ...VMworld
This document discusses new technologies that are currently under development by VMware and subject to change. It provides an overview of trends in development practices, containers, and DevOps. It then summarizes VMware's approach to supporting containers and DevOps workflows through tools that integrate building, running, and managing containerized applications across the application lifecycle. A new technology called Project Fargo is introduced that allows for rapid cloning of virtual machines for improved provisioning and portability of applications.
VMworld 2016: Troubleshooting 101 for HorizonVMworld
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: 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.
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.
VMworld 2015: Extreme Performance Series - vSphere Compute & MemoryVMworld
This presentation provides an overview of new vSphere CPU and memory management technologies:
- It discusses VM CPU sizing and the meaning of %RDY time, highlighting that the same %RDY can have different performance impacts depending on the workload. It also cautions against oversizing VMs.
- It reviews ESXi's NUMA-aware scheduling and importance of adhering to vNUMA defaults.
- It covers memory terminology and techniques like reservation, preallocation, page sharing, and large pages. Guidance is provided on memory overcommitment.
VMworld Europe 2014: What’s New in End User Computing: Full Desktop Automatio...VMworld
This document discusses integrating VMware's cloud orchestration and desktop virtualization products. It begins with an agenda for the presentation and then discusses the goal of using cloud and automation to enable organizations. It describes how integrating vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) and VMware Horizon View can provide workflow control, approval tracking, and self-service for end users and delegated administrators. The rest of the document covers prerequisites, configuring workflows in vCenter Orchestrator, lessons learned, and frequently asked questions about the integration.
E’ un’estensione di VMware vCenter che fornisce ai professionisti IT la possibilità di disaster recovery, migrazione di siti e funzionalità di test non distruttive.
VMworld 2015: Managing vSphere 6 Deployments and Upgrades VMworld
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.
3. Recommendations are given for upgrading virtual machines, including first upgrading VMware tools and understanding compatibility levels.
4. Post-upgrade topics covered include VMFS upgrades and the vSphere distributed switch. The document aims to help make the upgrade process less complex and time-consuming.
A day in the life of a VSAN I/O - STO7875Duncan Epping
This document provides an overview and summary of a VMworld session about Virtual SAN I/O. The session covers Virtual SAN concepts, the I/O flow of reads and writes in Virtual SAN, failure scenarios and how Virtual SAN handles them, and new features like deduplication and compression. The document includes diagrams demonstrating how data is distributed and replicated across hosts in a Virtual SAN cluster. It also provides details on how reads, writes, and failures are handled at a technical level in Virtual SAN. In the conclusion, it recommends three ways for attendees to get started with Virtual SAN: a hands-on lab, 60-day free evaluation, or working with a VMware partner on an assessment.
VMworld Europe 204: Technical Deep Dive on EVO: RAIL, the new VMware Hyper-Co...VMworld
This document provides an overview of the VMware EVO:RAIL product. It begins with a disclaimer noting that features discussed are under development and subject to change. It then introduces EVO:RAIL as a converged infrastructure product that simplifies the deployment, configuration, and management of a software-defined datacenter through an appliance-based model. Key features highlighted include its use of trusted VMware technologies, prescribed 2U/4N hardware platform, automated scale-out capabilities, rapid time to value of deploying the first virtual machine, and non-disruptive upgrade process. Primary use cases are listed as remote/branch office, virtual desktop infrastructure, and private cloud. The document then discusses the origins and development of
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.
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 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 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.
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: 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.
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: 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: 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: 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.
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Failback
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VMworld 2015: Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR Deep Dive with Engineering
1. Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR:
Deep dive with Engineering
GS Khalsa, VMware, Inc
Aleksey Pershin, VMware, Inc
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2. • 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.
Disclaimer
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4. Key Components Of SRM
vCenter Server
Site
Recovery
Manager
Protected Site Recovery Site
Storage
vCenter Server
Site
Recovery
Manager
vSpherevSphere
Storage
5. What is a protection group?
• Group of VMs that will be recovered together
– Application
– Department
– System type
– ?
• Different depending on replication type
• A VM can only belong to one Protection Group
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Protection
Group
6. vSphere Replication Protection Groups
• Group VMs as desired into Protection Groups
• What storage they are located on doesn’t matter
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Protection Group 1 – Web App Protection Group 2 – Email
Protection Group 3 – SharePoint
7. Array Based Protection Groups
7
Consistency Group Protection Group 1 – Web App
LUN 1
Protection Group 2 – Email
Protection Group 3 – SharePoint
Datastore A
LUN 2
Datastore B
LUN 3
Datastore C
LUN 4
Datastore D
LUN 5
Datastore F
8. Challenges
• Requires explicit management
– Primarily via UI/Limited API
• Operational overhead/complex orchestration to:
– Protect/Unprotect VMs
– Add/Remove datastores from Protection Groups
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9. Profile Driven
Protection Group
Profile Driven Protection
CONFIDENTIAL
• New style of Protection Groups
leveraging storage profiles
• Level of indirection compared to
traditional protection groups
Description
• Policy based approach reduces
OpEx by handling VM protection
lifecycle automatically
• Simpler integration of VM
provisioning, migration, and
decommissioning (no
orchestration) with other solutions
such as vRealize Automation
Benefits
9
10. What else is new in SRM 6.1?
• Stretched Storage Support
– STO6047 “Zero Downtime Application Mobility with Site Recovery Manager”
– Wednesday, 2:00-3:00
• NSX Integration
– STO6328 “What’s New in Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager and VMware NSX”
– Tuesday, 2:30-3:30
• A whole bunch of small improvements
– STO5605 “What’s New in Site Recovery Manager”
– Wednesday, 11:00-12:00
• DR automation for vCloud Air – using vCloud Air as a recovery site
– STO6089 “Automation for vCloud Air Disaster Recovery - VMware Technical Preview”
– Thursday, 12:00-1:00
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12. Storage Profiles
• Storage Profiles (a.k.a. storage policy) is
a construct in vCenter
– An indirection layer between VMs and storage
• A storage profile is backed by a set of datastores
– Datastores can be referenced by tags
– Datastores can be referenced by storage capabilities
• Array specific
• Requires VASA support from the array
• When a VM is associated with a storage profile,
vCenter picks a datastore from the profile’s
datastore set
– Association is per-VM and per-disk
– The user can override the datastore
selection manually
• vCenter can perform a compliance check to ensure
that VMs are still stored on the correct datastores
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Storage Profile
Datastore A Datastore B
Tag
Tag Tag
14. Storage Profile Protection Groups (SPPGs)
• A new type of protection groups in SRM 6.1
– Legacy VM-based protection groups are fully supported
• When creating an SPPG, the user specifies a set of storage profiles
• SRM will automatically discover and protect all corresponding datastores
• SRM will automatically discover and protect all associated VMs
• SPPGs support only array based replication
– vSphere Replication is supported only through legacy VM-based protection groups
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15. Inventory Mappings
• Inventory mappings is a way to map vCenter inventory between sites
• Network, resource pool, folder mappings should be configured before creating SPPGs
– These mappings are the same as in SRM today and are shared with VM protection groups
– The UI can automatically configure mappings using name matching
– The UI can automatically configure mappings in the reverse direction
– Name matching and reverse mappings are not updated dynamically
• Storage profile mappings should be configured before creating SPPGs
– These mappings are used only for SPPGs
• SRM has a way to deal with missing mappings detected during a failover
– The failover will fail and the mapping UI will show missing mapping “placeholders”
– The user needs to configure the missing mappings and rerun the failover
– This can be done even if the protected site is not available!
• Network mappings can be configured to change IP addresses based on subnet masks
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18. Recovery Plans
• 2 types of recovery plans in SRM 6.1
– Legacy recovery plans that can contain only
legacy datastore/VM based protection groups
– New recovery plans that can contain only
SPPGs
• When creating a recovery plan the user
chooses which protection groups should
belong to the recovery plan
– All VMs in the selected protection groups will
be a part of the recovery plan
• Both types of recovery plans support the
same customization features
– VM priority tiers
– Dependencies between VMs
– Per-VM IP customization settings
– Per-VM scripts and callouts
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19. Automatic Protection
• SRM monitors VMs in all storage profiles assigned
to an SPPG
– Any new VMs will be automatically protected
– Any removed VMs will be automatically unprotected
– The new VMs will be automatically added to the
corresponding recovery plans
– The user will need to customize IP addresses,
dependencies and scripts later
• Use IP customization rules based on subnet masks
– The recovery placement of the new VMs will be determined
by the inventory mappings
• SRM monitors datastores in all storage profiles
assigned to an SPPG
– Any new datastores will be automatically protected
• Even if a datastore has no VMs on it, it can still be protected
– Any removed datastores will be automatically unprotected
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SPPG
Storage Profile
Datastore
Tag
Placement
Association
Tag
Match
21. Recovery Workflows
• SPPGs will support the same recovery workflows as legacy datastore/VM based groups
• Planned migration (a.k.a. planned failover)
– Used when the protected site is still available
– Guarantees no data loss
• Disaster recovery
– Used when the protected site is likely down
– Tries to avoid data loss but continues with the recovery if there are any errors
• Forced failover
– Used when the protected site is definitely down
– Faster RTO than disaster recovery – does not try to contact the protected site
• Test failover (and cleanup)
– Allows testing a failover without disrupting the production workloads
– Uses an isolated network at the recovery site
• Reprotect
– Reverses the direction of protection and replication after a failover
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23. SPPGs and Legacy Protection Groups: Side-By-Side
Legacy Datastore/Vm Based Groups
• Support for vSphere Replication
• Per-VM overrides for inventory mappings
• Support for non-replicated devices
– Dropping non-replicated disks during recovery
– Attaching custom .vmdk and .iso images
• RDMs
SPPGs
• Automatic protection
• Streched storage support
– Using xVC-vMotion for planned migration
• NSX integration
– Support for stretched networks (across sites)
• Dynamic reprotect (more details later)
• Inventory elasticity (more details later)
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Common Features
• Support for array-based replication
• Recovery workflows
• Priority tiers, VM dependencies, IP customization, scripts and callouts
• Inventory mappings (with IP customization rules based on subnet masks)
24. Mounting Datastores at the Recovery Site: Legacy Groups
All datastores in a protection group are mounted on all hosts in all clusters that contain
all placeholder VMs for this protection group
– The initial placement for placeholder VMs is determined by resource pool mappings
– Placeholder VMs can be moved to different resource pools after protection
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Resource pool
Protected Cluster Recovery Cluster
Resource poolMapping
Protection
Failover
25. Mounting Datastores at the Recovery Site: SPPGs
A datastore is mounted on all hosts in all clusters at the recovery site which contain
resource pool mappings from those clusters at the protected site which contain hosts
that can see the datastore
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Resource pool 1
Protected Cluster Recovery Cluster 1
Resource
pool
Mapping
Resource pool 2
Recovery
Cluster 2
Resource
pool
Mapping
Failover
26. SPPGs and Legacy Protection Groups: Reprotect
Legacy Datastore/Vm Based Groups
• Reprotect for legacy groups == reverse
• Reprotect reverses replication only for those
datastores (consistency groups) that were
explicitly protected in this protection group
• Reprotect protects only those recovered
VMs that were recovered through this
protection group
• Any new VMs residing on the recovered
VMs will be considered “piggyback” VMs
and will need to be protected explicitly after
reprotect is complete
SPPGs
• SPPG reprotect == protect again
• Reprotect reverses replication for all
datastores (consistency groups) that were
recovered through this SPPG
• All VMs (all recovered and any new VMs)
associated with the target storage profiles
will be automatically protected in the
opposite direction
• Any new datastores (consistency groups)
referenced by the target storage profiles will
be automatically protected in the opposite
direction
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27. Tag Management
• SRM will capture all tags assigned to datastores at the protected site
• SRM will assign the same tags to the recovered datastores at the recovery site
• The user must create the same tags and categories at both sites (by names)
– If the sites are federated, the tags and categories will be automatically transferred
• SPPGs will assume that target storage profiles use the same tags to reference datastores
• SRM will automatically associate recovered VMs with the target storage profiles
• SRM will verify that the recovered datastores are referenced by the target storage profiles
– If not, the failover workflow will fail
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28. Tag Management
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Source Storage Profile
Datastore
Tag
Placement
Association
Tag
Match
Category
Target Storage Profile
Tag
Category
Mapping
Match
Tag
Datastore
Placement
Association
Matched by name
Matched by name
Created by the user
SPPG
Failover
29. Inventory Elasticity
• SPPGs are completely elastic (no user action necessary) in respect to the following changes:
– Protected VMs
• New VMs need to be associated with the source storage profiles
• IP customization needs to be configured manually – use either rules based on subnet masks
or NSX stretched networks
– Protected datastores
• New datastores need to be assign the correct tags to be referenced by the source storage profiles
– Hosts in the clusters at the protected site
• DRS will automatically redistribute VMs to the new hosts
– Hosts in the clusters at the recovery site
• SRM will automatically mount the recovered datastores on the new hosts
• SPPGs are elastic (with some minimal user action) in respect to the following changes:
– Clusters at the protected site
• The user needs to configure resource pool mappings from the new clusters
– Clusters at the recovery site
• The user needs to configure resource pool mappings to the new clusters
– Tags and tag categories
• The user needs to create the matching tags/categories at the recovery site (or federate the two sites)
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31. Key Takeaways
• Storage profile based protection groups provide true “Policy-based DR”
– Automatically protect new VMs and datastores
– Elastic in respect to inventory and capacity changes at both sites
• SPPGs can drastically reduce DR-related operational expenses
– Simplify DR management
– Reduce time and effort – both in setup and maintenance
• Enable other new features
– Stretched Storage
– NSX integration
• Other SRM sessions
– STO6047 “Zero Downtime Application Mobility with Site Recovery Manager”
– STO6328 “What’s New in Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager and VMware NSX”
– STO5605 “What’s New in Site Recovery Manager”
– STO6089 “Automation for vCloud Air Disaster Recovery - VMware Technical Preview”
• More ways to talk – group discussions
– STO6555-GD – Meet the Site Recovery Manager Engineering Team with Aleksey Pershin
– STO6554-GD – Disaster Recovery with GS Khalsa
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35. Site Recovery Manager and Policy Based DR:
Deep dive with Engineering
GS Khalsa, VMware, Inc
Aleksey Pershin, VMware, Inc
STO6137
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Editor's Notes
1 – SRM & PGs
2 – Challenges with PGs
4
Requires explicit management of contents of Protected Resources, including datastores and VMs
The existing operational overhead increases the cost to protect a VM.
Leveraging Storage Profiles to identify protected resources reduces costs by removing the SRM operations required to:
Protect/Unprotect VMs
Add/Remove datastores from protection groups
How protection groups work now – challenges with them
Introduced you to the idea of storage policies and SPPGs – Policy based protection
What’s new in SRM 6.1
Automatic protection
Similarities and differences between VMPGs and SPPGs
Tag management
Elastic inventory