Title: The
1The
Virtualized
Datacenter
Robin Prudholm Senior Systems Engineer
2Hardware Resources
Virtual Infrastructure
Hypervisor (ESX Server)
3Virtual Infrastructure
- Partition a single server reliably and securely
into multiple virtual machines
4Virtual Infrastructure
- Aggregate entire farms of systems, storage and
network into a shared IT service
- Partition a single server reliably and securely
into multiple virtual machines
5Virtual Infrastructure
- Automate end-to-end IT processes
- Aggregate entire farms of systems, storage and
network into a shared IT service
- Partition a single server reliably and securely
into multiple virtual machines
6The VMware Virtual Infrastructure Stack
ESX Server 3
7Traditional ESX Server
VMM
VMM
Helpers
RHEL3-based Service Console
VMkernel
Networking
Storage
Resource Management
HAL and Device Drivers
8Traditional ESX Server
VMM
VMM
Helpers
RHEL3-based Service Console
VMkernel
Networking
Storage
Resource Management
HAL and Device Drivers
Footprint
2 GB
9Traditional ESX Server
VMM
VMM
Helpers
RHEL3-based Service Console
VMkernel
Networking
Storage
Resource Management
HAL and Device Drivers
Footprint
32 MB
Footprint
2 GB
10Traditional ESX Server
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VMM
VMM
Helpers
RHEL3-based Service Console
VMkernel
Networking
Storage
Resource Management
HAL and Device Drivers
Footprint
32 MB
Footprint
2 GB
11ESX Server 3i Thin Virtualization!
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12What is ESX Server 3i?
- Thin architecture
- Unparalleled security and reliability
- Compact 32MB footprint
- Only OS-independent design focused on
virtualization - Integrated in server systems
13Industry is Designing for Virtualization
- ESX Server 3i built into server hardware
- Virtualization optimized server designs
- Multi-core
- Large memory configurations
- Multiple NICs
- Diskless servers
- Virtualization support in processors and chipset
- VT, AMD-V
- NPT, EPT
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15Architectural Benefits
- New way to provision ESX thin virtualization
- Unmatched security and reliability
- OS independence - small attack profile
- Even more locked down
- Less patching
- No config errors
- Simplified management
- No special OS knowledge required
- No user accounts or passwords to create and
maintain - No OS security hardening, antivirus, or backup
effort required - Standard APIs for hardware management
ESX Server 3i supports all the functionality and
Performance of VMware Infrastructure 3
16Hardware Trends Drive Virtualization
- Massive compute supply mandates virtualization
- High core count
- Large memory
- High speed converged I/O fabric
- X86 continues upstream
- 70-80 business compute needs
- Minimal virtualization overhead
- 3rd generation hardware assist
- Virtualization-aware ecosystem
Virtualization becomes a default server feature
17VIRTUALINFRASTRUCTURE
18VMware Infrastructure 3
X
19New Hardware Compatibility Problem
20New Hardware Compatibility
Problem
Solution
Extended MigrationAMD FlexMigrationIntel
21Whats New in
VMware
Infrastructure 3.5
22The VMware Virtual Infrastructure Stack Today
Infrastructure Optimization
SW Lifecycle
Desktop Management
Business Continuity
VirtualCenter Converter
(SRM)
Resource Mgt
Availability
Mobility
23ESX Server 3i
24Common Information Model (CIM)
- Key features
- Agent-less, standards based monitoring of
hardware resources - Used by VirtualCenter to provide basic hardware
status information - CIM providers readable by 3rd party management
tools
25Distributed Power Management
Power Off
26Guided Consolidation
DISCOVER
- Automatically discovers physical servers
- Analyzes utilization and usage patterns
- Converts physical servers to VMs placed
intelligently based on user response
ANALYZE
- Lowers training requirements for new
virtualization users - Steers users through the entire consolidation
process
CONVERT
27VMware Converter
- Converter integrated into VirtualCenter
- Perform scheduled or manual migrations
- Use Converter to restore VCB Images
- Migrate other VMs
Physical Machine
Physical-to-Virtual
28VMware Update Manager
- Automates patch management for ESX Server hosts
and select Microsoft and RHEL virtual machines - Scans and remedies online as well as offline
virtual machines and online ESX Server hosts - Snapshots virtual machines prior to patching and
allows rollback to snapshot
OFFLINE
Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX
Server hosts and virtual machines Automates
enforcement of patch standards Reduces risk
through snapshots and offline virtual machine
patching
Update Manager
29Non-disruptive ESX Server Patching with Update
Manager and DRS
- Update Manager patches entire DRS clusters
- Each host in the cluster enters DRS maintenance
mode, one at a time - VMs are migrated off, host is patched rebooted
if required - VMs are migrated back on
- Next host is selected
Update Manager server
VMotion
VMotion
Automates patching of large number of hosts
with zero downtime to virtual machines
30Storage VMotion
31VMotion vs Storage VMotion
32Storage VMotion for Storage Array Migration
- Array maintenance
- Migrate to different class of storage
- Remove Bottlenecks
- Tiering
LunA1
LunB1
LunA2
LunB2
New - Array B
Array A
off-lease
33Enhanced HA VM Failure Monitoring
- Monitors virtual machines for guest OS failures
- Automatically restarts VM after specified
interval
- Minimizes unplanned downtime in the event of
physical hardware failures as well as OS failures
Resource Pool
34High Availability for all Servers
Less than 10 of x86 workloads are clustered today
Application protection
New! Enhanced HA add even more attractive and
suitable for more workloads
APPLICATION FAILURES
VMware can provide failure protection for 90 of
remaining workloads
OS FAILURES
with VMware Enhanced HA
HARDWARE FAILURES
with VMware HA
UNPROTECTED
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Application Coverage
35Consolidated Backup (VCB) Enhancements
- Support for VMs running on iSCSI, NAS or local
storage - Run VCB within a VM
- Use VMware Converter to restore VCB images
- Full GUI Integration with leading partners
- Simplified data protection setup and
configuration - 1 step restore procedure for virtual machines
36Virtualization Platform Enhancements
Performance
Scale
Compatibility
ESX Server
- Hardware page table assist
- Large memory pages
CPU Memory
- TCP Segment Offload
- Jumbo Frames
37Other Enhancements with VI 3.5
- VirtualCenter scales to 200 hosts and 2000 VMs
- Multimedia application support for VDI
deployments - Automation for VMware Tools batch and scheduled
install - Network CDP Support
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Virtual Infrastructure Management
VirtualCenter
Resource Management
Availability
Mobility
Security
- VMotion with local swap files
- Experimental IOAT v1 support
- IPv6 support for guests
38VI Editions Before and After VI 3.5
VI Enterprise
VI Standard
VI Foundation (former Starter)
VI Starter
ESX Server 3i
VMware Server
39New VI Editions
VirtualCenter or VirtualCenter Foundation
Management Product
DRS DPM
Resource Management Power Management
VMotion Storage VMotion
Live VM Migration Live VM Disk File Migration
Availability
High Availability
High Availability
Backup
Consolidated Backup
Consolidated Backup
Consolidated Backup
Update Manager
Patch Management
Update Manager
Update Manager
Central Mgmt
VC Agent
VC Agent
VC Agent
No limits!
No limits!
VMFS Virtual SMP
VMFS Virtual SMP
VMFS Virtual SMP
VMFS Virtual SMP
Storage Virt.
Enterprise VMs
Next Generation Hypervisor
ESX Server 3i
ESX Server 3i or ESX Server 3.5
VI Enterprise
VI Standard
VI Foundation
ESX Server 3i
Product version
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