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ENHANCED VIRTUALISATION
Des Albert
Senior Solution Architect
An Introduction to HP-UX Containers
AGENDA
– Latest HP-UX Enhancements to Virtualisation• Secure Resource Partitions 3.0• HP9000 Containers
– Business Benefits / Usage Scenarios
– Functional Descriptions
– Demonstrations • System Containers • HP9000 Applications
– Questions
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HP-UX CONTAINERS
SECURERESOURCEPARTITIONS 3.0
OR
BUSINESS BENEFITS
– Scenario 1• Consolidation of smaller environments onto one physical server with isolated execution
environments and resource management
– Scenario 2• Easy creation and management of test environments without requiring new OS installation
– Scenario 3• Re-platform legacy HP9000 applications to more cost-effective Itanium Servers
HP-UX CONTAINERS
– Enhancement to proven SRP 2.0 Technology
– Adds System Containers• Maintains ‘Look & Feel’ of separate OS instance
– Manage resources using Process Resource Manager ( PRM )
– Easy, Fast Creation, Deletion, Export, Import
– Multiple execution characteristics• IP Address• ‘User’ File System• Software installation
• Processes, Privileges, Devices
HP-UX CONTAINERS– Isolated execution
• User Sessions• Networking• IPC• Memory and CPU
– Shared operating environment• Hardware OS• System Services• System Management
– Local Administration• User and group• Hostname• System Services
– Local Namespace• File System• IPC• Networking
SYSTEM CONTAINER
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DEMONSTRATION
HP-UX Containers
HP 9000 CONTAINERS
– SRP 2.0 Based
– Uses ARIES Emulation of PA-RISC instructions on Itanium
– Easy re-platform of legacy applications• Simply copy the files !
– One HP9000 Container per OS• Integrity Virtual Machine per HP9000 host
– Future Integration with SRP 3.0
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DEMONSTRATION
HP9000 Containers
SUMMARY
– Simplified Virtualisation of HP-UX environments
– Standard Features of HP-UX 11i v3 ( no additional cost )
– Reduce Support costs through consolidation
– Retire HP9000 Servers by simply copying the code
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QUESTIONS?
NEXT STEPS
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