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What’s New in vSphere 4.0:Technical Overview
Ton HermesTon Hermes
Partner Systems Engineer
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Introducing VMware vSphere™
Application Services
VMotionStorage VMotionHAFault ToleranceData Recovery
vShield ZonesVMSafe
DRSHot Add
Availability Security Scalability
.Net SaaSGridJ2EELinuxWindows Web 2.0vApp
vCenter Suite
Infrastructure Services
ESXESXiDRS/DPM
VMFSThin ProvisioningVMFS Volume Grow
Distributed Switch
VMware
vSphere™ 4.0
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Data Recovery
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vCompute
Infrastructure Services
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
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ESX Service Console updates
Enhanced cluster resource usage views
vCompute vStorage vNetworkC
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Expanded DRS information
Expanded support for Distributed Power Management
CPU/Memory optimization
DRS
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Run the Most Business Critical Applications
% o
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IOPS
Network
Memory
CPU
95% of applications
< 300 KB/s
< 4 GB at peak
1 to 2 CPUs
ESX 3.5
9 Gb/s
64 GB per VM
4 VCPUs
ESX 4.0
40 Gb/s
255 GB per VM
8 VCPUs
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Application’s Performance Requirements
IOPS < 100 at peak 100,000 200,000+
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ESX 4 Service Console
64-bit, 2.6-based Linux kernel compatible with RHEL 5.2
and CentOS 5.2
Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit applications
Console root file system is a VMDK file
VMkernel runs and owns device drivers Service Console
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
Network interfaces fully support IPv6
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New DRS Management Pages
Recommendations page
Refresh recommendations
Apply a subset of recommendations
Edit cluster properties
Apply all selected recommendations
Faults page
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
History tab
recommendations recommendationsFaults view displays issues that prevented DRS from providing or applying recommendations.
Actions taken based on recommendations
Customize the display
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Scheduled Task to Change Resource Settings
Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks > Add
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
To accommodate business priorities that change over time, schedule tasks to change resource settings.
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DPM consolidates workloads to reduce power consumption
Cuts power and cooling costs
Automates management of energy efficiency
Supports three wake protocols:
Intelligent platform management
VMware DPM Expanded Support
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
Intelligent platform management interface (IPMI)
Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
Configure and test wake on
every host in cluster
Resource Pool
Power Optimized
Standby Host Server
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vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vStorage
Infrastructure Services
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
Pluggable Storage Architecture
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iSCSI enhancements
Thin Provisioning for virtual disks
VMFS Volume Grow
vStorage APIs for Data Protection
VMFS
Consolidated Backup
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Enhanced Multipathing withPluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
� Storage Array Type Plugins (SATPs) handle path failover, monitors path health, and reports changes to NMP.
� Path Selection Plugins (PSPs)choose the best path.
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
SATP PSP
HBA 1 HBA 2
NMP PSA
VMkernelStorage Stack
� Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
� Native Multipathing Module (NMP)
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vStorage APIs for Multipathing
Third-Party MPP
Third-Party MPP
VMware NMP
VMware SATP VMware PSP
VMware PSPVMware SATP
Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
VMware PSP
Third-Party PSP
VMware SATP
Third-Party SATP
For unique performance and fault-tolerance
behavior
To accommodate specific storage
arrays
For more complex I/O load balancing
algorithms
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Updated iSCSI Stack
Significant performance improvements
No longer requires service console connection to communicate with an iSCSI target
New iSCSI initiator features
Host Configuration > Storage Adapters > Properties
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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New iSCSI Initiator Configuration Options
Improved security Performance fine-tuning
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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Virtual machine disks consume only the amount of physical space in use
Virtual machine sees full logical disk size at all times
Full reporting and alerting on allocation and consumption
vStorage Thin Provisioning
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
ESX
OS
APP
OS
APP
OS
APP
Virtual Disks
20GB
20GB
20GB
Thick Thin Thin40GB 100GB
consumption
Significantly improve storage utilization
Eliminate need to over-provision virtual disks
Reduce storage costs by up to 50%
Datastore
40GB
20GB
60GB
20GB
100GB
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Thin Disk Provisioning Operations
Create New Virtual Machine Wizard
A thin-disk option is available when you:�Create a virtual machine�Clone to a template�Clone a virtual machine�Migrate virtual machine storage (Storage VMotion)
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
Clone and Migrate Virtual Machine Wizards
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Hot Virtual Disk Extend
Expand virtual disks online
Respond quickly to growing requirements without downtime
VMFS Volume Grow
Expand VMFS Volume on the same LUN it was created
Efficient Storage Abstraction with VMFS
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
ESX
OS
APP
OS
APP
OS
APP
Virtual Disks
20GBExtend 10G of virtual disk
Add new virtual disk
Extend 8G of virtual disk
20GB
No change same LUN it was created
Facilitate adding more virtual machines to an existing volume
Facilitate data growth for virtual machines
Increase flexibility to simplify capacity planning
Datastore
100GBLUN
VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore
No change to datastore
VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore
40GB
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Volume Grow expands an extent so that it fills the available
VMFS Volume Grow Option
Add Extent Volume Grow
Volume Grow expands an extent so that it fills the available
adjacent capacity.
Single partition provides improved virtual machine availability
Can grow a volume any number of times up to size for a VMFS volume
Must grow LUN backing VMFS datastore first
Extent immediately after must have free space in LUN
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vStorage APIs for Data Protection
Backup Application
vStorage APIs for Data Protection
Physical Server or VM (Windows or Linux)
SAN Storage
Backup Proxy Server
Centralized Data Mover
Snapshots
Mo
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Third-Party API Integration in 2009
Vendor Virtual Machine Backup Product
CA ArcServe
Commvault Galaxy Simpana
EMC � Avamar� Networker
HP Data Protector
IBM Tivoli Storage ManagerIBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Symantec � Backup Exec� Backup Exec System Recovery� NetBackup Enterprise
Vizioncore vRanger Pro
VCB will continue to ship with vSphere until API integration has been well adopted.
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VMware Confidential
Additional New vStorage Features Summary
SCSI-3 Compliant
Modular Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
Updated iSCSI stack
Native SATA support
MS Server 2008 Failover Clustering support
Persistent reservations in VMkernel
LSI Logic SAS (virtual SAS controller)
Optimized Storage Capabilities
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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Native SATA supportcontroller)
New storage virtual devices
Paravirtual SCSI adapter
IDE virtual device
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vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vNetwork
Infrastructure Services
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
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IPv6 support
VMDirectPath I/O
CU
RR
EN
TN
EW VMDirectPath I/O
vNetwork Distributed Switch
Third-party distributed virtual switches
vNetwork virtual switch
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IPv6 Support
Successor to IPv4
128-bit addresses (vs. 32-bit in IPv4)
Link-local addresses that appear as the interface is initialized
Addresses set by router advertisements
Ability to have multiple IPv6 addresses on an interface
Supported ComponentsSupported Components
Virtual machines (as of ESX 3.5)
VMware Tools to display addresses in vCenter Server
Service console
VMkernel
vSphere Client connection to vCenter Server not supported
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VMDirectPath I/OI/O Device Driver Directly Accesses Physical Device
Full network support with:
Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Broadcom 57710 10 gigabit network adapter
Experimental storage I/O device support with:
QLogic QLA25xx 8Gb Fibre Channel
LSI 3442e-R and 3801e (1068 chip based) 3Gb SAS adapters
Virtual machines must be running on Intel Nehalem platform support
Each virtual machine can connect to up to two passthroughdevices
Increases performance but trades off losing several virtualization features
VMotion, Hot add/remove of virtual devices, Suspend and Resume, Record and Replay, Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Memory Over-commitment, page sharing
I/O MMU
I/O Device
Virtualization
Layer
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Standard Switch Architecture
Service Console
Network configuration at the host level
Virtual
PhysicalPhysical NICs
Physical Switches
vNICs
vSwitches
Port Groups VM Port GroupVMotion Port VM Port Group COS PortVMotion Port
ESXi Host 1 ESX Host 2
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Virtual Machines Service ConsoleVMotion
Distributed Switch Architecture
Distributed Switch(Control Plane)
DistributedPort Groups
Service Console
vCenterServer
Hidden vSwitches (IO plane)
ESXi Host 1 ESX Host 2
Virtual
Physical
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vSphere Client
Plug-In
DB Control Plane
vCenter Server
Third-Party Distributed Switches
vNetwork Appliance APIs allow third-party developers to create distributed switch solutions.
vCenter ServerExtension
IO Plane
ESX
IO Plane
Virtual Control PlaneAppliance
Agent Agent ESX
Extension
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vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Availability
Application Services
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
NE
W
Enhanced VMotion compatibility
Storage VMotion enhancements
Availability Security ScalabilityC
UR
RE
NT
NE
W Storage VMotion enhancements
VMware HA enhancements
VMware Fault Tolerance
VMware Data Recovery
VMware HA
VMotion
Storage VMotion
NIC/HBA teaming
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Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)
CPU Baseline Feature Set
CPUID
Availability Security Scalability
EVC ClusterEVC prevents migrations with VMotion from failing due to incompatible CPUs.
CPUID
CPUID
CPUID
X… X… X…
K…
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EVC Cluster Requirements
Hosts
CPUs from a single vendor, either Intel or AMD
Running ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 or later
Connected to vCenter Server
Hardware virtualization support (AMD‐V or Intel VT) enabled
Support hardware live migration (AMD-V Extended Migration or Intel FlexMigration) or have baseline processor of intended feature
Availability Security Scalability
‐
Intel FlexMigration) or have baseline processor of intended feature set
Virtual Machines
Powered off or migrated out of cluster when EVC is enabled
Applications on virtual machines must use CPUID instructions
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Storage VMotion in vSphere 4
Enhancements
Can administer via vSphere Client
Supports NFS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI
No longer requires 2 x memory
Supports moving VMDKs from thick to thin formats
Can migrate RDMs to RDMs and RDMs to VMDKs (non-passthrough)
Availability Security Scalability
VMDKs (non-passthrough)
Leverages new vSphere 4 features to speed migration
Limitations
Virtual machine cannot include snapshots
VM must be powered off to simultaneously migrate both host and datastore
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VMware Confidential
Storage VMotion in vSphere 4
4
2. Enable changed block tracking on the virtual machine’s disk
3. “Pre-copy” virtual machine’s disk and swap file from source to destination
4. Invoke fast suspend/resume on virtual machine
Availability Security Scalability
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Source Destination
12 35
1. Copy virtual machine files except disks to new datastore
5. Remove source home and disks of virtual machine
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New HA Cluster Settings
Ability to suspend host monitoring
Availability Security Scalability
Choice of three admission control strategies
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VM Monitoring
Enable automatic restart due to failure of guest operating system
Determine how quickly failures are detected
Availability Security Scalability
failures are detected
Set monitoring sensitivity for individual virtual machines
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VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
vLockstep Technology vLockstep Technology
Availability Security Scalability
SecondaryPrimary New Secondary
VMware FT provides zero-downtime, zero-data-loss protection to virtual machines in an HA cluster.
New Primary
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How VMware FT Works
VMkernel VMkernelVMM VMM
PrimaryVirtual Machine
SecondaryVirtual Machine
Record Logs
Log Update Log Read
Availability Security Scalability
Log BufferLog Buffer
Heartbeat
Record Logs
Read/Write Read
Single Copy of Disks on Shared Storage
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Enable Fault Tolerance with a Single Click
Primary Virtual Machine > Summary Tab
Availability Security Scalability
After you turn on Fault Tolerance, the Status tab on the primary virtual machine shows Fault Tolerance information.
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Requirements for VMware FT
vSphere Configuration
� VMs must be in HA cluster� Hosts from same CPU model family� VMs must run on different hosts
Storage � VMs stored on shared storage � VMs provisioned with thick virtual disks� VMs not stored on physical RDMs
Networking � Minimum of two VMkernel gigabit NICs for VMotion and Record/Replay logging
Availability Security Scalability
VMotion and Record/Replay logging� Additional gigabit NICs for normal network traffic
Processor � VMs must be of same CPU model family� Intel Merom, Penryn, and Nehalem� AMD Opteron Rev E/F and Greyhound
Host BIOS � Turn on Hardware Virtualization (HV) � Turn off power management (power capping)� Turn off hyperthreading
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VMware Confidential
VMware Data Recovery
VMware’s Backup/Recovery Solution based on APIs for
Availability Security Scalability
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Solution based on APIs for Data Protection
Agentless disk-based backup and recovery
De-duplication and incremental backups to save disk space
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VMware Data Recovery Key Components
VMware ESX/ESXi
Virtual Machines
vCenter Server Data Recovery
vCenter Plug-in> With vSphere Client plug-in, allows configuration
and management of backup/recovery appliance
> Wizard driven backup and restore job creation
> Storage of backup configuration in vCenter Server database and awareness of HA/VMotion/DRS
Backup and Recovery Appliance> OVF appliance
> Leverages vStorage APIs for Data Protection to discover, manage backup and restore
Availability Security Scalability
Storage
Servers
VMware ESX/ESXi
VMware ESX/ESXi> Provides VSS support
> Change block tracking functionality allows backups to be more efficient
Storage> Any VMFS storage: DAS, iSCSI or Fibre Channel
storage plus NFS and CIFS shares as target
> All backed up virtual machines are stored on disk in a deduplicated datastore
discover, manage backup and restore
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vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Security
Application Services
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
NE
W VMware VMsafe
Availability Security Scalability
CU
RR
EN
TN
EW VMware VMsafe
VMware vShield Zones
Thin ESXi hypervisor with locked-down interfaces
No dependence on general-purpose OS
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VMware VMsafe
API that enables protection of VMs by inspection of virtual components in conjunction with hypervisor
Isolation of protection engine from malware
Broad ranging coverage of virtual machine CPU, memory, storage and network
Availability Security Scalability
Protection Engine
VMware vSphere™
network
Application
Operating System
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Capabilities
Bridge, firewall, or isolate VM zones based on familiar VI containers
Monitor allowed and disallowed activity by application-based protocols
One-click flow-to-firewall blocks precise network traffic
vShield Zones
Availability Security Scalability
Benefits
Well-defined security posture within virtual environment
Monitoring and assured policies, even through Vmotion and VM lifecycle events
Simple zone-based rules reduces policy errors
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VMware vShield Zones Architecture
vShield Host Gateway
Virtual Network Monitoring
Virtual Network Firewall
Transparently Managed
vShield Manager
Centralized Monitoring
Centralized Policy Assignment
Web-based interface
Availability Security Scalability
VMware ESX VMware ESX
vShieldvShield
VMware ESX
vShieldVMwarevCenter
VMwarevShield
Manager
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vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Scalability
Application Services
VMware vSphere™ 4.0
NE
W
Increased host scalability
8-way SMP and 255 GB of virtual machine
Availability Security Scalability
CU
RR
EN
TN
EW 8-way SMP and 255 GB of virtual machine
RAM
Hot add of virtual CPU and memory
Hot plug devices
Hot extend of virtual disks
DRS shares and reservations allow apps to shrink and grow based on priority
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Host Scalability
Enhanced performance and higher consolidation rates
64-bit VMkernel
512GB host memory
64 logical CPUs
256 virtual machines per host
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS192 VMs
256 VMs
Availability Security Scalability
45
256 virtual machines per host
32 Cores
256 GB512GB64 Cores
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Virtual Machine Scalability
Dynamic scale-up supports much larger workloads
8-Way Virtual SMP
256GB RAM
Virtual Machine Hardware Version 7256 GB
AppApp
Availability Security Scalability
46
Version 7
New virtual devices
VMDirectPath I/O
Hot plug support8 CPUs
App
OS
OS
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Hot Add for Memory and CPU
Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Options Tab > Memory/CPU Hotplug
Availability Security Scalability
You must enable Memory and CPU Hot Add so that the options are available on the Hardware tab.
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Hot Adding and Removing PCI Devices
You can hot-add/remove:� Network cards� SCSI adapters� Sound cards
Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab > Add
Availability Security Scalability
� Sound cards� SCSI disks and CDROMs� USB EHCI controller� VMCI� PCI passthrough devices
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Hot Extending VMDKs
Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab
Availability Security Scalability
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Summary of VMware vSphere™
Application Services
VMotionStorage VMotionHAFault ToleranceData Recovery
vShield ZonesVMSafe
DRSHot Add
Availability Security Scalability
vApp
vCenter Suite
Infrastructure Services
ESXESXiDRS/DPM
VMFSThin ProvisioningVMFS Volume Grow
Distributed Switch
VMware
vSphere™ 4.0
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Data Recovery
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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PFFFFFFFFFFFF………….
Nu nog even twitterenen we kunnen weer…..en we kunnen weer…..
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vCenter Server 4 Highlights
Increased Scalability � vCenter Server Linked Mode� vCenter Orchestrator
Streamlined � Host Profiles
vCenter Server
Streamlined Management
� Host Profiles� vApps� Centralized licensing� vCenter Server plug-in updates
Resource Management � Performance Charts Enhancements� Storage Awareness Enhancements
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vSphere Client: Improved Navigation
Home Page
Inventory Search
Navigation Bar
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vCenter Server Linked Mode Overview
Standard vSphere Client can access inventory across multiple vCenters
View and search across combined inventory of a group of vCenter a group of vCenter Servers
Shared roles and license configurations
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vCenter Server Linked Mode Architecture
vSphere Client
TomcatWeb Service
ADAM Instance
TomcatWeb Service
ADAM Instance
TomcatWeb Service
ADAM Instance
vCenterServer
vCenterServer
vCenterServer
vCenter Server Instance
ADAM Instance ADAM InstanceADAM Instance
Connection information
Certificates and thumbprints
Licensing information
User roles
vCenter Server InstancevCenter Server Instance
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Automation with vCenter Orchestrator
Workflow engine for orchestrating virtualization
Automate manual, repeatable steps by drag and drop interface without scripting
Centralize workflow management for all processes vCenter Orchestrator management for all processes associated with the environment
Administer and control large environments easily
Provide custom workflows for complex environments
vCenter Orchestrator
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Host Profiles Overview
Host profiles reduce setup time and allow you to manage configuration consistency and correctness.
57
Cluster
Reference Host
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Basic Workflow to Implement Host Profiles
�Host Profile
Memory Reservation
Storage
Networking
Date and Time
Firewall
Security
2
3
4
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Security
Services
Users and User Groups
Security
ClusterReference Host1
3
5
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vApp – Self Describing Applications Enable Choice
Availability
Security
ScalabilityvApp
OS
APP
OS
APP
OS
APP
Internal
Clouds
Cloud OS
Management
Federation & Choice
Standards
External
Clouds
Cloud OS
Management
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vApp Overview
� vApps are multi-tier application services that you can manage as a single inventory item.
Provides for single-step management
Eliminates complex setupand configuration
App Server
VM
vApp
App Server
VM
Database
VM
…
OVF Descriptor
Resource Pool
Distributed Virtualization Layer
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Simplified License Management in vSphere 4
Simple license keys instead of flex
1 license per edition
1 key for many hosts
New centralized license key administration in vCenter
No separate license server to manage or monitor
Centralized host and license monitoring through vCenter enabling easy compliance
New license portal provides more accurate view of entitlementNew license portal provides more accurate view of entitlement
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Managing Licenses in vSphere 4
Manage licenses
Administration > Licensing
Key is a string, not a text file Custom label
Export report
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vCenter Server Plug-in Enhancements
Lower overhead and better scalability
Modular plugin
Analyzes up to 500 physical machines at a
More platforms supported
Ability to convert to new platforms supported in ESX/
Enhanced management and administration
ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual appliance upgradesphysical machines at a
time
ESX/ESXi 4.0
Support for Windows Server 2008 as source and platform
Convert Microsoft Hyper-V VMs to VMware VMs
upgrades
Baseline groups
Compliance dashboard
Patch staging
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New Performance Charts
Thumbnail ViewsPerformance overview charts help to quickly identify bottlenecks and isolate root causes of issues.
Thumbnail Views
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New Storage Views
The new Storage Views tab provides greater insight into capacity utilization and storage connectivity.
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Maps View
LUN
HBATarget
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Summary of VMware vSphere™
Application Services
VMotionStorage VMotionHAFault ToleranceData Recovery
vShield ZonesVMSafe
DRSHot Add
Availability Security Scalability
vApp
vCenter Suite
Infrastructure Services
ESXESXiDRS/DPM
VMFSThin ProvisioningVMFS Volume Grow
Distributed Switch
VMware
vSphere™ 4.0
Internal Cloud External Cloud
Data Recovery
vCompute vStorage vNetwork
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vSphere 4 Packaging
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New vSphere 4 Editions: Overview
STANDARD($795 / CPU)
Simple Consolidation
ENTERPISE PLUS
($3495 / CPU)
Simplified Operations
ADVANCED($2245 / CPU)
Availability
ESSENTIALS PLUSIntegrated availability
solution for Small Businesses
($2995 All-in-One for 3 Servers)
VMware vSphere
ENTERPRISE($2875 / CPU)
Automated Resource
Management
ESSENTIALSBasic management of
free ESXi($995 All-in-One for 3
Servers)
Scale limited,Low initial price,
Small office-oriented features
Scale unlimited,Value price, Low TCO
Full featured
Basic management
for:
•Simple
consolidation
•Remote offices
•Test labs
High availability for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
Large scale
management and
integration for:
•Internal cloud
•Tier 1
applications
Automated
resource
management for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
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New vSphere 4 Editions: Overview
STANDARD($795 / CPU)
Simple Consolidation
ENTERPISE PLUS
($3495 / CPU)
Simplified Operations
ADVANCED($2245 / CPU)
Availability
ESSENTIALS PLUSIntegrated availability
solution for Small Businesses
($2995 All-in-One for 3 Servers)
VMware vSphere
ENTERPRISE($2875 / CPU)
Automated Resource
Management
ESSENTIALSBasic management of
free ESXi($995 All-in-One for 3
Servers)
Scale limited,Low initial price,
Small office-oriented features
Scale unlimited,Value price, Low TCO
Full featured
Basic management
for:
•Simple
consolidation
•Remote offices
•Test labs
High availability for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
Large scale
management and
integration for:
•Internal cloud
•Tier 1
applications
Automated
resource
management for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
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vSphere 4 Editions: Essentials Packaging
All inclusive packages:
Licenses for 3 physical servers (up to 2 processors each)
License for central management server
Packages cannot be decoupled or combined; components cannot be used with other vSphere editions
Data Recovery x 6 CPUS
ESSENTIALS($995)
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
4-way vSMP
vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)
ESSENTIALS PLUS($2,995)
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
4-way vSMP
vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)
VC Agent VC Agent
Update Manager
High Availability
6 CPUS x
6 CPUS x
6 CPUS x
1 x
x 6 CPUS
x 6 CPUS
x 6 CPUS
x 1
x 6 CPUS
x 6 CPUS
Update Manager 6 CPUS x
vCenter Serverfor Essentials
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New vSphere 4 Editions: Overview
STANDARD($795 / CPU)
Simple Consolidation
ENTERPISE PLUS
($3495 / CPU)
Simplified Operations
ADVANCED($2245 / CPU)
Availability
ESSENTIALS PLUSIntegrated availability
solution for Small Businesses
($2995 All-in-One for 3 Servers)
VMware vSphere
ENTERPRISE($2875 / CPU)
Automated Resource
Management
ESSENTIALSBasic management of
free ESXi($995 All-in-One for 3
Servers)
Scale limited,Low initial price,
Small office-oriented features
Scale unlimited,Value price, Low TCO
Full featured
Basic management
for:
•Simple
consolidation
•Remote offices
•Test labs
High availability for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
Large scale
management and
integration for:
•Internal cloud
•Tier 1
applications
Automated
resource
management for:
•Production
infrastructure
•Mission critical
applications
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vSphere 4 Editions: Core Platform
VMotion™
Fault Tolerance
Data Recovery
vShield Zones
VMotion™
Fault Tolerance
Data Recovery
vShield Zones
Distributed Switch
DRS / DPM
Storage VMotion
Host Profiles
High availability products for
protecting critical production
applications
Large scale management of critical production
applicationsNew
VMotion™
Fault Tolerance
Data Recovery
vShield Zones
DRS / DPM
Storage VMotion
Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning
Hot Add Hot AddHot Add
High Availability
STANDARD ENTERPRISE PLUS
License (1 CPU)SnS (Gold/Plat)
$795$273 / 323
$2,245$471 / 561
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
4-way vSMP
VC Agent
6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory
High Availability
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
4-way vSMP
VC Agent
12 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory
ADVANCED
High Availability
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
8-way vSMP
VC Agent
12 Physical Cores / CPUNo License Memory Limit
$3,495$734 / $874
Basic consolidation
of a lab or small
environment
$2,875$604 / 719
High Availability
VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX
4-way vSMP
VC Agent
6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory
ENTERPRISE
Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager
Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning
VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs
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vCenter Server
VI Management
$4,995vCenter ServerStandard
License SnS (Gold/Plat)
$1,049/1,249
vCenter Server Standard and vCenter Server Foundation are management servers
vCenter Server Foundation is limited to 3 nodes of any size / suite
-No host limit-Includes Linked Mode-Includes Orchestrator
vCenter Server is required for most vSphere features
$1,495vCenter Server Foundation
$545/645
Per Instance (USD)
suite
One (1) instance is required for most vSphere Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus features
-3 ESX host limit
$9,995vCenter Heartbeat
$2,099/2,499
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A la Carte Pricing
Most features are no longer available a la carte (e.g. VMotion)
Data Recovery is available for standalone sale on top of vSphere Standard only
ESXi is still available for free as
FREE
License
$495/595(optional)
VI Add-ons SnS (Gold/Plat)
ESXi Single Server
-Per incident support available at $299/incident
ESXi is still available for free as “ESXi Single Server”
Excellent solution for virtualizing one or two servers
Does not include a vCenter management agent
$695 $146/174
Per Processors (USD)
Data Recovery
-Only available for sale with vSphere Standard
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Vragen?
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• vSphere 4.0 is a major new release that will require updates to most current VMware add-on products
• Most products will release updates that will provide vSphere 4.0 compatibility in 2H 2009
• Customers will still receive VI3 licenses for most bundles containing not-yet-compatible products, but can upgrade/downgrade their license keys at any time
VMware Solution Compatibility
Compatible with vSphere 4 at GACompatibility with vSphere 4
planned for 2H 2009
vCenter Heartbeat VMware View
VMware Capacity Planner vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Converter 4.0 vCenter Lifecycle Manager
vCenter Stage Manager
vCenter Lab Manager