nashville vmug keynote april 8 2015 - vsphere 6
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vSphere 6.0 – What’s New!April 8, 2015
@eck79 @NashvilleVMUG #MyVMUG
About Me
• Technical Account Manager, joined VMware January 2014
• Based in Indianapolis
• VCAP-DCA/DCD/DTD
• 5 year old twin boys
• Hobbies – see previous bullet point
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Agenda
1 vSphere 6 Highlights
2 vCenter & PSC Deployment
3 Certification Updates
4 Useful Resources
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Faster adoption of vSphere 6 than previous versions
Compared to vSphere 5.5:
More licensed downloads and evaluations
Less reported issues
Higher CSAT scores
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• Elimination of vMotion
barriers:
• vCenter
• vSwitch
• Layer 3
• Shared storage
• vCenter Server Appliance
• Linked Mode
• No scale difference
• Full interoperability
What Does It All Mean?
• New architecture & design decisions
• Less resource fragmentation
• Simpler disaster avoidance
• Simpler workload migration
• Fewer barriers
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More of My Favorite Features
• 64 Hosts per cluster
• Local ESXi accounts & password management tools
• Auditability improvements – user=vpxuser:CORP\Administrator
Support for Failover Clustering and AlwaysOn Availability Groups
vMotion support for CAB with pRDM’s
Multiple TCP/IP stacks
VDP-Advanced is now VDP and free
NVIDIA GRID vGPU support
• VSAN 6 & VVOLs
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vSphere 6.0 VMware Fault Tolerance
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Protect mission critical, high performance applications regardless of OS; No application-specific management and learning
Continuous availability – zero downtime and zero data loss for infrastructure failures; no loss of TCP connections
Fully automated response
Benefits
Enhanced virtual disk format support
Ability to hot configure FT
Greatly increased FT host compatibility
Additional new features
ESXi ESXi
Fast Checkpointing Sync
Primary Secondary
4 vCPU 4 vCPUPrimary
Instantaneous Failover
vCenter Server 6.0 - VMCA
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Dual Operational Mode
Root CA
• During installation, VMCA automatically creates a self-signed certificate
• This is a CA certificate, capable of issuing other certificates
• All solutions and endpointcertificates are created (and trusted) from this self-signed CA certificate
Issuer CA
• Can replace the default self-signed CA certificate created during installation
• Requires a CSR issued from VMCA to be used in an Enterprise/Commercial CA to generate a new Issuing Certificate
• Requires replacement of all issued default certificates after implementation
Useful VMCA KB Articles
• Master SSL KB Article:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2111219
• Creating the proper templates:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2112009
• Replacing Certificates without the VMCA:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2112277 [video]http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2112278 [video]
• Replacing Certificates with the VMCA as a subordinate:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2112016 [video]
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Certificates – Even Easier
• vExpert & VCDX #125 – Derek Seaman (http://www.derekseaman.com/)
– vexpert.me/toolkit60
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#vCommunity
And One More Thing…
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vCenter Deployment Modes
vCenter Server 6.0 – Platform Services Controller
Platform Services Controller includes takes it beyond just Single Sign-On. It groups:
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Licensing
Certificate Authority
Two Deployment Models:
• Embedded
vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller in one virtual machine
- Recommended for small deployments where there is less then two SSO integrated solutions
• External
vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller in their own virtual machines
- Recommended for most deployments where there are two or more SSO integrated solutions
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Platform Services Controller
PSC
vCenter
vCenter
Using WSFC for vCenter High Availability
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Leverages Windows Server Failover Cluster
(previously MSCS)
Protects vCenter Services and Databases
separately
Requires two physical RDM disks that are
shared between the primary and standby
nodes
RDM uses separate SCSI controller with bus
sharing enabled
Configuration #1 – Local PSC High Availability
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Multiple PSC nodes locally
vCenter interacts with the PSCs
through a load balancer
vCenter instances are clustered
with WSFC
PSCs replicate state information
between them
vCenter Server Host OS
Clustered vCenter
Server
PSC Host OS
Platform Services
Controller
PSC Host OS
Platform Services
Controller
Load Balancer
vCenter Server Host OS
Clustered vCenter
Server
Replicating
Common SSO Domain
Configuration #2 – Multiple Site vCenter & PSC Architecture
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Common SSO Domain
Los Angeles New York Miami
By Default
Each site is independent
PSC automated replication
Site awareness
Enhanced Linked Mode
Facilitated via Platform Services Controller
Maintains single management point
Works in Windows and VCVA
Replicates Licenses, permissions, tags
and roles
PSC Host OS
Platform Services Controller
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Configuration #3 – Multiple Site vCenter & PSC with High Availability Architecture
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Common SSO Domain
Los Angeles New York Miami
Each site configured then populated with at least two PSCs
vCenters are clustered with WSFC for availability
Load balancer is required at each site to provide high availability
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Platform Services
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Next Step
• VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Deployment Guide -
http://vexpert.me/vC6deploy
• More resources in a bit…
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Certification & Education Updates
vSphere 6 Courses Available
• What’s New [v5.5 to v6]
• Install, Configure, Manage [v6]
• Optimize & Scale [v6]
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VCP6-DCV Exams Available
• VCP6-DCV Foundation Beta Exam
• VCP6-DCV Beta Exam
• VCP6-DCV Delta Beta Exam
VCIX6-DCV Exams Coming Soon
• Both VCIX Admin & Design exam required to attain VCIX6-DCV
• Upgrade paths available for current VCAP holders
Helpful Resources
vSphere 6.0 HOLs
Feature Lab SKU Lab Title
vSphere 6.0 – What’s New HOL-SDC-1410 Virtualization 101 & vSphere 6.0
What’s New
Virtual SAN 6 SPL-SDC-1408 What’s New with Virtual SAN 6
Virtual Volumes SPL-SDC-1429 Virtual Volumes
vSphere Data Protection Enhancements SPL-SDC-1405 IT Outcomes – High Availability and
Resilient Infrastructure
vSphere Replication Enhancements SPL-SDC-1405 IT Outcomes – High Availability and
Resilient Infrastructure
Distributed Switching SPL-SDC-1402 vSphere Distributed Switching from
A to Z
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http://labs.hol.vmware.com/
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere
Important Links
• Essential vSphere 6 KBs - http://vexpert.me/vSphere6KBs
• Home lab links
– http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/vcsa - William Lam @lamw
– http://www.vladan.fr/vsphere-6-0/ - Vladen Seget @vladan
– http://vexpert.me/Derek60 - Derek Seaman @vdereks
• Other useful links
– Collection of virtualization blogs - http://thevpad.com/
• Eric Siebert @ericsiebert
– Mastering vSphere 6 - http://vexpert.me/MasteringvSphere6
• Nick Marshall @nickmarshall9
• Grant Orchard @grantorchard
• Josh Atwell @Josh_Atwell
• Scott S. Lowe @scott_lowe
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#vCommunity – Learn & Share
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