vsphere design brownbag with harley stagner
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The vSphere Design BrownBag with Harley Stagner & Damian KarlsonTRANSCRIPT
VSPHERE DESIGN SCENARIO PRACTICE
Harley Stagner, VCDX #46http://www.harleystagner.comTwitter: hstagner
Archaic Licensing Scenario
Acme Software Uses Physical Processor Licensing
Client wishes to run Acme’s DB Version 12 in same HA/DRS cluster as other applications to better share resources
Only (3) hosts are required to support the DB Version 12 workload with capacity to spare
(6) Host cluster exists, may purchase additional if needed
Archaic Licensing Scenario
How should Acme DB 12 licensing be handled?
What HA / DRS configurations should be used?
Think about performance / flexibility / redundancy
What is the impact of each of your design choices?
What assumptions are you making?
Archaic Licensing Scenario - Components
Archaic Licensing Scenario – Solutions?
ESX1
ESX2
ESX3
ESX4
ESX5
ESX6
Acme01
Acme02
Acme03
Acme04
Acme05
Acme06
Other VM Workloads
Balanced Cluster Scenario
Greenfield Installation
Client would like cluster imbalances to be resolved automatically and as quickly as possible
vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus Licensing
Client plans to have “large memory” VM’s in the cluster
ESXi Host
Balanced Cluster Scenario – Solutions?
VMkernel:Management
VMkernel:VMotion
VM Servers
VLAN 160
VLAN 130
VLAN 10
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
Onboard
Quad Port
Server Option A
vmnic1Gb
vmnic1Gb
Onboard
Server Option B
Dual Port
vmnic10Gb
vmnic10Gb
VMkernel:VMotion
vswitch0
Open Question: How Can We Ensure QoS on 10GbE?
Open Design Discussion...
http://www.seancrookston.com/vcap-dca/
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/11/15/5-tips-for-preparing-your-vcdx-defense/
http://www.harleystagner.com/vcdx/the-end-of-the-journey-vcdx-number-46.php
DCA LABS!!!!!