VMware Infrastructure 3

The Next Generation in Virtualization

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VMware Technology Review VMware Infrastructure 3 Overview

How server virtualization transforms x86 systems

Without Virtualization With VMware Virtualization

 Single OS image per machine  Software and hardware tightly coupled  Running multiple applications on same machine often creates conflict  Underutilized, inflexible, costly infrastructure

 Break dependencies between OS and hardware  Manage OS and application as single unit by encapsulating them into VMs  Strong fault and security isolation  VMs are hardware-independent: they can be provisioned anywhere

Anatomy of a virtual machine

Each Virtual Machine is a complete system encapsulated in a set of software files

Unmodified Application

Virtual Machines

Unmodified OS

ESX Server Physical Server

Virtual Hardware

Key features of VMware virtualization

Partitioning Isolation

Run multiple virtual machines simultaneously on a single physical server

Each virtual machine is isolated from other virtual machines on the same server

Encapsulation
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Hardware Independence

Virtual machines encapsulate entire systems (hardware configuration, operating system, apps) in files

Run a virtual machine on any server without modification

Agenda

VMware Technology Review VMware Infrastructure 3 Overview

The virtualization market has matured

3rd Generation
Infrastructure-wide Virtualization

2006 + ...

2nd Generation
Virtual Infrastructure

1st Generation
Single System Hypervisor-based Stack

2003-2005

Automation Aggregation Availability Optimization Central Management Enterprise-Class Virtualization

System Partitioning

1999-2001

Central Management Enterprise-Class Virtualization

System Partitioning

System Partitioning

Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3

Industry first suite for infrastructure-wide virtualization

Automation Aggregation Availability Optimization

VMotion Resource Pools DRS HA Consolidated Backup

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Central Management

VirtualCenter 2

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Enterprise-Class Virtualization
System Partitioning

Virtual SMP VMFS ESX Server 3

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Server virtualization
Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server

Benefits
Virtual Machines

Increase hardware utilization by sharing hardware resources across a large number of virtual machines Use less hardware for business continuity

ESX Server Physical Server

Requirements for enterprise-class virtualization

From single server partitioning to virtualization of entire infrastructure including servers, storage and networking

Virtualization of servers, storage and network

Not just servers, storage and network virtualization as well!

Reliability, scale and performance

ESX Server at a customer site: 800 days continuous uptime!

Interoperability and certification

Extensive certification, testing and interoperability throughout the stack

Support for enterprise workloads

Up to 16GB RAM and 4 virtual CPUs per VM

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Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3

Industry first suite for infrastructure-wide virtualization

Automation Aggregation Availability Optimization

VMotion Resource Pools DRS HA Consolidated Backup

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Central Management

VirtualCenter 2

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Enterprise-Class Virtualization
System Partitioning

Virtual SMP VMFS ESX Server 3

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VMware Infrastructure management

VMware Infrastructure
VirtualCenter
Virtual Machines

VC Agent

VC Agent

VC Agent

VC Agent

VC Agent

VC Agent

VC Agent

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

Server Farm

Network

Storage

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VirtualCenterKey functionality
1

Programmatic Interfaces

Virtual Machine and Server Management

Provisioning

Centralized Management

Security and Access Control

Migration

5 System Monitoring

4 Resource Management

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Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3

Industry first suite for infrastructure-wide virtualization

Automation Aggregation Availability Optimization

VMotion Resource Pools DRS HA Consolidated Backup

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Central Management

VirtualCenter 2

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Enterprise-Class Virtualization
System Partitioning

Virtual SMP VMFS ESX Server 3

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Live migration of virtual machines with VMotion

Over 70% of VMware customers have implemented VMotion

What is it? Live migration of virtual machines with VMware VMotion Customer Impact Zero downtime maintenance Continuous service availability Complete transaction integrity Supported on Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN and NAS

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Resource pools
Aggregate collections of disparate hardware resources into unified logical resource pools
Business Unit
Department A Department B

Customer Impact Failed server means fewer resources not a failed application Enables high availability across the infrastructure

Resource Pool 2
CPU 36GHz, Mem 58GB Priority HIGH

Resource Pool 3
CPU 12GHz, Mem 22GB Priority LOW

Provides service level assurance Dedicated (virtual) infrastructure for each business unit; central IT retains control over hardware Delegation of resource and virtual machine management down to the business unit

Aggregate Resources
CPU 48GHz, Mem 80GB

Servers, Storage, Networking

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Resource optimization with VMware DRS

Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources to ensure optimal alignment between business and IT
What is it? Dynamic balancing of computing resources across resource pools Intelligent resource allocation based on pre-defined rules Customer Impact Align IT resources with business priorities Operational simplicity; dramatically increase system administrator productivity Add hardware dynamically to avoid over-provisioning to peak load Automate hardware maintenance
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Business Demand

Resource Pool

Capacity on demand with VMware DRS

Add hardware dynamically
Provisioning is fire and forget Easily add more capacity Avoid over-provisioning to peak load

Resource Pool Resource Pool

CPU 36GHz, Mem Mem 70GB CPU 50GHz, 58GB Priority HIGHHIGH Priority

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Zero-downtime maintenance using VMware technology

Use VMotion to evacuate hosts Move running applications to other servers without disruption Perform maintenance at any time of day Automate with DRS maintenance mode Automates moving virtual machines to other hosts Automates re-balancing after maintenance complete
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VMotion

VMotion

1. Activate Maintenance Mode for physical host 2. DRS migrates running virtual machines to other hosts Shut down idle host and perform maintenance Restart host; DRS automatically rebalances workloads

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NewEnsure high availability with VMware HA

VMware HA enables cost-effective high availability for all applications

What is it? Automatic restart of virtual machines in case of server failure Customer Impact Cost effective high availability for all applications No need for dedicated stand-by hardware None of the cost and complexity of clustering

Resource Pool

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NewProtect data with VMware consolidated backup

Centralized file level backup enables easy & reliable data protection
What is it?

Centralized agentless backup for virtual machines

Move backup out of the virtual machine Eliminate backup traffic on the local area network
CENTRALIZED DATA MOVER

Pre-integrated with major 3rd-party backup products

Customer Impact

Perform backup in the middle of the day

BACKUP PROXY BACKUP DISK

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VMware InfrastructureOperational simplicity

Broad-based, cost-effective application availability and business continuity

VMware HA

Ensured service levels

Capacity on-demand and intelligent resource balancing

Continuous uptime and non-disruptive maintenance of IT environments

Live migration of entire running systems

Instant provisioning and easy virtual machines management

VirtualCenter

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Todd Rotger CAM trotger@vmware.com 248-761-1344 Russel Wilkinson SE rwilkinson@vmware.com 248-375-0225 Jill McLaughlin TSM jillm@vmware.com 650-846-1672

Copyright 2006 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

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1. Virtualization of servers, storage and networking

VMware Infrastructure
Enterprise Virtualization
Virtual Machines

Partition CPU and memory in multiple virtual machines Store virtual machine disks on local or shared storage. VMFS cluster file system manages virtual machine disk storage Build networks within or across ESX Server installations.

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

Server Farm

Network

Storage

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Virtualization as a resource multiplier

All physical resources are shared by virtual machines resulting in a resource multiplier effect
Physical Virtualized Physical Virtualized

4-way Server

Run up to 32 Virtual Machines

2 HBAs (paired)

Create and Allocate up to 32 Virtual Disks

6GB Memory

Allocate up to 12GB Virtual Machine Memory

2 NICs (paired)

Create and Allocate up to 16 Virtual NICs

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2. Reliability, scale and performance

ESX Server at a customer site: 800 days continuous uptime and counting

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3. Interoperability and certification

Interoperability across the stack enables enterprise virtualization
VMware Infrastructure
Management

Virtual Machines
Applications

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

ESX Server

Operating Systems

Server Farm

Server Hardware

CPU

Networks

I/O Subsystem

Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI SAN, NAS

Networking

Storage

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Heterogeneous operating system support

Freedom to choose the most appropriate OS for any application
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Web Editions, and Small Business Server Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Windows NT: 4.0 Server Windows XP Professional Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, & 9.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 & 3 Solaris 10 (on x86) SUSE Linux 8.2, 9.0 and 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.0 and 6.5 FreeBSD 4.9

Rigorously tested to run 28 versions of all major operating systems 64-bit operating system support

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