New Horizons of Baltimore

VMware vSphere 4 Administration Seminar

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Agenda

Introduction to VMware & vSphere 4

Centralized Management Features

Available Application Services

Available Infrastructure Services

vSphere 4 Editions & Requirements

Introduction to VMware & vSphere 4

• About Vmware• What is vSphere 4?• ESX/ESXi• P2V & V2V

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About VMware

AT A GLANCE

Founded: 1998URL: www.vmware.com

Headquarters: 3401 Hillview Ave.Palo Alto, CA 94304

Employees: More than 7,100

2009 Revenue: $2 billion, 5th largestinfrastructure softwarecompany

Customers: More than 170,000• 100% of the Fortune 100• 93% of the Fortune 500• 96% of the Fortune 1000• 100% of the Fortune Global 100• 96% of the Fortune Global 500

Partners: 25,000

Professionals: Certified 48,000

Product Lines: VMware vSphere™VMware View™VMware vCenter™VMware vCloud™SpringSource by VMware

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What is vSphere 4?

• Translation: vSphere 4 lets you create and manage a virtualized IT infrastructure to simplify and automate the administration of the physical server and network infrastructure while allowing you to maximize the hardware potential of that infrastructure.

“VMware vSphere manages large collections of infrastructure (such as CPUs, storage, and networking) as a seamless and dynamic operating environment, and also manages the complexity of a datacenter.”

- VMware

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ESX/ESXi 4.0

• The Core component of vSphere 4• Type 1 Hypervisors• ESX installs with a Service Console for local

administration• Service Console is a stripped down Linux OS

• ESXi administration is all done through a remote management interface

• Remote Management Interfaces:• vSphere 4 Client Interface• vSphere 4 Web Interface (not enabled by default on ESX)• vShpere 4 Command-Line Interface• vCenter Server 4

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ESX 4.0 Installation

• Non-VMFS formatted LUNs appear as unpartitioned

• Unplug SAN if LUNs not needed during ESX Install

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vSphere 4 Client Interface

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Enterprise Converter Usage• vCenter Server 4.01 Plug-in enables Converter• Enterprise Converter is an optional component during vCenter

Server installation

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VMware Converter Standalone

• vCenter Converter Standalone can be installed on any computer

• Client / Server architecture allows client and server to be on different computers

Centralized Management Features

• vCenter Server 4.0• Host Profiles• Centralized Licensing• vSphere Management Assistant• vCenter Update Manager• vSphere Host Update Utility

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vCenter Server 4

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Host Profiles

• Host Profiles Screen or Hosts and Cluster Screen

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Centralized Licensing

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vSphere Management Assistant

• The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a prepackaged Linux virtual machine in which administrators can deploy scripts and select third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems. Software included in vMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication component that supports non-interactive login, and a log collection component.

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• Integrated into Virtual Center for hosts and VMs

• Attach a baseline to scan or remediate (patch) host or VM

• Scans and patching can be run immediately or can be scheduled

vCenter Update Manager

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vSphere Host Update Utility

Available Application Services

• vMotion• Storage vMotion• VMware HA• VMware DRS• VMware FT• vSheild Zones• VM Hot Add Support• VMDirectPath for Virtual Machines

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vMotion

• Users currently accessing VM1-1 on ESX1

• Initiate migration of VM1-1 from ESX1 to ESX2 while VM1-1 is up and running ESX Server 1

Shared Storage

Virtual Disk and Config files

ESX Server 2

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Step One:

Step Two:• Pre-copy memory from ESX1 to ESX2• Log ongoing memory changes• Copy changed memory, Log new changes• Repeat copying changed memory until

remaining changes are small enough to copy during the quiesce

• Quiesce virtual machine on ESX1• Copy remaining memory to ESX2• Copy VM State information (registers, etc)

Step Three:

Step Four:• Start VM1-1 on ESX2• Users now access VM1-1 on ESX2

Step Five:• Delete VM1-1 from ESX1 after migration is

successful

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• Built-in to the Migrate Wizard• VMotion or Storage VMotion, not both

at once• Can cold migrate both at once• Can reprovision (thin/thick) the disk

while migrating (hot/cold)

Storage vMotion

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VMware HA

VC ServerESX Server

Virtual Machine

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Virtual Machine

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ESX Server

Virtual Machine

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Virtual Machine

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Virtual Machine

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Virtual Machine

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ESX Server

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ESX Server 1(HP)

ESX Server 2 (IBM)

ESX Server 3 (Dell)

VMware DRS

Dynamically manage workloads across a heterogeneous environment, in response to an unexpected increase in SAP utilization

Apache

SAP

Exch Server

Citrix

DNS/DHCP

Oracle

SQL Server

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VMware FT

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vShield Zones

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VM Hot Add Support

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VMDirectPath for VMs

Available Infrastructure Services

• Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning• vStorage VMFS Volume Grow• vNetwork Distributed Switch• IPv6 Support• Power Management

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Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning

• VMware thin provisioning enables virtual machines to utilize storage space on an as-needed basis, further increasing utilization of storage for virtual environments

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vStorage VMFS Volume Grow

• The list of possible extents to add will not include LUNs with an existing VMFS, or an RDM mounted to a VM

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vNetwork Distributed Switch

• Created in Inventory Networking

Select which hosts are going to use this switch. Only unallocated NICs can be selected.

A default Portgroup called dvPortGroup can

be created.

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IPv6 Support

• vSphere 4.0 adds support for IPv6 for the following:• ESX/ESXi VMkernel, • Service Console• vCenter Server

• This enables vSphere to manage ESX and ESXi hosts through vCenter Server in mixed IPv4/IPv6 environments

• Virtual Machine client support for IPv6 is still entirely dependent on the Guest OS

• Network storage support (iSCSI and NFS) over IPv6 is still experimental though

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Power Management

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkv0fhu-m2k&NR=1&feature=fvwp

• vSphere 4 Editions• Hardware Requirements• TCO Calculator• Documentation

Editions & Requirements

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vSphere 4 Editions

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Editions Continued

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Editions Continued

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Editions Continued

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/purchase-advisor/

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/key_features_vsphere.pdf

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Hardware Requirements

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

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TCO Calculators

https://roianalyst.alinean.com/ent_02/AutoLogin.do?d=593411470991915416

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Documentation

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx40_vc40.html

Questions?

VMware vSphere 4 Administration Seminar