Preparing for the SDDCWhat this means for you and how to be ready

Scott Lowe, VCDX 39vExpert, Author, Blogger, Geek

http://blog.scottlowe.org / Twitter: @scott_lowe

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1.Virtualization extends to all of IT2.IT management gives way to automation3.Compatible hybrid cloud is ubiquitous

Three aspects of SDDC

What does this mean?

“Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it

does to survive the future. You cannot manage change, you can

only be ahead of it.”— Peter Drucker

1. Virtualization extends toall of IT.

• Extend the results of virtualization to all aspects of IT

• Underlying mechanisms will be very different• Organizational challenges may lie ahead• This doesn't mean the virtualization admins have “won”

Virtualization extends toall of IT

“...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are

fruitless.”— St. Augustine

• So what can we do?• Become familiar with the underlying mechanisms

• Compute: Hypervisors• Networking: SDN, NFV, network encapsulation protocols• Storage: Disk architectures, replication, latency

Virtualization extends toall of IT

2. IT management gives wayto automation.

• Automation is more than just scripting or templates• It's the gateway to scale• Scale is about more than just size, it's also about effort

IT management gives wayto automation

• So what can we do?• Give up the idea of "hand crafting" everything• Explore different aspects of automation

• Scripting: PowerShell, Perl, Python, shell• Configuration management: Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible• APIs: JSON, XML, HTTP REST• Combinations of technologies

IT management gives wayto automation

3. Compatible hybrid cloud is ubiquitous

• Compatible implies interoperable, not necessarily identical• Interoperability involves multiple aspects

• Management compatibility• Execution compatibility• Data compatibility

• Application awareness is critical—need to understand dependencies and relationships

Compatible hybrid cloud is ubiquitous

• So what can we do?• Educate yourself on “cloudy” technologies

• Differences between providers (vCHS, Amazon, GCE)• Differences between CMPs (vCAC, OpenStack, CloudStack)• Key architectures (object storage, stateless instances)

Compatible hybrid cloud is ubiquitous

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