David Stamen, Sr Virtualization Engineer – Avast SoftwareKyle Ruddy, Sr Technical Marketing Engineer - VMware

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How vSphere with Operations Management Made Our Environment Run Lean and Mean

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Speaker Introduction

• David Stamen– Senior Systems Engineer

– Avast Software

• Twitter: @davidstamen

• Kyle Ruddy– Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer

– VMware

• Twitter: @kmruddy

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Environment Overview: Avast Software

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Avast Software’s Environment

• Global Infrastructure spread throughout US, Canada and Europe.

• VMware Environment:

– vSphere 6.5

– vRealize Operations 6.6

– vRealize Automation 7.3

– Horizon View 7.1

• Servers: Cisco UCS

• Storage: Pure Storage, SolidFire, Compellent

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In Action: vSphere with Operations Management

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Right Sizing VMs – Thinking Through the Process

• Evaluate Existing Workloads

• Analyze Available Data Areas

– Dashboards

– Reports

• Taking Actions Within vRealize Operations

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Right Sizing VMs Goals: Improve Performance & Minimize Waste

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Troubleshooting an Issue – Best Practices

• What happened with my VM?

• Are there critical alerts?

• Is there resource contention or spiking?

• Is there latency working with the datastores?

• Is this the cause of a larger outage, or will it help lead to the issue?

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Monitoring Enhancements – Tips and Tricks

• View Overall World Health From the Top Layer

• Configure the Available Adapters For More In-depth Information

– Log Insight & vSAN

• Use Smart Alerts and Evaluate Their Recommended Actions

• Check the Environment’s Proactive Recommendations

• Customize What is Seen with Custom Datacenters

• Monitor Distributed Port Groups and Packet Monitoring

• Enable and Use Customizable Email Notifications

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Capacity Analysis Scenarios

• Planning and Budgeting for New Hardware

• Comparing Demand Against Allocation

• Estimating Datastore Growth Rates

• Oversized VM Analysis

• Correlate pCPU to vCPU Ratios

• Evaluate Memory Remaining

• Analyzing Growth Trends

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Workload Placement Dashboard Features

• Configure Cluster DRS Settings

• Monitor Environment Utilization

• Compare Workload Trends Over Time

• Use DRS to Transfer Workloads Between Clusters

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