Take Confident Steps Towards Virtualization Phil Utschig Solutions Architect September 15, 2008 Springfield, IL 2Agenda Why Virtualize? Planning and Discovery Server Virtualization Desktop Virtualization 33Overview Virtualization is becoming easier to implement and manage with the industrys growing support!!! Why Virtualize? Reduce costs of idle resources Increase efficiencies in IT operations Improve time to implement new services Increase DR & BC capabilities Reduce support costs 4 Discovery - Where to start? Analyze IT environment for areas of improvement Storage Consolidation study Vendor-based Network bandwidth study Services, HA capable, iSCSI support Power/Cooling audit ROI specs Server Consolidation study Vendor-based 5 Discovery Capacity Planners Consolidation Estimate (BCE) Up to 500 servers sample plan One business cycle performance assessment Phased approach is available Roadmap for P2V implementation No business data or IP addresses is shared during process Hostnames and performance metrics only 6 Discovery Planning What Should be Virtualized? What Needs to be in Place? Selecting a Virtualization Platform 6 7 Start with low hanging fruit (servers) for P2V Start with high risk legacy servers Understand application IOPS requirements Underutilized servers Choose an implementation method Full implementation Jump Start On own Discovery Planning 8 Networking VLANs Physical NICs 2 Service Consoles 1 VMkernel (for VMotion) 1 Production DNS Forward and reverse entries Discovery Planning VMotion Static IPs Dedicated virtual switch Firewall configuration for remote facilities NIC Teaming and Port Aggregation iSCSI vs. FC 9 Discovery Planning Storage Supported HBAs Number of VMs per LUN Backup plan Disks IOPS 10 Discovery Planning Servers Scale-up Scale-out High Availability Needs Processing Needs Memory Needs 11 Discovery Planning Platform 12 Central Mgmt Enterprise VMs Live VM Migration Live VM Disk File Migration Next Generation Hypervisor Backup Storage Virt. Resource Management Power Management ESX Server 3i VMFS Virtual SMP ESX Server 3i VMotion Storage VMotion High Availability DRS DPM VC Agent VI Foundation VI Standard VI Enterprise Consolidated Backup Update Manager VMFS Virtual SMP ESX Server 3i OR ESX Server VC Agent Consolidated Backup Update Manager High Availability VC Agent Consolidated Backup Update Manager Availability Patch Management VMFS Virtual SMP ESX Server 3i OR ESX Server VMFS Virtual SMP ESX Server 3i OR ESX Server Discovery Planning Platform 13Virtualization Server Virtualization Desktop Virtualization 14 Server Virtualization Best practices in design and implementation: Standardize server for VM migrations Choose servers that will meet VM needs Management console on a physical server High DRS priority to applications hit hard at specific times Use an NFS server to load disk ISO images Pay close attention to Microsoft Licensing 15 Desktop Virtualization Benefits of desktop virtualization Increased availability and reduced downtime Hardened security Improve software and asset tracking Simplified support and remote management Reduce costs of Installs/Moves/Adds/Changes (IMACs) Desk space and office environmental savings True desktop experience 16 Desktop Virtualization HP CCI Wyse Citrix Microsoft Thin Clients ClearCube VMware VDI 17 Blade Workstations Desktop Virtualization - Users Engineer & Trader Multiple business and productivity applications open at a time More rich graphical applications More memory per user Many users log in simultaneously Multiple compute and graphics intensive applications Specialized engineering & trader peripherals Quad display support Unlimited resolution support Application Streaming Basic Productivity Worker Fewer application types Intermittent usage Primarily text-based Limited printing Limited mouse usage Distributed login times Desktop Virtualization Knowledge Worker Multiple business and productivity applications open at a time More rich graphical applications More memory per user Many users log in simultaneously 18 Desktop Virtualization Differences Application Streaming Desktop Virtualization Blade PC GraphicsPoorAverageGreat VideoNAAverageGood PerformanceAverageGreat RedundancyGoodGreatGood PrintingPoorGood USBPoorGreat AD Integration Yes HP Only Application Compatibility AverageGreat ManagementGood Deployment Time GoodGreatGood 19 Desktop Virtualization Blade PC Remote Data Center #1 On Site Data Center Remote Data Center #2 User retains access to compute / data resources 20 Desktop Virtualization Blade PC Remote Data Center #1 On Site Data Center Remote Data Center #2 Re-establish connection with no session loss Re-connect from secondary location Re-establish connection with no session loss Work from home 21 Were There.