VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp

Lab Validation Report VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp

Reducing Cost and Complexity with NetApp and VMware vCloud Director

By Brian Garrett, ESG Lab VP, and Mike Leone, ESG Lab Engineer

March 2012 © 2012, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Lab Validation: VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp 2

© 2012, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Background ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Introducing VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp .............................................................. 4

ESG Validation ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Getting Started ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 NetApp and vCloud Director Integration ................................................................................................................ 7 Fully Integrated Manageability ............................................................................................................................... 8 Policy-based Provisioning and Automation .......................................................................................................... 10 Data Management for Business Continuity .......................................................................................................... 12

ESG Lab Validation Highlights ..................................................................................................................... 15

Issues to Consider ....................................................................................................................................... 15

The Bigger Truth ......................................................................................................................................... 16

Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

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Introduction

This ESG Lab Validation describes the hands-on testing of a VMware cloud infrastructure and management on NetApp solution with a focus on the value of integrated manageability, policy-based provisioning and automation, and data management for business continuity.

Background

Organizations need to respond to rapidly changing market dynamics, customer requirements, and competitive threats. To support that effort, many are building-out private cloud infrastructures with a goal of reducing costs through consolidation and increasing agility through policy-based automation.

One of the foundational technologies of a private cloud is server virtualization. In fact, ESG research indicates that server virtualization has been a top IT priority for the past three years.

As more organizations rely on consolidated virtual server infrastructures, legacy backup and recovery methods are being stressed. Not surprisingly, data protection is tied with server virtualization as the top IT priority in ESG’s 2012 spending intentions survey (see Figure 1)1. “Deploying a private cloud infrastructure” also made it into the 2012 list of top-10 IT priorities, up from number 22 in the list just two years ago.

Figure 1.Top Ten IT Priorities

Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, 2012.

Certainly, new technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing are growing while the everyday challenges of data growth and information protection remain. Virtualization helps organizations better utilize assets and simplify administration; cloud computing takes advantage of that virtualization to enable fast provisioning of new applications and on-demand resource consumption.

The difficulty for many is in finding a way to implement the new technologies. Planning for and deploying multiple infrastructure layers can be complex.

1 Source: ESG Research Report, 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey, January 2012.

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Which of the following would you consider to be your organization's most important IT priorities over the next 12-18 months? (Percent of respondents, N=614)

http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/2012/01/2012-it-spending-intentions-survey/



Introducing VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp

VMware cloud infrastructure and management on NetApp supports multi-tenant, hybrid cloud environments that include internal private clouds and public clouds hosted by service providers. Figure 2 depicts a summary of the solution, with a cloud management layer (VMware vCloud Director) and a virtual server infrastructure layer (VMware vSphere) connected to a Unified Storage solution from NetApp. In combination, the solution is used to create virtualized pools of compute, network, and storage resources that can be provisioned and consumed on demand. Secure multi-tenancy is provided with pools of resources that are configured and managed as virtual data centers (vDCs).

Figure 2. VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management on NetApp

VMware vCloud Director

VMware vCloud Director takes virtualization to the data center level, pooling compute, storage, and network resources across clusters into infrastructure units that end-users consume through role-based access policies. Users can encapsulate multiple virtual machine (VM) services and associated networking policies into vApps, which are portable packaged units that make it easy to share services between clouds instead of locking them into specific deployments. These packaged units are manipulated through open APIs and can be deployed on any cloud compatible with VMware vCloud. Other key concepts include:

Organizations—a set of users, such as a corporate department or a service provider’s customer, that can be grouped with associated policies. An organization with isolated virtual resources, independent authentication and specific policy controls provides security and control in a multi-tenant environment.

Organization vDCs—virtual data centers that provide an organization with the compute, memory, storage, and network resources they need to create vApps.

Provider vDCs—groups of virtual resources from a single VMware vCenter. Administrators can use vCloud Director to allocate the resources to organizations.

vCenter Orchestrator (vCO)—an orchestrator that can help administrators automate existing manual tasks to simplify administration.



VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere provides the pool of virtualized resources used by VMware vCloud Director, including the vCenter servers, ESX hosts, resource pools, datastores, vNetwork Distributed Switches, and port groups.

NetApp Unified Storage

NetApp storage solutions enable organizations to realize the full benefits of cloud computing using VMware vCloud Director. Designed to be flexible and scalable, NetApp storage provides resilient, modular, multi-protocol storage, supporting FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and HTTP-based REST protocols to handle the diverse needs of multi-tenant environments. The Data ONTAP operating system is a single set of software and processes operating across all storage tiers and product lines for installation, provisioning, mirroring, backup, and upgrades.

Laying a storage foundation for cloud services, NetApp Unified Storage helps providers provision capacity rapidly and efficiently to meet a wide variety of service level agreements (SLAs). The MultiStore capability lets administrators logically partition NetApp storage into virtual storage arrays for security in multi-tenant environments. Data ONTAP deduplication and thin provisioning reduce VMware vCloud storage requirements, which in turn reduces costs and capacity requirements across primary, backup, and archival storage. The Snap Creator Framework within the OnCommand Management Software suite provides wizard-driven automation for backup and recovery using efficient, disk-based snapshots.

This end-to-end cloud computing solution leverages integrated components from industry leaders to assist organizations in expanding server virtualization and cloud computing. Whether deployed internally or hosted, this new concept of virtual applications and virtual organizations is designed to provide application and infrastructure services that are easy for end-users to consume.

This solution separates the consumption of infrastructure services from their delivery, which enables IT to manage the environment more efficiently. Instead of provisioning manually, struggling with proliferating VMs, and designing custom services to accommodate various users, IT tasks and costs can be streamlined with automated delivery and consumption as well as portable service design.

Deep integration between NetApp and VMware simplifies management by helping organizations:

Deal with never-ending data growth Increase their use of server virtualization Ensure the protection of vital information assets while minimizing capital and operational expenses



ESG Validation

ESG Lab performed hands-on evaluation and testing at NetApp’s facilities in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Testing was designed to demonstrate the VMware cloud infrastructure integration on NetApp, with a focus on manageability, automation, and data-management capabilities using NetApp tools.

Getting Started

The physical test bed used during the ESG Lab validation is summarized in Figure 3 and is documented in the appendix. VMware software was running on a pair of rack-mounted IBM x3550 servers and a pair of Fujitsu RX300 servers connected to each other and to a NetApp FAS3140 through a Cisco Nexus 5010 switch with 10 Gb Ethernet.

Figure 3. Physical View of the ESG Lab Test Bed

A logical view of the solution’s key software components appears in Figure 4. The VMware software components are depicted in green, and the NetApp software components are shown in blue.

Figure 4. Logical View of the ESG Lab Test Bed



NetApp and vCloud Director Integration

NetApp products provide the integration with vCloud Director and vCenter to make the solution work. Of particular relevance are:

Virtual Storage Console, a plug-in to vCenter that provides integrated discovery, health monitoring, capacity management, datastore provisioning, cloning, backup, restore, and disaster recovery. This plug-in lets VMware administrators perform storage operations without coordinated support from storage administrators. VMware administrators gain efficiency and visibility, while storage administrators maintain control of storage policies.

Snap Creator Framework, a NetApp framework that provides granular-level backup and recovery of the cloud architecture, including VMs, organizations, and vApps. It delivers a centralized, consistent backup solution that integrates with existing application environments to reduce costs and enable higher ROI. In addition, the vCloud Director-aware interface allows administrators to automate disaster responses using SnapMirror replication.

OnCommand, management software offers effective, cost-efficient management of shared storage infrastructures to help optimize utilization, meet SLAs, minimize risk, and boost performance. OnCommand Unified Manager offers policy-based automation to provision an entire NetApp SAN and NAS infrastructure from a single console. Policy-based provisioning, can speed up provisioning workflows and boost capacity utilization.

Besides the key VMware vCloud integration points listed above, NetApp is fully integrated with additional APIs from VMware, including the vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) to improve scalability and performance for block and file storage.

Why This Matters

A growing number of organizations are moving toward a cloud-based IT services model that magnifies the benefits of server virtualization. In a recent ESG survey, the top benefits reported by organizations with extensive server virtualization experience are reduced costs, improved disaster recovery capabilities, reduced power and cooling requirements, and improved utilization. NetApp has created a design guide for a fully integrated data center virtualization solution that amplifies those benefits. Deep integration with VMware APIs and documented best practices are helping users to create an on-demand model for the policy-based provisioning, management, and protection of IT services.



Fully Integrated Manageability

NetApp’s plug-in for vCenter Server, called the Virtual Storage Console, lets administrators manage and provision VMware environments running NetApp storage through any connected vSphere Client. Resources such as NetApp storage controllers or ESX hosts can be added to virtual environments and later be consumed by virtual cloud environments. The plug-in provides four important capabilities to assist in managing a virtual environment:

Monitoring and host configuration Optimization and migration Provisioning and cloning Backup and recovery

ESG Lab Testing

ESG Lab tested the first phase of NetApp’s integration with VMware by using the Virtual Storage Console plug-in for vCenter Server. ESG Lab used a vSphere Client to connect to the vCenter Server, taking advantage of various capabilities including the integration of NetApp best practices. Figure 5 shows a picture of a vSphere Client, highlighting the location of the NetApp plug-in. The Virtual Storage Console plug-in software adds the NetApp icon to the Solutions and Applications panel on the vSphere Client home page.

Figure 5. Powerful Plug-ins from NetApp

ESG Lab took a closer look at NetApp’s integration by focusing on the monitoring and host configuration capabilities. We accessed the overview panel shown in Figure 6 by clicking on the NetApp icon in the vSphere Client and clicking “Monitoring and Host Configuration” in the navigation pane. We used the overview panel to manage ESX hosts and NetApp storage. Note the NetApp best practices alerts, shown in red, in the ESX Hosts section under Adapter Settings.

After a right-click on an ESX host, the system responded with a dropdown list allowing us to automatically set NetApp-recommended best practices. With a single mouse click, we used this feature to automatically apply NetApp ESX best practices. A pop-up window with check boxes opened, which we used to apply three NetApp-recommended settings. In this case, we checked all three settings to fix incorrectly configured host bus adapter, multipath driver, and NFS settings.



Figure 6. Automating Best Practices with NetApp Plug-ins for VMware

Why This Matters

Storage capacity requirements and management complexity are rising as a growing number of organizations deploy applications within a VMware-enabled virtual server infrastructure. Policy-based tools and automation are needed to reduce costs and respond faster to the needs of the business.

ESG Lab testing has confirmed that a deeply integrated VMware cloud infrastructure and management solution from NetApp reduces cost and complexity as it creates an on-demand cloud infrastructure with built-in security and role-based access control. ESG Lab was particularly impressed with the ability to automatically configure recommended NetApp best practices for ESX host settings using a wizard accessible from the VMware vSphere Client management interface.



Policy-based Provisioning and Automation

VMware vCloud Director (vCD) and vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) automate the provisioning of cloud infrastructure resources. vCD serves as an interface to create and manage administrative tasks. NetApp products provide the integration with VMware “under the covers.” The combined solution delivers policy-driven storage provisioning that can be managed under service level agreements. This simplifies storage provisioning by enabling administrators to use role-based access controls to manage different levels of performance and protection (e.g., gold, silver, bronze) within a single cloud.

Policy based provisioning is achieved through the Storage Service Catalog, a component of the NetApp OnCommand management software suite and a key NetApp differentiator for the rapid creation of cloud services. It provides a layer of abstraction between service levels and physical storage and allows administrators to define the service levels that specify and map to the attributes of the pooled storage infrastructure, resulting in more flexible, efficient, and dynamic allocation of storage.

Storage service catalog options can be standardized into service type tiers, such as Gold, Silver, or Bronze, called on by vCenter Orchestrator for provisioning applications and virtual machines (VMs), or higher-level storage service catalog requests. Automated management simplifies and expedites end-user provisioning by tying appropriate storage services to catalog requests for applications or VMs, resulting in a self-service approach to delivering cloud services.

ESG Lab Testing

ESG Lab started with the vSphere Client to see how NetApp resources are provisioned and managed in a vCloud-enabled environment. Next, we learned how to consume those resources within a vCloud infrastructure using a gold datastore policy.

The web interface home screen of the vCD is shown in Figure 7. The bottom of the screen displays system, organization, and user-level tasks to help manage the existing cloud infrastructure. Available in the middle of the screen are guided tasks, which focus on the expansion of the existing cloud infrastructure. This expansion can focus on adding new resources or increasing the utilization of current resources.

Figure 7. VMware vCloud Director: Wizard-driven Provisioning and Management

Next, ESG used NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager to create the resource pool to provision storage to vCloud Director. Using the Storage Service Catalog functionality of OnCommand, we created a “Gold” aggregate resource pool with overcommit and then attached them to a vCloud Director provider vDC.



As shown in Figure 8, the easy-to-use “Add Resource Pool” wizard of NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager was used to create a Gold level aggregate for provisioning datastores.

Figure 8. NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager - Add Resource Pool Wizard

Once the Gold aggregate was available, we created Gold datastores on that aggregate and added them to the ESX hosts. Finally, we logged into vCloud Director and attached the ESX Gold datastores to vCloud provider vDCs.

Figure 9. NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager – Created Gold Datastore

Why This Matters

While server virtualization has reduced application deployment times, tools that automate the end-to-end, policy-driven provisioning of new applications are needed to respond even faster to the needs of a business.

ESG Lab has confirmed that NetApp integration with VMware vCloud Director increases the speed and agility of an IT department by automating the role-based, policy-driven provisioning of NetApp storage resources. ESG Lab was particularly impressed with the OnCommand Storage Service Catalog and how it helps reduce management complexity while improving storage provisioning and protection processes.



Data Management for Business Continuity

NetApp’s Snap Creator Framework provides snapshot backups, recovery, and, therefore, business continuity for a wide variety of virtualization platforms, operating systems, and applications including a VMware vCloud infrastructure. The framework serves as a centralized, wizard-driven user interface for the automated creation, execution, and monitoring of disk-based backup and recovery operations powered by NetApp’s snapshot technology.

Within a VMware vCloud infrastructure, Snap Creator can be used to back up or recover an entire virtual data center, a virtual organization within a data center, a virtual machine within a virtual organization, an application (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server) within a virtual machine, or a file within a virtual machine.

ESG Lab Testing

ESG Lab used a Snap Creator wizard to back up a virtual data center. As shown in Figure 10, the wizard consists of numerous screens; we used them to define the backup profile. Within the wizard, we selected the VMware vCloud Director plug-in, provided the vCloud Director URL, and entered the correct security credentials. After performing credential verification, the system retrieved all of the orgs, vDCs, and vApps. Granularity was evident; we were given the ability to select a full organization or just one vApp within an organization.

Figure 10. Snap Creator Wizard with NetApp VMware vCloud Director Plug-in



The wizard prompted for vCenter server and the NetApp filer credentials to perform the backup. Next, we selected a snapshot name, policy name (“daily”), number of snapshots to retain, and snapshot age. Lastly, a summary screen appeared, and the new configuration file was ready to use.

Now that a backup profile existed, we could view scheduling options or trigger one-time backups. We performed a one-time backup; Figure 11 depicts the steps we took. First, we selected a backup profile using the newly created configuration file. The system displayed a dropdown menu providing a number of options including clones, snapshots, and restores. We chose “snapshots” and selected the recently created “daily” policy. The system executed a snapshot of all of the storage resources associated with the virtual data center.

Figure 11. Data Protection and Business Continuity with NetApp Snap Creator

Lastly, we tested the restore functionality of the Snap Creator Framework and observed four restore options: File, Volume, VMware, and Domino. In keeping with the VMware integration focus of this ESG Lab validation, we chose to restore a virtual machine. This time, instead of selecting the snapshot option from the configuration file dropdown, we chose the restore option. The VMware restoration process is accompanied by a wizard consisting of three screens: a welcome screen, a restore details screen, and a summary screen. Figure 12 shows the restore details screen.



Figure 12. Restoring a Virtual Machine in a VMware Virtual Data Center with NetApp Snap Creator

We provided all of the required parameters, including the IP address where the backup was located, the policy name (“daily”), and most importantly, the name of the snapshot that was used for the restore. We specified the restore type as a VMware restore and clicked “next.” The restore wizard executed, and we monitored the completion of the restore operation. The successfully restored VM powered on and was verified to be back in its original state.

Why This Matters

With more and more companies deploying entire suites of business applications in a VMware-enabled virtual infrastructure, quick and reliable disk-based recovery is needed now more than ever. The all-too-common practice of maintaining multiple backup methods and complex scripts increases the risk of downtime and data loss. Excessive downtime and application unavailability can result in a loss of sales, loss of customer goodwill, loss of productivity, loss of competitiveness, and increased costs.

ESG Lab used NetApp Snap Creator to perform a wizard-driven backup of a vDC and a restore of a VM within that vDC. ESG Lab was impressed with the wizard-driven simplicity, which not only eliminates the need for custom backup scripts in a VMware vCloud environment, but also provides a single point of control for managing disk-based data protection policies for a wide variety of popular third-party applications including Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, and SQL Server.



ESG Lab Validation Highlights

ESG Lab used the NetApp Virtual Storage Console and the VMware vSphere Client to configure and manage storage resources in a VMware vCloud Director environment.

ESG Lab was particularly impressed with the deep VMware integration that automated the application of NetApp best practices from within a VMware management console.

NetApp integration with VMware was used to apply NetApp best practices to new and existing resources with just a few mouse clicks.

vCloud Director was used to manage a fully virtualized environment. Managing resources added from vCenter Server became even easier with vCD-provided, wizard-driven guidance.

ESG Lab used the Snap Creator Framework to verify NetApp’s highly granular virtual cloud backup and restore capabilities. Easy-to-follow wizards were used to create a backup profile, which later led to a one-time backup of a vDC and a VM restore within that same vDC.

Issues to Consider

You may need to update an existing VMware infrastructure to take advantage of VMware Cloud Director. Minimum requirements include VMware ESX/ESX 4.0 Update 2 or later, and vCenter Server 4.0 Update 2 or later.

VMware vCenter clusters used with vCloud Director must be configured to use Automated Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS). Automated DRS requires shared storage attached to all hosts in a DRS cluster. NetApp’s field-proven family of shared storage solutions have been deployed in thousands of production VMware environments.

Server virtualization is driving the need for more cooperation across IT. ESG sees this pattern as a sign of things to come as organizations move to a cloud services delivery model. Future IT workers may retain technical specialties, but they will need general IT skills that span the technology stack. CIOs should budget for cross-training programs and recruit skilled IT generalists in the future.

CIOs who are looking to take advantage of the benefits of fully integrated cloud services need to consider the impact that automation can have on existing application deployment, networking, and security processes.

Snap Creator had its roots in the field. It was originally developed to eliminate scripting for applications that aren’t supported by an existing NetApp SnapManager product. The NetApp professional services team and early adopters relied on an open-source-style model for development and support (Snap Creator Developer Community). Over the years, Snap Creator has evolved from a field services tool supported by an open-source-style community to become fully supported software available on the NetApp NOW site as part of the OnCommand Management Software Suite.



The Bigger Truth

ESG research published in late 2010 found that nearly three-quarters (74%) of North American enterprise and large midmarket organizations were using server virtualization, and an additional 12% were evaluating or piloting the technology.2 Early adopters reported considerable cost savings and efficiency gains as they used server virtualization technology to turn pools of underutilized physical IT assets into a pool of highly available virtual machines.

These optimized resources provide a great foundation for the delivery of cloud services. However, in spite of server virtualization’s widespread use and many associated benefits, IT managers reported a number of challenges associated with it as a foundation for cloud services:

Better integration. The words “better integration” appeared in several functional IT group wish lists. This demonstrates the need for more tightly coupled technology that complements the cross-functional skills of a new type of IT organization centered on delivering virtualized IT services.

Virtualization-aware management tools. Respondents pointed out the pressing need for “better server management capabilities.” Clearly, IT workers are crying out for a new generation of tightly integrated management tools with virtual intelligence.

Automated storage pools. In an effort to accommodate rapid virtual machine growth, organizations cited the need for technologies that make it easier to manage pools of storage capacity presented to servers.

Secure multi-tenancy. Server and networking professionals called out the need for better security, and application owners described the need for “improved multi-tenancy capabilities.”

Enhanced backup tools. Respondents were implementing new backup tools and processes with a goal of improving the protection, recoverability, and availability of virtualized applications running in multi-tenant environments.

NetApp has created a fully integrated solution that addresses each of these challenges as it extends the benefits of VMware server virtualization and provides a solid foundation for cloud services. ESG Lab testing has confirmed that an integrated solution built with NetApp Unified Storage and VMware vCloud Director can be used to deploy, manage, and protect a virtual data center supporting multiple organizations—each with multiple virtualized applications. Snap Creator simplified backup and recovery in a secure multi-tenant environment.

Although all components of a VMware vCloud solution are vital, the special importance of a sound storage foundation should not be overlooked. In addition to the features mentioned earlier, standard NetApp features include active-active controllers that provide automatic, transparent failover for enterprise-class availability; multipath configurations that improve system availability and performance; RAID DP, which protects against double disk failures; FlexClone, which automates the storage-efficient deployment of virtual applications; and so on. Suffice it to say that if you integrate with a storage architecture that is less reliable, fast, and safe than NetApp, you have done yourself no favors.

NetApp is well-known for best practices and methodologies that document how to integrate Unified Storage with a wide variety of applications, operating systems, virtualization layers, and management software. When we first tested a NetApp storage solution with iSCSI support in 2003, we were impressed with the native look and feel of the NetApp SnapDrive for Windows plug-in. Since then, ESG Lab testing with a number of integrated application and virtualization solutions from NetApp, including Microsoft Exchange and VMware ESX integration, has confirmed the benefits of deep integration and documented best practices. Once again, ESG Lab is pleased to report that NetApp has created a design guide for yet another excellent solution that leverages deep integration with VMware vCloud Director.

If your organization is looking to leverage the benefits of a sound server virtualization foundation with a fully integrated solution that delivers on-demand, orchestrated provisioning of service offerings, ESG Lab recommends that you start with a design guide based on VMware cloud infrastructure and management on NetApp.

2 Source: ESG Research, The Evolution of Server Virtualization, November 2010.

http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/2010/11/the-evolution-of-server-virtualization/http:/www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/2010/11/the-evolution-of-server-virtualization/



Appendix

Table 1. ESG Lab Test Bed

Servers

Infrastructure Provider/Tenant

Two Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5, 8 Xeon 2.6 GHz CPU cores, 96 GB RAM Two IBM X3550 M2, 8 Xeon 2.53 GHz CPU cores, 26 GB RAM

Network

Cisco Nexus 5010, 10 GigE

Storage

Infrastructure: NetApp FAS3140 Provider/Tenant: NetApp FAS3170

ONTAP 8.0.1 NFS over SAS ONTAP 8.0.1 NFS over SAS

Software

VMware vCloud Director Version 1.5

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0

NetApp OnCommand System Manager

Version 2.0

NetApp Virtual storage Console (VSC) Version 2.1.1x1

NetApp Snap Creator Version 3.5

NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager

Version 5.0

VMware vShield Manager Version 5.0.0-462645

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