Exchange 2010 New England Vmug

Exchange 2010 on VMware –New England VMUGAndrew Lewis, Sr. Specialist – Messaging & Collaboration, VMwareAndrew Lewis, Sr. Specialist Messaging & Collaboration, VMware

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IntroductionsExchange on vSphere Overview and UpdatesExchange on vSphere PerformanceESX host Best Practices for ExchangeExchange 2010 Capacity PlanningAvailability & Recovery OptionsCustomer Success Stories

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Exchange is Maturing

Exchange 200332-bit Windows



900MB database cache

32+ GB database cache

32Kb block size

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8Kb block size

1:1 read/write ratio

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Further 50% I/O ratio ratio

70% reduction in disk I/O

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>95% of Apps Match Native Performance on Virtual Machines

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1. Source: VMware Capacity Planner assessments

Server Hardware is More Powerful

More physical cores per socketMore physical memoryMore physical memorySmaller datacenter footprintMore network bandwidth (10Gb ethernet)More network bandwidth (10Gb ethernet)Optimized for virtualization• AMD RVI• Intel EPT

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Support Options

Scenario 1:• Support through MS Premier contract

htt // t i ft /kb/897615/• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615/en-us

Scenario 2:• Support through Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program• Support through Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program• ESX 3.5 U2 and above (including vSphere)• Windows Server 2008 and aboveWindows Server 2008 and above• Exchange 2007 and above (including Exchange 2010)

Scenario 3:• Support through server OEM• http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/ms_support_statement.html

Scenario 4:• Support through VMware GSS, TSA Net

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Key Benefits of a vSphere platform:

Server Consolidation:

• Utilize all your server processor cores.

• Maintain role isolation without additional hardware expense• Maintain role isolation without additional hardware expense.

Operational advantages:

• Design for today’s workload rather than guessing about tomorrowDesign for today s workload rather than guessing about tomorrow.

• Design for specific business requirements...

• Rapidly provision Exchange Servers with virtual machine templates.

• Reduce hardware and operational Costs of maintaining an Exchange Lab.

• Enhance testing and troubleshooting using cloned production virtual machines.

Higher availability with less complexity:

• Reduce planned downtime due to hardware or BIOS updates with VMware VMotion™.

• Reduce unplanned downtime due to hardware failure or resource constraints.

• Implement simple and reliable Exchange disaster recovery.

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Exchange 2010 Performance Analysis

Jetstress• Storage performance assessment for Exchange provided by

Microsoft.• Uses Exchange libraries to simulate multi-threaded Exchange-like

workload across storage configuration.L dGLoadGen

• Exchange deployment performance assessment provided by Microsoft.Microsoft.

• Runs end-to-end tests from client to measure typical Exchange activities.

• SendMail, Logon, CreateTask, RequestMeeting, etc.

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vSphere Scale Up Performance of Exchange

Virtual is within 5% of Physical.Virtual is within 5% of Physical.Only 25% CPU with 4000 Users.

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vSphere Scale Out Performance of Exchange

Performance remains good with more VMs and Users.CPU Utilization is under 60% with 8,000 users and 4 VMs.CPU Utilization is under 60% with 8,000 users and 4 VMs.

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Storage Protocol Performance Comparison

8 VMs with 2000 Heavy Online Users = 16000 Users TotalPerformance of FC, iSCSI, and NFS on NetApp FAS6030All three protocols performed great – FC was the Best

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Testing Exchange in a Private vSphere Cloud

What happens when Exchange VMs are allowed to roam?vSphere has the ability to load balance with DRSAlgorithm for DRS includes cost / benefit analysis

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Up to an 18% gain in performance, with an average of 8%Although Exchange is not CPU constrained workload, it still benefits from load balancingCost / Benefit algorithm of DRS was correct in movingCost / Benefit algorithm of DRS was correct in moving Exchange VMs even though CPU was not constrained Not supported for MS Cluster Nodespp

User Groups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Avg

N DRS 734 584 844 693 795 974 775 1004 800No DRS 734 584 844 693 795 974 775 1004 800

DRS 684 554 854 673 704 844 745 854 739

% Advantage for DRS 7% 5% -1% 3% 13% 15% 4% 18% 8%

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Summarizing Performance

Performance has been validated by VMware and Partners.• Minimal CPU overhead observed on ESX 3.5 (5-10%)• Minimal CPU overhead observed on vSphere (2 7%)• Minimal CPU overhead observed on vSphere (2-7%)• No impact on disk I/O latency • RPC latency comparabley p• No virtualization performance degradation observed

All three storage protocols performed great – FC was the Best.DRS can increase performance and reduce resource consumption on stand-alone mailbox servers.

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Virtual Memory

Best Practices• Do not over-commit memory until VC reports that steady state usage

is below the amount of physical memory on the serveris below the amount of physical memory on the server.• Set the memory reservation to the configured size of the VM,

resulting in a per-VM vmkernel swap file of zero bytes. Setting ti ld li it VM tireservations could limit VMotion.

• It is important to “right-size” the configured memory of a VM. Memory will be wasted if the Exchange VMs are not utilizing the y g gconfigured memory.

• Enable DRS to ensure workloads are balanced in the ESX cluster.DRS and reservations can guarantee critical workloads have theDRS and reservations can guarantee critical workloads have the resources they require to operate optimally.

• To minimize guest OS swapping, the configured size of the VM should be greater than the average memory usage of Exchangeshould be greater than the average memory usage of Exchange running in the guest. Follow Microsoft guidelines for memory and swap/page file configuration of Exchange VMs.

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Storage

Storage Virtualization Concepts• Storage array – consists of physical disks that are presented as logical

( ) S Sdisks (storage array volumes or LUNs) to the ESX Server.

• Storage array LUNs –formatted as VMFSformatted as VMFS volumes.

• Virtual disks –t d t th tpresented to the guest

OS; can be partitioned and used in guest file systemssystems.

• Raw Device Mappings (RDM) –can be presented to either VMs or physical servers.

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Storage

Best Practices• Deploy Exchange VMs on shared storage – allows VMotion, HA,

Sand DRS. Aligns well with mission-critical Exchange deployments, often installed on shared storage management solutions.

• Ensure heavily used VMs not• Ensure heavily-used VMs notaccessing same LUN concurrently.

• Storage Multipathing – Setup a i i f f th f ESXminimum of four paths from an ESX

Server to a storage array (requires at least two HBA ports).

• Create VMFS file systems from VirtualCenter to get best partition alignment.g

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VMFS RDM

VMFS and RDM Trade-offs

VMFS• Volume can host many virtual machines

(or can be dedicated to one virtual

RDM• Maps a single LUN to one virtual

machine; isolated I/O.machine).

• Increases storage utilization, provides better flexibility, easier administration,

• More LUNs = easier to hit the LUN limit of 256 that can be presented to ESX Server.better flexibility, easier administration,

and management.

• Large third-party ecosystem with V2P products to aid in certain support

Server.

• Leverage array level backup and replication tools that integrate with Exchange databasesproducts to aid in certain support

situations.

• Does not support quorum disks required

Exchange databases

• RDM volumes can help facilitate swinging Exchange between physical

for third-party clustering software.

• Fully supports VMware Site Recovery Manager.

servers and VMs.

• Required for Microsoft Clustering. Clustered databases and logs should g gbe on RDM disks.

• Full support for Site Recovery Manager

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Manager.

Best Practices

Resource Management & DRS

Best Practices• The source and target ESX hosts must be connected to the same gigabit

network and the same shared storage.network and the same shared storage.

• A dedicated gigabit network for VMware VMotion is recommended.

• The destination host must have enough resourcesThe destination host must have enough resources.

• The VM must not use physical devices like CD ROM or floppy.

• The source and destination hosts must have compatible CPU models or• The source and destination hosts must have compatible CPU models, or migration with VMware VMotion will fail.

• To minimize network traffic it is best to keep VMs that communicate with each other together (e.g. Mailbox and GCs) on the same host machine.

• VMs with smaller memory sizes are better candidates for migration than larger oneslarger ones.

• NOTE: VMware does not currently support VMware VMotion or VMware DRS for Microsoft Cluster nodes; however, a cold migration

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is possible once the guest OS is shut down properly.

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Collect Current Messaging Stats

Use the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer to collect information from your current environment.

Example: p•1 physical location•16,000 users•Mailbox profilesMailbox profiles

•150 messages sent/received per day•Average message size of 50KB•500MB mailbox quota•500MB mailbox quota

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Passive Database Overheads

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Exchange Server Minimums and Recommended Maximums

Exchange 2010 server role Minimum Recommended Maximum

Edge Transport 1 x processor core 12 x processor cores

Hub Transport 1 x processor core 12 x processor corescores

Client Access 2 x processor core 12 x processor cores

Unified Messaging 2 x processor core 12 x processor cores

Mailbox 2 x processor core 12 x processor p pcores

Client Access/Hub Transport combo‐role (Client Access and Hub Transport roles running on the same physical

2 x processor core 12 x processor coresand Hub Transport roles running on the same physical

server)cores

Multi‐role (Client Access, Hub Transport and Mailbox 2 x processor 24 x processor

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server roles running on the same physical server) cores cores

Megacycle

• A Megacycle is a unit of measurement used to represent processor capacity.

T hl ill t t 1 GH d i t l• To roughly illustrate, a 1 GHz processor can produce approximately 1,000 megacycles of CPU throughput.

• For a larger example, a two-socket, quad-core server (8 cores) with g p q ( )3.33 GHz CPUs can produce approximately 26,400 megacycles.

• Each Exchange user placed on the server will subtract from this capacity, at varying rates depending on the activity and size of the mailboxat varying rates depending on the activity and size of the mailbox.

• Don’t forget that we must take into account CPU requirements for both the active and passive mailboxes that will be hosted on the server .

From Microsoft TechNet (link):Megacycles are estimated based on a measurement of Intel Xeon x5470 3.33 GHz processors (2 x 4 core arrangement) A 3 33 GHz processor core = 3 300 megacycles of performance throughputcore arrangement). A 3.33‐GHz processor core = 3,300 megacycles of performance throughput. Other processor configurations can be estimated by comparing this measured platform to server platforms tested by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). For details, see the SPEC CPU2006 results at the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Web site.

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User Profile and Message Activity

Mailbox Server Processor Capacity Planning (TechNet)(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee712771.aspx)

Messages sent or received per

Database cache per mailbox in

Single database copy (stand‐alone) with

Multiple database copies (mailbox resiliency) with

Megacycles for active mailbox or stand‐alone

Megacycles for passive mailbox

mailbox per day

megabytes (MB)

estimated IOPS per mailbox

estimated IOPS per mailbox

mailbox

50 3 0.06 0.05 1 0.15100 6 0.12 0.1 2 0.3150 9 0.18 0.15 3 0.45200 12 0.24 0.2 4 0.6250 15 0.3 0.25 5 0.75300 18 0.36 0.3 6 0.9350 21 0.42 0.35 7 1.05400 24 0 48 0 4 8 1 2400 24 0.48 0.4 8 1.2450 27 0.54 0.45 9 1.35500 30 0.6 0.5 10 1.5

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Designing for Peak Utilization

• It is recommended that standalone servers with only the mailbox role be designed to not exceed 70% utilization during peak period. If deploying multiple roles on the server, then the mailbox role should be p y g pdesigned not to exceed 35%.

• For solutions leveraging mailbox resiliency, it is recommended that the configuration not exceed 80% utilization after a single or doubleconfiguration not exceed 80% utilization after a single or double member server failure when the server only has the mailbox role installed. If deploying multiple roles on the server, then the mailbox role should be designed not to exceed 40%.should be designed not to exceed 40%.

• CPU utilization is determined by taking the CPU Megacycle Requirements and dividing it by the total number of megacycles available on the server (which is based on the CPU and number of cores)on the server (which is based on the CPU and number of cores).

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Determining Database Cache Size

• The first step in planning for Mailbox Server memory is to determine the amount of required database cache by multiplying the mailbox count by the memory requirements based on the user profile.

• For example, 4,000 users sending/receiving 150 messages per day will require 36 GB of database cache. (4000 * 9 MB = 36 GB).

Messages sent or received per mailbox per day

Database cache per mailbox in megabytes (MB)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en‐us/library/ee712771.aspx

per day megabytes (MB) 50 3100 6150 9200 12250 15300 18350 21350 21400 24450 27500 30

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Determining Total Memory

• The next step is to determine the amount of required physical memory by• The next step is to determine the amount of required physical memory by determining which server configuration provides 36 GB of database cache.F l i l l M ilb ith 48 GB f h i l RAM• For example, a single role Mailbox server with 48 GB of physical RAM will provide 39.2 GB of database cache; therefore, 48 GB of physical RAM is the ideal memory configuration based on this mailbox count/user

filprofile. Server physical memory (RAM)

Database cache size: (Mailbox role only)

Database cache size: Multiple‐role (for example, Mailbox + Hub Transport)

2GB 512 MB Not supported4GB 1 GB Not supported8GB 3 6 GB 2 GB8GB 3.6 GB 2 GB16GB 10.4 GB 8 GB24GB 17.6 GB 14 GB32GB 24.4 GB 20 GB32GB 24.4 GB 20 GB48GB 39.2 GB 32 GB64GB 53.6 GB 44 GB96GB 82.4 GB 68 GB

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128GB 111.2 GB 92 GB

Calculating Storage Requirements

• Mailbox Server Storage Design (TechNet)• Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator

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Sample Storage Configuration (4,000 Users – 150 sent/received)

CPU: 6 vCPUMemory: 48 GBMemory: 48 GB

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Server Role Ratios (Processor Cores)

Hub Transport and Client Access Server Planning

Server Role Ratios (Processor Cores)Server role ratio Recommended processor core ratio Mailbox:Hub 7:1 (no antivirus scanning on Hub)

5:1 (with antivirus scanning on Hub)Mailbox:Client Access 4:3Mailbox: Combined Hub/CAS 1:1Mailbox: Combined Hub/CAS 1:1

Memory RequirementsExchange 2010 server role Minimum Recommended g

supported Hub Transport 4 GB 1 GB per core (4

GB minimum)GB minimum)Client Access 4 GB 2 GB per core (8

GB minimum)Cli A /H b T bi d 4 GB 2 GB (8Client Access/Hub Transport combined role

4 GB 2 GB per core (8 GB minimum)

When doing processor core ratios, remember to factor in the expected peak utilization of your

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g p p p ymailbox servers.

Th B ildi Bl k A h (S d l M ilb S )

Scaling Exchange for the Enterprise

The Building Block Approach (Standalone Mailbox Servers)• Best Practice for Standalone Mailbox Servers• Pre sized VMs with predictable performance patterns• Pre-sized VMs with predictable performance patterns• Improved performance when scaling up (memory page sharing)• Simplified deployment

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Building Block 500 1000 2000 4000

Profile 150 150 150 150 sent/received sent/received sent/received sent/received

Megacycle Requirement 1,500 3,000 6,000 12,000vCPU (based on 3.33- 2 (Minimum) 2 (Minimum) 4 6vCPU (based on 3.33GHz processor-based server)

2 (Minimum)(.6 Actual)

2 (Minimum)(1.3 Actual)

4(2.6 Actual)

6(5.1 Actual)

Cache Requirement 4.5 GB 9 GB 18 GB 36 GB

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Total Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB 24 GB 48 GB

Scaling Exchange for the Enterprise

Th DAG A h (Cl d M ilb S )

• The new DAG feature in Exchange 2010 necessitates a

The DAG Approach (Clustered Mailbox Servers)

Exchange 2010 necessitates a different approach to sizing the Mailbox Server role, forcing the administrator to account for bothadministrator to account for both active and passive mailboxes.

• Mailbox Servers that are members of a DAG can host one or more passive databases in addition to any active d t b f hi h thdatabases for which they may be responsible.

• The amount of passive mail phosted changes as you add/delete DAG nodes.

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vSphere Configuration Maximums

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• vSphere Virtual machines are limited to 8 vCPU and 255 GB of RAM.

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_config_max.pdf

• Each ESX host can only accommodate up to 255 LUNs.• Each vSphere LUN is limited to 2 TB (without SAN extents).

Be sure to take vSphere configuration maximum into account, especially when configuring storage.

For example, when sizing a DAG, limiting database sizes to 1 TB will ensure that we don’t come too close to our 2 TB LUN limit.

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Resource Requirements by Server Role

Sample Exchange 2010 Resource RequirementsExchange Role Physical Resources (per server)Mailbox Server (4 servers) CPU: 6 cores (60% max utilization)

Memory: 48 GB

Sample Exchange 2010 Resource Requirements

OS and Application File Storage:64 GB (OS & Application files)DB Storage:110 x 300 GB 10K RPM FC/SCSI/SAS 3.5"(RAID 1/0)( )Log Storage:6 x 300 GB 10K RPM FC/SCSI/SAS 3.5"(RAID 1/0)Restore LUN:12 x 300 GB 10K RPM FC/SCSI/SAS 3 5"12 x 300 GB 10K RPM FC/SCSI/SAS 3.5(RAID 5)Network: 1 Gbps

Client Access Server (3 servers) CPU: 4 coresM 8 GBMemory: 8 GB Storage:24 GB (OS & application files)Network: 1 Gbps

Hub Transport Server (2 servers) CPU: 2 coresHub Transport Server (2 servers) CPU: 2 coresMemory: 4 GBStorage:20 GB (OS, application, & log files)32 GB (DB, protocol/tracking logs, & temp files)Network: 1 Gbps

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Network: 1 Gbps

Sample Hardware Layout

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Performance Monitoring

Subsystem esxtop Counters VirtualCenter Counter

ESXTop counters for Exchange.

y pCPU %RDY

%USEDReadyUsage

Memory %ACTV ActiveySWW/sSWR/s

SwapinSwapout

Storage ACTV CommandsDAVG/cmdKAVG/cmd

deviceWriteLatency & deviceReadLatencykernelWriteLatency & kernelReadLatency

Network MbRX/s packetsRxMbTX/s packetsTx

vSphere offers integrated support for PerfMon!

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Capacity Planning Summary

• Follow Microsoft guidelines for processor, memory, and storage of the mailbox server role

• Be sure to take into account passive databases if you are usingBe sure to take into account passive databases if you are using DAGs

• Design for peak utilization – 70% for standalone and 80% for l t d ilbclustered mailbox servers

• Understand and adjust for vSphere Configuration Maximums (256 LUNs, 2 TB LUN size limit, etc.)

• Use the building block approach with standalone mailbox servers; use the DAG method and the storage calculator for clustered mailbox serversservers

• Follow Microsoft guidelines for Hub Transport and Client Access Server ratios; remember the CAS is much heavier in 2010

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Business-level Approach

• What are you trying to protect?y y g p

• What are your RTO/RPO requirements?

• What is your Service Level Agreement (SLA)?

• How will you test/verify your solution?

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Local Site Options

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Simple Standalone Server with VMware HA

• Can use Standard Windows and Exchange editions

• Does not require Microsoft clustering

• Simple to configure and easy to manage

• Quickly restore service during host failure

• Combine with application-aware availability solution

• VMotion, DRS, and HA are fully supported!

• Protects from hardware failure only

• Does not provide application protection

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What is a DAG?

• DAG stands for Database Availability Group and consists of 2 or more mailbox servers that are grouped together for mutual protection.

• Unlike a traditional active/passive server configuration, failover occurs by database rather than by server.

• DAGs utilize the Microsoft Clustering Service although there is• DAGs utilize the Microsoft Clustering Service although there is no requirement for shared quorum disks.

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How is DAG different from CCR?

Exchange 2007 CCR• Failover of entire server• 2x storage req.• No shared storage• IP replication

Exchange 2010 DAG• Failover of DBs• Failover of DBs• No passive servers• 2x or more storage req2x or more storage req.• No shared storage• IP replication

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VMware HA + DAGs (no MS support)

• Protects from hardware and application failurepp

• Immediate failover (~ 3 to 5 secs)

• No passive servers!

• HA decreases the time the database is in an ‘unprotected state’

• Windows Enterprise Exchange• Windows Enterprise, Exchange Standard or Enterprise editions

• Complex configuration and capacity l iplanning

• 2x or more storage req.

• Not officially supported by MicrosoftNot officially supported by Microsoft

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Caveats & Restrictions

• Clustering is not supported by VMware on iSCSI or NFS disks• Mixed environments not supported

using Qlogic and Emulex HBAs on the same host using ESX Server 3.x and ESX Server 4.x across ESX hosts

• DRS and HA must be disabled in the virtual machine properties of• DRS, and HA must be disabled in the virtual machine properties of Microsoft Clustered VMs

• Microsoft does not support migration of running virtual machines (VM ti ) th t l t ft h i t l d t(VMotion) that run cluster software, however internal and customer PoC testing has shown VMotion to have no affect on the operation of a CCR or DAG member.

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Remote Site Options

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VMware SRM + DAGs (no MS support)

• DAG provides local site protection

• Storage replication keeps DR facility in sync

• During a site failure the admin has full control of recovery• During a site failure, the admin has full control of recovery

• Once workflow is initiated, SRM automates the recovery process

• The entire process can be tested without actually failing over services!The entire process can be tested without actually failing over services!

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DAG + Delayed Copy Replay

• DAG provides local site protection

• Log replication keeps DR facility in sync

• Requires manual database activation• Requires manual database activation

• Administrator can remove logs to adjust recovery point

• No redundancy until new passive databases are establishedNo redundancy until new passive databases are established

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Backup and Recovery

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Agent-based Backup

• Standard method for physical or virtual• Agent runs in the VM guest and handles database quiescing• Data is sent over the IP network• Data is sent over the IP network• Can affects CPU utilization in the Guest OS

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Array-based Backup

• Backup vendor software coordinates with VSS to create a supported backup image of the Exchange databases

• Snap-shotted databases can later be streamed to tape as flat files withSnap shotted databases can later be streamed to tape as flat files with no IO impact to the production Exchange Server.

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Summary

• Understand what the business expects for availability and recovery• For hardware failure protection, VMware HA offers a low cost, much

simpler alternative to Microsoft Clustering• Database Availability Groups can be combined with HA for faster

recovery of mailbox servers (not MS-supported)y ( pp )• Site Recovery Manager allows for the failover of entire datacenters!• Microsoft Clustering IS supported on VMware virtual machines if HA and

DRS di bl d i th VM tiDRS are disabled in the VM properties• Either agent-based or array-based backups can be used to protect

virtual Exchange serversg

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Notable Customers

• United States Navy/Marine Corps – 750,000 mailboxes• University of Plymouth – 40,000 mailboxes, replaced MSCS• VMware IT – 9,000 very heavy mailboxes• University of Texas at Brownsville – 25,000 mailboxes,

using vSphere for site resiliencyusing vSphere for site resiliency• Undisclosed customer – 20,000+ mailboxes, Exchange

2010 early adopter

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