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What’s New in vSphere 4.0:Technical Overview

Ton HermesTon Hermes

Partner Systems Engineer

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Introducing VMware vSphere™

Application Services

VMotionStorage VMotionHAFault ToleranceData Recovery

vShield ZonesVMSafe

DRSHot Add

Availability Security Scalability

.Net SaaSGridJ2EELinuxWindows Web 2.0vApp

vCenter Suite

Infrastructure Services

ESXESXiDRS/DPM

VMFSThin ProvisioningVMFS Volume Grow

Distributed Switch

VMware

vSphere™ 4.0

Internal Cloud External Cloud

Data Recovery

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vCompute


VMware vSphere™ 4.0

NE

W

ESX Service Console updates

Enhanced cluster resource usage views

vCompute vStorage vNetworkC

UR

RE

NT

NE

W Enhanced cluster resource usage views

Expanded DRS information

Expanded support for Distributed Power Management

CPU/Memory optimization

DRS

Run the Most Business Critical Applications

% o

f A

pplic

ations

IOPS

Network

Memory

CPU

95% of applications

< 300 KB/s

< 4 GB at peak

1 to 2 CPUs

ESX 3.5

9 Gb/s

64 GB per VM

4 VCPUs

ESX 4.0

40 Gb/s

255 GB per VM

8 VCPUs

% o

f A

pplic

ations

Application’s Performance Requirements

IOPS < 100 at peak 100,000 200,000+

ESX 4 Service Console

64-bit, 2.6-based Linux kernel compatible with RHEL 5.2

and CentOS 5.2

Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit applications

Console root file system is a VMDK file

VMkernel runs and owns device drivers Service Console


Network interfaces fully support IPv6

New DRS Management Pages

Recommendations page

Refresh recommendations

Apply a subset of recommendations

Edit cluster properties

Apply all selected recommendations

Faults page


History tab

recommendations recommendationsFaults view displays issues that prevented DRS from providing or applying recommendations.

Actions taken based on recommendations

Customize the display

Scheduled Task to Change Resource Settings

Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks > Add


To accommodate business priorities that change over time, schedule tasks to change resource settings.

DPM consolidates workloads to reduce power consumption

Cuts power and cooling costs

Automates management of energy efficiency

Supports three wake protocols:

Intelligent platform management

VMware DPM Expanded Support


Intelligent platform management interface (IPMI)

Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Configure and test wake on

every host in cluster

Resource Pool

Power Optimized

Standby Host Server

vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vStorage




Pluggable Storage Architecture

CU

RR

EN

TN

EW

iSCSI enhancements

Thin Provisioning for virtual disks

VMFS Volume Grow

vStorage APIs for Data Protection

VMFS

Consolidated Backup

Enhanced Multipathing withPluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)

� Storage Array Type Plugins (SATPs) handle path failover, monitors path health, and reports changes to NMP.

� Path Selection Plugins (PSPs)choose the best path.


SATP PSP

HBA 1 HBA 2

NMP PSA

VMkernelStorage Stack

� Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)

� Native Multipathing Module (NMP)

vStorage APIs for Multipathing

Third-Party MPP

Third-Party MPP

VMware NMP

VMware SATP VMware PSP

VMware PSPVMware SATP

Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)


VMware PSP

Third-Party PSP

VMware SATP

Third-Party SATP

For unique performance and fault-tolerance

behavior

To accommodate specific storage

arrays

For more complex I/O load balancing

algorithms

Updated iSCSI Stack

Significant performance improvements

No longer requires service console connection to communicate with an iSCSI target

New iSCSI initiator features

Host Configuration > Storage Adapters > Properties


New iSCSI Initiator Configuration Options

Improved security Performance fine-tuning


Virtual machine disks consume only the amount of physical space in use

Virtual machine sees full logical disk size at all times

Full reporting and alerting on allocation and consumption

vStorage Thin Provisioning


ESX

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

Virtual Disks

20GB

20GB

20GB

Thick Thin Thin40GB 100GB

consumption

Significantly improve storage utilization

Eliminate need to over-provision virtual disks

Reduce storage costs by up to 50%

Datastore

40GB

20GB

60GB

20GB

100GB

Thin Disk Provisioning Operations

Create New Virtual Machine Wizard

A thin-disk option is available when you:�Create a virtual machine�Clone to a template�Clone a virtual machine�Migrate virtual machine storage (Storage VMotion)


Clone and Migrate Virtual Machine Wizards

Hot Virtual Disk Extend

Expand virtual disks online

Respond quickly to growing requirements without downtime

VMFS Volume Grow

Expand VMFS Volume on the same LUN it was created

Efficient Storage Abstraction with VMFS


ESX

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

Virtual Disks

20GBExtend 10G of virtual disk

Add new virtual disk

Extend 8G of virtual disk

20GB

No change same LUN it was created

Facilitate adding more virtual machines to an existing volume

Facilitate data growth for virtual machines

Increase flexibility to simplify capacity planning

Datastore

100GBLUN

VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore

No change to datastore

VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore

40GB

Volume Grow expands an extent so that it fills the available

VMFS Volume Grow Option

Add Extent Volume Grow

Volume Grow expands an extent so that it fills the available

adjacent capacity.

Single partition provides improved virtual machine availability

Can grow a volume any number of times up to size for a VMFS volume

Must grow LUN backing VMFS datastore first

Extent immediately after must have free space in LUN


Backup Application


Physical Server or VM (Windows or Linux)

SAN Storage

Backup Proxy Server

Centralized Data Mover

Snapshots

Mo

un

t

Third-Party API Integration in 2009

Vendor Virtual Machine Backup Product

CA ArcServe

Commvault Galaxy Simpana

EMC � Avamar� Networker

HP Data Protector

IBM Tivoli Storage ManagerIBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Symantec � Backup Exec� Backup Exec System Recovery� NetBackup Enterprise

Vizioncore vRanger Pro

VCB will continue to ship with vSphere until API integration has been well adopted.

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Additional New vStorage Features Summary

SCSI-3 Compliant

Modular Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)

Updated iSCSI stack

Native SATA support

MS Server 2008 Failover Clustering support

Persistent reservations in VMkernel

LSI Logic SAS (virtual SAS controller)

Optimized Storage Capabilities


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Native SATA supportcontroller)

New storage virtual devices

Paravirtual SCSI adapter

IDE virtual device

vSphere 4.0 Infrastructure Services: vNetwork




NE

W

IPv6 support

VMDirectPath I/O

CU

RR

EN

TN

EW VMDirectPath I/O

vNetwork Distributed Switch

Third-party distributed virtual switches

vNetwork virtual switch

IPv6 Support

Successor to IPv4

128-bit addresses (vs. 32-bit in IPv4)

Link-local addresses that appear as the interface is initialized

Addresses set by router advertisements

Ability to have multiple IPv6 addresses on an interface

Supported ComponentsSupported Components

Virtual machines (as of ESX 3.5)

VMware Tools to display addresses in vCenter Server

Service console

VMkernel

vSphere Client connection to vCenter Server not supported

VMDirectPath I/OI/O Device Driver Directly Accesses Physical Device

Full network support with:

Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Broadcom 57710 10 gigabit network adapter

Experimental storage I/O device support with:

QLogic QLA25xx 8Gb Fibre Channel

LSI 3442e-R and 3801e (1068 chip based) 3Gb SAS adapters

Virtual machines must be running on Intel Nehalem platform support

Each virtual machine can connect to up to two passthroughdevices

Increases performance but trades off losing several virtualization features

VMotion, Hot add/remove of virtual devices, Suspend and Resume, Record and Replay, Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Memory Over-commitment, page sharing

I/O MMU

I/O Device

Virtualization

Layer

Standard Switch Architecture

Service Console

Network configuration at the host level

Virtual

PhysicalPhysical NICs

Physical Switches

vNICs

vSwitches

Port Groups VM Port GroupVMotion Port VM Port Group COS PortVMotion Port

ESXi Host 1 ESX Host 2

Virtual Machines Service ConsoleVMotion

Distributed Switch Architecture

Distributed Switch(Control Plane)

DistributedPort Groups

Service Console

vCenterServer

Hidden vSwitches (IO plane)

ESXi Host 1 ESX Host 2

Virtual

Physical

vSphere Client

Plug-In

DB Control Plane

vCenter Server

Third-Party Distributed Switches

vNetwork Appliance APIs allow third-party developers to create distributed switch solutions.

vCenter ServerExtension

IO Plane

ESX

IO Plane

Virtual Control PlaneAppliance

Agent Agent ESX

Extension

vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Availability



NE

W

Enhanced VMotion compatibility

Storage VMotion enhancements

Availability Security ScalabilityC

UR

RE

NT

NE

W Storage VMotion enhancements

VMware HA enhancements

VMware Fault Tolerance

VMware Data Recovery

VMware HA

VMotion

Storage VMotion

NIC/HBA teaming

Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)

CPU Baseline Feature Set

CPUID


EVC ClusterEVC prevents migrations with VMotion from failing due to incompatible CPUs.

CPUID

CPUID

CPUID

X… X… X…

K…

EVC Cluster Requirements

Hosts

CPUs from a single vendor, either Intel or AMD

Running ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 or later

Connected to vCenter Server

Hardware virtualization support (AMD‐V or Intel VT) enabled

Support hardware live migration (AMD-V Extended Migration or Intel FlexMigration) or have baseline processor of intended feature


‐

Intel FlexMigration) or have baseline processor of intended feature set

Virtual Machines

Powered off or migrated out of cluster when EVC is enabled

Applications on virtual machines must use CPUID instructions

Storage VMotion in vSphere 4

Enhancements

Can administer via vSphere Client

Supports NFS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI

No longer requires 2 x memory

Supports moving VMDKs from thick to thin formats

Can migrate RDMs to RDMs and RDMs to VMDKs (non-passthrough)


VMDKs (non-passthrough)

Leverages new vSphere 4 features to speed migration

Limitations

Virtual machine cannot include snapshots

VM must be powered off to simultaneously migrate both host and datastore

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Storage VMotion in vSphere 4

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2. Enable changed block tracking on the virtual machine’s disk

3. “Pre-copy” virtual machine’s disk and swap file from source to destination

4. Invoke fast suspend/resume on virtual machine


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Source Destination

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1. Copy virtual machine files except disks to new datastore

5. Remove source home and disks of virtual machine

New HA Cluster Settings

Ability to suspend host monitoring


Choice of three admission control strategies

VM Monitoring

Enable automatic restart due to failure of guest operating system

Determine how quickly failures are detected


failures are detected

Set monitoring sensitivity for individual virtual machines

VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)

vLockstep Technology vLockstep Technology


SecondaryPrimary New Secondary

VMware FT provides zero-downtime, zero-data-loss protection to virtual machines in an HA cluster.

New Primary

How VMware FT Works

VMkernel VMkernelVMM VMM

PrimaryVirtual Machine

SecondaryVirtual Machine

Record Logs

Log Update Log Read


Log BufferLog Buffer

Heartbeat

Record Logs

Read/Write Read

Single Copy of Disks on Shared Storage

Enable Fault Tolerance with a Single Click

Primary Virtual Machine > Summary Tab


After you turn on Fault Tolerance, the Status tab on the primary virtual machine shows Fault Tolerance information.

Requirements for VMware FT

vSphere Configuration

� VMs must be in HA cluster� Hosts from same CPU model family� VMs must run on different hosts

Storage � VMs stored on shared storage � VMs provisioned with thick virtual disks� VMs not stored on physical RDMs

Networking � Minimum of two VMkernel gigabit NICs for VMotion and Record/Replay logging


VMotion and Record/Replay logging� Additional gigabit NICs for normal network traffic

Processor � VMs must be of same CPU model family� Intel Merom, Penryn, and Nehalem� AMD Opteron Rev E/F and Greyhound

Host BIOS � Turn on Hardware Virtualization (HV) � Turn off power management (power capping)� Turn off hyperthreading

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VMware Data Recovery

VMware’s Backup/Recovery Solution based on APIs for


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Solution based on APIs for Data Protection

Agentless disk-based backup and recovery

De-duplication and incremental backups to save disk space

VMware Data Recovery Key Components

VMware ESX/ESXi

Virtual Machines

vCenter Server Data Recovery

vCenter Plug-in> With vSphere Client plug-in, allows configuration

and management of backup/recovery appliance

> Wizard driven backup and restore job creation

> Storage of backup configuration in vCenter Server database and awareness of HA/VMotion/DRS

Backup and Recovery Appliance> OVF appliance

> Leverages vStorage APIs for Data Protection to discover, manage backup and restore


Storage

Servers

VMware ESX/ESXi

VMware ESX/ESXi> Provides VSS support

> Change block tracking functionality allows backups to be more efficient

Storage> Any VMFS storage: DAS, iSCSI or Fibre Channel

storage plus NFS and CIFS shares as target

> All backed up virtual machines are stored on disk in a deduplicated datastore

discover, manage backup and restore

vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Security



NE

W VMware VMsafe


CU

RR

EN

TN

EW VMware VMsafe

VMware vShield Zones

Thin ESXi hypervisor with locked-down interfaces

No dependence on general-purpose OS

VMware VMsafe

API that enables protection of VMs by inspection of virtual components in conjunction with hypervisor

Isolation of protection engine from malware

Broad ranging coverage of virtual machine CPU, memory, storage and network


Protection Engine

VMware vSphere™

network

Application

Operating System

Capabilities

Bridge, firewall, or isolate VM zones based on familiar VI containers

Monitor allowed and disallowed activity by application-based protocols

One-click flow-to-firewall blocks precise network traffic

vShield Zones


Benefits

Well-defined security posture within virtual environment

Monitoring and assured policies, even through Vmotion and VM lifecycle events

Simple zone-based rules reduces policy errors

VMware vShield Zones Architecture

vShield Host Gateway

Virtual Network Monitoring

Virtual Network Firewall

Transparently Managed

vShield Manager

Centralized Monitoring

Centralized Policy Assignment

Web-based interface


VMware ESX VMware ESX

vShieldvShield

VMware ESX

vShieldVMwarevCenter

VMwarevShield

Manager

vSphere 4.0 Application Services: Scalability



NE

W

Increased host scalability

8-way SMP and 255 GB of virtual machine


CU

RR

EN

TN

EW 8-way SMP and 255 GB of virtual machine

RAM

Hot add of virtual CPU and memory

Hot plug devices

Hot extend of virtual disks

DRS shares and reservations allow apps to shrink and grow based on priority

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Host Scalability

Enhanced performance and higher consolidation rates

64-bit VMkernel

512GB host memory

64 logical CPUs

256 virtual machines per host

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS192 VMs

256 VMs


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256 virtual machines per host

32 Cores

256 GB512GB64 Cores

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Virtual Machine Scalability

Dynamic scale-up supports much larger workloads

8-Way Virtual SMP

256GB RAM

Virtual Machine Hardware Version 7256 GB

AppApp


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Version 7

New virtual devices

VMDirectPath I/O

Hot plug support8 CPUs

App

OS

OS

Hot Add for Memory and CPU

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Options Tab > Memory/CPU Hotplug


You must enable Memory and CPU Hot Add so that the options are available on the Hardware tab.

Hot Adding and Removing PCI Devices

You can hot-add/remove:� Network cards� SCSI adapters� Sound cards

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab > Add


� Sound cards� SCSI disks and CDROMs� USB EHCI controller� VMCI� PCI passthrough devices

Hot Extending VMDKs

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab


Summary of VMware vSphere™



vShield ZonesVMSafe

DRSHot Add


vApp

vCenter Suite


ESXESXiDRS/DPM


Distributed Switch

VMware

vSphere™ 4.0


Data Recovery


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vCenter Server 4 Highlights

Increased Scalability � vCenter Server Linked Mode� vCenter Orchestrator

Streamlined � Host Profiles

vCenter Server

Streamlined Management

� Host Profiles� vApps� Centralized licensing� vCenter Server plug-in updates

Resource Management � Performance Charts Enhancements� Storage Awareness Enhancements

vSphere Client: Improved Navigation

Home Page

Inventory Search

Navigation Bar

vCenter Server Linked Mode Overview

Standard vSphere Client can access inventory across multiple vCenters

View and search across combined inventory of a group of vCenter a group of vCenter Servers

Shared roles and license configurations

vCenter Server Linked Mode Architecture

vSphere Client

TomcatWeb Service

ADAM Instance

TomcatWeb Service

ADAM Instance

TomcatWeb Service

ADAM Instance

vCenterServer

vCenterServer

vCenterServer

vCenter Server Instance

ADAM Instance ADAM InstanceADAM Instance

Connection information

Certificates and thumbprints

Licensing information

User roles

vCenter Server InstancevCenter Server Instance

Automation with vCenter Orchestrator

Workflow engine for orchestrating virtualization

Automate manual, repeatable steps by drag and drop interface without scripting

Centralize workflow management for all processes vCenter Orchestrator management for all processes associated with the environment

Administer and control large environments easily

Provide custom workflows for complex environments

vCenter Orchestrator

VMware Confidential

Host Profiles Overview

Host profiles reduce setup time and allow you to manage configuration consistency and correctness.

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Cluster

Reference Host

VMware Confidential

Basic Workflow to Implement Host Profiles

�Host Profile

Memory Reservation

Storage

Networking

Date and Time

Firewall

Security

2

3

4

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Security

Services

Users and User Groups

Security

ClusterReference Host1

3

5

vApp – Self Describing Applications Enable Choice

Availability

Security

ScalabilityvApp

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

Internal

Clouds

Cloud OS

Management

Federation & Choice

Standards

External

Clouds

Cloud OS

Management

vApp Overview

� vApps are multi-tier application services that you can manage as a single inventory item.

Provides for single-step management

Eliminates complex setupand configuration

App Server

VM

vApp

App Server

VM

Database

VM

…

OVF Descriptor

Resource Pool

Distributed Virtualization Layer

Simplified License Management in vSphere 4

Simple license keys instead of flex

1 license per edition

1 key for many hosts

New centralized license key administration in vCenter

No separate license server to manage or monitor

Centralized host and license monitoring through vCenter enabling easy compliance

New license portal provides more accurate view of entitlementNew license portal provides more accurate view of entitlement

Managing Licenses in vSphere 4

Manage licenses

Administration > Licensing

Key is a string, not a text file Custom label

Export report

vCenter Server Plug-in Enhancements

Lower overhead and better scalability

Modular plugin

Analyzes up to 500 physical machines at a

More platforms supported

Ability to convert to new platforms supported in ESX/

Enhanced management and administration

ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual appliance upgradesphysical machines at a

time

ESX/ESXi 4.0

Support for Windows Server 2008 as source and platform

Convert Microsoft Hyper-V VMs to VMware VMs

upgrades

Baseline groups

Compliance dashboard

Patch staging

New Performance Charts

Thumbnail ViewsPerformance overview charts help to quickly identify bottlenecks and isolate root causes of issues.

Thumbnail Views

New Storage Views

The new Storage Views tab provides greater insight into capacity utilization and storage connectivity.

Maps View

LUN

HBATarget

Summary of VMware vSphere™



vShield ZonesVMSafe

DRSHot Add


vApp

vCenter Suite


ESXESXiDRS/DPM


Distributed Switch

VMware

vSphere™ 4.0


Data Recovery


vSphere 4 Packaging

New vSphere 4 Editions: Overview

STANDARD($795 / CPU)

Simple Consolidation

ENTERPISE PLUS

($3495 / CPU)

Simplified Operations

ADVANCED($2245 / CPU)

Availability

ESSENTIALS PLUSIntegrated availability

solution for Small Businesses

($2995 All-in-One for 3 Servers)

VMware vSphere

ENTERPRISE($2875 / CPU)

Automated Resource

Management

ESSENTIALSBasic management of

free ESXi($995 All-in-One for 3

Servers)

Scale limited,Low initial price,

Small office-oriented features

Scale unlimited,Value price, Low TCO

Full featured

Basic management

for:

•Simple

consolidation

•Remote offices

•Test labs

High availability for:

•Production

infrastructure

•Mission critical

applications

Large scale

management and

integration for:

•Internal cloud

•Tier 1

applications

Automated

resource

management for:

•Production

infrastructure

•Mission critical

applications

vSphere 4 Editions: Essentials Packaging

All inclusive packages:

Licenses for 3 physical servers (up to 2 processors each)

License for central management server

Packages cannot be decoupled or combined; components cannot be used with other vSphere editions

Data Recovery x 6 CPUS

ESSENTIALS($995)

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

4-way vSMP

vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)

ESSENTIALS PLUS($2,995)


4-way vSMP

vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)

VC Agent VC Agent

Update Manager

High Availability

6 CPUS x

6 CPUS x

6 CPUS x

1 x

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

x 1

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

Update Manager 6 CPUS x

vCenter Serverfor Essentials

New vSphere 4 Editions: Overview

STANDARD($795 / CPU)

Simple Consolidation

ENTERPISE PLUS

($3495 / CPU)

Simplified Operations

ADVANCED($2245 / CPU)

Availability

ESSENTIALS PLUSIntegrated availability

solution for Small Businesses

($2995 All-in-One for 3 Servers)

VMware vSphere

ENTERPRISE($2875 / CPU)

Automated Resource

Management

ESSENTIALSBasic management of

free ESXi($995 All-in-One for 3

Servers)

Scale limited,Low initial price,

Small office-oriented features

Scale unlimited,Value price, Low TCO

Full featured

Basic management

for:

•Simple

consolidation

•Remote offices

•Test labs

High availability for:

•Production

infrastructure

•Mission critical

applications

Large scale

management and

integration for:

•Internal cloud

•Tier 1

applications

Automated

resource

management for:

•Production

infrastructure

•Mission critical

applications

vSphere 4 Editions: Core Platform

VMotion™

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

VMotion™

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

Distributed Switch

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Host Profiles

High availability products for

protecting critical production

applications

Large scale management of critical production

applicationsNew

VMotion™

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning

Hot Add Hot AddHot Add

High Availability

STANDARD ENTERPRISE PLUS

License (1 CPU)SnS (Gold/Plat)

$795$273 / 323

$2,245$471 / 561


4-way vSMP

VC Agent

6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory

High Availability


4-way vSMP

VC Agent


ADVANCED

High Availability


8-way vSMP

VC Agent

12 Physical Cores / CPUNo License Memory Limit

$3,495$734 / $874

Basic consolidation

of a lab or small

environment

$2,875$604 / 719

High Availability


4-way vSMP

VC Agent


ENTERPRISE

Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager

Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning

VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs

vCenter Server

VI Management

$4,995vCenter ServerStandard

License SnS (Gold/Plat)

$1,049/1,249

vCenter Server Standard and vCenter Server Foundation are management servers

vCenter Server Foundation is limited to 3 nodes of any size / suite

-No host limit-Includes Linked Mode-Includes Orchestrator

vCenter Server is required for most vSphere features

$1,495vCenter Server Foundation

$545/645

Per Instance (USD)

suite

One (1) instance is required for most vSphere Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus features

-3 ESX host limit

$9,995vCenter Heartbeat

$2,099/2,499

A la Carte Pricing

Most features are no longer available a la carte (e.g. VMotion)

Data Recovery is available for standalone sale on top of vSphere Standard only

ESXi is still available for free as

FREE

License

$495/595(optional)

VI Add-ons SnS (Gold/Plat)

ESXi Single Server

-Per incident support available at $299/incident

ESXi is still available for free as “ESXi Single Server”

Excellent solution for virtualizing one or two servers

Does not include a vCenter management agent

$695 $146/174

Per Processors (USD)

Data Recovery

-Only available for sale with vSphere Standard

Vragen?

• vSphere 4.0 is a major new release that will require updates to most current VMware add-on products

• Most products will release updates that will provide vSphere 4.0 compatibility in 2H 2009

• Customers will still receive VI3 licenses for most bundles containing not-yet-compatible products, but can upgrade/downgrade their license keys at any time

VMware Solution Compatibility

Compatible with vSphere 4 at GACompatibility with vSphere 4

planned for 2H 2009

vCenter Heartbeat VMware View

VMware Capacity Planner vCenter Site Recovery Manager

Converter 4.0 vCenter Lifecycle Manager

vCenter Stage Manager

vCenter Lab Manager

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