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IBM Server Virtualization Efficiency StudyHow our new service offering can help you optimize your VMware infrastructure
IBM Global Technology Services
September 19, 2012
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Today’s Agenda
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11:00-11:05am ET(5 min)
Welcome and Introduction Davy Summers Business Unit Executive IBM Data Center Services
11:05 - 11:35am ET (30 min)
Challenges in the market today
Complexities within a virtual environment
What is a Virtualization Efficiency Study?
What does a Virtualization Efficiency Study deliver?
Benefits of a Virtualization Efficiency Study
Duane QuinternServer Virtualization ClientTechnical SpecialistIBM Data Center Services
11:35 - 11:45am ET (10 min)
Next Steps Q & A
Davy SummersBusiness Unit Executive IBM Data Center Services
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Introducing: IBM Server Virtualization Efficiency Study
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There are significant CHALLENGES lurking within virtual infrastructure!
Broken promise of virtualization – low density, high cost, performance issues and operational challenges
Return-on-Investment (ROI) objectives have not been achieved.
Management is reactive due to a lack of visibility.
Performance issues due to a misallocation of resources are common.
Hardware is routinely over-provisioned to off-set risk.
– But excess capacity doesn’t solve the problem - workload placements and resource allocations that align with service level requirements, operational policies and utilization profiles are critical to ensuring performance and efficiency.
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Traditional approaches to infrastructure resource management introduce COMPLEXITIES in managing virtual environments
IT teams are struggling to answer critical questions:
How much infrastructure is required to run my workloads and satisfy policy requirements?
How much resource does each individual workload require to avoid performance issues without over-allocating resources?
Where should I place this workload to comply with policies and optimize use of infrastructure?
How can I prevent capacity shortfalls with the changing demand in my environment?
How can I increase responsiveness to the business when they ask if there is room for a new workload? 555
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What concerns you the most?
1. Do I have the proper amount of capacity to efficiently and safely run my virtualized infrastructure?
2. Determining how much resource I need to allocate for each virtual workload.
3. How to find spare capacity on my existing servers to run new workloads (without having to buy new hardware).
4. Am I at risk of capacity shortfall in periods of peak demand?
5. How can I plan for future growth?
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IBM VES SOLUTION - a server efficiency study to assess the health of existing virtual infrastructure
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Using advanced analytics, IBM can evaluate the operational dynamics of your infrastructure to help identify optimization opportunities and remediate risks.
Install analytics software
Identify up to 500 virtual machines for analysis at customer site
Gather seven to fourteen days of data from VMware vCenter
Review client VMware virtual infrastructure
Review Vcenter and ESX data gathering configuration
Finalize VMware virtual instance in scope
Review analysis template configuration
Review client policies
Review business constraints and objectives
Analyze gathered data showing current performance and stability
Rerun analysis applying best practice polices
Identify recommended remediation steps
Provide a detailed report:
Showing efficiency and risk at the virtual machine, host and cluster levels
Show policy change impact
Provide VM rebalancing recommendations
Show over-provisioned hosts and guests
Show under-provisioned hosts and guests
Data collectionReview current
requirements and policies
Analyze data Final report
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We use advanced analytics to help gather data on your operational environment and measure workload performance
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Data collection
VMware operational data Detailed placements
and allocations
Management policiesVisibility to expose waste and issues
Industry-leading analytics
Brain
IBM, CiRBA
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Defining workload-based policies and standards is key to managing an optimized virtual infrastructure
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Review current requirements and policies
Productioncritical
Production IT
Production cloud
Production batch/HPC1 Pre-prod
Dev and test
Density Low Medium Medium Low Medium High
Performance High Medium Medium Very high Medium Low
Availability N+2 N+1 N+1 N/A N/A N/A
Compliance Rigorous Medium Multitenant Low to none None None
Volatility Low Medium High High Medium High
Operational cycles
Business defined
IT defined Unbound Windowed Simulated None
AutomationApproval based
Semi-auto Semi-auto Fully autoProcess defined
Developer defined
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We help identify areas of over- and under-provisioning at the virtual machine, host and cluster level
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Analyze data
Clusters
Actions to “move to center”
Hosts
Guests
Policy-based“goal posts”
Risks Inefficiencies
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We provide a report with actionable recommendations to help improve the performance and utilization of your virtual infrastructure
Our detailed report may contain the following:
Single view showing efficiency and risk at the virtual machine, host and cluster levels
Efficiency measurement for clusters incorporating policy change impact
VM rebalancing recommendations
Recommended next steps
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Final report
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Benefits of a virtualization efficiency study?
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Virtualization health checkHelp reduce risk and identify potential efficiency improvements through standalone analysis of existing virtual environment
Hardware refreshHelp reduce risks and assess current efficiency before replacing hardware
Physical to virtual into existing environmentCheck health and available capacity of virtual environment before adding new workloads
Cloud readinessClean up existing virtual environment in preparation for moving to a cloud
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What benefits would apply to you the most?
1. Help to reduce the risk and identify efficiency improvements
2. Ability to check health and available capacity of virtual environment before adding new workloads
3. Help to assess current efficiency before replacing hardware
4. “Clean up” existing virtual environment in preparation towards moving to cloud computing
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Next steps
Contact us to set up a meeting to discuss your business and IT requirements around virtualization.
– 1-888-426-4343 and mention code 609CG83W
You will quickly be directed to your IBM Data Center Services representative.
More information on VES:– Web page
– White paper: Accelerate server virtualization to lay the foundation for cloud
– Data sheet: Virtual Efficiency Study
– Refer a colleague: Webinar replay will be posted HERE
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Thank you for your time today!
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Questions?Questions?
Davy Summers
IBM Sales Executive
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Duane Quintern
IBM VES Technical Specialist
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Alan Fishman
IBM VES Offering Manager
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