New Horizons of Baltimore
VMware vSphere 4 Administration Seminar
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Agenda
Introduction to VMware & vSphere 4
Centralized Management Features
Available Application Services
Available Infrastructure Services
vSphere 4 Editions & Requirements
Introduction to VMware & vSphere 4
• About Vmware• What is vSphere 4?• ESX/ESXi• P2V & V2V
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About VMware
AT A GLANCE
Founded: 1998URL: www.vmware.com
Headquarters: 3401 Hillview Ave.Palo Alto, CA 94304
Employees: More than 7,100
2009 Revenue: $2 billion, 5th largestinfrastructure softwarecompany
Customers: More than 170,000• 100% of the Fortune 100• 93% of the Fortune 500• 96% of the Fortune 1000• 100% of the Fortune Global 100• 96% of the Fortune Global 500
Partners: 25,000
Professionals: Certified 48,000
Product Lines: VMware vSphere™VMware View™VMware vCenter™VMware vCloud™SpringSource by VMware
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What is vSphere 4?
• Translation: vSphere 4 lets you create and manage a virtualized IT infrastructure to simplify and automate the administration of the physical server and network infrastructure while allowing you to maximize the hardware potential of that infrastructure.
“VMware vSphere manages large collections of infrastructure (such as CPUs, storage, and networking) as a seamless and dynamic operating environment, and also manages the complexity of a datacenter.”
- VMware
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ESX/ESXi 4.0
• The Core component of vSphere 4• Type 1 Hypervisors• ESX installs with a Service Console for local
administration• Service Console is a stripped down Linux OS
• ESXi administration is all done through a remote management interface
• Remote Management Interfaces:• vSphere 4 Client Interface• vSphere 4 Web Interface (not enabled by default on ESX)• vShpere 4 Command-Line Interface• vCenter Server 4
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ESX 4.0 Installation
• Non-VMFS formatted LUNs appear as unpartitioned
• Unplug SAN if LUNs not needed during ESX Install
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vSphere 4 Client Interface
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Enterprise Converter Usage• vCenter Server 4.01 Plug-in enables Converter• Enterprise Converter is an optional component during vCenter
Server installation
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VMware Converter Standalone
• vCenter Converter Standalone can be installed on any computer
• Client / Server architecture allows client and server to be on different computers
Centralized Management Features
• vCenter Server 4.0• Host Profiles• Centralized Licensing• vSphere Management Assistant• vCenter Update Manager• vSphere Host Update Utility
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vCenter Server 4
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Host Profiles
• Host Profiles Screen or Hosts and Cluster Screen
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Centralized Licensing
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vSphere Management Assistant
• The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a prepackaged Linux virtual machine in which administrators can deploy scripts and select third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems. Software included in vMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication component that supports non-interactive login, and a log collection component.
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• Integrated into Virtual Center for hosts and VMs
• Attach a baseline to scan or remediate (patch) host or VM
• Scans and patching can be run immediately or can be scheduled
vCenter Update Manager
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vSphere Host Update Utility
Available Application Services
• vMotion• Storage vMotion• VMware HA• VMware DRS• VMware FT• vSheild Zones• VM Hot Add Support• VMDirectPath for Virtual Machines
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vMotion
• Users currently accessing VM1-1 on ESX1
• Initiate migration of VM1-1 from ESX1 to ESX2 while VM1-1 is up and running ESX Server 1
Shared Storage
Virtual Disk and Config files
ESX Server 2
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Step One:
Step Two:• Pre-copy memory from ESX1 to ESX2• Log ongoing memory changes• Copy changed memory, Log new changes• Repeat copying changed memory until
remaining changes are small enough to copy during the quiesce
• Quiesce virtual machine on ESX1• Copy remaining memory to ESX2• Copy VM State information (registers, etc)
Step Three:
Step Four:• Start VM1-1 on ESX2• Users now access VM1-1 on ESX2
Step Five:• Delete VM1-1 from ESX1 after migration is
successful
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• Built-in to the Migrate Wizard• VMotion or Storage VMotion, not both
at once• Can cold migrate both at once• Can reprovision (thin/thick) the disk
while migrating (hot/cold)
Storage vMotion
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VMware HA
VC ServerESX Server
Virtual Machine
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Virtual Machine
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ESX Server
Virtual Machine
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Virtual Machine
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Virtual Machine
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Virtual Machine
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ESX Server
Virtual Machine
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Virtual Machine
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ESX Server 1(HP)
ESX Server 2 (IBM)
ESX Server 3 (Dell)
VMware DRS
Dynamically manage workloads across a heterogeneous environment, in response to an unexpected increase in SAP utilization
Apache
SAP
Exch Server
Citrix
DNS/DHCP
Oracle
SQL Server
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VMware FT
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vShield Zones
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VM Hot Add Support
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VMDirectPath for VMs
Available Infrastructure Services
• Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning• vStorage VMFS Volume Grow• vNetwork Distributed Switch• IPv6 Support• Power Management
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Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning
• VMware thin provisioning enables virtual machines to utilize storage space on an as-needed basis, further increasing utilization of storage for virtual environments
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vStorage VMFS Volume Grow
• The list of possible extents to add will not include LUNs with an existing VMFS, or an RDM mounted to a VM
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vNetwork Distributed Switch
• Created in Inventory Networking
Select which hosts are going to use this switch. Only unallocated NICs can be selected.
A default Portgroup called dvPortGroup can
be created.
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IPv6 Support
• vSphere 4.0 adds support for IPv6 for the following:• ESX/ESXi VMkernel, • Service Console• vCenter Server
• This enables vSphere to manage ESX and ESXi hosts through vCenter Server in mixed IPv4/IPv6 environments
• Virtual Machine client support for IPv6 is still entirely dependent on the Guest OS
• Network storage support (iSCSI and NFS) over IPv6 is still experimental though
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Power Management
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkv0fhu-m2k&NR=1&feature=fvwp
• vSphere 4 Editions• Hardware Requirements• TCO Calculator• Documentation
Editions & Requirements
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vSphere 4 Editions
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Editions Continued
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Editions Continued
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Editions Continued
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/purchase-advisor/
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/key_features_vsphere.pdf
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Hardware Requirements
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
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TCO Calculators
https://roianalyst.alinean.com/ent_02/AutoLogin.do?d=593411470991915416
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Documentation
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx40_vc40.html
Questions?
VMware vSphere 4 Administration Seminar
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