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VIRTUALIZATION OVERVIEW
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Virtualization Overview
Objectives
Estimated Time to
Complete Lesson:
40 Minutes
Identify the pioneering role that VMware has played in the history of computing
VIRTUALIZATION OVERVIEW
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Virtualization Overview
History of Virtualization
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IBM Introduces
Virtualization of
Mainframes
1960s
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Internet
x86 Computers
Dominate
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VMware Begins
1998
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VMware Virtualizes
The x86 Platform
1999
In 1999, VMware releases the first product ever to virtualize the x86 platform.
VMware introduces Workstation 1.0 for Windows and Linux, creating a milestone not
just for VMware but for computing as a whole.
VMware technology has now made it possible to run multiple virtual machines on a
single x86 workstation for the first time.
In this way, VMware has dramatically increased resource utilization and the Return on
Investment for the x86 platform, as virtualization had done for mainframes 30 years
before.
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VMware
99%
VMware
97%
Fortune 1000
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Practice Quiz
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Match the date with the corresponding event that took place
in the history of virtualization.
Dates
1960s
1980s and '90s
1998
1999
Today
Events
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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I am a
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On top of x86
hardware
VMware Virtualization works by inserting a thin layer of software, either directly on top of the
x86 hardware or on the operating system. This software generates virtual machines, supplying
them with all the hardware resources they need.
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Advantages
Encapsulation
Isolation
Compatibility
Hardware Independence
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Advantages
Encapsulation
VM = A software computer
encapsulated inside a discrete
set of files
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A virtual machine (VM) is essentially a software computer with a complete set of virtual
hardware, as well as an operating system and all its applications
contained or encapsulated inside a discrete set of files.
These files are kept in a directory on local, SAN, or NAS-based storage. They are stored in this
directory when the VM is powered down and read when the VM is run.
Encapsulation makes virtual machines incredibly portable and easy to manage. For example,
you can move a virtual machine from one location to another, or clone it, just by copying its
files, or you can backup a virtual machine on any standard data storage medium, from a pocketsized USB flash drive to an enterprise storage area network (SAN).
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Advantages
Isolation
VMs remain completely isolated
from each other.
Although virtual machines share the physical resources of a single computer, they remain
completely isolated from each other as if they were separate physical machines.
If, for example, there are three virtual machines on a single physical server and one of the
virtual machines crashes due to a bug, the other two virtual machines remain available.
This isolation also avoids the resource conflicts that cause performance problems when you
start stacking demanding applications on a commodity operating system.
Isolation is an important reason why the availability and security of applications running in a
virtual environment can be equal to or better than applications running in a traditional, nonvirtualized system.
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Advantages
Compatibility
Applications
Operating
Operating System
System
Virtual Machine
Just like a physical computer, a virtual machine hosts its own guest operating system and applications,
and has all the components found in a physical computer.
As a result, virtual machines are completely compatible with all standard x86 operating system and
applications, so you can use virtual machines to run all the same software that you would run on a
physical x86 computer. No modifications are required.
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Advantages
Hardware Independence
VMs are completely
independent from their
underlying physical hardware.
VMs are completely independent from their underlying physical hardware. Their virtual components can
be entirely different than the physical components that are present in the underlying hardware.
Because of this, youre free to run whatever OS and applications youd like inside that VM without
concern for its neighbor VMs or the physical host.
You could, for example, move a VM from a host computer made by HP to one made by Dell and expect
the VM to run without any modification.
The VM moves with its virtual components and device drivers intact.
Hardware independence gives the complete freedom to move a virtual machine from one type of x86
computer to another without making any changes to the device drivers, operating system, or applications.
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Practice Quiz
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What is a virtual machine? Select the correct words to complete the definition.
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GREATER SATISFACTION
Internal Customer
IT
The Organization
The virtual infrastructure therefore brings an enormous amount of flexibility in the organization,
while producing significant savings in capital and operational costs.
And the final result is greater satisfaction for everyone - for the internal customers whose
business needs are getting met quickly, for IT whose costs are going down and positive feedback
is going up, and for the organization, which is able to respond more rapidly and efficiently to its
market.
But the virtual infrastructure is only the first step toward the Cloud.
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Practice Quiz
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Virtualization Overview
What is a Cloud?
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NO ENDLESS
MEETINGS
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
RAM
RAM
NO WAIT
TIME
APP
APP
APP
DB
DB
DB
Receipt
Server
CONTROL
Storage
SELF-SERVICE
MANAGEABILITY
What is a cloud? First it is important to note what it is NOT. In today's world, a Cloud is not just a
virtualized infrastructure, or a network where everything has been made virtual.
A cloud is a virtualized environment that has been developed to provide self-service.
Think of it as a high-tech vending machine where everybody in the company can go to get what
they want, anytime, anywhere, from any device
Let's say a developer wants a new database server. He goes up to the vending machine, puts in
his credit card, presses a button and instantly, he gets the server. He also gets the receipt too,
because he's been charged.
A department head comes and says her team needs more computer resources--more hard drive
space, more memory for their applications. She goes to the machine, presses the button, and
instantly, she gets the resources she wants, and she gets the bill as well.
No endless meetings between IT and different departments to figure things out for a particular
project. No wait time. You go for it, you get it.
That is what the Cloud delivers:
Self-service for internal customers.
Control and Manageability for IT.
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PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
HYBRID
Bridge
HYBRID
APP
PUBLIC
APP
The Organization
Third-Party Provider
There are three main types of clouds: Private, Public and Hybrid.
In the Private Cloud, the organization hosts all the hardware and software that produces the
cloud. VMware provides all the software necessary to produce the most powerful, efficient and
cost-effective private cloud possible.
In the Public Cloud, the organization pays a third-party provider to host all the hardware and
software that produces the virtual environment. The organization still has complete control over
the administration of the environment, the virtual machines, and all the other components of
the cloud, but a third party is running the datacenter producing that cloud. VMware has more
than 18 partners worldwide who use VMware technology to host clouds for their customers.
In the Hybrid Cloud, some parts of the virtual environment are hosted by the company and
others by a third-party provider. One recent study has shown that the hybrid cloud will be the
most cost-effective approach to IT. VMware technology bridges the public and private cloud to
create the optimal hybrid environment, in which applications can be moved in and out of the
public cloud as the need arises.
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Virtualization Overview
Cloud Services
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IaaS
SERVICES
Catalog
Resource Pool
At a high level, there are three basic types of services that cloud technology can offer.
Infrastructure as a Service, or I-a-a-S, is when an IT organization uses the virtualized
infrastructure to provide pre-provisioned virtual resources through a catalog.
Resources can be a server, a database, or an application. Policy-based automation ensures that
while resources can be provisioned quickly, theres no opportunity for human error or security
loopholes.
And with chargeback, IT can either charge users for resources or just provide reports
summarizing the cost of resources used.
With all of this together, IaaS allows IT organizations to leverage existing assets to provide
resources with high availability, strong security, and excellent reliability.
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IaaS
SERVICES
PaaS
Applications
Platform as a Service
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IaaS
SERVICES
SaaS
PaaS
Application
Software as a Service
The final type of Cloud Service is Software as a Service, or SaaS. In this case, the entire
application and its cloud resources are hosted by someone else, and you access that application
through a web browser. Google Docs and Amazon Cloud Music are examples of Software as a
Service.
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Controlled
by
IT
Weve seen how the virtual machines form the basis of the virtual infrastructure, and that this
infrastructure provides a first step towards the cloud and all the services that it can provide.
Bringing this all together, we can define cloud computing as the following:
Cloud Computing is an approach to computing that leverages the efficient pooling
of on-demand, self-managed virtual infrastructure, consumed as a service.
So in Cloud Computing, the virtual infrastructure evolves into something that is self-managed
and completely controlled by IT. Yet its entirely on-demand for the user, providing computer
resources anytime, anywhere.
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Practice Quiz
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of on-demand,
, consumed
self-managed virtual
as a
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Congratulations!
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