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Enterprise Virtualization With Xen

Frank Martin – Sr. Architect.
EDCS Advanced Architecture Team
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 Early Stages – “Statelessness”

• Breaking the logical/physical

relationship between workload
and its placement on
hardware
• Key to automation and
modernization of a true “lights
out Data Center and remote
facilities management
techniques
• “Statelessness” The key to the
adaptation of virtualization in
the enterprise
 Early Stages – Network Storage

• In a stateless system, Network Storage is key to the

architecture.
• No local disk usage – everything is remotely mounted.
• Most activity is concentrated on Server Virtualization,
but the migration of data to a network storage-centric
approach is crucial
 Early Stages – Configuration
Repository
• “Statelessness” places the attributes of all workload
into an outside repository.
• Red Hat 5 – uses LDAP for this
• EDCS uses an Oracle Database
• Interfaces into Linux for all OS specifics ( hostname,
network configs, mountpoints, users and software)
 EDCS Standard Provisioning “Grid”

• Stateless
• PXE Booted
• Network Disk Centric
• All workload encapsulated into System Repository
• BUT….
• Single OS to a single server (Server proliferation)
• No Windows support
• Big Flat Network
Enter: Server Virtualization
 Project DAKOTA

• Encapsulation of the computing environment

• Network, Server, Disk all “Disposable”
• Support of Windows alongside of Solaris and Linux
 Project Dakota

• Network Encapsulation:
• SSL-VPN Tunnels and ACLS
• Disk Encapsulation
• Net Apps “Flex Cloning”
• Server Virtualization
• Xen
 Project Dakota

• Live Production – May 2005

• Linux only, Paravirtual only, on non-VT enabled hardware
• 3 to 1 Collapse of server proliferation
• As updates to Xen became available – new features were added:
• March 2006 – Windows
• October 2007 – Solaris Para-virtual
• All Oracle software is in some form of Xen enabled virtualization (
not for external support )
 Project Dakota

• Current Status – Global IT and Oracle University

• 240 Dell 1950s
• Roughly 4,000 grid “instances”** (virtual machines) active
at any given time
• Wide variety of OS’es, Windows, Linux and now Solaris.
 Oracle Grid-Based Computing
• Grid-Based Storage
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management
• Grid-Based Server Clusters
• Oracle Database
• Oracle Middleware
• Grid-Based Management
• Oracle Grid Control

Data Sales ERP Custom

Warehouse Application Application Application

Enterprise Manager
Mid-Tier Server Clusters
Real Application Clusters
Automatic Storage Management
 Oracle On Demand – Virtualization
Deployment Profile
18 months

Original State Consolidation Virtualization

6 systems 4 systems 2 systems

2QC x 32
2 x 8 MT 2 x 8 DB 2DC x 16 MT 2DC x 16 DB
MT and DB
Prod Instance Prod Instance Prod Instance Prod Instance
Prod Instance
2 x 8 MT 2 x 8 DB 2DC x 16 MT 2DC x 16 DB
Dev Instance Dev Instance Dev & Test Dev & Test 2QC x 32
Instances Instances MT and DB
2 x 8 MT 2 x 8 DB
Dev & Test
Test Instance Test Instance
Instances

Original State Consolidation Virtualization

Space 12 rack units 4 rack units 2 rack units
Power @ Idle 1518 watts 960 watts 480 watts
Power @ 100% Load 2010 watts 1180 watts 660 watts
Perf Prod 1 2 ~2
Perf Dev & Test 1 1 ~1
 Oracle VM
Oracle Fusion Oracle Non-Oracle Non-Oracle
Database Middleware Applications Applications Applications

Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle or Red Hat Microsoft

Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Windows

Oracle VM

• Oracle tested and supported server virtualization technology

• Maximizes consolidation of Linux and Windows servers
• Saves on power, cooling and space
 Oracle VM Features
• Simplified installation
• Server install is a single CD
• Server installs and configures in a minute
• Faster deployment
• Pre-configured Virtual Machine images of Oracle Database and
Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Live migration
• Linux and Windows guest support
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 and 5;
• RHEL3, RHEL4 and RHEL5
• Windows 2003, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (on HV
capable hardware)
• Browser-based management
• Create, clone, share, configure, boot, and Migrate virtual machines
 Technology Enhancements
• Enhanced and optimized Xen technology, addressing
• I/O overhead
• Memory overhead
• Process Scheduling
• Community involvement
• Dedicated Xen development team
• Contribute code and bug fixes to Xen
• Members of Xen community at Oracle e.g. Dan Magenheimer
• Member of XenSummit committee
• Significant testing
• Real-world testing with Oracle On Demand workloads
• Testing with Oracle Validated configuration workloads
 Opportunity: Enterprise Manager for
Virtualized Infrastructure
• Top-down management of applications running in virtualized environment
• “Application aware” monitoring and administration of virtual resources
• Dynamically grow & shrink resources to meet SLA objectives
• Integration with oracle.com for live updates on best practices
• Support for Lifecycle Management and ITIL driven flows
• Integration with 3rd party management tools

Data Sales ERP Custom

WarehouseApplication
Application
Application

Enterprise Manager

Virtual Machines
Hosts/Virtual Servers
Clusters & Storage
 Opportunities

• VM templates and virtual appliances for easier

deployment
• Vertical stack integrated
• One management console for managing Apps down
to the virtual environment
 Summary

• Oracle uniquely combines

Oracle VM
• Proven Grid capabilities
• Server virtualization
Data Sales ERP Custom
Warehouse Application Application Application

• Full virtualization strategy

• Applications Mid-Tier Clusters

• Data
• Servers Oracle
Real Application Clusters
Enterprise
• Storage Manager

• Benefits
• Maximized consolidation
• Optimized agility Automatic Storage Management
• High availability
 Resources

• Oracle VM Home Page

oracle.com/virtualization

• Free Download: Oracle VM

edelivery.oracle.com/oraclevm
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