VMware Overview

VMware Server Virtualization Seminar Series

Agend a Introduction to VMware and Server Virtualization VMware Solutions Overview VMware Product Line Overview

VMware By the Numbers 1998 2006 Revenue $709 M Number of Employees 2,500+ Number of VMware Infrastructure Customers 20,000+ Number of Users 4+ million Number of Channel Partners 3,000+ Number of VMware Certified Professionals 10,000+
Founded

Who Uses VMware?

100% of the Fortune 100

The Challenge Virtualization Technology Overview

Old Model: Traditional x86 Architecture Single OS image per machine Software and hardware tightly coupled Multiple applications often conflict Underutilized resources

Old model is challenging!

State of Infrastructure Today Physical Power & Cooling Server Sprawl

38 m physical servers by 2010 - 700% increase in 15 years $140 bn in excess server capacity - a 3-year supply 50c for every $1 spent on servers $29 bn in power and cooling industry wide

Space Crunch
$1,000 /sqft $2,400 / server $40,000 / rack

Operating Cost
$8 in maintenance for every $1 spent on new infrastructure 20-30 : 1 server-to-admin ratio

Source: IDC

What is Virtualization?
Without Virtualization
Application Operating System Hardware

With Virtualization

VMware provides hardware virtualization that presents a complete x86 platform to the virtual machine Allows multiple applications to run in isolation within virtual machines on the same physical machine Virtualization provides direct access to the hardware resources to give you much greater performance than software emulation

Virtualization Increases Hardware Utilization Before VMware After VMware

Virtualization enables consolidation of workloads from underutilized servers onto a single server to safely achieve higher utilization

Key Properties of Virtual Machines Partitioning Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines

Key Properties of Virtual Machines Partitioning

Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines

Isolation
Fault

and security isolation at the hardware level Advanced resource controls preserve performance

Key Properties of Virtual Machines Partitioning

Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines

Isolation

Fault and security isolation at the hardware level Advanced resource controls preserve performance

Encapsulation
Entire

state of the virtual machine can be saved to files Move and copy virtual machines as easily as moving and copying files

Key Properties of Virtual Machines Partitioning

Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines

Isolation

Fault and security isolation at the hardware level Advanced resource controls preserve performance

Encapsulation

Entire state of the virtual machine can be saved to files Move and copy virtual machines as easily as moving and copying files

Hardware-Independence
Provision

or migrate any virtual machine to any similar or different physical server

The Enterprise PC Challenge

IT: Are We Having Fun Yet?

ESX Server

Virtual Machines

Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server Market leading:

ESX Server Physical Server

Performance Stability Scalability Cross-platform support

Non-Disruptive Capacity on Demand

Instant Provisioning in a Virtualized Environment

Physical
Configure hardware Install OS Configure OS & Tools Assign IP Addr Configure Network Test Apps

Deploy from Template

Power on VM

Virtual

<1 hr of work 1-2 days lead time

20-40 hrs of work 4-6 week lead time

Provisioning time reduced to minutes, not days

to weeks!

From server boot to running VMs in Minutes

3i

1.

Power on server and boot into hypervisor Configure Admin Password (optional) Modify network configuration Connect VI Client to IP Address

2.

3.

4.

Or manage with VirtualCenter

VMware VMotion 73% of VMware customers have implemented VMotion in production

Live migration of virtual machines Zero downtime

VMware DRS of VMware customers use DRS in production 67%

Business Demand

Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources Ensure optimal alignment between business and IT

Resource Pool

Ensure High availability with VMware HA

VMware HA automatically restarts virtual machines when a physical server fails

Resource Pool

NEW!

Distributed Power Management (coming soon) Minimize power consumption while guaranteeing service levels
Business Demand

Power Off

Resource Pool

Consolidates workloads onto fewer servers when the cluster needs fewer resources Places unneeded servers in standby mode Brings servers back online as workload needs increase

21

NEW!

Storage VMotionVMotion minimizes planned downtime for storage Storage Storage independent live migration of virtual machine disks

Zero downtime to virtual machines LUN independent Supported for Fibre channel SANs

22

NEW!

VMware Update Manager

Update Manager

Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX Server hosts and virtual machines Automates enforcement of patch standards Reduces risk through snapshots and offline virtual machine patching

23

* Note: RHEL guests can only be scanned, not remediated

OFFLINE

Non-disruptive ESX Server Patching with Update Manager and DRS

Update Manager

Update Manager patches entire DRS clusters

Each host in the cluster enters DRS maintenance mode, one at a time VMs are migrated off, host is patched & rebooted if required VMs are migrated back on Next host is selected

VMotion

VMotion

24

Protect data with VMware consolidated backup

Centralized file level backup enables easy & reliable data protection What is it? Centralized agentless backup for virtual machines
Move backup out of the virtual machine
CENTRALIZED DATA MOVER

Eliminate backup traffic on the local area network Pre-integrated with major 3rd-party backup products
BACKUP PROXY

BACKUP DISK

25

The Virtual Infrastructure Stack Today

Management & Automation

Infrastructure Optimization
>

Business Continuity

Desktop Management

SW Lifecycle

Virtual Center

Resource Mgt

Availabilit y

Mobility
>

Security
>

Distributed Virtualization

DR S > DP M
>

HA > VC B
>
> > >

Hypervisor
17

Stora ge VMo tion > VMo ESX Server tion VMFS

Virtual SMP

Upda te Man ager

VirtualCenter Capabilities
7

Virtual Machine and Server Management

Programmatic Interfaces

Provisioning

Centralized Management

Security and Access Control

Migration

5 System Monitoring

4 Resource Management

What's new

NEW!

Guided Consolidation

DISCOVER

ANALYZE

Automatically discovers physical servers* Analyzes utilization and usage patterns* Converts physical servers to VMs placed intelligently based on user response

CONVERT

28

* Recommended for smaller environments

VI Transforms Key I.T. Metrics

Return on Assets

Overall Business Impact of IT

Reduce Capex by > 50% Increase Server Utilization by 3-4X

Reduce Response times by

> 90%
Save >30% of Budget & allocate to strategic projects

Reduced Opex by > 70% Reduce Cost of Power & Cooling by > 85% Reduce Admin cost and Time by > 80%

Recovery Time down to

minutes!

> 90 % of Apps assured of

>99.9% availability 100% Apps now under DR plan

Operational Expenses

Uptime, Service Levels

29

Thank you!

30