VMware Overview

VMware Server Virtualization Seminar Series

Noah Johnson Sr. Systems Engineer VMware Inc

VMware By the Numbers

Founded

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+

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 Server Sprawl

38 m physical servers by 2010 - 700% increase in 15 years $140 bn in excess server capacity - a 3-year supply

Power & Cooling

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

With Virtualization

Operating System
Hardware

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

system resources between virtual machines

Divide

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

resource controls preserve performance

Advanced

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 and copy virtual machines as easily as moving and copying files

Move

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

State of Infrastructure with Virtualization

BEFORE VMware AFTER VMware SAVINGS

Servers

1000

80

$5,816 (per
server removed)

HBAs SAN Switches Network Switches Power (kWh) Cooling (kWh) Real Estate (Sq ft) Total Savings
(Over 3 years)

500 22 84 407 509 2053

160 8 10 52 64 257

$290 na $296 $759 $949 $431(3yr) $8,541*

(per server)

* Note: Savings include estimated cost of VMware licenses, Support and Subscription

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: Performance Stability

ESX Server Physical Server

Scalability
Cross-platform support

Non-Disruptive Capacity on Demand

Instant Provisioning in a Virtualized Environment

Physical
Test Apps

Configure hardware

Install OS

Configure OS & Tools

Assign IP Addr

Configure Network

Deploy from Template

Power on VM

<1 hr of work

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

Virtual

1-2 days 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 2. Configure Admin Password 3. (optional) Modify network configuration 4. Connect VI Client to IP Address Or manage with VirtualCenter

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

Live migration of virtual machines Zero downtime

VMware DRS
67% of VMware customers use DRS in production
Business Demand

Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources

Ensure optimal alignment between business and IT

Resource Pool

Ensure High availability with VMware HA

X
Resource Pool

VMware HA automatically restarts virtual machines when a physical server fails

NEW!

Distributed Power Management (coming soon)

Minimize power consumption while guaranteeing service levels

Business Demand

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

Power Off

Resource Pool

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NEW!

Storage VMotion
Storage VMotion minimizes planned downtime for storage

Storage independent live migration of virtual machine disks

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

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NEW!

VMware Update Manager Eliminates manual tracking of patch levels of ESX Server hosts and virtual machines Automates enforcement of patch standards
Update Manager

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

OFFLINE

Reduces risk through snapshots and offline virtual machine patching

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

VMotion

VMotion

VMs are migrated off, host is patched & rebooted if required VMs are migrated back on Next host is selected

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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 Eliminate backup traffic on the local area network

CENTRALIZED DATA MOVER

Pre-integrated with major 3rd-party backup products

BACKUP DISK

BACKUP PROXY

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CONFIDENTIAL

NEW!

ESX Server 3i
Next generation, thin hypervisor integrated in server systems Integrated in server systems
Easiest way to deploy and manage virtualization
Hardware is certified and ready-to-run Intuitive start up experience that dramatically reduces deployment time

Optimized for remote management

Thin architecture
Unparalleled security and reliability
Compact 32MB footprint Only OS-independent design focused on virtualization

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The Virtual Infrastructure Stack Today

Management & Automation

Infrastructure Optimization

Business Continuity

Desktop Management

SW Lifecycle

> Virtual Center

Distributed Virtualization

Resource Mgt > DRS > DPM

Availability > HA > VCB

Mobility > Storage VMotion > VMotion

Security > Update Manager

Hypervisor

> ESX Server > VMFS > Virtual SMP

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VirtualCenter Capabilities
1

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

Automatically discovers physical servers* Analyzes utilization and usage patterns*

ANALYZE

Converts physical servers to VMs placed intelligently based on user response

CONVERT

* Recommended for smaller environments

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Introducing VMware Site Recovery Manager

Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to transform disaster recovery

Simplifies and automates disaster recovery workflows: Setup, testing, failover, failback

Provides central management of recovery plans from VirtualCenter

Turns manual recovery processes into automated recovery plans Simplifies integration with 3rdparty storage replication
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DR Challenges Today Challenges of Traditional DR: Recovery Process

Prod DR

Boot & Pray

Application OS
OS files

cd, tape or ghost image

Application OS
OS files

WAN

x86

local storage

x86
Repl process: OS Images

local storage

App Data-Replication SW:

Storage SAN-SAN, OS based

Just Tier 1!

Storage

Complex to physically recover OS, applications & data Separate processes for system and application data OS & applications have dependencies on hardware configuration Tier 2 & 3 applications left unprotected, adding to Tier 1 RTO risk
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Slow and Unreliable Process

Replication with VMware: Array-Based Replication

PRIMARY
Site Failure

DR SITE

WAN or Dark Fiber

Array-Based Replication
(SRDF, SnapMirror, etc.)

Source VMFS
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Target VMFS

SLAs = High

Disaster Recovery Primary Datacenter Recovery Site

Virtual Infrastructure

Host-based replication
30 miles

Virtual Infrastructure

FC SAN

FC SAN

RPO of 15 minutes and RTO of 24 hours Reduced TCO by 50% Saw ROI of 600% in four months

Customer Example: Infrastructure Optimization

Production

1200 Servers on 100 Physical Chassis

DEV/TEST

Utilization up to 80% 12:1 consolidation ratio

SAN
Backup Server

20:1 Space reduction 60% of x86 environment virtualized

Production VMs DR - Site Storage Reserve

Backup Server

Staffing not increased in 2.5 years

Provisioning reduced to hours from weeks

Software Lifecycle Automation

Vancouver Data Center

Developer Productivity
VMware Lab Manager Shared Image Library

>75% reduction in server-to-staff ratio 10X reduction in system config time 20% acceleration of software lifecycle

Software Quality
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Pool

Assists defect capture and resolution in pre-production

$816,000 saved over 3 years 21.6 days reduction per release cycle

Virtual Desktops

Benefits
Central Management, Security, Compliance Business Continuity Standard PC management model and isolation

Eliminated need to buy PCs Reduced time to add a new PC image to <10 min Administer all desktops worldwide centrally with VirtualCenter

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 &

Recovery Time down to

minutes!

Cooling by > 85% Reduce Admin cost and

> 90 % of Apps assured of

>99.9% availability

Time by > 80%

100% Apps now under DR plan

Operational Expenses

Uptime, Service Levels

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Get Started Today

Free 30 day VMware Infrastructure evaluation license

Engage VMware and VMware partners to: - Assess your infrastructure needs

- Design an implementation roadmap

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Thank you!
Noah Johnson
Sr Systems Engineer VMware Inc njohnson@vmware.com