What’s New in vSphere

Technical Overview

Michael Monberg
[email protected]

From VMware Infrastructure to vSphere

Windows Linux Future Future Future …

Application Availability Security Scalability

vServices

Management
vServices

Infrastructure vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Cloud
vServices vServices

Datacenter Off-Premise
Infrastructure Cloud
 From VMware Infrastructure to vSphere
Windows Linux Future Future Future …

Application Availability Security Scalability

vServices

Management
vServices

Infrastructure vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Cloud
vServices vServices

Datacenter Off-Premise
Infrastructure Cloud

vSphere 4 Delivers Performance for

Demanding Applications
95% of ESX 3.5 ESX 4.0
applications

1 to 2 CPUs 4 VCPUs 8 VCPUs

< 4 GB at peak 64 GB per VM 255 GB per VM

% of Applications

< 2.4Mbits/s 9 Gb/s 20 Gb/s +

< 100 at peak 100,000 200,000+

Application Performance Requirements

1. Source: VMware Capacity Planner assessments

 VMware DPM Expanded Support

DPM consolidates
workloads to reduce power
consumption
Cuts power and cooling costs
Automates management of
energy efficiency

Resource Pool
Supports three wake

protocols:
Intelligent platform
Power
management interface (IPMI)
Optimized Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
Standby Host
Server Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

vCompute: Power Savings with DPM

2000
1800 No DPM
1600
1400
Watts

1200
1000
800
600
400
With DPM
200
0

50% Savings During VMmark™

vStorage Technologies and Interfaces

vStorage Storage
Technologies Partners
VMFS

Storage
Management
VMotion
vStorage APIs
Thin Array-based
Provisioning Capabilites

Linked Clones

vStorage Thin Provisioning:

Smart Allocation
App App App

OS OS OS

VMware ESX

20GB
10GB 40GB
Virtual
Disks
160 GB Allocated
20GB 40GB 100GB

Physical
Storage 10GB 40GB
70 GB Used
20 GB
vNetwork Distributed Switch

App App App

OS OS OS

Net State Net State Net State

vSwitch vNetwork Distributed

vSwitch Switch vSwitch

vNetwork 3rd Party Plug-ins

App App App

OS OS OS

Net State Net State Net State

vSwitch vNetwork Distributed

vSwitch Switch
Nexus vSwitch
1000V
 From VMware Infrastructure to vSphere
Windows Linux Future Future Future …

Application Availability Security Scalability

vServices

Management
vServices

Infrastructure vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Cloud
vServices vServices

Datacenter Off-Premise
Infrastructure Cloud

vApp: Simplifying Application Deployment

Availability =
99.99%

Security = High
App App App

Performance = OS OS OS
500ms

vApp

SLA
Definitions

Application
Availability Security Scalability
vServices

VMware Infrastructure
Availability: Maximizing
Application Uptime

Planned Downtime Unplanned Downtime

Fault Tolerance

Server VMotion HA

Storage
Site Recovery VCB
Storage VMotion
vStorage Multipathing
Manager

Interconnect Network Redundancy NIC & HBA Teaming

VMware HA

VMs Reboot

App App App App

HA HA
OS OS OS OS

VMware ESX VMware ESX

VMware Fault Tolerance

No Reboot –
Seamless Cutover

App App
FT
OS OS

VMware ESX VMware ESX

Security vServices

Security = High
Network Ports = 80, 443, 1521
Protocols = HTTP, SQL, TNS
AV = Required, On-Demand
App App
App App

OS OS
OS OS Security
vApp vService
Policies

VMware ESX with VMSafe™

What is VMware vCenter Server?

vCenter Server: A Key Infrastructure Component

 vCenter Server 4 Highlights

Centralized Control and
vCenter Inventory Search

Visibility
Performance Charts Enhancements

Events and Alarms Enhancements

Storage Awareness Enhancements
Proactive Management
VMware Host Profiles
and Automation
vCenter Orchestrator

vCenter Server plug-in updates
Scalability and
vCenter Server Linked Mode
Extensibility
Extensibility Enhancements

Simplified Navigation with vCenter Home Menu

Easier
navigation
Globally
accessible
search controls
“End-to-End” Visibility, Health Monitoring, and
Troubleshooting
vCenter Server
vCenter Server Heartbeat

Service Status Monitoring
Manage

vCenter AppSpeed
App App App

VM Performance Counters
OS OS OS Integration in Perfmon

VM VM VM
Performance Charts

Events and Alarms

Resource Usage Statistics
VMware ESX/ESXi

Storage Maps and
Configuration Reports

Hardware Monitoring with
CIM

Monitor and Manage Health of Server Hardware

vCenter Hardware Status

(with CIM) Plug-In
Enables detailed hardware
health monitoring
Host hardware fan, power,
system board, temperature,
etc.
Info provided by server
vendor through Common
Information Model (CIM)
Integrated physical and
virtual visibility on server
health
vCenter alarms alert when
hardware failures occur
 Deeper Visibility and Control with vCenter Alarms

Rich, comprehensive Reduced unintended Improved notification

set of triggers alarms and alert functionality

Expanded support for

monitoring managed Alarms are triggered only Additional alarm actions
entities (e.g. clusters, when they satisfy certain Explicitly acknowledge
datastores) time conditions triggered alarms
Additional metrics (e.g. Repeating alarm actions
disk usage, % RDY)
Event-based triggers

Wide Variety of Pre-Defined Alarms Derived

from Best Practices
Examples of Pre-Defined Alarms:
Hardware failure
Host connectivity
Host resource utilization
VM resource over-utilization
Loss of availability protection
Licensing

Can define additional alarms for:

Change tracking
Security auditing
Additional physical and virtual failure
detection
Using Alarms to Enable Automated Remediation

New alarm actions

Migrate VM
Reboot Guest / Host

Enter / Exit Maintenance Mode
Shutdown Guest / Host

Enter / Exit Standby

… enable creation of new automated remediation

workflows

Storage Monitoring and Troubleshooting:

Capacity Utilization
How much snapshot space does a VM consume?
How much space on a datastore is used for snapshots?

Storage Usage Reports

 Storage Monitoring and Troubleshooting:
Capacity Utilization

New Datastore Alarms:

• Datastore disk usage %
• Datastore Disk Overallocation %
• Datastore connection to all hosts

New VM Alarms:
• VM Total size on disk (GB)
• VM Snapshot size (GB)

Storage Monitoring and Troubleshooting:

Storage Connectivity and Configuration
Which datastores are from Storage Maps
which LUN target in the
SAN?
Are there redundant paths
to a VM’s storage?
Storage Reports
Enhanced Performance Charts

Quickly identify bottlenecks and isolate root causes

Side-by-side performance charts in a single view
Correlation and drill-down capabilities
Richer set of performance metrics
Key Metrics
Displayed

Aggregated
Usage

Analyzing Performance from Inside a VM

VM Performance
Counters Integration
into Perfmon
Access key host
statistics from inside the
guest OS
View “accurate” CPU
utilization along side
observed CPU utilization
Third-parties can
instrument their agents to
access these counters
using WMI
Integrated with VMware
Tools
vCenter Service Status Plug-In for vCenter Monitoring

Quickly identify and correct failures in the vCenter

management infrastructure

“End-to-End” Visibility, Health Monitoring, and

Troubleshooting
vCenter Server
vCenter Server Heartbeat

Service Status Monitoring
Manage

vCenter AppSpeed
App App App

VM Performance Counters
OS OS OS Integration in Perfmon

VM VM VM
Performance Charts

Events and Alarms

Resource Usage Statistics
VMware ESX/ESXi

Storage Maps and
Configuration Reports

Hardware Monitoring with
CIM
vCenter Server: A Key Infrastructure Component

vCenter Server Linked Mode

Make the giant computer easy to manage

VMs
VMs
VMs 3000
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VMs 3000 Hosts
VMs 3000 Hosts
3000 Hosts 300
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VMs Hosts 300
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2000 Hosts 300
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 vCenter Linked Mode: Enhanced Scalability

Log in simultaneously to
all vCenter Servers

Search the inventories of

all vCenter Servers

View inventories of all

vCenter Servers

Cannot migrate hosts or

virtual machines between
vCenter Server systems in
Linked Mode

vCenter Server Linked Mode Architecture

vSphere Client

vCenter Tomcat vCenter Tomcat vCenter Tomcat

Server Web Service Server Web Service Server Web Service

ADAM Instance ADAM Instance ADAM Instance

vCenter Server Instance vCenter Server Instance vCenter Server Instance

Connection information
Certificates and thumbprints
Licensing information
User roles
 Searching Across Multiple vCenter Servers

1
vSphere Client

4
vCenter Tomcat 3 vCenter Tomcat 3 vCenter Tomcat 3
Server 2 Web Service Server Web Service Server Web Service

ADAM Instance ADAM Instance ADAM Instance

vCenter Server Instance vCenter Server Instance vCenter Server Instance

vCenter Server Simplifies and Unifies Management

Automation
APIs and UI plug-in
vCenter Server architecture to
Universal virtualization enable 3rd party
management hub
integration
Simplified integrated
operations
vCenter Extensibility

• Integrated using
vCenter
Extensibility
VMware Ready Management Solutions • Interoperability
Qualification
Program
 vCenter Extensibility: .Net Extension Support

Leverage vCenter
Extension can roles & permissions
inject alarms

Create tasks

vCenter Server: A Key Infrastructure Component

VMware ESX/ESXi Deployments Today

Maintaining configuration consistency and correctness requires

increasing amounts of time and expertise

Using Host Profiles for Automated Provisioning

& Compliance Management
Host Profile 2
Memory Reservation
Storage
Networking 4
Date and Time
Firewall 3
Security
Services 5
Users and User Groups
Security

1 Reference Host Cluster

Host Profiles: Monitoring for Compliance

After you create the profile, attach it

to hosts/clusters so that you can
check compliance and apply it to
hosts not in compliance.

Automate Workflows with vCenter Orchestrator

Capture and Automate Best Practices

Leverage Out the Box Workflows for managing vSphere
Integrate with VMware and 3rd party products
 vCenter Server Plug-in Enhancements

Lower overhead and More platforms Enhanced management

better scalability supported and administration
Modular plugin Ability to convert to new Automated ESX/ESXi
Analyzes up to 500 platforms supported in host, VM, and VMware
physical machines at a ESX/ESXi 4.0 Tools upgrades
time Support for Windows Baseline groups
Server 2008 as source Compliance dashboard
and platform
Patch staging
Convert Microsoft Hyper-V
VMs to VMware VMs
Support for Linux as
source

Ensure Availability for the vCenter Server Platform

vCenter Server Heartbeat

Protects the mission
critical functionality of
VMware vCenter
Proactive identification
and resolution of threats
to vCenter Server
availability
Protects vCenter Server
against hardware, OS,
network, application
failures and configuration
errors
* Licensed Separately
 Summary: What’s New in vCenter Server 4.0

Centralized Control and
vCenter Inventory Search

Visibility
Performance Charts Enhancements

Events and Alarms Enhancements

Storage Awareness Enhancements
Proactive Management
VMware Host Profiles
and Automation
vCenter Orchestrator

vCenter Server plug-in updates
Scalability and
vCenter Server Linked Mode
Extensibility
Extensibility Enhancements

Hot Adding and Removing PCI Devices

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings >

Hardware Tab > Add

You can hot-add/remove:

Network cards

SCSI adapters

Sound cards

SCSI disks and CDROMs

USB EHCI controller

VMCI

48
 Hot Extending VMDKs

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings >

Hardware Tab

49

Hot Adding Memory and CPU

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings >

Hardware Tab

50
vCenter Server: A Key Infrastructure Component

The Universal Hub for Virtualization Management