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Dario Regazzoni
Systems Engineer Manager
Virtual Datacenter Automation with VMware
VMware Enables Datacenter Automation– Introduction to VDC-OS– Business challenges– Key enablers for automation
Automating Key IT Processes– VMware management capabilities– Three automation scenarios
Conclusions
Agenda
VMware Infrastructure -> virtual datacenter OS
App
OS
App
OS
App
OS
The Evolution of VMware Infrastructure
Application vServices
Application vServices
Scalability
Infrastructure vServices
Infrastructure vServices
SecurityAvailability
vNetworkvStoragevCompute vCloud
Off-premise Cloud
ESXvCenter
Application Management
Infrastructure Management
DesktopLinuxSaaS Windows J2EE.Net
vNetwork: Cisco and VMware Collaboration
Enhanced workload mobility and simpler management with virtualization-aware networks
Cisco Network
PhysicalNetwork
VMwareESX
VirtualNetwork
VMwareESX
VirtualNetwork
VMwareESX
VirtualNetwork
vStorage: Disaster Recovery Collaboration
Virtualization-aware storage systems and software bring automation, simplicity and predictability to disaster recovery
SiteRecovery Manager
vCompute: Intel, AMD and VMware Collaboration
VMware Enhanced VMotion builds scalable clouds—No migration silos
VM
Intel Xeon® “Merom”
AMD Opteron® Rev. E
Present and Future Intel® and AMD® systems
Application vServices:From Virtual Appliances to vApps
Application and Infrastructure VMs
App
OS
Firewall
App
OS
Tomcat
App
OS
IIS
App
OS
Load Balance
App
OS
Oracle
Instructions
1. Name=eCommerce2. Only port 80 is used3. 100 ms web response4. VRM: Encrypt w/ SHA-15. DR RPO: 1 hour6. Decommission in 1 month
vApp
ManagementvServices
Application Management
Infrastructure Management
Lifecycle Manager
Site Recovery Manager
Lab Manager
Stage Manager
vCenter AppSpeed
vCenter ConfigControl
vCenter Orchestrator
vCenter CapacityIQ
ManagementvServices
VMware vCenter
SimplifiedManaging IT services independent of their infrastructureAutomatedAccelerating processes while ensuring compliance ResponsiveRe-configuring quickly to guarantee application QoSResilientRecovering from any failure without disruption
Simplified
Automated
Responsive
Resilient
We need to be responsive AND
minimize risk
CIO
We need to create, deliver and maintainflexible IT services
IT??
The ability to rapidly respond to changing conditions while minimizing risk to the business.
We need to be responsive to changes in the
market
CEO
We need to minimize cost and risk, and ensure compliance
CFO
The Holy Grail: Business Agility
> Speed of change> Scalability> Efficiency
> Control> Predictability> Consistency
AutomationAutomation
The Business Agility Dilemma
WorkloadsDataResourcesIdentities
Pro
visi
onin
g
Optimization
Availability
2010-2016
Policies
Services
Service levels and service agility up
Automated
WorkloadsDataResourcesIdentities
Pro
visi
onin
g
Optimization
Availability
2010-2016
Policies
Services
Service levels and service agility up
Automated
2007
Sprawled
2008-2012
Hardware costs down
Flexibility up
Virtualized
2008-2012
Hardware costs down
Flexibility up
Virtualized
From “Virtualization Changes Virtually Everything,” Thomas Bittman, Gartner, November 2007.
Virtualizing the Data Center:From Sprawl to Real-Time Infrastructure
VMware Enables Datacenter Automation– Business challenges– Key enablers for automation
Automating Key IT Processes– VMware management capabilities– Three automation scenarios
Conclusions
Agenda
IT Admins
Dev Eng, QA
Application
Owners
Build IT services Prepare and
test IT services to ensure safe transition into production
Provide infrastructure Maintain and regulate
resources and processes
IT Service Delivery: Roles and Responsibilities
• Long lead times
• “Dirty” systems
• No visibility into status of apps
• Inability to coordinate changes
• “Drifting” systems
• Overwhelming provisioning burden
• No visibility and control of resources and processes
IT Service Delivery: Challenges
IT Admins
Dev Eng, QA
Application
Owners
IT Admins
DevEng, QA
ApplicationOwners
Visibility and Self Service
Efficiency and Control
What Everyone Really Needs / Cares About
Lab Manager
StageManager
LifecycleManager
ManagementvServices
Application Management
Infrastructure Management
Lifecycle Manager
Site Recovery Manager
Lab Manager
Stage Manager
vCenter AppSpeed
vCenter ConfigControl
vCenter Orchestrator
vCenter CapacityIQ
ManagementvServices
Automation Scenario #1
Lifecycle Manager
Business Drivers
Leverage the flexibility and speed of virtualization while optimizing your processes and ensuring infrastructure control
Lifecycle Automation
• Optimize admin efficiency by removing manual provisioning tasks
• Automate VM decommissioning to free up infrastructure capacity
Infrastructure Control• Ensure a stable datacenter through proper approvals, standardized
configuration procedures, and better accountability
• Increase business uptime through a stable and maintainable environment
VMware Lifecycle Manager
Automate, manage & control the cradle to grave lifecycle of VMs
Fully automated provisioning process
Ensure standardization and consistency
Set decommissioning policies to ensure VMs don’t persist beyond their useful life
AutomatedProvisioning Decommissioning
IntelligentDeployment VM Tracking
Ta
sk
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
• Provide centralized web interface for VM requests
• Drive lifecycle information into the requesting process
David HewettSenior IT Manager@Qualcomm
Case Study: Qualcomm
Business challenges– Leveraging dollars already spent on resources– Lack of automation in a growing virtual
environment
Technical challenges and environment– Decommissioning unused virtual machines– Provisioning physical systems took up to 8 weeks
Why VMware Lifecycle Manager?– Established a decommissioning process that has led
to reclaiming more than $1 million dollars worth of capacity
– Improved IT management efficiency with automation – 80% reduction in the time needed to automatically provision a virtual machine vs. a physical machine
“In our major data centers,we’ve now decommissioned more machines than we have running. That represents a huge cost savings in capacity. If we had not had a good way of governing when avirtual machine was no longer being used, we probably would now have more than 1,000 extra virtual machines running.
ManagementvServices
Application Management
Infrastructure Management
Lifecycle Manager
Site Recovery Manager
Lab Manager
Stage Manager
vCenter AppSpeed
vCenter ConfigControl
vCenter Orchestrator
vCenter CapacityIQ
ManagementvServices
Automation Scenario #2
Lab Manager
Typical Lab Infrastructure is an IT Headache
– Server sprawl – under desks, in closets– Aging, cast-off hardware– Dirty systems – inability to maintain “clean state”– Users and IT bogged down in provisioning requests
*Actual customer photos*Actual customer photos
VMware Lab Manager: Automating Lab Infrastructure and Operations
– Self Service Provisioning– Image Library of Virtual Machine Configurations– IT in Control of Policy and Quotas
Setup, capture, storage and sharing of multi-VM configurations using a shared pool of resources
Deploying Virtual Machines instantly using a fraction of disk space
Linked Clones
Linked Clones
Image Library
…
Linked Clones
FirstConfiguration
LiveLink
Troubleshooting
“VMware Lab Manager obsoletes many manual processes and lets us be more pro-active and innovative. I can't think of any other product, process or project that has had a greater impact in our daily activities. Everything just runs with little interference. Lab Manager will be key to the future success of software development in Avaya.”
Jay M. LeoneLab Manager
ManagementvServices
Application Management
Infrastructure Management
Lifecycle Manager
Site Recovery Manager
Lab Manager
Stage Manager
vCenter AppSpeed
vCenter ConfigControl
vCenter Orchestrator
vCenter CapacityIQ
ManagementvServices
Automation Scenario #3
Stage Manager
Stage Manager Targets Release Management
Risk of production downtime is reduced by splitting pre-production processes into discrete stages.
Release Management Stages
Homegrown or packaged application
software
Integration
Assembleapplication
components in the target environment
Testing
Verify successful
integration ofcomponents
Staging
Perf. tuningand
testing
UAT
Useracceptance
testing
Production
Testing Staging UATIntegration Production
Without Stage Manager
Many shadow instances of the application for each stage. Leads to server sprawl, configuration drift, lack of coordination,
and inability to implement changes accurately into production.
Resource Pool Resource PoolResource
Pool
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Testing Staging UATIntegration Production
With Stage Manager
VMwareStage Manager
Run IT service configurations as virtual machines. Streamline pre-production operations.
Resource Pool Resource PoolResource
Pool
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Testing Staging UATIntegration Production
Pushbutton Promotion Toward and Into Production
VMwareStage Manager
promote promote promote promote
Effortless transition of IT service configurations between stages
Resource Pool Resource PoolResource
Pool
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Testing Staging UATIntegration Production
Cloning Production Systems for Use in Earlier Stages
VMwareStage Manager
archiveclone
Effortless transition of IT service configurations between stages
Stage Manager Is Organized Around IT Services
Visualize release operations and release management.
“We have very strict IT process and regulatory compliance requirements. Rebuilding multi-tier application environments on the servers and networks associated with each phase of our release process takes days. Stage Manager allows us to quickly move entire application environments into production in compliance with our processes.”
Tibor BorzakIT Manager
VMware Enables Datacenter Automation– Business challenges– Key enablers for automation
Automating Key IT Processes– VMware management capabilities– Three automation scenarios
Conclusions
Agenda
The Business Agility Dilemma
> Speed of change> Scalability> Efficiency
> Control> Predictability> Consistency
AutomationAutomation
Yes, WE CAN
Yes, WE CAN
What It Means for You: Increased Agility and Significant ROI
Reduced Capital Expenses– Optimize infrastructure resource utilization
Reduced Operational Expenses– Eliminate administrative burden– Automate previously manual tasks– Improve compliance with IT/business policy– Reduce support/helpdesk costs from improved software quality
Reduced Downtime Risk– Avoid loss of revenue from unplanned production downtime– Reduce cost of protecting applications
Increased Responsiveness, Accelerated Time to Market– Respond quickly to requests for new or updated applications or
services
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Questions?“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking.”
Alfred North Whitehead(1861-1947, Mathematician, Philosopher)
