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Viktor van den BergSolutions [email protected]

Maurice de HaanHybrid Cloud & vSAN [email protected] 2019

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Agenda

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Agenda

2

VMware Vision

Introducing VCF

VCF Deep DiveArchitectureBring-up Management DomainWorkload DomainLifcecycle AutomationSizing

VMware Cloud on AWS

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Any Device

Any App

Any Cloud

VMware VisionDeliver the essential, ubiquitous digital foundation

Cloud Native Containerized SaaS Traditional

Hybrid Clouds

Telecom Cloud

Public Clouds

Edge Computing


Our mission

We create a seamless experience across clouds

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Consistent InfrastructureVM Infrastructure /

Container Infrastructure

Consistent Operations Automation and

Operations / Across Clouds

Consumable Developer Experience

What our Customers Need to Achieve


OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A HYBRID CLOUD STRATEGY

M O R E T H A N

80%


Life

cycl

e A

uto

mat

ion

Software-Defined Data CenterAny Application, Any Device, Any Cloud

7

Software-Defined Data Center

Compute NetworkStorage

End-User Computing

Applications

Cloud Management

Operations Automation

SecuritySD

DC

Man

ager

Compute NetworkStorage

Private Cloud & Edge Public Cloud

Hyper-ConvergedComposable Infrastructure

Cloud Agnostic & Policy Based


Making the hybrid cloud realVMware Cloud Foundation

Delivered as a service

VMware Cloud Foundation

YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE:

OwnedOTHERS’ INFRASTRUCTURE:

Operated

PrivateCloud World

PublicCloud World

vSANvSphere NSX

VMware Cloud on AWS


VMware Cloud Foundation for Private Cloud

Standardized Architecture Simple to Operate

Automated deployment of a standardized, scalable

VMware Validated Design

Unique lifecycle management (SDDC Manager) that automates day 0 to 2

operations

Integrated Stack

Engineered integration of entire software defined stack

Network

Storage

Compute

Management

Cloud Foundation


SDDC ManagerConfiguration

Patching and Upgrades

Deployment

Policy BasedProvisioning

Brought Together by the SDDC Manager Control PlaneAutomated day 0 to day 2 operations of the entire cloud infrastructure

vSANNSX

vSphere vRealize


Truly Software-DefinedPowered by ‘fit for purpose’ hardware






Overview

Management Workload Domain

Top-of-Rack Switches

Management Switch

Virtual Infrastructure WLD

VDI Workload Domain

Available Capacity

MinimumOf 4 ReadyNodes

Expand

Expand


SDDC Manager - Clarity UIImproved Navigation, Streamlined Operations, Visually Appealing


Workload Mobility: Dream or Reality?

PrivateCloud World

PublicCloud World

App App

App App

App App

Delivered as a service


YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE:

OwnedOTHERS’ INFRASTRUCTURE:

Operated

vSANvSphere NSX

!

VMware Cloud on AWS


Server Virtualization

Path to SDDC & Hybrid Cloud

Modernize with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Public cloud Private cloud

SDDC with Cloud Efficiency

Build a True Hybrid Cloud

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Introducing VCF


The Past: Do-It-Yourself The Present: Integrated, Automated, Easy

Faster and Simpler Path to the SDDC is Now Available…


Depending on your goals andrequirements you can choosefor one of the four different editions of VCF.

The architecture of VMwareCloud Foundation is built on VMware Validated Design.

VCF is deployed in anautomated way!

What is VMware Cloud Foundation?

A license Architecture built on VMware Validated Designs Automated

VCF is available as a service at selected cloud providers.

As a service


STA

ND

AR

DIZ

ED

D

ES

IGN

S

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

Integrated SDDC platformLIFECYCLE AUTOMATION

VMware’s approach to SDDC

VMware Validated Designs (VVDs) Standardized architecture designs

BEST PRACTICES

Validated componentsVMware Bill Of Materials (BOM)INTEROP

TESTING

…NSXvSANvSphere vRealize Other VMware


Factory racked and cabled

Pre-installed software

Value-added capabilities

Managed service

Greater abstraction of infrastructure

OpEx model

ReadyNodeTM + Customer Switching Integrated System Cloud Service

The Power of ChoiceFlexible consumption models

vSphere vSAN

21 server vendors

Choice in switch hardware and topology

Validated configurations

vSphere vSAN

VMware Cloud on AWS


VMware Validated Designs

Complete Datacenter-level Designs

Standardized and Consistent

Proven and Robust

Applicable to Broad Use-cases

Bill of Materials


Update Bill of Materials

Support for PKS

Integration with VMware Skyline

Support for SRM appliance version

Maximum latency between SDDC regions 100ms

Updates to VMware Cloud Builder

à https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/index.html

VMware Validated Design 5.1


VMware Cloud Foundation 3.8

VMware PKSDeveloper-ready k8s environments, with NSX-T integration, deployed in a few

simple steps

APIsAutomate Day-0, Day-1

and Day-2 cloud infrastructure

operations through APIs

LCMEnhanced lifecycle

management for full stack infrastructure and vRealize components

NSX-TReady for Cloud Native workloads, stretched-cluster support, VxRailsupport, and lifecycle

management


vRealize Automation 7.6

vSphere 6.7(vCenter /PSC 6.7 U2c, ESXi EP10)

vRealize Operations 7.5

NSX for vSphere 6.4.5

Software Building Blocks for the Private Cloud

Bill of Materials VCF 3.8

vRealize Log Insight 4.8

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.1 (Patch 1)

SDDC Manager 3.8Including integrated VIA

NSX-T 2.4.1

Horizon 7.7AV 2.15 | UEM 9.6 | UAG 3.4 | Client 4.10

vSAN 6.7(VSAN 6.7 U2c, ESXi EP10)


Bill of MaterialsVMware Cloud Foundation 3.8

VCF 3.8 Release Notes:https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/3.8/rn/VMware-Cloud-Foundation-38-Release-Notes.html

Correlating VCF version with the versions of its constituent products:https://kb.vmware.com/articleview?docid=52520

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/3.8/rn/VMware-Cloud-Foundation-38-Release-Notes.html

https://kb.vmware.com/articleview?docid=52520


ManagementResiliency at Scale

ComponentsInteroperability

Design Resilience with Guided Implementation

HardenedSecurity and Compliance

VMware Validated Designs

Extensively Tested to Ensure Interoperability and ResiliencyVVD & VCF


Features 2.1 3.0 3.5 3.5.1 3.7 3.8

Automated Deployment YES YES YES YES Cloud Builder YES

BYO Network - YES YES YES YES YES

Any vSAN Ready Node - YES YES YES VxRAIL added YES

vSAN Stretch Cluster - YES YES YES YES YES

Multi Cluster WLD - YES YES YES YES YES

Composability Support - YES YES YES YES YES

NFS Backed Workload Domains - - YES YES YES YES

NSX-T Workload Domains - - YES1 YES1 YES LCM added

Automated Horizon Deployment - - - - YES YES

vSphere Platinum Support - - - - - YES

Integrated vRealize Suite LCM YES

Bring up & Domain Manager API YES

VMware Cloud FoundationEvolution and New Capabilities

Aug 2016 Sept 2018 Dec 2018 Feb 2019 Mar 2019 July 2019

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VCF Architecture


Cloud Foundation Software Building Blocks…

+ + +

vSphere

Compute

vSAN

Storage Management

Automated Deployment and Life Cycle Management of the full SDDC

NSX-VNSX-T

Network

vRealize Suite


VCF Consolidated Architecture (4 to 64 hosts)

Run customer workloads in Management WLD.

VCF Standard Architecture (7 to “unlimited” hosts)

Customer workloads run in separate WLD next to Management WLD.

Easy to start with consolidated architecture and evolve to standard architecture

Deployment Types

SmallMedium

Large

Consolidated

Standard

Today

Tomorrow


• Dedicated vSphere Cluster– Separate capacity, availability, performance and security

policies• Automated provisioning through SDDC Manager

– vSphere, vSAN, NSX– Integration with vRealize Log Insight, vRealize

Operations, vRealize Automation• Up to 15 workload domains run in parallel

– Create, expand, and delete independently– Each with dedicated vCenter Server, NSX Manager and

NSX Controller Cluster

– Multiple vSphere Clusters per Workload Domain– vCenter Servers run in Enhanced Linked Mode

Workload Domain Overview

vCenter Server NSX Manager

vSphere vSAN

Workload Domain 1

NSX


Consolidated Architecture

InfrastructureVMs

vSphere Cluster + vSAN

WorkloadVMs


PSCPSC

vCenter NSX ManagerSDDC MGR Controller

SDDC MGR Utility NSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize Log

InsightNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

vRealize Operations NSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

vRealize Automation

Optional

ESXi01 ESXi02 ESXi32

NSX vSwitch

…

vSAN

Management Resource Pool

VMVMVMVMVMVM

Workload Resource Pool

VMVMVMVMVMVM

VMVMVM


Targets small deployments• 4-64 servers

Mixed Management/Workload Domain• Resource pools are used

Management resource pool:• vCenter + PSCs• NSX Manager + Controllers• SDDC Manager• vRealize components

NSX-V only


Standard Architecture

PSCPSC

vCenter NSX Manager

SDDC MGR Controller


NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Log InsightvCenter

NSX Manager


Operations NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Automation

Optional

Standard Architecture

InfrastructureVMs

WorkloadVMs

VI Workload Domain

VM

VM

VMVM

VM

VM

NSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

VM

VM

VMVM

VM

VMVM

VM

VMV

MVM

VM

VI Workload Domain


VM

VM

VMV

M

VM

VM

WorkloadVMs




NSX vSwitch

…vSAN



NSX vSwitch

…vSAN



NSX vSwitch

…vSAN

Targets medium/large deployments• 7 servers or more

Dedicated management domain• vCenter + PSCs• NSX Manager + Controllers• SDDC Manager• vRealize components

Dedicated workload domain(s)• Maximum 15 workload domains• Maximum 64 host per cluster• NSX Controllers

NSX-V or NSX-T in the WLD


From Consolidated to Standard Architecture

PSCPSC

vCenter NSX Manager

SDDC MGR Controller



Log InsightvCenter

NSX Manager



Automation

Optional

Standard ArchitectureVI Workload Domain

VM

VM

VMVM

VM

VM


VM

VM

VMVM

VM

VMVM

VM

VMV

MVM

VM

VI Workload Domain


VM

VM

VMV

M

VM

VM



NSX vSwitch

…vSAN


NSX vSwitch

…vSAN


NSX vSwitch

…vSAN


PSCPSC

vCenter NSX ManagerSDDC MGR Controller


NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize Log

InsightNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

vRealize Operations NSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

vRealize Automation

Optional


NSX vSwitch

…

vSAN

Management Resource Pool

VMVMVMVMVMVM


VMVMVMVMVMVM

VMVMVM


Availability Zone 1 Availability Zone 2

Availability Zones & Regions

PSCPSC

vCenter NSX Manager

SDDC MGR Controller



Log InsightvCenter

NSX Manager



Automation

Optional


vSAN


NSX vSwitch

…ESXi03 ESXi04 ESXi05 ESXi06

VI Workload Domain

VM

VM

VM



NSX vSwitch


VM

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM

vSAN

Region 1

PSCPSC

vCenter NSX Manager

SDDC MGR Controller



Log InsightvCenter

NSX Manager



Automation

Optional


vSAN


NSX vSwitch


VI Workload Domain

VM

VM

VM



NSX vSwitch


VM

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM V

M

VM

VM

vSAN

Region 2

SRM

Stretched Cluster


On-demand, policy managed infrastructure for workloads VMware Cloud Foundation: Workload Domains

HETEROGENOUS HARDWARE RESOURCE POOL e.g. GPUs, Large Storage/Memory, Higher Performance Storage

Mapping to specific HW infrastructure capabilities

ExternalIP Storage

PKSNSX-T

(future)n

v1 on WLD1

vRAHorizon VDIApp Volumes

3rd Party Software

Software FlexibilityProducts, Versions, 3rd party software

Hardware ChoiceVendors, ConfigurationComposability

Application Mapped InfrastructureCapacity, Performance,Security/Compliance,HW requirements

Large Memory Servers

MANAGEMENT DOMAIN

e.g. Hytrust, Palo Alto FWExternal APIIntegrations

VM

WA

RE

CLO

UD

FO

UN

DA

TIO

N

Hybrid Connectore.g. HCX, HLMExternal Interfaces

Can be specific to certainWorkload Domains (WLD)

PKSNSX-T

(future)n

v2 on WLD2

ML/AI NFS

Database WORKLOAD DOMAIN

DesktopWORKLOAD DOMAIN

GPU enabled servers

IaaS WORKLOAD DOMAIN

Machine LearningWORKLOAD DOMAIN

GPU enabled servers

ContainerWORKLOAD DOMAINS


Dedicated vCenter Server• Shared SSO with Management domain

One or more vSphere Clusters• Dedicated vSAN Datastore per VI domain• Choice of:

– NSX-V based VI domain– NSX-T based VI-domain

Minimum of 3 hosts• Use VSAN Sizing Tools• https://vsansizer.vmware.com

Create, expanded, shrink and delete

Virtual Infrastructure DomainVMware Cloud Foundation Architecture Deep Dive

vCenter NSX Manager

vSAN


VCF Bring-up

Automated Deployment of the Management Domain


• Contains all required software (VCF Software Bill of Materials)

• Deployed from an OVA file on external host with ESXi/Workstation• Exception for Dell EMC VxRail (deployed on VxRail cluster)

• Accepts “Deployment Parameter” spreadsheet or JSON file as input• Provides automated validation of input

• Fully automated deployment of the VMware SDDC components• Creates Management Domain

• Runs embedded “VIA Imaging” service for ESXI deployment / host preparation

VMware Cloud BuilderVMware Photon-based Virtual Appliance which automates deployment of VCF


Deploys ESXi and host pre-requisite configurationsVIA Imaging Service


Deployment Pre-RequisitesCloud Foundation Pre-Bring-up Steps


Bring-up - Deployment Parameter SheetPre-requisite Checklist Tab

• Pre-requisite Checklist

• Management Workloads

• Users and Groups

• Hosts and Networks

• Deployment Parameters


Cloud Foundation Bring-up ProcessVMware Cloud Builder

Minimum 4 vSAN ReadyNodes

(pre-installed with ESXi)

Cloud Builder Appliance

Two Top of Rack Switches Configured

with Specified VLANs

Management Domain

Virtual SAN Datastore

Virtual Distributed Switch

ESXi01 ESXi02 ESXi03 ESXi04vSphere Cluster + vSAN

Cloud Foundation Infrastructure VMsPSCPSC

vCenter NSX ManagerSDDC Manager

NSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

vRealize Log Insight

User File Upload


SDDC Manager interfaceStreamlined Operations, Visually Appealing (built with VMware Clarity UI Framework)


VCF Workload Domains


Automated Workload Domain Deployment

Configure VI

• Choose from VSAN or NFS

• WLD Settings

• Choose from NSX-V or NST-T

• Configure vSANFTT / hosts

• Select hosts

• License

• Review

• Execute workflow


Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain Workflow

Agility and simplicity thanks to automationOver 50 manual tasks combined into single workflow

1 VRM: Import Input Parameters

2 ESX: Initial Backup of the ESXi Servers

3 Network: Configure VLAN Tags on Switches

4 VRM: Configure DNS Host Name

5 vCenter: Deploy vCenter

6 Give vSphere Permissions to SSO Admini Group

7 vCenter: Apply vCenter License

8 vCenter: Install RPM Agents

9 vCenter: Create Cluster

10 VRM: Update vCenter Status

11 vCenter: Create Distributed Virtual Switch

12 vCenter: Tag VLAN ID

13 vCenter: Check Host Network Configuration

14 vCenter: Configure Host

15 Log Hosts VSAN Network Config 1

16 vCenter: Configure LACP on VDS


18 Network: Configure MLAG on TOR Switches

19 vCenter: Wait Until All ESXi Hosts Available


21 ESX: Configure Power Management


23 vCenter: Enable Virtual SAN

24 Virtual SAN: Claim Hosts Disks

25 Log hosts VSAN network config 5

26 vCenter: Wait Virtual SAN to Come Up Completely

27 Wait vCenter Ready After Virtual SAN Enabled

28 Virtual SAN: Update Default Policy

29 Wait vCenter Ready After Virtual SAN Policy Applied

30 Virtual SAN: Post Check After Virtual SAN Enabled

31 NSX: Deploy NSX Manager

32 NSX: Register vCenter

33 NSX: Apply License

34 NSX: Create Controller IP Pool

35 NSX: Create Controller

36 VRM: Save Controllers Information to Database

37 NSX: Create VXLAN IP Pool

38 NSX: Configure VXLAN

39 NSX: Create Segment Range

40 NSX: Create Transport Zone

41 NSX: Create Virtual Wire

42 NSX: Configure Anti-Affinity Rule for NSX controllers

43 NSX: Configure Backup and Restore Settings for NSX

44 vCenter: Wait vCenter Ready After VIBs Installed

45 Wait Hosts Ready Before Enabling Cluster Features

46 vCenter: Enable Cluster Features

47 Wait vCenter Ready After Enabling Cluster Features

48 vCenter: Clear Red Alarms on Hosts

49 VRM: SOS Logs Backup Task

50 ESX: Final Backup of the ESXi Servers


Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain Workflow

Agility and simplicity thanks to automationOver 50 manual tasks combined into single workflow

1 VRM: Import Input Parameters

2 ESX: Initial Backup of the ESXi Servers

3 Network: Configure VLAN Tags on Switches

4 VRM: Configure DNS Host Name

5 vCenter: Deploy vCenter

6 Give vSphere Permissions to SSO Admini Group

7 vCenter: Apply vCenter License

8 vCenter: Install RPM Agents

9 vCenter: Create Cluster

10 VRM: Update vCenter Status

11 vCenter: Create Distributed Virtual Switch

12 vCenter: Tag VLAN ID

13 vCenter: Check Host Network Configuration

14 vCenter: Configure Host


16 vCenter: Configure LACP on VDS


18 Network: Configure MLAG on TOR Switches

19 vCenter: Wait Until All ESXi Hosts Available


21 ESX: Configure Power Management


23 vCenter: Enable Virtual SAN

24 Virtual SAN: Claim Hosts Disks

25 Log hosts VSAN network config 5

26 vCenter: Wait Virtual SAN to Come Up Completely

27 Wait vCenter Ready After Virtual SAN Enabled

28 Virtual SAN: Update Default Policy

29 Wait vCenter Ready After Virtual SAN Policy Applied

30 Virtual SAN: Post Check After Virtual SAN Enabled

31 NSX: Deploy NSX Manager

32 NSX: Register vCenter

33 NSX: Apply License

34 NSX: Create Controller IP Pool

35 NSX: Create Controller

36 VRM: Save Controllers Information to Database

37 NSX: Create VXLAN IP Pool

38 NSX: Configure VXLAN

39 NSX: Create Segment Range

40 NSX: Create Transport Zone

41 NSX: Create Virtual Wire

42 NSX: Configure Anti-Affinity Rule for NSX controllers

43 NSX: Configure Backup and Restore Settings for NSX

44 vCenter: Wait vCenter Ready After VIBs Installed

45 Wait Hosts Ready Before Enabling Cluster Features

46 vCenter: Enable Cluster Features

47 Wait vCenter Ready After Enabling Cluster Features

48 vCenter: Clear Red Alarms on Hosts

49 VRM: SOS Logs Backup Task

50 ESX: Final Backup of the ESXi Servers

Environment vCenter NSX Storage


Automated Cluster CreationAutomatically create a new cluster from within any Workload Domain

c


Cluster ExpansionMade Easy with Cloud Foundation

• Select Cluster in Workload Domain

• Add Host

• Select Host(s)

• License

• Review

• Done


Lifecycle ManagementAutomated Patch & Upgrade at the Workload Domain Level


Patching and Upgrading the SDDCNow includes automated updates for vRealize Suite Components

Network

Compute

Storage

dependency

SDDC Components

WLD 2

WLD 1

MGMT WLD

WLD 3

.

.

.

Workload Domains

NSX-VNSX-T

vSAN

ESXiPSC

vCenter

vRS LCMvRLI

vROpsvRA

Management

dependency

3.83.7.2

Updates over Time

SDDC ManagerLCM


Lifecycle Automation – Automated Upgrading and PatchingMade Easy with Cloud Foundation

• Notification

• View Details

• Precheck

• Schedule or Update now

• Monitor

• Complete


VCF Sizing


Https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwareCloudFoundation/index.html

Detailed Documentation for every VCF version:

• Release Notes

• Planning and Preparation Guides• Includes min hardware requirements• Includes capacity planning guidelines

• Architecture and Deployment Guide• Includes deployment parameter sheet instructions

• Operations and Administration Guide

• Site protection and Disaster Recovery Guide

Pre-planning – Cloud Foundation Documents

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwareCloudFoundation/index.html


Free tool – to be installed

Current state

Relation between components

Paid tool - to be installed

Current state

Capacity + performance

Free tool – SaaS solution

Current state

Capacity + performance

Work with VMware/Partner

Meten is weten

RVTools vRealize Operations Live Optics


Meten is wetenLiveOptics Gratis meting aanvragen? Stuur een mailtje naar [email protected]



VCF Consolidated Architecture (4 to 64 hosts)

Run customer workloads in Management WLD.

VCF Standard Architecture (7 to “unlimited” hosts)

Customer workloads run in separate WLD next to Management WLD.

Easy to start with consolidated architecture and evolve to standard architecture

Deployment Types

SmallMedium

Large

Consolidated

Standard

Today

Tomorrow


Scaling a Workload DomainScale-out

CPU Mem Storage


Cluster Host Count MattersLevels of resilience depend on quantity of hosts within a vSAN cluster

RAID-1FTT=1

RAID-1FTT=2

RAID-1FTT=3

RAID-5(FTT=1)

RAID-6(FTT=2)

Hybrid+ All-Flash

All-Flash

Only

x2 forStretched Clusters


Scaling a Workload DomainScale-up

CPU Mem Storage


Minimum Hardware Requirements for the Management Cluster

Component Requirements

Servers •Four vSAN ReadyNodesFor information about compatible vSAN ReadyNodes, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.

CPU per server

•Dual-socket, 8 cores per socket minimum requirement for all-flash systems •Single-socket, 8 cores per socket minimum requirement for hybrid (flash and magnetic) systems Note: Cloud Foundation also supports quad-socket servers for use with all-flash or hybrid systems.

Memory per server •192 GB

Storage per server

•16 GB Boot Device, Local Media; see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004784•One NVMe or SSD for the caching tier

• Class D Endurance • Class E Performance

•Two SSDs or HDDs for the capacity tier See Designing and Sizing a vSAN Cluster for guidelines about cache sizing.

NICs per server

•Two 10 GbE (or higher) NICs (IOVP Certified) •(Optional) One 1 GbE BMC NIC Note: Servers cannot have more than two NICs for primary communication, plus one BMC NIC for out-of-band host management.

VMware Cloud Foundation ComponentsMinimum Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements for the Management Cluster

Information is current as of VMware Cloud Foundation 3.8 Planning and Preparation Guide for further information https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/3.8

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vsan

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004784

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-1EB40E66-1FBD-48A6-9426-B33F9255B282.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/3.0


Live Optics

As a serviceOn-premises


vSAN ReadyNode Sizerhttps://vsansizer.vmware.com/


vSAN Effective CapacityCommunity tool

https://kauteetech.github.io/vsancapacity/

Usuable space

Replica or Parity (RAID5/6)

Required for maintenance


More of the same… What can you change in a ReadyNode?

Components Modifiable Guidance

CPU √•Higher core count with similar or better CPU clock speed is supported.•Switching between different generation of CPU platform is not supported e.g. Romley vs Purley.

Memory √ •Adding more memory than what is listed is supported.

Caching Tier √•Caching tier device needs to be of same or higher endurance and performance class.•Follow Caching to Capacity ratio guidance discussed in Designing vSAN Disk groups – All Flash Cache Ratio Update.

Capacity Tier √ •Capacity tier device needs to be of same or higher endurance and performance class.

Controller ×

•Only tested, certified and listed controller configurations for that vSAN ReadyNode is supported.•The firmware and driver for the controller should be an exact match as listed on the vSAN VCG.

NIC √•You can add more NICs if there are available slots in the server.•NIC of similar or higher configuration allowed and supported e.g. 10G with 25G or 40G.•The NIC needs to be IOVP (ESXi) certified.

Boot Device √ •Changing boot devices is allowed, see vSphere SSD and Flash Device Support (2145210).

https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2017/01/18/designing-vsan-disk-groups-cache-ratio-revisited/

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2145210


VMware vSAN Compatibility Guide


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Integrated software defined cloud platform

Simplest to deploy and operate

Built-in intrinsic security

Supports traditional and new workloads

Enables path to hybrid cloud

Public CloudPrivate Cloud

Lifecycle Automation

Compute Storage Network

Cloud Management

VMware Cloud FoundationIntrinsic Security

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VMware and AWS partnering to deliver a seamlessly integrated hybrid cloud

• Leading compute, storage and network virtualization capabilities

• Support for a broad range of workloads • De-facto standard for the enterprise DC

• Flexible consumption economics• Broadest set of cloud services• Global scale and reach

Jointly engineered solution delivers the best of VMware and AWS for customers

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Cloud Foundation

Cloud Foundation

Cloud Foundation

Building a Hybrid Cloud with VMware Cloud on AWSPublic cloud service sold, delivered and supported by VMware

Region 1

Workload mobility between clouds

HCX

Cloud Foundation

Region 2

Region 3Cloud

Foundation

Amazon EC2

AmazonS3

AmazonRDS

AWS Direct

Connect

AWS IAM

AWS IoT

VMware Cloud Management

Operational Consistency Across the Hybrid Cloud

On PremCloud

VMware Cloud on AWS

Access to All AWS Services

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VMware Cloud on AWSDelivering proven enterprise capabilities on the world's most popular public cloud

Rich VMware SDDC delivered as a cloud service on

AWS

Consistency and familiarity of

VMware technologies

Easy workload portability and hybrid capabilities

Direct access to the power of native AWS

services

Existing and new apps with Containers and VMs

As-a-Service Consistent Portable Integrated Any App


VMware Cloud on AWS: Jointly engineered cloud service

• VMware SDDC running on AWS bare metal

• Sold, operated & supported by VMware and its partners

• On-demand capacity and flexible consumption

• Full operational consistency with on-premises SDDC

• Seamless large-scale workload portability and hybrid operations

• Global AWS footprint, reach, availability over time

• Direct access to native AWS services

AWS Global InfrastructureCustomer data

Center

vSphere vSAN NSX

Operational management

AWS services

vRealize Suite, ISV ecosystem

vCentervCenter

VMware CloudTM on AWSPowered by VMware Cloud Foundation

Large-scale application migration

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VMware Cloud on AWS is a cloud serviceJointly engineered, one-stop shop for customers

AWS Global Infrastructure

vSphere vSAN

VMware CloudTM on AWSPowered by VMware Cloud Foundation

Single support owner

NSX

Operations

• Support provided by VMware directly

• AWS infrastructure (for VMware Cloud on AWS) support managed by VMware

• Physical resources managed by AWS

• Ongoing infrastructure monitoring

Maintenance

• Ongoing stack maintenance managed directly by VMware

• Upgrade implementation and execution

VMware In-Product Support Experience

Intelligent Search: Surfaces popular content based on the user’s location and contextual usage in the product

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Use Cases

Data Center Extension

Disaster Recovery

Cloud Migrations

Application Modernization

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Simultaneously expanding to multiple global AWS Regions

Available-Mar 2019 Q2 2019 H2 2019Asia Pacific (Singapore) South America (Sao Paulo)* Europe (Sweden)Canada (Central)* Asia Pacific (Seoul)* China (Hong Kong)Europe (Paris) Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local)** Bahrain

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)* Gov Cloud US East

* Stretched cluster not supported ** Disaster Recovery site only, gated entry

Available Regions

US West (Oregon)US East (N. Virginia)Europe (London) Europe (Frankfurt)Asia Pacific (Sydney) Europe (Ireland)US West (N. California)*US East (Ohio) Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Gov Cloud US West

Last updated: March 8, 2019


Cloud SDDC Configurations

2 SDDCs per Organization*

Up to 20 vSphere clusters per SDDC

3 to 16 hosts per cluster

Only Cluster-01 has management workloads

2 types of hosts • I3• R5

* Soft Limit


Cluster Configuration

Overview

VMware infrastructure VMs stored on vSAN

• vCenter• NSX• HCX

Cluster size 3-16 nodes• Dynamically add and remove

nodes

vSphere High Availability

vSphere DRS

vSphere/vSAN Cluster

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Cloud Service Operating ModelRestrictive Access Model

No root vSphere access

No VIB installations

No VDS configuration access

No direct management VM access

Management Gateway

Internet / Direct connect

Managed by VMware Managed by Customer

vSAN Datastore Workload Datastore


vSphere Availability Configuration

Availability: Enabled

Host Monitoring: Enabled

Admission Control Policy: Percentage Based

Host Failures to Tolerate: 1

VM & App Monitoring: Enabled

Host Isolation Response: Power off & Restart VMs


…Mgmt Resource Pool Customer Resource Pool

Mgmt Datastore Customer Datastore

VMware Ops(Automation, Support)

Customer Administrator (Cloud Admin)


vSphere DRS Configuration

DRS: Enabled

Migration threshold: 3

DPM: Disabled

Resource Pools created to isolate MGMT from customer VMs

Affinity Rules via Compute Policy


…Mgmt Resource Pool Customer Resource Pool


VMware Ops(Automation, Support)

Customer Administrator (Cloud Admin)


vSAN Cluster

Expand the Cloud SDDC automatically as needed

1. Host is added

2. Network is automatically configured

3. vSAN datastore capacity automatically increased

Automatic Host Configuration

vSAN Cluster

Management Network

vMotion Network

vSAN Network

VXLAN Network

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Scaling Hosts For On-Demand RequirementsElastic DRS

§ Enabled at the cluster level

§ Automatically scale cluster based on

utilization

§ Monitoring interval every 5 minutes

§ Enabled by default for storage only scale up

§ Scales up when ANY resource crosses pre-

defined threshold

§ Scales down when ALL resources consistently

remain below thresholds


CPU

Memory

Storage

vSAN ClustervSphere/vSAN Cluster

Expand the Cloud SDDC automatically as needed

1. Any resource above threshold.

2. Add Host.

3. All resources below threshold.

4. Remove Host.

Sleeps for 30min after two successive scale events.

Elastic DRS Integration


Default Cluster Configuration

Restricted to one AWS Region and Availability Zone (AZ)

Automatically detects failed hardware

Auto remediation hardware allows automatic recovery from HA events

Provision new host and eject failed node without customer intervention

One Cluster, One region


AWS Region

SDDC

Availability Zone Availability Zone

ManagementResource Pool


Cluster

99.9%


vSAN ClustervSAN Cluster

Host Failure Remediation: VMware

1. Problem Identified

2. Add Host

3. Data Rebuilt/Resynced (where needed)

4. Problem Host Removed

Evacuation of failed/problem hosts and provisioning new host is automated


…


Stretched Cluster Configuration

Stretched cluster with common logical networks with vSphere HA/DRS enabled

Synchronous replication between AZs for mission-critical applications

If one AZ goes down, it is simply treated as a vSphere HA event and VM is restarted in the other AZ

First time infrastructure level AZ resilience!

One Cluster, One region, Multi AZ High Availability


AWS Region

Availability Zone


Availability Zone


SDDC

Cluster

99.99%


VMware Site Recovery

Delivered as an add-on service

Built on VMware’s proven disaster recovery solutions

Automated DR runbook with application-centric runbooks

Bi-directional protection between cloud and on-prem as well as between AWS availability zones

Integrated deeply with the VMware Cloud on AWS services

Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

VR

VR


SDDC

Availability Zone



Cluster

SRM

Customer Data Center

vCenter

SRM

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HCX Hybrid Interconnect

vSphere 5.0+KVM, Hyper-V

Legacy VMs

VMware HCXAccelerating the SDDC Modernization and Cloud Journey

HCX

Modern EnterpriseDatacenter

Modern vSphere

MIGRATIONREBALANCINGDISASTER RECOVERY

VCD / VCF

IBM, OVHFujitsu, CTC

VMC on AWS

Modern SDDC

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Summary


Agenda

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Agenda

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VMware Vision

Introducing VCF

VCF Deep DiveArchitectureBring-up Management DomainWorkload DomainLifcecycle AutomationSizing

VMware Cloud on AWS

Summary


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