Virtual Infrastructure Management

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1 Virtual Infrastructure Management VMware Analyst Day 2007 Patrick Lin Sr. Director, Product Management Erik Wrobel Director, Product Management

2 Key Takeaways Virtual infrastructure enables a fundamentally better way of managing the datacenter VMware is delivering a range of new management capabilities in concert with its partners, and sees a large new market opportunity for itself in virtual infrastructure management

3 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Partner Ecosystem

4 Why Management? Easy to manage VMs High performance Proven in production Virtualization Vendor Selection Criteria Hypervisor platform is critical and will remain so Performance Stability Heterogeneous OS support Runs multiple OSs well But management is the #1 criteria for vendor selection Rich in functionality 0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% B.4 Which five of these attributes are most important in forming your preference for a specific brand of x86 server virtualization software? (Select 5 at most) N=2265 * Source: VMware Customer Survey, Oct 2006

5 New Enablers Virtual infrastructure has properties that enable a different degree of automation around IT processes than has been possible in the past Encapsulation Mobility State-full snapshots Dynamic configuration Add and remove virtual hardware Rewire logical configurations Change resource allocations Discovery and Introspection Resource utilization Dependency discovery

6 Customer Benefits yielding improvements in common management tasks Key Task Traditional Approach Virtual Infrastructure Approach Provision a new server 3-14 days hardware procurement 1-4 hours provisioning new server 5-10 minutes provisioning new VM Moving an application to a new server; Repurposing a server 4-6 hours for migration Service interrupted for duration of maintenance window Requires days/weeks of change management preparation 2-5 minutes for live migration using VMotion (no service interruption) minutes for cold migration Hardware maintenance Requires 1-3 hour maintenance window Requires days/weeks of change management preparation Near zero downtime hardware upgrades with VMotion

7 Customer Benefits that are multiplied when customers standardize on top of virtual infrastructure Key Task Traditional Approach Virtual Infrastructure Approach Provision a new server Moving an application to a new server; Repurposing a server Hardware maintenance 3-14 days hardware procurement 1-4 hours provisioning new server 4-6 hours for migration Service interrupted for duration of maintenance window Requires days/weeks of change management preparation Requires 1-3 hour maintenance window Requires days/weeks of change management preparation 5-10 minutes Benefits of the provisioning new VM Architectural Approach Data Center-wide Capacity Management 2-5 minutes for live migration using VMotion (no service interruption) Standardization (Common Expertise, Processes & Tools) minutes for cold migration Decreasing Marginal Cost of New Projects Near zero downtime hardware upgrades with VMotion

8 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Storage and Network Management Capacity and Resource Management Change and Configuration Management Partner Ecosystem

9 Market Assumptions Multi-hypervisor management relevant starting in 2009 VMware willing to support alternative hypervisors based on maturity and market demand VMware co-chairing standards bodies to facilitate multi-platform automation Large market opportunity for at least next 3 years focusing on virtual infrastructure management Physical assets managed primarily as they relate to virtual machines No short-term plans to become a broad framework for managing and automating across physical and virtual environments Partners are critical to ensuring full solutions can be delivered Ensure better fit into customers existing management regimes Focus on IT processes that are not radically transformed by underlying VI capabilities, but nonetheless leverage virtualization

10 Management Landscape Process View IT Processes Provisioning Mgmt Capacity / Resource Mgmt Change / Config Mgmt Service Level Mgmt Data Center Resources Workload Application Operating System Virtual Appliance Multi-VM Application Single VM / Image Virtual Infrastructure Resource Pool Virtual Machine Virtual Storage Virtual Networking Physical Infrastructure Server Storage Network Power Virtual Infrastructure Management Opportunity

11 Guiding Product Vision Complete the full infrastructure virtualization abstraction and offer or enable relevant services Move towards a more selfoptimized and self-managed data center Provide open interfaces to VirtualCenter and engage partners to deliver a complete management solution

12 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Storage and Network Management Capacity and Resource Management Change and Configuration Management Partner Ecosystem

13 A Broader Sphere of Influence VMware s virtual infrastructure extends software controls from servers to storage, network and applications

14 ESX Storage Management Impact ESX A VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4 VM5 VD1 VD2 VD3 VD4 VD5 VMware SW SAN VSCSI Disklib ESX Storage Stack VMFS LVM ESX B VSCSI Disklib ESX Storage Stack VMFS LVM Selectively presents logical containers to VMs (like LUN masking and zoning) Provides services such as snapshots (like LUN based snaps and replication) Provisions logical containers (like provisioning LUNs) Storage Switch Physical SAN LUN 1 LUN 2 LUN 3 Aggregates physical volumes (like making a RAID set) ESX virtual storage layered on top of physical SAN Questions raised in storage admin function re: separation of duties Major opportunity for VMware and its storage partners

15 ESX Networking Management Impact Before VMware Simple ~1:1 host:port ratio Tiered architecture Managed primarily at access layer With VI 3 and going forward ~100:1 actual host (VM):port ratio (10GbE and multicore) ~1000:1 effective host (VM):port ratio (DRS) core distribution access L8 physical hosts ESX virtual switch layer has now become the access layer Major opportunity for VMware and its networking partners

16 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Storage and Network Management Capacity and Resource Management Change and Configuration Management Partner Ecosystem

17 Capacity Management Transformed Virtual Infrastructure Management Virtual Resource Pools

18 Impact on Capacity Management Capacity management in a virtual world: Efficient utilization Aggregation / pooling Over-commitment Improved manageability Dynamic allocation / re-allocation Allows for SLA based resource policies Better demand management Trending and analysis enables just-in-time provisioning Improved visibility into resource consumption, enabler of IT cost management

19 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Storage and Network Management Capacity and Resource Management Change and Configuration Management Partner Ecosystem

20 Impact on Change and Configuration Management Change and configuration management (CCM) in a virtual world: A key goal of CCM is to take control of changes to the IT environment Rapidly change environment to support / be aligned with business needs In a consistent, controlled and well-audited manner Virtual infrastructure changes CCM Increases the span of control - virtual machines, switches, storage, appliances now more easily automatable (safer, faster, controlled) Introduces new CCM enablers that leverage encapsulation VMotion, VM templates, snapshots, etc. Sample use cases Disaster recovery rapid reconfiguration Self-service provisioning and delegated control

21 Agenda Impact of Virtual Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure Management Focus Storage and Network Management Capacity and Resource Management Change and Configuration Management Partner Ecosystem

22 Engaging with IT Management Partners Suite vendors - BMC, CA, HP, IBM Actively working with all four on their virtualization strategies Driving targeted integrations in key areas Developing joint documentation, best practices, and soft bundles Microsoft Small management footprint but MOM and SMS are used broadly VMware providing easy integration either directly (e.g. for AD) or through partners (e.g with nworks for MOM) Specialty solutions Encourage and promote partners that complement VMware in key management areas, e.g. performance management, chargeback, etc. Provide integration facilities and certification/validation programs VMware has over 200 partners in the official technology alliance program

23 IT Management Partner Ecosystem By now, most IT management vendors have changed their products so that they are compatible with and can manage VMware environments Leading partners are leveraging the properties of virtualization to create differentiation and drive more demand for their products Customers benefit by being able to manage their environments more effectively VMware benefits by having the most manageable virtualization platform Partner product virtualization readiness No awareness Co-existence Compatibility Differentiation IT Management Vendors Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Time

24 Summary Virtual infrastructure enables a fundamentally better way of managing the datacenter Virtual infrastructure dramatically broadens the scope of what can be managed and automated Traditional IT management problems can be solved more effectively in virtualized environments The more quickly users have grasped this fact, the faster they have and will continue to migrate towards virtual infrastructure VMware is delivering a range of new management capabilities in concert with its partners, and sees a large new market opportunity for itself in: Capacity and resource management Change and configuration management

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