What s New in vsphere 5.1? Rob Groenhuis Senior Systems Engineer VMware Netherlands BV 2012 VMware Inc. All rights reserved
Agenda vsphere 5.1 vcenter 5.1 Packaging Questions 2
3 What s New in vsphere 5.1? VSPHERE 5.1
vsphere 5.1 vcenter Server 5.1 Single Sign On (incl. SRM / vcd) Enhanced vsphere Web Client v Motion w/o shared storage Replication Zero Downtime upgrade of VMTools Data Protection v Shield Endpoint Shell Updates Host Profiles Enhancements Enhanced Auto Deploy Availability Security Automation VMware vsphere 5.1 Compute Storage Network HW v ersion 9 64 way SMP 1 TB VMs v GPU for VDI Storage Space Reclamation for VDI Storage v Motion, Scalability and SIOC Enhancements Enhanced Distributed Switch SR-IOV support 4
5 What s New in vsphere 5.1? AVAILABILITY
vmotion (w/o Shared Storage) Overview Live migration of a virtual machine without the need for shared storage Extends VMware s revolutionary technology for automated virtual machine movement Included with vsphere* Benefits Zero downtime migration No dependency on shared storage Lower operating cost Helps meet service level and performance SLAs 6 *All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials
vsphere Replication Site A (Primary) v Sphere Overview Virtual machine level replication by the vsphere host Included with vsphere* vsphere Replication Site B (Recovery) v Sphere Benefits Low cost/efficient replication option Simple setup from within vcenter Server Integration with SRM enables automated DR process 7 *All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials
VMware Tools Updates Upgrade VMware Tools with reduced downtime Improved driver management allows for fewer VM reboots when upgrading Windows Guest Only (Vista and later) running with default configuration Note: Upgrading to VMware Tools 5.1 = Reboot required Upgrading beyond VMware Tools 5.1 = Reboot not required 8
VM Compatibility VM Hardware Version now called VM Compatibility Readily identify a VMs features and capabilities Available only in new Web UI vsphere UI & CLI still use VM Hardware Version Benefit: Eliminate pressure to keep up Reduce VM downtime 9
Extended Support Matrix Updated for VMware Tools 5.1 and Virtual Hardware 9 Virtual Hardware now referred to as VM Compatibility vsphere Release Supported Tools Virtual Hardware / Compatibility vsphere 5.0 Tools 4.x vhw 4 upgrade Tools 5.0 vhw 7 vsphere 5.1 Tools 5.1 vhw 8 vhw 9 ESX 3.5 and later ESX 4.x and later ESX 5.0 and later ESX 5.1 and later 10
vsphere Data Protection Overview New backup and recovery tool for vsphere VDP Replaces vsphere Data Recovery Based on EMC Avamar VMware vsphere Included with vsphere* Benefits DATA DEDUPLICATED AND STORED ON VDP APPLIANCE Use less disk space with deduplication Simple setup and management Proven technology 11 *All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials
12 What s New in vsphere 5.1? SECURITY
vshield Endpoint Overview Secure your VMs with offloaded antivirus and anti-malware (AV) solutions without the need of agents Included with vsphere* Benefits Simplified AV administration Higher consolidation ratios by preventing the possibility of AV storms Improved performance 13 *All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials
Shell Updates ESXi Shell Updates No more shared root Users with admin privileges functionally equivalent to root Users with admin privileges automatically given shell access Improved logging & auditing Events logged under individual user accounts DCUI logins show actual user info instead of dcui user Terminate idle shell sessions with ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOut 14
15 What s New in vsphere 5.1? AUTOMATION
Auto Deploy (introduced in vsphere 5.0) Overview vcenter Server with Auto Deploy Image Profiles Host Profiles Deploy and patch vsphere hosts in minutes using a new on the fly model Coordination with vsphere Host Profiles Benefits vsphere vsphere vsphere Rapid provisioning: initial deployment and patching of hosts Centralized host and image management Reduce manual deployment and patch processes 16
Auto Deploy New Features New Auto Deploy Features in vsphere 5.1 Stateless Caching fall back to the cached image Stateful Install One time boot from Auto Deploy server Auto Deploy mode configured through Host Profile Option 1: Stateless Auto Deploy Option 2: Stateless Caching (NEW) Option 3: Stateful Installs (NEW) 17
Auto Deploy Stateless Caching Image and configuration saved to local disk Requirements: Dedicated boot device (1GB) Auto Deploy Server Image Profile PXE Benefits: Host able to boot if PXE boot fails Image Profile Notes: ESXi Image on disk is the same as regular install image Can choose to overwrite or preserve existing VMFS Image Profile 18
Auto Deploy Stateful Installs Use Auto Deploy to provision new vsphere hosts One time use of Auto Deploy All future reboots from local disk Still need to patch every individual host Auto Deploy Server Image Profile PXE BOOT Image Profile Image Profile 19
Host Profile Updates in vsphere 5.1 Host Profiles Additional parameters added Stateless configurations more consistent with stateful Examples: - VMdirect Path I/O Configuration - PCI Passthrough Settings - /etc/hosts file settings - Local host entries - Password PAM Configuration - Password strength/complexity - PAM Login Map - Authentication path policy - Virtual Machine Swapfile Location - Mem.HostLocalSwapDir 20
21 What s New in vsphere 5.1? COMPUTE
Virtual Machine Updates Description Benefits 64 vcpus per VM Virtual GPU (vgpu) Virtualize large workloads with confidence Run high performance 3D graphics apps in VMs / VDI Continue to leverage latest CPU HW acceleration features to deliver highest performance Improved CPU virtualization 64 vcpus 1TB RAM Hardware 3D graphics support 22
vsphere Scales to Support Mission-Critical Applications Overview Create virtual machines with up to: 64 vcpu 1 TB of vram Benefits 2x 2x size of previous vsphere versions Run even the largest applications in vsphere, including very large databases Virtualize even more applications than ever before (Tier 1 and 2) 23
vgpu Improved 3D Graphics Support Create virtual GPU (vgpu) on shared physical GPU Hardware NVIDIA Quadro 4000/5000/6000 NVIDIA Tesla M2070Q For Windows 7 or Windows 8 VM s View Environments (early 2013) 24
Improved CPU Virtualization Virtualized Hardware Virtualization (VHV) Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the Guest OS Run Windows 7 in XP mode with better performance Access to low-level CPU counters from inside the Guest OS Improves observably and facilitate debugging and troubleshooting Enable developer tools like vtune & Oprofile (Linux) 25
Support for Latest Guest OS and CPU Extended guest OS Support Windows 8 Server and Desktop Extended hardware support for latest Intel and AMD CPUs Add support for AMD Piledriver Series Add support for Intel Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge Series 26
27 What s New in vsphere 5.1? STORAGE
Space Efficient Sparse Disk Guest OS Storage Reclamation Improves storage utilization / eliminate stranded space View Environments only (targeted early 2013) Uses new SE Sparse VMDK format 39GB VMDK = 39GB Delete 14GB 25GB 25GB After 14GB freed up inside the Guest, the VMDK is shrunk to 25GB freeing up 14GB on the disk/lun. 28
Increasing VMFS Files Sharing Limits 29
Support up to 5-node MSCS configuration 30
Storage I/O Control (introduced in vsphere 4.1) Low priority VM can limit I/O bandwidth for high priority VMs Storage I/O allocation should be in line with VM priorities Without Storage I/O Control With Storage I/O Control online store Microsoft Exchange data mining online store Microsoft Exchange data mining datastore datastore 31
SIOC Automated Threshold Detection Through device modeling, SIOC determines the peak throughput of the device It then measures the peak latency value when the throughput is at its peak The threshold is then set at 90% of this value (by default) Admin still has the option to: Change % value Manually set congestion threshold 32
Storage vmotion Enhancements 33
34 What s New in vsphere 5.1? NETWORK
Distributed Switch Overview Continuous Improvements Distributed Switch now delivers: Network Healthcheck Configuration Backup and Restore Roll Back and Recovery vsphere vsphere vsphere Benefits Visibility into physical and virtual network status Backup and recover network settings Fast recovery from lost connectivity or incorrect configurations 35
Network Health Check 36
Backup a VDS configuration 37
Restore vds through DCUI 38
SR-IOV Support for I/O Latency Sensitive Applications Overview Database High Frequency Trading App SR-IOV support allows multiple virtual machines direct access to hardware I/O devices Allows multiple VMs to bypass the hypervisor (DirectPath) to reduce the I/O utilization overhead vsphere Benefits Reduces latency for high-throughput devices and databases Enables you to extend benefit of virtualization and cloud to most IO sensitive applications 39
40 What s New in vsphere 5.1? VCENTER
Single Sign-On Overview Sign-on once rather than multiple times in vcenter Server vcenter vco Inv entory Serv ice vsphere Web Client vsphere Solutions Benefits Authoriza tion Authentication (Single Sign On) Auditing vsphere Platform Services Faster operations Less complexity Active Directory Open LDAP NIS Local OS Users Customer Identity Sources Support for multiple identity services Future building block for other VMware products and solutions 41
Web Client Object Navigator Inventory Objects Tabs Create Custom Actions Overview New, improved interface into vsphere delivers: Browser-based experience Custom tagging Scalability Enhanced workflow management Benefits Platform independence Tag based on specific business cases Add right-click extensions Portlets Sidebar Extension Manage more objects and 3x more active sessions than ever before Pause and resume even the most complex workflow or task 42
vcenter Operations Manager Foundation Overview View the health, risk and efficiency scores of the vsphere environment Drill down into current workload conditions to pinpoint potential problems areas Included with vsphere* Benefits At a glance reporting and alerting Fast problem diagnosis Easy upgrade to higher vc Ops Editions 43 *All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials
vcenter Multi Hypervisor Manager (MHM) Requirements Prevent customers from being locked into a single hypervisor vendor Provide a choice of hypervisor for the specific application needs Benefits vsphere admins can manage their heterogeneous hypervisor environments from within a centralized vcenter user interface Executives can avoid the Single Vendor Lock In Simplify the management of datacenters with heterogeneous hypervisors. 44
vcenter Multi Hypervisor Manager Features Support Hyper-V 2008 / 2008 R2 (initial) Hyper-V 2012 (asap) Other Hypervisors (2013) Features Add/Remove/Connect/Disconnect/List HYPER-V Hosts View HYPER-V Host Configuration (Processors, Memory, Network) Power Operations (for Host, for VM) List VMs (per vcenter, per Host) Connect/Disconnect CD/DVD Drives Edit VM Settings (memory, CPU, Floppy, DVD, HDD, Network) 45
46 What s New in vsphere 5.1? VSPHERE PACKAGING
vsphere 5.1 Edition Lineup: Enterprise Standard Enterprise Enterprise+ New or Improved in vsphere 5.1 Entitlements vram Entitlement Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited vcpu / VM 8-way 32-way 64-way Features High Availability Data Protection vmotion Hot Add vshield Zones Fault Tolerance (1 vcpu) Storage vmotion Virtual Serial Port Concentrator Storage APIs for Array Integration, Multipathing Distributed Resource Scheduler and Distributed Power Management Distributed Switch I/O Controls (Network and Storage) Host Profiles and Auto Deploy Storage DRS and Profile-Driven Storage SR-IOV vshield Endpoint vsphere Replication 47
vsphere 5.1 Edition Lineup: SMB Essentials Essentials+ Standard Standard with Operations Management Entitlements vram Entitlement Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited vcpu / VM 8-way 8-way 8-way 8-way Features High Availability Data Protection vmotion vsphere Storage Appliance Hot Add vshield Zones Fault Tolerance (1 vcpu) Storage vmotion vshield Endpoint vsphere Replication vcops Standard (=old Advanced ) vcenter Protect Essentials & Essentials Plus limited to maximum 3 hosts / 6 CPUs Can be upgraded to Standard / Enterprise / Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kits 48
vsphere 5.1 Edition Lineup: Free ESXi Hypervisor Entitlements Physical Entitlement vram Entitlement 32 GB Unlimited Standalone for test / study No vcenter Agent Can be upgraded to any other vsphere Edition Just enter license code No reinstallation needed! 49
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