History of our Virtualization Project Discussion Points 1.How we started 2.Foundations of a...

History of our Virtualization ProjectDiscussion Points

1. How we started2. Foundations of a Virtualization Project3. Physical to Virtual4. ELA5. Lessons Learned

How We Started this Virtual Reality…

• Our Initial build• Our Current build• Foresight is always key• Key Components

Keys to A Successful Virtualization Project

1. Policy Guidelines2. Automate3. Monitoring4. Compliance5. Goals

BEST PRACTICESTo mention just a few….

1. DO NOT severely over commit on memory or CPU.2. Do not use multiple CPU’s if application is single

threaded3. HA-DRS clustering4. Snapshot – Don’t be confused by the name5. Always monitor your environment proactively.6. Always keep your templates updated.

Physical to Virtual

• Successfully implementing a P2V standard.• Developing a Methodology• Top Hurdles to overcome with a P2V project

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P2V Methodology

• Goals of the P2V methodology Eliminate risk to environment throughout the duration of the project Minimize downtime of applications during migrations Seamless coordination of resources during the migrations

Enterprise Communications Management

Project and Work-Stream Management

TOP 8 Hurdles with large P2V projects

1 Overall Coordination & Communication

2 Scheduling Tasks on Production systems

3 Managing Approvals

4 Task Distribution

5 Off hours and weekend work

6 Data Gathering and Maintenance

7 Tracking Status

8 Reporting

VMWare ELA OVERVIEW

• What is it?• Who does it benefit?• Assisting Agencies in going “GREEN”

Citywide – Cost Savings with VMware ELA VMware 5 year ELA (12/08) - $9.5M through DoITT

Unlimited Deployment vSphere Enterprise, vCenter, Lifecycle, Lab and Site recovery manager

Capped Deployment Virtual Desktop (View premier) – 10,000 users

Two onsite resident engineers

Additional professional services – Consulting, Integration and Training

Platinum support for all existing and new licenses for ELA term

Cost savings off NYS pricing for allocated licenses

$7,400,000 (in first 9 months of 5 year agreement)

DoITT – Additional ROI with VMware in 2008/ 2009

Citywide Clusters (838 vm’s) 2008/2009 Hardware (new server growth): $ 5,028,000

Power and Cooling for new server growth: $ 951,668

Total Cost Avoidance: $ 5,979,668

Green facts:

Power and Cooling Savings (kWh) 5,530,800CO2 Emissions (metric tons of CO2) 3,674Equivalent Number of Cars off the Road: 1,257Equivalent Number of Trees Planted: 16,760

Green facts:

Power and Cooling Savings (kWh) 5,530,800CO2 Emissions (metric tons of CO2) 3,674Equivalent Number of Cars off the Road: 1,257Equivalent Number of Trees Planted: 16,760

KEYS & NEXT STEPS

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Top-down sponsorship

Treat virtualization as an architectural decision

Design for the big picture—deploy incrementally

Achieve and maintain stakeholder buy-in

Form a core virtualization team (Center of Excellence)

Self-Managing Datacenter

Automate

CapacityOn Demand

Server Consolidation

Test and Development

Separate Consolidate Aggregate

Computing Clouds On and Off Premise

Liberate

Virtualization Vision

100%Virtualized Data Center

END GAME

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