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Element Managers

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HardwareIBM DirectorHP SIMDell OpenManage

NetworkCiscoWorks

StorageEMC ControlCenter

“Big Four” and others

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Software Categories:

• Availability– Backup and Recovery, Clustering

• Desktops– Application Delivery / Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

• Management– Automation and Orchestration, Deployment and

Installation(p2v)– Inventory and Asset Management, Performance Analysis– Capacity Planning, Chargeback, Workload Management

• Testing / Benchmarking– Performance Analysis, Lab Management

Availability

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Backup Software– CommVault Galaxy v6.1 SP3– VMBK v2.22.2 Rev 6– VizionCore esxRanger 2.0– esXpress 2.3.3

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CommVault Galaxy v6.1 SP3First tradition software vendor to fully support and integrate with VMware Consolidated backup

• Support for VI3 / VCB• Fully keeps individual backup’s separate on a catalog and security level

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VMBK v2.22.2 Rev 6First free backup tool to run on the ESX Service Console.

• Snapshot of VMs• Schedule Backups• NFS / SMB / FTP Support• VirtualCenter Support (vc1.x)• Backup of VMX / nvram files

Available on http://www.vmts.net

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Vizioncore ESX Ranger 2.0First dedicated backup solution for VMware Environment

• Support for VI3 / VCB• Incremental Backup

More later today at 15:45

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esXpress 2.3.3Backup solution to run on the ESX Service Consoles

• Intelligent Delta Backup • Scheduling• ??? Ability to cancel running backups??

• Soon esXpress 3.0 (currently in beta)– Virtual Backup Appliance– VI3 Support and ESX 2.x Support– Full backup AND restore capabilities

More on http://www.express.com

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Clustering• Veritas Clustering• VMCL Beta 1• SteelEye LifeKeeper for Virtual Servers

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VMCL beta 1Free HA software for VMware Environments

• HA and DRS (by failure) functionality for ESX

• Based on the famous Linux-HA Cluster software

More on http://www.vmts.net

Desktops

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Besides VMware having a Consulting Solution for VDI, there is a lot of other options:

• Propero Workspace for VMware• Dunes Virtual Desktop Orchestrator (VD-O)• Leostream Virtual Desktop Connection Broker

• ClearCube Sentral• Provision Networks Project “titan”• Synchron OnDemandDesktop• Citrix Connection Broker

Management

Hardware Management

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OpenManage components:– IT Administrator – web-based mgmt console– Server Administrator – agents installed in the COS– Remote Access Controller – remote installation of ESX

– Integrations to many ESMs

Features include:– Hardware fault monitoring – SNMP, email, console alerts

– Inventory and asset monitoring

ESX Server 2.5.x supports version 4.5OpenManage provides information about hardware that is

assigned to or shared with the service console

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• HP SIM provides information about hardware that is assigned to or shared with the service console:– View system board configuration– View file system usage– Check hardware status– View CPU utilization– Perform automatic recovery of system

• Virtual Machine Management (VMM) Pack adds:– Monitor/manage VMware ESX and GSX (Windows only) and MSVS– Deploy and Manage VMs– Live Move using VirtualCenter– VMM agent is installed in the COS (also collects SNMP

traps)

• Server Migration Pack (SMP) adds:– P2V, V2V, and V2P

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• Integrate physical and virtual systems management by extending IBM Director:– Correlate relationships between physical and virtual

objects• SDK-based integration, can use VirtualCenter• Agent installs in the COS• Virtual Machine , Virtual Farm & Physical Host• Monitor & manage GSX and ESX

– Status/management of physical hosts and virtual machines• Present visual cues and log events as they occur on the physical

host or virtual machine• Enable Start/Shutdown/Suspend/Resume/Restart of Virtual Machines• Provide (with VMware) the ability to manually or automatically move

running virtual machines between 2 physical hosts in the same Virtual Farm

• Drive VMotion and power control through hardware health events• Ease-of-administration and self-healing of ESX Server environments

– “Single pane of glass management” of virtual / physical machines• Integration point for VMware VirtualCenter and IBM Director

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Management

Enterprise System Management

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BMC Performance Manager (formerly PATROL) for Virtual Servers 1.1:

• Discovers the virtual machines contained in environment– Correlates VMs to ESX hosts

• Map virtual resources to physical resources• Switch between a physical and logical view• Assess virtual and physical resources

utilization/capacity– CPU– Memory– Disk– Network – Access inventory and performance reports

• Performance Manager uses the VirtualCenter SDK 1 or 2 (in backwards-compatibility mode) to monitor ESX servers and VMs

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• Management of ESX Server– Auto-discovery of VMware hosts and virtual

machines– Map hosts and VMs to business processes– Secure, role-based, centralized administration of

VMware resources– Monitor health & availability of Hosts and VMs– Intelligent Policy-based management

• Event filtering and correlation• Resource allocation

• Integration– Performance Management– Service Level Management

• Installs an agent in the COS (SDK 2 with next release)– Provides hardware-level monitoring and management

• Support matrix – http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/nsmvmware/infodocs/nsmvmware-matrix.asp

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• Discovery• Health and Resource

Monitoring• Role-based

administration• Performance Analysis

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• HP OpenView Operations (OVO for Windows or UNIX) provides seamless management for:– SPI* for VMware ESX 2 and 3 (by nworks)

• SPI (Smart Plug-In) for VMware understands your host and guest operating systems– Automatic discovery and deployment, exposing Virtual

Machines, Virtual Disks, Virtual Networks, Host Resources– Service maps visualizing relationships of guest – host

• Extensive reporting at every level, from HW to ITSM– Memory pooling efficiency comparison per host group– Top Memory processes by VM– Processor affinity analysis / recommendations (per host /

host group)– Integrates with HP SIM, Dell OpenManage, or IBM Director

* SPI = Smart Plug-In, an add-on module for OVO

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– Discovery of resources– Monitoring – resource models for availability and performance• Preconfigured and customizable models• Built-in problem determination

– Event management – forward to Tivoli Enterprise Console

– Operations management – Start, Stop, Discover, Manage Logs

– Data gathering and reporting – host and guests– Supports ESX 2.1.2, 2.5.x

• TMVS uses Perl API and SNMP

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nworks– The nworks VMware® Events Management Pack extends the reach of

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 into the world of ESX Server™ without adding any software to your ESX Servers. The nworks VMware Events MP is a completely distributed ESX Server and VirtualCenter event monitoring solution for MOM 2005. The nworks VMware Events MP provides event, availability, and performance data to lower VMware ESX Server virtual infrastructure costs while increasing server availability.

Virtugo Connect for Microsoft Operations Manager– "...extends MicrosoftTM Operations Manager (MOM) management into

the Linux, UNIX, NT4 and VMware platforms by providing system discovery, performance, alerting and monitoring“

– Supports ESX (Beta is expected late January 2006)

Opalis Robot CAP for VMware– More of an automation manager than an event handler– "... allows GSX Server administrators to automatically stop, start,

create, and remove virtual servers as part of their automated maintenance procedures." Requires Opalis CAP for MOM for full integration

– Supports ESX, GSX

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Management

ChargeBack

The Provment Solution

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Provment System is the only IT chargeback system that correctly handles the dynamic aspects of virtualized environments.

Provment System – VMwareTechnical Overview

Installed Capacity (RU) is calculated by a modified Provment Agent. The agent by-passes VMware HW virtualization thus giving a RU number reflecting the total capacity of the machine.

VMware ESX server8 CPU:s 16 GB RAM

Totally installed capacity (RU): 1200

Totally used capacity (RU): 400

Used RU:s is split between the Virtual servers according to their CPU usage.

Server name Used RU:s

Virtual server 1 200

Virtual server 2 120

Virtual server 3 30

VMware Overhead 50

Totally used RU:s 400

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Management

Automation

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Automation Products• Dunes VS-O• Opalis Robot

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• Opalis Robot

Automation Software that works against VC

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Benchmarking

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• Benchmarking / Time Control– VMtime – VMPerfMon– ‘hidden’ VMware tools feature

•VMware Descheduled Time Accounting service

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VMtime detectes time drifting in Virtual Machines

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VMPerfMon – Measure real performance and capabilites in your VMs

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