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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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