Table of ContentsLab Overview - HOL-PRT-1465 - Atlantis USX and VMware VSAN: Software-definedStorage for Tier-1 Applications.......................................................................................... 2

Lab Guidance .......................................................................................................... 3Module 1 - Atlantis USX – Deploying together with VMware VSAN....................................4

Module Narrative..................................................................................................... 5Module Objectives................................................................................................... 6Background Information.......................................................................................... 7How your lab should look to begin .......................................................................... 8

Module 2 - Atlantis USX - Experience the USX Manager.................................................. 10Atlantis USX - Experience the USX Manager ......................................................... 11Need to run off? .................................................................................................... 31

Module 3 - Atlantis USX - Recognizing USX Efficiency..................................................... 32Module Narrative................................................................................................... 33Module Objectives................................................................................................. 34Background Information........................................................................................ 35Clone existing VM using the vCenter client........................................................... 36How your lab should look after completing this module. ......................................42No more time? ...................................................................................................... 43

Module 4 - Atlantis USX - Fast Clone ............................................................................... 44Module Narrative................................................................................................... 45Module Objectives
................................................................................................. 46Fast Clone ............................................................................................................. 47No time left?.......................................................................................................... 52

Module 5 - Atlantis USX - Teleport ................................................................................... 53Module Narrative................................................................................................... 54Module Objectives................................................................................................. 55Backup .................................................................................................................. 56Teleport ................................................................................................................. 59Wrap up ................................................................................................................ 63

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Lab Overview - HOL-PRT-1465 - Atlantis USX

and VMware VSAN:Software-defined Storage

for Tier-1 Applications

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Lab GuidanceGet hands-on experience with Atlantis USX: Deliver dramatically higher-performance foryour production workloads, VDI, and tier 1 apps at a fraction of the capacity and cost.Deploy Atlantis USX to pool VSAN with shared storage to build hyper-convergedinfrastructure.

You will have 90 minutes per lab session, so please use the times listed below asguidance.

• Module 1 - Atlantis USX – Deploying together with VMware VSAN to deliveroptimized local storage (45 Min)

• Module 2 - Atlantis USX - Experience the USX Manager• Module 3 - Atlantis USX - Recognizing USX Efficiency• Module 4 - Atlantis USX - Fast Clone• Module 5 - Atlantis USX - Teleport

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Module 1 - Atlantis USX –Deploying together with

VMware VSAN

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Module NarrativeUsing Atlantis USX, IT organizations can pool VSANs with existing shared storage, whileoptimizing it with Atlantis USX In-Memory storage technology to boost performance,reduce storage capacity and provide storage services such as high availability, fastcloning and unified management across all datacenter storage hardware.

The student will be taken through how to leverage the power of a Hybrid USX Volumethat optimizes VMware VSAN allowing it to deliver high performing virtual workloadsfrom local storage.

• Clone VM from local storage to USX Volume....• Fast Clone• Teleport• Gathering metrics

Before you start

Log into vCenter Server “vcsa-01a” using your preferred client and ensure that the USX-SVC and USX-VOL identified here are powered on and an Ubuntu VM is powered off.

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Module ObjectivesA customer has built a resilient datastore from local storage using VSAN. This is thenpooled by Atlantis USX to provide the Deduplication and I/O optimization that serverworkloads require. A joint whitepaper of this solution has already been written here:

http://blog.atlantiscomputing.com/2014/02/atlantis-ilio-usx-and-vmware-vsan-join-forces-on-software-defined-storage/](http://blog.atlantiscomputing.com/2014/02/atlantis-ilio-usx-and-vmware-vsan-join-forces-on-software-defined-storage/)

Estimated module duration: 45 minutes

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Background InformationTable 1 - Configuration Table

Configuration Table

Notes: The FQDN is hostname.corp.local

DNS is 192.168.110.10

Default Gateway is 192.168.110.1

Default password is VMware1!

Firefox Bookmarks

The Firefox bookmarks have been created on the bookmarks toolbar identified here.

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How your lab should look to beginThe USX Manager is used to configure and deploy multiple USX appliances which havedifferent roles. Please spend a few minutes familiarizing yourself with some of theconcepts in Module 1- Atlantis USX - Experience the USX Manager. In this lab we will notbe using any local direct attached storage (DAS) or local flash storage. For the purposesof this lab, deployment has already been accomplished and we will focus on AtlantisUSX usability and functionality.

Terminology

SAN = vsanDatastore (VMware VSAN), ds-site-a-nfs01

RAM = local RAM within each ESXi server

Service VM's = consumes pre-configured amounts of local (RAM) and sharedresources for presentation by the Volume VM

Volume VM = (USX-VOL-1, USX-VOL-2) NFS export of an application definedstorage volume for applications to use as storage.

Diagram 1

The initial deployment of USX Service and Volume VM's have been created for you asthe limited resources on each ESXi server falls below the Atlantis USX minimumconfiguration guidelines. Modifications have been made to allow for the presentationsof limited volume sizes. Login to vCenter vcsa-01a using Windows session credentials toview the default setup.

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Diagram 2

Once logged into the vCenter check each of the current USX datastore's (USX-VOL-1-ds,USX-VOL-2-ds) to make sure no additional VM's are stored as this would limit the abilityto perform some of the tasks later in this lab.

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Module 2 - Atlantis USX -Experience the USX

Manager

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Atlantis USX - Experience the USXManagerThis module is designed to allow you to become familiar with the USX Manager settingsand configuration so that there is a greater level of understanding as we go through themodules that follow. Keep in mind that the following walk-through is based off of theAtlantis USX 2.1 release. All settings included in screen captures are focused onimproving the overall USX experience in the VMWare HOL environment.

USX Manager Login

1. From the control center virtual machine, either select the Atlantis USX shortcut on thedesktop or open a browser of your choice and access the Login page fromhttps://192.168.110.80:8443.

2. Enter the default username for access, "admin" with a password of "VMware1!".

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https://192.168.110.80:8443.

USX Manager Main Window

1. Toolbar to quickly navigate to different sections of the GUI.

2. Quick Links, this section exposes sub-tasks associated with each of the major taskcategories on the toolbar.

3. Main dashboard.

4. Help will open the default browser to the most recent version of the USXdocumentation.

5. Settings provides access to Preferences, Licensing, Change Password, and USXinstallation information necessary when obtaining a license for the USX environment.(The default evaluation license is sufficient for this lab)

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USX Manager Settings

Select Settings in the top right portion of the USX Manager interface, then selectPreferences.

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Preferences

Preferences is the interface where General, Configuration, and HA settings may be set.Of particular attention are the following Quick Settings that require attention.

1. Enable advanced settings, visible during USX Volume creation.

2. In a hyper-converged configuration, local storage must be selected.

3. In a hybrid configuration (using SAN\NAS), shared storage must be selected.

4. The percentages for resource allocation can vary, but a good rule is accept thedefault settings of 90% for Max Storage Allocation, 30% for Max Memory Allocation(depending on deployment type), and 90% for Max Flash Allocation.

NOTE: Settings within the lab are set to disable use of Local and Flash storage (hence,their value of 1) and to maximize memory resources.

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About Atlantis USX

About Atlantis USX provides the product build number and Grid ID. The Grid ID is thestring that will be provided to Atlantis to generate a PoC, NFR, or Production license.

Licensing

Total used versus licensed capacity is indicated as well as a list of license files that havebeen uploaded.

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USX Manager - Manage

From the Manage button on the toolbar, many tasks, measurements, and system status'are revealed.

1. Any configured volume will be listed here.

2. General area where many measurements are provided as well as the status of thevolume and USX components.

3. The Actions menu provides access to other key areas in the GUI as well as actionsthat can be selected for the volume highlighted under the Quick Links menu.

4. Actions listed will be described in further detail in Manage Volumes below.

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Manage Volumes

From the Quick Links menu on Manage, select Manage Volumes. This view providesconfiguration settings of the USX Volume. The same Action items identified earlier arealso presented here.

1. Once a volume is created, it can be mounted to a hypervisor(s), multiple in the caseof hypervisor clusters or when working with non-simple USX volumes.

2. To establish HA configuration for an existing volume, simply select Enable HA (Do notperform this operation within this lab, resources are not sufficient). Of course, the

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hypervisor must have sufficient resources to support the HA VM. The HA VM is, simplyput, a container that has the ability to takeover and run the volume service in the eventof a critical issue happening such as a host failure affecting the running volume.

3. Teleport provides the functionality of moving a de-duplicated and compressed virtualmachine resource from one USX Volume to another USX Volume. USX Backup is verysimilar to the Teleport, but without actually moving the resource, only creating a de-duplicate copy of the resource in the destination volume. These functions will bedemonstrated later in this lab.

4. Fast Clone is USX functionality that can be used to create duplicates of a virtualmachine very efficiently, provisioning new VMs in a matter of seconds. This function willbe demonstrated later in this lab.

Create Volume

Selecting the Create Volume link from Quick Links or from the Actions menu's previouslycovered will launch the Create Volume wizard.

NOTE: Do not create additional volumes within this lab. The following is informationalonly. Limited resources only allow the demonstration of functionality and notdeployment.

1. Select from Hybrid, All Flash, or In-Memory USX Volume types for deployment acrossmultiple hypervisors (minimum of 3). Select Simple Hybrid or Simple In-Memory todeploy USX Volumes in a single hypervisor. The Simple volumes are much like theflagship ILIO product that put Atlantis on the map. The Simple Hybrid is for use withpersistent desktops and Simple In-Memory is for stateless workloads.

2. Enter the size of the volume required. To enter this information, a proper sizingexercise should have taken place with an Atlantis certified partner or SE resource.

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3. Current options for datastore mounting through the GUI are NFS and iSCSI, withexperimental support for CIFS and object based interfaces.

4. Network profile groups have been configured to identify Management versus Storageconnectivity, especially useful in a large environment where multiple Storage\Management profiles are necessary.

5. Service VM Name Templates are configured to make identification of automaticallydeployed components easy and conform to naming standards.

Create Volume Advanced Settings

Selections made in the Advance Volume settings are particular for each type of volume.

NOTE: Do not create additional volumes within this lab. The following is informationalonly. Limited resources only allow the demonstration of functionality and notdeployment.

1. Selecting "Prefer flash for performance" should be designated in a hyper-convergedarchitecture with local flash (SSD) drives.

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2. Selecting Fast Sync and Write Heavy for Workload Ratio is for use when there are highperformance requirements or where flash can be used in place of memory.

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USX Manager Analytics

Selecting Analytics from the USX Manager Toolbar provides access to exhaustive metricspertaining to the USX Volumes.

1. Select volume desired.

2. Select data display interval.

Available Metrics

1. CPU Utilization

2. Memory Utilization

3. Network Throughput

4. Network Packets Dropped

5. Capacity Reduction

6. Volume Metadata

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7. IOPS Offload

8. Disk Throughput

9. Disk Utilization

10. CPU Load Average

Graph Data

1. Expand\Collapse graph

2. Select graph points (i.e. Idle Time, Kernel Time, Total Used, User Time, or Wait Time).Extended measurements are available on each of the individual graphs listed above.

3. Refresh

4. Full Screen

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USX Manager Monitoring

Monitoring for each of the USX Volumes is located off of the USX Manager Toolbar. Here,Alerts and Tasks are identified for the volume selected under the Quick Links menu.Alerts for success (OK) and threshold warnings are identified in this window. Tasks and

task status are identified in the Tasks portion of the Monitoring window.

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USX Manager System

1. Select System from the USX Manager Toolbar.

2. This will reveal components of the USX environment, such as VM Manager,Hypervisors and Storage, Networking, Name Templates, and Service VM's.

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VM Manager

After selecting VM Managers from the Quick Link menu, all Managers configured for useby the USX Manager are identified. To modify username and password used forconnectivity to the VM Manager (1) select the Edit button.

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Hypervisors and Storage

Selecting Hypervisors and Storage provides a view of all of the Hypervisors configuredfor use as well as the memory and storage resources available for consumption.

1. Pay attention to the bottom of the screen where the storage is divided into Local andShared. Shown here are shared datastores (ds-site-a-nfs01, and vsanDatastore. No localstorage is required (or available) for this exercise.

2. Notice that the Free Capacity indicated for storage and Usable Memory are identifiedin terms of percent of available resources in the hypervisor (configured in thepreferences section).

Networking

Networking configured for use by the USX Service and Volume VM's is configured byselecting Networking from the Quick Links menu.

1. When creating networks within the USX Manager, the user must select DHCP orprovide start and stop IP ranges, Netmask, Gateway, (2) and select the properhypervisor network to associate with the network being created. Additionally,

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networking groups may be created to organize in any manner necessary to support thedeployment.

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Name Templates

Templates for establishing naming standards can be created using the Name Templateslink off of the Quick Links menu. Templates are used for organizing and standardizingService VM names.

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Service VMs

All USX Service VM's are listed on the Service VMs link off of the Quick Link menu.

1. Here, configuration options such as parent hypervisor, status, network IP's, manager,and Agent Version can be identified.

2. Export configuration can be located in the lower portion of the Service VM windowpane.

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Need to run off?You're not done yet!

Thank you for taking the time to explore Atlantis USX. We hope you have enjoyed whatwe are putting together for all of the virtualization and storage admins of the world. Ifyou have NOT, then please let us know! Our developers of USX and USX Manager areright here in the lab with you! Press the big HELP button above so that one of them cancome by, take your feedback, scan your badge, and get you entered into a drawing forsome cool swag!

If you'd prefer, you can email feedback directly to the development team:

Be sure to stop by the Atlantis Computing BOOTH and tap one of us on theshoulder to check out additional information that may not have been coveredin this lab session, including architecture, deep-dive data services, and manyothers. If you have further questions about the USX itself, we will have a liveversion running in the booth!

Enjoy VMware Partner Exchange 2015!

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Module 3 - Atlantis USX -Recognizing USX

Efficiency

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Module NarrativeWith Atlantis USX In-Memory storage optimization, the operations goals finally meet themanagement guidelines, "Doing more with less".

During this lab the student will be shown how Atlantis USX compliments the VMwareenvironment in optimizing data services for higher percentage of utilization of capitalresources.

• During exercises, do not power on any of the client VM's as resources are limitedand that process may fail.

• Clone exercise to identify efficient storage utilization

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Module ObjectivesThe use case for this lab is to identify increasing storage efficiency through introductionof Atlantis USX.

Estimate module duration: 45 minutes.

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Background InformationTable 1 - Configuration Table

Configuration Table

Notes: The FQDN is hostname.corp.local

DNS is 192.168.110.10

Default Gateway is 192.168.110.1

Default password is VMware1!

Firefox Bookmarks

The Firefox bookmarks have been created on the bookmarks toolbar listed as AtlantisUSX AMC.

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Clone existing VM using the vCenterclientClone Ubuntu VM- Datacenter

Clone Ubuntu VM (in powered off state, do not power on as resources are limited) toDatacenter Site A

Clone Ubuntu VM- Cluster

Select Cluster Site A

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Clone Ubuntu VM- Host

Leave the VM on the specified host

Clone Ubuntu VM- Storage

Select Thin Provision (due to time constraints) and USX-VOL-1-ds datastore.

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Clone Ubuntu VM- Guest Customization

Do not customize

Do not power on this virtual machine

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Clone Ubuntu VM- Ready to Complete

Do not select, Edit virtual hardware.

Clone Ubuntu VM- Start USX-VOL-1 Clone

Take notice of the time operations begin.

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Clone Ubuntu VM- Start USX-VOL-1 Clone 2

Create a second clone of the ubuntu VM to the same USX-VOL-1 datastore. Keep all ofthe steps identical, with the exception of the clone name.

Clone Ubuntu VM- What's the big deal?

Let's look at a few items to show just how much of an impact USX can provide.

Look at the difference in time

1. How long did the initial clone take?

2. How long did the second clone take?

3. How did they compare?

The time difference is going to depend on lab workload and available network. Duringtesting, we received a 31% reduction in time for clone operation. While that doesn't addup to much during a single clone of an 800MB operating system, what would itrepresent with 1,000 x 800MB VM's?

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USX Vol 1 metrics - VM sizes have changed sincedocumentation, be advised that the updated VM size forthe ubuntu VM is ~810MB used of a 2GB disk size.

1. Take note of the USED size on disk for the original VM,

2. After two full clone operations of the same ubuntu VM, how much did your used spacegrow?

3. Notice the response time from the between vCenter operation and Atlantis USX VOL1, sub 1 ms!

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How your lab should look aftercompleting this module.The USX Manager is used to configure and deploy multiple USX appliances which havedifferent roles. Please spend a few minutes familiarizing yourself with some of theconcepts in Module 1- Atlantis USX - Experience the USX Manager. In this lab we will notbe using any local direct attached storage (DAS) or local Flash storage. Therefore, wewill not be provisioning a virtual volume of an All-Flash type. We will also not beprovisioning an In-Memory persistent ADS Volume.

Terminology

SAN = vsanDatastore (VMware VSAN), ds-site-a-nfs01

RAM = local RAM within each ESXi server

Service VM's = consumes pre-configured amounts of local (RAM) and sharedresources for presentation by the Volume VM

Volume VM = (USX-VOL-1, USX-VOL-2) NFS export of an application definedstorage volume for applications to use as storage.

Diagram 1

A successfully completed lab deployment using this lab workbook should look like this.

One USX Hybrid volume (USX-VOL-1) with two full clones of ubuntu VM.

• Capacity savings, 8.42GB provisioned storage in 2.1GB used on USX HybridVolume

• Clone operation time reduced by 90%• Performance acceleration with latency less than 1ms

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No more time?You're not done yet!

Thank you for taking the time to explore Atlantis USX. We hope you have enjoyed whatwe are putting together for all of the virtualization and storage admins of the world. Ifyou have NOT, then please let us know! Our developers of USX and USX Manager areright here in the lab with you! Press the big HELP button above so that one of them cancome by, take your feedback, scan your badge, and get you entered into a drawing forsome cool swag!

If you'd prefer, you can email feedback directly to the development team:

Be sure to stop by the Atlantis Computing BOOTH and tap one of us on theshoulder to check out additional information that may not have been coveredin this lab session, including architecture, deep-dive data services, and manyothers. If you have further questions about the USX itself, we will have a liveversion running in the booth!

Enjoy VMware Partner Exchange 2015!

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Module 4 - Atlantis USX -Fast Clone

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Module NarrativeAtlantis USX has a powerful set of tools to leverage to enhance data optimization onfinite capital storage resources.

Fast Clone

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Module Objectives
The intent of this lab is to provide instruction on how to leverage the Fast Clone featureof Atlantis USX and identify the efficiency at which it accomplishes the operations.

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Fast CloneThe following procedures identify the steps required to use the Atlantis USX Fast Clonefeature.

To use the Fast Clone feature, the source VM must be in the Power Off state.

NOTE: Capacities within individual labs may not reflect exact measurements referencedin lab manual.

Fast Clone- USX Manager

Locate and select the Actions menu from the Manage home window pane. Whenselected, notice the Fast Clone link in the Actions menu.

Fast Clone- Select Source

Select any of the Powered Off virtual machines identified in the Fast Clone window. Forthe purpose of this lab, there should be two VM's listed.

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Fast Clone- Configure

Set the number of VM's to 20. There is only one template to choose from, select it.

Fast Clone- Progress

During the initial phase of Fast Clone, it is normal to receive no feedback for the firstseveral seconds as the process initiates and USX Manager gets the Fast Clone status.

Fast Clone- Progress USX

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Fast Clone- Progress vCenter

Fast Clone- Complete USX

20 VM's cloned, 2:45.

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Fast Clone- Complete vCenter

20 VM's cloned, 2:24.

Fast Clone- USX statistics

1. De-duplication rate significantly increased.

2. De-duplication reduces amount of writes, therefore acknowledgment for write comesdirectly from RAM.

Fast Clone- vCenter Statistics

1. 22 VM's, 1 datastore, 2.15GB stored on disk

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2. 40.66GB stored on 2.15GB disk.

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No time left?You're not done yet!

Thank you for taking the time to explore Atlantis USX. We hope you have enjoyed whatwe are putting together for all of the virtualization and storage admins of the world. Ifyou have NOT, then please let us know! Our developers of USX and USX Manager areright here in the lab with you! Press the big HELP button above so that one of them cancome by, take your feedback, scan your badge, and get you entered into a drawing forsome cool swag!

If you'd prefer, you can email feedback directly to the development team:

Be sure to stop by the Atlantis Computing BOOTH and tap one of us on theshoulder to check out additional information that may not have been coveredin this lab session, including architecture, deep-dive data services, and manyothers. If you have further questions about the USX itself, we will have a liveversion running in the booth!

Enjoy VMware Partner Exchange 2015!

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Module 5 - Atlantis USX -Teleport

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Module NarrativeAtlantis USX features of Teleport and Backup are based off of a de-duplication awaretransport technology. This may be leveraged to move virtual machines and servers aswell as workloads.

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Module ObjectivesThe intent of this lab is to provide instruction for completing the Backup and Teleportfunctions of the Atlantis USX feature. Additionally, the lab will identify benefits alongthe way.

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BackupThis module will identify all of the steps necessary to use the Atlantis USX Backupfunction. Backup utilizes our de-duplication aware transport technology, allowing forWAN friendly transfer of VM's and associated workloads.

Backups of Powered Off virtual machines utilize the same technology as the Teleportwithout removing the source files and updating configuration files pointing to datastore.The backup performed in this procedure is the first VM stored in the USX-VOL-2 volume,therefore this will be a complete copy. The benefits will be identified when usingTeleport to MOVE a DIFFERENT VM to the USX-VOL-2 datastore. Even though the VM isdifferent, USX will deduplicate it against the backup performed here.

Backup- Backup

From the Manage home window, select the Actions menu, then Backup.

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Backup- Source

Select one of the Powered Off virtual machines as the source.

Backup- Destination

Select a listed USX datastore with sufficient free capacity.

Backup- Verify Settings

Review settings.

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This process could take several minutes. Feel free to select Close for the Backupwindow and look through some of the other features of the USX Manager GUI.

Backup status can be identified by returning to Monitoring off of the Toolbar, thenselecting the Tasks tab within the main window.

Backup- Progress

This is to show that during the Backup process, vCenter is completely unaware of thetask in operation.

Backup- Complete

Time stamp on backup matches that of the vCenter screenshot above.

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TeleportTeleport is a data transfer feature of Atlantis USX that is de-duplicate aware. Thisfeature may be used to move a virtual machine, server, or workload from one USXVolume to another.

Teleport- Actions

1. Select the volume under the USX Volumes listing where the source resides.

2. Expand the Actions menu.

3. Select Teleport from the Actions menu.

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Teleport- Select Source

Select one or more virtual machines to move to an alternate USX Volume. Only VM's inthe USX Volume highlighted in steps above will be available for selection here.

Teleport- Destination

Select the USX Volume with sufficient capcity.

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Teleport- Verify Settings

Verify settings are correct.

Teleport- Complete USX

Movement of VM from one USX Volume to another, 21 seconds.

Teleport- Complete vCenter

vCenter reports the process that takes place after USX Teleoport creates a replica of thesource volume.

Teleport- Concluded

1. In the end, the second USX Volume (USX-VOL-2) contains a backup of Clone-Ubuntu-01 and the Teleport of Clone-Ubuntu-02.

2. That is two full clones of the Ubuntu VM from the first exercise, all in 2.48GB ofcapacity.

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Even though USX-VOL-2 had never seen the VM Teleported from USX-VOL-1, it is contentaware and deduplicates against what it has on record for it's own datastore. Bottom lineis that only the blocks that are different from one VM to another are transferred betweenUSX Volumes when leveraging Atlantis Teleport or Backup functionality.

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Wrap upYou're not done yet!

Thank you for taking the time to explore Atlantis USX. We hope you have enjoyed whatwe are putting together for all of the virtualization and storage admins of the world. Ifyou have NOT, then please let us know! Our developers of USX and USX Manager areright here in the lab with you! Press the big HELP button above so that one of them cancome by, take your feedback, scan your badge, and get you entered into a drawing forsome cool swag!

If you'd prefer, you can email feedback directly to the development team:

Be sure to stop by the Atlantis Computing BOOTH and tap one of us on theshoulder to check out additional information that may not have been coveredin this lab session, including architecture, deep-dive data services, and manyothers. If you have further questions about the USX itself, we will have a liveversion running in the booth!

Enjoy VMware Partner Exchange 2015!

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Table of ContentsLab Overview - HOL-PRT-1465 - Atlantis USX and VMware VSAN: Software-defined Storage for Tier-1 ApplicationsLab Guidance

Module 1 - Atlantis USX – Deploying together with VMware VSANModule NarrativeBefore you start

Module ObjectivesBackground InformationConfiguration TableFirefox Bookmarks

How your lab should look to beginDiagram 1Diagram 2

Module 2 - Atlantis USX - Experience the USX ManagerAtlantis USX - Experience the USX ManagerUSX Manager LoginUSX Manager Main WindowUSX Manager SettingsPreferencesAbout Atlantis USXLicensingUSX Manager - ManageManage VolumesCreate VolumeCreate Volume Advanced SettingsUSX Manager AnalyticsAvailable MetricsGraph DataUSX Manager MonitoringUSX Manager SystemVM ManagerHypervisors and StorageNetworkingName TemplatesService VMs

Need to run off?

Module 3 - Atlantis USX - Recognizing USX EfficiencyModule NarrativeModule ObjectivesBackground InformationConfiguration TableFirefox Bookmarks

Clone existing VM using the vCenter clientClone Ubuntu VM- DatacenterClone Ubuntu VM- ClusterClone Ubuntu VM- HostClone Ubuntu VM- StorageClone Ubuntu VM- Guest CustomizationClone Ubuntu VM- Ready to CompleteClone Ubuntu VM- Start USX-VOL-1 CloneClone Ubuntu VM- Start USX-VOL-1 Clone 2Clone Ubuntu VM- What's the big deal?Look at the difference in timeUSX Vol 1 metrics - VM sizes have changed since documentation, be advised that the updated VM size for the ubuntu VM is ~810MB used of a 2GB disk size.

How your lab should look after completing this module.Diagram 1

No more time?

Module 4 - Atlantis USX - Fast CloneModule NarrativeModule Objectives
Fast CloneFast Clone- USX ManagerFast Clone- Select SourceFast Clone- ConfigureFast Clone- ProgressFast Clone- Progress USXFast Clone- Progress vCenterFast Clone- Complete USXFast Clone- Complete vCenterFast Clone- USX statisticsFast Clone- vCenter Statistics

No time left?

Module 5 - Atlantis USX - TeleportModule NarrativeModule ObjectivesBackupBackup- BackupBackup- SourceBackup- DestinationBackup- Verify SettingsBackup- ProgressBackup- Complete

TeleportTeleport- ActionsTeleport- Select SourceTeleport- DestinationTeleport- Verify SettingsTeleport- Complete USXTeleport- Complete vCenterTeleport- Concluded

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