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Slides for talk in the School of IT at Bond about the recent changes to the Virtual IT Teaching Lab and the Bond IT Cloud equivalent for research use.
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Current Advances with Virtualisation for Teaching and Research
in the School of IT
Michael Rees and Matt CarterSchool of IT
Technology Infrastructure
Bond IT Infrastructure
• Virtual IT Teaching Lab, VITTL• Bond IT Research Cloud Data Centre, DC• Innovation Centre– Topic maps machines– Software Assurance listserv
• Ad hoc servers– Teams, Comet– Tuhs– James
Virtual Machine Benefits
• a wide range of Windows, Windows Server and Linux images can be supported
• students granted administrative access to download, install and manage software packages
• each virtual machine has 24/7 access and supports long executions
• virtual machines are accessible everywhere on campus and Internet (maybe via Citrix)
• virtual machines can be replaced with new images in minutes• teaching and support staff can share access for maintenance• students present from their virtual machines in any teaching
space on campus for assessment and feedback purposes
VITTL Architecture
SAN
Host 1
Host 2 Host 4
Host 3
Internet
VCESX 4.0
IBM 3850/3650
VITTL Advances
• Upgraded from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0• Rewired VITTL [RAID driver problems currently] • Reformatted SAN [6TB up from 1.5TB] • Implemented Pacman virtual server: Linux and file
sharing accounts rather than full virtual machine• Moved all research from the VITTL to DC cluster• ITCloudConnect to log into machines directly
though the VMware viewer software rather than SSH or RDP
IT Teaching Support
• Running for 6 semesters• Subject: web technologies, databases, software
development, computational finance, business intelligence, security (24 in total)
• Mix of Windows, Windows Server and Linux images
• Sized for 150 student VMs, has supported up to 250 without problem
• http://vittlproject.pbworks.com/
VM Allocation by OS
Bond IT Research Cloud
• Industry Liaison DMZ Project• Shares Bond direct Internet feed, before
institutional proxy• Throttled to 10 Mbps• Central Information Services has oversight of
Cloud proxy• Clusters old servers for cloud VMs• Allows direct access from Internet to physical
machines, if needed
Bond IT Research Cloud
Low Cost
Summary
• Highly successful• Runs independently of Info Services• Still searching for low-cost VM management,
creation/deployment solutions with automation
• Perfect environment for leased servers with constant rollover
Reminder
• Remember to remind students they have access to MSDN Academic Alliance Subscription for copies of:– Windows 7 32/64bit– Visual Studio 2010– Expression 3 Studio, Visio 2010
• http://it.bond.edu.au • See Matt for ELMS account