VSPHERE DESIGN SCENARIO PRACTICE

Harley Stagner, VCDX #46http://www.harleystagner.comTwitter: hstagner

Archaic Licensing Scenario

Acme Software Uses Physical Processor Licensing

Client wishes to run Acme’s DB Version 12 in same HA/DRS cluster as other applications to better share resources

Only (3) hosts are required to support the DB Version 12 workload with capacity to spare

(6) Host cluster exists, may purchase additional if needed

Archaic Licensing Scenario

How should Acme DB 12 licensing be handled?

What HA / DRS configurations should be used?

Think about performance / flexibility / redundancy

What is the impact of each of your design choices?

What assumptions are you making?

Archaic Licensing Scenario - Components

Archaic Licensing Scenario – Solutions?

ESX1

ESX2

ESX3

ESX4

ESX5

ESX6

Acme01

Acme02

Acme03

Acme04

Acme05

Acme06

Other VM Workloads

Balanced Cluster Scenario

Greenfield Installation

Client would like cluster imbalances to be resolved automatically and as quickly as possible

vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus Licensing

Client plans to have “large memory” VM’s in the cluster

ESXi Host

Balanced Cluster Scenario – Solutions?

VMkernel:Management

VMkernel:VMotion

VM Servers

VLAN 160

VLAN 130

VLAN 10

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

Onboard

Quad Port

Server Option A

vmnic1Gb

vmnic1Gb

Onboard

Server Option B

Dual Port

vmnic10Gb

vmnic10Gb

VMkernel:VMotion

vswitch0

Open Question: How Can We Ensure QoS on 10GbE?

Open Design Discussion...

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http://www.harleystagner.com/vcdx/the-end-of-the-journey-vcdx-number-46.php

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