1. VMware Update 2009 Daniel Griggs Solutions Architect, Virtualization Servers & Storage Solutions Practice Dayton OH

2. Futures 2009 & Beyond Hardware Enhancements 6, 8 and 16 core processors Simultaneous Multi-threading (follow on to hyper-threading) Nested Page Tables (AMD Barcelona/Shanghai & Intel Nehalem) 10GBe maturity 8GB Fibre Channel maturity VMware Enhancements VMware Third-party vSwitches (Cisco Nexus etc.) VMware VMsafe VMware Fault Tolerance VMware Data Recovery Microsoft Enhancements Hyper-V R2 Live Migration, SCVMM enhancements

3. App OS App OS App OS App OS App OS Enterprise networking vendors can provide proprietary networking features in a VMware environment Enables networking solutions to monitor, control and manage virtual networks Networking/security solutions can understand/ be aware of mobile, dynamic virtual infrastructure Simplicity and transparency for network administrators Unified management framework for physical and virtual networks Third Party Virtual Switch Futures VMware Third-Party Switches (2009)

4. Multi-function Security Appliance VMware ESX Ap p OS App OS App OS App OS App OS Security VM vNetwork Distributed Switch VMware ESX Ap p OS Security VM Integrated, more effective, comprehensive security solutions within the virtual infrastructure Better security than physical servers! Agent-less deployment of partner security services Single security VM for multiple security services AV, Firewall, IPS Security policy and state moves with virtual machine Futures VMware VMsafe (2009)

5. App OS App OS App OS XX App OS App OS App OS App OS X Zero downtime, zero data loss No complex clustering or specialized hardware required Single common mechanism for all applications and OS-es Single identical VMs running in lockstep on separate hosts Zero downtime, zero data loss failover for all virtual machines in case of hardware failures Integrated with VMware HA/DRS VMware ESX FT HA Futures VMware Fault Tolerance (2009)

6. VirtualCenter vCenter Data Recovery Agent-less, disk-based backup and recovery of your VMs VM or file level restore Incremental backups and data de-dupe to save disk space Quick, simple and complete data protection for your VMs Centralized Management through vCenter Server Cost Effective Storage Management 1. Backup 2. Restore 1.VM goes down 2.Select VM images/files to recover 3.Restore…VM running in seconds X 1.Schedule backups via VC 2.Snapshots taken 3.Data de-duped and stored vCenter Server X De-duplicated Storage vCenter Server Futures VMware Data Recovery (2009)