1. MFCF's Virtualization Experience using VMWare Tom Serviss, Technical Manager, MFCF Greg Walker, Principal Consultant, Gibraltar Solutions Inc.

2. Agenda Introduction to VMware Introduction to LeftHand Networks Proof of Concept at MFCF Live Demonstration WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

3. INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE Greg Walker, Principal Consultant, Gibraltar Solutions Inc. WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

4. 4 Physical Server Server Virtualization Benefits Increase hardware utilization by sharing hardware resources across a large number of virtual machines. Virtual Machines ESX Server Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server

5. 5 Anatomy of a Virtual Machine Each Virtual Machine is a complete system encapsulated in a set of software files Unmodified Application Unmodified OS Virtual Hardware

6. 6 Virtualization of Servers, Storage and Networking Server Virtual Machines ESX Server Server Farm ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server Virtual Machines Enterprise Virtualization VMware Infrastructure ESX Server Network Storage Partition CPU and memory in multiple virtual machines Store virtual machine disks on local or shared storage. VMFS cluster file system manages virtual machine disk storage Build networks within or across ESX Servers.

7. 7 Heterogeneous Operating System Support Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Web Editions, and Small Business Server Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Windows NT : 4.0 Server Windows XP Professional Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, & 9.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 & 3 Solaris 10 (on x86) SUSE Linux 8.2, 9.0 and 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.0 and 6.5 FreeBSD 4.9 Rigorously tested to run 28 versions of all major operating systems 64-bit operating system support (including Vista, Longhorn beta, and Linux) Freedom to choose the most appropriate OS for any application

8. 8 Enterprise Workloads 16 GB RAM Up to 4 virtual CPUs Support for powerful physical servers with up to 32 logical CPU and 64 GB RAM Run the most resource intensive enterprise applications such as databases, CRM and ERP applications in virtual machines

9. 9 VirtualCenter - Key Functionality 7 Programmatic Interfaces Virtual Machine and Server Management 1 Provisioning 2 Migration 3 Resource Management 4 System Monitoring 5 Security and Access Control 6 Centralized Management

10. 10 Live Migration Of Virtual Machines with VMotion What is it? Live migration of virtual machines with VMware VMotion Customer Impact Zero downtime Continuous service availability Complete transaction integrity Supported on Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN and NAS

11. 11 Resource Optimization with VMware DRS What is it? Dynamic balancing of computing resources across resource pools Intelligent resource allocation based on pre-defined rules Customer Impact Align IT resources with business priorities Operational simplicity; dramatically increase system administrator productivity Add hardware dynamically to avoid over-provisioning to peak load Automate hardware maintenance Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources to ensure optimal alignment between business and IT Resource Pool Business Demand

12. 12 Capacity on Demand with VMware DRS Provisioning is “fire and forget” Easily add more capacity Avoid over- provisioning to peak load Add hardware dynamically Resource Pool CPU 36GHz, Mem 58GB Priority HIGH Resource Pool CPU 50 GHz, Mem 70GB Priority HIGH

13. 13 Ensure High availability with VMware HA What is it? Automatic restart of virtual machines in case of server failure Customer Impact Cost effective high availability for all applications No need for dedicated stand-by hardware None of the cost and complexity of clustering VMware HA enables cost-effective high availability for all applications Resource Pool X

14. 14 Resource Pools Aggregate collections of disparate hardware resources into unified logical resource pools Customer Impact Failed server mean less resources not a failed application Dedicated (virtual) infrastructure for each business unit; central IT retains control over hardware Delegation of resource and virtual machine management down to the business unit Management of an entire SOA application stack as a single entity Servers, Storage, Networking Business Unit Department ADepartment B Aggregate Resources Resource Pool 2 CPU 36GHz, Mem 58GB Priority HIGH Resource Pool 3 CPU 12GHz, Mem 22GB Priority LOW CPU 48 GHz, Mem 80GB

15. 15 Protect data with VMware Consolidated Backup What is it? Centralized agentless backup for virtual machines Move backup out of the virtual machine Eliminate backup traffic on the local area network Pre-integrated with major 3rd-party backup products Customer Impact Perform backup in the middle of the day Centralized file level backup enables easy & reliable data protection Centralized Data Mover

16. 16 VMware Infrastructure – Key Solutions / Use Cases Server Consolidation and Containment – Eliminate server sprawl by deploying systems into virtual machines Test and Development – Rapidly provision and re-provision test and development servers; store libraries of pre-configured test machines Enterprise Desktop – Secure unmanaged PCs. Alternatively, provide standardized enterprise desktop environments hosted on servers. Business Continuity – Reduce the cost and complexity of business continuity by encapsulating entire systems files that can be replicated and restored onto any target server Infrastructure Provisioning – Reduce the time for provisioning new infrastructure to minutes with sophisticated automation capabilities. Legacy Application Re-hosting – Migrate legacy operating systems and software applications to virtual machines running on new hardware for better reliability

17. 17 Benefits: Reduce hardware costs up to 30-50% Reduce operations costs up to 70-80% Reduce complexity Deploy new services efficiently Solving the Problem VMware Infrastructure provides a managed approach to regain control over serve sprawl VMware customers have consolidated ~1 mln servers to date

18. 18 VMware Infrastructure – Cost Savings Increase utilizationFrom 5%-15% To 60-80% Consolidate hardware10-15 : 1 in production 15-20 : 1 in development & testing Reduce operating costs of rack space, power etc ~$3,000 per year electricity savings for 2CPU ESX Server Decrease labor cost by simplifying and automating labor intensive IT operations From 10 servers per sys admin To 30 servers per sys admin Measurable savings in both capital and operating costs

19. 19 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Users: Student Labs Outsourced call centers Offshore developers Branch office consolidation Desktop disaster recovery Value: Central management, increased security, strong user isolation Products: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables enterprises to host desktop virtual machines in their data center on VMware software and provide users access from a PC or thin client using a remote display protocol.

20. INTRODUCTION TO LEFTHAND NETWORKS Greg Walker, Principal Consultant, Gibraltar Solutions Inc. WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

21. Scale Everything Architecture Scale-up Storage Scale-out Storage LeftHand Clustered Architecture Traditional SAN Architecture

22. Keep Data Highly Available With Network RAID AB C A B C A B C A B C A BC Synchronous Data Replication Real-Time Protection Levels 2-Way Replicated Volume 3-Way Replicated Volume Assigned on a per-volume basis Change replication levels on-the-fly Survive Entire Storage Module Failure No interruption of application data access Data access speeds remain constant No parity calculation required D D D D D

23. D C DBC CBCBA Campus SAN: Real-time Protection from Site Failure BABAD A D ACD Geographically distribute nodes to survive: Facility disruption Natural disaster Technology failure Physical Separate Cluster By: Rack Room Floor Building Prerequisite: Gigabit Connectivity Low Latency Location 1 Location 2

24. LeftHand Networks SAN/iQ Cluster SAN/iQ Campus SAN and VMware ® ESX Cluster VMware ESX HA Cluster SAN/iQ Cluster is configured with equal storage in each siteESX cluster is configured with equal hosts in each siteSAN/iQ Network RAID replicates data between sites synchronouslyIn the event of a site failure SAN/iQ keeps volumes availableESX High Availability boots up virtual machines lost at the failed siteWhen the failed site comes back online ESX rebalances virtual machines (DRS) Location 1Location 2

25. PROOF OF CONCEPT AT MFCF Tom Serviss, Technical Manager, MFCF @ UW WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

26. Proof of Concept Components Purchased two new servers and an iSCSI array Servers: HP DL380 G5 Dual quad-core Xeon 16 GB RAM 2 dual-port NICs 1 dual-port iSCSI HBA Storage: HP DL320s with LeftHand Networks SAN/iQ 12 x 146 GB drives 1.8 TB raw storage, 1.5 TB usable (RAID 5) Two additional demo units provided during training for replication purposes VMware Software: Virtual Infrastructure 3 2 x VI3 Enterprise 1 x VirtualCenter Management Server WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

27. Training Gibraltar Solutions provided 4 days training for MFCF Training in ESX Server- the robust foundation of the VMware Infrastructure Training in VirtualCenter- to provision and monitor virtual machines Training in P2V Assistant- to assist in converting from physical to virtual Training designed to demonstrate Sound foundation in VM concepts Understanding of the implementation procedures Introduction to management tools 5 people completed the training WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

28. Early Successes Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 runs independently of the VM Installation Active Directory and IIS Servers cannot be run directly the Presentation Server Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

29. Future Testing Maple TA – virtual backup and failover Request Tracker (RT) Version 3.6.4 Solaris 10 x86 Red Hat Enterprise 5 VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft Project Server 2007 Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare

30. Lessons Learned Stability Virtual Center reporting loss of heartbeat The VMware heartbeat signal does not depend on the time sync of the system itself Performance Thus far acceptable but limited Time required to maximize performance Performance monitoring will be implemented later

31. Lessons Learned Provisioning Current VM Servers all provisioned within minutes, not hours Applying new security updates Flexibility cannot be fully tested, within the limitations of the current environment Only one SAN available The high I/O requirements of database applications make virtualization a poor choice

32. Conclusions The Green Initiative industry trend towards becoming energy efficient Consolidation survey pending in the new year Consolidation ratio of 10:1 can be achieved Benefits cooling, power and also reduces the overall server room footprint

33. LIVE DEMONSTRATION Greg Walker, Principal Consultant, Gibraltar Solutions Inc. WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | MFCF's Server Virtualization Experience using VMWare