VMware vSphere vCenter Server 5.

1 - Technical Deep Dive

Scott Calvet Technical Account Executive VCP-DV 5, VCP-DT 5
ScottCalvet@VMware.com
Twitter: @Gr8VirtualScott; Blog: http://greatvirtualscott.com

2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved

A little about me.

Customer for over 13 years

Industries

Financial Software Support

Publishing

Insurance (Fortune 500)

Past Roles

Help Desk

Systems Admin

Systems Engineer

Systems Architect

Regional IT Manager

My Industry Certifications

XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer

What's new in vSphere 5.1

Announcements Key Highlights

No more vRAM
64 vCPUs
Enhanced vMotion (no shared storage)
vSphere 5.1
vShield Endpoint & vSphere Replication
Distributed Storage Preview
Web Client
VXLAN
vCloud Suite
vCloud Architecture Toolkit 3.0
Software Defined Datacenter

Q3

Whats New in vSphere 5.1?

Single Sign On (vCD, vShield, vCenter)
vSphere Web Client

vCenter Server 5.1

Data Protection
Replication
vMotion w/o shared
storage
0 Downtime upgrades
of VMware Tools

Enhanced vCenter Orchestrator

vShield Endpoint

Storage DRS and

Profile-Driven Storage
working with VCD
Enhanced Auto
Deploy

Availability

Security

Automation

Compute

Storage

Network

VMware
vSphere 5.1

HW version 9
64 way SMP
1 TB VMs

Storage Space
Reclamation for VDI

Enhanced
Distributed Switch
SR-IOV support

Auto Deploy
Overview

Deploy and patch vSphere hosts in

vCenter Server
with Auto Deploy

minutes using a new on the fly model

Coordination with vSphere Host Profiles

Image Profiles

Host Profiles

2 new operating modes

Benefits

Fast initial deployment and patching

vSphere

vSphere

vSphere

Centralized host and image management

Reduce manual deployment and patch
processes

Continue deployment even when a failure

occurs
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Distributed Switch

Overview
Distributed Switch now delivers:
Network Healthcheck
Configuration Backup and Restore
Roll Back and Recovery
LACP Support
vSphere

vSphere

vSphere

Benefits
Visibility into physical and virtual network
status

Backup and recover network settings

Fast recovery from lost connectivity or
incorrect configurations

vSphere Scales to Support Mission-Critical Applications

Overview

Create virtual machines with up to:

64 vCPU
1 TB of vRAM

Benefits

2x

2x size of previous vSphere versions

Run even the largest applications in
vSphere, including very large databases

Virtualize even more applications than

ever before (Tier 1 and 2)

vMotion (w/o Shared Storage)

Overview

Live migration of a virtual machine

without the need for shared storage

Extends VMwares revolutionary

technology for automated virtual machine
movement

Benefits

Zero downtime migration

No dependency on shared storage
Lower operating cost
Helps meet service level and
performance SLAs

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vSphere Data Protection

Overview

New backup and recovery tool for the

vSphere platform
VDP

Replaces vSphere Data Recovery

Based on EMC Avamar

VMware vSphere

Benefits

Use less disk space with deduplication

DATA DEDUPLICATED
AND STORED ON VDP
APPLIANCE

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Simple setup and management

Proven technology

*All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials

vSphere Replication
Overview

Site A (Primary)

Virtual machine level replication by the

vSphere host

vSphere

Included with vSphere*

vSphere
Replication

Benefits
Site B (Recovery)

Low cost/efficient replication option

vSphere

Simple setup from within vCenter Server

Integration with SRM enables automated
DR process

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*All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials

vShield Endpoint
Overview

Secure your VMs with offloaded antivirus and anti-malware (AV) solutions
without the need of agents

Included with vSphere*

Benefits

Simplified AV administration
Higher consolidation ratios by preventing
the possibility of AV storms

Improved performance

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*All editions and kits with the exception of Essentials

Web Client

Object
Navigator

Inventory
Objects

Create Custom
Actions

Overview

New, improved interface into vSphere

delivers:
Browser-based experience
Custom tagging
Scalability
Enhanced workflow management

Tabs

Benefits

Platform independence
Tag based on specific business cases
Manage more objects and 3x more active

Portlets
Add right-click
extensions

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sessions than ever before

Sidebar
Extension

Pause and resume even the most

complex workflow or task

vSphere Web Client Interface

Object Navigator

Inventory Objects

Tabs
Create custom actions
Sidebar Extension

Portlets

Add right-click extensions

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Single Sign-On
Overview

Sign-on once rather than multiple times

in vCenter Server

Inventory
Service

vCO

vCenter

Authoriza
tion

Active

Directory

Authentication
(Single Sign On)

vSphere
Web Client

vSphere Solutions

vSphere
Auditing

Platform
Services

Open
LDAP

NIS

Local
OS
Users

Customer
Identity Sources

Benefits

Faster operations
Less complexity
Support for multiple identity services
Future building block for other VMware
products and solutions

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vCenter Orchestrator
Overview

Workflow Engine
Enhancements:
Web Client Integration (launch
workflows)
New workflow design
Simplified configuration and
installation

Benefits

Execute workflows with a single interface

Simplicity thru drag and drop workflow
creation

Automatic configuration
Deploy as a virtual appliance

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The Best of the Rest

Platform

Storage

Hardware Version 9
ESXi Platform Updates

VMFS File Sharing Limits

Space Efficient Sparse Virtual

New VM Features and Capabilities

VMware Tools

Disks
5 Node MSCS Cluster

Host Profiles

Network
SR-IOV
Port Mirroring Enhancements
Scale

OS Support
Windows 8 Server and Desktop
Data Recovery Enhancements

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Storage Protocol Enhancements

Storage Resource Management
Enhancements

vCloud Director Interoperability

VAAI for NAS

vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

Whats New in vCenter 5.1

Technical Deep Dive
vCenter Single Sign On
Inventory Service
vSphere vCenter 5.1 Installation
vSphere Web Client
vCenter Performance

vCenter Server Appliance v5.1

vCenter Server Heartbeat v6.5
vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager (MHM)

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vSphere vCenter Server 5.1 What's New

vCenter Server is evolving into a virtualization platform providing the
necessary management framework to deliver the needs of todays
virtualization administrators.
With vCenter 5.1

vCenter Single Sign On Server

Authentication services supporting multiple identity sources

Enhanced Inventory Services

Inventory Object Tagging

vSphere Web Client

Fully functional, cross platform vSphere client

Architectural and Database performance improvements

Faster response, better optimization of data

Separation of components allow for improved performance by

reducing direct communications to vCenter Server
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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Single Sign On

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vCenter Server 5.1 Login Experience

No VC

required

Users connect to
Identity Service
for Cloud
Infrastructure
Suite, not
individual
vCenters.
Connect from any
site Identity
service instances
are multi site
aware.

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The Situation Today

Authentication at multiple points
for the same administrator
Integrates only with Active
Directory
Mgmt
App
Mgmt

Lack of true Single Sign On

Identity limited in scope

vCD

No way for a solution to trust

another

App

vCenter
Directory
Server
(AD)

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Introducing vCenter Single Sign On

Provides single sign-on across management apps

vCenter now authenticates with vCenter single sign-on (not AD)
Establishing a notion of a solution identity

Support for multiple or non AD user repositories (eg OpenLDAP)

Trust between components using token exchange as opposed to
each component creating users in VC, VCD, VSM, etc.

Better Architecture
A single component that offers Multifactor Authentication, multisite support,
multiple directory service types

Support an open standard: SAML 2.0 and WS-TRUST

SAML 2.0 tokens can be used to authenticate user to a different trust domain
(a public cloud, say)

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How Does vCenter Single Sign On Work?

AD

AD

(Domain 1)

(Domain 1)

Open
LDAP

Authenticate

2
1

Issue Token
(user, pswd)

Login
(user, pswd)

Token

vCenter 1

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Authenticate
Local OS users

Local
vCenter Single
OS Sign On
OS

Login
(Token)

Authenticate
SSO users

DB

Web Client

Login
(Token)

vCenter 2

Login
(Token)

VCO

Login
(Token)

vShield

Login
(Token)

vCloud
Director

What Components Have Integrated With SSO?

2013/14
2012
Inventory
Service

VSM

Partners

vCenter

SRM

Web Client
VCD *

SSO

Others

VCO

Log
Browser

VCOPS

VDP

* VCD is partially integrated with

SSO, only provider side logins
can be integrated with SSO
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vCenter Single Sign On Server

Auto-discovery of vCenter 5.1 in
vSphere Web Client.
One time manual registration of
vCenter 5.0 needed for discovery
by vSphere Web Client.
https://<hostname>:9443/admin-app/

User gets to see all vCenter

instances for which they have
permission.
Linked Mode no longer required
for Unified Views of vCenters
Linked Mode is still required for:
Sharing of Permissions
Sharing of Roles
Sharing of Licenses
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vCenter Single Sign On Architecture

Clients
Security Token
Service API
(SOAP +
WS-Trust)

Service

Administration

Provider

Tools

Group Query API

(SOAP)
External
Identity
Source
Adapters

Admin API
(SOAP)

Internal
Identity
Source

Configuration & Policies

Replication
Tomcat Server
Active

Open

Directory

LDAP

Local
OS
Users

External Identity Sources

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Database

vCenter Single Sign-On Configurations

Basic vCenter Single Sign-On
When

Mosttocommon
use basic
deployment
vCenter Single
option

Inventory Svc

Sign-On:
(VMware recommended)

This
If youishave
a single
a single
standalone
vCenter server
instance
of
any supported
of the SSO
inventory
server that
size
(up to 1,000
supports
thehosts
connectivity
/ 10,000 of
VMs)
Directory,
OpenLDAP, Local
Active
If you have
multiple
Operating
System
and SSO
geographically
dispersed
embedded
users
and
locations each
with
a groups
local

vCenter
This typically
servers
would
and be
have
local
no to the
vCenter Server
requirement
for a single pane of
view
vCenter
glass
Used by
theprovided
vCenter with
Server
Linked
Simple Mode
Install option

are using
thethe
vCenter
Server
You
Preinstalled
with
vCenter
Appliance (VCSA)
Server Appliance

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Web Client

vCenter
Server
SSO
Server

vCenter Server Host or VM

VC Database
SSO Database

vCenter Single Sign-On Configurations

Inventory Svc
Web Client

vCenter
Server

SSO
Server
(Primary)

Primary vCenter Single Sign-On

Used for advanced configurations
vCenter SSO High Availability
(SSOHA)
Local Copy at Remote Sites (Multisite)

Installable version of SSO (Windows

Only)
Individual Installer

Supports the connectivity of

vCenter Server Host or VM

Active Directory
OpenLDAP

Database

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SSO embedded users and groups

Does not support the use of local
operating system user accounts
Only one Primary node can exist in
a single SSO environment

vCenter Single Sign-On Configurations

vCenter
Server

Inventory
Svc
Web
Client

vCenter Server 1

vCenter
Server

Inventory
Svc
Web
Client

vCenter Server 2

Load Balancer

SSO
Server
(Primary)

SSO
Server
(HA
Backup)

Host or VM

Host or VM

vCenter Single Sign-On

HA Backup (SSO HA)
Provides failover of vCenter

SSO server
Centralized vCenter SSO server for
multiple local vCenter Servers
Individual Installer

Third Party Load Balancer + configuratio

Complex to setup
SSL
vCenter Components (repointing)
No Protection of Shared Database
Clustered Database support in Update 1
Three solutions for an authentication
service?
Availability Same as vCenter Server
vSphere HA, vCenter Heartbeat

Shared Database
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vCenter Single Sign-On Configurations

vCenter Single Sign-On MultiSite
Local Authentication
New York
Removes additional risk (WAN)
Inventory Svc

Maintains same SSO security domain

Required for Linked Mode

Individual Installer
Does not provide site redundancy
Manual Steps required to maintain
synchronization of SSO instances

Los Angeles
Inventory Svc

vCenter
Server

Web Client
SSO
Server
(MultiSIte)

vCenter Server

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vCenter
Server

Web Client
SSO
Server
(Primary)

vCenter Server

1. Install Primary SSO in NY

2. Install IS, VC in NY
3. Install Multisite SSO in LA
4. Replicate SSO from NY to LA
5. Install IS, VC in LA
6. Replicate SSO in LA to NY
7. Repeat steps 3-6 for each site

Miami
Local
Databases

Inventory Svc

vCenter
Server

Web Client
SSO
Server
(MultiSite)

vCenter Server

Installing vCenter Single Sign On

Fresh Installation of vCenter Single Sign On
Deployment Types (Basic/Primary/MultiSite Replica Node/HA Backup)
Primary should be Windows vCenter Single Sign On instance

Requires a database, supports SQL 2005/2008, Oracle 10g,11g

Mixed mode authentication is required for bundled database (MS SQL Server Express).

admin@System-Domain user is created by default as vCenter SSO Administrator

Installs 2 Windows services:
VMware Single Sign On Service (Tomcat service)
SSPI Service
Single Sign On Server included with vCenter Server Appliance

Upgrade Installation from previous version of vSphere

vSphere vCenter 4.x and higher
Upgrade process will install SSO first before upgrading to vCenter 5.1 (simple install)
Install SSO before upgrading any vCenter Server components (custom install)

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Configuring vCenter Single Sign On Server

Defaults
Automatically creates SSO Admin User: admin@System-Domain Password: defined during install
Local/Active Directory administrators groups added to SSO super users during vCenter install
Login with SSO Admin privileges to
add additional identity sources
Define Polices
Update STS Certificates

Register vCenter 5.0 servers

https://localhost:9443/admin-app

Does not support

vSphere 4.x environments
Desktop VI Clients

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

Inventory Services

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Enhanced Inventory Service

Inventory Service provides a query service into VPXD

Used by vSphere Web Client
Provides reduced load on VPXD from client requests
Maintains a cache of vCenter inventory

Inventory Service installed as a separate component

SSO/vCenter Server or a separate server
Inventory Service included with vCenter Server Appliance
Default Port used 10443, 7443 (configurable)

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Inventory Object Tagging

Ability to create custom tags on inventory objects

Associate an arbitrary set of objects of the same type using a tag
Search for objects by that tag
Enables the business case where customers want to create arbitrary groups of
VMS, Clusters, Datastores for ease of management

Storage PBM uses tagging to make placement decisions

Inventory objects can have multiple tags associated with it

Assists Folder limitations of one folder per inventory object
Ability to assign permissions based on tags to come later

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Tags Vs folders
NYC VMs

Tag:
NYC_VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

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VM

VM

VM

Assign multiple
Cannot
dotothis
tags
same
withVM
folders
Search VM
inventory using
tags

Finance VMs

Tag:
Finance_VM

But I use Custom Attributes?

Custom Attributes continue to Exist
Will coexist with Tags in vCenter 5.1

Web Client : One time migration from Custom

Attributes to tags

Custom Attributes: Legacy

Tags: Future

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Installer

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Installation Then and Now

vCenter 5.0
Download and Install
vCenter

vCenter on
Windows

vCenter
Server
Appliance
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vCenter
Single Sign On

vCenter
Inventory
Service

Download and Install

VI Client on desktop

vSphere
Web Client

No
desktop
client to
download

Order of Installation

Install

Upgrade

vCenter
Single Sign On

vCenter
Inventory
Service

vCenter
Single Sign On

1
(install)
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vSphere
Web Client

vSphere
Web Client

vCenter
Inventory
Service

3
(upgrade)

Simple Install
Installs SSO, IS and
vCenter in a single
step.
When should I use this
option?
If you plan to install
SSO, IS and vCenter
in the same VM (or
physical server)

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Custom Install
When should I use
this?
Deploying SSO, IS
and vCenter on
different machines
Deploying SSO in HA
or Multisite mode
If you want to point
multiple vCenter
instances to the same
SSO instance.

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Basic Deployment Model

vSphere
Web Client

vCenter Server

vCenter 5.0

vCenter
Inventory
Service

vCenter
Single Sign On

vCenter 5.1
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SSO and Inventory Service

must be deployed for vCenter
to run
Deploy one instance of each
corresponding to every
vCenter you have
Point vCenter, Inventory
Service, Web Client to the
corresponding SSO instance

Single vCenter Server Design Recommendation

Inventory Svc
Web Client

vCenter
Server
Basic SSO
Server

No change to architecture
All services are local
Database can be local or
separate
(depending on scale)

Supports 1-1000 Hosts /

1-10,000 VMs

Availability
vCenter Server Host or VM

VC Database
SSO Database

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vSphere HA
vCenter Server Heartbeat

Multiple Local vCenter Server Design Recommendations

Centralized SSO authentication

Same Physical location
Metropolitan / College Campus

Centralized vSphere Web Client

Availability
vSphere HA
vCenter Heartbeat

Basic SSO
Server
Web Client

Local SSO Database

Simple with full functionality

Database
Server
VCDB1,VCDB2,VCDB3

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vCenter
Server

vCenter
Server

vCenter
Server

Inventory Svc

Inventory Svc

Inventory Svc

vCenter Server 2

vCenter Server 2

vCenter Server 2

Multiple Remote vCenter Server Design Recommendations

Multiple single vCenter Server design
New York

Each site is independent

No single pane of glass view

Availability

Inventory Svc

vCenter

Web Client

Server

SSO
Server
(Primary)

Los Angeles

New York

vSphere HA

vCenter Heartbeat

Miami

vCenter Server
Inventory Svc
Web Client

vCenter

Web Client

vCenter

Server

Basic

Server

Basic
SSO
Server

Server

vCenter Server
Inventory
Svc

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Inventory Svc

vCenter

SSO
Los AngelesServer

Linked Mode

Inventory Svc

vCenter

Web Client

Server

SSO
Server
(MultiSIte)

vCenter Server

Maintains single pane of glass

Replicates Licenses, permissions and roles

Local
Databases
vCenter Server

Miami

Web Client

Basic
SSO
Inventory Svc
Server
Web Client
vCenter
vCenter
Server
SSO
Server
Server
(MultiSite)
vCenter Server

vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

Sphere Web Client

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Enhanced - vSphere Web Client

The NEW virtual infrastructure client

Primary client for vSphere administrators in vSphere 5.1
Matched functionality to legacy VI Client
Additional vCenter 5.1 functionality, only available thru the vSphere Web Client

Browser based
Internet Explorer / FireFox / Chrome fully supported
others (Safari etc) are possible
But without VM console access

The new face of

vSphere Administration

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End Of Life for the vSphere Client

The release of vSphere 5.x will be the final

release of the Desktop client

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Where the Virtual Infrastructure Client fell short

Single Platform Support (Windows)

Scalability Limits
White Screen of Death
Inconsistent look and feel across VMware solutions
Workflow Lock
Upgrades

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vSphere Web Client Architecture

The vSphere Web
Client runs within
a browser

Application
Server that
provides a
scalable back end

vCenter in either
single or
Linked mode
operation

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Fx
Flex Client
Back End

Inventory
Service

vCenter

The Inventory
Service obtains
optimized data live
from the core
vCenter Server
process

Web Client Performance

Client

# of Sessions

VC CPU Used

VI Client

100

50%

Web Client

300

25%

CPU Usage

50%
25%
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32 CPU VC
1k host
10k VMs

vSphere Web Client - Installation

Installer located on ISO image

Install on vCenter Server or separate server (recommended)
Login using
https://<FQDN or IP Address>:9443/vsphere-client/
Install Client Integration Plugin for console access

vSphere Web Client included with vCenter Server Appliance

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vSphere Web Client - Object Navigator

Breaks the traditional hierarchy view of an object
Objects linked and displayed by relationships
Conventional top level hierarchy view maintained on
HOME screen and links to object navigator

Allows an admin to view objects by solutions

But maintain global perspectives

Allows an admin to jump to the crucial element

faster via object relationships and object search

With less clicks

Reduces client clutter and repetitive information

by simplifying display of objects

Displayed objects are all that is communicated

between server and browser

Hierarchical Trees are maintained to aid in

inventory list adoption

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vSphere Web Client Interface

Inventory Lists

Inventory Objects

Fixed Tabs
Object actions
Tasks / Pause / Alarms

Portlets

right-click object actions

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vSphere Web Client the solution

Single Platform Support (Windows)

vSphere Web Client is Platform Agnostic

Scalability Limits
Built to handle thousands of objects

White Screen of Death

Performance

Inconsistent look and feel across Vmware solutions

Extensibility

Workflow Lock
Pause current task and continue later right where you left off
Browser Behavior

Upgrades
Upgrade a Single serverside component
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vSphere Web Client Plugins

Plugins are now server based

Need to be recreated / updated in FLEX
HTML Plugins (temporary work around for one release cycle)

VMware Plugins (90 Days post GA)

vSphere Update Manager (Compliance and Scanning only)
vCenter Orchestrator
Virtual Infrastructure Navigator

All VMware Solutions will integrate as they get updated

Third Party Plugins

EMC, NetApp, HP, Dell etc available at or post GA
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Partner Web Client Plug-Ins available with 5.1 by End of Year

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Plugin Example - Log Browser

Proven framework to provide rich troubleshooting tools

vSphere Web Client plugin Available at GA
Takes snapshot of specified host / vCenter logs
Provides rich user interface to review log data
search
filter by name / event / keyword
compare multiple logs
highlight key words

Simplifies Troubleshooting

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Public SDK allowing integration and extensibility

vSphere Web Client SDK allows you to:

Add functionality with consistent user-interface
Minimize coding by using the platform and tools provided
Package and deploy plugins more easily

Public Software Developer Kit (SDK) available

Documentation - https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html

Training available

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Performance

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vCenter Platform Performance

Writes
vSphere
Web Client

vCenter
Single Sign On

VC
DB

30 logins /second
10K logins/hour avg

Reads
vSphere Web
Client
Performance
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vCenter
Inventory
Service

vCenter and its

databases,
Stats Performance

vCenter Single
Sign On

Stats and database performance improvements

We have
Stats improved
Operationseach activity
Insert stats

Partitioned database tables

Roll up stats into

new granularities

No collisions

Purge stats when

they get too old

Faster Purges

RESULT

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Faster to insert into smaller partition tables

than in one really large table

No collisions between data that is being

inserted and data that is being rolled up

By partitioning we are able to drop tables

and NOT search and drop stale rows.

Dramatically reduced I/O requirements

Dramatically faster rollup times
Predictable rollup procedure

Positive Effects of Database Performance Improvements

Able to support higher stats levels for vCenter running at scale
(10K VMs, 1K host)
Improved rollup performance
Rollups take minutes (as opposed to hours)
Rollups will not back up any more
No gaps in stats

Much better overall database performance

Much better vCenter Performance (at scale)

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Better overall CPU Utilization

vSphere
Web Client

100
85

vCenter
5.0

vCenter ++
5.1

CPU Utilization

vCenter
Inventory
Service

vCenter
Single Sign On

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)

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Component Overview

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) consists of:

A pre-packaged 64 bit application running on SLES 11
Distributed via OVF with sparse disks or packaged OVA
Disk Footprint
Distribution

Min Deployed

Max Deployed

2.0GB

~5GB

~80GB

Memory Footprint (8GB default)

Database Support
External Database Oracle Only (no SQL)
1000 hosts / 10,000 Virtual Machines

Embedded Database vPostgres

5 hosts / 50 Virtual Machines (Soft Limit)
*Expected to increase with v5.1 Update 1

A web-based configuration interface

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Feature Overview

vCenter Server Appliance components preinstalled:

vCenter Single Sign On server
Inventory Service
The vSphere Web Client

Authentication through AD and OpenLDAP

Feature parity with vCenter Server on Windows
Except
Linked Mode support
Requires ADAM (AD LDS)
vSphere Web Client provides single pane of glass view
External DB Support
Oracle is the only supported external DB
Availability
No vCenter Heartbeat Support
vSphere HA recommended
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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)

Matched functionality to installable vCenter Server

Shared API
Same maximums with external database

Up and running in minutes

Built In enterprise database
vPostgres

Most VMware / Third Party solutions support VCSA

Exception VIEW with vCenter 5.1 (both) (resolution pending)
Any solutions requiring an agent or plugin to be installed locally

Run multiple instances configured with individual components

vCenter Single Sign On, vSphere Web Client etc

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Server Heartbeat v6.5

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vCenter Server Heartbeat v6.5

vSphere Web Client plug-in

Improved Documentation!
Improved Installation
Many manual steps now automated (incl Server re-name)
Scriptable unattended installation

Network Isolation Detection

Intelligence preventing split brain

Support for
Single NIC / Subnet configurations
vComposer 3.0
All vCenter components
(vCenter SSO, Inventory service, vSphere Web Client etc)

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vSphere vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive

vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager (MHM)

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A choice of hypervisor for your business needs

Requirements
Prevent customers from
being locked into a single
hypervisor vendor
Provide a choice of
hypervisor for the specific
application needs
Simplify the management
of datacenters with
heterogeneous
hypervisors.

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Benefits
vSphere admins can manage their heterogeneous
hypervisor environments from within a centralized
vCenter user interface
Executives can avoid the Single Vendor Lock In

vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager (MHM)

VMware already offers HYPER-V support as a free Fling* download
http://labs.vmware.com/flings/xvp
*Flings are provided by VMware without support

vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager 1.0 is not a Fling!

It is an officially supported vCenter 5.1 feature!

vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager 1.0 will be available in Q3 2012

Together with vCenter Server Standard Edition (at no additional costs)

vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager 1.0 will be a separate installable

package and delivered as a C# VI Client plugin

Supports Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 hosts

Hyper-V Server 2012 support will be added when available
Available for download from the vCenter Server download page.
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vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager 1.0 Features

Add\Remove\Connect\Disconnect\List HYPER-V Hosts
View HYPER-V Host Configuration (Processors, Memory, Network)
Power Operations (for Host, for VM)
List VMs (per vCenter, per Host)
Connect\Disconnect CD\DVD Drives
Edit VM Settings
(memory, CPU, Floppy, DVD, HDD, Network)

Provision VMs on HYPER-V hosts

vCenter Integrated Authorization
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MHM Console within vCenter

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MHM Console within vCenter

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THANK YOU!
Scott Calvet Technical Account Executive VCP-DV 5, VCP-DT 5
ScottCalvet@VMware.com
Twitter: @Gr8VirtualScott; Blog: http://greatvirtualscott.com

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