Vmware Management and
Automation
David Hanacek
Sr. Systems Engineer
Agenda
Vision VMware Enables Datacenter Automation
2
2
The Holy Grail: Business Agility
The ability to rapidly respond to changing
conditions while minimizing risk to the business.
CE CI CE
O O O
CEO CIO CFO
We need to be We need to be We need to
responsive to responsive AND minimize cost and
changes in the minimize risk risk, and ensure
market compliance
?
IT
? We need to
create, deliver
and maintain
flexible IT services
3
3
The Promise of Business Agility
Speed of change Control
Scalability Predictability
Automation
Automation Consistency
Efficiency
4
4
Virtualizing the Data Center:
From Sprawl to Real-Time Infrastructure
Sprawled Virtualized Automated
Policies
Optimization
Availability
Workloads
Provisioning
Data
Resources
Identities
Hardware Service
costs down levels and
Flexibility up service
agility up Services
2007 2008-2012 2010-2016
From Virtualization Changes Virtually Everything, Thomas Bittman, Gartner, November 2007.
Virtual Machines Enable Datacenter Automation
Sprawled Consolidated Automated
Virtual Machines are
Standardized Software
Containers
+
OVF
Physical Systems Virtual Machines IT Services
6
6
The Automated Virtual Datacenter
Developers IT Infrastructure
QADevelopers
engineers IT
Operations
Infrastructure
Admins
QA engineers Operations Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
Lab Manager Stage Manager
Site Recovery Site Recovery
Site Recovery Manager
Manager Manager
(Failover site) (Failover site)
(Failover site) (Failover site)
Lifecycle Manager
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
7
7
IT Service Delivery
Request
Request
Decommission Create
Create
Policy
Policy&
&
Governance
Governance
Track Deploy
Deploy
Track
Update
Update
8
8
Pain Points Prior to Lifecycle Manager
Was that VM
Was that VM
approved?
Can I delete approved?
Can I delete
this VM?
this VM?
When was
When was
this VM
Is that VM still this VM
Is that VM still created?
in use? created?
in use?
How much
How much Does that VM meet
does this Does that VM meet
does this our standards?
VM cost? our standards?
VM cost?
Who
Who owns Who
Who owns changed
this VM? changed
this VM? this VM?
this VM?
9
9
Establish a Standardized Service Catalog
Reduce infrastructure complexity
Ensure compliance with configuration standards
10
10
System of Record for Virtual Infrastructure
BEFORE Lifecycle Manager AFTER Lifecycle Manager
11
11
Lifecycle Manager is Deployed Across the Datacenter
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Admins
Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
Lifecycle Manager
Overwhelming provisioning burden
Tracking
Noand control
visibility VMcontrol
and lifecycle
of with consistent
resources approval mechanisms
and processes
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
12
12
Typical Lab Infrastructure is an IT Headache
Server sprawl under desks, in closets
Aging, cast-off hardware
Dirty systems inability to maintain clean state
Users and IT bogged down in provisioning requests
*Actual customer photos
*Actual customer photos
13
13
VMware Lab Manager
Self Service Provisioning
Image Library of Virtual Machine Configurations
IT in Control of Policy and Quotas
14
14
Lab Manager is Deployed in the Lab
Developers Infrastructure
QADevelopers
engineers Infrastructure
Admins
QA engineers Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
Lab Manager
Long lead times
Long lead times
Dirty systems
Dirtyprovisioning
Rapid systems
of multi-tier
transient lab
environments
Lifecycle Manager
Tracking and control VM lifecycle with consistent approval mechanisms
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
15
15
Stage Manager Targets Release Management
Release Management
Stages
Integration Testing Staging UAT Production
Homegrown
Assemble Verify Perf. tuning User
or packaged application successful and acceptance
application components integration of
components
testing testing
in the target
software environment
Risk of production downtime is reduced by splitting
pre-production processes into discrete stages.
16
16
Without Stage Manager
Integration Testing Staging UAT Production
Many shadow instances of the application for each stage.
Leads to server sprawl, configuration drift, lack of coordination, and
inability to implement changes accurately into production.
17
17
With Stage Manager
Integration Testing Staging UAT Production
VMware
Stage Manager
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource
Resource Pool Resource Pool
Pool
Run IT service configurations as virtual machines.
Streamline pre-production operations.
18
18
Pushbutton Promotion Toward and Into Production
Integration Testing Staging UAT Production
VMware
Stage Manager
promote promote promote promote
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource
Resource Pool Resource Pool
Pool
Effortless transition of IT service configurations between stages
19
19
Stage Manager is Deployed Across Staging & Production
Developers IT Infrastructure
QADevelopers
engineers IT
Operations Infrastructure
Admins
QA engineers Operations Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
Lab Manager
Long lead times visibility into app statusStage Manager
Long lead times No No visibility into app status
Dirty systems Inability to coordinate changes
Dirtyprovisioning
Rapid systems Inability to an
Transition coordinate changes
IT service through integration and staging into production
Drifting systems
Drifting systems
of multi-tier
transient lab
environments
Lifecycle Manager
Tracking and control VM lifecycle with consistent approval mechanisms
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
20
20
Traditional Disaster Recovery Challenges
Dependent Failure to meet
Complex
Complex Dependenton on
perfect continuity
recovery
recovery perfecttraining,
training,
processes documentation, requirements
processesand
and documentation,
infrastructure and
andexecution
execution
infrastructure
Recovery takes
?? ?? days to weeks
?? Recovery tests
?? often fail
??
?? Significant IT time
?? and resources
?? consumed
21
21
Introducing VMware Site Recovery Manager
Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to deliver
advanced disaster recovery management and automation
Simplifies and automates disaster
recovery workflows:
Setup, testing, failover
Turns manual recovery runbooks
into automated recovery plans
Provides central management of
recovery plans from VirtualCenter
Works with VMware Infrastructure
to make disaster recovery rapid,
reliable, manageable, affordable
22
22
Site Recovery Manager: Key Components
Production Disaster Recovery
Site Recovery
Site Manager Site
VirtualCenter Recovery Recovery VirtualCenter
Manager Manager
Virtual Machines Virtual Machines
Protected
virtual machines
VMware Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure
Servers Servers
Storage Storage
23
23
Site Recovery Manager is Deployed in Production
Developers IT Infrastructure
QADevelopers
engineers IT
Operations
Infrastructure
Admins
QA engineers Operations Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
Lab Manager Stage Manager
Site Recovery Site Recovery
Site Recovery Manager
Manager Manager
(Failover site) (Failover site)
(Failover site) (Failover site)
Lifecycle Manager
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
24
24
Virtual Datacenter Infrastructure Workloads
Developers IT Infrastructure
QADevelopers
engineers IT
Operations
Infrastructure
Admins
QA engineers Operations Admins
Dev and QA Staging Production
X
Lab Manager Stage Manager
Site Recovery Site Recovery
Site Recovery Manager
Manager Manager
(Failover site) (Failover site)
(Failover site) (Failover site)
Lifecycle Manager
VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool Resource Pool
25
25
