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Housekeeping Utilities for VMware

Housekeeping Utilities for VMware. Housekeeping defined.

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Housekeeping Utilities for VMware

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  1. Housekeeping Utilities for VMware

  2. Housekeeping defined Housekeeping is preparing meals for oneself and family and the managing of other domestic concerns. It is also the care and control of property ensuring its maintenance and proper use and appearance. A caretaker or janitor does housekeeping. In a private home a woman is employed to do the housekeeping. Reference Wikipedia – 1961 Websters Third New International Dictionary 11 June 2009

  3. Monitoring Required in a Virtual World • Free space of Datastores • Free space of Service Consoles • List of orphaned snapshots • List of long running snapshots • Failed (automatic) VMotions • VMware tools running in hosts • Size of VC database • Monitor CPU READY (ms) or CPU %READY per VM per host • Monitor %CPU BUSY percentages per VM per host • Monitor network and disk I/O usage per VM per Host • Monitor service console memory swap usage • Monitor VM balloon memory and swap usage • Host downtime reporting • Server hardware faults (power supplies, fans, IO cards, disks, CPUs, RAM) • SAN hardware faults (disks and vendor specific)

  4. Virtual Management tasks we need to know • Migrate (VMotion) a virtual machine between ESX Server hosts in the same ESX cluster. • Build an ESX server. • Add an ESX server into an existing ESX cluster. • Migrate a virtual machine between ESX Server hosts in the different ESX clusters (i.e. between datacenters). • Confirm that a SAN link is active, to be used after a SAN link has failed and been restored. • Confirm that a network link is active, to be used after a network link has failed and been restored. • Enable the network group to troubleshoot user reported network / performance issues. • Backing up/restoring VMs (VM-level and file-level). • Backing up/restoring VirtualCenter database. • Backing up/restoring license server files (or keys). • Restoring VirtualCenter Server. • Restoring ESX hosts. • Create a new virtual machine • Place a new virtual machine within the virtual infrastructure into a Production state. This may be identical to the physical server commissioning procedure. • Place an ESX server into and then out of maintenance mode, migrating the guests onto other ESX Server hosts. • Contact VMware for support. It should include contact information and specify contact methods as well as means of collecting information. • Add a LUN to an existing ESX server cluster. • Patch a template used for creating virtual machines. • Create a snapshot of a virtual machine. • Restore the virtual machine state to its previous state at the start of the snapshot. • Investigating user reported virtual machine performance issues. What to check and how to respond. • Add a disk to an existing virtual machine. • Expand the size of an existing disk for a virtual machine. • Shrink a disk used by a virtual machine. • Remove a disk from a virtual machine. • Decommission a virtual machine.

  5. Tools for your toolbox • VI3 Snaphunter& Snapalertcan report all running snapshots on ESX hosts including name, size and date. • Storage VMotion Plug-in– A VI client plug-in that extends the client’s functionality by providing an integrated , graphical tool that can be used to invoke storage VMotion operations • VMotion info- A program that will collect Vendor, Model, CPU Types and the CPU feature bits from all hosts to check for VMotion compatibility • Tripwire ConfigCheck– Quickly assesses the security of ESX 3.5 configurations compared to the VI3 Security Hardening guidelines. • Health Check Script– Healthcheck is a Powershell script that reports information like snapshots, VMware tools version, datastore space, CDROM and/or floppy drives connected, VM details etc. to HTML and e-mail the output. • RVTools – is able to list information about cpu, memory, disks, nics, cd-rom, floppy drives, snapshots, VMware tools, ESX hosts, datastores and health checks • KS QuickConfig– GUI to help create ESX build scripts

  6. vSphere Upgrade • vCenter upgrade • Backup database and SSL certificates • Database schema upgrade occurs before vCenter upgrade • New vSphere client • License server no longer required • Host Upgrade • vSphere Host Update Utility • vCenter Update Manager (create server baselines) • Offline upgrade via script • No VMFS upgrade required • rollback-to-esx3 script • cleanup-esx3 script • Virtual Machine upgrade • Must upgrade VMware tools before upgrading virtual hardware • Windows requires three reboots • Version 7 VMs created by default with version 4 available by using the custom path

  7. vCenter Data Recovery • Fast Disk-based backup and recovery • Deployed as a Virtual Machine appliance with a VI Client plug-in • Restore individual files or entire images • File level full and incremental backup • VSS support • Multiple restore points for each virtual machine • HA, VMotion and DRS aware • De-duplicated backup store • Supports any type of storage, FC, iSCSI, NAS or local storage • Wizard driven workflow

  8. vCenter Data Recovery • LIVE DEMO!

  9. vCenter CapacityIQ • Benefits • Deliver the right capacity at the right time • Make informed planning, purchasing, and provisioning decisions • Enable capacity to be utilized most efficiently and cost-effectively • Key Features • Perform “What-If” impact analysis to model effect of capacity changes • Identify and reclaim unused capacity • Forecast timing of capacity shortfalls and needs Capacity management solution for VMware vCenter, enabling users to analyze, forecast, and plan capacity needs of their virtual datacenter

  10. CapacityIQ: Overview Analysis Engine Capacity Dashboard Capacity Modeling VM Profiling Virtual Datacenter Capacity Plan vCenter Database Capacity Management Database

  11. CapacityIQ: Screenshots

  12. CapacityIQ: Screenshots

  13. CapacityIQ: Screenshots

  14. CapacityIQ: Screenshots

  15. vCenter Chargeback Account, monitor, and report on costs associated with your virtual infrastructure • Benefits • Improve Resource Utilization: By associating costs to VM’s many of the “free” VM’s will go away, freeing up resources for higher priorities • Optimization of Budgets: Business units can understand how much they are paying for resources and how much goes to unused, allowing them to optimize resource consumption & costs Key Features • Fixed, allocation, and utilization based costing • Charge different amounts for tiers of infrastructure • Schedule reports & email results

  16. vCenter Chargeback: Overview Cost Accounting & Monitoring Cost Configuration Web Browser Cost Modeling Chargeback Hierarchy API Reports/Bills Chargeback Database 3rd Party

  17. vCenter Chargeback: Screenshots

  18. vCenter Chargeback: Screenshots

  19. vCenter Chargeback: Screenshots

  20. Thank You

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