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A “for dummies” WebEx on what you get, what it does, and how to license.

VmWare vSphere4 . A “for dummies” WebEx on what you get, what it does, and how to license. . Tom Crowe IT Manager Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, PA tcrowe@wyche.com. Matthew Cavanagh Principal Consultant PAR4 Technology Group mcavanagh@par4tech.com. Dennis Maneikis Account Manager

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A “for dummies” WebEx on what you get, what it does, and how to license.

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  1. VmWare vSphere4 A “for dummies” WebEx on what you get, what it does, and how to license. Tom Crowe IT Manager Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, PA tcrowe@wyche.com Matthew Cavanagh Principal Consultant PAR4 Technology Group mcavanagh@par4tech.com Dennis Maneikis Account Manager PAR4 Technology Group dmaneikis@par4tech.com

  2. Par4 Overview • New England and tri-state provider of virtualization and cloud services • VMWare premier and VAC partner, concentrated Virtualization focus. • Purchased Flytrap Technologies in November 2009 • Offices in Amesbury, Ma, Tolland, CT, and Willimantic, CT. • Carrier grade datacenter providing Cloud services, hosted DR, data replication, desktop, and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) with 24/7 NOC • Provider of virtual ecosystem products, support, maintenance, training, and managed services • Member of VMWare’s VS4 Beta program • Customer verticals include enterprise, financial, tech, manufacturing, SLED, legal and healtchare • Partnered with most leading virtual ecosystem hardware and software manufacturers

  3. VS4 – Launch Highlights • Released May 21st, all VI3 sku’s are now discontinued with the exception of existing quotes created before the launch date. • VS4 licenses CAN be downgraded to VI3 licenses • VMWare’s first major release since VI3 which contains a major OS revision (ESX 4.0) – presented as the first “cloud operating system”. • Improvements to VMware High Availability (HA), VMware VMotion, VMware Storage VMotion, VMware Update Manager, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) • Includes a number of additional components to enhance functionality and deliver greater efficiency, control, and flexibility.

  4. What’s New? VMware ESX 3.5 VMware ESX 4.0 VMware ESXi 3.5 VMware ESXi 4.0 vCenter Server 2.5 VCenter Server 4.0 • Out with the old • Foundation immediate end-of-availability • Most A la carte offerings are eliminated • Switch to one processor licensing • In with the new • vSphere Essentials editions for small and remote offices • vSphere Standard at a new, lower price point • vSphere Advanced for high availability at a mid-range price point • vSphere Enterprise Plus at a new top price point

  5. Added ESX Features • VMWare FT (Fault Tolerance) • Provides application continuous availability via vLockstep • VMWare Data Recovery • Disk based backup and recovery via vCenter, includes de-dup • VMWare vShield Zones • Allows you to segment users and data from the network to enforce security policies • VMWare vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS) • Centrally control cluster level networking beyond per host configurations • VMWare Host Profiles • Apply known validated network, storage, and security settings to ESX hosts • VMWare Thin Provisioning • Allows over-allocation of storage capacity for increased storage utilization, enhanced application uptime, and simplified storage capacity management.

  6. Added ESX Features iSCSI 10GbE support & network performance improvements DPM no longer Experimental Live changes to VMs: Add memory, cpu on the fly Simplified Licensing Performance Improvements

  7. Large scale management of critical production applications vSphere 4 Editions: Core Platform Host Profiles Distributed Switch DRS / DPM DRS / DPM Storage VMotion Storage VMotion High availability products for protecting critical production applications vShield Zones vShield Zones vShield Zones Data Recovery Data Recovery Data Recovery Fault Tolerance Fault Tolerance Fault Tolerance Hot Add Hot Add Hot Add VMotion™ VMotion™ VMotion™ Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning High Availability High Availability High Availability High Availability Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager Basic consolidation of a lab or small environment Update Manager VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VC Agent VC Agent VC Agent VC Agent 4-way vSMP 8-way vSMP 4-way vSMP 4-way vSMP VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX 6 Physical Cores / CPU 256 GB Physical Memory 12 Physical Cores / CPU No License Memory Limit 12 Physical Cores / CPU 256 GB Physical Memory 6 Physical Cores / CPU 256 GB Physical Memory ENTERPRISE PLUS STANDARD ADVANCED ENTERPRISE License (1 CPU) SnS (Gold/Plat) $795 $275 / 325 $2,245 $471 / 561 $2,875 $604 / 719 $3,495 $734 / $874 Note: US list pricing in USD – International pricing may vary

  8. All inclusive packages: Licenses for 3 physical servers (up to 2 processors each) License for central management server Packages cannot be decoupled or combined; components cannot be used with other vSphere editions VS4 Essentials (non-core formerly foundation) x 6 CPUS Data Recovery x 6 CPUS High Availability 6 CPUS x Update Manager x 6 CPUS Update Manager 6 CPUS x x 6 CPUS VC Agent VC Agent 6 CPUS x 4-way vSMP 4-way vSMP x 6 CPUS VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX 6 CPUS x x 6 CPUS vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 servers) vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 servers) 1 x x 1 ESSENTIALS ($995) ESSENTIALS PLUS ($2,995) vCenter Server for Essentials

  9. VSphere4 Editions

  10. Upgrade Paths and Licensing (highlights) • Linear upgrades for customers with active support are free and automatically loaded to your online portal (not emailed). Customers retain both licenses but cannot run both. • VI3 Enterprise can be upgraded to vSphere4 Enterprise at no charge. • Previously purchased edition upgrades (e.g. Standard to Enterprise) and “a la carte” feature licenses (e.g. Vmotion) will be combined into single license keys. Where eligible quantities do not match, this will result in “unfulfillable” left-over license components • Existing unlimited ELA customers will require an addendum • Special discounts available until 12/15 explained further on next slide.

  11. Upgrade Paths and Licensing (highlights) • 50% PROMO: • VS4 Standard to Advanced = $795 per proc (50% savings) • VS4 Enterprise to Enterprise plus = $295 per proc (50% savings) • NEXUS PROMO: • VS4 Enterprise Plus with Cisco Nexus 1000V = $3995 (regular $4190) • VS4 Enterprise to Enterprise plus upgrade with Nexus 1000V = $795 (regular $1380) Promotion available for existing VI3 customers throughDecember 15, 2009

  12. VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) 6 x 2 CPU VI3 Enterprise X $5750 / 2 CPU license $34,500 VMware vSphere 4 12 x 1 CPU vSphere 4 Enterprise X $2875 / 1 CPU license $34,500 Pricing Model vSphere moves to a one CPU pricing model Example: Enterprise licenses for 3 four-socket servers, 12 processors total

  13. Should I Upgrade? Cost savings from enhanced efficiency Increased operational control Deeper integration with existing infrastructure • Higher consolidation ratios due to performance optimizations • Up to 20% reduction in power costs with Distributed Power Management • Up to 50% reduction in storage costs with Thin Provisioning • Continuous availability with VMware Fault Tolerance • Operationally efficient security with vShield Zones • Dynamic scale up of virtual machines with “hot” add/plug/extend features • Compliance to standardized configurations with Host Profiles • Single pane of glass view over entire inventory with vCenter Server Linked Mode • Day to day task automation with vCenter Orchestrator • Third-party distributed virtual switch • Third-party multipathing • VMsafe products

  14. Should I upgrade? …or wait Vsphere support for additional VMWare components now available for: • VIEW • Lab Manager • Site Recovery Manager • Stage Manager • Lifecycle Manager

  15. Summary We have covered some major highlights of this release Several other features have been added (e.g. vApp) that warrant further discussion There are many more details to review before you upgrade Planning & Scheduling your Upgrade Determining your licensing path Determine how you can leverage the new vSphere features Now that you know the basics, please contact PAR4 to discuss the next steps.

  16. Q&A Thanks for joining us! For further information or to request an appointment discuss VS4, the Virtual Ecosystem, and/or Cloud Computing, please contact: Dennis Maneikis dmaneikis@par4tech.com (207)221-6786

  17. ESX 3.5 ESX 4.0 4 VCPUs 8 VCPUs 64 GB per VM 255 GB per VM 9 Gb/s 40 Gb/s 100,000 200,000+ Performance Improvements 95% of applications 1 to 2 CPUs < 4 GB at peak < 2.4Mbits/s % of Applications < 100 at peak Application Performance Requirements

  18. DPM: No longer Experimental Assumptions: 50 out of 100 servers can be powered down for 8 hrs/day on weekdays and 16 hrs/day on weekends. Total power consumption per server ( operating power + cooling power) = 1130.625 watts/hr Cost of energy = $ 0.0813 per kWH (source: Energy Information Administration)

  19. vStorage Thin Provisioning • Virtual machine disks consume only the amount of physical space in use • Virtual machine sees full logical disk size at all times • Full reporting and alerting on allocation and consumption • Significantly improve storage utilization • Eliminate need to over-provision virtual disks • Reduce storage costs by up to 50% ESX APP APP APP OS OS OS Thin Thin Thick 40GB 20GB 100GB Virtual Disks 20GB 20GB 40GB 100GB Datastore 60GB 20GB

  20. Distributed Switch • Aggregated datacenter level virtual networking • Simplified setup and change • Easy troubleshooting, monitoring and debugging • Enables transparent third party management of virtual environments APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS Cisco Nexus 1000V vNetwork Distributed Switch VMware vSphere™

  21. Fault Tolerance • Single identical VMs running in lockstep on separate hosts • Zero downtime, zero data loss failover for all virtual machines in case of hardware failures • Zero downtime, zero data loss • No complex clustering or specialized hardware required • Single common mechanism for all applications and OS-es APP APP APP OS OS OS VMware vSphere™ X

  22. VMware FT Fault Tolerance Hardware Failure Tolerance Continuous Automated Restart with VMware HA Unprotected 100% 10% 0% Application Coverage

  23. 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 VirtualCenter • Cost Effective Storage Management APP APP APP OS OS OS X ESX De-duplicated Storage

  24. vShield Zones • Self-learning, self-configuring firewall Service • VMotion and network-configuration aware trust zones • Dynamic firewall policy using application protocol awareness • Dynamic security capacity using infrastructure vServices • Security policies auto-adapt to network reconfiguration or upgrades APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP APP OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS VMware vSphere™

  25. Scalable virtual machines • Hot add of • CPU • Memory • Hot add and remove • Storage devices • Network devices • Hot Extend virtual disks • Zero downtime scale out of virtual machines APP OS 255 GB 64 GB 8 CPUs 4 CPUs

  26. Host Profiles Cluster • Simplified setup and change management for ESX hosts • Easy detection of non-compliance with standard configurations • Automated remediation Reference Host

  27. Simplified Licensing • Simple license keys instead of flex • 1 license per edition • 1 key for many hosts • New centralized license key administration in vCenter • No separate license server to manage or monitor • Centralized host and license monitoring through vCenter enabling easy compliance • New license portal provides more accurate view of entitlement

  28. VI3 License Activation Is Failure-prone • Too many steps and “context changes” Customers have many opportunities to get confused or take “wrong turns” • License files are the result of a long, multi-step portal transaction • Complexity illustrated: 40 pages in VI3 admin/install guide devoted to licensing • Go to license portal • Choose server or host-based file • Download or email license file • Configure licensing in VC/ESX UI • Upload license file 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • Receive activation code in email • Generate new license file • Select license qualities to activate • Install license server if needed • Re-read license file to server • Product activated • A Dramatically Simpler Process In VI4 • A short and easy activation process was the single most important design requirement • License keys are sent in email and can be copied directly into the product – no portal activation step required • No separate license server means no additional installation, configuration or monitoring is required • Receive license keys in email • Enter license key into VC UI • Assign license key to ESX hosts • Product activated 0 1 2 3

  29. Growing Storage & Disks • Hot Virtual Disk Extend • Expand virtual disks online • Respond quickly to growing requirements without downtime • VMFS Volume Grow • Expand VMFS Volume on the same LUN it was created • Facilitate adding more virtual machines to an existing volume • Facilitate data growth for the virtual machines • Increase flexibility to simplify capacity planning ESX APP APP APP OS OS OS Extend 8G of virtual disk Add new virtual disk Extend 10G of virtual disk Virtual Disks 20GB 20GB No change to datastore VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore Datastore 40GB VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore 100GB LUN

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