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vCenter Overview

vCenter Overview. AZ VMUG Dec 2009. What’s the News?. On July 13th VMware will announced pricing, packaging and GA of several new and updated vCenter management products: AppSpeed 1.0 Chargeback 1.0 Lab Manager 4.0. What is vCenter?. vCenter includes two broad product categories:

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vCenter Overview

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  1. vCenter Overview AZ VMUG Dec 2009

  2. What’s the News? • On July 13th VMware will announced pricing, packaging and GA of several new and updated vCenter management products: • AppSpeed 1.0 • Chargeback 1.0 • Lab Manager 4.0

  3. What is vCenter? • vCenter includes two broad product categories: • Centralized management server(s) • Most robust platform for virtualization management • Required for most vSphere features and vCenter products to work • Sold per instance • Infrastructure and self-service management add-on products • For managing a large, dynamic virtual or cloud infrastructure • Competitively differentiated • Sold per processor • vCenter is *not* a single product or bundle

  4. VMware vCenter Offerings as of July 13th VMware vCenter: Service Level Management for Dynamic IT Infrastructure Lifecycle Manager AppSpeed Chargeback Lab Manager vCenter Server Heartbeat Availability for vCenter Server vCenter Server for Essentials Integrated package; no upgrade path vCenter Server Foundation* Limited to 3 hosts of any size / suite; upgrade to Std vCenter Server Standard Control center for the private cloud Limited scale Low initial price SMB Large scale Value price Commercial - Enterprise New Existing *This slide conveys positioning, not technical restrictions. vCenter add-on products technically can be deployed on vCenter Foundation, although less likely for small deployments.

  5. What is vCenter? vSphere Hardware Self Service Management Self Service Portal Service Catalog Billing/Chargeback Availability Security Performance vCenter SLA Driven Management Model .2 Milliseconds 99.99% High Configuration Capacity Performance Availability Operations Provisioning Infrastructure Management

  6. Agenda Overcoming Obstacles to 100% Virtualization The barriers to a broader enterprise-wide adoption are lack of unified strategy, expensive processes, inconsistent frameworks, gaps in the processes and varied skills of the technologist in the support environment After the initial adoption to address the quick hit opportunities, many organizations find it challenging to unleash the full potential of the technology Enterprise-wide rollout Grass-root adoption Tipping Point Phase 1 - Explore Phase 2- Expand Phase 3 - Standardize Time Developing an enterprise-wide strategy addressing People, Process and Technologyis crucial to unleash its full potential

  7. The Goal • Just like….. IT asService Provider • Inexpensive, pay as you go, pay for what you use • Ubiquitously available • Reliable • Choice of providers

  8. The Management Challenge Today IT is measuredon business outcomes IT managesinfrastructure components Reliable email service • Server • Storage • Network • etc Component-Level Management Service-Level Management

  9. Key Enablers for Service-Level Management Encapsulate an entire IT service into a standardized software container Describe service levels required by the IT service Dynamically manage service levels through policy-based automation 3 2 1

  10. VMware Uniquely Enables Service-Level Management VMware vSphere 4 The industry’s leading virtualization platform vCenterService level management for dynamic IT infrastructure vApp 3 2 1 The Only Complete Stack for the Private Cloud

  11. vCenter Offerings Map to Customer Maturity Phase 3 Phase 1 Phase 2 Management of private cloud infrastructure Management of a large, dynamic, virtual infrastructure Basic management of hypervisors and VMs • Products to manage private cloud infrastructure… • Lifecycle Manager • Chargeback • More coming… • Products to manage large, dynamic virtual infrastructure… • ConfigControl (2H 2009) • CapacityIQ (2H 2009) • AppSpeed Competitive comparison: vCenter Server Standard Core infrastructure and virtualization management vCenter Server + Orchestrator + Update Manager + Converter VMM + Ops Manager + Config Mgr

  12. Systems Management Non-Virtual Management Tools vCenter Product Family Physical-Only Environments/Non-x86/Non-VMware Seamless End-to-End Management Self Service Portal Service Catalog Billing/Chargeback • vCenter Extensibility • APIs and UI plug-in architecture to enable 3rdparty integration Configuration Capacity Performance Availability Operations Provisioning Non-Virtualized

  13. Configuration Operations • 200+ partners • 300+ solutions Continuity Provisioning Rich Ecosystem of VMware Partners

  14. VMware vCenter Delivers • Drives operational efficienciesand savings • Reduces opex by 50% EFFICIENCY • Leverages power of virtualization • Delivers broadest and deepest capabilities for service-level management CONTROL • Enables IT to change and respond quickly • Works with all ESM tools for seamless end-to-end datacenter management FLEXIBILITY

  15. vCenter AppSpeed Overview Benefits Real-time view of end-user application performance, monitoring against SLAs Dramatically reduces trouble shooting time and finger pointing 100% non-intrusive Integrated into the vCenter Server and vSphere Client Reduces barriers to virtualizing business-critical applications Manage the performance of virtualized multi-tier applications Application Key Features • Dynamically discovers and maps virtual and physical infrastructure elements • Breaks down application latency into component parts (infrastructure, network, and application) 15

  16. vCenter Chargeback 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 Account, monitor, and report on costs associated with your virtual infrastructure Key Features • Fixed, allocation, and utilization based costing • Charge different amounts for tiers of infrastructure • Schedule reports & email results 19

  17. vCenter Lab Manager Benefits Higher Service LevelsReduce dependency on IT, enable greater productivity and faster time to market Lower Infrastructure CostsPolicy-based access control of shared resources Automated ManagementEliminate repetitive provisioning and ad-hoc management tasks for IT Simplify Management of the Internal Cloud for Dev/Test Key Features • Self-service portal for non-IT users to provision VM configurations in seconds, while ensuring IT control • Image Library to reduce storage footprint, improve asset sharing and team collaboration • Dynamically allocate or re-purpose resources and enforce policy-based access control 23

  18. LDAP Group Support Staging Integration Training App Team SE Demo Prod QA What’s New in Lab Manager 4.0? • Unification of Lab Manager & Stage Manager Functionality • One solution for Dev/Test, Pre-Production, Support, Demo & Training • Multiple Workspaces within an Organization provide resource and access containers • Move VMs between workspaces and apply new access policies without changing configuration settings • Support for vSphere 4 & ESXi • Leverage the most advanced virtualization platform • Next-Generation Network Fencing • Isolated network configurations now can span multiple hosts • Useful for deploying large VM configuration clones • Requires vNetwork Distributed Switch (DVS) Engineering IT Ops Sales Access Control Resources Image Library 24

  19. Benefits StandardizationEnforce consistent process to request, provision, deploy and decommission virtual machines Control and VisibilityOptimize resource utilization for greater ROI Automated WorkflowsEliminate repetitive VM lifecycle management tasks for greater productivity vCenter Lifecycle Manager Available now Automate provisioning and decommissioning workflows,increase service levels and IT control. Key Features • Easy-to-use web interface for centralized management, approval and tracking of VM requests • Auto-provision, deploy and decommission VMs based on pre-defined policies • Apply lifecycle management policies to existing VMs • Seamlessly integrate with 3rd party tools

  20. VMware 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 Available 2009 Capacity management solution forVMware vCenter, enabling users to analyze, forecast, and plan capacity needs of their virtual datacenter 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

  21. VMware vSphere / vCenter Solution Compatibility

  22. vCenter Host / Core Entitlement • Entitlements for vCenter products are either unlimited or limited by hosts or processors as described below • vCenter Server Entitlements (sold per instance) • vCenter Server Standard: unlimited hosts, constrained only by technical product / scalability limitations • vCenter Server Heartbeat: unlimited hosts • vCenter Server for Essentials: limited to 6 processors of capacity and up to 3 physical hosts • vCenter Server Foundation: limited to 3 physical hosts of any size and vSphere version • vCenter Add-on Products (sold per processor) • Entitlement is limited to hosts with up to 12 processors of capacity

  23. vCenter Bundle License Mapping M&A Bundle (2 CPU) Lab Manager 4.0 (1 CPU) x 2 Lifecycle Manager 1.1 (1 CPU) + IT Service Delivery Pack (2 CPU) Lifecycle Manager 1.1 (1 CPU) Lab Manager 4.0 (1 CPU) x 2 + Lab Automation Promo Bundle (8 CPUs) Lab Manager 4.0 (1 CPU) x 8 • Customers of expired / replaced bundles will be fulfilled multiple products / SKUs as outlined above

  24. Improved Activation Process • VI3 license activation is too complex • 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 New • 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

  25. vSphere Acceleration Kits for New Customers • Solution bundles targeted at new customers in Medium to Commercial segments • Bundles vSphere Editions together with vCenter Server VMware vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit VMware vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit With Training (NA ONLY) VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit For 6 Processors VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit For 8 Processors 20-30% Savings (Promotion through 12/15/2009)

  26. vSphere Acceleration Kits for New Customers Delivers superior application availability and data protection together with centralized management for mid-sized businesses at 27-30% off for a limited time. VMware vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit With Training (NA ONLY) Includes: vSphere Advanced for 6 processors vCenter Server Foundation 30 PSO credits (Install & Configure Class) VMware vSphere Advanced Acceleration Kit Includes: vSphere Advanced for 6 processors vCenter Server Foundation List: $13,195 – 27% discount List: $10,495 – 30% discount • Target: • Small to Medium segment (20-50 physical servers) • Interested in a complete availability solution • May be interested to add training (Install & Configure class)

  27. vSphere Acceleration Kits for New Customers Includes the full range of vSphere features together with scalable central management for transforming datacenters into dramatically simplified environments for the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services. VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit for 6 Processors Includes: vSphere Enterprise Plus for 6 processors vCenter Server Standard VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit for 8 Processors Includes: vSphere Enterprise Plus for 8 processors vCenter Server Standard List: $20,895 – 20% discount List: $26,395 – 20% discount • Target: • Medium to Commercial businesses (> 50 servers) • Need scalability of vCenter Server • Interested in full VDC-OS solution

  28. vSphere Acceleration Kits - Detail • Additional Details: • Available through all channels (inc OEM) • Limitation of 1 per customer • Mandatory SnS calc’d at 21/25% of bundle license (not including PSO for #2 – same SnS price and SKUs as for #1) * SRM will only be compatible with VI3 at time of vSphere launch

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