IBM Global Technology Services September 19, 2012

1. IBM Global Technology Services September 19, 2012 IBM Server Virtualization Efficiency StudyHow our new service offering can help you optimize your VMware infrastructure SSP03160-USEN-01

2. Today’s Agenda

3. Introducing: IBM Server Virtualization Efficiency Study

4. There are significant CHALLENGES lurking within virtual infrastructure! • Broken promise of virtualization – low density, high cost, performance issues and operational challenges • Return-on-Investment (ROI) objectives have not been achieved. • Management is reactive due to a lack of visibility. • Performance issues due to a misallocation of resources are common. • Hardware is routinely over-provisioned to off-set risk. • But excess capacity doesn’t solve the problem - workload placements and resource allocations that align with service level requirements, operational policies and utilization profiles are critical to ensuring performance and efficiency.

5. IBM Global Technology Services Traditional approaches to infrastructure resource management introduce COMPLEXITIES in managing virtual environments IT teams are struggling to answer critical questions: • How much infrastructure is required to run my workloads and satisfy policy requirements? • How much resource does each individual workload require to avoid performance issues without over-allocating resources? • Where should I place this workload to comply with policies and optimize use of infrastructure? • How can I prevent capacity shortfalls with the changing demand in my environment? • How can I increase responsiveness to the business when they ask if there is room for a new workload? 5 5

6. What concerns you the most? • Do I have the proper amount of capacity to efficiently and safely run my virtualized infrastructure? • Determining how much resource I need to allocate for each virtual workload. • How to find spare capacity on my existing servers to run new workloads (without having to buy new hardware). • Am I at risk of capacity shortfall in periods of peak demand? • How can I plan for future growth?

7. IBM VES SOLUTION - a server efficiency study to assess the health of existing virtual infrastructure Using advanced analytics, IBM can evaluate the operational dynamics of your infrastructure to help identify optimization opportunities and remediate risks. Review current requirements and policies Analyze data Final report Data collection • Install analytics software • Identify up to 500 virtual machines for analysis at customer site • Gather seven to fourteen days of data from VMware vCenter • Review client VMware virtual infrastructure • Review Vcenter and ESX data gathering configuration • Finalize VMware virtual instance in scope • Review analysis template configuration • Review client policies • Review business constraints and objectives • Analyze gathered data showing current performance and stability • Rerun analysis applying best practice polices • Identify recommended remediation steps • Provide a detailed report: • Showing efficiency and risk at the virtual machine, host and cluster levels • Show policy change impact • Provide VM rebalancing recommendations • Show over-provisioned hosts and guests • Show under-provisioned hosts and guests

8. Management policies Visibility to expose waste and issues Brain VMware operational data Detailed placements and allocations IBM, CiRBA Industry-leading analytics We use advanced analytics to help gather data on your operational environment and measure workload performance Data collection

9. Defining workload-based policies and standards is key to managing an optimized virtual infrastructure Review current requirements and policies 1 High Performance Computing

10. Inefficiencies Risks Policy-based“goal posts” Clusters Hosts Guests Actions to “move to center” We help identify areas of over- and under-provisioning at the virtual machine, host and cluster level Analyze data

11. We provide a report with actionable recommendations to help improve the performance and utilization of your virtual infrastructure Final report • Our detailed report may contain the following: • Single view showing efficiency and risk at the virtual machine, host and cluster levels • Efficiency measurement for clusters incorporating policy change impact • VM rebalancing recommendations • Recommended next steps

12. Virtualization health checkHelp reduce risk and identify potential efficiency improvements through standalone analysis of existing virtual environment Hardware refreshHelp reduce risks and assess current efficiency before replacing hardware Cloud readinessClean up existing virtual environment in preparation for moving to a cloud Benefits of a virtualization efficiency study? Physical to virtual into existing environmentCheck health and available capacity of virtual environment before adding new workloads

13. What benefits would apply to you the most? • Help to reduce the risk and identify efficiency improvements • Ability to check health and available capacity of virtual environment before adding new workloads • Help to assess current efficiency before replacing hardware • “Clean up” existing virtual environment in preparation towards moving to cloud computing

14. Next steps • Contact us to set up a meeting to discuss your business and IT requirements around virtualization. • express@us.ibm.com • 1-888-426-4343 and mention code 609CG83W • You will quickly be directed to your IBM Data Center Services representative. • More information on VES: • Web page • White paper: Accelerate server virtualization to lay the foundation for cloud • Data sheet: Virtual Efficiency Study • Refer a colleague: Webinar replay will be posted HERE

15. Thank you for your time today! Questions? Alan Fishman IBM VES Offering Manager Contact me Davy Summers IBM Sales Executive Contact me Duane Quintern IBM VES Technical Specialist Contact me