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PlateSpin Recon 4.1 Use PlateSpin Recon to Gather Workload Resource Utilization Data Frank Moore Advanced Technical Training Engineer – Data Center
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PlateSpin Recon Course Introduction – PlateSpin Recon can be used to gather the inventory and utilization data needed to plan Consolidation Assessments and/or Disaster Recovery projects, as well as for on-going data center management and optimization – Consolidation Assessments identify opportunities to improve server utilization by consolidating workloads on fewer servers by running them as virtual machines on a hypervisor
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PlateSpin Recon Course Introduction – Disaster Recovery Protection projects plan the virtual target environment for protecting production workloads to Virtual Machines that can be protected using PlateSpin Protect – When used for on-going Data Center Operations management PlateSpin Recon provides intelligence for load balancing and insight into the activity in the virtual environment
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PlateSpin Recon Sections 1. The PlateSpin Product Suite 2. PlateSpin Recon Overview 3. Gathering Utilization Data 4. Reporting Utilization Data
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Section 1 The PlateSpin Product Suite
The PlateSpin Product Suite PlateSpin Recon – Provides analysis and planning for data center initiatives such as workload consolidations and workload protection – Provides the intelligence for this by collecting inventory and utilization metrics across thousands of severs
PlateSpin Migrate – Anywhere-to-anywhere workload portability – Streams server workloads over the network between physical servers, virtual servers and image archives – Most workloads can be migrated while up and running in production
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The PlateSpin Product Suite PlateSpin Protect ● ●
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Complete workload protection and recovery Solves key problems including limited backup windows and the rapid recovery of production workloads Can be used for both local and remote workload protection
PlateSpin Forge ●
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A hardware appliance using PlateSpin Protect that can protect up to 25 server workloads Ideal for smaller protection projects Allows enterprises to cost effectively protect and rapidly recover workloads in the event of a production failure or site disaster
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Section 2 PlateSpin Recon Overview
PlateSpin Recon Overview Features – Remote Data Collection • Does not require the need to physically touch servers to install agent software • All data is collected through standard Operating System instrumentation
– Enterprise-Level Scalablity A Recon server supports up to 2,000 monitored workloads • Data can be aggregated from multiple Recon Collectors for centralized warehousing, analysis and planning
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– Multiple Data Center Support • Can be used in different geographic locations to remotely collect data and provide scheduled updates to the Recon Master server
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Credentials Manager – A central mechanism to manage the credentials for many servers simultaneously
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PlateSpin Recon Overview How PlateSpin Recon Collects Data – Recon has three sequential stages to data collection 1. Discovery - Gathers basic data about what machines are in your environment
2. Inventory - Gathers more detailed information about the actual workloads
3. Monitoring - Gathers performance data on an on-going basis
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Licenses – Licensing applies limits during inventory and monitoring, but not during discovery • Discovery - No license needed • Inventory - Licenses are free but must be requested • Monitoring - Paid licenses are required for each workload
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Supported Windows Platforms Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 and 8.1 Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0, SP1) Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP1 SS/ES, SP2 SS/ES) Windows Server 2003 (SP0, SP1, SP2) Windows Server 2000 (SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4)
64 bit 64 bit 32 and 64 bit 64 bit 32 and 64 bit 32 and 64 bit 32 and 64 bit 32 bit
- Note: Not supported if Recon installed on Windows 2008 R2
Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6a WMI 1.5,SP6, SP4) Windows XP Professional (SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3)
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32 bit 32 and 64 bit
PlateSpin Recon Overview Supported UNIX/Linux Platforms
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Fedora Core 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
32 and 64 bit
SLES 9.x, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
32 and 64 bit
SUSE Linux 8.0
32 bit
OpenSUSE 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11.1, 11.4, 12.1
32 and 64 bit
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP3 and 11, 11 SP1, 11 SP2
32 and 64 bit
RedHat Linux 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
32 and 64 bit
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.x AS/ES
32 bit
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 AS/ES
32 and 64 bit
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3,6.4,6.5 ES
32 and 64 bit
Ubuntu 7.1, 8.04, 8.10 , 11.10, 12.04
32 and 64 bit
CentOS 2.0
32 bit
CentOS 3.9, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
32 and 64 bit
Oracle Linux 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, 6.1- 6.5
32 and 64 bit
IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3 TL7 or later, 6.1
32 and 64 bit
Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC/x86)
32 and 64 bit
Sun Solaris 7 (SPARC)
32 bit
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Supported NetWare Platforms
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Version
Bit Spec
Novell NetWare 5.1 (SP8)
32-bit, 64-bit
Novell NetWare 6.0 (SP5)
32-bit, 64-bit
Novell NetWare 6.5 (SP6)
32-bit, 64-bit
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Supported Hypervisors Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) Hyper-V
64 bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
64 bit
Virtual Server 2005 version 1.0 - All editions Virtual Server 2005 R2 (SP1) VMware Virtual Center 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.5, 4, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0 Update 1 and 2, 5.1, 5.5 VMware ESX Server 2.5, 3.0. 3.5, 3i, 4.0, 4i, 4.1, 4.1i VMware ESX Server 5,0, 5.1 update 1 and 2, 5., 5.5
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32 and 64 bit
VMware GSX Server 3.2 (for Windows)
32 and 64 bit
VMware 1.x (for Windows)
32 and 64 bit
Xen on Novell SLES 10.0, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11.1, 11.2
32 and 64 bit
Citrix XenServer 4.1, 5.0
32 and 64 bit
Sun Solaris 10 Zones on Sun Solaris 10 Container
32 and 64 bit
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PlateSpin Recon Overview PlateSpin Recon Server – A Web-based application using HTTP • Requires port 80 open in the Windows firewall
– Controls all monitoring and reporting tasks within its environment ●
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Designate a Recon Master server to aggregate data from multiple Recon Collector servers to carry out the analysis and reporting for all data from one place
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PlateSpin Recon Overview PlateSpin Recon Server – Database Engine ●
Any of the following • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 • Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2 - Included in the Recon distribution
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise database • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP0) with Windows Server 2003 (SP2) • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP2) with Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (SP3A+)
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PlateSpin Recon Overview The Client - All Functionality in One Interface
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PlateSpin Recon Overview The Client – Used for all tasks including; • Server monitoring • Data analysis • Licensing
– Uses HTTP or HTTPS to communicate with the Recon Server so make sure port 80 or 443 is not blocked • This is customizable
– Monitored machines are green and hypervisors have a plus sign in front
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Requirements – Windows-based platform with • .NET Framework 3.5 • 1 GB RAM • 80 MB free disk space
– Can install on the Recon Server or other workstations/servers – Can have multiple instances of the client open at the same time as long as they are on different physical machines
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Requirements – Supported Windows platforms • • • • • •
Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 - SP1 (64 bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - SP1, SP2 (32 and 64 bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 – SP2 (64 bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - SP0, SP1, SP2 (32 and 64 bit) Microsoft Windows XP - SP2 – English only
Note: Supports English, French, German and Japanese localized versions
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Data Center Explorer • Organize, view and manage data center assets • Interact with physical and virtual machines • Discover and inventory hardware and workloads •Add, monitor, filter, group and delete servers
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Report Explorer • Organize and generate reports • Template nodes have various types of report templates
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PlateSpin Recon Overview Chart Viewer – To view a chart for a server, select the server in the Data Center Explorer or click a cell belonging to the server in the Report View • As shown below several servers can be selected
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Section 3 Gathering Utilization Data
Gathering Utilization Data Monitoring ●
Monitoring is the third stage after discovery and inventory Monitoring • After machines are inventoried they can be monitored • Gathers resource utilization data • The servers should be monitored for as long as possible to get as accurate a utilization picture as possible
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Gathering Utilization Data Monitoring ● You can discover, inventory and start monitoring all in one step using a Post-Inventory option
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Gathering Utilization Data Monitoring ●
Monitoring Procedure • Uses different methods depending on target • For Windows uses Windows Performance Counter API • For Linux and Unix runs a script • For ESX and Virtual Center uses their APIs and services
• Every 5 minutes takes 3 samples 3 seconds apart from all counters which are then averaged to a data point that is stored in the database for 30 days • These values can be modified
• These data points are then summarized to 1 hour data points which are stored permanently in the database
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Gathering Utilization Data Monitoring ● Viewing Monitoring Data ●
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After a server is monitored for at least 5 minutes you can view collected data. After a server is monitored for at least 1 hour you can view the data in reports
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Gathering Utilization Data Monitoring – PlateSpin Analyzer assists with troubleshooting monitoring issues
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Section 4 Reporting Utilization Data
Reporting Utilization Data Printing and Exporting Reports – Report Creation and Delivery • Charts and reports can be printed or exported • After a report is generated it can be customized • Such as, revising included columns or changing fonts
• Reports can be delivered in the following ways • Email, as a network file, or by FTP
– Flexible Data Export • Reports can be exported in a number of formats, including HTML, PDF, Word, CSV, Excel or images • The default is PDF
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Reporting Utilization Data Printing and Exporting Reports ●
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Customizing Reports
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Details the utilization metrics used across all monitored workloads during the monitored period – Reports include • • • • • • • • •
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Processor Utilization Processor Queue Length Memory (%) Utilization Memory Pages/Sec Utilization Network Packets/Sec Utilization (Not used, MB/sec is better) Network I/O MB/Sec Utilization Disk I/O (%) Utilization (Not used, MB/sec is better) Disk I/O MB/Sec Utilization Disk Space Utilization (%)
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Processor Utilization
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Processor Queue Length
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Memory Utilization
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Memory Pages/Second
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Disk I/O MB/Sec
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Reporting Utilization Data Utilization Reports – Network I/O MB/Sec
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PlateSpin Recon - Monitoring Lab: Gather and Report Workload Utilization Data – In this exercise, you will perform some common procedures used to monitor workloads and report the results 1. Start Monitoring Inventoried Servers 2. View Charts in Chart Viewer 3. Generate Utilization Reports Estimated time: 30 minutes
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