Vmware Vsphere 6 Nyheter

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VMware vSphere 6 Nyheter Claes Bäckström RTS Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright Platform Features – Increased vSphere Maximums Up to 4X Scale Improvement with vSphere 6 vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6 Hosts per Cluster 32 64 2x VMs per Cluster 4,000 8,000 2x CPUs per Host 320 480 1.5x RAM per Host 4 TB 12 TB 3x VMs per Host 512 1,024 2x Virtual CPUs per VM 64 128 2x Virtual RAM per VM 1 TB 4 TB 4x Copyright © Real Time Services AB Platform Features - Virtual Machine Compatibility ESXi 6 (vHW 11) ESXi 6 Supports: •128 vCPUs •4 TB RAM •Hot-add RAM now vNUMA aware •WDDM 1.1 GDI acceleration features •xHCI 1.0 controller compatible with OS X 10.8+ xHCI driver •Serial and parallel port enhancements –A virtual machine can now have a maximum of 32 serial ports –Serial and parallel ports can now be removed Copyright © Real Time Services AB Platform Features - GPU Acceleration Enhancements •New Support for Intel GPUs –vmklinux driver –Driver provided by Intel •Expanded NVIDIA support –NVIDIA GRID vGPU. –Native driver –Driver provided by NVIDIA Note: GPU cards assigned to VMs must not be used by the ESX console. Copyright © Real Time Services AB vSphere 6 with Operations Management Edition Line-up 1 vSphere with Operations Management New feature in Q1 2015 Price (per CPU, license only) Standard Enterprise Enterprise+ $1,745 $3,625 $4,245 Features •Health Monitoring and Performance Analytics •Capacity Management and Optimization •Operations Dashboard and Root Cause Analysis •High Availability, and Fault Tolerance 2 vCPU SMP-FT 2 vCPU SMP-FT •vMotion, X-Switch vMotion, and Storage vMotion •Data Protection (VDP)2 / and VM Data Replication •vShield Endpoint •Virtual Volumes and Storage-Policy Based Management3 •APIs for Storage Awareness •Distributed Resource Scheduler and Distributed Power Management •Big Data Extensions •Reliable Memory •APIs for Array Integration, Multipathing •Distributed Switch •Storage DRS •I/O Controls (Network and Storage) and SR-IOV •Host Profiles and Auto Deploy •Flash Read Cache •X-VC and Long Distance vMotion •Multi-VC Content Library •vGPU 1 All reference pricing above is suggested MSRP for the US, in USD. Regional prices will vary, please refer to regional pricing resources. Advanced backup features (app-aware agents, replication, integration with Data Domain, etc.) are now available in VDP 3 Storage Policy-Based Management provides the same functionality as Profile-Driven Storage, but has been renamed to reflect a complete policydriven engine 2 Copyright © Real Time Services AB 4 vCPU SMP-FT vCenter Server 6.0 Features Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright vCenter Server Features - Enhanced Capabilities •Scalability supported by both Windows Install and vCenter Server appliance. •Windows install supports Postgres and External SQL and Oracle DBs. Metric Windows Appliance Hosts per VC 1,000 1,000 Powered-On VMs per VC 10,000 10,000 Hosts per Cluster 64 64 VMs per Cluster 8,000 8,000 ✔ ✔ Linked Mode Copyright © Real Time Services AB •vCSA supports embedded Postgres and external Oracle DBs. vCenter Server 6.0 - Platform Services Controller Platform Services Controller Platform Services Controller includes takes it beyond just Single Sign-On. It groups: Single Sign-On (SSO) Licensing Certificate Authority Two Deployment Models: •Embedded vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller in one virtual machine - Recommended for small deployments where there is less then two SSO integrated solutions •External vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller in their own virtual machines - Recommended for most deployments where there are two or more SSO integrated solutions vCenter PSC vCenter Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 - Certificate Lifecycle Management for vCenter and ESXi New vCenter Server solutions for complete certificate lifecycle management: VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) VMware Endpoint Certificate Service (VECS) •Provisions each ESXi host, each vCenter Server and vCenter Server service with certificates that are signed by VMCA •Stores all certificates and private keys for vCenter Server and vCenter Server services •Managing VECS is done via vecs-cli While you can decide not to use VMCA in your certificate chain, you must use VECS to store all certificates, and keys for vCenter Server and services. All ESXi certificates are stored locally on the host. Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 Cross vSwitch vMotion vCenter Server •Transparent operation to the guest OS •Works across different types of virtual switches –vSS to vSS –vSS to vDS –vDS to vDS •Requires L2 network connectivity –Does not change the IP of the VM •Transfers vDS port metadata vMotion vMotion Network vDS A vDS B VM Network (L2 Connectivity) Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 - Cross vCenter vMotion •Simultaneously changes –Compute –Storage –Network –vCenter •vMotion without shared storage •Increased scale –Pool resources across vCenter servers •Targeted topologies –Local –Metro –Intra-Continental vCenter Server vCenter Server vMotion vMotion Network vDS A vDS B VM Network (L2 Connectivity) Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 - Long Distance vMotion •Intra-continental distances – up to 150ms RTTs •Maintain standard vMotion guarantees •Does not require VVOLs, but supported •Replication Support –Active/Active only •Synchronous •Asynchronous •Use Cases: –Permanent migrations –Disaster avoidance –Multi-site load balancing Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 – vMotion Requirements Requirements •ESX & vCenter 6.0+ at both source and destination •SSO Domain –Same SSO domain to use the UI –Different SSO domain possible if using API •250 Mbps network bandwidth per vMotion operation –Unchanged from previous versions •L2 network connectivity on VM network portgroups –IP addresses are retained Copyright © Real Time Services AB Features •VM UUID maintained across vCenter server instances –Not the same as MoRef or BIOS UUID •Data Preservation –Events, Alarms, and Tasks History •HA/DRS Settings •Affinity/Anti-Affinity Rules •Automation level •Start-up priority •Host isolation response –VM Resource Settings •Shares •Reservations •Limits –MAC Address of virtual NIC •MAC Addresses preserved across vCenters –Always unique within a vCenter –Not reused when VM leaves vCenter vCenter Server 6.0 - Content Library Overview •Simple content management –VM templates –vApps –ISO images –Scripts •Store and manage content –One central location to manage all content •Beyond templates within vCenter –Support for other file types •Share content –Store once, share many times •Publish/Subscribe –vCenter -> vCenter –vCloud Director -> vCenter •Consume content –Deploy templates to a host or a cluster Copyright © Real Time Services AB vCenter Server 6.0 - vSphere Web Client •Usability Improvements –Can get anywhere in one click –Right click menu has been flattened –Recent tasks are back at the bottom –Dockable UI Copyright © Real Time Services AB vSphere 6.0 Networking Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright vCenter Server 6.0 -Multiple TCP/IP Stacks •vMotion network will cross L3 boundaries •vMotion & NFC network can now use it’s own TCP/IP stack vCenter Management Network vCenter VM Network ESXi ESXi NFC Network vMotion Network Copyright © Real Time Services AB vSphere 6.0 Storage Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright Storage IO Control & Storage DRS enhancements •Storage DRS is now aware of storage capabilities through VASA 2.0 VASA –Array-based thin-provisioning –Array-based deduplication –Array-based auto-tiering –Array-based snapshot •Storage DRS Integration with •Site Recovery Manager Datastore Cluster Vendor Provider –Aware of consistency groups! •vSphere Replication full support •(replica awareness) Capabilities Thin Provisioned •Set IOps reservation on a per disk basis •using the API Deduplication Auto-Tiering Copyright © Real Time Services AB 1 vSphere 6.0 Fault Tolerance Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright vSphere 6.0 VMware Fault Tolerance Additional new features Benefits Enhanced virtual disk format support Ability to hot configure FT Greatly increased FT host compatibility Protect mission critical, high performance applications regardless of OS; No application-specific management and learning Continuous availability – zero downtime and zero data loss for infrastructure failures; no loss of TCP connections Fully automated response Instantaneous Failover Fast Checkpointing Sync Copyright © Real Time Services AB 4 vCPU 4 vCPU Primary Secondary Primary ESXi ESXi 21 vSphere 6.0 vSphere Replication Här läggs leverantörsloggor om det finns Copyright©©Real RealTime TimeServices ServicesAB AB Copyright vSphere 6.0 -VMware vSphere Replication •End-to-end network compression –Further reduces bandwidth requirements •Network traffic isolation –Controls bandwidth, improves performance –and security Host Mgmt LAN vmknic0 VR Traffic WAN vmknic1 •Linux file system quiescing –Increased reliability when recovering Linux VMs VMware Tools Copyright © Real Time Services AB MED FOKUS PÅ DATACENTER OCH VIRTUALISERING IT CONSULTING MANAGEMENT CONSULTING [email protected] ´[email protected] Copyright © Real Time Services AB SOLUTIONS CLOUD & MANAGED SERVICES