Jad El-Zein | @virtualjad Hicham (he-sham) Mourad | @hichammourad MGT1758BU #VMworld | #MGT1758BU Effectively Operating an Automated Cloud VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication or distribution
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Hicham (he-sham) Mourad | @hichammourad
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Effectively Operating an Automated Cloud
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Agenda
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1 Introductions
2 Setting the Stage
3 Solutions Overview
4 Operating Automation
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Introductions
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Hicham (he-sham) Mourad
• Technical Marketing
• 7 years at VMware
Jad El-Zein
• Principal Architect
• 8 years at VMware
• Enjoy helping customers automate infrastructure so they can do more important things with their time / money.
• I share my thoughts at virtualjad.com
I used to have a
full head of hair
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Make the clouds invisible
Make the private cloud
easy to operate
Enable
developers
Manage across clouds.
On-premises & cloud
based delivery
Built for
Developers
Cross-cloud
& SaaS
Easy to
Operate
B U S I N E S S O U T C O M E S
A R E A S O F I N V E S T M E N T
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Different On Ramps To Achieve A Well Managed Cloud
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VMware vRealize®
Intelligent Operations
Managed Virtualization
Automate IT
DevOps-Ready IT
Cap-Ex + Op-Ex + Agility
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Intelligent Operations
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VMware vRealize®
Cap-Ex IT Objectives
IT Org Profile
Outcomes
• Manage Virtual / Cloud Operations at Scale
• Efficient IT
• IT more productive and IT issues resolved in ½ the time
• CapEx reduced by 30%
Intelligent Operations
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Capacity
Management
Network
Management
Log Data
Analysis
Storage
Management
Costing and
Planning
Topology
Analysis
Performance
& Availability
Workload
Balancing
NetworkCompute Storage
SDDC
Consistent Operational Model
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vRealize Operations 6.6 | Highlights
• Proper Initial Placement - Utilize Operations
analytics to optimize placement of workloads
through vRA
• Ensure DRS Configurations – View and set
DRS settings to drive better balance
• Drive better performance across the
datacenters with fully automated workload
balancing• Across clusters
• Across data stores (w/ storage vMotion)
• Easily automatable
• Schedulable at a convenient maintenance
window
• Avoid contention – Predictive DRS takes
action before the contention occurs
Fully Automated Workload Balancing
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Automated Workload Balance - Dashboard
Start Here: Select
Datacenters or
CDCs
Current
Balance
Controls
Workload
Trends
Cluster Workload
VisibilityDRS Configuration
Visibility
vMotion
History
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Automated Workload Balance – Complete Control• All policy settings are available in
one simple screen
– Consolidation Levels
• Initial Placement
– Desired Balance Levels
– Headroom for cushion
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Planning and Troubleshooting
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vRealize Log Insight IntegrationBenefits
• Full 360-Degree Log
Integration with vRealize
Operations
• Full Integration in-context
within vRealize Operations• Direct launch into Log insight
Dashboard
• Direct launch into Log Insight
Interactive Analytics mode
• Object auto-initiated log
management
• vROps Alerts auto-initiated
log management
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DEMO [Planning and Troubleshooting]
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IT Automation
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VMware vRealize®
+ Agility IT Objectives
IT Org Profile
Outcomes
• Reduce / eliminate IT process inefficiencies through
automation
• Responsive IT
• IT Service Delivery times reduced from weeks to
minutes
• Resource utilizations improved by 25%
Automate IT
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Cloud Management Is Fundamental to the SDDCvRA Defines, Delivers, and Governs the SDDC
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Any Device Business Mobility: Applications | Devices | Content
Any Application Traditional | Cloud Native
Any Cloud Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC)
Cloud Management Platform
Compute Networking
& SecurityStorage Hybrid Cloud
Virtual / Cloud Infrastructure
vRealize Automation
DevOps
Extensibility
Release Automation
IaaSApp-
CentricXaaS
Self-Service
GUI CLI API
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Automation Accelerates Services Delivery
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> 2-3 Days
Wait WorkWaitWait
Blueprint
✓ Speed
▪ Days to minutes
✓ Stability
▪ Consistent
▪ Repeatable
✓ Control
▪ Aligns with Business
Processes
Task timeWait time
Infrastructure
Verification
Build VMs – New
or Clone
Get IP
Install, Setup, Configure Load Balancer Entries /
Firewall Changes
Web Server Configuration
1- 2 days 3- 5 days 3 – 5 days
1 – 2 days 4 – 7 days 2 – 3 days 2 – 5 days
Developer
Request
External Interface & Integration
IT Processes
Ticket
Minutes
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Unified Service Catalog Multi-Cloud IaaS | App Stacks | XaaS Custom Services
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Operating Automation
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Intelligent Workload Placement
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• OOTB integration vRA vR Ops
– Utilize vRealize Operations analytics
– Optimize the placement of workloads based on business needs
• Policy based
– Consolidate
• Optimize Capex through Densification
• Try and “fill” each cluster first
– Balance
• Mitigate possible contention through resource usage spikes
• Place on the cluster will the least utilization
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Performance & Capacity based Recommendation
Intelligent Placement Using vR Ops Analytics
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Intelligent Workload Placement (WLP)
VM
vRA Requests vR Ops Policies
Clusters & Policy Details
In flight capacity reservation
Catalog
Request
Place VM in Cluster and Let DRS manage inside the cluster
VC3
VC2
VC1
1
2
3
4
5
Reservations
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vRA Integrated Health Service
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Retrieve and View vRA Health Statistics
• REST API Enables integration
with vRealize Operations /
SDDC Health Dashboard or
3rd-party tools
• Full REST interface to perform
health service system
management tasks
• Health Service now available within vRA UI
• Role based and tenanted access to health data
• Configure multiple vRA or vRO instances to monitor
• Schedule and configure test runs
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Governed Reclamation Lifecycle action to reclaim managed resources
• vRA: Governed actions based on Ops analytics and business alignment
• Ops: Global reclamation based on CPU and Mem resources (vRA-aware)
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DEMO [vRA/vROps Workload Placement]
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vRA Management Pack
• vRA managed VMs
– Allow: Set CPU, Set Memory and other actions
– Restrict: Move actions for these VMs
• vRA managed Clusters
– Restrict: Rebalance action
• Now a native vROps management pack (6.6)
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vRA Solution included in vR Ops
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SDDC Health Dashboard
• SDDC Management Health Overview
• Correlation of SDDC-App-component to underlying Infrastructure health (deployment instances and corresponding VM health)
• Enhanced OOTB Health and Compliance Alerts with Recommendations
Monitor Health of SDDC and SDDC infrastructure
Download at https://marketplace.vmware.com
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DEMO [SDDC Health Dashboard]
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vRealize Business for Cloud
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Key Benefits
• Helps Infrastructure Managers
tackle Cloud Business
Management Challenges
• Allows tracking of cloud
Private and Public Cloud
Costs & Plan for future cloud
spend.
• Provide show back to line of
business to communicate the
business value of Cloud.
Private Cloud Cost Management Public Cloud Cost Management
Cloud Comparison Cloud Showback
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Tenanted Cost Visibility
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vRealize Business for Cloud
Provide insight on
Oversized, Idle and
Power off workloads
Report on all or
individual BUs
Report on Top
BU services
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Streamlining Operations
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vRealize Suite Lifecycle Configuration Manager
DAY 0
Install
DAY 1
Configure
DAY 2
Config. Management
Health
DAY N
Upgrade
Patching
vRS LCM
Install
Upgrade
Patching
Config ManagementDrift Remediation
Health
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Summary View of Health
Linkage to
vROps Health
for more info
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vRealize Orchestrator
• Included with VMware vRealize Automation and as standalone appliance to enable automation and orchestration
• Part of vRealize Automation’s core extensibility service
• vRO workflows are invoked from vRealize Operations to remediate alerts using webhooks (REST notifications)
• Brought together for governed and automated remediation capabilities
• Makes IT operations faster and less error-prone by facilitating the automation of IT processes
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Integrate | Automate | Orchestrate
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Summary
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Make the private cloud easy to operate
• Manage vRealize Automation as an enterprise, mission-
critical solution
• Leverage vRealize Intelligent Operations as you would for
other enterprise services
• Leverage available solutions to simplify operations and
gain visibility into the SDDC’s pulse
• VMware’s Cloud Management Platform – vRealize Suite –
is a critical part of your Digital Transformation
Easy to Operate`vRA + vROps
= Better Together
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Jad El-Zein, Principal Architect, CMBU
@virtualjad | virtualjad.com
Hicham Mourad, Technical Marketing, CMBU
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