Nowe funkcjonalności vSphere 6 - Upgreat...Platform Features - Improved Auditability of ESXi Admin Actions • Prior to 6.0, actions taken at the vCenter level by a named user would

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Nowe funkcjonalnosci vSphere 6

Maciej Kot Senior Systems Engineer VMware

Agenda

1 vSphere Platform Features

2 vCenter Server Features

3 vSphere Networking Features

4 vSphere Storage Features

5 vSphere Availability Features

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vSphere 2015 Platform Features

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Platform Features - Increased vSphere Maximums

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Up to 4X Scale Improvement with vSphere 6

vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6

Hosts per Cluster 32 64

VMs per Cluster 4,000 8,000

Logical CPUs per Host 320 480

RAM per Host 4 TB 12 TB

VMs per Host 512 1,024

Virtual CPUs per VM 64 128

Virtual RAM per VM 1 TB 4 TB

Platform Features - Virtual Machine Compatibility ESXi 6 (vHW 11)

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• 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

ESXi 6 Supports:

Platform Features - Local ESXi Account and Password Management Enhancements

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Now possible to use ESXCLI commands to:

Create a new local user

List local user accounts

Remove local user account

Modify local user account

List permissions defined on the host

Set / remove permission for individual users or user groups

No editing of PAM config files on the host required anymore

Change default password complexity rules using VIM API

Configurable via vCenter Host Advanced System Settings

Two Configurable Parameters

Can set the maximum allowed failed login attempts (10 by default)

Can set lockout duration period (2 minutes by default)

Configurable via vCenter Host Advanced System Settings

Available for SSH and vSphere Web Services SDK

DCUI and Console Shell are not locked

New ESXCLI Commands Complexity Rules via

Advanced Settings Account Lockout

Platform Features - Improved Auditability of ESXi Admin Actions

• Prior to 6.0, actions taken at the vCenter level by a named user would show up in ESXi logs with the “vpxuser” username.

– [user=vpxuser]

– This made for difficult forensic tracking of user actions.

• In 6.0, all actions taken at vCenter against an ESXi server now show up in the ESXi logs with the vCenter username

– [user=vpxuser:CORP\Administrator]

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Platform Features - Enhanced Microsoft Clustering (MSCS)

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Support for Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2012

Failover Clustering and AlwaysOn Availability Groups

IPV6 Support

PVSCSI and SCSI controller support

vMotion Support

Clustering across physical hosts (CAB) with Physical Compatibility Mode RDM’s

Supported on Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2

Following MSCS Capabilities Available:

Platform Features - GPU Acceleration Enhancements

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• 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.

vCenter Server 6.0 Features

vCenter Server Features - Enhanced Capabilities

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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 ✔ ✔

• Scalability supported by both

Windows Install and vCenter Server

appliance.

• Windows install supports Postgres

and External SQL and Oracle DBs.

• vCSA supports embedded Postgres

and external Oracle DBs.

vCenter Server 6.0 – 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

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Platform Services Controller

PSC

vCenter

vCenter

vCenter Server 6.0 – Linked Mode Comparison

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vSphere 5.5 vSphere 6.0

Windows Yes Yes

Appliance No Yes

Single Inventory View Yes Yes

Single Inventory Search Yes Yes

Replication Technology Microsoft ADAM Native

• Roles & Permissions Yes Yes

• Licenses Yes Yes

• Policies No Yes

• Tags No Yes

vCenter Server 6.0 - Cross vSwitch vMotion

• 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

vCenter Server

VM Network (L2 Connectivity)

vDS A vDS B

vMotion Network

vMotion

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• 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 6.0 - Cross vCenter vMotion

vCenter Server

VM Network (L2 Connectivity)

vDS A vDS B

vMotion Network

vMotion

vCenter Server

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vCenter Server 6.0 - Long Distance vMotion

• Intra-continental distances – up to 100ms RTTs

• Maintain standard vMotion guarantees

• Does not require VVOLs, but supported

• Replication Support

– Active/Active only

• Synchronous

• Asynchronous (VVOL Required)

• Use Cases:

– Permanent migrations

– Disaster avoidance

– Multi-site load balancing

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vCenter Server 6.0 – vMotion 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

• 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

Features Requirements

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vCenter Server 6.0 - Content Library Overview

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• 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

vCenter Server 6.0 - Clients

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Client Comparison

Use case Web Client vSphere Client

vSphere management ✔ ✔

ESXi/VM patching (VUM) ✖ ✔

Hardware version 8-11 ✔ ✔*

New features ✔ ✖

* v10-11 Read only access

vCenter Server 6.0 - vSphere Client

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• It’s still here

– Direct Access to hosts

– VUM remediation

– New features in vSphere 5.1 and newer are only available in the web client

• Added support for virtual hardware versions 10 and 11 *read only*

vCenter Server 6.0 - vSphere Web Client

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• Improved login time

• Faster right click menu load

• Faster performance charts

Performance

• Recent Tasks moved to bottom

• Flattened right click menus

• Deep lateral linking

Usability

vCenter Server 6.0 - vSphere Web Client Features

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Major Performance Improvements:

– UI

• Screen by screen code optimization

• Login now 13x faster

• Right click menu now 4x faster

• Most tasks end to end are 50+% faster

– Performance charts

• Charts are available and usable in less then half the time

– VMRC integration

• Advanced virtual machine operations

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

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vSphere 6.0 Networking

vSphere 6.0 - Network I/O Control Version 3

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• Reserve bandwidth to guarantee service levels

• Applied at vNIC level

– Enables bandwidth to be guaranteed at the virtual network interface on a virtual machine

• Reservation set on the vNIC in the virtual machine properties

• Applied at a Distributed Port Group

– Enables bandwidth to be guaranteed to a specific VMware Distributed Switch port group

• Reservation set on the VDS port group

• Enables multi-tenancy on one VDS by guaranteeing bandwidth usage from one tenant won’t impact another

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 vCenter Management Network

VM Network

vMotion Network

NFC Network

ESXi ESXi

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vSphere 6.0 Storage

Storage IO Control & Storage DRS enhancements

• Storage DRS is now aware of storage capabilities through VASA 2.0

– Array-based thin-provisioning

– Array-based deduplication

– Array-based auto-tiering

– Array-based snapshot

• Storage DRS Integration with Site Recovery Manager

– Aware of consistency groups!

• vSphere Replication full support (replica awareness)

• Set IOps reservation on a per disk basis using the API

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Datastore Cluster

Capabilities

Thin Provisioned

Deduplication

Auto-Tiering

Vendor Provider

VASA

VMware Virtual Volumes

vSphere Virtual Volumes

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Management & Integration Framework for External Storage

Virtual Volumes

Overview

• Virtualizes SAN and NAS devices

• Virtual disks are natively represented on arrays

• Enables finer control with VM level storage

operations using array-based data services

• Storage Policy-Based Management enables

automated consumption at scale

• Supports existing storage I/O protocols (FC, iSCSI,

NFS)

• Industry-wide initiative supported by major storage

vendors

• Included with vSphere

Without Virtual Volumes

Replication Snapshots Caching Encryption De-duplication

vSphere

vSphere 6.0 – Virtual Volumes

Policy based Management

Offloaded Data Services

Eliminates LUN Management

Provides Per-VM Granularity

datastore a

vSphere

Array-a Array-b

LUN

LUN LUN

LUN

LUN

AND

External Storage Architectures

With Virtual Volumes

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vSphere 6.0 - High Level Storage Architecture

Published Capabilities

Snapshot

Replication

Deduplication

Encryption

Overview

• No File System

• ESX manages array through VASA

(vSphere APIs for storage

awareness) APIs

• Arrays are logically partitioned into

containers, called Storage

Containers

• VM disks, called Virtual Volumes,

stored natively on the Storage

Containers.

• IO from ESX to array is addressed

through an access point called

Protocol Endpoint (PE)

• Data services are offloaded to the

array

• Managed through storage policy-

based management framework

vSphere Virtual Volumes

Storage Policy

Capacity

Availability

Performance

Data Protection

Security

PE VASA Provider

PE

Storage Policy-Based Mgmt.

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vSphere 6.0 - VASA Provider (VP)

• Software component developed by storage array vendors

• ESX and vCenter Server connect to VASA provider

• Provides storage awareness services

• Single VASA provider can manage multiple arrays

• Supports VASA APIs exported by ESX

• VASA provider can be implemented within the array’s management server or firmware

• Responsible for creating Virtual Volumes

Virtual Volumes

VASA Provider

Characteristics

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vSphere 6.0 - Protocol Endpoints (PE)

Why Protocol Endpoints?

• Separate the access points from the storage itself

• Can have fewer access points

What are Protocol Endpoints?

• Access points that enable communication between ESXi hosts and storage array systems.

• They are part of the physical storage fabric

• Created by storage administrators

• Compatible with all SAN and NAS Protocols:

- iSCSI

- NFS v3

- FC

- FCoE

Virtual Volumes

VASA Provider PE

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vSphere 6.0 - Storage Container (SC)

What are Storage Containers?

• Logical storage constructs for grouping of virtual volumes.

• Setup by storage administrators

• Capacity is based on physical storage capacity

• Logically partition or VM isolation with diverse storage needs and requirement

• Minimum one storage container per array

• Maximum depends on the array

• A single SC can be simultaneously accessed via multiple Protocol Endpoints

Virtual Volumes

vCenter

SC SC

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vSphere 6.0 - Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) – Array Capabilities

Virtual Volumes APIs

Storage Policy-Based Mgmt.

CV

CV

CV

Storage

admin

Publish Capabilities

• Array based features and data services

• Defines what an Array can offer

• Advertised to ESX through VASA APIs

Disk Types

Disk Encryption

Dedupe

Replication

Snapshot

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Virtual Machines

vSphere 6.0 - Virtual Volumes

Storage capabilities

Storage policies

vSphere Web Client

Storage Management UI

Datastores

Virtual Volumes

Storage Container

What do the admins need to get familiar with?

VVol VVol VVol

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Virtual Volumes – The New De-facto Storage Paradigm

Capabilities

vSphere Storage Policy-Based Mgmt.

Virtual Volumes

VASA Provider PE PE

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vSphere 6.0 High Availability

vSphere HA – VM Component Protection

• Problem:

– Host has a loss of storage connectivity

• APD: All Paths Down

• PDL: Permanent Device Loss

• Difficult to manage VMs running on APD/PDL affected hosts

• Approach:

– VMs are restarted on healthy hosts

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All Paths Down

e.g. Path down

or port disabled

Permanent Device Loss e.g. Array misconfiguration,

Host removed from

LUN’s Storage Group

Enable and configure VMCP

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vSphere 6.0 Fault Tolerance

vSphere 6.0 VMware Fault Tolerance

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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

Benefits

Enhanced virtual disk format support

Ability to hot configure FT

Greatly increased FT host compatibility

Additional new features

ESXi ESXi

Fast Checkpointing Sync

Primary Secondary

4 vCPU 4 vCPU Primary

Instantaneous Failover

VADP

vSphere 6.0 - Backing up FT VMs

• Support for vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)

– API for non-disruptive snapshots

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API

Backup Target

• Many VADP solutions on the market

vSphere 6.0 - Fault Tolerant Storage

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.vmx file

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Datastore 1

Primary

.vmx file

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Datastore 2

Secondary

• vmx config file

• vmdk files (new)

• Allowed to be on different datastores (new)

Each VM has it’s own:

vSphere 6.0 - FT Capabilities by vSphere Version

Feature FT

(vSphere 5.5)

FT

(vSphere 6.0)

vCPUs 1 4

Virtual Disks EZT Any

Hot Configure FT

H/W Virtualization

Backup (Snapshot)

Paravirtual Devices

Storage Redundancy

VSAN/VVols

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Feature FT

(vSphere 5.5)

FT

(vSphere 6.0)

HA

DRS Partial Partial

DPM

SRM

VDS

Storage DRS

VCD

vSphere Replication

vSphere 6.0 vSphere Data Protection

vSphere 6.0 VMware vSphere Data Protection

• Data protection and disaster recovery for VMs integrated with vSphere

• Simple to deploy, easy to manage with the vSphere Web Client

• Based on EMC Avamar and utilizes changed block tracking (CBT)

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VDP VDP

Backup Data Replication

vSphere Data Protection includes all

functionality previously included with

vSphere Data Protection Advanced

vSphere 6.0 - vSphere Data Protection Use Cases

• Data protection for small and medium sized organizations

– Backup of up to 800 VMs per vCenter Server environment

– Protect nearly any workload running in a VM

• Remote office - branch office (ROBO), distributed environments

– Up to 20 VDP appliances per vCenter Server, external proxies

• Data center migration and disaster recovery

– Backup VMs locally, replicate backup data to target location, restore VMs

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vSphere 6.0 vSphere Data Protection

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• Up to 8TB of deduplicated backup data capacity per VDP appliance

– Protect approximately 150-200 VMs per appliance, minimal storage consumption

• Agent-less VM backup and restore, file level restore

– Reduce complexity and cost

• Application level backup and restore of SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint

– Select individual databases, app-consistent quiescing, transaction log management

– Robust protection for mission-critical workloads

Features and Benefits

vSphere 6.0 vSphere Data Protection

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• Replicate backup data between VDP appliances and to EMC Avamar

– Easy, reliable, secure replication of backup data offsite for disaster recovery

• EMC Data Domain support with DD Boost

– Protect more and increase reliability

• Automated backup verification ensures backup data integrity, reduces risk

– Frequent “practice” restores provide the highest level of confidence

Features and Benefits

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