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vSAN Management Today and In the Future

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Disclaimer

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What is HCI?

• Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) is the integration of

– Compute virtualization (vSphere)

– Storage virtualization (vSAN)

– Hardware

• vSAN Ready Nodes

– Certified hardware running vSphere + vSAN

– 15+ server OEMs, lots of choices from each vendor

– Any aspect of the Ready Node can be customized further via flexible component HCL

• VxRail (sold by Dell EMC, powered by vSAN)

– Appliance available in various different options

– Prescriptive hardware and software, fully integrated at factory




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vSAN’s mission: Radically simple HCI with choice

• Our mission:

– Build storage HCI that is radically simple to buy, set up, operate

– Build storage HCI for vSphere admins

– Be easy for 2 nodes, and 1000 nodes alike

– Allow for full automation of every aspect of management

• What this means:

– Build an "appliance-like" experience, on your choice of hardware

– Deep integration with vSphere and vSphere workflows

– All aspects of vSphere need to be radically simple

– Choice and Simplicity




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Evolution of vSAN Management

- vCenter- SPBM- RVC & Observer

- 30+ health checks- Performance service- Capacity reporting- Management API/SDK- vSAN PowerCLI- vROps MPSD for vSAN

- 20+ health checks- Proactive tests- Stretched cluster and

fault domain config

- 40+ health checks- Enhanced health & performance service- VC bootstrapping on vSAN- Host level health checks for entire cluster- Configuration Assist- Controller firmware update- Online health checks- Native vSAN dashboard in vROps- VUM integration- Performance diagnostics

vSAN 5.5

2014

vSAN 6.0/6.1

2015

vSAN 6.2

2016

vSAN 6.5/6.6

2017

“Native”

“Visible”

“Transparent”

“Resilient & Intelligent”




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Key Focus Areas

Easier Lifecycle

management

Radically simple:

• HCI cluster creation

• Full stack upgrade

including firmware

Rich MonitoringInfrastructure

Analytics

Modern and rich:

• Modernized UI: H5 Client

• vROps integration with VC

• Hardware topology

Data to insights:

• Ops saving, avoid risk

• Performance analytics

• Redefined support

experience

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Full Featured HTML5 vSphere Client for vSAN

vSphere vSAN

vSAN Datastore

Overview

• Full featured vSAN operational management on

HTML5 vSphere Client

• 100% parity on existing vSAN functionalities

from Flash vSphere Client

• New vSAN functionalities through HTML5

vSphere Client only

Benefits

• Modernized Web Client for vSAN management




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Demo of H5 Client For vSAN

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Full Stack Upgrade and Patching with VUM

vSphere vSAN

vSAN Datastore

BIOS, Controller/HBA, Drive, NIC

Overview

• Firmware upgrade of all hardware components:

BIOS, Disks/SSDs/NVMe, NIC, Controller etc

• 1-click update experience of HW+SW through

VUM

• HCL aware for both SW and HW

• VUM getting faster

• vSAN Health checks throughout remediation

Benefits

• Shorten and simplify update of HCI cluster for

both SW and HW




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Demo of VUM FW update




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vSAN Health and VUM

• What if something goes wrong during a rolling upgrade?

– Fear prevents customers from doing cluster upgrades

• vSAN Health integration solves this

– Check vSAN Health before starting upgrade

– Check vSAN Health after host reboots with new SW/FW

– Abort upgrade, don’t exit Maintenance Mode when issue is detected

• Safety-net to give peace of mind




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Guided HCI Cluster Creation and Extension

vSphere vSAN

vSAN Datastore

Overview

• Step-by-step wizard of HCI cluster setup and

expansion

• Support traditional, vSAN normal and Stretched

Cluster in one wizard

• Networking, DRS, HA, vSAN all in one

workflow

• Set up to best practices

Benefits

• Simplify HCI cluster creation

• Ready to run VMs at the end of the workflow




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Demo of Creating Cluster




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Rich Infrastructure Analytics

vSphere vSAN

vSAN Datastore

Overview

• Analytics running in VMware Analytics Cloud

• On obfuscated telemetry data

• Cloud Connected vSAN Health (vSAN 6.6)

• 1-click Performance analytics (vSAN 6.6.1)

• Support has full context of environment

• Proactive Support: GSS calls you

Benefits

• Intelligent operational management

• Efficient support by VMware




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Demo of Reactive/Proactive Support




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Keep improving Manageability

Overview

• Maintenance Mode What-if and other What-If

as shipped in 6.6

• VC down troubleshooting using 6.6 tooling

Benefits

• Confidence before operations

• Resilience of vSAN management

vSphere vSAN

vSAN Datastore




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In-VC HCI Dashboard by vROps

vR Ops UIvCenter UIOverview

• Intuitive rich dashboard for HCI

• Multi-cluster support

• Appear as native experience in vCenter/H5C

• Lifecycle managed by vROps automatically

Benefits

• Single-pane of glass through VC/H5 Client

• Enhanced Operational confidence by vROps




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Hardware Topology

Overview

• Hardware visibility and serviceability experience

through H5

• Server/Chassis visual depiction

• Interactive disk blinking

• Physical slots info and disk occupation

• Integrated disk capacity utilization

Benefits

• Operational confidence and efficiency




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Radically simple

Easier Lifecycle

management

Radically simple:

• HCI cluster creation

• Full stack upgrade

including firmware

Rich MonitoringInfrastructure

Analytics

Modern and rich:

• Modernized UI: H5 Client

• vROps integration with VC

• Hardware topology

Data to insights:

• Ops saving, avoid risk

• Performance analytics

• Redefined support

experience

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