Whats New in vSphere 5.0?

Dan Wofford Staff Systems Engineer - VMware

Agenda

Cloud Infrastructure Launch and Product Set Whats New vSphere 5.0 Platform Whats New vSphere 5.0 Storage Whats New vSphere 5.0 Networking.

In 2011 VMware is Introducing a Major Upgrade of the Entire Cloud Infrastructure Stack

vCloud Director 1.5 vCloud Director

New

Cloud Infrastructure Launch

(vSphere, vCenter, vShield, vCloud Director) vCenter Operations 1.0
vCenter Management vCenter SRM 5.0 vSphere vSphere5.0
vSphere vSphere

vShield Security vShield 5.0

VMware vSphere : The Industrys Leading Virtualization Platform

vCenter Server
HA FT vMotion/S vMotion Data Recovery Host Profiles Linked Mode Orchestrator Update Mgr

VMsafe APIs vShield Zones

Hot Add # of Hosts, VMs

Application Services

Availability

Security

Scalability

VMware vSphere 4.1

Compute Storage Network

Infrastructure Services

ESX/ESXi DRS/DPM Memory Overcommit

VMFS Thin Provisioning Storage I/O Control Storage APIs

Distributed Switch Network I/O Control

Introducing

The Best Platform for Cloud Infrastructures

VMware vSphere 5.0: Whats New?

vCenter Server
New HA Architecture vMotion over higher latency links

Virtual Appliance Web Client

ESXi Firewall

32 way SMP 1 TB VMs

Application Services
Availability

Security

Scalability

VMware vSphere 5
Compute Storage Network

Infrastructure Services
ESXi Convergence Auto Deploy HW version 8 Storage DRS Profile-Driven Storage VMFS 5 Storage I/O Control (NFS) Network I/O Control (per VM controls) Distributed Switch

(Netflow, SPAN, LLDP)

Infrastructure Services Compute, Storage, Network

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

ESXi Convergence
Overview

Most Trusted

vSphere 5.0 will utilize the ESXi

hypervisor exclusively

ESXi is the gold standard for hypervisors

vSphere ESXi

Benefits

Thin architecture Smaller security footprint Streamlined deployment and

configuration

Simplified patching and updating model

The Gartner Group says

The major benefit of ESXi is the fact that it is more lightweight under 100MB versus 2GB for VMware ESX with the service console. Smaller means fewer patches It also eliminates the need to manage a separate Linux console (and the Linux skills needed to manage it) VMware users should put a plan in place to migrate to ESXi during the next 12 to 18 months.

Source: Gartner, August 2010

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

ESXi Command Line

Why a new ESXi CLI tool?

Console CLI and remote vCLI are different
Need to learn multiple CLIs Local commands dont work remote, remote commands dont work locally

Commands evolved from multiple sources using different standards

No formal process for adding or updating commands

Inconsistent output and syntax

Output format changes from command to command Different commands have different input parameters

Remote CLI limited compared to local CLI

ESXCLI establishes a standard with an extensible framework. Going forward ESXCLI commands will be backward compatible

vSphere 5.0 CLI Compatibility

Commands esxcfg1 Run Local Yes Run Remote No ESX/ESXi 4.x Yes ESXi 5.x No

esxcli2
vicfg3 vmware-cmd vmkfstools

Yes
No Yes Yes

Yes
Yes Yes Yes

No
Yes Yes Yes

Yes
Yes Yes Yes

PowerCLI

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

1. esxcfg commands deprecated in 5.0 (replaced with esxcli) 2. esxcli in 4.x is *not* backward compatible with 5.0 3. vicfg used for remote CLI only

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

ESXi 5.0 Firewall Features

Capabilities
ESXi 5.0 has a new firewall engine which is not based on iptables. The firewall is service oriented, and is a stateless firewall.

Users have the ability to restrict access to specific services based on

IP address/Subnet Mask.

Management
The GUI for configuring the firewall on ESXi 5.0 is similar to that used with the
classic ESX firewall customers familiar with the classic ESX firewall should not have any difficulty with using the ESXi 5.0 version.

There is a new esxcli interface (esxcfg-firewall is deprecated in ESXi 5.0). There is Host Profile support for the ESXi 5.0 firewall. Customers who upgrade from Classic ESX to ESXi 5.0 will have their firewall
settings preserved.

UI: Security Profile

The ESXi Firewall can be managed via the vSphere client. Through the Configuration > Security Profile, one can observe the
Enabled Incoming/Outgoing Services, the Opened Port List for each service & the Allowed IP List for each service.

UI: Security Profile > Services > Properties

Through the Services Properties, one can configure if a service

should be automatically started.

Services can also be stopped & started on-the-fly.

UI: Security Profile > Firewall > Properties

In the Firewall properties, one can check or uncheck the checkbox

associated with a service to enable/disable access.

Service name, open ports and status are also displayed.

Ruleset Enabled

Allowed IP

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

Composition of an ESXi Image

Core Hypervisor

CIM Providers

Plug-in Components

Drivers

ESXi Image Deployment

Challenges
Standard ESXi image from VMware download site is sometimes limited
Doesnt have all drivers or CIM providers for specific hardware Doesnt contain vendor specific plug-in components

?
Standard ESXi ISO

Missing CIM provider

Missing driver

Base providers
Base drivers

Describing ESXi Components

VIB
VMware Infrastructure Bundle (VIB) Software packaging format used for ESXi
Often referred to as a Software Package

Used for all components

ESXi Base Image Drivers

CIM providers
Other components

Can specify relationship with other VIBs

VIBs that it depends on VIBs that it conflicts with

Managing Customized ESXi Images

Image Builder: a set of command line utilities for

Creating and managing image profiles Building ESXi customized boot images, e.g.
Installable ISO Bundle suitable for PXE installation or Flash

Initial version is based on PowerCLI

Snap-in component bundled as part of VMwares PowerCLI tools

Depot
A repository containing
Image profiles VIBs

Can have multiple depots, with two types

On a web server Encapsulated in a .ZIP file

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

Auto Deploy
Overview
vCenter Server with Auto Deploy
Image Profiles Host Profiles

Deploy and patch vSphere hosts in

minutes using a new on the fly model

Coordination with vSphere Host Profiles

Benefits

Rapid provisioning: initial deployment and

patching of hosts
vSphere vSphere vSphere

Centralized host and image management Reduce manual deployment and patch
processes

Auto Deploy Components

Component PXE Boot Infrastructure Sub-Components DHCP Server TFTP Server Notes
Setup independently gPXE file from vCenter Can use Auto Deploy Appliance Build/Manage Rules Match server to Image and Host Profile Deploy server Combine ESXi image with 3rd party VIBs to create custom Image Profiles Provides store for rules Host configs saved in Host Profiles Custom Host settings saved in Answer Files

Auto Deploy Server

Rules Engine PowerCLI Snap-in Web Server Image Profiles, PowerCLI Snap-in

Image Builder

vCenter Server

Stores Rules Host Profiles Answer Files

Agenda: vSphere 5.0 Platform

ESXi ESXi CLI ESXi Firewall Image Builder Auto Deploy vSphere Update Manager Platform Enhancements

How Does A User Plan an ESX to ESXi migration?

1. Visit the ESX and ESXi Info Center

2. Start testing ESXi

If youve not already deployed, theres no better time than the present

3. Ensure 3rd party solutions used by your customers are ESXi Ready
Monitoring, backup, management, etc. Most already are.
Bid farewell to agents!

4. Familiarize with ESXi remote management options

Transition any scripts or automation that depended on the COS

Powerful off-host scripting and automation using vCLI, PowerCLI,

5. Plan an ESXi migration as part of vSphere upgrade

Testing of ESXi architecture can be incorporated into overall vSphere testing

ESXi and ESX Info Center

All Resources in One Centralized Location

ESX to ESXi Migration with VMware Update Manager

Supported Paths
Migration from ESX (Classic) 4.x to ESXi 5.0 For VUM-driven migration, pre-4.x hosts will have to be upgraded to 4.x first
Might be better just to do fresh install of ESXi 5.0

Preservation of Configuration Information

Most standard configurations will be preserved, but not all:
Information thats not applicable to ESXi will not be preserved, e.g. /etc/yp.conf (no NIS in ESXi) /etc/sudoers (no sudo in ESXi) Any additional custom configuration files will not be preserved, e.g. Any scripts added to /etc/rc.d

Confidential

ESXi Migration and Third-Party Software

Supported components
Upgrade of third-party components limited to
Cisco Nexus 1000v EMC PowerPath

During upgrade, if either of these is detected on starting host

Target ESXi image is checked for presence of these modules If found, upgrade proceeds If not found, option provided to override and proceed Otherwise, halt

All other components

Starting host not checked for other third-party software Upgrade process will not preserve anything Up to Admins to take care of replacing

Confidential

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage vMotion Storage I/O Control Storage DRS VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Introduction to VMFS-5

Enhanced Scalability
Increase the size limits of the filesystem & support much larger single extent
VMFS-5 volumes.

Support for single extent 64TB Datastores.

Better Performance
Uses VAAI locking mechanism with more tasks.

Easier to manage and less overhead

Space reclamation on thin provisioned LUNs.
Smaller sub blocks. Unified Block size.

VMFS-5 Versus VMFS-3 Feature Comparison

Feature 2TB+ VMFS Volumes Support for 2TB+ Physical RDMs Unified Block size (1MB) Atomic Test & Set Enhancements
(part of VAAI, locking mechanism)

VMFS-3

VMFS-5

Yes (using extents) No No No 64KB (max ~3k) No

Yes Yes Yes Yes 8KB (max ~30k) 1KB

Sub-blocks for space efficiency Small file support

VMFS-3 to VMFS-5 Upgrade

The Upgrade to VMFS-5 is clearly displayed in the vSphere Client

under Configuration Storage view.

It is also displayed in the Datastores Configuration view. The upgrade is non-disruptive.

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

VAAI Introduction

vStorage API for Array Integration = VAAI VAAIs main purpose is to leverage array capabilities.
Offloading tasks to reduce overhead

Benefit from enhanced mechanisms arrays mechanisms

The traditional VAAI primitives have been improved. We have introduced multiple new primitives. Application VI-3 Support for NAS!
Hypervisor
Non-VAAI

Fabric
Array
LUN 01 VAAI LUN 02

VAAI Thin Provisioning Dead Space Reclamation

Dead space is previously written blocks that are no longer used

by the VM. For instance after a Storage vMotion.

vSphere conveys block information to storage system

via VAAI & storage system reclaims the dead blocks. Storage vMotion, VM deletion
and swap file deletion can trigger the thin LUN to free some physical space.
vSphere

ESXi 5.0 uses a standard SCSI

command for dead space reclamation.

VMFS volume A

VMFS volume B

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Storage DRS
Overview

Group like datastores in a datastore

cluster. Initial placement of VMs/VMDKs Datastore maintenance mode Space and I/O load balancing Affinity and anti-affinity rules

Storage vMotion

Benefits
Datastore Cluster

Scalable storage management Reduce time for VM provisioning Eliminate VM downtime for storage
maintenance Automated Out of space avoidance Automated I/O bottleneck avoidance

SDRS Scheduling

SDRS allows you to create a schedule to change its settings. This can be useful for scenarios where you dont want VMs to migrate between datastore or when I/O latency might rise, giving false negatives, e.g. during VM backups.

So What Does It Look Like? Provisioning

So What Does It Look Like? Load Balancing.

The Storage DRS tab will show utilization before and after. Theres always the option to override the recommendations.

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Performance Guarantees Network and Storage I/O Control

3. w/ I/O controls, 2. Other VMs can give VIP VMs are starved preferential access for resources

1. VM requests more resources

Overview
Set up SLAs for use of storage and
network resources Added per virtual machine settings for Network I/O Control Added NFS support for Storage I/O Control

Benefits
Eliminate the noisy neighbor problem More granular SLA settings for network
traffic

Extend Storage SLAs to more VMs

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

What Is vStorage APIs Storage Awareness (VASA)?

VASA is an Extension of the vSphere Storage APIs, vCenter-based

extensions. It allows storage arrays to integrate with vCenter for management functionality via server-side plug-ins or Vendor Providers.

This in turn allows a vCenter administrator to be aware of the

topology, capabilities, and state of the physical storage devices available to the cluster.

VASA enables several features.

For example it delivers System-defined (array-defined) Capabilities that enables Profile-driven Storage. Another example is that it provides array internal information that helps several Storage DRS use cases to work optimally with various arrays.

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Profile-Driven Storage
Overview
High IO Throughput

Tier storage based on performance or

SLA characteristics View a list of all compliant storage resources

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

Benefits

Utilize the correct storage resources

every time (no mistakes) Help IT personnel that may not be as familiar with storage characteristics align with business and application goals Improve storage utilization and efficiencies

Selecting a Storage Profile During Provisioning

By selecting a VM Storage Profile, datastores are now split into

Compatible & Incompatible.

The Celerra_NFS datastore is the only datastore which meets the

GOLD Profile requirements i.e. it is the only datastore that has our user-defined storage capability associated with it.

VM Storage Profile Compliance

Policy Compliance is visible from the Virtual Machine

Summary tab.

Agenda: vStorage Whats New

Introduction VMFS-5 vStorage API for Array Integration Storage DRS Storage I/O Control VMware API for Storage Awareness Profile Driven Storage FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Software FCoE Adapters (1 of 2)

A software FCoE adapter is a software code that performs some of

the FCoE processing.

This adapter can be used with a number of NICs that support

partial FCoE offload.

Unlike the hardware FCoE adapter, the software adapter needs to

be activated, similar to Software iSCSI.

Software FCoE Adapters (2 of 2)

Once the Software FCoE is enabled, a new adapter is created, and

discovery of devices can now take place.

New Virtual Machine Features

vSphere 5.0 supports the industrys most capable virtual machines

VM Scalability 32 virtual CPUs per VM 1TB RAM per VM

4x previous capabilities!

Richer Desktop Experience

3D graphics

Client-connected USB devices

USB 3.0 devices Smart Card Readers for VM Console Access

VM BIOS boot order config API and PowerCLI interface

EFI BIOS

Broader Device Coverage

Other new features

UI for multi-core virtual CPUs

Extended VMware Tools compatibility

Support for Mac OS X servers

Items which require HW version 8 in orange

Upgrade Compatibility

Provides for flexibility for Administrators to upgrade environment

in phased manner

Feature VMware Tools 4.x VMware Tools 5.x VMFS-3 VMFS-5 Virtual Hardware1

ESX/ESXi 4.x Yes Yes Yes No 3, 4, 7

1. ESXi 5.0 supports upgrading Virtual Hardware version 3 and later

ESXi 5.x Yes Yes Yes Yes 4, 7, 8

Application Services Availability, Security, and Scalability

Scaling Virtual Machines

Overview

Create virtual machines with up to: 32 vCPU 1 TB of vRAM

Benefits

4x

4x size of previous vSphere versions Run even the largest applications in

vSphere, including very large databases

Virtualize even more applications than

ever before (Tier 1 and 2)

New HA Architecture
Overview

New architecture for High Availability

Storage vMotion VMware Fault Tolerance High Availability DRS Maintenance Mode vMotion

feature of vSphere

NIC Teaming Multipathing

VMware

Benefits
Storage

Simplified clustering setup and

configuration

Server Component

Enhanced reliability through better

resource guarantees and monitoring

Enhanced scalability

Additional Features and Enhancements

vCenter Server Appliance (Linux)

Overview

Run vCenter Server as a Linux-based

appliance

Benefits

Simplified setup and configuration Enables deployment choices according to

business needs or requirements

Leverages vSphere availability features

for protection of the management layer

Component Overview

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) consists of:

A pre-packaged 64 bit application running on SLES 11
Distributed with sparse disks Disk Footprint

Distribution
3.6GB

Min Deployed
~5GB

Max Deployed
~80GB

Memory Footprint

A built in enterprise level database with optional support for a

remote Oracle databases.

Limits are the same for VC and VCSA

Embedded DB 5 hosts/50 VMs External DB <1000 hosts/<10,000 VMs (64 bit)

A web-based configuration interface

Feature Overview

vCenter Server Appliance supports:

The vSphere Web Client Authentication through AD and NIS

Feature parity with vCenter Server on Windows

Except Linked Mode support Requires ADAM (AD LDS) IPv6 support External DB Support Oracle is the only supported external DB for the first release No vCenter Heartbeat support HA is provided through vSphere HA

Web Client
Overview

Run and manage vSphere from any web

browser anywhere in the world

Benefits

Platform independence Replaces Web Access GUI

Building block for cloud based

administration

Why Flex?

Flex provides us with the richest and fullest featured development

platform available. Extensive amount of Libraries to use Technologies such as HTML5 and others are still in development Provides the best performance Scales to the web
Web Client Scalability Platform Independence 50 VCs 100,000 VMs Windows Linux Windows Client 10 VCs 10,000 VMs Windows

Extensibility

Linux Native Rich Extension Points

One HTML plug-in

Features of the vSphere Web Client

Customize the GUI

Create custom views to reflect the information you need to see, the way you
like to see it

Features of the vSphere Web Client

Ready Access to Common Actions

Quick access to common tasks provided out of the box

Features of the vSphere Web Client

Support interrupt driven workflows

Allow jumping in and out of workflows easily continuing exactly from where
you left off without having to repeat a process

Features of the vSphere Web Client

Extendable Functionality
Possible for partners and end users to add features and functionality

Easily create new tabs for information

Create portlets for instant access to information

The Best of the Rest

Platform
Hardware Version 8 EFI
virtual BIOS Memory Fault Isolation

Availability
vMotion with higher latency links Data Recovery Enhancements

Network
Distributed Switch (Netflow,
SPAN support, LLDP)

Management
Inventory Extensibility iPad client

Network I/O Controls (per VM),

ESXi firewall

Storage
VMFS 5 iSCSI UI

Storage I/O Control (NFS)

Array Integration for Thin Provisioning, Swap to SSD, 2TB+ VMFS datastores Storage vMotion Snapshot Support

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