Big Gains With Little Virtual Machines Sumeet Mehra
- 1. Big gains with little virtual Machines: VMware Lab Manager Sumeet Mehra Application & Management Solution Specialist 16th October 2008
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- 3. Agenda Challenges for the Dev/Test environment VMware Lab Manager Overview Demo and Use Cases Lab Manager Architecture Lab Manager Networking The Technical “Heart” of VMware Lab Manager: Leveraging Virtualization Linked clones for instant copies Fencing for simultaneous use of copies Saved state for bug capture and to save time Questions
- 4. Resource Requirements for the Lab Application Development Production # Users 37 10-15 3 1-2 1-2 supported: Development Test/QA System Integration Staging/UAT Production Development and Test Lab Data Center
- 5. Typical Lab Infrastructure is an IT Headache Server sprawl – under desks, in closets Aging, cast-off hardware Dirty systems – inability to maintain “clean state” Users and IT bogged down in provisioning requests *Actual customer photos
- 6. Lab Users and IT Bogged Down In Provisioning Requests BEFORE Lab Manager Dev IT 3 days AFTER Lab Manager 1 Dev min
- 7. What is VMware Lab Manager? Shared virtual machine library Stores “multi-machine” configurations-- in state-- as a unit Creates copies of VMs using a fraction of storage normally required Runs identical copies simultaneously on the lab network Leverages central pool of virtualization resources A portal to access the library Easy to use web based interface, even for a non-IT professional Quotas and Leases to control usage of resources Communicate copies of running machines with a URL (LiveLink) The premiere solution for managing “transiently configured” IT infrastructure Software development and test Patch testing, compatibility testing, onboarding new employees Technical support, demos, training
- 8. What is VMware Lab Manager? Shared virtual machine library Stores “multi-machine” configurations-- in state-- as a unit Creates copies of VMs using a fraction of storage normally required Runs identical copies simultaneously on the lab network Leverages central pool of virtualization resources A portal to access the library Easy to use web based interface, even for a non-IT professional Quotas and Leases to control usage of resources Communicate copies of running machines with a URL (LiveLink) The premiere solution for managing “transiently configured” IT infrastructure Software development and test Patch testing, compatibility testing, onboarding new employees Technical support, demos, training
- 9. What is VMware Lab Manager? Shared virtual machine library Stores “multi-machine” configurations-- in state-- as a unit Creates copies of VMs using a fraction of storage normally required Runs identical copies simultaneously on the lab network Leverages central pool of virtualization resources A portal to access the library Easy to use web based interface, even for a non-IT professional Quotas and Leases to control usage of resources Communicate copies of running machines with a URL (LiveLink) The premiere solution for managing “transiently configured” IT infrastructure Software development and test Patch testing, compatibility testing, onboarding new employees Technical support, demos, training
- 10. What is VMware Lab Manager? Shared virtual machine library Stores “multi-machine” configurations-- in state-- as a unit Creates copies of VMs using a fraction of storage normally required Runs identical copies simultaneously on the lab network Leverages central pool of virtualization resources A portal to access the library Easy to use web based interface, even for a non-IT professional Quotas and Leases to control usage of resources Communicate copies of running machines with a URL (LiveLink) The premiere solution for managing “transiently configured” IT infrastructure Software development and test Patch testing, compatibility testing, onboarding new employees Technical support, demos, training
- 11. VMware Lab Manager System Layout New Jersey Dev Facility VMware Lab Manager Image Storage Library CIM Application Developer CIM Application Developer Customer Information Management (CIM) Application Development Team LAN/SAN Waldorf Dev Facility FP&A Application Developer Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Application Development Team Bangalore Outsource Partner VMware Infrastructure Virtualized Server Pool QA Automation Engineer Virtual Enterprise Application Development Lab Application Quality Assurance Outsourcing Partner
- 12. Demo
- 13. Scalable Lab Architecture: Global Deployment Development QA Helpdesk, Remote Users Demos, Training VMware Lab Manager 3.0 Support, Offshore Dev Lab QA Lab Demo Lab Lab VMware Infrastructure 3 VMware VirtualCenter + DRS, HA, VCB Local ESX Clusters Remote ESX Servers
- 14. “VMware Lab Manager obsoletes many manual processes and lets us be more pro-active and innovative. I can't think of any other product, process or project that has had a greater impact in our daily activities. Everything just runs with little interference. Lab Manager will be key to the future success of software development in Avaya.” Jay M. Leone Lab Manager
- 15. ROI – From Our Customers Cost Savings Consolidation reduces the number of physical machines required Library/ Workspace allows physical machines to be freed for reuse (!) Linked Clones provide tremendous storage cost savings Time Savings IT spends less time provisioning machines–you can allow users to do it themselves if you wish Create fully-loaded machines in seconds instead of days Set-up machines are stored in-state–no time wasted waiting for machines to boot or setting up tests Everything can be automated
- 16. Lab Manager 3 Architecture TCP 443 IIS with IIS with TCP VirtualCenter Console ASP.NET ASP.NET 443 Agent ActiveX TCP TCP Media 389 or 636 Lab Lab Manager 443 VirtualCenter Share Manager TCP Server Server TCP Agent TCP 25 5212 902/903 Host Agent VM TCP files 443 SOAP vmkernel MSSQL API Express SOAP API VMFS or NFS Shared Storage
- 17. Lab Manager 3 Networking VMware ESX Host Unfenced VMs Fenced Configuration Virtual Router ! # ! " # ! VMkernel service port console port Physical Network vSwitch Management Virtual (one per pNIC) Fence vSwitch Virtual vSwitch Network (1 per fenced Network vSwitch pNet) vSwitch ! " # $ " # Lab Manager Server
- 18. Network Fencing Fence A Fence B Fence A Fence B A’ B’ C’ A’’ B’’ C’’ A’ B’ C’ A’’ B’’ C’’ .10 .11 .12 .10 .11 .12 VR VR .113 .114 .115 .116 .117 .118 Property 1: Isolation between fences Property 4: External resources accessible VMs in fence A cannot directly communicate with VMs inside a fence are able to access resources VMs in fence B (including NETBIOS broadcasts) on the external network Property 2: Zero modification of VMs Property 5: Internal machine VMs resume from check pointed state directly externally accessible Nothing is modified inside the VMs, An external IP address is assigned to the VM e.g. MAC address, IP address, security IDs, to be accessible from the external network, or machine name i.e., via RDP Property 3: Internal resources accessible VM inside a fence are able to access other resources on the same internal network
- 20. Linked Clones, Saved State, and Fencing Feature Benefits Speed. Copy a VM in seconds. Linked Clones Space. Copy the disk of a VM in 16 MB (initially). Consistency. Exact copies VMware Lab Manager manages Startup Time. Never wait for a VM to boot. Saved State all the files, setup, maintenance, Setup Time and Expertise. Only set up a test once. and security associated with Bug Capture. Record bug situations using these technologies. Concurrency. Allow multiple users to use benefits of Linked Fencing Clones and Saved State simultaneously.
- 21. Multiple Networks: Multiple NICs/Networks LM3 adds to those networking capabilities Fenced with Virtual Network Multiple vNIC Unfenced Fenced Routing Multiple pNetworks each VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM with own IP Pool V V V Virtual Network F F Templates VR VR VR Multiple Lab Network 1 vNetworks each with own IP Pool Lab Network 2 Virtual network V = Virtual Network routing F = Fenced Network
- 22. Organizations and LDAP Groups Lab Manager Installation Allow multiple groups to use the same Lab Manager LDAP Group 1 Administrator installation and have separation Organization 1 Organization 2 of entities and LDAP Group 2 Organization LDAP Group 2 Organization resources Administrator Administrator LDAP Group 3 User LDAP Group 4 User User 2 Power User LDAP Group 1 Organization Administrator LDAP Directory LDAP Group 3 View Only User 1 LDAP Users and Roles assigned to User 2 Groups mapped to Users and Groups Organizations User 3 User 4 User 5 Dedicated Dedicated LDAP Group 1 Resources Resources LDAP Group 2 LDAP Group 3 Shared LDAP Group 4 Resources
- 23. Q&A Big gains with little virtual machines Sumeet Mehra Application & Management Solution Specialist, VMware, Inc. October, 2008
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