Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud
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VKernel is a chargeback product for private clouds that integrates with System Center. It provides reporting and chargeback, performance analysis, capacity management, and resource optimization. It monitors VM performance in real-time, identifies bottlenecks and their root causes, forecasts future capacity needs, optimizes resource allocation, and calculates billing amounts. It delivers customizable dashboards, reports, and an API. VKernel is deployed as a virtual appliance that supports Hyper-V, VMware, and Red Hat.
Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud
- 1. Incorporating Chargeback In Private Cloud Lai Yoong Seng (MVP Virtual Machine) www.ms4u.info | laiys@redynamics.com Redynamics Asia System Management
- 2. Session Objective and Key Takeaway • Session objectives – Product Overview : Vkernel • Key Takeaway – Chargeback product for Private Cloud
- 3. VKernel Overview • Quest Product – Performance analysis, Capacity planning – Optimization, Reporting, Chargeback • 800+ customers, 50,000+ users worldwide • Microsoft System Center Alliance partner since 2009 • Full Integrated 64 bit Virtual Appliance New Version 4.7 • Main competitor = VMware • “Best of Show” at VMworld 2010
- 4. Where VKernel fits in System Center Solution • Extend VMM with capacity monitoring, planning, and cost management • Alerts fed into SCOM VKernel Confidential VKernel Confidential
- 5. Integration Points Active Directory Vmware VCenter Vkernel API Access
- 6. VKernel’s vOperations Suite (vOPS) • Reporting and Chargeback – Business level grouping and views of environment – Environment documentation and reporting – Infrastructure and VM cost visibility and accounting • Performance Analyzer – Root cause with actionable recommendations / remediation – Assess impact of VM performance problems on environment – Monitor environments for capacity bottlenecks • Capacity Manager – VM placement (size and throughput) – Determine future bottlenecks – Predictive resource planning – Capacity reservations • Optimizer – Identify and reclaim wasted resources (automatically) – Optimize resource allocation by VM (CPU, Memory, Storage)
- 8. Performance Monitoring • Real Time Monitoring • Monitoring the VM – Extend further to guest OS, non- virtualize server, server hardware, etc (Enterprise) • Correlate system events to VM Performance
- 9. Real Time Alert –Root Cause
- 10. Impact Analysis
- 12. CPU
- 13. Memory
- 14. Analysis-Why?
- 15. Storage
- 16. Throughput
- 18. Latency
- 21. Capacity Planning Requirement • Predict Resource Exhaustion • Identify Available Slots for Safe VM Deployment • Forecast future hardware needs and time frames
- 27. Optimization Requirements • Size VM Resource Allocations Correctly • Identify and Remove Data Waste Files and Idle VM
- 29. CPU
- 30. Memory
- 31. Storage
- 34. Reporting • Customize Dashboard • Querying • Customize Service Level Reporting (Enterprise)
- 35. Dashboard
- 38. Reporting
- 40. Sample Report- VM Count
- 43. Inventory
- 44. VM Detail View
- 46. Chargeback Requirement • Calculate Total Billing/Show back amount • Distribute or Export Chargeback Amount • Determine the Operational for Individual VM
- 47. VKernel Chargeback • Allocated and actual (utilized) costs • Intelligent business views to group VMs into applications, services, etc. – each with it’s own cost model • Custom fields for allocation of additional costs (power, space, cooling, support, etc.) • Automated, scheduled reporting (email, PDF, CSV formats) • Rest-based API and integration with VMM Self-Service Portal
- 53. Chargeback
- 55. Let Get Starting…. •VKernel delivered as virtual appliance • Download VHD file: www.vkernel.com • Import using VM Wizard • Configure network • Install SCOM collector •Supports both Hyper-V, Vmware and Red Hat from single appliance •Minimum Requirements • 4 vCPU • 8GB of memory • 64 GB of storage space •Microsoft Software Requirements • Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (or later) • Microsoft Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (or later)
- 56. Q&A Questions & Answers Virtual Lai www.ms4u.info laiys@redynamics.com