Take Virtualization to the Next Level: vSphere with Operations Management

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Agenda
1 The Foundation of the Software-Defined Data Center
2 Beyond vSphere: Why vSphere with Operations Management?
3 Demonstration of Key Features

4. Software-Defined Data Center

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IT at the
Speed of Business
Customers Need Help Bridging Between Existing and New IT
to Support the Business and ALL Workloads
* Source: Gartner, 2013: “Hunting and Harvesting in a Digital World: The 2013 CIO Agenda”
IT Technology Eras
Mainframe Client-Server Mobile-Cloud
$ $ $ $ $ $
Ability of IT to
Deliver
Steady IT
Budgets*
Business
Expectations
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The Software-Defined Data Center
Speed & Agility
IT Services at Business
Speed
Security
Security for the New IT
Efficiency
Ultimate Cost
Effectiveness
Control
Cloud on Your
Terms
Choice
Any application,
Anywhere
Software-Defined Data Center

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ITaaS
OpEx and Agility
Through
IT as a Service
Phase III
Business
Partner
IT Production
CapEx Savings
Through
Consolidation
Phase I
Cost
Center
Business Production
QoS and Reliability
Through
Automation
Phase II
Service
Provider
The Journey to the Software-Defined Data Center
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vSphere With Operations Management

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What is vSphere with Operations Management?
vSphere vCenter Operations
vSphere with Operations
Management
Standard
Enterprise
Enterprise Plus
Standard vSphere (STD/ENT/ENT+)
+
vCenter Operations Standard

9. Beyond vSphere
vSphere with Operations Management

11. Business Critical
Applications
Performance
Monitoring
Capacity
Management
Perceived Risk
VM Sprawl Spotty Visibility
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Why is Standalone vSphere Not Enough?
New Challenges
• Scalability and
Performance
• High Availability
• Disaster
Recovery
• Automated
Capacity
Optimization
• Predictive
Analytics
• Dynamic
Thresholds
• Automated
Workflows
vSphere with
Operations
Management
Over Provisioning Troubleshooting

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Why Add “Operations Management”?
vSphere (vCenter + ESXi)
• Limited visibility and notification
• Per Host / Per VM
vSphere with Operations Management
• Holistic visibility
• Dynamic thresholds w/ smart alerts
• History and trends
• Capacity planning
• Utilization and efficiency

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Health = Immediate Issues
 Workload
 Anomalies
 Faults
Risk = Future Issues
 Time Remaining
 Capacity Remaining
 Stress
Efficiency = Optimize/Reclaim
 Waste
 Density
Immediate Future
VMware Provides More IT Capability with Less Cost and Complexity

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Health Badge: Identify Current Performance Issues
• How hard is an object working?
• Is the workload w/in the
normal/expected range?
• Are there any problems?

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Risk Badge: Identify Future Performance Issues
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• How long before I run out of resources?
• How many more VMs can I deploy?
• Are there any undersized workloads?

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Efficiency Badge: Identify Opportunities to Optimize
• How efficient are my resources being
used?
• Can I improve my VM-to-host
consolidation ratio?

18. Demonstration
vSphere with Operations Management

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Top Scenarios: vSphere with Operations Management
Performance Resolution
Capacity Management
Future Planning

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Performance Issue Caused by Change
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Search for VM
Things are
healthy A little bit of risk Pretty efficient

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Performance Issue Caused by Change (cont.)
Health is yellow with
recent drop
Risk is also
high
Click

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Performance Issue Caused by Change (cont.)
Recent drop in
performance
Corresponding rise
in anomalies
Workload view

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Performance Issue Caused by Change (cont.)
CPU bound
CPU Demand >
CPU Usage
Anomalies

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Performance Issue Caused by Change (cont.)
Recent spike in
anomalies
• Ready Time up
• Throttling up
• Active CPU down.
Go to Events

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Performance Issue Caused by Change (cont.)
History of
anomalies Event Overlay
Root cause: CPU limit set
on the VM

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Capacity Management
Risk is high
Expand to see why

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Capacity Management (cont.)
Capacity remaining is 0 (over
provisioned by 6 VMs)
Time remaining is 0
Click badge for
more details

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Capacity Management (cont.)
Virtual Machine Capacity
Capacity and Time Remaining
“What-If” Planning

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Capacity Management (cont.)

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Capacity Management (cont.)
Actual Capacity
Capacity after adding 2
additional hosts
Scenario saved

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Plan for the Future
Current capacity cross-
over point
Actual VMs
deployed
VM count capacity
Capacity state today
New capacity shortfall if
I add 10 new VMs

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vSphere with Operations Management Provides the Capabilities
That Matter Most to Customers
The most secure, stable, trusted and supported virtualization
platform in the industry.
Simplified IT operations at lower cost to preserve budget for
more high-impact business initiatives.
Smart Alerts and dynamic capacity optimization make sure
that resources are being utilized efficiently while preventing
emerging performance problems from impacting the business.
End-to-end visibility and management of your virtualized
environment.

36. Customer Value
vSphere with Operations Management

37. Customers Realize a True Savings!
34% 36%
30%
-26%
Increase capacity
utilization
Increase consolidation
ratios
Increase hardware
savings
Reduce diagnostics &
problem resolution
time
Source: 2014 and 2012 Management Insights Studies
Benefits of running vSphere with Operations Management
Impact beyond running vSphere alone

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vSphere with Operations Management Pays for Itself
Customers using Operations Management capabilities
typically see tangible business value in two to three
weeks.
78% of customers see a full ROI on the cost of adding
management within 90 days, plus you can demo
vSOM for free to see what it can really do for you!
Can any competing solution claim this level
of immediate business benefit and savings?

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Customers Increase Data Center Availability and Optimize IT Resources
“It was almost jaw dropping in terms of the
memory and resources we would get back by
using vSphere with Operations Management.”
Leon Ravenna, VP of Infrastructure & Operations
25%
Increase in
efficiency (fewer
resources delivering
more value)
20%
Increase in VM
density
20%
Decrease in
operational costs
“The organization has been crying out for
quicker implementation of new applications.
Using vSphere with Operations Management, we
can bring up new virtual hosts and deploy
applications much more rapidly than in the past.”
Paul Reed, Director of IT, The Waddington Group
52%
Increase in
consolidation ratios
80%
Reduction in time
spent integrating
backend systems
31%
Boost in storage
capacity utilization
1
Hyper-V displacement
to improve SLAs
<1
Minute for mean time
to resolution (vs. 15-
20 min)
“For the first time ever we’re able to capacity plan, to
look ahead and forecast what we’re going to need for
the next one, three, or five years.”
Ricky Caldwell, Director of Server Operations, Architecture and
Infrastructure
70%
Reduction in
hardware costs

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Next Steps
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