VMware vCloud Director

PowerPoint Presentation vCloud Director Erik Bussink Senior Virtualization Specialist 17/02/2011 ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 1 vCloud Director Introduction to the hybrid cloud VMware vCloud Director Architecture vCloud Components Catalog Use Cases Demo Agenda ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 2 The hybrid cloud is the best model Cloud Computing is a way of doing computing Cloud Service Providers Hybrid Cloud Composition of 2 or more interoperable clouds, enabling data and application portability Public Cloud Accessible over the Internet for general consumption Private Cloud Operated solely for an organization, typically within the firewall Enterprises Bridging ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 3 The New Business Model For IT : The Secure Private Cloud vSphere vSphere vSphere vSphere Virtual Datacenter 1 (Gold) Virtual Datacenter n (Silver) Virtual Datacenter n (Silver) Self Service Portals Infrastructure Catalogues Chargeback vCloud API Converged datacenter: Migrate network, storage and security functions into virtual appliances Better than physical Application QoS: availability and security Highly automated, policy-based management Hybrid cloud infrastructure Fully Virtual, Tiered Datacenter Cloud Service Delivery New datacenter “consumption units” – virtual datacenters (VDC) The new IT supply chain: standardized catalogue based service delivery Self-service user access with metering, monitoring, and chargeback Cloud Provider Cloud Consumer VMware vCloud Director and vCenter Chargeback VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Management Products VMware vShield Security Products ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 4 VMware vCloud Director drives agility and efficiency. 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Increase business agility by empowering users to self-deploy services with the click of a button Maintain security and control over multi-tenant environments with user controls and VMware vShield Reduce costs by efficiently delivering resources to internal organizations as secure virtual datacenters Leverage existing investments and open standards to ensure interoperability and application portability between clouds Consuming Infrastructure as a Service Producing Infrastructure as a Service ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 5 vCloud API Public Clouds Programmatic Control and Integrations VMware vCloud Director Builds on vSphere and scales up to 10,000 VMs and 25 vCenter Servers vCloud Director builds on vSphere to transform IT Creates virtual datacenters, by pooling resources into new units of consumption Securely enables the cloud with vShield, LDAP authentication, and RBAC Provides self-service portals and standardized infrastructure catalogs Isolates users into organizations with unique catalogs, policies, and LDAP vCloud API enables inter-cloud portability, programmatic control, and integrations IT Users Organization 1 Organization m Secure Private Cloud VMware vShield VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere User Portals Virtual Datacenter n (Silver) Virtual Datacenter 1 (Gold) Security Catalogs ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 6 VMware vCloud Director To make this possible, cloud requires new resource abstractions Secure Private Cloud Organization: Marketing Organization: Finance Organization VDCs Catalogs Organization VDCs Catalogs VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Server Resource Pools Datastores Port Groups (Gold) (Bronze) Provider Virtual Datacenters (Silver) (Gold) (Silver) (Bronze) Users & Policies Users & Policies ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 7 vCloud Director Scaling VMware vCloud Director Cells Scale horizontally Add load balancer in front of Cells Multi-Cells share vCloud Director Database vSphere Resources 1 vCD Cell : many vCenter Servers Multiple vCenter Servers attached to vCD can be in linked mode (optional) All vCenter Servers should be in same site to avoid potential latency Scale vSphere resources as needed Consider concurrent provisioning operation limits in vCenter vSphere resource limits apply vCloud Director Database Load Balancer vCD Web Console (points to single URL) Resource Pools Resource Pools Resource Pools Resource Pools Resource Pools Resource Pools vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server Cloud Resource Groups vCD Cell vCD Cell vCD Cell vCD “Cluster” ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 8 vCloud Director Portals Organization Portal System Administrator View System Portal End User/Consumer View Organization Administrator View ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 9 VMware vCloud Director Resource Allocation Models for Organization vDCs Allocated sub-resources of a provider vDC Allocation uses a model, each of which can set limits on number of VMs Allocation Model Definition Pay As You Go No upfront resource allocation in the org vDC Resources are reserved as users create vApps Can set a percentage of resources to be reserved vCPU rating can be adjusted Allocation Pool (“Virtual container”) Allocated pool of resources with a percentage reserved Cloud admin controls ability to overcommit resources Users cannot modify VM reservations and limits Resources can be shared between org VDCs Reservation Pool (“Physical container”) Allocated pool of resources with 100% reserved Users can adjust VM reservations and limits No sharing of resources with other org VDCs Similar to allocation pool, with reservation = 100% Guarantee Actual Actual Guarantee Overcommit Range Fully reserved pool of resources Pool expands to accommodate resources reserved on demand vApp vApp Partially reserved pool of resources ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 10 vCloud Components vShield Manager ChargeBack Manager vCloud Connector vCloud Request Manager ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 11 vShield for vCloud Director VMware vShield Edge provides end point security Available for download with vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. One vShield Manager required per vCenter Server Provides network edge security Provides firewall, NAT, port forwarding, IP masquerading and DHCP functionality (enforces multi-tenancy) Edge appliances deployed and managed by VMware vCloud Director on vSphere. Separate client not required. Does not require separate database Licensing Free but requires license key during configuration Upgradable to vShield Edge 1.0 (full version which includes site-to-site VPN and load balancer) ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 12 VMware Chargeback Manager 1.5 Associate costs and bill for VMware vCloud Director usage Uses vCloud data collectors to collect billable events from VMware vCloud Director database Uses vCenter data collectors to collect usage data for vCenter Servers providing resources Database SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Oracle 10g/11g Ent. or Std. Built-in load balancer Create new Chargeback servers to scale with the cloud Licensed per VM ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 13 vCloud Connector A Virtual appliance that installs on vSphere Allows a vSphere Admin to use his familiar vSphere Client See & access compute resources (vApps, templates) on private/public vClouds See resources (VMs, vApps, templates) on other vSphere instances Copy VMs/vApps/templates between vSphere & vClouds Invoke basic operations (e.g. power on/off) on vApps in vClouds Support matrix: vSphere 4.0 & 4.1, vCD 1.0, vCloud API V1.0 ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 14 vCloud Request Manager Enhanced Governance and Control of vCloud Director based Private Clouds. ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 15 Capability: vApp Provisioning with Approvals Cloud Consumer (eg: QA Engineer): Requests new vApp based on template. Approver (eg: Line Manager): Receives email notification and approves via email. Key Value: Controlled approvals and governance Initiate Request Approval Workflow Email Notification ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 16 Capability: Policy Based Cloud Partitioning Cloud Consumer (eg: Project Manager, QA Manager): Requests new “Cloud”. Approver (eg: Line-Manager): Receives email notification and approves via email. Initiate Request Approval Workflow Email Notification Key Value: Simplify creation and management of Organizations. ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 17 vApps Container of one or more VMs Package up multi-tier applications into vApps Operate on VMs as one unit Select boot order of VMs, start delays and stop delays Set runtime and storage leases Can be created from scratch Building blocks templates in the catalog Can be imported from outside the cloud Uses the OVF standard Captures meta data about the VMs Allows import and export between clouds in standard format Availability = 99.99% Security = High Performance = msec SLA Definitions vApp App OS App OS App OS ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› A vApp is a collection of VMs in VMware vCloud Director. A vApp uses the OVF standard to capture meta data about the VMs like Networking and Boot order which the virtualization layer can then implement. The OVF standard also allows you to package VMs and transport them enabling the hybrid cloud use case. In VMware vCloud Director, all VMs are vApps. Even if there is a single VM, it will be stored as a single VM vApp in VCD. 18 Catalogs Catalogs are collections of vApps, vApps Templates and media created & owned by Organizations Can be shared (to the Org) Can be published (to the whole cloud) Examples: Infrastructure as a Service Catalogs Empty Small, medium and large VMs/vApps. Pre-installed Windows & Linux VMs OS Media files (ISO, floppy images) App catalogs Corp standard Database servers, application servers If post deploy configurations are needed, guest customization in VCD can run custom scripts Linux Templates Windows Templates Engineering vApps Basic Media Catalog IT - Oracle vApps Premium Media Catalog ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 19 Browse Catalog and deploy vApps Copy vApps from the Organization catalog (self-service) Select Organization vCD Connect the vApps to one or more networks Create vApp networks Connect to organization networks Customize the VMs while deploying Requires sysprep files to be available on VMware vCloud Director server ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 20 Search for catalog items and deploy to org VDC Search catalog items based on Name Description Catalog VDC Owner Date Created ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› VCD provides search capabilities to locate items in the catalog. You can search by Name, description, Catalog etc. 21 vCloud Layered network 3 Different Layers of Networking External Organization vApp Managed at two layers: Users & Cloud Provider An External Network, is a means of providing a connection with the “outside world”. Set up by Cloud “Providers” An Organization Network is a network contained within an organization. Set up by Cloud “Providers” A vApp network is a network contained within a vApp. ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 22 Use Cases for Private Cloud The target use case for the vCloud includes the following workloads: Development and test Pre-production Demos Training Tier 2 and Tier 3 applications ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 23 Questions ©2008 LANexpert SA www.lanexpert.ch Slide ‹#› 24