VMware Capacity Planner

VMware Capacity Planner Richard Stinton Specialist Systems Engineer, EMEA Channels Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward… Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward… What is VMware Capacity Planner? • A service offering from VMware & its trained Partners • Provides a report on the likely consolidation ratio achievable with VI3 – Analyses customer servers (Inventory & Performance) using Microsoft APIs • No agent required • Captures peaks & troughs in workload activity – Customers choice of ESX hosts • From HCL list What is VMware Capacity Planner? Comprehensive Plan Assess - What capacity do I have and how well am I using it? Infrastructure Inventory Performance Measurement Capacity Utilization Metrics • • Discover Visualize Infrastructure Discovery Plan – How much capacity do I really need and what are my options to get there? Capacity Utilization Analysis Industry Benchmarking / Comparisons Capacity Forecasting / Needs Assessment Identify Opportunities / Alternatives • • Consolidate Expand iw Industry Benchmark Data Decide – How do I decide which is (are) the best option(s) for me? Define / Apply Success Criteria Scenario Modeling / What-if Analysis Industry Benchmarking / Scoring Select Optimal Alternative(s) ( > 4B records and growing!) • • Virtualize Procure Monitor– How can I continue to run everything better and last longer? Set Benchmarks / Thresholds Anomaly Detection / Alerts Infrastructure Capacity Reporting Ongoing Capacity Planning Recommendations • • Maintain Change What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner Dashboard Web Infrastructure Assessments Capacity Planning Server Consolidation Industry Data Hosted Secure Site Information Warehouse Data Analyzer Data Upload HTTPS Agent-less Data Collection Client IT Environment Data Manager Discovery Performance Inventory Data Synch Client Site Data Collector Utilisation Processor Summary Trending during project VMware Capacity Planner VMware Capacity Planner Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward… Trained Capacity Planner partners in EMEA 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Q2 FY06 Q1 FY07 Number of assessments delivered in EMEA 250 200 150 100 50 0 Q2 FY06 Q3 FY06 Q4 FY06 Q1 FY07 Servers assessed per quarter in EMEA 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Q2 FY06 Q3 FY06 Q4 FY06 Q1 FY07 Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward… PDSA • Provides veterinary care for sick & injured pets of people in need • Largest private employer of vets and nurses in Europe PDSA • Existing dual-site Data Centre, separated by about 300m • 50 servers running Windows and Red Hat – Locally attached disk – Need for Disaster Recovery/High Availability – Need for reduced power/cooling costs • Engaged Phoenix to carry out CP assessment PDSA * Industry average 6-8% PDSA • CP assessment suggested between 8:1 and 15:1 consolidation possible – 6 x Dell 1955 (2 x dual-core, 16Gb) – 3 x Dell 6850 (4 x dual-core, 32Gb) • PDSA purchased – 6 x Dell 2950 (2 x quad-core, 16Gb) – EMC CX320 replicated SAN – IP infrastructure already in place PDSA • Benefits of Capacity Planner for PDSA – Provided ‘sanity check’ on design • Provided data to show the utilisation of current systems • Helped with choice of ESX server(s) – Shortened decision making process from 12 months to 3 months Brintons • Manufacturer of fine carpets Brintons • Business issues – Relocation of computer room – Need for secondary site for DR/HA Brintons • Assessment carried out by Esteem • 53 servers assessed • Considered HP & IBM servers – HP DL385 (2 x 2.8 GHz AMD d/c, 24Gb) – IBM x440 (2 x 2.4GHz Intel d/c, 24Gb) Brintons Brintons • Decided to go with IBM and switched to Triangle • Purchased – 5 x IBM 3850 (4 x 3GHz Intel d/c, 16Gb) • 3 in production, 2 in DR – IBM DS4700 replicated SAN across dual site • CP provided reassurance and supporting information about the VMware solution Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward Capacity Planner 2.5 • Available since December • Key new features – – – – – – – – – Faster Windows Discovery Automatic collector update Remote configuration of collector(s) Drag and drop of servers to groups Scenario builder wizard Duplicate scenarios Notifications Improved role management Improved Support Dashboard Capacity Planner 2.5 - Tips & Tricks • • • • • Use XP or W2K in preference to W2K3 Ensure locale set to US-English Inventory of ‘Chassis’ to test connection Inventory groups of servers at a time Check if authentication needed for Web Proxy (Data Sync) • Remember to disable Discovery on scheduler! • Archive data until you are happy that data is getting through to the IW Resources available http://mylearn1.vmware.com Updated for CP 2.5 Resources available Suggested values for Consolidation Scenarios Email for a copy: rstinton@vmware.com Agenda • • • • • What is VMware Capacity Planner? Capacity Planner EMEA Update Case Studies Capacity Planner 2.5 tricks and tips Looking forward Looking forward • Capacity Planner 2.6* – Slated for Q3 2007 – Green Power initiative – VM configuration recommendations – Automatic production of BCE report * Usual VMware caveats on futures Looking forward • Capacity Planner 3.0 – Major release – Stated for Q2 2008 – Input welcome Questions? Come and see me on the VMware booth rstinton@vmware.com