VMware vSphere™ 4.

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VMware vSphere 4.1
 Faisal Rafiq
Infrastructure Consultant
faisal.rafiq@inboxbiz.com
A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE+I, MCTS, MCITP, MCT & CCNA
 Agenda
 Module: 1 Introduction to Virtualization (What/Why/How)
 Module: 2 Types of virtualization
 Module: 3 VMware Solutions for Virtualization
 Module: 4 Overview of VMware vSphere
 Module: 5 Components of VMware vSphere
 Module: 6 Physical Topology of vSphere Datacenter
 Module: 7 VMware ESX 4.1
 Module: 8 Architecture of ESX 4.1
 Module: 9 Overview VMware vCenter Server
 Module: 10 Architecture of VMware vCenter
 Introduction to Virtualization
•What is Virtualization?

Logicalrepresentation of resources not

constrained by physical limitations
Reachbeyond the box – see & manage
many virtual resources as one
Create many virtual resources within
single physical device
Dynamically change and adjust across
the infrastructure
 VMware Virtual Infrastructure

Traditional Architecture Virtual Architecture

 Benefits of Virtualization
•Why Virtualization ?
Power Consumption

Key towards cloud Computing

Reduces Administrative Efforts

Reduced Hardware and Infrastructure Costs

Improves Resource Utilization

Increases Availability
 Types of Virtualization
 Datacenter/Server Virtualization

 Desktop Virtualization

 Storage Virtualization
 Types of Hypervisor
• Type 1 Hypervisor

 Directlyrun on the underlying physical

hardware.
 Provide best performance, availability
and security.

Example :

 Vmware ESX/ESXi
 Microsoft Hyper-V
 Citric XEN
 Types of Hypervisor
• Type 2 Hypervisor

 Run with an operating system

 Guest operating system then run
within virtual machines above the
hypervisor.

Example:

 VMware Workstation, Gsx Server

 Microsoft Virtual Server
 Step towards vSphere Product & Features

vSphere Product Suite

VMware ESX & VMware vCenter VMware vSphere

ESX1 Server Client

vMotion
vMotion &
& Consolidated
Consolidated vCenter
vCenter
VMware
VMware vSMP
vSMP Update
Update Manager
Manager VMware
VMware DRS
DRS VMware
VMware HA
HA VMware
VMware FT
FT vShield
vShield Zones
Zones
Storage
Storage vMotion
vMotion Backup
Backup Orchestrator
Orchestrator
 VMware Solutions for Virtualization

• DATACENTER & CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

 VMware vSphere (Cloud Operating System)
 VMware ESX/ESXi
 VMware vCenter Server Product Family

• DESKTOP & END-USER COMPUTING

 VMware View
 VMware Workstation
 VMware Player

• INFRASTRUCTURE & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

 VMware vCenter Server
 Overview of VMware vSphere
As a cloud operating system, VMware vSphere manages large collections of infrastructure (such as
CPUs, storage & networking) and also manages the complexity of a datacenter. The following
component layers makeup VMware vSphere:

 Infrastructure Services

 Application Services

 VMware vCenter Server

 Clients
Architecture of VMware vSphere
 Components of VMware vSphere

 VMware ESX and VMware ESXi

 VMware vCenter Server
 VMware vSphere Client
 VMware vSphere Web Access
 VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS)
 VMware Virtual SMP
 VMware vMotion and Storage Motion
 Components of VMware vSphere

 VMware High Availability (HA)

 VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
 VMware vSphere SDK
 VMware Fault Tolerance
 vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS)
 Host Profiles
 Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)
VMware vMotion
VMware Storage vMotion
VMware DRS
DRS Host Affinity
VMware HA
VMware vSMP
VMware ESX 4.1 Architecture
 Installation of ESX

Muhammad Mohsin Khan Installing and

Associate Infrastructure Consultant Accessing ESX 4.1
 Features of VMware vSphere 4.1
 Fault Tolerance
 Host Profiles
 Hot Add
 Data Recovery
 vShield Zones
 Distributed Power Management(DPM)
Fault Tolerance
 Host Profiles & Hot Add
 Simplified provisioning and administration of ESX Servers.
 Compliance to Defined Policy
 Add of Memory and CPU on the fly (if supported by the OS)
 Data Recovery
 Disk-based backup and recovery to enable speedy restoration of your
VMs
 Easy to deploy, since VMware Data Recovery is a virtual machine that
runs on VMware ESX and ESXi hosts
 Restore individual files or entire images as needed
Data Recovery Diagram
vShield Zones
 Physical Topology of vSphere Datacenter

 Computing Server
 Storage networks and
arrays
 IP networks
 vCenter Server
 Management Clients
 VMware vCenter Server
 Monitor cluster, host and VM performance
 Manage VM and host provisioning
 Patch and update hosts and VMs
 Configure and operate VMotion, DRS, HA and FT
 Provision and manage a VMware VIEW environment
 Manage disaster recover plans
 Test / develop VMs and applications
 Allow access for third party applications
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Architecture
 VMware vCenter Core Services
VM Scheduled
Management Tasks

VM Statistics &
Deployment Logging

Template Alarms Event

Management & Mgmt

Resource vCenter ESX/ESXi Host

Mgmt
Management
Services
VMware vCenter Orchestrator
VMware Hybrid Cloud
The World of VMware
 Vmware vSphere 4.1

Intalling and managing

Muhammad Mohsin Khan
vCenter server, creating
Associate Infrastructure Consultant
vitual machine and
networks.
Thank You!