1. IBM HARDWARE AND VMWARE
SERVER CONSOLIDATION
AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
BASED ON
IBM HARDWARE AND VMWARE
Tony Kenny, IT Manager, Beaumont Hospital

2. RED HAT ADVANCED SERVER 45
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
LIST OF SERVERS
RED HAT ADVANCED SERVER 45
WINDOWS SERVERS (NT/2000) 20
NOVELLE
SOLARIS
HP-UX HP

3. S E R V

4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
GROWING DEMANDS
LEGACY INHERITANCE
ONE BOX / ONE APPLICATION
MAZE OF BOXES
DIFFERENT O/S VERSIONS
WINDOWS NT
2000
2003
LINUX
REDHAT 8
REDHAT 9
REDHAT A/S
RED HAT E/S

5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
AGE PROFILE OF SERVERS
< 7 yrs 8
5 - 7 yrs 10
3 - 5 yrs 37
1 - 2 yrs 11
0 - 1 yr 4 70
RELIABILITY
SUPPORT CONTRACTS
MANAGABILITY
DIY ENGINEERING CULTURE

6. AND NO DISASTER RECOVERY
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
MANAGEMENT
HIGHLY COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT
HIGHLY VOLATILE
HIGHLY CONFUSING
GENIUS SYNDROME
DYNAMIC SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
WINDOWS
LINUX
MANY NEW PRODUCTS
AND NO DISASTER RECOVERY

7. SO WHAT DID WE DO THEN X445 ESS PRODUCTION (6TB) DISASTER RECOVERY
Applications
Oracle
Database
X445
ESS
(6TB)
PRODUCTION
DS 4100
(9 TB)
DISASTER
RECOVERY
Applications
Test
Environment

8. IT ALIGNMENT Clinical Notes PIPE NDS Epilepsy LAB RAD Theatre Billing
BHIS
Billing HR
Finance

9. LITTLE ENOUGH APPARENT DIFFERENCE
CONSOLIDATION OPTIONS
NEW X86 SERVERS
BLADES
MULTI-CPU
NUMA SERVERS
SOPHISTICATED
MEMORY
SHARING
REDUNDANCY
LITTLE ENOUGH APPARENT DIFFERENCE
…. BUT….
MAINFRAME FOCUS
RELIABILITY
DISCIPLINE
MANAGEMENT

10. DISASTER RECOVERY ESS 1 ESS 2 STORAGE BASED PPRC COMPLEX SET UP
INVISIBLE TO OPS TEAM
STILL IN SETUP/TEST MODE

11. DISASTER RECOVERY Redundancy in network CICSO Infrastructure
Network Star
Topology
CISCO 2900
Redundancy in network
CICSO Infrastructure
edge
core
DVE - June 2006

12. POSSIBILITIES DISASTER RECOVERY BH MATER AMNCH SJH SVH
FAILOVER SCRIPTING
STRESS TESTING
IP ADDRESS SWITCHOVER
STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
TARGET Q3 2006
POSSIBILITIES BH
MATER
AMNCH
SJH
SVH

13. VM WARE CONFIGURATION SET UP 3 X445 / 8 CPU / 50GB RAM
30 VIRTUAL SERVERS
DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION
MIXED O/S ENVIRONMENT
BALANCED NETWORK CONNECTIONS
DUAL HBA SAN LINKS

14. VM WARE SET UP NEW CONCEPT FOR US EAGER TO GET TO GRIPS SELF TEACHING
FORMAL TRAINING
SOME REWORK REQUIRED
RELATIVELY STRAIGHT FORWARD TO SET UP

15. VM WARE SET UP GOOD SUPPORT CENTRE (24X7)
VERSION UPGRADES DONE (2.1 -> 2.5)
LITTLE USE MADE OF ADVANCED FEATURES
VMOTION ?
VSAN ?

16. VM WARE ISSUES SOME APPLICATION VENDOR PUSH BACK
DIFFICULT TO DIRECTLY MEASURE PERFORMANCE/
RESOURCE LODING
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SKILLS TO IMPROVE
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE POOLING OVER DIFFERENT MACHINES

17. SO DR PLANNING IS CRUCIAL
VM WARE ISSUES
DISASTER RECOVERY
ONE BIG DRAWBACK - MACHINE FAILURE (31/12)
NO SHARED CONFIGURATION
12 HOURS DOWNTIME
CAUGHT NAPPING
SO DR PLANNING IS CRUCIAL

18. VM WARE ISSUES SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - BIG CHANGE CONFIGURATION CONTROL
CHANGE CONTROL PROCESS
DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION
DISTINCT TEST ENVIRONMENT

19. VM WARE ISSUES DR NOW IN PLACE MULTI BOX MANAGEMENT
ADDITIONAL TUNING / PERFORMANCE TRAINING
INTEGRATE WITH VSAN MANAGEMENT

20. VM WARE ISSUES SERVER ROOM SPACE SERVER ARCHEOLOGY
CONVOLUTED PATCH UP PATHS
DISPARATE O/S RELEASES
LACK OF SOP
REBOOT “CURE ALL”

21. WHAT WE GOT
UPGRADED
HOSPITAL
NETWORK
FAST ….
SEGMENTED ….
SECURE ….

22. STRATEGIC INTENT Need for reliability Response time HP 3000 CURRENT
LIFE
SUPPORT
CARE
DELIVERY
CLINICAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
Need for reliability
Response time
CURRENT
STATUS HP
3000

23. SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE
STRATEGIC INTENT
SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE
VIRTUALISE 
MODULARISE 
POWER MANAGE x
SYSTEMATISE 

24. WHAT I WANT DATA CENTRE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE BALANCING
SKILL SET TRANSFER
CREDIBLE ROLL OUT SCHEDULE
RELIABILITY
- SERVICE DELIVERY
- SUPPORT
- COMMNICATION
LITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

25. PAYBACK BUT ROI of Infrastructure SLA (?) Uptime (?)
Once Off Recurring PA
Investment Premium 50,000
Training Cost 39,000
Server Maintenance (48,000)
Saving
Staff Redeployment (1) (39,000)
Additional Storage 50,000 _______
139, ,000
Payback 19 months
BUT
ROI of Infrastructure
SLA (?)
Uptime (?)
Load balancing (?)
Future Expansion (?)