Datacentre Optimisation Solutions from Platespin Mark Round [VCP] Systems Engineer, EMEA PlateSpin Ltd. Euretco Expo Center - Houten FINAL

About PlateSpin Global independent software vendor (ISV) Founded in 2000 Headquartered in Toronto, Canada Offices in UK, Germany, Australia, and USA Global Distribution + Re-Seller Channel Over 2000+ Satisfied Customers Experts in solutions for virtualised datacentres Recent Awards and Recognition Winners -International Business Awards for 2005 & 2006 Best Company Overall (2006) Ranked as the 4th fastest growing Canadian IT Company

Two Thousand+ Customers Health Care Banking Insurance Pharmaceuticals IT Utilities Education Telecom Financial Services Government

Business / Technology Alliances & Certifications

Channel Model / Technical Certification Build success through partners and strategic relationships Industry recognised accreditation (CPSA) Fast track programme for training partner network

Goals + Agenda

Presentation Goals To show you how Platespin products can help you with:- Sizing new Virtual Infrastructure environments Accelerating Server consolidation projects Optimise the datacentre through intelligent software solutions from Platespin

Agenda Platespin PowerRecon 2.x Consolidation Planning Module Features Platespin PowerConvert 6.x Solution Areas Continuous Datacentre Optimisation Q+A

The PlateSpin Equation Awareness of Resources + Awareness of Workloads + OS Portability = Optimized Datacenter

How PowerRecon Helps Platespin PowerRecon helps you to see What resources are in the datacenter? What workloads are running on those resources? How effectively workloads are assigned to resources? Workload Resources

Life without Platespin PowerRecon MISSING IN ACTION Datacentre Manager LAST SEEN : Behind communications rack number 7

What is a resource? Resources are typically Hardware Assets with finite reserves that can be supplied to meet demand - In other words - the underlying physical makeup of the server hardware

What is a workload? Workloads are defined as the operating system, applications, and data stack running on a server – these are seen as demands on the underlying resources with 5 quantified dimensions of Processor, Memory, Disk I/O, Disk Space, Network I/O

Introducing Platespin PowerRecon with Consolidation Planning Module Inventory Utilisation + Workload profiling

PowerRecon Features and Benefits Key Features No physical contact with servers required Completely AGENTLESS Windows and Linux measurement Virtual hierarchy aware (VMWare / MSVS) Customizable resource and workload reports Quick Start - Ready to run reports Secure and contained data collection and analysis One click monitoring + analysis Benefits Not a one-time use product Use for consolidation or ongoing optimization

Platespin PowerRecon 2.2 Enhancements Data collection capabilities expanded :- VMware Infrastructure 3 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Scalability enhancements increased number of servers monitored per instance of PowerRecon to accommodate larger datacentres Application and services workload reports with advanced filtering capabilities Detailed processor inventory gathering including cores and hyper-threading awareness for Microsoft Windows Discover and inventory by IP range or CSV file input Enhanced Workload Scaling in Consolidation Planning Module

Question? Would you like to collect hardware and software inventory for 500 servers without leaving your chair? Platespin offer Datacentre Server Inventory and Discovery for FREE to help you “Jump-Start” your server consolidation projects.

Life with Platespin PowerRecon

Platespin PowerRecon 3 versions (Free Edition) PowerRecon for Inventory HW + SW Inventory only (500 servers) Innovative Usage Based Pricing (Pay as you go) PowerRecon for Monitoring $1 per server per day (100 days minimum) Purchase from re-seller or Platespin PowerStore PowerRecon for Planning $2 per server per day (100 days minimum) Purchase from re-seller or Platespin Powerstore Time Limited Offer until November 30th 2006

Acclaim for Usage Based Pricing “Usage based pricing is an innovative pricing structure which will be embraced by datacentres. By providing pricing structures that do not depend on CPU power or static allocation of physical boxes, solutions such as Platespin's are paving the way to cost structures that are more equitable and affordable.” Bob Gill, Chief Research Officer of TheInfoPro TheInfoPro (TIP) is an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry

Introducing PowerConvert What is OS Portability? Technology that automates the streaming of operating system, applications, data between infrastructures Decouple workload from host Infrastructure Physical NEW FEATURE LIVE TRANSFER * Blade Peer-to-Peer Workload Movement Virtual Deploy or Recover Workload from Archives and Backups Image Reconfigure Workloads Dynamically OS + applications are decoupled from Hardware

Starting a Server Consolidation Project

4 step approach Inventory Servers servers are added and static data is collected. Collect Data servers are monitored and dynamic data is collected. Select Candidates servers are selected for consolidation. Plan Consolidation the most optimal consolidation scenario is identified. USING - Platespin PowerRecon & Consolidation Planning Module

Platespin PowerRecon Windows Server with IIS + dot NET framework 2.0 Platespin PowerRecon Server Platespin PowerRecon Client Database (MSDE) or SQL 2000 Can be physical or Virtual Machine Monitored Hosts Windows NT4 (needs WMI core*), 2000, 2003, XP Redhat Linux MSVS R2, VMWare GSX, VMWare Server, VMWare ESX 2.x, VI3 / ESX 3.x No need for host agents WMI for Windows, RPC, DCOM /proc/ for Linux, SSH connection Admin / Root or equivalent level credentials

Requirements – Platespin PowerRecon 2.2 Trial Installation: 0 to 10 Servers 1 GB memory, Pentium 3, 2.0 GHz, MSDE installation acceptable – 2 GB limit 4 GB free disk space Small Installation: 10 to 100 Servers 2 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with hyper-threading SQL Server, 20 GB free disk space Medium Installation: 100 to 250 Servers 4 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with hyper-threading SQL Server, 50 GB free disk space Large Installation: 250 to 750+ Servers 4 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz dual core or multi-processor SQL Server, 100 GB SCSI free disk space Guidelines : 250 MONITORED SERVERS PER CPU CORE

Requirements Guideline of 250 monitored machines per CPU core in the Platespin PowerRecon server Raw Database growth (estimated) 2 MB/server/1 day 60 MB/server/1 month 6 GB/100 servers/1 month 36 GB/100 servers/6 months 15 GB/250 servers/1 month Platespin PowerRecon uses summarisation techniques to keep these databases manageable.

Step 1: Inventory Install Platespin PowerRecon server into environment Define CREDENTIALS Remotely discover servers WITHOUT AGENTS Organise servers by discovered properties (e.g. by O/S) or into custom groups Run your 1st Report

Step 1: Inventory (All available for FREE) HW Inventory Reports Dynamic interactive reports – rank by operating systems installed applications patch levels CPU Memory Network disk resources etc. Acrobat Reader style report viewer Export in wide choice of formats (PDF, Excel etc.)

Step 2: Collect Choose RESOURCES for which you would like to collect utilization data One click MONITORING Record utilization data over days, weeks, or months based on business need

Step 2: Collect Higher accuracy of raw counters (Burst Sampling Technique) View summary data, or drill down to granular levels (counters) Rank servers by CPU, network, disk etc. & group them for further analysis Rich visualization tools MIN, MAX, AVG, STDEV Generate custom charts & export them as BMP, WMF or raw values

Step 3: Select + Plan Ready to run Analysis reports – or build your own in minutes – e.g. Hardware Utilisation – Peak Find workloads that do not match their resources Identify sub-optimal servers quickly and easily Create Consolidation Candidate lists for use in the Consolidation Planning Module

Optimization Pre-requisites Consolidation Candidates Target Server Templates Scale-up Scale-out

Server Consolidation Assessment Create Target Server Templates Define templates for scale-up / scale-out Define if used in Consolidation to Virtual Infrastructure or NONE

Server Consolidation Assessment Create new Consolidation Project Select Candidates from Logical Group / or Filters Select Time range Dimensions

Create Project & Calculate Workloads 5D Workloads + Time Profile Consolidation Candidates

Server Consolidation Assessment Projects Explorer Create new Scenario (Determine minimum number of servers)

Optimization Create a scenario Find the minimum number of target servers I. Pack workloads

Optimization Create a scenario Find the minimum number of target servers II. Balance workloads across resources 1 2 3 4

Review Scenario Report + Charts

View Workload Summary

Optimization of freed-up resources Create a scenario Specify the number of target servers I. Pack workloads Leftover Workloads 1 2 3 4

Compare ALL Scenarios Consolidation Project report

Consolidation Planning Module Features + Benefits Intelligent distribution of workloads across available servers to maximize server utilization Balance application workloads by time and hardware resource to minimize resource contention Advanced workload sizing and optimization produce accurate consolidation plans that minimize cost by reducing the need for “just in case” servers Features Onsite data analysis, visualization and reporting Automated generation of consolidation plans and reports What-if, scale-out and scale-up scenarios Implement scenarios using Platespin PowerConvert 6.0

Integration Platespin PowerRecon 2.2 / Platespin PowerConvert 6.0 Platespin PowerRecon + Platespin PowerConvert integration Implement scenarios from consolidation project

Implementing Scenarios When the job is initiated, PowerRecon: Authenticates the servers Creates and runs server discoveries for PowerConvert Creates and saves conversion jobs In Platespin PowerConvert Load pre-built JOB Amend any final configuration details START the job Optionally monitor while the conversion completes P2V complete !

PlateSpin PowerConvert

The PlateSpin Equation Awareness of Resources + Awareness of Workloads Awareness of Workloads + OS Portability = Optimized Datacenter

PlateSpin PowerConvert OS Portability Key Features No AGENTS or physical contact required with servers Stream servers between physical, virtual and image Connect, drag-and-drop, walk away Configure target resources on-the-fly 1 at a time / or / parallel conversions Windows and Linux Built on .NET API Benefits 50:1 time savings Single point of control Use to solve multiple problems in the data center

PlateSpin PowerConvert Infrastructure Support Sources Targets Physical Server Blade Server VMware ESX Server VMware Server Microsoft Virtual Server PlateSpin Flexible Image Symantec Ghost Symantec LiveState Acronis TrueImage NSI Doubletake Veritas BackupExec Raw Volumes Operating Systems that can be Moved Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, XP Professional Redhat Linux / SLES 9

Platespin PowerConvert 6.x RESOURCE POOLS

Platespin PowerConvert Windows Server with IIS + dot NET framework 2.0 Platespin PowerConvert Server Platespin PowerConvert Client Database (MSDE) or SQL 2000 Can be physical or Virtual Machine Inventory Requirements Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, XP Redhat Linux, SuSe 9 MSVS R2, VMWare GSX / VMWare Server, VMWare ESX 2.x, VI3 No need for host agents WMI for Windows, RPC, DCOM /proc/ for Linux, SSH connection

Platespin PowerConvert 6.0 Major Features X2P Driver Management GUI Add drivers for target physical systems x2P from a new interface in the Platespin PowerConvert client Set Internal / External NICs of Target VM For Warm Standby VM Scalability Enhancements Run up to TWENTY simultaneous jobs PS Analyser / Conversion readiness tool Comes as standard in Platespin PowerConvert De-risks conversion Checks Hardware readiness OS / SP levels “PS Analyser” analysis runs for every drag’n’drop And much more…

OS Portability Solution Areas

Server Consolidation (P2V) CONSOLIDATE TO VIRTUAL OR BLADE INFRASTRUCTURES AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY PERFORM CONSOLIDATION

De-Virtualization for Support Integrity (V2P) DE-VIRTUALIZE VIRTUAL PRODUCTION MACHINES PHYSICAL SERVERS QUICKLY AND EASILY DE-VIRTUALIZE APPLICATIONS TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT CONTRACT INTEGRITY – FOR COMMERCIAL AND HOMEGROWN APPS

Hardware Migration (P2P) OLD SERVER HARDWARE NEW SERVER HARDWARE RACK OR BLADE SERVERS SIMPLE DRAG-AND-DROP VS. RE-INSTALLING OS, APPLICATIONS, DATA

Geographical Server Migration MIGRATE ENTIRE DATA CENTERS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE THERE

Hardware Independent Images Provisioning and DR (x2I2x) BARE METAL RESTORE STORE IMAGES ON ANY SERVER RESTORE TO PHYSICAL SERVER WITH EXISTING OS RESTORE TO VIRTUAL MACHINE AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY CAPTURE AND RESTORE

Disaster Recovery with Physical OR Virtual Machines (P2V or P2P) PHYSICAL RECOVERY MACHINE DIRECT PEER-TO-PEER REPLICATION VIRTUAL RECOVERY MACHINE PHYSICAL PRODUCTION SERVER NO IMAGE CAPTURE REQUIRED USER OR SERVER RECONNECTS TO VIRTUAL RECOVERY MACHINE AND RESUMES WORK AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY CONTROL REPLICATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL BOXES

Platespin + NSI Double-Take Software

PowerSDK API Fully functional API Aimed at advanced “In-House” developers who need to leverage OS portability Aimed at commercial ISV ASP Datacentres Licensed per-named developer

PowerConvert 6.x with Live Transfer

Live Transfer Functionality Overview Migrate Windows servers without taking them offline or the need to reboot Source / Target servers can be physical or virtual Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server applications aware PowerConvert will briefly quiet applications during transfer to preserve database integrity Transfer during low-to-moderate activity periods Live Transfer is an optional feature

Live Transfer Compatibility List Operating Systems Windows 2000 Server SP4 Windows 2003 Server SP0 / SP1 / R2 Windows XP (all service packs) Applications Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003 Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MSDE Virtual Host VMware ESX 2.x, ESX 3.x, VI3 VMware GSX, VMware Server 1.0 Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server R2

Live Transfer (Highlights) Eliminates need for 3rd party live capture tools Direct streaming from source to Physical, Virtual or Image Images are hardware independent – deploy to P or V Live Transfer captures the server at a point-in-time Technology is Application aware (Exchange / SQL) Source and Target machines have ON / OFF states for greater flexibility + control VM can be suspended for faster RTO (Recovery Time Objective)

Upgrading to VI3? Use Platespin PowerConvert for V2V

The challenges of upgrading… VMware’s recommended upgrade process is not reversible VMs have to be powered-off Manual method does not allow for failback Manual method requires greater periods of downtime Manual method is error-prone

Its as easy as 1,2…..3 Discover ESX 2.x Server + Source VM Drag and Drop Source VM to VI3, Configure Job + press START ESX 2.x ESX 3.x VM User works remotely from single migration console

Migrating your ESX 2.x VMs to VI3 Platespin PowerConvert Single GUI for conversions Can be done remotely Can be scheduled in advance No Agents / No Scripts Run one at a time or in Parallel Old ESX 2.x VM Remains unchanged Minimise downtime using LIVE TRANSFER Streamed over LAN / WAN No need for shared storage Stream to New ESX 3.x VM Is a new VM - native to VI3 Created where you need it Adjust resources on-the-fly vSMP to 4 way Resource Pool Re-Size Disks / Partitions / Free space Choose Datastore location for the vDisks New VMware Tools installed automatically New VM can be tested before de-commissioning the old ESX 2.x VM Only downtime is when we inject new Virtual Hardware (~1 to 5 minutes)

VMware Infrastructure 3 Upgrade – The PowerConvert Difference Leverages proven OS Portability™ technology to create a native VI3 VM and streams the contents of the ESX 2 VM into the new target Manage your VI3 migration projects with maximum flexibility and robustness Provides greater flexibility and significantly reduces migration risk of failure V2V is not a new concept for Platespin Microsoft VS to VMware migrations GSX to ESX etc. since last 2005

PowerConvert Workflow Example P2V

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Three step conversion process - Remotely discover and inventory server - Configure conversion job - Start the conversion and optionally monitor

Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Remotely Discover Server Details PowerConvert discovers and inventories source and target server using supplied hostname/IP and valid credentials Discovered details used to: - Review business use of server to plan consolidation - Auto configure conversion job

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Three step conversion process - Remotely discover and inventory server - Configure conversion job - Start the conversion and optionally monitor

Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Configure and Start a Conversion Job With the server details discovered a conversion job can be auto configured with a drag and drop - Right sizing can be done via the job configuration

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Three step conversion process - Remotely discover and inventory server - Configure conversion job - Start the conversion and optionally monitor

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Create New Virtual Machine - PowerConvert remotely installs a controller on the target ESX Server - PowerConvert creates a new virtual machine

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Take Control - PowerConvert takes control of new virtual machine and source server - Purpose is to boot source and destination so data can be transferred with integrity - Source machine is not altered

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Data Transfer - Virtual machine disks are partitioned and formatted - Source data is streamed directly into the virtual machine without use of temp space - Copied operating system is configured to run in virtual environment

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Release Control and Configure - New VM is booted (control is released) - PowerConvert configures the VM as per the job configuration (e.g. network, hostname, domain, etc)

PlateSpin PowerConvert How it Works Source Servers PowerConvert Server Target Virtual Host PowerConvert Client Conversion Complete Release Source Server - PowerConvert releases control of source server if specified in the job (e.g. avoid duplicate IP) - Conversion is complete and the new virtual machine is now ready for operation - PowerConvert saves server details, can be refreshed later as needed

Integrated suite approach to consolidation

In Summary Inventory Build an accurate picture of server resources for effective planning Collect Gather real workload data to make accurate consolidation decisions Plan Run different what-if scenarios to maximise utilisation and minimise cost (with Consolidation Planning Module) –Build Platespin PowerConvert jobs directly from Consolidation Plan Implement Efficiently manage any size of consolidation project with remote, automated, and fully configurable conversions

Q + A

Summary Platespin offer the only end-to-end software solution suite for consolidation CPSA – Industry recognised certification programme The only 100% automated hardware independent migration software Physical, virtual, images Used for multi-purposes Server Consolidation Disaster Recovery Test Lab Automation Lease Migration / Data Center Relocation Server Provisioning Designed for long-term use to achieve optimized data center

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Pricing and Licensing

Platespin PowerConvert Versions Platespin PowerConvert for Server Consolidation Per Conversion License model Restricted for P2V or P2P operations only Platespin PowerConvert for Recovery Licensed per PROTECTED Server OS Instance x2I2x (3 step conversion process) Uses Platespin Image Server technology Platespin PowerConvert Universal Anywhere-to-Anywhere Peer-to-Peer conversions Licensed Per Server

Pricing & Licensing PowerRecon Starts at $1 per server per day Perpetual licenses available Download free edition at http://www.platespin.com PowerConvert Starts at $100 per conversion Request evaluation / demo with your Platespin partner today Web seminars every Tuesday – reserve your space @ http://www.platespin.com/events

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