1. Bentley Systems, Incorporated
4/29/2018
ProjectWise Virtualization
Kevin Boland
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2. What is Virtualization?
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What is Virtualization?
Virtualization is a technique for deploying technologies. Virtualization creates a level of indirection or an abstraction layer between a physical object and the managing or using application.
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3. Who provides Virtualization?
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Who provides Virtualization?
VMWare – VMWare WorkStation, GSX, ESX and Virtual Server.
Microsoft – Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual Server
There are a number of other smaller providers of virtualization software.
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4. Bentley Systems, Incorporated
4/29/2018
Without Virtualization
Break dependencies between OS and hardware
Manage OS and application as single unit by encapsulating them into VMs
Strong fault and security isolation
VMs are hardware-independent: they can be provisioned anywhere
With Virtualization
Single OS image per machine
Software and hardware tightly coupled
Running multiple applications on same machine often creates conflict
Underutilized, inflexible, costly infrastructure
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5. Why Virtualize ProjectWise?
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Why Virtualize ProjectWise?
Server Consolidation
Requirement
Maximizing server potential
Ease of deployment
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6. Why virtualize ProjectWise?
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Why virtualize ProjectWise?
Server Consolidation
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7. Why virtualize ProjectWise?
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Why virtualize ProjectWise?
Ease of Deployment
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8. Server virtualization
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Server virtualization
Benefits
Increase hardware utilization by sharing hardware resources across a large number of virtual machines
Use less hardware for business continuity
Virtual Machines
Virtual Server
Physical Server
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Cluster and Fail Over
High Availability
Redundant
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Cluster and Fail Over
Clustering- provides load balancing and two-node failover, which allows a second server to take over if the first one fails.
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11. Clustering/NLB Options
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Clustering/NLB Options
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12. ProjectWise In a Cluster
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ProjectWise In a Cluster
How To Setup Projectwise
In A Clustered Environment
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13. ProjectWise In a Cluster
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ProjectWise In a Cluster
Requirements
A working cluster configuration
A database server to host the Projectwise database, this should not be part of the Projectwise cluster
One or more file transfer servers to provide file storage, these should not be part of the Projectwise cluster
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14. Microsoft Cluster Setting
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Microsoft Cluster Setting
Including Port Rule Affinity Options in Your Design
None
•You want to ensure even load balancing among cluster hosts.
•Client traffic is stateless (for example, HTTP traffic).
Single
•You want to ensure that requests from a specific client (IP address) are sent to the same cluster host.
•Client state is maintained across TCP connections (for example, HTTPS traffic).
Class C
•Client requests from a Class C IP address range (instead of a single IP address) are sent to the same cluster host.
•Clients use multiple proxy servers to access the cluster, and they appear to have multiple IP addresses within the same Class C IP address range.
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15. ProjectWise In a Cluster
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ProjectWise In a Cluster
Configure the database
A database should be configured to host the Projectwise database using the standard installation procedures. An ODBC data source should then be created on each machine in the cluster pointing to the Projectwise database. It is required that the ODBC data sources are identical in each machine.
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16. ProjectWise In a Cluster
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ProjectWise In a Cluster
Install Projectwise on each machine in the cluster. All installation paths and other details should be the same on each machine. After Projectwise is installed, make sure all Projectwise services are stopped on each machine.
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17. ProjectWise In a Cluster
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ProjectWise In a Cluster
Create the datasource
The datasource entries in the dmskrnl.cfg file can be created in several ways
Create the datasource on one of the cluster machines before it is added to the cluster using normal procedures
This is where you want to copy the dmskrnl from Integration Server to another Integration Server.
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18. Clustering with ProjectWise
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Clustering with ProjectWise
All dmskrnl.cfg files across the entire cluster should be identical.
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19. Clustering with Caching Servers
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Clustering with Caching Servers
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20. Configuration of Storage Area
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Configuration of Storage Area
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21. Fail Over and Clustering with VM’s Enterprise Virtualization
Fail over inside the VM or the VM itself.
Store virtual machine disks on local or shared storage. VMFS cluster file system manages virtual machine disk storage or SAN.
Build virtual networks/domain within or across multiple Servers.
Enterprise Virtualization
Virtual Machines
Virtual Server
Virtual Server
Virtual Server
Virtual Server
Virtual Server
Virtual Server
Server Farm
Network
Storage

22. Virtualization Solution
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Virtualization Solution
Delivering Solutions!
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23. ProjectWise Virtualization and Cluster/Fail Over
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ProjectWise Virtualization and Cluster/Fail Over
Questions?
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