Section 1 – Virtual Infrastructure
Objective 1.1 --Identify the characteristics of the products in the VMware product
line and when to use each product.
Compare ESX Server with Vmware Server.
ESX Server
*Hypervisor based Enterprose level solution
*Runs on a OS customized for ESX Server.
*Pay for it
*Bare Metal Solution
*Better performance.
*Better consolidation Ratio, 4-8 Guests.
*Better CPU Allocation
*Hardware Limitation
*Supports high speed VMFS
*More Integration to VC, VMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, HA,and VCB.
VMWare Server
*Hosted Virtualization
*Free
*No SAN Connectivity, Fibre Support.
*Formerly known as GSX
*2-4 Guests per server
*Not integrated with VC
*Limited set of Utilities and Tools
· Identify the characteristics of Virtual Infrastructure Solutions
o Lab Manager - New in 3.5
o VDI
o Site Recovery Manager – New in 3.5
o Lab Manager
*Easily create lab environments for customers, partners and development.
*Create and manage a library of commonly used configurations and dynamically provision them in seconds with a simple mouse click.
*With its Shared Image Library and shared pool of virtualized servers, LAB Manager lets you efficiently store and share multi-machine configuration across teams and geographies.
*Maintain a complete library of commonly used systeme environments for on-demand use.
*Suspend and Capture system Confgurations "in state" and reset them to clean "previous state"
*Deploy multiple instances of the same configuration simultaneously for ultimate flexibility without causing any network conflicit.
*Create multi-machine configurations in seconds using machine templates.
*Get LiveLink capability - URL Based sharing of captured live config.
*Setup machines in a configuration to boot in controlled sequence.
o VDI
*VDI is part of VMware View.
*Thin Client Technology
*Universal Client, provides end user same view from his computer, smart phone.
*Use a single management tool to provision new desktops or group of desktops.
*Monitor and Audit Desktop Activity as well as multiple Windows Terminal Servers.
*Supports Virtual Printing
*Use SSL tunneling to ensure all connections are completely encrypted.
*Get full support of RSA SecureID and the added two-factor authentication.
*Deliver high availability with no single point of failure.
*Get support for wide varietly of thin client devices.
*VMware View Composer uses VMware Linked Clone Technology to rapidly create desktop images that share virtual disks with a master image to conserve diskspace and and streamline management. Users data and settings are seperated from desktop image. All desktops linked to master desktop can be patched without affecting users settings or data.
*Vmware ThinApp application virtualization sofware decouples applications from OS and packages them into an isolated and encapsulted file. This allows you to run multiple version of application on single desktop w/o any conflicit.
*Offline Desktop allows an end user to access Virtual Desktop while not connected to the network and syncornise later. This allows the Virtual Desktop to be moved between Datacenter and Physical Desktop Device.
o Site Recovery Manager
*SRM automates the recovery process and eliminates the complex manual recovery steps.
*Create and manage Recovery Plans directly from Vmware vCenter Server.
Nice overview of VMware Prodcuts. Credit to Nathan Coutinho.
