Maximize your Private Cloud with Server Management Suite

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1 Maximize your Private Cloud with Server Management Suite Joseph Carson Sr. Manager Product Management, Server Management Suite EM B02 1

2 Welcome to Barcelona or Welcome Back! EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

3 Tallinn, Estonia Where I Live EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

4 1-1 Sessions with Product Owners EM B16 SYMANTEC VISION

5 Server Virtualization, the Debate is Over Enables businesses to lower technology TCO, increase ROI Drives server consolidation Improves hardware utilization Increases power consumption efficiency Improves HA and scalability Increases business flexibility through dynamic resource allocation VIRTUALIZATION EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

6 What Drives Virtualization Heterogeneity Pricing pressures Platform maturity Desire to avoid vendor lock-in The additional complexity [from managing heterogeneous environments] will drive the adoption of solutions that help IT orchestrate and manage efficiently and derive value regardless of the hypervisors they are running. Mark Davis EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

7 Symantec s Perspective on Managing Virtualization Altiris Server Management Suite Organizations get undeniable value from the ability to manage HW and SW stacks using one solution set End-to-end visibility, automation Maintenance/ troubleshooting coordination Comprehensive reporting EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

8 Symantec s Perspective on Managing Virtualization Altiris Server Management Suite If not properly accounted for, the virtualization stack introduces a critical blind spot System-wide health, performance, and resource allocation have intrinsic ties to virtualization Issue prevention & resolution often require coordination across all stacks EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

9 Not a Fad Integration is a Necessity Containment What specific VMs are associated with a box Where are virtual servers physically located What services are impacted if a specific host experiences issues Online/offline status What OSEs have been offline for an extended period, introducing vulnerability when they come online EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

10 Not a Fad Integration is a Necessity Build stability Leverage applicable bestpractices, build logic VM template creation Build logic unification Avoid maintaining 2 sets of server builds (virt+phys) Added power & flexibility Combine VM cloning with powerful SW management Dynamic virtualization infrastructure provisioning EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

11 Not a Fad Integration is a Necessity VM density Use Host-Guest ratios to implement layered approach to avoid maintenance storms Asset management Software license management that is aware of offline, intermittent VMs Commissioning and decommissioning logic that includes virtual elements EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

12 Not a Fad Integration is a Necessity Heighten sensitivity to resource utilization Lower thresholds Farther reaching impact New set of key performance metrics Applications now compete for shared, dynamic infrastructure resources CPU, Disk, Memory, Network EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

13 Not a Fad Integration is a Necessity vcenter leverage Inventory/status gathering Advanced features VM organization Additional power mgmt. Start, stop, suspend, resume, shutdown, restart Extended reporting Virtual machine, disk, memory details report VM-Host summary report EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

14 VMM Agentless Interaction TIP: The VMMvCenter configuration provides greater scalability and ease of configuration VMM vcenter Server vsphere VIAPI VMware Create/Delete Virtual Disk EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

15 VMM Communication & Connection Profiles VMM vcenter Server VMM Tasks Discovery - the 1 st task to be run Run Inventory - the 2 nd task to be run Create/Delete VM Create/Delete Virtual Disk Create/Delete Network Deploy VM from Template (future) Create/Revert/Delete Snapshot Start/Stop/Suspend/Resume/Shutdown/Restart VM Connection Profile Protocol= VMware Credentials (vcenter account username & pswd) Connection Details (try defaults first) EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

16 vcenter Permissions Required by VMM VMM Task Read Only Administrator VM Power User VM User Discovery X X X X Run Inventory X X X X Create/Delete VM X Create/Delete Disk* Create/Delete Network Deploy VM (from Template)** X X Create/Revert/Delete Snapshot X X Power Mgmt. (Start, Stop, Suspend, Resume, Shutdown, Restart) X X X * Delete and Create Virtual Disk currently require direct communication to ESX/ESXi ** Planned for an upcoming release EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

17 ESX/ESXi Permissions Required by VMM VMM Task Read Only Administrator Discovery X X Run Inventory X X Create/Delete VM Create/Delete Disk Create/Delete Network X X X Deploy VM (from Template)* Create/Revert/Delete Snapshot Power Mgmt. (Start, Stop, Suspend, Resume, Shutdown, Restart) X X * Planned for an upcoming release; requires vcenter EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

18 Hyper-V Permissions Required by VMM VMM Task Administrator Discovery Run Inventory Create/Delete VM Create/Delete Disk Create/Delete Network X X X X X Deploy VM (from Template)* Create/Revert/Delete Snapshot Power Mgmt. (Start, Stop, Suspend, Resume, Shutdown, Restart) X X * Not currently supported on Hyper-V EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

19 1 Virtual Machine Management Interface At a Glance Host Details VMWare Hosts and Guests HyperV Hosts and Guests Create Virtual Machine, Virtual Network or Disk EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

20 2 Virtual Machine Management Discover Quickly discover or automate the discovery of virtual hosts and virtual guests. Central Credential Management. Manage Act Report EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

21 3 Virtual Machine Management Discover Manage All relevant Host and Guest details available in one place Inventory, Utilization, Guest State and Create Virtual Machine, Virtual Disk or Virtual Network Identify VM Sprawl where VM s have not run for extended periods Act Report EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

22 4 Virtual Machine Management Discover Manage Power On, Power off or Resume Virtual Machine Take a Snapshot, Delete a snapshot or revert to snapshot Create a Virtual Machine, Virtual Disk or Virtual Network Select and Apply deployment Job at the time of VM creation using Create Virtual Machine wizard Provision VMWare Host and Guest Act Report EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

23 5 Virtual Machine Management Discover Central Reporting Physical, Host and Virtual Guest Resource details side by side Manage Act Report EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

24 Short Demo What is New SYMANTEC VISION

25 Using VMM Tasks Programmatically Install ASDK, execute VMM tasks via COM or web service interfaces or command line option. A common method is to execute VMM tasks using VBScript, C# or batch files. Existing VMM tasks with proper predefined parameters can be executed using function: Altiris.ASDK.Task.TaskManagement.ExecuteTask(). Provide host GUID of the target machine and task GUIDs of existing tasks for task execution. Process the return code of executed tasks as needed. EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

26 Best-Practice for Avoiding Protocol Colissions Temporary condition Agentless communication uses the first protocol/credential combination that connects successfully to a server Network Discovery can swap node-protocol/credential associations VMM requires the VMware protocol for full capabilities Workaround Exclude vcenter Servers* from non-vmm discovery tasks Create new task(s) to discover vcenters using VMware protocol only Run new VMM discovery tasks All subsequent VMM operations to that server will use the VMware protocol This functionality is changing in an upcoming release * Applies to ESX/ESXi servers also if VMM is configured to talk to them directly EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

27 In Summary Virtualization Management Consolidated view of the VMware and Hyper-v servers in the network Display of the Host- VM relationships with Host and VM views 100% agentless Basic Host and VM management operations Host-guest ratio and resource usage detail reports EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

28 Coming soon from Symantec What is New SYMANTEC VISION

29 Managing sprawl across virtual platforms Business flexibility through selfservice Automated virtual server provisioning End-to-end approval management Auto expiration to prevent sprawl Audit trail VM sprawl control Orphan VMs & Host-to-VM Ratio reports Management scalability vsphere templates support vsphere clusters and folders awareness What's New in 7.5 SYMANTEC VISION

30 Brand New Linux & UNIX Management Guide! Truly Linux and UNIX-specific Collaboration from over a dozen subject matter experts Includes a good chapter on VMM Focus: management scenarios Certified best practices References to other resources EM B02 SYMANTEC VISION

31 We re better when we work together Be where your peers are! Free access to product extentions, articles, videos, experts, more... Connect how Signup for SEV Beta 2 Download ITMS 7.5 Release Preview: Speak to your account rep for information or Joseph Carson Joseph_Carson@symantec.com SYMANTEC VISION

32 Symantec Connect Business Community Forums Blogs Articles Videos Events Downloads Ideas 1.1 million monthly visitors 4,000 new items each week Get answers to technical questions Contribute technical content Earn rewards symantec.com/connect Symantec Connect SYMANTEC VISION 2012

33 Other Important Sessions Wed 9:00 EM B03 Endpoint Management State of the Union Thur 10:30 Customer Session ITMS and Endpoint - CSR Thur 11:45 Customer Session Northgate Managed Service What is New SYMANTEC VISION

34 Thank you! Joseph Carson Copyright 2011 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This document is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as advertising. All warranties relating to the information in this document, either express or implied, are disclaimed to the maximum extent allowed by law. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. EM B02 35