PBO2686BE Best Datacenter Practices: How VMware Validated Designs Can Simplify Your Life Eddie Dinel Joshua Lory VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication #VMworld
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Validated Designs: Customer Testimonial We were able to reduce deployment risks, realize value sooner and better manage operations With the designs continuously validated and updated, to serve our customers four times faster our data centers are always compatible and robust to support customers needs. Freddi Huang, Head of Engineering and Operations, Telin Singapore. 3
What IS a VVD, anyway?
Software Defined Datacenter Unified Application Platform for the Hybrid Cloud APP APP APP APP APP APP Traditional Cloud Management Cloud Automation Cloud Operations Cloud Business vrealize Suite VMware Cloud Foundation Cloud Native vsphere VSAN NSX Private cloud Public cloud 5
We Want Our SDDCs to be Clouds Aligned with Business Low-cost Secure Fast and Agile 6
But This Hasn t Been an Easy Thing to Do! Multiplicity of Components Existing methodologies produce datacenters like snowflakes beautiful, but unique, unrepeatable, and fragile. Multiplicity of Documentation = and Reference Designs 7
Benefits of VMware Validated Designs Accelerate Time to Value Significantly simplifies the design and implementation resulted in significantly faster deployment time Increase Efficiency Provides detailed guidance to greatly reduce time spent on Update, Patching, Backup, Restore, Monitor, and Alerts. De-risk Deployments & Operations Ensures interoperability and compatibility of all software components Drive IT Agility Enables a platform supporting a broad set of use-cases, traditional and cloud native business applications
The VVD Deploy Service with the Design, Deployment Automation & Day 2 Ops Guidance has saved our team a year s worth of work 100+ customers chose VVD since inception
Approaches to Implement the SDDC Fully Automated with VMware Cloud Foundation Build Your Own with VMware Validated Designs Custom Do It Yourself VMware Cloud Foundation is an integrated SDDC platform with built-in automation for bring-up, configuration and patching/upgrading of the stack Automatically implement an SDDC with a validated architecture that reflects VMware best practices by deploying VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Validated Designs provide standardized designs, deployment guides and day 2 operational guidance with extensive interop testing of the software components Manually or automatically deploy individual software components following the VVD guidelines and best practices to deploy and operate the SDDC Design a custom architecture with in-house knowledge Manually deploy and maintain multiple individual software & hardware components 10
Ways to get a Validated Design VMware Professional Services Certified Partner Architectures VVD 4.1 NOW AVAILABLE: (More in a bit) Customer-Facing Documentation vmware.com/go/vvd 11
SDDC Time to Value Engineered & Validated vs Custom VVD Deploy Service vsphere, VSAN, NSX, vrops, vrli, vrops, vra, SRM 25-40 days (Single or Dual Region) vcf Deploy Service vsphere, VSAN, NSX 5 days vra Deploy vrops Deploy SRM Design & Deploy Ops Transformation For IaaS SDDC Design & Deploy Service 197 days App modeling for Micro-Segmentation Ops Transformation For IaaS App modeling for Micro-Segmentation Performance & Capacity Mgmt DevOps Planning Performance & Capacity Mgmt DevOps Planning Accelerate Time to Value/Market Getting products, features and functionality off the shelf will help you take advantage of the SDDC! 12
OK, but what are VVDs really?
VMware Validated Designs The Most Comprehensive and Extensively-tested Blueprint to Build and Operate a Software-Defined Data Center VALIDATED DESIGNS SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER Complete Datacenter-level Designs Designed By Experts Proven, Robust, & Continuously Validated or distribution Applicable to a broad set of use cases 14
Validated for Best-in-class Deployment Extensively Tested for: Hardened Security and Compliance Plan End-To End Interoperability VMware Validated Designs Build Operate Faster Implementation Management Resiliency at Scale 15
Validated for Best-in-class Deployment Extensively Tested for: Hardened Security and Compliance IT Automating IT Micro-Segmentation Plan End-To End Interoperability VMware Validated Designs Management Resiliency at Scale Build Virtual Desktops Operate Faster Implementation Cloud Native Apps and more! 16
Guidance for Efficient Operations Intelligent Operations Alert Activations Custom Dashboards Notifications Data Protection Status Update & Upgrade Guidance Plan Business Continuity & DR Core and SDN Services Operations Solutions Automation Solutions Orchestration Solutions Post Maintenance Build Operate Scenarios IT Automating IT Micro Segmentation Intelligent Ops Certificate Management Pre-Maintenance Preparations Prescribed Order of Operations Validation Steps Shutdown &Startup Priority and Order Guides for Possible Issues Recommended Steps 17
OK, cool! So What s New? VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication
1.0 VMware Validated Designs A History Lesson February 2016 12mo of Engineering Release to PSO and Partners 2.0 3.0 July 2016 3.5mo of Engineering Smaller scope. (i.e. Dual Region + DR) September 2016 2mo of Engineering Dual Region with DR Two Pod Architecture 3.0.2 4.0 November 2016 1.5mo of Engineering Added M-Seg Use Case Added IT Automating IT Guide March 2017 1.5mo of Engineering. Major Product Updates Added ROBO 4.1 August 2017 4mo of Engineering Minor Product Updates Consolidated Pod Option 19
Bill of Materials What s New in VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.1? vsphere 6.5 U1 vsan 6.6.1 NSX 6.3.3 vrealize Automation 7.3 vrealize Business 7.3 for Cloud vrealize Operations 6.6.1 and Management Packs Site Recovery Manager 6.5.1 vrealize Log Insight 4.5 and Content Packs For a complete list refer to the release notes. 20
Start Small with Consolidated Architecture Design POD Less up front investment. Minimum of 4 hosts with vsan Runs the entire VMware SDDC stack & Compute Workloads Smaller design sweet-spot : 100-1000 VMs 21
Compliance Capable VVDs PCI & CJIS 22
Expanding VVD Usage Scenarios VMware Validated Designs Remote Office / Branch Office Cloud Native Applications Micro-Segmentation Business Critical Applications Compliance Capable Solutions Virtual Desktop / Digital Workspace Intelligent Operations IT Automation for IT 23
Accelerate Time to Value Significantly simplifies the design and implementation resulted in significantly faster deployment time Increase Efficiency Provides detailed guidance to greatly reduce time spent on Update, Patching, Backup, Restore, Monitor, and Alerts. De-risk Deployments & Operations Ensures interoperability and compatibility of all software components Drive IT Agility Enables a platform supporting a broad set of use-cases, traditional and cloud native business applications
Questions?
What Now? Learn More! VVDs are free and available to all: http://vmware.com/go/vvd Partners check out the enablement content for VMware Validated Designs on Partner Central If you ve deployed a VVD tell us about it! Email sddc-deployment@vmware.com Get your digital badge: https://goo.gl/sjbfuj Tell us what was good and help us make VVDs more useful to you! 26
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