VMware vSphere 6.

0
Knowledge Transfer Kit
Overview

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Agenda
Overview
Product Updates
VMware ESXi Host
Virtual Machine
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vSphere Web Client
VMware vSphere vMotion
Availability Features
VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
VMware vSphere High Availability

Content Library
Storage
Networking
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Overview

Virtualization Overview
Virtualization
Abstracts traditional physical machine resources and runs workloads as virtual machines
Each virtual machine runs a guest operating system and applications
The operating system and applications dont know that they are virtualized

Virtualization Overview (cont.)

Hypervisors
Partition computing resources of a server

for multiple virtual machines

Hypervisors alone lack coordination for

higher availability and efficiency

The VMware vSphere Hypervisor is ESXi

VMware vSphere
A suite of software that extends beyond basic

host partitioning by aggregating infrastructure

resources and providing additional services
such as dynamic resource scheduling
Serves as the foundation of the software-

defined data center (SDDC)

Cloud Computing and the SDDC

IT as a Service (ITaaS)
Abstracts complexity in the enterprise data center
Achieves economies of scale
Renews focus on application services
Availability
Security
Scalability
Management
Cloud OS

Enterprise
Cloud

vSphere Use Case Examples

Foundation for Business Solutions Adopt a More Agile Infrastructure
Security and Compliance deploy cost-effective and adaptive security services built on vSphere
Business Continuity slash downtime with VMware vSphere High Availability, VMware vSphere Fault
Tolerance, VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler, VMware vSphere vMotion, and
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Server Consolidation cut capital and operating costs while increasing IT service delivery
Business Critical Applications increased agility and outstanding reliability

Foundation for Virtual Desktop Enable Data to Follow the User

vSphere is the Supporting Infrastructure for any VMware Horizon View Deployment
Access a Virtual Desktop from Anywhere and with Any Device

Cloud Computing The Foundation for the VMware vRealize Suite

vSphere Enables the Cloud and Choice (Private, Public, or Hybrid)

Thousands of vCloud Providers Available Today
Support for Existing and Future Applications
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Foundation for the Software-Defined Enterprise

End User
Computing

Desktop

Mobile

Virtual Workspace

Applications

Traditional

Modern

SaaS

Software-Defined Data Center

Policy-Based
Management and
Automation

Cloud Automation

Cloud Business

Cloud Operations

Virtualized Infrastructure
Abstract and Pool
Hybrid Cloud
VMware and
VMware vCloud Data
Center Partners

Compute
Abstraction =
Server
Virtualization

Network
Abstraction =
Virtual
Networking

Storage
Abstraction =
Software-Defined
Storage

Compute

Network

Storage

Physical
Hardware

Private
Clouds

Public
Clouds

Software-Defined Data Center IT Outcomes

IT Service Delivery Time
in Minutes

Secure, Faster Delivery

of Mobile Apps

App and
Infrastructure Delivery
Automation

OpEx
Reduction

Business
Mobility

Streamlined and
Automated Data Center
Operations

Improved Security
to Effort Ratio

Security Controls
Native to Infrastructure
Improved
Uptime

CapEx
Reduction

High Availability
and Resilient
Infrastructure

Data Center
Virtualization and
Hybrid Cloud Extensibility

Efficiency

Control

Agility

New Model of IT

Product Updates

ESXi Enhancements
Scalability improvements
Maximum cluster size increased to 64 hosts
8000 virtual machines per cluster
480 physical CPUs per host
12 TB of RAM per host
1000 virtual machines per host

Security enhancements
Flexible lockdown mode
Lockdown mode disabled the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) and was inflexible. It has been enhanced to

include a white list for user access

ESXi user accounts can be centrally managed with VMware vCenter and ESXCLI commands
Account lockout and account lockout duration added for management of failed login attempts to ESXi
Password complexity rules added
Improved auditability of ESXi administrator actions
Smart card authentication to the DCUI

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Virtual Machine Enhancements

Virtual Machine Hardware Version 11 introduced for vSphere 6.0, which adds support for
128 vCPUs in a virtual machine
4 TB of RAM in a virtual machine
WDDM 1.1 GDI acceleration
A USB 3.0 xHCI controller

vNUMA enhanced for hot-add memory allowing memory to be properly allocated across NUMA

nodes

Serial and parallel ports improved with Virtual Machine Hardware Version 11
Removal from a VM possible
Maximum number of ports increased to 32

Expanded guest OS support

Adds support for Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R3 QU3, Asianux 4 SP4, Solaris 11.2, Ubuntu

12.04.5 and 14.04.1, Oracle Linux 7, FreeBSD 9.3, and Mac OS X 10.10
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vCenter Server Enhancements

vCenter architecture and deployment has been simplified to two deployment models

Embedded

External

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vCenter Server Enhancements (cont.)

The services are split out as follows
The Platform Services Controller installation is a set of infrastructure services, which include
VMware vCenter Single Sign-On
License service
Lookup service
VMware Directory Services
VMware Certificate Authority (CA)

The vCenter service installation is the remainder of the vCenter supporting services including
vCenter Server
vSphere Web Client
Inventory Service
VMware vSphere Auto Deploy
VMware vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
vSphere Syslog Collector on Windows and vSphere Syslog Service for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

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vCenter Server Enhancements (cont.)

Platform Services Controller introduced in

vSphere 6.0
In addition to hosting the services, the

Platform Service Controller replicates

information such as licenses, roles and
permissions, and tags with other Platform
Service Controllers
This allows for a single pane of glass of the

environment with Enhanced Linked mode

Enhanced Linked mode
Linked mode using Microsoft ADS/ADAM

replaced with Enhanced Linked mode

Platform Service Controllers now replicate all

information required for Linked mode

Enhanced Linked mode is now enabled by

default in an environment

vCenter Appliance now supported with

Enhanced Linked mode

Mixing Windows and Appliance platforms

supported
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vCenter Server Enhancements (cont.)

VMware Certificate Authority (CA) introduced
Configuring security in a vSphere environment has become increasingly complex with the introduction

of vCenter Single Sign-On in vSphere 5.1

VMware CA is a solution to this complexity as it now acts as the Root certificate authority for vSphere to

which all certificates are generated

Allows for enhanced security as all certificates for components are signed and valid
Root certificate can be replaced with one from a corporate CA to integrate vSphere into an existing

infrastructure
VMware Endpoint Certificate Store
Certificate store on each Platform Services Controller or vCenter host that stores all certificates for

components on the server

Individual certificate no longer required for each component
In previous releases each component (vCenter Service, Inventory Service, and so on) required a

unique certificate
In vSphere 6.0 all communication is directed through the Reverse Proxy Endpoint, therefore, only a

single certificate per server is required

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vCenter Server Enhancements (cont.)

vCenter for Windows and vCenter Appliance support the same scalability numbers and

features

Metric

vCenter for Windows

vCenter Appliance

Hosts Per vCenter Server System

1,000

1,000

Powered-on VMs per vCenter Server System

10,000

10,000

64

64

8,000

8,000

Yes

Yes

Hosts Per Cluster

Virtual Machines Per Cluster
Enhanced Linked Mode

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vSphere Web Client Enhancements

vSphere Web Client performance and

usability improvements
Login times have been improved significantly
GUI interface has been improved such that it

more closely mimics the VMware vSphere

Client
Right click menus are better organized and

more consistent across interfaces

New drop-down menu for fast navigation
Task pane has been relocated to the bottom of

the screen
Dockable UI for easy interface customization

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VMware vSphere
vMotion Enhancements
vSphere vMotion has been enhanced
Support for live migrations across different

virtual switches
Support for live migrations across different

vCenter systems
Retains UUID, event, task, alarm history
Retains HA and VMware vSphere

Distributed Resource Scheduler settings

including affinity rules, automation level,
startup priority and isolation response
settings
Retains shares, reservations and limits
MAC addresses are also preserved

Support for live migrations across long

distances of up to 10ms round trip time (RTT)

Migrations between vCenter for Windows and

vCenter Server Appliance are supported

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Availability Feature Enhancements

vSphere Fault Tolerance has been enhanced
vSphere FT now supports SMP of up to 4 vCPUs
vSphere FT now supports up to 64 GB of RAM
This is accomplished by an all new fast-check pointing technology
VMware Storage APIs for Data Protection can be used without an agent
Snapshots now available with vSphere FT VMs
Virtual machine storage now handled differently
A full copy of the entire virtual machine is taken resulting in total protection for the virtual machine.
Supports all virtual disk formats (eager-zeroed thick, thick, and thin)

Host compatibility now the same as for vSphere vMotion

vSphere HA has been enhanced

VM Component Protection introduced
Allows vSphere HA to take action on all paths down (APD) and permanent device loss (PDL) events

vSphere HA can now protect up to 64 hosts and 6000 VMs per cluster
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Content Library
New to vSphere 6 is the addition of the vSphere Content Library
Allows for a central management store for templates, ISO images, and scripts
Allows for publication of content across sites
Content is automatically updated at the subscribed sites when content is updated
Can be configured to push or pull content as required such that you can prevent WAN saturation

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Storage Enhancements
New to vSphere 6 is the addition of virtual

volumes
Virtual Volumes brings VMware Virtual SAN

style software defined policy-based storage to

SAN and NAS arrays
Virtual volumes is a framework for VM-level

management of the storage

Is granular to the virtual disk level, solving the

problem of provisioning RAID 5 or RAID 10

volumes that are inflexible
Uses storage policy-based management and

native storage array policies with VMware

vSphere API for Storage Awareness to publish
the capabilities

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Storage Enhancements (cont.)

VMware Virtual SAN has been enhanced
All Flash-based volumes SSDs are used instead instead of using magnetic disks for data storage

Virtual SAN
5.5

Virtual SAN
6.0 Hybrid

Virtual SAN
6.0 All-Flash

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64

64

IOPS / Host

20K

40K

90K

VMs / Host

100

200

200

3200

6400

6400

Hosts /
Cluster

VMs / Cluster

Note: All performance numbers are subject to final benchmarking results. Please refer to guidance published at GA

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Storage Enhancements (cont.)

Virtual SAN now supports running Business Critical

Applications
Virtual SAN now supports JBOD high density disk

configurations
9000 components per host allowed (a 3x

improvement)
Up to 64 TB VMDKs supported
Virtual SAN now can scale up to 64 nodes per cluster
New file system format VSAN-FS providing

vsanSparse disk format

Support for fault domains allowing for a failure

domain to be set for hosts

This is useful if you want components to be spread

across racks in a data center

Proactive balancing support for rebalancing disks

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Storage Enhancements (cont.)

VMware vSphere Data Protection enhancements
All functionality in VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced has been consolidated to vSphere Data

Protection in vSphere 6.0

Includes agents that enable application consistent backup/recovery of:
Microsoft SQL Server (including SQL clusters)
Microsoft Exchange Server (Including Exchange Server database availability groups)
Microsoft SharePoint Server

Allows for individual databases and mailboxes to be restored as required

Backup integrity can be tested with practice restores
Automated backup verification that schedules restores and checks for VM heartbeats
Support for back to EMC Data Domain
External proxies now can be used to help minimize network bandwidth requirements

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Storage Enhancements (cont.)

VMware vSphere Replication has been

enhanced
vSphere Replication traffic can be compressed

as it is sent across the network

Traffic for vSphere Replication can be isolated

on its own port group and use multiple network

cards
vSphere Replication can query the array for

storage allocation information reducing

bandwidth requirements for backups
Migration of replica information with vSphere

Storage vMotion no longer requires a full

synchronization of data
Now, VMware Tools features allow quiesce

of Linux guest OS during replication

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Network Enhancements
vSphere Network I/O Control Enhancements Version 3
Enables administrators to guarantee bandwidth to a vNIC in a virtual machine or to an entire virtual port

group
Integrated with DRS

vSphere now supports the use of NFS 4.1

Kerboros 5 authentication supported
Multipathing and session trunking available
Error recovery enhanced for server down or network partitions
Single Protocol

Latency-aware NetQueue now available

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Questions

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VMware vSphere 6.0

Knowledge Transfer Kit

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