STO1378BE vsan Management Today and In the Future Christian Dickmann Mansi Shah #VMworld #STO1378BE
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What is HCI? Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) is the integration of Compute virtualization (vsphere) Storage virtualization (vsan) Hardware vsan Ready Nodes Certified hardware running vsphere + vsan 15+ server OEMs, lots of choices from each vendor Any aspect of the Ready Node can be customized further via flexible component HCL VxRail (sold by Dell EMC, powered by vsan) Appliance available in various different options Prescriptive hardware and software, fully integrated at factory #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 3
vsan s mission: Radically simple HCI with choice Our mission: Build storage HCI that is radically simple to buy, set up, operate Build storage HCI for vsphere admins Be easy for 2 nodes, and 1000 nodes alike Allow for full automation of every aspect of management What this means: Build an "appliance-like" experience, on your choice of hardware Deep integration with vsphere and vsphere workflows All aspects of vsphere need to be radically simple Choice and Simplicity #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 4
Evolution of vsan Management Native - vcenter - SPBM - RVC & Observer Visible - 20+ health checks - Proactive tests - Stretched cluster and fault domain config Transparent - 30+ health checks - Performance service - Capacity reporting - Management API/SDK - vsan PowerCLI - vrops MPSD for vsan Resilient & Intelligent - 40+ health checks - Enhanced health & performance service - VC bootstrapping on vsan - Host level health checks for entire cluster - Configuration Assist - Controller firmware update - Online health checks - Native vsan dashboard in vrops - VUM integration - Performance diagnostics vsan 5.5 vsan 6.0/6.1 vsan 6.2 vsan 6.5/6.6 2014 2015 2016 2017 #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 5
Key Focus Areas Easier Lifecycle management Radically simple: HCI cluster creation Full stack upgrade including firmware VMworld 2017 Rich Monitoring Modern and rich: Modernized UI: H5 Client vrops integration with VC Hardware topology Infrastructure Analytics Data to insights: Ops saving, avoid risk Performance analytics Redefined support experience Content: Not for publication #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL
Full Featured HTML5 vsphere Client for vsan vsphere vsan Datastore vsan Overview Full featured vsan operational management on HTML5 vsphere Client 100% parity on existing vsan functionalities from Flash vsphere Client New vsan functionalities through HTML5 vsphere Client only Benefits Modernized Web Client for vsan management #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 7
Demo of H5 Client For vsan #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 8
Full Stack Upgrade and Patching with VUM vsphere vsan Datastore vsan BIOS, Controller/HBA, Drive, NIC Overview Firmware upgrade of all hardware components: BIOS, Disks/SSDs/NVMe, NIC, Controller etc 1-click update experience of HW+SW through VUM HCL aware for both SW and HW VUM getting faster vsan Health checks throughout remediation Benefits Shorten and simplify update of HCI cluster for both SW and HW #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 9
Demo of VUM FW update #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 10
vsan Health and VUM What if something goes wrong during a rolling upgrade? Fear prevents customers from doing cluster upgrades vsan Health integration solves this Check vsan Health before starting upgrade Check vsan Health after host reboots with new SW/FW Abort upgrade, don t exit Maintenance Mode when issue is detected Safety-net to give peace of mind #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 11
Guided HCI Cluster Creation and Extension vsphere vsan vsan Datastore Overview Step-by-step wizard of HCI cluster setup and expansion Support traditional, vsan normal and Stretched Cluster in one wizard Networking, DRS, HA, vsan all in one workflow Set up to best practices Benefits Simplify HCI cluster creation Ready to run VMs at the end of the workflow #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 12
Demo of Creating Cluster #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 13
Rich Infrastructure Analytics vsphere vsan vsan Datastore Overview Analytics running in VMware Analytics Cloud On obfuscated telemetry data Cloud Connected vsan Health (vsan 6.6) 1-click Performance analytics (vsan 6.6.1) Support has full context of environment Proactive Support: GSS calls you Benefits Intelligent operational management Efficient support by VMware #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 14
Demo of Reactive/Proactive Support #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 15
Keep improving Manageability vsphere vsan vsan Datastore Overview Maintenance Mode What-if and other What-If as shipped in 6.6 VC down troubleshooting using 6.6 tooling Benefits Confidence before operations Resilience of vsan management #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 16
In-VC HCI Dashboard by vrops vcenter UI vr Ops UI Overview Intuitive rich dashboard for HCI Multi-cluster support Appear as native experience in vcenter/h5c Lifecycle managed by vrops automatically Benefits Single-pane of glass through VC/H5 Client Enhanced Operational confidence by vrops #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 17
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Hardware Topology Overview Hardware visibility and serviceability experience through H5 Server/Chassis visual depiction Interactive disk blinking Physical slots info and disk occupation Integrated disk capacity utilization Benefits VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication Operational confidence and efficiency #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL 19
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Radically simple Easier Lifecycle management Radically simple: HCI cluster creation Full stack upgrade including firmware VMworld 2017 Rich Monitoring Modern and rich: Modernized UI: H5 Client vrops integration with VC Hardware topology Infrastructure Analytics Data to insights: Ops saving, avoid risk Performance analytics Redefined support experience Content: Not for publication #STO1378BE CONFIDENTIAL