AST-0033345 Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications on VMware vSphere

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VirtualizingBusiness-CriticalApplications onVMware vSphere

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Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 3

Introduction 3

The Virtualization Journey 3

VMware vSphere And VMware vCenter 4

Application Performance 4

Virtual Machine Scalability 4

Better Application Scalability On Multicore Servers 6

What About Databases? 6

What About SAP? 8

What About Exchange? 8

Consolidation 9

Database Consolidation 9

Sotware License Consolidation 10

Applications as a Service In The Private Cloud 11

Accelerate The Application Liecycle 12

Guarantee Application Quality O Service 13

ISV Support 16

Specifc ISV Statements 16

Microsot Support 16

Oracle Support 17

Conclusion 17


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Executive Summary

InthepastmostVMwarecustomersstartedtheirvirtualization

journeywiththeeasyapplicationssuchastest/devenvironments

andinrastructureapplicationsStartingatthelow-endothe

applicationspectrumhelpedcustomerstominimizeriskwhile

quicklyvirtualizing0percentto0percentotheirinrastructure

Beyondthatpointcustomerswereotenmorehesitantto

virtualizetheirbusiness-criticalapplicationsThisreluctancewas

ueledprimarilybyconcernsaroundperormanceISVsupport

andtherelativeriskodeployinganapplicationonanewer

lesserknownplatorm

Todaycustomersaremovingbeyondthesetraditional

concernstovirtualizetheirbusiness-criticalapplicationsatan

acceleratedpaceAccordingtoarecentsurvey7percentocustomersreporttheyvirtualizebusiness-criticalapplicationsin

productionincludingSAPdatabasesandMicrosotExchange

Whathaschanged?Ontheonehandlegacyconcernsaround

perormanceandISVsupportarenolongerwarrantedMoreover

customersarerealizingthatthevalueovirtualizationextends

arbeyondbasicconsolidationandthatapplicationsrunbetter

ontheVMwareprivatecloudwithasterapplicationliecycle

andimprovedapplicationqualityoservice

Applicationperormance isnolongerabarriertoadoption

VMwarevSphereprovidesoutstandingscalabilitywith

VMwarevirtualmachinessupportinguptoeightvirtualCPUs

and55GBRAMwithminimalvirtualizationoverheadenough

tosupportevenlargedatabases

Consolidationandcostreduction includinginrastructure

costsandsotwarelicensingcostsarestrongdriversor

virtualizationERPsystemsemailapplicationsanddatabases

consumelargepoolsoover-provisionedserversVirtualizing

theseapplicationsyieldsconsolidationratioso5:andhigher

Throughconsolidationcustomersareabletonotonlyslash

inrastructurecostsbutalsoinmanycasesachieve00percent

orgreaterimprovementintheutilizationotheirexpensive

sotwarelicenses

Theentireapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproduction

canbestreamlinedandacceleratedwithVMwareDevelopers

andQAteamscandeployandsharedevelopmentenvironmentsontheyPreconguredmultitierapplicationscanbedeployed

inproductioninamatterominutesinsteadodaysorevenweeks

Applicationqualityoservice canbeimprovedbyensuring

perormanceandavailabilityorallappsWithVMwareIT

canmonitorservicelevelsidentiybottlenecksandscale

applicationsdynamicallytoensureperormanceundervariable

loadTheVMwarebusinesscontinuitycapabilitiesincluding

HighAvailability(HA)FaultTolerance(FT)andSiteRecovery

Manager(SRM)protectallapplicationsromhardware-related

downtimewithoutthecomplexityoapplication-levelclustering

TheISVecosystemsupportingVMwareisstrongandrapidlyexpandingTheourlargestsotwarevendorsMicrosotIBM

SAPandOraclehavesupportstatementsinplaceorVMware

VMwareisalsosupportedbyhundredsosmallerISVsand

gainingsupportrommanynewISVseachmonth

Introduction

TheVirtualizationJourney

Iyouareoneothemorethan50000companiesworldwide

thatuseVMwaresolutionsyouhaveprobablyvirtualized

asignicantportionoyourdatacenterAndlikemostyou

probablystartedyourjourneybyconsolidatingunderutilized

serverssupportingsmallerlow-priorityapplications

YoumadetherightdecisionYouveprobablyalreadyreduced

yourinrastructureTCOsignicantlythroughserverconsolidation

Atthesametimeyououndthatvirtualizationreducedoperational

complexitysimpliedthelivesoadministratorsandeliminated

manymanualrepetitivetasksYounowcanplancapacityata

macro-levelprovisionsystemsatthetouchoabuttonandmigrateapplicationslivebetweenhostsAlongwithcutting

annualpowerconsumptionbyroughly7000kWhperconsolidated

serveryoualsoreducedtheannualcarbondioxideoutputo

yourdatacenterbyourtonsocarbondioxideoreachserver

removedInactvirtualizationmayevennowbeakey

componentoyourcompanysenergyeciencystrategy

Asyourcondenceinvirtualizationgrewsodidyourdesireto

virtualizealargerportionoyourinrastructureHoweverwhen

itcomestovirtualizingyourlargebusiness-criticalapplications

youmayhesitateVirtualizingthegearsthatrunyourbusiness

databasesERPsystememailserversindustry-specicsolutions

andmoreeelslikeacompletelydiferentballgameandyou

maywonderwhethertherisk/returnratioisstillworthitIn

additiontheseapplicationsotenhavepowerulappowners

thatmaynotbeamiliarwithvirtualizationandotenhavetheir

ownspecicobjections:willVMwarehaveanegativeimpacton

myapplicationperormance?;willtheISVgivemethesupport

Ineed?;whatsinitormeandmyapplication?;andiits

notbrokenwhychange?


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Whiletherearecertainlyspecicchallengeswhenitcomesto

virtualizingbusiness-criticalapplicationsthemostcommon

concernsareactuallylingeringmisperceptionsbasedon

earlierincarnationsovirtualizationromyearsagoInaddition

virtualizationisnolongerjustaboutconsolidationand

cost-savingsTodayadvancedVMwarecustomersareusing

virtualizationtotransormtheirITinrastructureintoaprivate

cloudApplicationsreallydorunbetterontheVMwareprivate

cloud,withmuchasterdev-test-provisioningcycles,better

servicelevelsunderunpredictableload,andsimple,cost-

eectiveavailability.

JointhemanyVMwarecustomersonthenextstepoyour

journeytotransormyourinrastructureintoadynamicprivate

cloudRunyourbusiness-criticalapplicationsincludingExchange

SQLSAPandOracleonVMwarevSpherewithbreakthrough

perormanceandoutstandingreliabilityBuildaexiblecloud

computinginrastructurethatcandeliverbusiness-criticalapplicationsasdynamiccost-ecientandreliableITservices

VMwarevSphereAndVMwarevCenter

VMwarevSphereistheindustrysleadingvirtualizationplatorm

orholisticallymanaginglargecollectionsoinrastructure

CPUsstoragenetworkingasaseamlessexibleanddynamic

operatingenvironmentUnliketraditionaloperatingsystemsthat

manageanindividualmachineVMwarevSphereaggregates

theinrastructureoanentiredatacentertocreateasingle

powerhousewithresourcesthatcanbeallocatedquicklyand

dynamicallytoanyapplicationinneed

VMwarevSphereprovidesrevolutionarybenetsbutwithapracticalnon-disruptiveevolutionaryprocessorlegacy

applicationsExistingapplicationscanbedeployedonVMware

vSpherewithnochangestotheapplicationortheOStheyare

runningon

VMwarevSpheredeliverstheperormancerequiredtorun

business-criticalapplicationsinlarge-scaleenvironments

VMwarevSphereprovides-timestheperormanceothe

previousgenerationplatorm(VMwareInrastructure)while

keepingvirtualizationoverheadataverylimitedat-0percent

WiththeseperormancenumbersVMwarevSphereisableto

runevenlargeresource-intensivedatabasesandinmanycases

enablesapplicationstoscalebetteronnewermulticoreservers

VMwarevSphereprovidesasetoapplicationservices that

enableapplicationstoachieveunparalleledlevelsoavailability

securityandscalabilityForexamplewithVMwarevSphereall

applicationscanbeprotectedromdowntimewithVMwareHigh

Availability(HA)andVMwareFaultTolerance(FT)withoutthe

complexityoconventionalclusteringInadditionapplications

canbescaleddynamicallytomeetchangingloadswithcapabilities

suchasHotAddandVMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)

TheVMwarevCenterProductFamily istheindustrysmost

advancedvirtualizationmanagementplatormwhichunlocks

thepowerovirtualizationthroughproactivemanagementand

centralizedcontrolovirtualinrastructureForexampleVMware

vCenterAppSpeedenablesIToperationstomonitorandensure

theservicelevelsodistributedmultitierapplicationsrunning

onVMwarevSphereVMwarevCenterLabManagerprovides

developersandapplicationownerson-demandsel-service

accesstoalibraryoapplicationanddevelopmentenvironments

toacceleratedevelopandtestcycles

WiththepowerulcapabilitiesoVMwarevSpheretheVMware

vCenterProductFamilyandagrowingecosystemoover500

technologiescompaniesthequestionhasnowshitedrom

canIvirtualizemybusiness-criticalapps?tocanIafordnot

to?InthispaperwellexplainwhyVMwarevSphereisthebest

platormordeliveringbusiness-criticalapplicationsWewill

addresseachothesesixkeyconsiderationsinorder:Applicationperformance

Consolidationandcostreduction

Deliveringapplicationsasaserviceintheprivatecloud

Acceleratingtheapplicationlifecycle

GuaranteeingapplicationQualityofService

ISVsupport

Application Performance

Therearetwokeyperormanceconsiderationstokeepinmind

whenvirtualizinglargeresource-intensiveapplicationsFirst

eachindividualvirtualmachinemustscaletosupportthe

requirementsotheapplicationitishostingSecondmany

applicationscanactuallyachievehigherperormanceon

vSpherethanonphysicalserversbyscalingoutonmultiple

virtualmachinestobetterleveragethecapacityolarge

multicoreservers

VirtualMachineScalability

Thereisstillaperceptioninthemarketthatvirtualization

introducesaperormanceconstraintonlargerapplications

especiallyIO-intensiveapplicationssuchasdatabasesandemail

serversThisperceptionwascreatedwithearlyversionsothe

VMwarehypervisorVMwareESXwhichdidhavescalability

limitationsandmaterialoverheadThishoweverwasmultiple

productgenerationsago


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AsisusuallythecaseperceptionlagsrealityThelatestversions

oVMwareESX5andhaveadvancedbyleapsandbounds

overtheearlyproductgenerationsVMwarehasplacedasignicant

ocusonmaximizingtheperormanceovirtualmachinesand

asaresultESXhasmadetremendousprogressinIOCPUand

memoryscalabilityoverearlyproductgenerations

TodayvirtualmachinesonESXcanscaletoeightvirtualCPUs

56GBomemoryandover50000diskIOPSwhilekeeping

overheadlimitedbetweenand0percentorthemajorityo

applicationsThattranslatestoa0xperormanceincreaserom

ESXtoESXToputthisperormanceinperspectiveasingle

virtualmachinetodayprovidesaboutthesameperormanceasa

SunFire5Kin00averylargemulti-milliondollarUnixserver!

TheseadvancesinperormancearechartedinFigureAndwhattheymeanoryouisthatresource-intensiveapplicationsperorm

verywellonVMwarevSphereInactwehavemeasuredthe

resourcerequirementsomorethan700000production

applicationsrunningonx86serversandVMwarevSphereis

abletosupportmorethan95percentothoseapplications

Application Performance Requirements

Source: VMware Capacity Planner assessments

%o

fApplications

Overhead

CPU

Memory

Network

IOPS

300,000

5PercentofApplicationsMatchorExceedNativePerformanceonVMware


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BetterApplicationScalabilityOnMulticoreServers

Applicationscalabilityhaslaggedbehindtheevolutiono

high-endmulticoreserversIn005largequad-socketservers

hadatotalo8processorcoresbutastorwardto00andlargequad-socketserverswillhaveupto6processorcores

Howmanycorescanyourapplicationsscaleto?Unortunately

thevastmajorityoapplicationscannotcomeclosetousing6

coresinparallelMostapplicationsareonlysucientlymulti-

threadedtoecientlyusebetweento8coresinparallelFor

exampleMicrosotExchangeonlyscalesto8corestheaverage

customapplicationislimitedtoourprocessorsandeven

MicrosotSQLServerislimitedtoaboutcores

Becauseotheselimitationsthetraditionaldeploymentmodel

ooneappperserverlimitsapplicationstoonlyscaletoa

ractionoservercapacityleavingmuchothecomputecapacity

untappedForlargerCPU-intensiveapplicationsthisisbecoming

anincreasinglyimportantproblemlimitingapplicationscalability

andleadingtoincreasedinrastructurecosts

WithVMwarevSpheremanyapplicationscanbescaledout

inmultiplesmallerapplicationinstancesWebserverssuchasApacheoMicrosotIISapplicationserverssuchasTomcat

orWebSphereandevenMicrosotExchangecaneasilybe

scaledoutonmultiplevirtualmachinesThisdeploymentmodel

enablesapplicationstoecientlyusethecapacityolarge

multicoreserverswhilepreservingexcellentisolationbetween

multipleapplicationinstances

WhatAboutDatabases?

Databasesareamongtheapplicationsthatcustomersare

mostconcernedaboutonVMwarebecauseotheirresource

requirementsandthebusiness-criticalnatureothesesystems

Figure 2. ScalingApplicationsonVMwarevSpheretoLeverageMulticoreCapacity


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Theseconcernsareunwarrantedhoweverasthecapabilities

providedbyVMwarevSpherearewellbeyondtheneedso

almostalldatabasesincludingOracleandSQL

InFebruary009VMwarevSpheresetanewbenchmarkinvirtualizeddatabaseperormanceVMwarevSpherewas

benchmarkedwithoneothemostdemandingworkloads

orvirtualization:aresource-intensiveOLTPdatabasebased

onaair-useimplementationoTPC-CThisapplicationis

signicantlymoreresource-intensivethanaverageproduction

databasesandhenceputsaheavyloadonthehypervisorEven

orthisdicultworkloadasinglevirtualmachineinVMware

vSphererunningOraclegandLinuxachieved85percento

nativeperormancewithnear-linearscalabilityromonevirtual

CPUtoeightvirtualCPUsThevirtualmachinesupported8900

transactionspersecondanddroveabout60000diskIOPSa

massiveamountothroughputthatonlyasmallractiono

databasesactuallyrequireItistruethattherearesomeexceptionallylargedatabases

outtherebutitistheraredatabaseindeedthatcanexceed

perormancecapabilitiesprovidedbyVMwarevSphereThe

realityisthatalmostalldatabasescanrunquitecomortablyon

VMwarevSpherewithplentyoprocessingheadroomtospare

BasedonVMwareCapacityPlannerdatacompiledromtenso

thousandsoproductionserversincustomerenvironmentsthe

averageproductionOracledatabaserequiresonlyaractiono

thecapacitythatavirtualmachinecandeliver

Caseinpoint

We have close to 60 Microsot SQL Servers virtualized,

some with a disk usage greater than 90 MB per second,which translates to 22,000 IOPS, says Tom Gibaud,

Manager o Inormation Technology at ViaHealth, a amily

o health care providers in New York state, including

Rochester General Hospital. These are SQL Servers that

touch the patient and have a lot o traci theyre

down, its a major issue. Having them virtualized on

VMware gives us greater reliability and more uptime.

We have a VMware-rst policy, and have virtualized

nearly 90 percent o our application environment, adds

Gibaud. That shows how much condence we have in

VMware technology. Simply put, VMware helps us better

manage our computing environment. For example, i we

notice that there is a memory error on a server, it is veryeasy or us to vMotion that box somewhere else, replace

the memory chip, and then vMotion it back. Try doing

that with a data center ull o physical servers!

Figure 3. AverageOracleDatabaseFitsEasilyinaVirtualMachine


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WhatAboutSAP?

Becausetheyuseadisproportionateshareodatacenter

resourcesEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)applications

areidealcandidatesorconsolidationAnaverageSAPimplementationusesabout50serversincludingahigh

ratioonon-productionserversVMwaredeliversthehighest

consolidationratiosintheindustryorsuchapplicationsoten

exceeding0:Virtualizingthisoneapplicationsavescustomers

0serversormoreonaverage

SAPsotwarealsoperormsverywellonVMwarevSphereUsing

thestandardSAPSDbenchmarkavirtualmachinerunning-

virtualCPUsmatchestheperormanceophysicalserverswith

lessthan0percentoverhead

Caseinpoint

Checkpoint Systems International, a leading manuacturer

o retail tracking, security, and merchandising solutions

relies on SAP to produce, sell, ship, and invoice its products.

Checkpoint migrated SAP modules rom clustered

physical servers to virtual machines in a phased approach,

culminating in 2007 when they virtualized the two most

critical piecesthe central SAP database and ERP

instance. Checkpoint now has 20 SAP servers running on

VMware at its primary site and three VMware hosts at its

secondary site or disaster recovery purposes. With an 8:1

server consolidation ratio, Checkpoint has increased

server utilization rom 15 to 70 percent, cut power and

cooling costs by more than a third, and acceleratedprovisioning rom our to six weeks beore to one hour

now. Availability is up, and management time is down.

Moving our SAP deployment on to VMware has made it

easier to deliver a higher level o service to the business

than was previously possible, says Michael Nogger,

Checkpoints IT Operations Manager or Europe. Our

lives are now signicantly easier; we spend ar less time

perorming upgrades and maintenance tasks, and our

service delivery processes are incredibly streamlined.

WhatAboutExchange?

MicrosotExchangescalesextremelywellonVMwarevSphere

Ononehandasinglevirtualmachinecanmatchtheperormance

ophysicalserversandsupportabout8000heavyusermailboxesOntheotherhandVMwarevSpherecanmorethandoublethe

perormanceachievedromphysicalserversbyscalingExchange

outinmultiplevirtualmachinesVMwaresetacapacityrecord

orasingle6-coreserverrunningExchange007doublingthe

numberoheavymailboxessupportedrom8000to6000

TheconventionaldeploymentmodelistodeployjustoneMailbox

ServerperphysicalhostThiscongurationsupportsabout8000

heavyusermailboxesandscalestoabout8coresWithVMware

vSphereMailboxServerscanbescaledoutinmultiplevirtual

machinesperphysicalhosttouseallthecoresavailable

Caseinpoint

University o Plymouth, one o the UKs most prominent

universities virtualized 50,000 Exchange 2007 mailboxes

on VMware. We not only have a more manageable

and exible Exchange environment, but we have

replaced Microsot clustering with VMwares built-in

high availability solutions such as HA and vMotion. We

couldnt be happier with the uptime and perormance

o our Exchange implementation on VMware. VMware

technology works or small companies all the way up

to massive nancial institutions. And clearly, it has

worked or us, explains Adrian Jane, Inrastructure and

Operations Manager.

The benets go ar beyond Exchange perormance.

Application delivery has accelerated by an order o

magnitude. In our previous experience with migrating

rom Exchange 2000 to 2003, the mailbox migrations

were quite slow, says Jane. With the VMware

implementation o Exchange 2007, we ound we could

move between 1,000 and 5,000 mailboxes a night. It was

about ten times aster. Moreover, server provisioning

time went rom months to minutes, and disaster recovery

time dropped rom weeks to less than an hour.

With VMware, the university has reduced the number o

server racks in its datacenter rom 32 to 2, a 93 percent

saving on oor space, and estimates annual savings onits electricity bill o about $90,000, and a reduction o its

data center output o CO2 by about 170 tons per year.

VMware is a strategy or us, not a product, concludes

Jane. The system manages itsel. The IT team and I can

get on with doing things that are much more productive

or the university.


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Consolidation

Costreductionthroughconsolidationremainsastrongdriver

orvirtualizationVMwarevSpheredelivershugesavingsnot

onlyinhardwarepowerandadministrativecostsInJanuary

008CIOMagazinepublishedtheresultsoitsVirtualization

intheEnterprisesurveyonearly00CIOsWhenaskedwhy

theyhavevirtualizedtheirservers8percentothecompanies

responded:tocutcostsviaserverconsolidationConsolidation

ratioso0:ormorearecommonwithsomecompanies

achieving0:Thataddsuptoalotosavings

Thesehighconsolidationratiosarealsocommonwithlarge

business-criticalapplicationsThe8:consolidationratio

CheckpointachievedorSAPistypicalSomecustomershave

gonebeyondthatcomortablyachieving0:consolidationratioswithSAPForexampleAstraZenecaoneotheworlds

leadingpharmaceuticalcompaniesconsolidateditsentire

SAPenvironmentto5060virtualmachineshostedonsixHP

serversandasaresultexpectscostsavingsomorethan

millionoverthreeyears

ForExchangeconsolidationratiosareusuallyintherangeo

5:to0:WithoutVMwarevSphereeachExchangeserver

role-mailboxserveredgehubandclient-isdeployedon

adedicatedserverInadditionthereareotendedicated

standbyserversoravailabilityaswellasmultipleExchange

hubscreatingampleopportunityorhighconsolidationratios

OrganizationssuchastheUniversityoPlymouthmedical

devicemanuacturerNuVasiveandpackagingmanuacturerBoisehavetakenadvantageothisopportunitytocutdownon

hardwarecostsandrampuponeciencyexibilityandagility

Inmanycasescustomersarealsoabletoconsolidatesotware

licensessometimesbyasmuchas0:

ManyapplicationscanbelicensedbyvirtualCPUorexample

inthecaseoIBMwiththesub-capacitylicensingmodelor

MicrosotSQLServerStandardPerProcessorlicensesInthis

caseorganizationshavetheopportunitytolicenseonlythe

capacitytheyareefectivelyusing(virtualCPU)asopposed

totheullphysicalcapacityotheserverLicenseconsolidation

ratioso:to:arecommonwiththismodel

SomeapplicationsarelicensedbyphysicalCPUorexample

OracledatabasesandMicrosotSQLServerEnterprisePer

ProcessorlicensesOrganizationsthathavemultipleinstances

osuchanapplicationcancreateadedicatedvSpherecluster

ortheapplicationBylicensingallthephysicalprocessorsin

theclustertheycreateanallyoucaneatenvironmenton

whichanunlimitednumberoinstancesandvirtualmachines

canbedeployedConsolidationratioso5:to0:arecommon

withthisapproach

DatabaseConsolidation

Databaseconsolidationisanincreasinglypopularusecaseor

VMwarevSphereNearlyallapplicationsrequiretheirowndatabase

andmanyorganizationsareacedwithspiralingdatabasesprawl

andcostsAcrosstheITindustryMicrosotSQLServeristhe

singlelargestapplicationintermsonumberox86servers

consumed!Databasesalsotendtobethemostover-provisionedapplicationsinthedatacenterandareveryexpensivedueto

highlicensecostsandtop-tierinrastructurerequirements

Tocontrolthesecostsmanyorganizationshaveundertaken

databaseconsolidationprojectsConventionaldatabase

consolidationistypicallydonebyeitherrunningmultipleSQL

orOracleinstancesonasharedOSimage(multi-instancing)

orrunningmultipledatabaseswithinasharedSQLorOracle

instance(sharedinstancing)Thesetwotraditionalapproaches

canbesuccessulbutalsohavesignicantchallenges:

ThereisgenerallyalackofOSconguration,security,fault,and

resourceisolationbetweendatabaseinstancesandasingle

OSorSQLailurecouldresultindozensodatabasesandapplicationsbeingdownsimultaneously

Loadbalancingbetweenphysicalhostsisacomplexundertaking

thatrequiresre-provisioningdatabasesAlargeworkloadspike

ononephysicalhostcouldresultinunacceptableperormance

ormanydatabasesatthesametime

Itcanbediculttoguaranteeresourcestoanyindividual

databaseOnemisbehavingdatabasecouldhogtheresources

oothermorecriticaldatabases


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VMwarevSphereofersamuchsimplerandmoreecient

alternativeFigureillustrateshowsomecustomerschoose

tohaveadedicateddatabaseconsolidationclustersimilarto

whatwouldbedonewithconventionaldatabaseconsolidation

HoweverconsolidatingdatabaseswithVMwarevSpheredelivers

severaluniquebenetsoverconventionalapproaches:

1. Fast consolidation with P2V: With VMware vSphere,

consolidating existing legacy databases is simple. Databases

can be migrated with a simple physical-to-virtual (P2V)

migration, or re-provisioned in a virtual machine with their

existing OS and database congurations. This eliminates

the need to re-test and update databases to run on

standardized OS and database congurations.

2. Isolation: Databases consolidated on VMware vSphere

preserve perect isolation between instances (conguration,

ault, security, and resource isolation). Databases can run on

their own OS and SQL version, and a single OS ailure willonly impact a single database. This is an obvious benet o

virtualization, but not possible with conventional database

consolidation approaches.

3. Resource guarantees: Guarantee and control resources with

great precision to ensure that each database delivers its

required service levels, with no risk o misbehaving databases

taking over critical resources rom other databases.

4. Load balancing: With VMware vSphere, when a host is running

out o capacity, databases can be migrated in real-time and

with no downtime to other hosts. This eliminates the need to

over-provision, increases consolidation ratios, while maximizing

database service levels.

SotwareLicenseConsolidation

Consolidationcandelivertremendouscostsavingsnotonlyon

inrastructurebutalsoonsotwarelicensesManyapplications

arelicensedbyphysicalprocessorWhenprocessorsareutilized

onlyat5-5percentotheircapacitythesotwarelicensesare

alsounder-utilizedatthesamelevelsForexamplethisisthe

caseorrelativelyexpensiveMicrosotSQLEnterpriselicenses

(processorlicensing)aswellasOracledatabaselicenses

Forcustomersrunningarelativelylargenumberothese

applicationslicensedperphysicalprocessoryoushouldconsider

Figure 4. vSphereisIdealPlatformforDatabaseConsolidation


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creatingdedicatedvSphereclustersorrunningthoseapplications

Onceallthephysicalprocessorshavebeenlicensedyouhavean

allyoucaneatclusterromalicensingstandpointByconsolidating

yousignicantlyincreasebothinrastructureandlicenseutilization

TheexampleinFigure5showsacustomerwhomovedeight

individualdatabaseseachrunningonadedicatedhosttoone

sharedclusterrunningeightDBinstancesWithEnterpriseEdition

youonlyneedtolicensethephysicalprocessorstherebyreducing

therequiredlicensesrom6downto8andreducingoverall

costsbymorethan70percent

Applications as a ServiceIn The Private Cloud

SotwaredevelopmentandIToperationsaretwoverydiferent

entitiesWhiletheyhaveacommonobjectivetodeliver

high-qualitydynamicITservicesinsupportobusiness

requirementstheyoperateatoppositeendsothatobjective

Figure 5. SQL/OracleServerConsolidationCutsHardwareandSoftwareCosts>50%


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Developerscaremostlyaboutbuildingbetterbusiness

unctionalityasterwhileITadministratorscaremostlyabout

ensuringservicelevelsatthelowestpossiblecostModern

applicationarchitectures(SOAWebservices)andrameworks

(egJavaNETRailsGrails)increasedevelopmenteciency

dramaticallybutITadministratorsarehavinganincreasingly

diculttimerunningthesemodernapplicationsonrigid

inexibleITinrastructureSomeothechallengesrequently

encounteredbyITadministratorsinclude:

Provisioninganincreasinglylargenumberoapplicationswith

updatesandchangesbeingrolledoutasterthaneverbeore

Accuratecapacityplanning toensuretheperormanceoa

multitudeoapplicationsunderunpredictableloadwithout

over-provisioningandwhilekeepingcostsundercontrol

Ensuringapplicationservicelevels acrossdistributed

interconnectedapplicationsEnsuringapplicationavailability acrossmultipleapplication

tiersandmanagingmultipleapp-specicclusteringsolutions

ITadministratorsneedabetterwaytobuildrunandmanage

applications;theyneedaplatormthatisasadvancedas

theapplicationsbeingdevelopedApplicationsshouldbe

provisionedon-demandinthelabsandinproductionwith

guaranteedqualityoserviceandthroughasel-service

interaceaccesseddirectlybyapplicationteams

VMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterprovidetheideal

platormtodevelopandrunbothlegacyandnext-generation

applications:aullsetocapabilitiesandsolutionstostreamline

theentirebuild-run-managecyclebringingdownthebarriersbetweendevelopmentandproductionWithVMware

applicationteamsandITadministratorsareabletoaccelerate

theapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproductionand

guaranteeapplicationqualityoservice

AccelerateTheApplicationLiecycle

WithVMwaretheentireapplicationliecyclecanbeaccelerated

andapplicationscanbeprovisionedondemandthroughasel-

serviceinteracebyapplicationownersVMwarevSphereand

theVMwarevCenterProductamilyenable:

Faster,moreecientapplicationdevelopment throughsel-

servicedeveloperprovisioningopre-congureddevelopmentstacks(egLAMP)

Streamlinedreleasecycles bytransparentlysharingtest

congurationsbetweendevelopmentQAandproduction

Aproductionapplicationcanbequicklyclonedintothelabs

oranewappcanbeautomaticallypromotedthroughthe

releasecycle

On-demandprovisioning oapplicationsinproduction

bycreatingstandardoptimizedmultitierapplication

congurations(vApps)thatcanbedeployedinamatter

ominuteswhileeliminatingmanualprovisioningand

congurationooperatingsystemsandapplications

FasterDevelopmentandQAWithVMwareVcenter

LabManager

Modernapplicationrameworksandarchitecturesenable

developerstodevelopnewbusinessunctionalityaster

thaneverbeoreUnortunatelythespeedoinnovation

isalltoootenhinderedbytherigidityotheunderlying

inrastructureForexamplewhenstartinganewapplication

projectdevelopersotenhavetorequestanewdevelopment

environmentProvisioningthisenvironmentisaprocessthat

cantakedaysorevenweeksholdingbackdevelopmentcycles

Facedwiththischallengemanydevelopersturntothird-

partycloudserviceprovidersasanalternativetotheinternalinrastructureUnortunatelyapplicationsdevelopedonthird-

partycloudenvironmentscanbeverydiculttomigrateback

totheinternalinrastructureoncetheyarereadyorproduction

VMwarevCenterLabManagerpartotheVMwarevCenter

ProductFamilyprovidestheidealplatormtosupportmodern

developmentprojectsLabManagertransormstheinternal

developmentinrastructureintoadynamicsel-serviceprivate

cloudDeveloperscandeploytheirownpre-conguredmultitier

developmentstacks(egLAMPstack)inamatterominutes

throughasel-serviceinteraceTheycanalsocaptureand

shareanysystemcongurationwithothermembersotheir

developmentteamprototypenewapplicationsrapidlytest

sotwarereleasesonabroaderrangeosystemcongurationsandcapturereproduceandresolvedeectsmoreeasily

On-DemandProvisioningWithvApp

ApplicationprovisioningcanbeacauseomajorinecienciesIT

administratorsmustsupporttheoverheadoconguringeach

applicationtierincludingthehardwareOSandapplicationAt

thesametimecongurationerrorsandcongurationdritare

verycommonotenleadingtoapplicationdowntimeTomake

mattersworseprovisioningisntlimitedtoproductionenvironments

butotenincludestestdevelopmentandtrainingsystemsOver

timethesesystemsotenalloutosyncwithproduction

systemsresultingininaccuratetestingandQAcycles

WithVMwarevSphereonceanappisreadytoberolledoutintoproductionapplicationteamsareabletopackagethe

applicationasavApp;agoldenimageotheapplicationthat

canbeprovisionedondemandontotheproductioninrastructure

AvAppisessentiallyatemplateoamultitierapplicationIt

includesmultiplepre-conguredvirtualmachinescontainingthe

diferentapplicationtiers(egWebappdatabase)Thevirtual

machinesarepre-integratedthroughnetworkencingandthe

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vApptechnologydramaticallyimprovesprovisioningeciency

vAppsaregenerateddirectlybytheapplicationteamsensuring

thatthecopyrunninginproductionistheoptimalconguration

Theycanbeprovisionedondemandinamatterominutes

eliminatingtheweeksoleadtimetypicallyrequiredtoprovision

anewapplicationDiferentinstancesotheapplicationremain

identicaleliminatingcongurationdritvAppscanbecloned

romproductionintothelabsinasingleoperationtorapidly

createtestenvironmentsthatareanidenticalcopytoproduction

VMware obsoletes many manual processes and lets us be

more pro-active and innovative, says Jay M. Leone, Lab

Manager or Avaya, a market leader in voice and data

technology or the enterprise. I cant think o any other

product, process, or project that has had a greater impact

in our daily activities. Everything just runs with little

intererence. Weve become hugely reliant on VMware

to help us test our sotware better and aster. Ultimately,

weve ound VMware not only ofers invaluable tools, but

a way o lie.

GuaranteeApplicationQualityOService

Ensuringtheperormanceandavailabilityoproductionapplications

isadauntingtaskApplicationsarenotalwaysdeveloped

withscalabilityavailabilityandmanageabilityinmindYetIT

administratorsareexpectedtoensurethebusinesssrequired

servicelevelsoreverysingleapplicationandapplicationtier

VMwareenablesITorganizationstoensureapplicationquality

oservice(QoS)throughefectiveperormancemonitoring

dynamicscalabilityandbuilt-inhighavailabilityanddisaster

recoveryorallapplicationsVMwareprovidesaplatormthat

canautomaticallyensureapplicationavailabilityperormance

andsecurityatthelowestpossiblecostVMwarevSphereand

theVMwarevCenterProductFamilyenable:

Accuratecapacityplanningforeachvirtualmachinetoensure

servicelevelswithoutover-provisioning

Performancemonitoringofmultitierapplicationstoquickly

pinpointperormancebottlenecks

Dynamicscalabilityofapplicationstoensureservicelevels

underunpredictableorincreasingload

Simple,cost-eectiveavailabilityforallapplicat ionswithout

thecomplexityoclustering

Automateddisasterrecoveryforallapplications

Caseinpoint

As a power inrastructure manuacturer, Alstom has

built the plants that supply around 20 percent o theworlds electrical powerwith VMware running in back.

Its not just about saving money on hardware, but also

about simpliying things like application provisioning,

maintenance, high availability, and disaster recovery,

says Dirk Holzwarth, Alstoms virtualization Team Leader.

Thanks to VMware, my wie and kids see me more oten.

Recently, Alstoms CEO decided he wanted Blackberry

up and running within two months. With physical

inrastructure this would have taken our months - with

VMware, it took only one - and hal the staf. The IT team

spent a ew weeks creating virtual machine templates

that met their requirements and then provisioned

Blackberry rom the templates in a matter o hoursonto the VMware platorm.

It is important or us to keep operational costs low.

We have standardized on VMware Inrastructure and its

comprehensive application management toolset to improve

exibility and maximize operational eciency, says Daniel

Liyew, Alstoms Director, Data Centre Service Line.

Now the companys IT department is moving to VMware

vSphere 4 with the expectation o even higher eciency.

These eciency gains improve even more with VMware

vSphere 4, continues Liyew, thanks to eatures like

VMware Host Proles and VMware vNetwork Distributed

Switch. These eatures will allow us to deploy newhosts more quickly, achieve standardization, and more

eciently manage our virtualized environment to reduce

our operational overhead.

Right-SizeApplicationsWithVMwarevCenterCapacityIQ

SizingapplicationscanbeanightmareProvidetoomuch

capacityandyourcostsgothroughtherooProvidetoolittle

capacityandbreakyourservicelevelsWiththegrowingnumber

oapplicationstomanageitisincreasinglydiculttoright-size

capacitytomeetservicelevelswhilekeepingcostsundercontrol

VMwarevCenterCapacityIQenablesIToperationstosizeboththeunderlyingphysicalinrastructureaswellasthevirtual

machinesrunningontheinrastructureItprovideshistorical

trendingdataandidentiesunder-andover-provisionedvirtual

machinesForexampleITadministratorscanidentiyavirtual

machinethatisabouttorunoutocapacitybeoreservice

levelsgetimpactedCapacityIQalsoidentiesunderutilizedor

idlevirtualmachinesallowingIToperationstoreclaimunused

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IdentiyPerormanceBottlenecksWithVMware

vCenterAppSpeed

EvenwithanoptimallysizedinrastructureSLAviolations

arestillaactolieduetounoreseenworkloadspikesor

perormancebottlenecksUnortunatelyinrastructureteams

typicallyhavelimitedvisibilityintothesourceobottlenecks

andhavemanyunansweredquestionssuchasWhatsthe

inrastructureimpactonservicelevels?andWhatisthesource

operormancebottlenecks?Becauseothislackovisibility

whenanend-usercomplainsaboutslowresponsetimesthe

situationotenturnsintoanger-pointinggamebetween

inrastructureandapplicationteams

VMwarevCenterAppSpeedisaperormancemonitoring

productoptimizedorvSphereanddesignedtoendthenger-

pointinggameAppSpeedisdeliveredasavirtualappliance

andrequiresnoagentswithinthevirtualmachinesItpassively

listenstonetworktracgoingthroughthevirtualswitchinginrastructureandprovidestheollowinginormationtoIT

administrators:

Automaticallydiscoversandmapsbusinessservices

toindividualappsvirtualmachinesandESXhostsIT

administratorsgaindeepvisibilityintohowthediferent

businessservicesrelatetotheunderlyinginrastructure

Monitorsend-userservicelevelsincludingtransactionlatency,

throughputanderrorrate

Quicklyidentiesbottlenecksbybreakingdownthe

perormanceobusinessservicestoindividualapplications

virtualmachinesandESXhosts

ScaleDynamicallyToEnsureServiceLevels

Whenperormancebottlenecksdooccuritisotennecessaryto

scaleanapplicationtorestoreservicelevelsUnortunatelywhen

runningondedicatedphysicalserversre-sizingapplications

requiresre-provisioningonlargerphysicalhostswhichisatime

consumingandhighlydisruptiveundertakingDatabasesarea

goodexampleAdministratorshavetoorecastcapacity

requirementsyearsinadvanceandtranslatethatestimateinto

systemspecsincludingCPUandmemoryIconditionschange

theappmustbere-provisionedcausingdowntimedisruption

andseriousunhappinessinthecorneroces

VMwarevSphereprovidesanumberocapabilitiesthatenableIT

operationstoscaleapplicationsdynamically:

HotAddallowsITadministratorstoincreasethecapacityo

avirtualmachinewithnodowntimeForexampleaMicrosot

SQLvirtualmachinecouldbeincreasedromtovirtual

CPUsandromto8GBomemoryontheyMicrosotWindows008andSQL008cansel-tuneortheincreased

capacityenablingthenewSQLinstancetohandlemoreload

whilecontinuingtomeetservicelevels

VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS) enablesIT

administratorstoperormlivemigrationsovirtualmachines

inaDRSclusterromasmalloverutilizedhosttoalargerhost

withmoreavailablecapacity

Finally,iftheapplicationcanbescaledout(forexamplein

theWebtier)VMwarevSphereenablesastprovisioningoan

additionalapplicationinstancetohandleincreasedload


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ProtectAllApplicationsWithSimpleAnd

Cost-EectiveAvailability

EnsuringavailabilityoyourapplicationsisdicultEach

applicationcomponentmustbemadehighlyavailableand

operationsteamsotenstrugglewithaprolierationodiferent

clusteringandavailabilityoptionsTheWebtierisairlysimple

toprotectusingnetworkloadbalancingtheapplicationtiercan

beclusteredbutdatabasesaretypicallythemostdiculttierto

protectDatabasescanbeprotectedusingMicrosotClustering

databasemirroringorhigh-endoptionssuchasOracleRAC

Unortunatelythesesolutionsaresocomplexandexpensivethat

onlythemostcriticaldatabasestendtobeprotectedlessthan

0percentodatabaseinstancesonaverageThisisclearlya

problemas90percentodatabasesarevulnerabletounplanned

downtimepotentiallyimpactingimportantbusinessservices

VMwareprovidesarangeocapabilitiesthatextendavailability

to00percentoapplicationswithoutthecomplexityorcostoclustering(seeFigure6)

VMwareHAaeatureoVMwarevSphereprovidesautomated

applicationrestartintheeventoESXhostailureorOSailure

withinthevirtualmachineItisautomaticallyavailableorany

applicationrunningonVMwarevSphereVMwareHAissimple

anddoesnotrequireOSorapp-levelclusteringItisalsovery

costefectivebecauseitdoesntrelyondedicatedstandby

serversandinmanycasesallowstheuseolowercostOSand

applicationlicenses

VMwarevMotioneliminatesplanneddowntimeorhost

maintenanceWhenmaintenanceisrequiredonaphysicalhost

orexampleorahardwareorBIOSupdateallapplicationscan

belivemigratedtoanotherhostorthedurationothemaintenance

VMwareFTprotectsanyapplicationagainsthostailurewith

continuousavailabilitywithoutanydatalossordowntime

VMwareFTcreatesvirtualmachinepairsthatruninlockstep

essentiallymirroringtheexecutionstateoavirtualmachineTo

theexternalworldtheyappearasoneinstance(oneIPaddressoneapplication)buttheyareullyredundantinstances

Figure 6. Transformingavailabilityservicelevelsfordatabases


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AutomatedDisasterRecoveryForAllApplications

DisasterRecoveryisinherentlysimplerwithVMwareOncean

applicationisvirtualizeditisencapsulatedinavirtualmachine

andabstractedromtheunderlyinghardwareVirtualmachines

areeasytoreplicatetoaailoversiteandcanbelaunchedon

anyavailableESXhosteliminatingtheneedtohavededicated

standbyhardwareintheailoversite

VMwareSiteRecoveryManageracceleratesrecoveryand

ensuressuccessulrecoverybyautomatingtherecoveryprocess

andeliminatingthecomplexityomanagingandtesting

recoveryplansSiteRecoveryManagereliminatescomplex

manualrecoverystepsandremovestheriskandworryrom

disasterrecovery

Caseinpoint

Campbell Clinic, a 400-person healthcare provider, had

already implemented VMware Inrastructure 3 or the

consolidation benets; Weve virtualized everything

rom Exchange to SQL to SharePoint, says Justin Lauer,

Campbell Clinics IT Manager, and in doing so, weve

been able to nearly halve our total number o boxes.

When vSphere 4 launched, Campbell Clinic migrated its

production applications, including most o its business-

critical healthcare applications that provide access to

patient medical records and surgery-center practice

management systems, to the latest platorm.

Campbell Clinic is also leveraging VMware vSphere Data

Recovery to provide quick, simple, and cost-efective

backup and recovery. For smaller businesses with nite

IT resources, simplicity becomes a critical requirement,

which is something VMware understands, says Lauer.

With the new VMware Fault Tolerance in VMware vSphere

4, we can provide zero downtime, with continuous

protection against hardware ailures. Unlike clustering

sotware, VMware FT did not require application-level

customization and my staf was able to congure it with

a couple o mouse clicks.

I our applications go down, our doctors will not be able

to access the inormation they need to treat patients,

adds Lauer. Our business would efectively shut down.

We have enabled VMware Fault Tolerance or thesevirtual machines, giving us peace o mind that our critical

workloads will not experience any service interruption i

the hardware ails.

ISV Support

AstheindustrystandardorvirtualizationVMwarevSpherehas

receivedstrongISVsupportTodaywehavesupportstatements

inplaceromtheourlargestISVs:MicrosotIBMSAPand

OracleInadditionhundredsosmallerISVsociallysupport

VMwaresuchasCernerSybaseTibcoandmanyothersThe

listoISVswithocialsupportorVMwareisexpandingrapidly

withdozensonewISVseachmonth

VMwarevSphereistransparenttoapplicationsanddoesnot

introduceunctionalchangesHencemanyoourcustomers

choosetoruntheirapplicationsonvSphereevenwithout

ocialsupportstatementsromISVsInthesesituationsthe

vastmajorityoISVsstillchoosetoprovidethelevelosupport

requiredbycustomersWorstcasesomeISVsmightrequirethatproblemsbereproducedonphysicalserverspriortoproviding

supportThisisanoptionthatisseldomappliedinpracticeI

indoubtaskyourISVhowmanytimestheyhaverequested

physicalre-productionandhowmanybugstheyoundtobe

relatedtoESXFormostISVstheansweriszero!

SpecifcISVStatements

MicrosotSupport

BackinAugust008ESX5becametheindustrysrstthird-party

hypervisortobevalidatedunderMicrosotsServerVirtualization

ValidationProgramThismeansthatVMwareisnowcertiedand

ociallysupportedorWindowsandapplicationsincluding

Exchange007SQLServer008SharePoint007andDynamics

CRM0CustomersrunningtheseapplicationsonVMwareare

guaranteedtoreceivecollaborativesupportromMicrosotand

VMwareintheeventoproblems

MicrosothasalsoremovedthevMotiontaxInthepastlicenses

couldnotbemovedbetweenhostsmorethanonceevery90days

withoutincurringacostpenaltymakingitverydiculttotake

advantageoVMwarevMotionMicrosotlitedthisrestriction

reeingcustomerstousevMotionwithMicrosotapplicationsas

requentlyasdesiredwithoutpayingalicensingpenalty

AdditionalMicrosotsupportdocumentationcanbeoundat

theselocations:

http://support.microsot.com/?id=897615


http://windowsservercatalog.com/svvp

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OracleSupport

AlthoughsomeOraclemarketingdocumentsimplythatOracle

doesnotsupportVMwareandOraclesalesmighttellyouthat

VMwareisnotsupportedwearepleasedtoclariythatOracle

doeshaveasupportstatementinplaceorVMwareOracles

Metalinknote9publishedonMyOracleSupportdenes

OraclespolicyorsupportingapplicationsonVMwareThis

supportpolicyisverysimilartothetypesosupportprovided

byotherISVsAndjustlikeatotherISVsOraclesknownbug

repositoryMetalinkhasnothadasingleESXrelatedissue

loggedinmorethanthreeyearsBasedonourexperience

withmanyVMwarecustomersrunningOracleinproduction

onVMwarewhatitcomesdowntoisthatOraclessupport

organizationwillsupportyouwhenyoucall

HerearetheactsromOraclesstatement:

OraclewillacceptsSupportRequestsonVMwareforbugs

alreadyknowntoOracle

OraclemayacceptSupportRequestsonVMwareforbugsthat

arenotseenbyOracleasbeingcausedbyvirtualization

Oraclemaintainstherighttorequirephysicalreproductionif

theysuspectVMwareisatault(thoughrarelyenorced)

OracleRACistheonlyproductthatisexpresslynotsupported

onVMware

ForcustomersthatwanttorequestsupportromanewISV

VMwareprovidesanumberouseulresources

ContactourISVAllianceteamdirectly.Thisteamis

responsibleorworkingdirectlywithISVstoobtainsupport

orvSphereOurISVAllianceorganizationcanbecontactedat

[email protected]

DownloadourcustomertoolkitforISVsupport.Thistoolkit

includesanumberodocumentsorcustomerstoleverage

whendiscussingsupportwiththeirISVsItcanbedownloaded

athttp://www.vmware.com/les/pd/resources/isv_toolkit_

vmware_customers.pd

Conclusion

BusinessagilitydependsonITagilityandVMwarevSphere

enablesITtodeliverBystandardizingonthevSphereinternal

cloudtovirtualize00percentoyourapplicationsyoucan

reducecapitalandoperationalcostsby50percentwhile

providingamoredynamicplatormorapplicationsthat

streamlinestheentirebuild-run-manageapplicationcycle

Whilevirtualizingbusiness-criticalapplicationspresents

someuniquechallengesthemainlegacyconcernsaround

virtualizationspecicallyperormanceandISVsupportarea

thingothepastApplicationperormancehasimprovedsteadily

withmultipleproductgenerationsandwithVMwarevSphere

thereispracticallynoapplicationthatcannotbevirtualizedrom

aperormancestandpointTheourlargestISVsMicrosotIBMSAPandOraclehavesupportstatementsinplaceorVMware

VMwareisalsosupportedbyhundredsosmallerISVsand

gainingsupportromtensonewISVseachmonth

WithVMwarevSphereapplicationscanbedeliveredas

dynamicITservicesontheinternalcloudDevelopereciency

isincreasingdramaticallywithmodernapplicationarchitectures

andrameworksbutITishavinganincreasinglydiculttime

deliveringthesemodernapplicationsonrigidinexibleIT

inrastructureVMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterprovide

theidealplatormtodevelopandrunbothlegacyandnext-

generationapplications:aullsetocapabilitiesandsolutions

tostreamlinetheentirebuild-run-managecyclebringing

downthebarriersbetweendevelopmentandproductionWithVMwareapplicationteamsandITorganizationscanaccelerate

theapplicationliecycleromdevelopmenttoproductionand

guaranteeapplicationqualityoservice

NowisthetimetojointhemanyVMwarecustomersonthe

nextstepoyourjourneytotransormyourinrastructureintoa

dynamicinternalcloudRunyourbusiness-criticalapplications

includingExchangeSQLSAPandOracleonVMwarevSphere

withbreakthroughperormanceandoutstandingreliability

Buildaexiblecloudcomputinginrastructurethatcandeliver

business-criticalapplicationsasdynamiccost-ecientand

reliableITservices
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