...Microsoft and VM Solutions for virtual Computing Denyze McRae NT1210 Week 5 Essay Virtual Computing With the virtual world of computing transcending to the cloud, endless possibilities await who ever reaches the top first. Microsoft and VMware are competing to provide the virtual community with the best product. VMware is using the vSphere5 Enterprise Edition to combat the Windows Hyper-V3 Server 8, and does a very good job at that. Microsoft has taken huge steps in competition with VMware’s productivity and features. In many cases Microsoft has met VMware solutions and has possibly surpassed the competition, and at a more affordable price. However it is in VMware’s advantage that they have been well established in this area of expertise; however Windows is becoming the way of the future and is certainly one to bargain with. Microsoft Microsoft’s cloud computing solution helps customers meet their current and future IT challenges. The infrastructure of Microsoft cloud computing provides more choice and flexibility through options of either private or public cloud model depending on which one fits their requirements. Microsoft also offers comprehensive end-to-end management, and free cloud accelerator solutions with valuable out-of-box functionality. As result, Microsoft cloud computing helps companies increase how quickly they can respond to changes in their business environment and how effectively they can manage...
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...vCenter Server 5.0 vSphere Client 5.0 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition. To check for more recent editions of this document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs. EN-000589-01 vSphere Upgrade You can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at: http://www.vmware.com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: docfeedback@vmware.com Copyright © 2009–2011 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.vmware.com 2 VMware, Inc. Contents About vSphere Upgrade Updated Information 7 5 1 About the Upgrade Process 9 2 How vSphere 5.0 Differs from vSphere 4.x 11 3 System Requirements 13 ESXi Hardware Requirements 13 ESXi Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems 16 vCenter Server and vSphere Client Hardware Requirements 16 vCenter Server Software Requirements 19 vSphere Client and vSphere...
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...Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Best Practices Guide Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Best Practices Guide © 2011 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. This product is covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/download/patents.html. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. VMware, Inc 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.vmware.com © 2011 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 70 Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Best Practices Guide Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................... 7 1.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Target Audience ............................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Scope ............................................................................................................................. 8 2. VMware ESX Host Best Practices for Exchange .............................. 9 2.1 CPU Configuration Guidelines ....................................................................................... 9 2.2 Memory...
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...Table of Contents I. Proposal a. Subject of Proposal b. Business Problem Statement c. Solutions d. Benefits e. Audience II. Milestone 1 a. Business Issues b. Benefits of Solving the Problem c. Business/Technical Approach d. Solution III. Milestone 2 a. Cloud Virtualization Vendor b. Value of Approach c. How to accomplish it IV. Milestone 3 a. Summary of Plan b. Overall Conclusion Proposal/ Problem Statement Going to the doctor’s office for an appointment can turn into a very long and tiresome affair. Upon arriving, you have to check in, only to wait in a very long line to put your name down. Next, comes the seemingly endless process of waiting to get your name called which often takes up to an hour on a busy day. Finally, after being taken to the examination room, there is yet another half hour wait. So, what ends up taking only about five minutes of the actual doctors time, leaves you with half the day gone. These issues of several different waiting periods are what many patients deal with and often lead to hesitation in actually making an appointment. The lackluster communications involved in this structure is what makes this a bad business to operate. Essentially, a doctor’s office is a business, and like any other business, customers are vital. However, in a fast moving society where the economy is struggling, time is money and many people do not have the luxury to sit and wait. These inefficient...
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...datacenter rack space will be conserved through the consolidation. Project Scope Statement Description The PBX Virtualization project will involve taking eight physical in production PBX (Private Branch Exchange) servers and putting them into a redundant virtual environment. The virtual environment will consist of four physical nodes and two redundant iSCSI SAN’s (Storage Servers) each holding a capacity of seven terabytes. The virtual environment will be powered by VMWare’s virtualization software. Acceptance Criteria The project will be accepted once the objectives below have been completed: • Install and configure redundant network switches • Install and configure (4) relatively powerful servers • Install and configure VMWare software with proper licensing • Provision and set-up the Storage Area Network (SAN)’s • Virtualize the existing eight physical in production PBX servers •...
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...WeMakeConnections TTI Multi Campus Network Executive Summary: WeMakeConnections is an up-and-coming networking and infrastructure company; we offer network solutions that are customized to each client, and their specific financial and technical needs. We provide a le82vel of service you would expect from a close friend, not a company. We service all network sizes, large and small, and have worked extensively with existing network upgrades, as well as total network creation. WeMakeConnections offers personalized services to match any budget. In this day and age competition is fierce, and money is tight. That is why we only hire people who love networking; they know what works, what doesn't, and where we can cut waste. That is why WeMakeConnections is the only company that offers a complimentary follow up, one month after your network is complete. We want to make sure you love your network. Each of our eight core employee's graduated from the prestigious ITT Tech, San Diego. Each has a passion for networking, and genuine love for problem solving. From the cabling in the walls to workstations on the desks, a trained professional will be on the job. Based on the request for proposal from TTI, we have created what may be, our masterpiece work. The following pages detail our plan of action for TTI's success, and subsequent expansions. We are confident that our network provides the best return on investment for TTI's four additional campuses, and will be easily scaled to...
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...Hypervisors 1 Runner Header: Hypervisors Hypervisors CIS 512 December 16, 2012 Hypervisors 2 In today’s world technology has advance in numerous ways. Technology has given the capabilities to receive, fix, and move objects without being present. This is the concept of virtualization. “Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources”. The virtualization innovation has assisted companies in a positive way, but also can inflict negative wounds to the organization. Virtualization is a proven software technology that is rapidly transforming the IT landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people compute. The 1960s was when virtualization was first deployed by IBM, itts main purpose was to operate mainframe hardware through separating them into virtual machine. In the 1980s and 1990s virtualization was not needed due to the growing numbers of desktop computing and x86 servers. New issues came to rise such as soaring maintenance and managing cost which lead to the creation of virtualization for x86 platform. Virtualization significantly drops general IT costs. Virtualization permits you to run several operating systems on a single computer. In July 2006 Microsoft made public a free Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 which is a windows hosted virtualization program. The latest version is combined with Windows 7 operating system (http://www.infobarrel.com/History_of_Virtualization)...
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...VMware vSphere 5 Key Features and Benefits Comparison KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS VSPHERE 5 ENTERPRISE PLUS WINDOWS SERVER 2008 MICROSOFT HYPER-V R2 SP1 CITRIX XENSERVER 5.6 SP2 RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION 2.2 Infrastructure Services: Virtualize and Aggregate Hardware Resources VMware vSphere™ infrastructure services transform discrete hardware resources into a shared mainframe-like computing platform that is incredibly resilient and capable of running the most demanding applications with near-native performance. VMware Compute: Infrastructure services that efficiently virtualize server resources and aggregate them into logical pools that can precisely be allocated to applications. VMware ESXi - virtualize server resources comprehensively • Bare-metal architecture VMware ESXi inserts a robust virtualization layer directly on the server hardware for near-native virtual machine performance, reliability and scalability. 3 Yes, but Hyper-V requires Windows Server 2008. The stand-alone Hyper-V Server R2 requires a large portion of Windows Server 2008 Yes, but XenServer requires a Linux OS in the Domain 0 management partition No, RHEV requires a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host OS • Small footprint. VMware ESXi is a compact, 144MB hypervisor. It is a fraction of the size of a general purpose operating system for unparalleled security and reliability. 3 No Microsoft Hyper-V R2 SP1 with Server Core has a 3.6 GB footprint No XenServer 5.6 including its Linux...
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...Cloud Computing Future Proof IT… Internal Cloud External Cloud APP APP Owned and Operated by IT Rented by IT Unlock new market based economies of scale, service and innovation beyond what currently exists today What is Virtualization? What is Virtualization? Physical World Virtualized World Hardware Traditional x86 Architecture • Single OS image per machine • Software and hardware tightly coupled • Multiple applications often conflict • Underutilized resources Virtualization: • Separation of OS and hardware • OS and application contained in single file • Applications are isolated from one another • Hardware independence & flexibility Typical Consolidation: 15:1 Key Properties of Virtual Machines •Partitioning Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine system resources between virtual machines Divide Key Properties of Virtual Machines •Partitioning Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines •Isolation Fault and security isolation at the hardware level resource controls preserve performance Advanced Key Properties of Virtual Machines •Partitioning Run multiple operating systems on one physical machine Divide system resources between virtual machines •Isolation Fault and security isolation at the hardware level Advanced resource controls preserve performance •Encapsulation Entire state of...
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..._________________________ _________________________ 2. From the VDC desktop, use RDP to log in to your assigned VMware vCenter Server™ system: Your vCenter Server system is Your vCenter Server user name is Your remote login password is vm-kitname0#b.vmeduc.com Administrator vmware1! LAB 1: Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces Desktop Administrator password Location of the installation software Setup language Your VMware ESXi™ host name ESXi host user name ESXi host root password LAB 2: Configuring VMware ESXi Your ESXi host name ESXi host root password Active Directory domain name Domain administrator user name Domain administrator password Preferred DNS server VMkernel default gateway NTP server LAB 3: Working with Virtual Machines Your ESXi host name ESXi host root password Virtual machine datastore name Guest operating system ISO images location Virtual machine Administrator password LAB 4: Using VMware vCenter Server vCenter Server system name vCenter Server user name vCenter Server password Your ESXi host name ESXi host root password Enterprise Plus license key vCenter Server license key vmware1! Lab Files\vSphere 5.0 installer English ESXi02.vclass.local root vmware1! esxi02.vclass.local vmware1! vclass.local Administrator vmware1! 172.20.10.10 172.20.10.10 172.20.10.10 esxi02.vclass.local vmware1! datastore1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) datastore1\ISO-files vmware (omit- 1!) vc02.vclass.local VCLASS\Administrator vmware1! esxi02.vclass.local vmware1!...
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...2/27/2013 IT109 Inst. Bomani VMware, Inc. is an American software company, founded in 1998, providing cloud and virtualization software and services on desktop platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Its founders were Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion. By the use of virtualization, VMware hides the physical computing platform by showing another abstract computing platform to the users. VMware developed a range of products, most notable of which are their hypervisors (virtual machine manager). A virtual machine (VM) is a simulation of a machine that is usually different from the target or host workstation using a Virtual Player; which provides the means of running the virtual environment. Virtual machines emulate the computer architecture and functions of a real world computer. Virtual machines are separated into two major classifications, based on their use and degree of correspondence to any real machine: * A system virtual machine provides a complete system platform which supports the execution of a complete operating system. These usually emulate an existing architecture, and are built with either the purpose of providing a platform to run programs where the real hardware is not available for use (for example, executing software on otherwise obsolete platforms), or of having multiple instances of virtual machines lead to more efficient use of computing resources, both in terms of energy consumption and...
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...Administration on Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux environment. VERITAS Volume Manager and Cluster Server experience. Websphere Application Server experience Virtualization Technologies VMware ESXi 5 Large 24x7 mission-critical production environment experience. Unix Administration, maintainance providing support in an enterprise enviroment (Resolved, escalated and dispatched technical issues) Experience with EMC/Openfiler SAN,configured and Managed SAN storage for Vmware Vsphere enviroment . Communication skills in handling diversified activities like Customer Support, in various capacities from front-end field engineer to the present capacity working. Well versed with Incident resolution and Change Management process. Performing Datacenter administration ( HP/SUN Servers including C7000,M4000, M5000, T5220, T5240, V440, V480/V490, V880/V890, E4500, E6500) tasks such: Backups, restore, Tape Management, Installation, Upgradation & Decommission of Servers. Excellent problem solver with strong communication and interpersonal skills. High ability to work in a team environment and interact with cross-function team members, able to lead as well as to accept instruction, enjoy sharing beneficial knowledge. Certification History: Certificates: SUN Certified System Administrator (SCSA) Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Vmware Certified...
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...study ORGANIZATION: VMware Palo Alto, California, United States YEAR: LOCATION: PROJECT NAME: Virtualization of the computing Platform Summary VMware was founded in early 1998 with the plan to bring a modernized version of virtualization to industry standard compute systems. The vision was that this would greatly improve people’s ability to fully utilize, secure, and flexibly manage their compute infrastructure. This vision has resulted in the emergence of a significant industry and also great benefits for VMware’s customers. a sampling of those that have standardized on VMware Virtual Infrastructure shows estimated average savings of ~$1M in hardware, ~$200K in power, and ~222 hours/month in labor. The customers are seeing a return on investment in anywhere from days to at most 9 months. VMware started the x86 virtualization market and today has over 20,000 enterprise customers, over four million users, and is partnered with every major industry player in the x86 space. VMware has received over 65 awards for product innovation and excellence and is consistently recognized as the industry leader in virtualization. Network World wrote in december 2005: “while many companies are having a transformative effect on the computer market, one vendor is at the very forefront of acquiring power: VMware. VMware’s virtual machine products are some of the best in the market and its financial performance has been stunning.” From cNet on March 31, 2006: “it’s VMware, which leads the virtualization...
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...Running Head: Virtualization How will virtualization change the way government agencies do business in the future? Virtualization Abstract: Server and application virtualization is a hot topic among many government information technology program managers. Today’s government agencies are focusing on reducing expenses while improving the capabilities that information technology provides its customers. This is a difficult task to accomplish with shrinking budgets. A key technology that can help reduce costs in multiple ways is virtualization. Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources. There are many advantages and disadvantages associated with virtualization. Each government agency that is considering virtualization needs to investigate both aspects and make the informed decision according to their business needs and their customers. Depending on the environment that some agencies operate in, virtualization may not be a logical or realistic choice for many of its information technology needs due to security policies that may be in effect. This is especially true within the intelligence community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) where they are required to keep different security classifications of data physically separated. Even though system security classification and policy effect government IT environments, the emergence...
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...VMWARE, INC. FORMReport) 10-K (Annual Filed 02/28/11 for the Period Ending 12/31/10 Address Telephone CIK Symbol SIC Code Industry Sector Fiscal Year 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE PALO ALTO, CA 94304 (650) 427-5000 0001124610 VMW 7372 - Prepackaged Software Software & Programming Technology 12/31 http://www.edgar-online.com © Copyright 2011, EDGAR Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distribution and use of this document restricted under EDGAR Online, Inc. Terms of Use. Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For transition period from to Commission File Number 001-33622 VMWARE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 3401 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA (Address of principal executive offices) (650) 427-5000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by a check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned...
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