IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine Platform Click to edit Master title style Delivering enhanced capabilities in 2 H 2005 Tom Monza IBM Systems and Technology Group 5/11/2005 IBM Confidential © 2005 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group Taking virtualization to the next step § Traditional view of virtualization – Make a large system look like many – partitioning technology § Evolving to the next level – Make many small systems look like one § Virtualization facilitates On Demand Businesses – Continues the evolution of transaction processing to collaborative processing – Open standards and interfaces are required • IBM Systems are the first systems in the industry to enable web services resource management based on MUWS and WSRF 2 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine: product to platform Traditional Approach Guiding Principles Closed Systems Simplified access and control Unique components for each system Unique Systems Management tools Unique interfaces Unique System Administration Skills Investment protection Non-standard GUI Shared innovation & learning Dedicated resources Interoperability No Capacity management Transaction by Transaction Management Support for heterogeneous environment Programmatic Interface Common System Administration Skills Proprietary LANs and No shared I/O Monolithic Vertically integrated Storage 4 Virtual access On Demand Infrastructure Open standards Open ecosystem Freedom of Choice IBM Confidential Virtual view Virtual planning tools Virtual management Workload & performance managers Resource management, modeling, mapping Virtual Resources Resource virtualizers IBM Server & Storage Systems Strategic Platform © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine platform overview Virtual access Programmatic Interface Virtual view Virtual planning tools Virtual management 5 Virtual access Virtual management Workload & performance managers Resource management, modeling, mapping Virtual Resources Virtual resources Resource virtualizers IBM Server & Storage Systems On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine platform overview: detail Enterprise Management Virtualization. Virtual Engineview: VE Console, Programmatic Interface: console IBM Total. Storage SOA, Resource modeling, Productivity Center Web services IBM W SA , W SS G , W S- RF , … Virtual access Non-systems management vendors Virtual planning tools AR M , W SN , W SR P, W SB N, Virtual management Workload & performance managers: EWLM Resource management, modeling, mapping: Director, RDS, Resource modeling Other servers & storage S MUW BEA Computer Associates HP Hitachi HP, Dell, EMC, SUN, … Virtual resources Others … 3 rd party Resource virtualizers Virtualizers partitioning, virtual machines, I/O, networks, SVC, VTS, SAN File System VMware, CISCO, Net. App… IBM Server Systems IBM System 9 -109, z. Series 800, 890, 900, 990; x. Series 445, 455, 460, 366, 365; p 5, i 5, IBM Blade. Center, IBM Open. Power IBM Storage Systems DS 4000, DS 6000, DS 8000 6 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group Why is a platform important ? § Provides a methodical approach to virtualization § Customers can start where they want § Expand consistently – customers can add what they need when they need it § Reduce integration costs through architected interoperability § Facilitates skill reuse § Open interfaces and industry standard support allow others to participate in this infrastructure 7 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group On-going standards-based approach Web Services Access to a Resource Standardization must happen at three levels: § Web services access to a resource § Resource model § Mapping of WS to the resource model Globus Toolkit 3. 0 IBM Open Source Contributions of key OGSI components 4/2003 IBM Grid Software Tech Preview (OGSI runtime and tools) 12/2002 8 WSDM to CIM mappings § CIM based Virtual Server model § DMTF System Mgmt Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Resource Model Standard Models (Based on CIM) Standard Models (Other Sources) VE V 1 WSDM MUWS 1. 0 (WSDM-CIM mappings) 2006 2005 (includes CRM built on OGSI) 12/2003 § DMTF CIM Schema 2. 9 § SNIA SMI-S 1. 1 Future IBM Grid Toolbox V 3 (includes CRM built on OGSI) VE-Based Solution 8/2004 IBM Grid Toolbox V 3 On Demand Infrastructure § WS-Notification § WS-Addressing § WS-Security Mapping WS to Resource model 2004 2003 Management using Web Services (WSDM MUWS) § WS-Resource. Framework VE V 2 ODI: RM Tier (Based on WSDM MUWS) 2 H 2005 IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group What’s new in 2 H? • Integrated Virtualization Manager Now 1 - – Simplified partition creation & management Virtual access Programmatic Interface Virtual view Virtual planning tools Virtual management 9 Workload & performance managers RDS modeling, Resource management, mapping IBM Director EWLM Virtual Resources Resource virtualizers Net. App Integrated Virtualization Mgr IBM Server & Storage Systems LTO • IBM Director – New capabilities & platforms • Enterprise Workload Manager – Partition management based on business goals – Additional Platform support (z/OS, Linux, and HP/UX) • Resource Dependency Services – Map resources to workloads • Virtual Tape for Open (LTO) • Net. App SVC Interoperability On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Virtualization Engine Platform: Storage Enhancements Virtual access Virtualization Engine Virtual view: VE Console, Programmatic Interface: console IBM Total. Storage SOA, Resource modeling, Productivity Center Virtual planning tools Virtual management Workload & performance managers: EWLM Resource management, modeling, mapping: Director, RDS, Resource modeling Resource virtualizers partitioning, virtual machines, I/O, networks, SVC, VTS, SAN File System IBM System 9, z. Series 800, 890, 900; x. Series 445, 455, 460, 366, 365; p 5, i 5, IBM Blade. Center, IBM Open. Power • VTS Vaulting • SAN Volume Controller support for Linux on z. Series • SAN File System support for Linux on z. Series Virtual resources IBM Server Systems • Open Virtual Tape IBM Storage Systems DS 4000, DS 6000, DS 8000 3584, 3494, 3592 • Interoperability of Block and IP Virtualization Solutions – SVC and Net. App *All statements regarding IBM’s future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. 10 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group Enterprise Workload Manager • Dynamic policy based workload management for resource optimization in multi-tier heterogeneous application environments Domain Manager • Dynamically adjust LPAR CPU allocation to meet performance goals • Influence compatible network load balancers decisions to achieve performance goals • Dynamic detection of enabled server and application topology Management Domain • End to end collection and reporting of application performance against predefined goals • IBM and non-IBM platforms and OS supported • Coordinated management with Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator (Coming soon) 11 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
Enterprise Workload Management V 2 § Complete e. Server platform coverage – IBM operating systems – AIX, i 5/OS, z/OS – Windows & Linux (manage) – Solaris & HP-UX (advise) § LPAR management for Power 5 – Ability to make changes in the amount of CPU resource in a partition ü Customer has ability to cap the partition § Enterprise Resource Director (ERD) – Velocity based goals for entire partition (similar to IRD on z. Series) – Designed for un-ARM instrumented applications – Primarily aimed at single application / single OS LPAR management § EWLM/TIO/TPM integration as a services offering – Trigger provisioning actions based on service goal breaches – Service offering initially – productized capability still tbd 12 IBM Confidential
EWLM Enhancements Automatically match processor resources to workloads as business demands change • Cross-system optimization based on pre-defined business goals • Resource allocation based on response time and business importance • Tradeoffs can be made between partitions based on data collected at both the single system and distributed system view. Hypervisor IBM Confidential Hardware Management Console (HMC) AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Virtual I/O paths Hypervisor 13 AIX 5 L V 5. 2 Ethernet sharing Virtual I/O paths Jay Kruemcke IBM 2003 Linux Virtual I/O Server Storage sharing Micro-partitioning AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Virtual I/O server partition 6 CPUs 2 6 CPUs AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Ethernet sharing Virtual I/O Server AIX 5 L V 5. 3 AIX 5 L V 5. 2 AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Linux Storage sharing 4 CPUs Micro-partitioning AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Virtual I/O server partition 6 CPUs 2 6 CPUs Linux 4 CPUs Dynamically resizable AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Dynamically resizable
IBM Systems and Technology Group Resource Dependency Service • Automatic Discovery of IBM and non-IBM resources • Identifies dependencies and relationships • Graphical display of topology via VEC • Customer may – logically group resources to reflect business objectives. – View resource properties & status – Zoom, pan, etc. • Customer can view relationships to discover side effects of problem resources or operator actions 14 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM e-business on demand Manageable Resource Decomposition and Standards Management Applications MR Model (WSDL) Resource Specific Manageability Common Information Model (CIM) (not to be confused with a CIM Server) Resource Specific Components Mapping of CIM to WSDM (WS-CIM) Common Manageability Manageable Resource Components Web Services Platform Management using Web Services (WSDM MUWS) WS-Resource. Framework (WSRF) WS-Notification (WS-N) WS-Addressing …. . Web Services Components MR Web Service Resource Instrumentation Resources 15 © 2005 IBM Corporation Resources IBM Confidential On Demand Infrastructure
IBM e-business on demand The Anatomy of a Manageable Resource External Web Services Interface Resource Model (WSDL) § From the perspective of the client, the manageable resource is a single encapsulated instance exposed through the external web services interface. § Internal implementation provides mapping and Manageable Resource Web Service Implementation proprietary communication Native Resource Instrumentation Internal Implementation 16 © 2005 IBM Corporation federation of resource state, management operations, events and relationships. § Existing resource implementations must be extended and adapted to allow the integration with the On Demand management infrastructure. • Investment protection - This is not a complete replacement of the management systems and infrastructures that we have been building for years, however an adaptation. Isolation from Implementation IBM Confidential On Demand Infrastructure
IBM On Demand Infrastructure Evolution of manageable resources See Manage Automate Tier 0 Tier 1 Tier 2 Discovery, Identification, Relationships and Topologies Basic Monitoring and Management § 17 On Demand Infrastructure Resource Health Management UI – Real time state and events – Red, yellow, green status… – Operations to start, stop, reboot, etc. IBM Confidential Virtualization, Provisioning, Availability and Performance § Service Level Automation – Performance mgmt – Availability mgmt – Configuration mgmt § Virtualization Management (UI) – Consistency across platforms realized via ODI: RM abstraction. – Create, modify and delete virtualized resources. © 2005 IBM Corporation
IBM On Demand Infrastructure Staging of functionality – Tier 0, 1, and 2 Manageable Resource State (health) Operations Performance Identity Relationships Extensibility WSDL Availability Resource Model (WSDL) Virtualization 18 WS Tier 0 – Discovery, Identity, Relationships and Topology – Identity and Correlation (names) – Relationships – Topologies of related resources § Tier 1 – Basic Monitoring and Management – Resource state (health) and event notification – Management operations (start, stop, reboot, etc. ) – Resource Instrumentation § Tier 2 – Virtualization, Availability and Performance – Virtualization and provisioning – BR Extensions (Aspects) • • • Availability metrics Availability state Availability operations – EWLM Extensions (Aspects) EWLM Discovery Native Resource Instrumentation WS BR Web Service Implementation § On Demand Infrastructure • IBM Confidential Performance metrics © 2005 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group VE Console • Single portal for administering virtual resources • Consolidated view of resource health across multiple operating systems • Graphical dashboard of monitored metrics • Graphical display of resource topology, relationships and dependencies (via RDS) • Fix acquisition for multiple systems from a single console • Deep OS management navigation without detailed OS knowledge 19 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
VE Console R 2 Highlights Customer Value: Functional Areas: Ø Consolidated health of my environment Ø Health Center § Health center § Hardware problems § More sources of health § Usability enhancements Ø Relationships of my resources Ø Business Resource Topology § Resource topology § Understanding resource dependencies § Exploits ODI RM § RTDS Management Ø Apply my expertise to new areas Ø Hardware Management § Converged tasks § Launch-in-context (Li. C) § Hardware Problems § Partition Planning and Management § Launch-in-Context Ø Drill deep into OS management Ø OS Management § OS extensions for i 5/OS § Launch-in-context for other OS’s (Li. C) § Launch-in-Context § Launchpad Ø Keep VE environment running smoothly with minimal/no effort § § 20 Ø VE Management Software Updates (for VE solution) Virtualization Readiness on welcome page Setup wizard, SSO/RMS configuration Single Signon VE Console | § § § IBM Confidential VE Serviceability Virtualization readiness Setup wizard, SSO/RMS Configuration Launchpad Single Signon © 2004 IBM Corporation
Major Functions 21 q Launch-in-Context q Health Center q Business Resource Topology q VE Serviceability q Hardware Management q Resource Topology and Discovery Services (RTDS) Management q Integration of Partition Planning and Management q VE Serviceability q VE Management q OS Management q Launchpad VE Console | IBM Confidential © 2004 IBM Corporation
Launch-in-Context q Console utility to launch specific-tasks in other consoles. q Launches the most-used functions from Ø IBM Director Console Ø Web. SM Console Ø i. Series Navigator Console q Launching is done from within the flow of a VE Console scenario. q Launch-in-Context is a tool for: Ø Coping with functions that have not yet migrated to the ISC Ø Leveraging function that will never migrate to the ISC q 22 Customers prefer to have access to an entire scenario, even if it launches another console within its flow. VE Console | IBM Confidential © 2004 IBM Corporation
Health Center q Provides consolidated health of administrator’s world q Eliminates the need for an admin to look at multiple consoles just to determine whether everything is OK. q Focus is: ØResource health ØMonitoring ØProblem identification ØCorrective management Enterprise Workload Mgr Domain Manager IBM Tivoli Monitoring Server IBM Director Mgmt Server Cluster Systems Mgr Mgmt Server ITM Director CSM EWLM 23 Health Center VE Console | IBM Confidential Mgmt Central (i 5 OS) Mgmt Server MC © 2004 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Director - Reducing Complexity, Delivering Value Easy to Use Open Design § Get started faster § Accomplish more in a shorter period of time § Help reduce training costs for IT staff § Extend functionality to meet your specific needs § Simplify with a single tool to manage different server platforms and non-IBM systems § Take advantage of the latest industry standards Integrated Toolset 26 § Help reduce costs with a consistent, single point-of management § Complement your existing IT investment On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group VE Console Systems Management IBM Director Easy to use CA • New streamlined interface to boost productivity • Lightweight agents for easy deployment • Software health check to take the hassle out of update management BMC Microsoft Upward Interoperability Open Design • Partners in Management program to provide customers with more choice and management capability • Broad platform support as key component of IBM’s Virtualization Engine • Improved interoperability with higher leve systems management products red. Hat Integrated Toolset • Improved Developers Kit to facilitate third party integration • Additional extensions for advanced hardware features 27 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential Windows Su. SE i 5/OS V 5 R 3 © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Director Cross Platform Function 28 – Discovery, Inventory Discover and Inventory my environment – Monitor, Hardware Status Let me know if my servers are healthy – Event Action Plans Define events and actions to notify me if there is a problem – Process Manager Monitor my important OS and application processes – Group Management Create and manage dynamic and static groups of systems – Remote Session/Remote Control Establish either a graphical remote session or command line sessions to all of my remote systems – File Transfer files and manage directories on systems and groups – Task Scheduler Schedule and monitor non-interactive management tasks – Software Distribution/Update Assistant Deploy firmware, device driver, SW packages to systems or groups On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Director Highlights Feature 29 Description Benefits Streamlined User Interface Clean, customizable console. User decides which tasks and what information is displayed Easy to get started and improved productivity by accomplishing more in a shorter period of time Broader e. Server Platform coverage New management servers for AIX, Linux on Power, and Linux on z. Series. New agents for Linux on z. Series Reduces number of platform specific management tools and reduces the skills required to manage your e. Server environment Reduced Agent Footprint Three levels of agents including agent less or zero footprint (Level 0), core hardware services (Level 1), and full IBM Director Agent (Level 2). Ease of deployment and discovery saves time and resources. More customer choice regarding the level of hardware management desired. Software Health Check Right click on update to perform software health check. IBM Director creates a dynamic group of systems requiring that update. Saves time trying to determine which systems are in need of an update. Helps keep systems running optimally with the latest system software. Software Developers Kit (SDK) Tools and documentation to facilitate developing and integrated extension to IBM Director. Facilitates the creation of an IBM Director ‘ecosystem’ of extensions to provide customers more choice and capability from a single, integrated IBM Director console. On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Director Highlights Feature 30 Description Benefits Event Action Plan Wizard Easy to use, step-by-step guide to let IBM Director know what you want to monitor and what action you want to take in response to an alert. Reduces the time it takes to be productive and enables you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time. Blade. Center Chassis Configuration Manager Provides integration point for Blade. Center subsystem configurations allowing you to create and read configurations for chassis component devices and broadcast configurations to multiple chassis. Increased productivity and time savings by making it easier to configure Blade. Center chassis and subsystems. Virtual Server Deployment and Server Complex Creation and grouping of virtual servers under z/VM and deployment of Linux systems Fast, easy, and repeatable deployment of new virtual servers under z/VM. Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) integration No charge module that surfaces IBM Director hardware management information into Microsoft Operations Manager. Protects and augments investment in MOM deployment and training with complementary systems management information. Automated Inventory Change Control Monitors changes in inventory and can alert when there is a change. More accurate and timely asset management by providing notification of missing systems or components or systems that have been upgraded. On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group IBM Director ‘Tiered’ Agent §Level 0 = “Agentless Management” – Discovery, login, Attributes, Power Control, base Inventory, Remote Session – Promotion to Level 1 or Level 2 through Software Distribution §Level 1 = “Core Services” 50% Smaller!! – Level 0 + Event Log, Event Action Plans, Hardware Status, platform specific Inventory, Director Update Assistant, Upward Integration – Promotion to Level 2 through Software Distribution §Level 2 = “IBM Director Agent” – Level 1 + all remaining "for free" tasks 31 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) Easy to Use Integrated Virtualization Mgr Integrated Virtualization Manager • Browser-based, intuitive, user friendly interface Targeted at Small to Medium Business • Ideal for organizations who want to virtualize a single server Lower Price “HMC within a partition” • Provides LPAR / Virtualization support without an HMC • Included at no additional charge with purchase of Advanced Power Virtualization VIOS IVM AIX 5 L V 5. 3 Linux RHEL 4 Linux SLES 9 Virtual LAN POWER Hypervisor 32 On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems and Technology Group Summary Virtualization Openness Collaborative Innovation 33 The IBM Virtualization Engine platform is a comprehensive virtualization portfolio enabling customers to virtualize resources Commit to openness to redefine how to acquire systems, avoid being “locked in” and achieve needed integration. Collaborate to innovate with the capability to share information, processes and functions across the enterprise and beyond, as well as participation in industry innovation networks On Demand Infrastructure IBM Confidential © 2003 IBM Corporation
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