IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.2 Overview

IBM Systems Director
IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.2

Overview
Greg Hintermeister
2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems Director VMControl

What is It?
A plug-in to IBM Systems Director to enhance virtualization management, simplify
virtual appliance deployment, and pool systems to manage workloads across
platforms
No-charge features
Manage virtual servers, hosts, platforms
z/VM
PowerVM
VMware, Microsoft, Xen
Performance Summary
Chargeable features
Image Management
Deploy
Capture
Import
Versioning
System Pools
Resilience Policy
Placement Plans
Workloads
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Editions
Express Edition
Create virtual servers
Edit virtual servers
Manage virtual servers
Relocate virtual servers
Monitor, performance summary, thresholds, automation
Standard Edition (VMControl Image Manager)
Express edition
Discover existing image repositories
import external, OVF images into your repositories as virtual appliances
Capture a running virtual server, complete with guest operating system, running applications, and virtual server
Import virtual appliance packages from the Internet or other external sources
Deploy virtual appliances quickly to create new virtual servers
Enterprise Edition (VMControl System Pools, VMControl Image Manager)
Express edition
Standard Edition
Create system pools
Deploy virtual appliances into system pools
Add hosts, monitor the health of the resources and their status
Manage workloads that group virtual servers that contribute to a business workload
60-day evaluation period for VMControl Image Manager and VMControl System Pools
IBM Systems Director VMControl Systems Director

6.1.2
VMControl 2.1 VMControl 2.2
Virtualization Management Themes and Goals Comparison

Discover & visualize resources and relationships
Before: Virtual servers and hosts, topology map
After: z/VM resources and relationships, image repositories, deployment history
New: Resource views, new relationships
Show health & tasks from all resources and relationships

Before: Health summary, monitoring, create virtual server, suspend,
After: Adds status, monitors, and tasks for z/VM resources, image repository,
New: Dashboard (workload, system pool), performance summary
Grow existing workload by expanding or relocating

Before: Edit virtual server, edit host, relocate, relocation plans
After: Adds z/VM virtual server edit and management tasks
New: Relocation within system pools, Add hosts to pools for increased resource
Use virtualization to help maintain, repair and upgrade servers

Before: User can update firmware and OS, but must start relocate, manage resources
New: System pools, Resilience policy, enter/exit maintenance mode
Add new resources and work into a virtual environment

Before: User can manually create virtual servers, install operating systems, applications
After: Users can deploy virtual appliance, automatically deploy virtual server, OS, apps.
New: Workloads, automatic placement of deployed work, virtual appliance versioning
Consolidate existing environments

Before: Users can manually relocate, but must choose targets
New: Placement plans, resilience policy


Summary Page
Basics
Basic tasks
Install agents
Setup z/VM, NIM
Discover
License
Learn
Workloads
Virtual Appliances
System Pools
Virtual
Servers/Hosts


Summary Page
Basics
Workloads
Status
Lists
Deploy
Group as Workload
Dashboard
Virtual Appliances
System Pools
Virtual
Servers/Hosts


Summary Page
Basics
Workloads
Virtual Appliances
What to deploy
Where to deploy
What to capture
Where to store
Import
Versioning
Lists
System Pools
Virtual Servers/Hosts


Summary Page
Basics
Workloads
Virtual Appliances
System Pools
Status
Lists
Create
Add Hosts
Dashboard
Virtual Servers/Hosts


Summary Page
Basics
Workloads
Virtual Appliances
System Pools
Virtual
Servers/Hosts
Status
Virtual Servers and Hosts
Virtual farms
Relocation Plans
Performance Summary


Enhanced Virtualization
Multi-Platform Management
Manage Virtual Servers and Hosts
HMC and Systems
VS Life-cycle management
Topology Maps
Deploy/Create empty virtual server
Manage z/VM hosts, virtual servers
Monitoring, automation
Edit virtual resources
Edit Hosts
Edit Virtual Servers
GUI or command line
Edit z/VM virtual servers
Relocate
Live relocation
Plan for relocation


HMC and Systems
Life-cycle management
Topology Maps
Deploy virtual server
Manage z/VM hosts, virtual servers
Edit Hosts
GUI or command line
Relocate
Live relocation
Plan for relocation


HMC and Systems
Life-cycle management
Topology Maps
z/VM hosts, virtual servers
Edit Hosts
GUI or command line
Relocate
Virtual Farms
Live relocation
PowerVM, Xen, VMware
Plan for relocation
PowerVM, Xen, VMware, MSVS


Enhanced Virtualization Details z/VM
Deploy/Create Virtual Server

Creates a new, empty virtual server
Available from deploy task on z/VM
host
Base on existing on or from scratch.
Existing server exceptions:
Disk allocation is not set as default
Passwords are not set as default
Options:
Processors
Memory
Minidisk
Virtual disk
Temporary disk
Linked disk
Dedicated disk
Network ports
Server related settings


Enhanced Virtualization Details Power System, VMware, etc
Create Virtual Server

Creates a new, empty virtual
server
Available from Create Virtual
Server task on host (Power
System, VMware, HyperV,
MSVS, Xen)
Base on existing on or from
scratch.
PowerVM: VMware, etc:
Image Image
Processors Processors
Memory Memory
Disk Disk
Disk Selection Network
Network
Device
Physical Slots


Delete Virtual Server

Virtual server must be powered off before it can be deleted
Deleted server is removed from the z/VM User Directory
Minidisks are recovered by the Directory Manager after all
users of the disk have stopped using the disk
Systems Director is updated after the removal


Delete Virtual Server

Virtual server must be powered off before it can be deleted
Deleted virtual server is removed from the HMC
Virtual disks are removed if selected
Systems Director is updated after the removal


Edit Virtual Server

z/VM User Directory changes
Allowed to Add / Remove / Delete
resources (does not matter if VS is
running)
Not allowed to modify minidisk
sizes (this would change physical
allocation of disk)
Active Values only
Smaller set of changes than Stored
modifications
Cannot do changes that would force a
virtual system reset or negatively affect the
running server
Can add but cannot remove
processors.
Cannot change memory (system reset
would result)
Can add but cannot edit or remove
network interfaces
Can add but not cannot remove disks.
All panels are shown but properties that
cannot be modified are grayed out.
Stored & Active
Same as active but changes are also made
to the stored settings.


Edit Virtual Server

Edit Hosts
GUI or command line


Enhanced Virtualization Details Power System, VMware, Xen, Microsoft
Relocation Support
* Relocation within system pools requires System Pools license


Relocation Differences
Virtual Farms vs. System Pools
* Relocation within system pools requires System Pools license


Performance Summary
Hierarchical views
Live data in columns
Relationships between
virtual resources
Activate thresholds


Image Manager Overview SW
Discover existing image repositories and import external, standards-based images into your OS
repositories as virtual appliances.

meta-data
Capture a running virtual server that is configured just the way you want, complete with guest
operating system, running applications, and virtual server definition. When you capture the virtual
server, a virtual appliance is created in one of your image repositories. Virtual Appliance
Import virtual appliance packages that exist in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) from the
Internet or other external sources. After the virtual appliance packages are imported, you can deploy
them within your data center.
Deploy virtual appliances quickly to create new virtual servers that meet the demands of your ever-
changing business needs.
Versioning of virtual appliances allows easier management of different levels of virtual appliances.
Systems Director VMControl Image Manager supports deploying virtual appliances to the following platforms:
AIX virtual appliances on IBM Power Systems servers (POWER5 and POWER6) that are managed by
Hardware Management Console or Integrated Virtualization Manager
Linux virtual appliances on System z systems running on the z/VM hypervisor
60 day evaluation period


What is A Virtual Appliance? SW
OS
A Virtual Appliance is a package that contains a virtual server
definition that meets the requirements to run its associated image, meta-data
where the image contains the operating system and any software
Virtual Appliance
The virtual server image may contain

A supported operating system (AIX or Linux on System z)
Any software applications that you wish to have run on that operating system
The Virtual Appliance is described using the methods described in the

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) specification, an industry standard
representation of a virtual server that contains a configured, tested
operating system and middleware and software applications, along
with the metadata that describes the virtual server

Managing Virtual Appliances

Image Repository
Capture a Virtual Machine
Import
SW
SW
- The bootable disk image is copied into
OS SW
the image repository (NIM Master).
OS
Export SW
OS
meta-data
meta-data OS - Image meta-data describing the Virtual
meta-data Machine container is captured and
meta-data
meta-data included as part of the virtual appliance.
Import/Export a Virtual Appliance
- A virtual appliance may be imported to

the image repository (NIM Master) and
SW SW cataloged by VMControl.
OS OS - A virtual appliance can be exported

from a repository and easily distributed
to other systems and environments
(future)
meta-data
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine
Virtualization
SW
OS SW
Compute Memory IO / Network OS
View In Animation Mode

IBM Systems Director VMControl SW
What is A Virtual Appliance UI View OS
Tasks for Virtual Appliances

Deploy meta-data
Import Virtual Appliance

Capture
Versioning


Image Repositories
Image repositories are the places where images (OVF Packages) are kept.
For IBM Systems Director VMControl to be able to see the images in your
repositories, you have to install agents on the repository systems. These
agents are specific to your environment (PowerVM or z/VM).
IBM Systems Director VMControl discovers your image repositories and

views the images that are in them as virtual appliances.


Importing A Virtual Appliance
Import a virtual appliance, storing it in IBM
Systems Director and the image repository.
Helps import VA package
VA package in Open Virtualization Format
(OVF file)
Platform independent
Open packaging and distribution format for VS
Import from internet or system in network
Select OVF package and specify repository


Capturing A Virtual Appliance
Capture
z/VM virtual server running Linux
PowerVM virtual server running AIX
Existing AIX mksysb image file (cli only)
smcli captureva [-L language] [-v] -r repository -n name -F fileLocation
[-D description] [-A attribute_list]


Versioning A Virtual Appliance
Versioning
Replace with revision
Advanced search
Tagging of versions


Deploying A Virtual Appliance Overview
Deploy a virtual appliance to a host or system
pool, existing virtual server, or you can you
simply deploy a new empty virtual server
without an operating system and other
software.
Customize various attributes for the resulting

virtual server, such as network settings.
Deploy virtual appliances that have been

captured or imported into IBM Systems
Director VMControl

Managing Deployment of a Virtual Appliance

Deploy a Virtual Appliance
The Virtual Appliance meta-data is used to create VM Image Repository
container, allocating the required platform resources.
The bootable disk image is copied and/or made SW

accessible to the selected host system. OS
SW
SW
OS SW
The virtual machine is started from the bootable disk meta-data OS
OS
image and customized as part of its initial boot. meta-data
meta-data
meta-data
SW
Improved time-to-value
OS
Fewer tools and fewer tasks
Workload (business) context
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine
Virtualization
SW SW
OS
Compute Memory IO / Network OS


Deploy Steps
The steps to deploy a Virtual Appliance are as follows:
WHAT
Select a virtual appliance to deploy, virtual appliance A, from the virtual
appliances that are stored on IBM Systems Director Server.
Virtual appliance A contains a reference to Image A that is stored in the image repository.
Image A contains an operating system and software applications.
Select to deploy an empty virtual server. Does not deploy a virtual
appliance and provides for more complex configuration options.
WHERE
The user specifies a Host, System Pool or existing virtual server
where he wants to deploy virtual appliance A.
When virtual appliance A is deployed, virtual server A is created with the definitions
detailed in virtual appliance A. If the user selects to deploy virtual appliance A to existing
virtual server A, the existing virtual server is filled with the operating system and software
applications defined in virtual appliance A.


Deploy
Select WHAT to deploy:

Virtual appliance
Empty virtual server


Deploy > Virtual Appliance
Select WHERE to deploy:

Target
The virtual appliance is deployed to a new virtual server on the selected host or
system pool
Existing virtual server
The virtual appliance is deployed to the selected existing server


Deploy > Virtual Appliance > PowerVM Host
Select new virtual server specifics containing virtual appliance:

Name, Storage Pools, Network Mapping


Deploy > Virtual Appliance > z/VM Host
Select specifics of z/VM virtual appliance and containing new virtual server:
Processor, Processor Type, Memory, Disk pages, Network Interfaces, Server Settings


Deploy > Virtual Appliance
Select WHERE to deploy:

Target
The virtual appliance is deployed to a new virtual server on the selected host or
system pool
Existing virtual server
The virtual appliance is deployed to the selected existing server


Deploy > Virtual Appliance > Existing PowerVM Virtual Server
Select optional network virtual server settings:

Network Mapping


Deploy > Virtual Appliance > Existing z/VM Virtual Server
Select specifics of z/VM virtual appliance and containing new virtual server:
Processor, Memory, Network Interfaces, Server Settings


Deploy > Virtual Appliance > Target > Customize Appliance
Customize the virtual appliance

What the OS needs to run


Deploy > Summary
Run or Schedule the deploy


Workloads
A workload is a deployed virtual appliance that allows you to monitor
and manage one or more virtual servers as a single entity. With IBM
Systems Director VMControl, you can capture, import, and deploy virtual
appliances to create a workload within your environment.
Workloads
Created from Deploy
Resilience Policy
Edit
Group as Workload
Dashboard


Workloads
Workload Dashboard
Group virtual servers that
contribute to the business
Summarize resources used
Aggregated monitoring


System Pools
A system pool logically groups like hosts with the goal of better resource
usage and workload resilience. A system pool can contain multiple hosts
and their associated virtual servers. A system pool facilitates the
relocation of virtual servers from one host to other hosts in the system
pool. By relocating hosts within a system pool, you can maintain the
high availability and resilience of your workloads.
Capabilities New type of system with IBM System Director, allowing the
pool to be managed a single logical entity in the data center
Create System Pool
Add/Remove Hosts
Monitors Resilient Workloads

Mobility
Automatic Placement
Dashboard
Optimized for .
Availability
Performance
Energy

Supporting Existing Systems and Workloads

System Pools can be defined from a
combination of new and existing system within
the data center.
Image Library
For new systems, all of the systems capacity is added and
managed as part of the pool.
For existing systems, all of the remaining capacity is added
and managed as part of the pool.
Any pre-existing workloads are recognized, however not
managed within the systems pool.
Existing workloads can be migrated to a system

pool.
Capture existing workload
Deploy workload to System Pools
System Pool

Workload (Virtual Server) Resilience within a System

Pool Relocate Virtual Servers between Hosts within the Pool
- Determine best host placement within the pool
- Supports single virtual servers and host evacuation
Move virtual servers away from a failing host system

- Automate relocation and placement of virtual servers in response to
predicted host system failures with no disruption.
Restart virtual servers when a host system fails

- Automate remote restart and placement of virtual servers in response
to host system failures with minimal disruption.
Resilience policy associated with the workload

- Provide workload resilience yes/no
- Enables host system monitoring for failures and predictive failures
- Automates recovery action based on desire level of automation
- Users can add automation for custom thresholds
System Pool
Automation policy associated with the workload
- Automate = Require Approval / Automate
- Require Approval VMControl recommends actions and requires
approval
- Automate VMControl automates actions


System Pools The dashboard will provide simplified monitoring and
visualization of the aggregate capacity and utilization for the
System Pool Dashboard: systems within a pool.
Workloads running in system pool
Resources used/available
Aggregated monitoring
Aggregated status


Resilience and Automation
Resilience:
Workloads in a system pool can be resilient
System pool automatically relocates when
problems are found
Approval Required option builds trust
Automation plans for triggering relocation with
system pools

Server, Storage Topology: Mid-Range

Storage Control (SC)
Configuration support for
storage fabric, switches for
IBM mid-range storage
(DS3k/4k/5k)
Provides storage virtualization
services for VMControl
2.1dynamic storage
provisioning supporting Image
Storage
Control
Management use cases Manage, Configure devices, fabric
VMControl
Dynamic Allocation
IBM Mid-Range:
DS3k, DS4k, DS6k FC Switch
Brocade, qLogic
Dynamic Attach
VIOS
Non-IBM Storage Controllers
Logical Volume Group: no mobility Power

Server, Storage Topology: High End

Storage Control (SC) TPC
Interoperates with TPC for High End High End storage controller Management and
storage controller Management and Configuration support (IBM, non-IBM)

Configuration support
Provides storage virtualization services for
SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
VMControl 2.2 dynamic storage Managed by TPC; includes TPC license
provisioning supporting Image Virtualizes storage controllers (IBM, non-IBM)
Management AND System Pool workload
resiliency use cases
Initially, DS8k and SVC TPC
Future, non-IBM storage Manage SVC, SAN Controllers
Manage, Configure devices, fabric
Storage
Control
Manage, Configure devices, fabric Dynamic Allocation
VMControl
SVC
FiberChannel 2 protocol devices:
Dynamic Allocation
IBM, non-IBM DS8k
IBM Mid-Range:
DS3k, DS4k, DS6k FC Switch FC Switch
Dynamic Attach
Brocade, qLogic TPC managed domain
VIOS
Non-IBM Storage Controllers
Logical Volume Group: no mobility Power


Reference
IBM Systems Director:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?
topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html
VMControl:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/topic/vim_
220/fsd0_vim_main.html

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Show health & tasks from all resources and relationships

Grow existing workload by expanding or relocating

Use virtualization to help maintain, repair and upgrade servers

Add new resources and work into a virtual environment

Consolidate existing environments

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Deploy/Create Virtual Server

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Create Virtual Server

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Delete Virtual Server

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Delete Virtual Server

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Edit Virtual Server

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Edit Virtual Server

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* Relocation within system pools requires System Pools license

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* Relocation within system pools requires System Pools license

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repositories as virtual appliances.

60 day evaluation period

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The virtual server image may contain

The Virtual Appliance is described using the methods described in the

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Managing Virtual Appliances

Import/Export a Virtual Appliance