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Data Processing Unit (DPU)
High performance network interface card with added embedded CPU cores, memory,
and a hypervisor running independently of the Host hypervisor. ESXi runs on DPU is a
full featured hypervisor, only be run on ARM CPU.
Limitation for DPUs
ESXi hosts can only have 1 DPU per host
If there is one ESXi host in a cluster with a DPU, all other hosts must have a DPU
DPU devices must be same vendor and model, but generation can differ
Must be pre-installed
VMWare tools use cases
Has supported guest OS devices drivers including network drivers
VM Guest Usability
Has functionality to gracefully shutdown the guest OS
Able to Quiesce the guest OS for snapshotting
Component is used with VM image backup tools
Can be used to do time synchronization
vSphere with Tanzu Components
Supervisor
Namespace
vSphere Pods
,Control Plane VM
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
VM Service/Operator
Supervisors
Clusters enabled with vSphere with tanzu are called __. Can select 3 zone deployment,
enables supervisor on 3 vSphere clusters to have cluster level HA.
vSphere Namespace
sets boundaries where vSphere pods, VMs, and TKG clusters can run. Upon initial
creation, unlimited resources. Can create limits for these resources.
vSphere Zones
mapped to vSphere clusters to provide HA against cluster level failure to workloads
deployed on vSphere with Tanzu. You can then create a supervisor, mapped to 1 or 3 of
these Zones
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
provisions clusters which include components necessary to integrate with underlying
namespace resources. TKG cluster is full distribution of kubernetes built, signed, and
supported by VMware
Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC)
Concept of running an entire datacenter with least quantity of hardware and least
manual configuration. Virtualise maximum hardware stack possible along with most
Automation.
vSphere+
Sangat Murni - multicloud workload platform, bring the benefits of the cloud to your
on-prem workloads. Package/ combine the leading vSphere virtualization technology
and Kubernetes env plus high value cloud services, bringing value directly to their
existing on prem deployment in turning them in to SaaS enabled infra.
,Components
Cloud console - a single management plane.
vCentre Life cycle mgmt Service
Global inventory service
Event View Service
Security Health Check Service
Provision VM Service
Configuration Management Service
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service
VM Service
Networking Service
Storage service
Tanzu integrated service
Tanzu mission control essentials
vSphere+ Use Case
When the organizations want an infra which combines all benefits of on-prem with all
benefits of cloud
Use cases for vCenter Converter Standalone
Import physical and VM to standalone or managed ESXi hosts
Import VMs running by Workstation of Hyper-V to managed ESXi hosts
Export VMs by vCenter to other VMware formats
Make vCenter managed VMs bootable, install VMWare tools, or customize guest OS
Customize vCenter Managed VM guest OS - Change hostname or network settings and
also OS Services
Reduce the time to set up new virtual environment
Migrate legacy servers to new hardware without reinstalling OS or apps
, Perform migrations across heterogenous hardware
Readjust volume sizes and place volumes on separate disks
DR Use Cases
DC or VI admin should have a TESTED DR plan and in place in event of any mishap.
VMWare vCenter Replication (vRep)
provides a hypervisor based VM replication and recovery solution for environment.
vRep in place of storage replication to replicate VMs to remote site
vRep Limitations
Only 1 vRep appliance per vCenter instance
Only 400 max replications per vRep appliance
No external DB allowed; internal PostgreSQL
Unsupported solutions: FT and vLCM
Site Recovery Manager
VMware's backup, disaster recovery and business continuity tool. Plan, test, and run
recovery of VMs between a protected vCenter Server site and a recovery vCetner
server site.
vCenter Server SSO
Part of authentication services component of vCenter Server, and provides secure
authentication services to vSphere software components
SSO Components Include
Security Token Service (STS) - issues SAML tokens
Admin Server - allows admin users to configure users/groups
vCenter Lookup Service
VMWare Directory Service (vmdir)
Identity Management
Data Processing Unit (DPU)
High performance network interface card with added embedded CPU cores, memory,
and a hypervisor running independently of the Host hypervisor. ESXi runs on DPU is a
full featured hypervisor, only be run on ARM CPU.
Limitation for DPUs
ESXi hosts can only have 1 DPU per host
If there is one ESXi host in a cluster with a DPU, all other hosts must have a DPU
DPU devices must be same vendor and model, but generation can differ
Must be pre-installed
VMWare tools use cases
Has supported guest OS devices drivers including network drivers
VM Guest Usability
Has functionality to gracefully shutdown the guest OS
Able to Quiesce the guest OS for snapshotting
Component is used with VM image backup tools
Can be used to do time synchronization
vSphere with Tanzu Components
Supervisor
Namespace
vSphere Pods
,Control Plane VM
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
VM Service/Operator
Supervisors
Clusters enabled with vSphere with tanzu are called __. Can select 3 zone deployment,
enables supervisor on 3 vSphere clusters to have cluster level HA.
vSphere Namespace
sets boundaries where vSphere pods, VMs, and TKG clusters can run. Upon initial
creation, unlimited resources. Can create limits for these resources.
vSphere Zones
mapped to vSphere clusters to provide HA against cluster level failure to workloads
deployed on vSphere with Tanzu. You can then create a supervisor, mapped to 1 or 3 of
these Zones
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
provisions clusters which include components necessary to integrate with underlying
namespace resources. TKG cluster is full distribution of kubernetes built, signed, and
supported by VMware
Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC)
Concept of running an entire datacenter with least quantity of hardware and least
manual configuration. Virtualise maximum hardware stack possible along with most
Automation.
vSphere+
Sangat Murni - multicloud workload platform, bring the benefits of the cloud to your
on-prem workloads. Package/ combine the leading vSphere virtualization technology
and Kubernetes env plus high value cloud services, bringing value directly to their
existing on prem deployment in turning them in to SaaS enabled infra.
,Components
Cloud console - a single management plane.
vCentre Life cycle mgmt Service
Global inventory service
Event View Service
Security Health Check Service
Provision VM Service
Configuration Management Service
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service
VM Service
Networking Service
Storage service
Tanzu integrated service
Tanzu mission control essentials
vSphere+ Use Case
When the organizations want an infra which combines all benefits of on-prem with all
benefits of cloud
Use cases for vCenter Converter Standalone
Import physical and VM to standalone or managed ESXi hosts
Import VMs running by Workstation of Hyper-V to managed ESXi hosts
Export VMs by vCenter to other VMware formats
Make vCenter managed VMs bootable, install VMWare tools, or customize guest OS
Customize vCenter Managed VM guest OS - Change hostname or network settings and
also OS Services
Reduce the time to set up new virtual environment
Migrate legacy servers to new hardware without reinstalling OS or apps
, Perform migrations across heterogenous hardware
Readjust volume sizes and place volumes on separate disks
DR Use Cases
DC or VI admin should have a TESTED DR plan and in place in event of any mishap.
VMWare vCenter Replication (vRep)
provides a hypervisor based VM replication and recovery solution for environment.
vRep in place of storage replication to replicate VMs to remote site
vRep Limitations
Only 1 vRep appliance per vCenter instance
Only 400 max replications per vRep appliance
No external DB allowed; internal PostgreSQL
Unsupported solutions: FT and vLCM
Site Recovery Manager
VMware's backup, disaster recovery and business continuity tool. Plan, test, and run
recovery of VMs between a protected vCenter Server site and a recovery vCetner
server site.
vCenter Server SSO
Part of authentication services component of vCenter Server, and provides secure
authentication services to vSphere software components
SSO Components Include
Security Token Service (STS) - issues SAML tokens
Admin Server - allows admin users to configure users/groups
vCenter Lookup Service
VMWare Directory Service (vmdir)
Identity Management
