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UW Madison Campus Computing Initiative Operational Advisory Group June 2, 2017 CCI Operational Advisory Group June 2, 2017 Welcome New Role of this Group CCIV Technical Updates Data Center RFP Update Public Cloud


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June 2, 2017

Operational Advisory Group

UW – Madison Campus Computing Initiative

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2 CCI Operational Advisory Group – June 2, 2017

  • Welcome
  • New Role of this Group
  • CCIV Technical Updates
  • Data Center RFP Update
  • Public Cloud Update
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New Role of this Group

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Technical Updates

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Done:

  • Remediation for February 18 issues
  • Failover testing
  • Quarterly Template Updates
  • Campus Firewalling Changes
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Done:

  • vRealize Automation 7.3
  • Cost estimator – New Deployments
  • Beta: New Replication Options
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Very Near Future (2 weeks):

  • Windows Server 2016 (vRA 7.3)
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (vRA 7.3)
  • Oracle & Scientific Linux 7 (vRA 7.3)

“This document contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Should

  • ne or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,

actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.”

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Very Near Future (2 weeks):

  • Cost Estimator for Existing

Deployments (VMware Support)

  • Word Wrapping on Deployment

Questions (Ugh)

“This document contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Should

  • ne or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,

actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.”

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Near Futures:

  • Restricted Data Options
  • vCenter-level Services
  • VM Names
  • Customer Template Process

“This document contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Should

  • ne or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,

actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.”

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Near Futures:

  • VM Backup Options (Bucky Backup)
  • API & Scriptable Interfaces
  • Template Distribution

“This document contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Should

  • ne or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,

actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.”

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Replication Options

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Replication Options:

  • 1. Active/Active Cluster (L4 or other)
  • 2. ???
  • 3. Storage-level Replication
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Active/Active:

  • Fastest Recovery (Seconds)
  • Handles app, OS, VM, and site

issues

  • 2x+ cost & admin time, license, etc.
  • Requires advanced setup (L4, etc.)
  • Can be complex
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Storage-Level Replication:

  • Slowest Recovery (Weeks)
  • DR only
  • No extra cost, no extra admin
  • On for everybody, but…
  • No compute to run the workloads
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Replication Options:

  • 1. Active/Active Cluster (L4 or other)
  • 2. VM-level Replication
  • 3. Storage-level Replication
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VM-Level Replication:

  • Beta/comment period right now
  • 4 hour/24 replica option
  • 24 hour/7 replica option
  • Compute & storage reserved for you
  • 2x resource cost, 1x license & admin
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VM-Level Replication:

  • Email our support team if interested
  • Still have things to do:

How do we decide to cut over? Options available to users & when? How do we make restores easy?

  • Why it’s “beta” 
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Data Center RFP

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Public Cloud Update

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June 2, 2017

THANK YOU.