Dynamic Data Center Toolkit:Mixed-Source Solution for Service Providers

Ezequiel Terol RivasMicrosoft Western Europe

Belgium, May 24th 2011

Strategic Relationships with Novell and BridgewaysExpertise in Datacenter Optimization for Mixed Source

VirtualizationSystems ManagementFederated IdentityDynamic Datacenter Toolkit for HostersDatacenter Services for Enterprise

Providing solutions to hundreds of customers world-wide

The Open Solutions Group is a Sales, Marketing and Technology organization responsible for driving interoperable solutions to market which are jointly developed by Microsoft and select Open Source vendors.

Requirements, Challenges and Opportunities for Datacenter Management

Deliver Reliable Services

IT Service Availability and Performance driving investments

Application focused virt/ management becoming increasingly important

Mixed environments add complexity

Operational Efficiency Improved business responsiveness

Virtualization still seen as key driver to reducing operational costs

Need to efficiently manage virtualized environments

Compliance costs continue to rise with increased regulatory pressures

Cloud Computing increasing expectations of IT in terms of agility and costs

Unpredictable business demand for datacenter services

Need for elastic and flexible IT capabilities to meet business demands

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Datacenter Service Delivery is Evolving Management Essential as Datacenters Evolve to Cloud Computing Models

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IT as a ServiceJust-in-time Provisioning & Scalingof Services on Shared Hardware

“Gartner Data Center Conference (DCC) attendees see management and operational processes, funding/chargeback models, service description, and self-service interface and culture as the biggest challenges to private cloud computing.” – Gartner, Private Cloud Computing Plans From Conference Polls, Thomas Bittman, 4/30/2010

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Process-Led,Model-Driven

UserFocused

Unified and Virtualized

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Cloud Computing Builds on Dynamic IT

Cost center Efficient cost center

Business enabler

Strategic asset

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People. Process. Technology.

Self-Service Elastic

Scalable Multi-tenant

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Hyper-V Cloud: DDC Logical Solution Architecture

Management and Customer Dashboards, Control Panels, Alerts, and Notifications

HighAvailability

BusinessContinuity

VM Mobility& Migration

Data Protection

System LevelApplication Level

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Provisioning

Auto PlacementHA Cluster

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Monitoring

AlertsNotifications

Security AuditsSLA’s

Configuration

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Asset TrackingSoftware Metering

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DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for HostersToday, the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit provides hosters with the ability to enable self-care for end-users who leverage Windows technologies.

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DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for HostersBridgeways management packs will extend this functionality by enabling hosters to offer monitoring, provisioning, and configuration capabilities for non-Windows technologies such as LAMP, TomCat, Jboss, VMWare and Linux Servers.

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Our interoperability partnerships with Bridgeways and Novell extend the capabilities of the DDTK, System Center, and Hyper-V to provision, manage, and monitor Linux Virtual Machines as well as monitor competitor systems such as VMWare ESX, Apache, MySQL, and Jboss.

DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for Hosters

Optimizing Service Provider PeformanceThrough its open source partnerships, Microsoft’s Open Solutions Group

seeks to help its customers improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs.

Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit

• Automate Provisioning• Improve ‘on demand’ Self-Care• Reduce manual processes

Linux Provisioning • Standard Linux images stored in VMM Library

• Enhanced post–deployment capabilities• Static networking capable – no DHCP 

Windows Server Hyper-V + LIC’s

• Standardize on a single platform for virtualization

Bridgways Management Packs

to extend System Center

• Establish one pane of glass to manage datacenter across stacks

Consolidated Support through Novell

• Standardize on one, leading partner, for Linux support;

• Reduce overall Linux costs

TECHNICAL COLLABORATION

BUSINESS COLLABORATION

• Virtualization

• Standards-based Systems Management

• Directory and Identity Interoperability

• Document Format Compatibility

• Silverlight Plug-in for Linux, “Moonlight”

• Joint interoperability lab

• Joint sales and marketing

• Co-marketing fund

• Focused sales personnel

• Microsoft offers certificates for customers to redeem to receive Linux Enterprise Server support services directly from Novell for various Linux distributions

Microsoft-Novell: Driving Customer Value

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Business and Technology Collaboration- Extends System Center reach to non-Windows

Assets- Creates one pane of glass through which the

datacenter can be administered- Reduce cost and complexity by standardizing on

a single toolset

Proof-of-Concept Opportunities…

Linux Fast-Start Program for DDTK – Mixed Source

Host provider can test-drive the DDTK for mixed source at no chargeProvision, manage, and monitor Windows or Linux VM’s

Partner ReceivesOne week of on-site consulting and setupAll software required for testingMigration assistance for workloadsRecommended 30 day test planPhone and e-mail support for 30 daysFull Support of SLES and RHEL-based Platforms during PoC

Solution Availability

• Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosting Providers (DDTK-H)Including source code for provisioning Linux Virtual Machines

• Linux Support Subscription through NovellSUSE Linux Enterprise Server, RHEL, and RHEL compatible binaries

• Up to 7 Systems Center Management Packs (from Bridgeways):  i.e. MySQL, Oracle, Apache, JBoss, WebLogic, Webshpere, Java, VMWare

• Attractive Commercial Terms through the Open Solutions Group

osginfo@microsoft.com for more information!

Thank you!

Milestone Status

Dynamic Data Center Toolkit (Web Services)

Bridgeways Management Pack for Linux Monitoring

RHEL Expanded and/or SUSE Support

Novell Access Manager Integration to AD

Vmware ESX Monitoring

Linux VM Provisioning

Linux VM Configuration

Application Provisioning in progress

Automated Network Configuration (VM on-boarding) planned

DDTK – Mixed Source Roadmap