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Solution for VMware management
Brad Tucci, VCP
Systems Engineer brad.tucci@veeam.com
Twitter: @bradtucci

Server virtualization has matured
 VMs now support mission-critical production workloads
 Virtualization is becoming the standard for new applications
 VM sprawl must be brought under control
 The business expects more out of virtualization, and
IT is moving toward cloud computing

For the virtualization team, the pressure is on

Monitoring and troubleshooting for your virtual environment
 Performance metrics
 Events
 Workload
 Resource consumption
 Hardware status

Easy to deploy and maintain
 Not another monitoring framework
 Agentless
 Automatically discovers all objects in the virtual environment
 Requires no changes to access policies
 Includes 125+ pre-defined alarms and thresholds

The complete picture
 Multiple vCenter Servers
 All hosts, including ESXi free
 Inside VMs: running processes, guest disk space
 Storage
 Hardware status
 Real-time and historical data
 Correlated performance and event data
● Displays vMotion, snapshot creation/deletion, backup and other activities directly on performance graphs
● Helps solve resource usage mysteries

Eliminate common problems
 Problem: Guest OS runs out of local disk space
Solution: Monitor, alert and report on free disk space on volumes inside the guest OS
 Problem: Abandoned snapshots fill the datastore, affecting all VMs residing on that datastore
Solution: Warn if a VM’s snapshots exceed a specified size; display top VMs for each node in the infrastructure tree
 Problem: Host is running out of memory
Solution: Drill down into VMs, view their running processes, and terminate processes as needed

Dashboards
 Summary dashboard for each object in the infrastructure tree
 Infrastructure overview dashboard
 Easily drill down for more information

Integrated storage monitoring
 Datastores
● VMFS and NFS
● I/O load: determines actual cumulative load
● Latency, read/write rates
● Disk space: free space, capacity, over-provisioning
● Issues (for example, bus resets and other conflicts)
● Displays user-friendly datastore names
 Storage paths and storage adapters
● Load balancing status
● I/O, latency, read/write rates
 Virtual disks
● Free space
● I/O, latency, read/write rates

Built-in intelligence
 Embodies deep VMware expertise and best practices
 Speeds problem resolution and maximizes tuning outcomes
 Includes 125+ pre-defined alarms and thresholds
 Includes extensive knowledge base with detailed information about each alarm
● Possible causes
● Suggested resolution
● Links to additional information

Alarms
 Pre-defined alarms and thresholds
 Custom alarms
 Alarm modeling
 Notification via email or SNMP traps
 Ability to manage alarms and thresholds by
SLA, server type, business unit, location, etc.

Low overhead
 Collect once for any number of users and any number of queries
 Offload monitoring from vCenter Server and ESX(i) hosts for enhanced vCenter Server and host performance
 Easily access data from remote sites

How it works
 vSphere API
● Single secure connection
● Scalable architecture
● Easy to configure
 Does not require a physical host (can run in a
VM)
 SQL Server backend
 Broad version support
● vCenter Server 4.x
Virtual Center 2.x
● ESX 4.x and 3.x
ESXi 4.x and 3.x
(including ESXi free)
ESX (i)
Admin
ESX(i) ESX(i) vCenter Server vSphere API
Veeam Monitor
Admin Admin

What’s inside – Veeam Reporter
 Enterprise reporting
 Change management
 Capacity planning

Veeam Reporter
One place to go

Veeam Reporter
 One place to go
 Different consumers
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Storage Used by
Cluster, TB
15
7
19
21
Cluster 1
Cluster 2
Cluster 3
Cluster 4
Cluster 5
Storage Used by
Department, TB
17
14
7
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Marketing
Support
R&D
Sales

3 key areas
Enterprise reporting
Change management
Capacity planning

3 key areas
Enterprise reporting
Change management
Capacity planning

3 key areas
Enterprise reporting
Change management
Capacity planning

SQL Server
Report Viewer
IIS
Veeam Reporter
CMDB
Dashboard or portal
Web browser
Report consumer

All the components of Veeam ONE have been verified by VMware as VMware Ready

Backup and Replication v6
Enterprise scalability
Advanced replication
Multi-hypervisor support
Numerous enhancements, including
1-Click File Restore