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[ISV Application] Deployment on VMware Infrastructure
INDUSTRY: GOVERNMENT
[ISV Application] for VMware Infrastructure:
Deployment and Technical Considerations Guide
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[ISV Application] Deployment on VMware Infrastructure
Table of Contents
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2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
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11.0
12.0
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1
VMware and [ISV Solution] Overview .......................................................... 1
VMware Infrastructure 3 and VMware vSphere 4 .................................. 1
[ISV Application] Architecture and Deployment Strategy ................... 2
Testing Process and Results.............................................................................. 2
Hardware Configuration ......................................................................................................... 3
Virtual Machine Configuration.............................................................................................. 3
Workload Used............................................................................................................................ 3
Results Observed........................................................................................................................ 3
Additional Testing ..................................................................................................................... 3
Deployment Best Practices ................................................................................ 3
Reference Architecture ....................................................................................... 4
Licensing.................................................................................................................... 4
Technical Support.................................................................................................. 4
Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 4
Resources .................................................................................................................. 4
Appendix ................................................................................................................... 5
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1.0 Introduction
This document provides direction to those interested in running [ISV Application] on
VMware Infrastructure 3 or VMware® vSphere™ 4. It provides basic guidance on the
architecture of [ISV Application], as well as the value of utilizing the VMware platform. The
results of recent testing done jointly by VMware and [ISV] are covered, where the
performance and functionality of [ISV Application] on VMware infrastructure version 3.5
update 3 are characterized. Finally, some best practices for utilizing the two product sets
together in your datacenter are outlined.
2.0 VMware and [ISV Solution] Overview
[This section includes one to two paragraphs describing the solution and joint value
proposition, including what business and technical issues the joint solution addresses: for
example: cost containment, risk reduction, always-on availability, desktop environment
portability, disaster recovery.]
3.0 VMware Infrastructure 3 and VMware vSphere 4
VMware’s leading virtualization solutions provide multiple benefits to IT administrators
and users. VMware virtualization creates a layer of abstraction between the resources
required by an application and operating system, and the underlying hardware that
provides those resources. A summary of the value of this abstraction layer includes the
following:
Consolidation: VMware technology allows multiple application servers to be consolidated
onto one physical server, with little or no decrease in overall performance.
Ease of Provisioning: VMware virtualization encapsulates an application into an image that
can be duplicated or moved, greatly reducing the cost of application provisioning and
deployment.
Manageability: Virtual machines may be moved from server to server with no downtime
using VMware® VMotion™, which simplifies common operations like hardware
maintenance and reduces planned downtime.
Availability: Unplanned downtime can be reduced and higher service levels can be provided
to an application. VMware® High Availability (HA) ensures that in the case of an unplanned
hardware failure, any affected virtual machines are restarted on another host in a VMware
cluster.
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4.0 [ISV Application] Architecture and Deployment Strategy
[In this section provide an overview of the application architecture, as well as how one
typically deploys the application. Specifically provide information as to the various
components of the product, and provide guidance as to how it is typically deployed on
physical hardware. Provide schematics that show the various components (e.g. Web
servers, apps servers, database), so that the number and rough sizes of physical
components is clear.]
5.0 Testing Process and Results
To characterize the performance of [ISV Application] on VMware Infrastructure
performance tests were carried out jointly by VMware and [ISV]. The configuration tested
and the results are summarized below.
[Note: much of this information is often available in the test plan of the effort.]
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Hardware Configuration
[Provide a description of the hardware tested, typically in table or spreadsheet form. Ensure
that CPU speeds, memory and core counts are specified for each server. Provide information
on the storage that was used, including RAID levels, disk RPMs, and protocol (i.e. SAN or
iSCSI).]
Virtual Machine Configuration
[Provide a description of all the VMs used in the testing, including how many vCPUs and
how much memory and storage each is configured with. Make a clear association between
the VMs used and their functional use in terms of the application architecture (e.g. Web
server 1, running apache, with 2 vCPU, 4 GBs of RAM, and 60GBs of SAN Storage)]
Workload Used
[Provide a description of the workload used, including the functional activities tested, the
load driver used (if there is one), and the frequency of iteration and think times in the case
of an OLTP load. In the case of a batch workload, specify the database size and functional
characteristics of the batch job tested.]
Results Observed
[Summarize the results observed. Provide response time or throughput metrics observed
in the virtual configuration, while noting the user count or database size of the workload
tested. Use graphics where possible, such as bar charts to show CPU utilization or response
time data. Keep this section to a reasonable size, typically with 2-3 graphics and perhaps a
few tables of results.]
Additional Testing
[Where appropriate, include a discussion of any additional VMware infrastructure testing
that can further increase customer’s confidence in using those features. Specifically, was
VMotion tested, and what degradation in throughput was observed during VMotions.
Distributed Resource Scheduler: how was it tested and what was observed. VMware HA:
similarly, how was it tested and what was observed. This “Additional Testing” section is
strictly optional.]
6.0 Deployment Best Practices
[In this section note any best practices that you think will benefit the administrators and
users of the application. Likely topics include the following:
 Storage configuration, including reasons to use external storage, RAID levels, and
latency of IO operations.
 Scale out versus scale up, where you can discuss what components of the
architecture work well with more than on virtual machine, and how large each
virtual machine should be.
 Provisioning: how templating and cloning of Virtual Machines can be used to reduce
deployment time of the application.
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Adding capacity: how you could extend the configuration tested by adding more
virtual machines or increasing the size of virtual machines to allow a higher user
count or larger batch jobs to be run.
Availability: use of VMware HA and VMware FT and how it can increase service
levels and decrease unplanned downtime. If other availability solutions are ever
recommended (such as other clustering technologies) they can also be mentioned
here. Disaster recovery options can be noted here also, such as VMware’s Site
Recovery Manager (SRM).]
7.0 Reference Architecture
[In this optional section, specify small, medium and large virtualized configurations,
including the number and size of the VMs required for each configuration, and the
approximate user counts or throughputs expected from each configuration.]
8.0 Licensing
[In this optional section, provide information relevant to how to license the application
when virtualized with VMware.]
9.0 Technical Support
[In this section, provide instructions on how to access technical support for virtualized
deployments of your application.]
10.0 Conclusions
Overall, testing results show that running [ISV Application] on VMware Infrastructure
performs well. Furthermore, it has potential to reduce cost, increase service levels and
simplify the manageability of the application.
[Add any additional conclusions from the effort in summary form.]
11.0 Resources
Customers can find more information about VMware and [ISV Application] products via the
links listed below:
VMware official website: http://www.vmware.com/
[ISV] Web site: http://www.[ISV].com/
VMware Infrastructure 3 and vSphere 4 product Web site:
http://www.vmware.com/products/data_center.html
VMware download Web site:
https://www.vmware.com/download/
VMware support Web site:
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http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/
VMware Performance Tuning Paper:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi_performance_tuning.pdf
System Compatibility Guide for a complete list of compatible hardware:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf
Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for a complete list of compatible storage devices:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_san_guide.pdf.
I/O Compatibility Guide for a complete list of compatible networking devices:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_io_guide.pdf.
12.0 Appendix
[In this optional section, provide full testing detail and documentation.]
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