Datacentre Optimisation Solutions from Platespin

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Datacentre Optimisation Solutions from Platespin

• Mark Round VCP
• Systems Engineer, EMEA
• PlateSpin Ltd.
• Euretco Expo Center - Houten
• FINAL

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About PlateSpin

• Global independent software vendor (ISV)
• Founded in 2000
• Headquartered in Toronto, Canada
• Offices in UK, Germany, Australia, and USA
• Global Distribution Re-Seller Channel
• Over 2000 Satisfied Customers
• Experts in solutions for virtualised datacentres
• Recent Awards and Recognition
• Winners -International Business Awards for 2005
  2006
• Best Company Overall (2006)
• Ranked as the 4th fastest growing Canadian IT
  Company

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Two Thousand Customers

• Health Care
• Banking
• Insurance
• Pharmaceuticals
• IT
• Utilities
• Education
• Telecom
• Financial Services
• Government

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Business / Technology Alliances Certifications
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Channel Model / Technical Certification

• Build success through partners and strategic
  relationships
• Industry recognised accreditation (CPSA)
• Fast track programme for training partner network

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Goals Agenda
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Presentation Goals

• To show you how Platespin products can help you
  with-
• Sizing new Virtual Infrastructure environments
• Accelerating Server consolidation projects
• Optimise the datacentre through intelligent
  software solutions from Platespin

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Agenda

• Platespin PowerRecon 2.x
• Consolidation Planning Module
• Features
• Platespin PowerConvert 6.x
• Features
• Solution Areas
• Continuous Datacentre Optimisation
• QA

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The PlateSpin Equation
Awareness of Resources

Awareness of Workloads

OS Portability

Optimized Datacenter
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How PowerRecon Helps

• Platespin PowerRecon helps you to see
• What resources are in the datacenter?
• What workloads are running on those resources?
• How effectively workloads are assigned to
  resources?

Workload
Resources
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Life without Platespin PowerRecon
MISSING IN ACTION Datacentre Manager LAST SEEN
Behind communications rack number 7
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What is a resource?

• Resources are typically Hardware Assets with
  finite reserves that can be supplied to meet
  demand
• - In other words - the underlying physical makeup
  of the server hardware

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What is a workload?

• Workloads are defined as the operating system,
  applications, and data stack running on a server
  these are seen as demands on the underlying
  resources
• with 5 quantified dimensions of Processor,
  Memory, Disk I/O, Disk Space, Network I/O

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Introducing Platespin PowerReconwith
Consolidation Planning Module
Inventory
Utilisation Workload profiling
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PowerRecon Features and Benefits

• Key Features
• No physical contact with servers required
• Completely AGENTLESS
• Windows and Linux measurement
• Virtual hierarchy aware (VMWare / MSVS)
• Customizable resource and workload reports
• Quick Start - Ready to run reports
• Secure and contained data collection and analysis
• One click monitoring analysis
• Benefits
• Not a one-time use product
• Use for consolidation or ongoing optimization

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Platespin PowerRecon 2.2Enhancements

• Data collection capabilities expanded -
• VMware Infrastructure 3
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
• Scalability enhancements
• increased number of servers monitored per
  instance of PowerRecon to accommodate larger
  datacentres
• Application and services workload reports with
  advanced filtering capabilities
• Detailed processor inventory gathering including
  cores and hyper-threading awareness for Microsoft
  Windows
• Discover and inventory by IP range or CSV file
  input
• Enhanced Workload Scaling in Consolidation
  Planning Module

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Question?

• Would you like to collect hardware and software
  inventory for 500 servers without leaving your
  chair?
• Platespin offer Datacentre Server Inventory and
  Discovery for FREE to help you Jump-Start your
  server consolidation projects.

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Life with Platespin PowerRecon
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Platespin PowerRecon3 versions

• (Free Edition)
• PowerRecon for Inventory
• HW SW Inventory only (500 servers)
• Innovative Usage Based Pricing (Pay as you go)
• PowerRecon for Monitoring
• 1 per server per day (100 days minimum)
• Purchase from re-seller or Platespin PowerStore
• PowerRecon for Planning
• 2 per server per day (100 days minimum)
• Purchase from re-seller or Platespin Powerstore
• Time Limited Offer until November 30th 2006

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Acclaim for Usage Based Pricing
Usage based pricing is an innovative pricing
structure which will be embraced by datacentres.
By providing pricing structures that do not
depend on CPU power or static allocation of
physical boxes, solutions such as Platespin's are
paving the way to cost structures that are more
equitable and affordable. Bob Gill, Chief
Research Officer of TheInfoPro TheInfoPro (TIP)
is an independent research network and leading
supplier of market intelligence for the
Information Technology (IT) industry
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Introducing PowerConvert

• What is OS Portability?
• Technology that automates the streaming of
  operating system, applications, data between
  infrastructures

Decouple workload from host Infrastructure
Physical

• NEW
• FEATURE
• LIVE
• TRANSFER

Blade
Peer-to-Peer Workload Movement
Virtual
Deploy or Recover Workload from Archives and
Backups
Image
Reconfigure Workloads Dynamically
OS applications are decoupled from Hardware
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Starting a Server Consolidation Project
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4 step approach

• Inventory Servers
• servers are added and static data is collected.
• Collect Data
• servers are monitored and dynamic data is
  collected.
• Select Candidates
• servers are selected for consolidation.
• Plan Consolidation
• the most optimal consolidation scenario is
  identified.
• USING - Platespin PowerRecon Consolidation
  Planning Module

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Platespin PowerRecon

• Windows Server with IIS dot NET framework 2.0
• Platespin PowerRecon Server
• Platespin PowerRecon Client
• Database (MSDE) or SQL 2000
• Can be physical or Virtual MachineMonitored
  Hosts
• Windows NT4 (needs WMI core), 2000, 2003, XP
• Redhat Linux
• MSVS R2, VMWare GSX, VMWare Server, VMWare ESX
  2.x, VI3 / ESX 3.x
• No need for host agents
• WMI for Windows, RPC, DCOM
• /proc/ for Linux, SSH connection
• Admin / Root or equivalent level credentials

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Requirements Platespin PowerRecon 2.2

• Trial Installation 0 to 10 Servers
• 1 GB memory, Pentium 3, 2.0 GHz, MSDE
  installation acceptable 2 GB limit
• 4 GB free disk space
• Small Installation 10 to 100 Servers
• 2 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with
  hyper-threading
• SQL Server, 20 GB free disk space
• Medium Installation 100 to 250 Servers
• 4 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with
  hyper-threading
• SQL Server, 50 GB free disk space
• Large Installation 250 to 750 Servers
• 4 GB memory, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz dual core or
  multi-processor
• SQL Server, 100 GB SCSI free disk space
• Guidelines 250 MONITORED SERVERS PER CPU CORE

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Requirements

• Guideline of 250 monitored machines per CPU core
  in the Platespin PowerRecon server
• Raw Database growth (estimated)
• 2 MB/server/1 day
• 60 MB/server/1 month
• 6 GB/100 servers/1 month
• 36 GB/100 servers/6 months
• 15 GB/250 servers/1 month
• Platespin PowerRecon uses summarisation
  techniques to keep these databases manageable.

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Step 1 Inventory

• Install Platespin PowerRecon server into
  environment
• Define CREDENTIALS
• Remotely discover servers WITHOUT AGENTS
• Organise servers by discovered properties (e.g.
  by O/S) or into custom groups
• Run your 1st Report

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Step 1 Inventory(All available for FREE)

• HW Inventory Reports
• Dynamic interactive reports rank by
• operating systems
• installed applications
• patch levels
• CPU
• Memory
• Network
• disk resources etc.
• Acrobat Reader style report viewer
• Export in wide choice of formats (PDF, Excel etc.)

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Step 2 Collect

• Choose RESOURCES for which you would like to
  collect utilization data
• One click MONITORING
• Record utilization data over days, weeks, or
  months based on business need

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Step 2 Collect

• Higher accuracy of raw counters (Burst Sampling
  Technique)
• View summary data, or drill down to granular
  levels (counters)
• Rank servers by CPU, network, disk etc. group
  them for further analysis
• Rich visualization tools
• MIN, MAX, AVG, STDEV
• Generate custom charts export them as BMP, WMF
  or raw values

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Step 3 Select Plan

• Ready to run Analysis reports or build your own
  in minutes e.g. Hardware Utilisation Peak
• Find workloads that do not match their resources
• Identify sub-optimal servers quickly and easily
• Create Consolidation Candidate lists for use in
  the Consolidation Planning Module

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OptimizationPre-requisites

• Consolidation Candidates

Target Server Templates
Scale-up Scale-out
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Server Consolidation Assessment

• Create Target Server Templates
• Define templates for scale-up / scale-out
• Define if used in Consolidation to Virtual
  Infrastructure or NONE

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Server Consolidation Assessment

• Create new Consolidation Project
• Select Candidates from Logical Group / or Filters
• Select Time range Dimensions

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Create Project Calculate Workloads
5D Workloads Time Profile

• Consolidation Candidates

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Server Consolidation AssessmentProjects Explorer

• Create new Scenario (Determine minimum number of
  servers)

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Optimization

• Create a scenario
• Find the minimum number of target servers

I. Pack workloads
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Optimization

• Create a scenario
• Find the minimum number of target servers

II. Balance workloads across resources
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Review Scenario Report Charts
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View Workload Summary
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Optimization of freed-up resources

• Create a scenario
• Specify the number of target servers

I. Pack workloads
Leftover Workloads
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Compare ALL ScenariosConsolidation Project report
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Consolidation Planning ModuleFeatures Benefits

• Benefits
• Intelligent distribution of workloads across
  available servers to maximize server utilization
• Balance application workloads by time and
  hardware resource to minimize resource contention
• Advanced workload sizing and optimization produce
  accurate consolidation plans that minimize cost
  by reducing the need for just in case servers
• Features
• Onsite data analysis, visualization and reporting
• Automated generation of consolidation plans and
  reports
• What-if, scale-out and scale-up scenarios
• Implement scenarios using Platespin PowerConvert
  6.0

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IntegrationPlatespin PowerRecon 2.2 / Platespin
PowerConvert 6.0

• Platespin PowerRecon Platespin PowerConvert
  integration
• Implement scenarios from consolidation project

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Implementing Scenarios

• When the job is initiated, PowerRecon
• Authenticates the servers
• Creates and runs server discoveries for
  PowerConvert
• Creates and saves conversion jobs
• In Platespin PowerConvert
• Load pre-built JOB
• Amend any final configuration details
• START the job
• Optionally monitor while the conversion completes
• P2V complete !

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PlateSpin PowerConvert
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The PlateSpin Equation
Awareness of Resources

Awareness of Workloads
Awareness of Workloads

OS Portability

Optimized Datacenter
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PlateSpin PowerConvert OS Portability

• Key Features
• No AGENTS or physical contact required with
  servers
• Stream servers between physical, virtual and
  image
• Connect, drag-and-drop, walk away
• Configure target resources on-the-fly
• 1 at a time / or / parallel conversions
• Windows and Linux
• Built on .NET API
• Benefits
• 501 time savings
• Single point of control
• Use to solve multiple problems in the data center

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PlateSpin PowerConvert Infrastructure Support
Sources Targets
Physical Server Physical Server
Blade Server Blade Server
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
VMware Server VMware Server
Microsoft Virtual Server Microsoft Virtual Server
PlateSpin Flexible Image PlateSpin Flexible Image
Symantec Ghost
Symantec LiveState
Acronis TrueImage
NSI Doubletake
Veritas BackupExec
Raw Volumes
Operating Systems that can be Moved
Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, XP Professional
Redhat Linux / SLES 9
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Platespin PowerConvert 6.x
RESOURCE POOLS
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Platespin PowerConvert

• Windows Server with IIS dot NET framework 2.0
• Platespin PowerConvert Server
• Platespin PowerConvert Client
• Database (MSDE) or SQL 2000
• Can be physical or Virtual MachineInventory
  Requirements
• Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, XP
• Redhat Linux, SuSe 9
• MSVS R2, VMWare GSX / VMWare Server, VMWare ESX
  2.x, VI3
• No need for host agents
• WMI for Windows, RPC, DCOM
• /proc/ for Linux, SSH connection

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Platespin PowerConvert 6.0Major Features

• X2P Driver Management GUI
• Add drivers for target physical systems x2P from
  a new interface in the Platespin PowerConvert
  client
• Set Internal / External NICs of Target VM
• For Warm Standby VM
• Scalability Enhancements
• Run up to TWENTY simultaneous jobs
• PS Analyser / Conversion readiness tool
• Comes as standard in Platespin PowerConvert
• De-risks conversion
• Checks Hardware readiness
• OS / SP levels
• PS Analyser analysis runs for every dragndrop
• And much more

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OS Portability Solution Areas
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Server Consolidation(P2V)
CONSOLIDATE TO VIRTUAL OR BLADE INFRASTRUCTURES
AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY PERFORM CONSOLIDATION
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De-Virtualization for Support Integrity(V2P)
DE-VIRTUALIZE
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION MACHINES
PHYSICAL SERVERS
QUICKLY AND EASILY DE-VIRTUALIZE APPLICATIONS TO
MAINTAIN SUPPORT CONTRACT INTEGRITY FOR
COMMERCIAL AND HOMEGROWN APPS
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Hardware Migration(P2P)
OLD SERVER HARDWARE
NEW SERVER HARDWARE
RACK OR BLADE SERVERS
SIMPLE DRAG-AND-DROP VS. RE-INSTALLING OS,
APPLICATIONS, DATA
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Geographical Server Migration
MIGRATE ENTIRE DATA CENTERS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE
THERE
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Hardware Independent Images Provisioning and
DR(x2I2x)
BARE METAL RESTORE
STORE IMAGES ON ANY SERVER
RESTORE TO PHYSICAL SERVER WITH EXISTING OS
RESTORE TO VIRTUAL MACHINE
AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY CAPTURE AND RESTORE
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Disaster Recovery with Physical OR Virtual
Machines(P2V or P2P)
PHYSICAL RECOVERY MACHINE
DIRECT PEER-TO-PEER REPLICATION
VIRTUAL RECOVERY MACHINE
PHYSICAL PRODUCTION SERVER
NO IMAGE CAPTURE REQUIRED
USER OR SERVER RECONNECTS TO VIRTUAL RECOVERY
MACHINE AND RESUMES WORK
AGENTLESSLY AND REMOTELY CONTROL REPLICATION
BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL BOXES
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Platespin NSI Double-Take Software
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PowerSDK API

• Fully functional API
• Aimed at advanced In-House developers who need
  to leverage OS portability
• Aimed at commercial
• ISV
• ASP
• Datacentres
• Licensed per-named developer

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PowerConvert 6.xwith Live Transfer
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Live TransferFunctionality Overview

• Migrate Windows servers without taking them
  offline or the need to reboot
• Source / Target servers can be physical or
  virtual
• Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server applications
  aware
• PowerConvert will briefly quiet applications
  during transfer to preserve database integrity
• Transfer during low-to-moderate activity periods
• Live Transfer is an optional feature

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Live TransferCompatibility List

• Operating Systems
• Windows 2000 Server SP4
• Windows 2003 Server SP0 / SP1 / R2
• Windows XP (all service packs)
• Applications
• Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MSDE
• Virtual Host
• VMware ESX 2.x, ESX 3.x, VI3
• VMware GSX, VMware Server 1.0
• Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual
  Server R2

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Live Transfer (Highlights)

• Eliminates need for 3rd party live capture tools
• Direct streaming from source to Physical, Virtual
  or Image
• Images are hardware independent deploy to P or
  V
• Live Transfer captures the server at a
  point-in-time
• Technology is Application aware (Exchange / SQL)
• Source and Target machines have ON / OFF states
  for greater flexibility control
• VM can be suspended for faster RTO (Recovery Time
  Objective)

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Upgrading to VI3?Use Platespin PowerConvert for
V2V
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The challenges of upgrading

• VMwares recommended upgrade process is not
  reversible
• VMs have to be powered-off
• Manual method does not allow for failback
• Manual method requires greater periods of
  downtime
• Manual method is error-prone

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Its as easy as 1,2..3

1. Discover ESX 2.x Server Source VM
2. Discover ESX 3.x Server
3. Drag and Drop Source VM to VI3, Configure Job
   press START

ESX 3.x
User works remotely from single migration console
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Migrating your ESX 2.x VMs to VI3

• Platespin PowerConvert
• Single GUI for conversions
• Can be done remotely
• Can be scheduled in advance
• No Agents / No Scripts
• Run one at a time or in Parallel
• Old ESX 2.x VM
• Remains unchanged
• Minimise downtime using LIVE TRANSFER
• Streamed over LAN / WAN
• No need for shared storage

• Stream to New ESX 3.x VM
• Is a new VM - native to VI3
• Created where you need it
• Adjust resources on-the-fly
• vSMP to 4 way
• Resource Pool
• Re-Size Disks / Partitions / Free space
• Choose Datastore location for the vDisks
• New VMware Tools installed automatically
• New VM can be tested before de-commissioning the
  old ESX 2.x VM
• Only downtime is when we inject new Virtual
  Hardware (1 to 5 minutes)

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VMware Infrastructure 3 Upgrade The
PowerConvert Difference

• Leverages proven OS Portability technology to
  create a native VI3 VM and streams the contents
  of the ESX 2 VM into the new target
• Manage your VI3 migration projects with maximum
  flexibility and robustness
• Provides greater flexibility and significantly
  reduces migration risk of failure
• V2V is not a new concept for Platespin
• Microsoft VS to VMware migrations
• GSX to ESX etc. since last 2005

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PowerConvert WorkflowExample P2V
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Three step conversion process - Remotely discover
and inventory server - Configure conversion job -
Start the conversion and optionally monitor
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Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Remotely Discover Server Details PowerConvert
discovers and inventories source and target
server using supplied hostname/IP and valid
credentials Discovered details used to - Review
business use of server to plan consolidation -
Auto configure conversion job
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Three step conversion process - Remotely discover
and inventory server - Configure conversion job -
Start the conversion and optionally monitor
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Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client

• Configure and Start a Conversion Job
• With the server details discovered a conversion
  job can be auto configured with a drag and drop
• - Right sizing can be done via the job
  configuration

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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Three step conversion process - Remotely discover
and inventory server - Configure conversion job -
Start the conversion and optionally monitor
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Create New Virtual Machine - PowerConvert
remotely installs a controller on the target ESX
Server - PowerConvert creates a new virtual
machine
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Take Control - PowerConvert takes control of new
virtual machine and source server - Purpose is to
boot source and destination so data can be
transferred with integrity - Source machine is
not altered
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Data Transfer - Virtual machine disks are
partitioned and formatted - Source data is
streamed directly into the virtual machine
without use of temp space - Copied operating
system is configured to run in virtual environment
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Release Control and Configure - New VM is booted
(control is released) - PowerConvert configures
the VM as per the job configuration (e.g.
network, hostname, domain, etc)
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PlateSpin PowerConvertHow it Works
Source Servers
PowerConvert Server
Target Virtual Host
PowerConvert Client
Release Source Server - PowerConvert releases
control of source server if specified in the job
(e.g. avoid duplicate IP) - Conversion is
complete and the new virtual machine is now ready
for operation - PowerConvert saves server
details, can be refreshed later as needed
Conversion Complete
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Integrated suite approach to consolidation
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In Summary

• Inventory
• Build an accurate picture of server resources for
  effective planning
• Collect
• Gather real workload data to make accurate
  consolidation decisions
• Plan
• Run different what-if scenarios to maximise
  utilisation and minimise cost (with Consolidation
  Planning Module) Build Platespin PowerConvert
  jobs directly from Consolidation Plan
• Implement
• Efficiently manage any size of consolidation
  project with remote, automated, and fully
  configurable conversions

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Q A
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Summary

• Platespin offer the only end-to-end software
  solution suite for consolidation
• CPSA Industry recognised certification
  programme
• The only 100 automated hardware independent
  migration software
• Physical, virtual, images
• Used for multi-purposes
• Server Consolidation
• Disaster Recovery
• Test Lab Automation
• Lease Migration / Data Center Relocation
• Server Provisioning
• Designed for long-term use to achieve optimized
  data center

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Thank You
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Pricing and Licensing
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Platespin PowerConvertVersions

• Platespin PowerConvert for Server Consolidation
• Per Conversion License model
• Restricted for P2V or P2P operations only
• Platespin PowerConvert for Recovery
• Licensed per PROTECTED Server OS Instance
• x2I2x (3 step conversion process)
• Uses Platespin Image Server technology
• Platespin PowerConvert Universal
• Anywhere-to-Anywhere
• Peer-to-Peer conversions
• Licensed Per Server

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Pricing Licensing

• PowerRecon
• Starts at 1 per server per day
• Perpetual licenses available
• Download free edition at http//www.platespin.com
• PowerConvert
• Starts at 100 per conversion
• Perpetual licenses available
• Request evaluation / demo with your Platespin
  partner today
• Web seminars every Tuesday reserve your space _at_
  http//www.platespin.com/events

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