Continuing on the theme of making the VMware Software-Defined Data Center real, here is a preview of my abstracts for VMWorld 2016 submitted along with our partners Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp. One session will feature SAP HANA with the Dynamic Tiering option and the other session will feature Oracle 12c with the in-memory option. Both these sessions will showcase full stack SDDC architectures; NSX, vRealize Operations, vROPs Management Packs, and software-defined storage (virtual volumes). For the Oracle session NetApp will be a co-presenter and for the SAP HANA session Hitachi Data Systems will be the co-presenter. Get ready because VMWorld voting opens May 3rd – 24th
Title: The SDDC Stack Day 2 Operations: Oracle 12c RAC Business Intelligence In-Memory Option, SUSE Enterprise Linux, VMware NSX, vRealize Operations – Blue Medora Management Packs, Virtual Volumes on NetApp All Flash Array – AFF8060
Abstract: This session will focus on the Day 2 operations of a fully virtualized Oracle RAC 12c Business Intelligence stack using the in-memory option at multi-terabyte scales, up to 4TB, running SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition 11 on standard Intel x86 servers. The virtualized infrastructure will incorporate several major tenants of the Software-Defined Data Center, compute, network, storage, and operations. We will be deploying VMware NSX, highlighting micro-segmentation techniques by adhering to the network guidelines in the Oracle Enterprise Deployment Reference Topology. The software defined storage will be configured using vSphere 6.0 virtual volumes on a NetApp AFF8060 Flash Array. Day 2 Operational data will be captured and analyzed in VMware vRealize Operations Management and the Blue Medora NetApp vROPs storage management pack and Oracle OEM Adapter.
Title: The SDDC: Full Stack on vSphere SAP Business Warehouse Powered By HANA, NSX, vRealize Operations with Blue Medora Management Packs, SDS – Virtual Volumes on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Abstract: This Software-Defined Data Center is no longer a concept, it is reality. In this session we fully virtualize an industry leading mission critical application and database; SAP Business Warehouse Powered By HANA with the Dynamic Tiering Option running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications on Intel x86 servers. We will go beyond the use of vSphere to virtualize compute and extend this reference architecture to cover virtual networks and software-defined storage. We will cover the rationale and specific use case behind VMware NSX micro-segmentations for mission critical architectures. We will define and create software-defined storage via VMware Virtual Volumes, using The Hitachi Unified Compute Platform. In addition we will show the value of vRealize Opeations in conjunction with the Blue Medora SAP HANA Management Pack plug-in for vROPs when managing mission critical workloads.
