Self service for Virtual Machines
[ Uninett project NOVA ]
1 / 10
Why?
- Old, underscaled virtualization system
- Poor control over resource usage
- Slow response time for resource allocations
- Lots of technical employees in various departments
2 / 10
Uninett had a desparate need to replace it's old VMWare setup. Fibrechannel. Old disks. Under scaled. Using e-mail
Why?
Goals
- Regain control
- Free up resources
- Increase pace
- Learn about a "Cloud" mindset
- Replace old system
3 / 10
Why?
Goals
What?
Virtualization:
- Microsoft System Center
- HyperV
- Virtual Machine Manager
- Service Provider Foundation
- Up to date, generated linux templates
- Windows templates
4 / 10
Why?
Goals
What?
Network:
- Private VLAN (isolation)
- Linux routers
- Load balancing
- Redundancy in all steps
- Lab, test and production VMs in the same network segment
5 / 10
Why?
Goals
What?
Self Service Portal:
- Create/delete/restart/scale VMs
- Manage access control lists
- Configure Load balancing
- Resource usage reports
6 / 10
Gaining control
7 / 10
Gaining control
8 / 10
Why?
Goals
What?
Experiences
- Resource consumers are happy
- Working with hardware is painful
- Very difficult to verify technology choices
- System Center APIs are not mature enough
- Uninett will want to be a consumer, not provider of such services in the future
9 / 10
Summary and questions
sigmund.augdal at uninett.no
10 / 10