VMworld 2013 Jeremiah Cornelius, VMware Jason Puig, Symantec Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare

1. Symantec’s Real-World Experience with a VMware
Software-Defined Data Center
Jeremiah Cornelius, VMware
Jason Puig, Symantec
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2. Summary – Today’s Session
• Symantec Granite Labs is a large scale implementation of a
Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
– Based on VMware and Symantec technologies
– 250,000 VMs deployed, 27,000 under management today with 3,800
users
– 15-month implementation
– Have saved 32,000 Symantec IT staff hours
– While delivering better quality to end-users, in less time
• Are Symantec’s experiences applicable to your company?
– Why did SDDC make sense?
– What did they implement?
– What were the results and lessons learned?

3. Agenda
Why a Cloud Lab in an SDDC?
Cloud Based Labs: The ultimate challenge
Demo
Metrics / Lessons
Q&A
IT Drivers and the Software-Defined Data Center

4. IT Pressures – a Constant Over the Decades
“Are you getting the
maximum efficiency
out of your
infrastructure?”
“How quickly can IT
respond to LOB
requests?”
• Legislative Compliance
• Risk Reduction – SLAs & Business Continuity
• Security – Corp Assets & IP

5. 2008 2012 FUTURE
25% 60% >90%
Adoption Has Enabled Agility
WEEKS
DAYS/
HOURS
MINUTES/
SECONDS

6. Storage/
Availability Servers Networking Security Management/
Monitoring
2008 2012 FUTURE
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
DATACENTER SERVICES
VDC
WEEKS
DAYS/
HOURS
MINUTES/
SECONDS
Driven by Infrastructure

7. SOFTWARE-DEFINED
DATACENTER
All infrastructure is virtualized and
delivered as a service, and the
control of this datacenter is
entirely automated by software.
Abstract. Pool. Automate.

8. MANAGEMENT
Physical Infrastructure
(Server, Storage, Network)
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
NETWORKING &
SECURITY
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
STORAGE &
AVAILABILITY
EXTENSIBILITY
VIRTUALIZATION
VMware vSphere
VMware vCloud Director
VMware vCenter
Orchestrator
VMware vCloud
APIs
VMware vCloud
Automation Center
VMware vFabric
Application
Director
VMware vCenter
Operations
Mngmnt. Suite
VMware vCloud
ConnectorVMware vCloud
Networking &
Security
VMware vCenter
Site Recovery
Manager
Getting to The Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
VMware vCloud Suite

9. MANAGEMENT
Physical Infrastructure
(Server, Storage, Network)
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
NETWORKING &
SECURITY
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
STORAGE &
AVAILABILITY
EXTENSIBILITY
VIRTUALIZATION
VMware vSphere
VMware vCloud Director
VMware vCenter
Orchestrator
VMware vCloud
APIs
VMware vCloud
Automation Center
VMware vFabric
Application
Director
VMware vCenter
Operations
Mngmnt. Suite
VMware vCloud
ConnectorVMware vCloud
Networking &
Security
VMware vCenter
Site Recovery
Manager
Symantec and the SDDC
Storage &
Availability
Solutions
Security and
Compliance
Solutions
“At the endpoint
and beyond”
Anti-virus and Malware
Virtual Server
Hardening (vSphere)
Data Loss Prevention
Threat Correlation
Content Filtering
Legal & Regulatory
Compliance
Managed Security
“Always on, always
available”
Backup & Recovery
High Availability
Application Availability
Clustering
Archiving
Storage Management
and Reporting
Dynamic Multi-pathing

10. Network Virtualization
1. Decouple
Physical
Virtual
2. Reproduce 3. Automate
Network
Operations
Cloud
Operations
Hardware
independence
Operational benefits
of virtualization
No change to network
from end host perspective
Virtual
Physical

11. Why a Cloud Lab in an SDDC?
• Cost
– Single shared pool of networking, storage, and compute resources.
– Reduced administration
– Reduced integration costs
• Agility
– Data Centers available in minutes instead of days or weeks.
– Abstraction of hardware at all layers allows flexibility and reduced downtime.
– Faster turn around when implementing new solutions
– Reduce provisioning effort allowing employees to focus on their primary job - helping
customers.
– Removing the burden of managing labs from engineers and trainers.
– Helps to break down barriers between departments and reduces silos
• Governance
– Secured within the Symantec Firewall / Private Enterprise Cloud
– Complete oversight into the datacenter topologies allow for improved control.

12. Cloud Based Labs: The ultimate challenge.
• Legacy Labs

13. Cloud Based Labs: The ultimate challenge.
• Legacy Labs
• Lab Complexity
• Dynamic Workloads
• “Hands On” / Self Service Required
• Scale
• Security / Protection
• Multiple Geographies
• Virtual on Virtual
• Hybrid Physical and Virtual Provisioning
• Cost

14. What we Deployed
• vCloud Suite
– vCloud Director
– vSphere
– vCNS
– vCenter Orchestrator
• NetBackup
• Endpoint Protection
• IT Management Suite
– Deployment Solution
– Asset Management
Suite
– Service Desk
• Application HA
• 7xxx Core Switching
• UCS Blades
• FAS6240
• FAS6280

15. Demo

17. Metrics / Lessons Learned
• Cost
– Single shared pool of networking, storage, and compute resources.
• Explosive adoption, over 3,800 employees have used the solution since launch. Average
over 2,000 active users every month.
• Over 250,000 virtual machines deployed since launch.
• Over 27,000 virtual machines under management
• Unified library of over 700 lab topologies within our Software Defined Data Center
– Reduced administration
• While fewer admins are needed, they need to be cross functional and understand the
latest virtualization trends.
• Choosing the right vendors who understand cloud
– Reduced integration costs
• Cloud integration is complex, use as many integrated solutions as you can which are
proven to work together. Symantec is seeing the savings in the ability to leverage
integrations across the cloud.

18. • Agility
– Software Defined Data Centers available in minutes instead of weeks or months
• Average Provisioning Time: 14 Minutes, completely changes the way employees work.
– Abstraction of hardware at all layers allows flexibility and reduced downtime.
• Multiple hardware transitions since inception, zero user impact.
• Orchestration is a must
– Faster turn around when implementing new solutions
• Our entire cloud topology is actually stored in an SDDC vApp inside of the cloud, allowing for on the fly
testing of new solutions even with the cloud itself.
– Reduce provisioning effort allowing employees to refocus their actual jobs - helping
customers.
• Saved over 11,000 weeks of effort
– Removing the burden of managing labs from engineers and trainers.
• Transitioned to Cloud Operations
– Helps to break down barriers between departments and reduces silos
• Over 700 shared labs covering most Symantec product lines currently available
• Support Services, Training, and Engineering are finally able to share… everything.
Metrics / Lessons Learned

19. • Governance
– Secured within the Symantec Firewall / Private Enterprise Cloud
– Complete oversight into the datacenter topologies allow for improved
control.
• Auditing of topologies to reduce human error.
• Ensure proper security is in place prior to allowing deployment.
Metrics / Lessons Learned

20. Future
• Unparalleled Cloud Integration with Symantec Products
• Incorporate enhancements to virtual networking (Nicera)
• Reference Architectures
Visit the VMware and Symantec booths.
Talk to us about how we can help your organization get to IT-as-a-
Service, and a Software-Defined Data Center

22. 2222
Other VMware Activities Related to This Session
 Group Discussions:
OPT1002-GD
vCloud/SDDC Deployment with Venkat Gopalakrishnan

23. THANK YOU

25. Symantec’s Real-World Experience with a VMware
Software-Defined Data Center
Jeremiah Cornelius, VMware
Jason Puig, Symantec
OPT5697
#OPT5697