Home

Eco4Cloud User manual

1. Next button the choice of network parameters is available Fig 10 It is noteworthy that leaving blank fields DHCP if previously configured in the network will take charge of setting network parameters automatically Deploy OVF Template p Customize the software solution for this deployment Source OVE Template Details End User License Agreement Networking Properties Mame and Location Host Cluster Default Gateway Storage The default gateway address for this VM Leave blank if DHCP is desired Disk Format OF P ti Ready to Complete DNS The domain name servers for this VM comma separated Leave blank if DHCP is desired mm Network 1 IP Address The IP address for this interface Leave blank if DHCP is desired _ _ee gt gt e crvcvr _ _ Network 1 Netmask The netmask or prefix for this interface Leave blank if DHCP is desired Fig 10 Network properties Page 10 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS Finally clicking on the Finish button the import procedure will start Fig 11 G Deploy OVF Template Ready to Complete Are these the options you want to use Source OVF Template Details When you cick Finish the deployment task will be started End User License Agreement oyment sett Name and Location OVF file http 150 145 63 253 build Eco4App 5 exports ovffEoo Host Cluster Download size 737 8 MB storage Size ondisk 1 8 GB Disk Format Pro
2. System Management C System resources C Virtual machine autostart configuration Description All Privileges Fig D Host configuration Page 68 Privileges Host gt configuration in this section privileges for hosts configuration are set This class of privileges is useful to put hosts in maintenance mode or power them down Connection Change the connection status of a host connected or disconnected Maintenance allows to put a host in maintenance mode for administrator tasks such as update and reconfiguration and allows to power down and reboot a host Power configuration of energy savings settings APPENDIXES Privileges Host gt inventory in this section privileges Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role for hosts inventory are set by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges Host inventory privileges control adding hosts to the inventory adding hosts to clusters and moving hosts in a m the inventory So it is required to put a cluster in E a r partially fully automated or manual mode aO cm E A Configuration o Inventory C Add host to cluster Add standalone host i ese ae Modify cluster Change the properties of a cluster Oo Move cluster or standalone host O Remove cluster o ET Rename cluster E A Local operations E C vSphere Replication ci C Host profile H C Network H C Performance H C
3. in the final step you will choose the load for this cluster Add Cluster to Farm DATACENTER _1 Cluster Name Cluster_9 x Add Cluster Fig 79 Add Cluster After clicking on Add and then clicking on Next the final step is changing workload and hosts settings for each cluster Fig 80 Page 59 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER Cluster Settings You can change workload and hosts settings for each cluster Global Settings v Cluster_9 v CLUSTER_8 v CLUSTER_7 v CLUSTER_6 v CLUSTER_5 v CLUSTER 3 v CLUSTER_2 v CLUSTER_1 v Fig 80 Cluster Settings First and foremost you can choose the global settings Fig 81 for all clusters such as Load or Hosts Action Global Settings Settings from all cluster in this scenario Select Host category Medium HOST 32 Cores 256 GB of Memory v Cluster Load 100 m 500 n Hosts Action for all cluster Relocate Dismiss Add Fig 81 Global Settings Page 60 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER You can choose also the host category The menu proposes three types of host as shown in the below figure Fig 82 These represent three typical host configurations combining different amount of CPU and memory The hosts according to your choice will be added to your environment if needed Small HOST 24 Cores 128 GB of Memory Large HOST 40 Cores 512 GB of Memory Fig 82 Host category NEW CLUSTERS CONFIG
4. ADMINISTRATION PANEL 2 SMTP Server X Mail Receivers SMTP Server Update Mailer Host Name smtp eco4cloud com b Port 25 OFF SSL Connection Server Authentication Username admin Password ocooocooo Sender Mail support eco4cloud com z Required Sender Name Support x Required Fig 45 Mailer configuration In the Mail receivers section you can add the email address of users that will receive Reports usage data Errors generated by eco4cloud service The section also to modify remove a recipient Fig 46 and to enable or disable the message dispatch of each category Mail Receivers Update Mailer Receiver Address Eco4Cloud Reports Usage data Errors suppornt eco4cloud com Fig 46 Mail Receivers COMPANY INFO The company info section Fig 47 shows the information about your company All data can be edited After completing click on update company button to save your changes Page 39 ADMINISTRATION PANEL Compnay Info E Company Name Eco4cloud srl Company Website http www eco4cloud com ee Please insert your company description Company Logo ec eco cloud 324 X 60 pixel 20 77 KB E Add File or Drop file here You can add only one file Fig 47 Company info ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS This section shows other advanced configurations of Eco4cloud dashboard Fig 48 The first switch permits to install Eco4cloud plug in in the vClient After switched on
5. Page 15 VAPP MANAGEMENT Once the login is completed the initial vApp screen appears with three tabs O D Eco4App x ry Eco4App Network _ Update Ap elp Logout user root Information System Information Vendor Eco4cloud sri Actions Appliance Name Eco4App Appliance Version 2 0 0 19 Hostname localhost localdom OS Name Ubuntu Powered by VMware Studio Fig 17 Initial page for vApp configuration Page 16 VAPP MANAGEMENT The first tab default is System wherein all main information on software version virtual machine name and operating system On the right one can find Actions button useful to reboot or shutdown the vApp Clicking on Time zone button it is possible to modify the assigned time zone After entering all the desired settings modifications it is necessary to press button Save Settings ory Eco4App System Network Update Application Home Help Logout user root Information Time fone Time Zone Settings System Time Zone 500 ve Actions Save Settings Cancel Changes Powered by VMware Studio Fig 18 Time zone modify page Page 17 VAPP MANAGEMENT The second tab Network is useful to configure network or better to modify network settings compared to those entered during vApp installation Fig 10 Pron Network Status Hostname localhost localdom Actions IPv4 Default Gateway 150 145 63 1 L Preferred DNS Server 150 145 63
6. UKY Latvia Slovakia Bulgaria Liechtenstein Slovenia Croatia Lithuania Spain Czech Republic Luxenbourg sueden Denmark Macedonia Switzerland Estonia Malta Turkey Finland Moldova Ukraine France Monaco Vatican City Germany Montenegro Gibraltar Nether lands Hal Eco4App 5 on 150 145 63 56 Eile View VM u p 6a ka He 1 Aaland Islands Greece Norway 2 Albania Guernsey Poland 3 Andorra Hungary Portugal 4 Austria Ireland Romania 5 Belarus Isle of Man Russia 6 Belgium Italy oan Marino T Bosnia amp Herzegovina Jersey serbia 6 Britain CUK Latuia Slovakia 9 Bulgaria Liechtenstein slovenia 10 Croatia Lithuania spain 11 Czech Republic Luxembourg Sweden 12 Denmark Macedonia Switzerland 13 Estonia Malta Turkey 14 Finland Moldova Ukraine 15 France Monaco Vatican City 16 Germany Montenegro 17 Gibraltar 34 Nether lands HT 25 The following information has been given Italy Therefore TZ Europe Rome will be used Local time is now Mon Apr 15 17 02 59 CEST 2013 niversal Time is now Mon Apr 15 15 02 59 UTC 20135 Is the above information OK 1 Yes ZJ No HT Page 14 VAPP MANAGEMENT WEB APPLICATION The vApp can be managed via browser inserting the url https IPaddress 5480 as previously suggested in the screen shown in Figure 12 and using the following credentials e User name eco4cloud e Password cloud4eco Qo URE cian x ae Password Fig 16 Initial screen for login
7. 2 se Alternate DNS Server 8 8 8 8 Interface Name IPv4 Info Address 150 145 63 150 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Powered by VMware Studio Fig 19 Network Settings Page 18 VAPP MANAGEMENT In the Status page network settings currently used by vApp are available as IP address DNS address etc Modifying settings is possible by clicking on the Address button Fig 20 OOt a ooe System Update Address Network Address Settings Nameserver Source From DHCP Save Settings YF ethd info Cancel Changes IPv4 Address Type Powered by VMware Studio Fig 20 Network Settings using DHCP In the example in Figure 20 the DHCP automatically sets up network configuration but it is possible to configure statically the network choosing a different option in the dropdown menu Page 19 VAPP MANAGEMENT In Figure 21 it is shown how modify the default gateway the DNS address the IP address the subnet mask and the hostname Status Address Network Address Settings Nameserver Source figurati Actions Hostname ocalhostlocaldom Save Settings IPv4 Default Gateway 150 145 63 1 Cancel Changes Preferred DNS Server 50 145 63 2 Alternate DNS Server 8 8 0 YF ethd info IPv4 Address Type IPv4 Address Netmask Powered by VMware Studio Fig 21 manual network settings Page 20 VAPP MANAGEMENT The last button Proxy allows configuring the vApp Fig 22 in order to
8. A Ecoftp ee Ecorep i manifest A package pool Fig 28 Example of IIS configuration for update Page 26 INITIAL SETUP OF ECO4CLOUD DASHBOARD Initial setup of Eco4Cloud dashboard Once Eco4Cloud virtual appliance is installed it is possible to access it remotely via browser entering the url https IPaddress of the virtual machine either assigned by DHCP or entered manually The first requirement is to log in the Eco4Cloud dashboard filling the module shown in Figure 29 Each Eco4Cloud virtual appliance comes with the following default credentials e User name admin e Password cloud4eco After logging in for the first time it is required to configure the Eco4cloud dashboard following a simple wizard Welcome to Eco4Cloud Login or leam more username a password 5 Login For your first login use the authentication info included in the user manual Fig 29 Eco4Cloud Dashboard Login The first step is to change admin password You also have to compile a form Fig 30 with company info such as Company name the only mandatory field company website a brief description of the company and finally you can add Company logo Page 27 INITIAL SETUP OF ECO4CLOUD DASHBOARD 1 Change Password Fam Hypervisor You are logged as admin please set your Company Informations a Eco4Cloud Foo soar geen http www eco4cloud com Company Please insert your company Description des
9. needed to add to each cluster Which hosts are recommended to relocate for optimal hardware usage Which hosts are recommended to dismiss due to inefficiency The first scenario called Low Impact is a light solution where workload is distributed on available hosts and only useless hardware is dismissed The second scenario called High Impact is a solution in which all obsolete hardware is replaced by newer and more efficient hardware At last the Final Considerations paragraph will display the list of actions you need to take on the hosts in order to achieve the given goals for each scenario and eventually the shopping list Page 64 APPENDIXES Appendixes APPENDIX A PRIVILEGES The following tables list the privileges that should be assigned to the Eco4Cloud user When setting permissions verify all the object types are set with appropriate privileges for each particular action Some Operations require access permission at the root folder or parent folder in addition to access to the object being manipulated The best practice is to add privileges to the root folder in order to ensure the user has all the needed privileges all over the virtualized environment Requirements Initially a Windows user must be registered on the server where vCenter is installed with the name of eco4cloud The user can be created locally if working on a stand alone server or in the domain if working on an active directory environm
10. pool Query vMotion J Relocate C Remove resource pool _ 7 Rename resource pool H A Scheduled task H O Sessions H C Storage views H H Tasks w C vApp Virtual machine Description All Privileges Fig G Resource Page 71 Privileges Resource controls resources pool and virtual machines migrations Apply reccomendation Ask the server to go ahead with a suggested vMotion Assign virtual machine to resource pool Assign a VM to a specific resource pool Create resource pool resource pool creation Migrate VM migration to a resource poll or a host Modify resource pool modificare pool di risorse Move resource pool spostare un pool di risorse Query vMotion verify compatibility of a VM to a target host for vMotion Remove resource pool cancel a resource pool Rename resource pool rename a resource pool APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name E4CRole Privileges C Extension H C Folder H J Global H E Host H C Host profile H C Network H C Performance H C Permissions H C Profile driven storage H E Resource E Z Scheduled task Modify task a0 Sessions H C Storage views 6B YJ Tasks oi Update task H C vApp Description All Privileges Fig H Tasks and Scheduled task Page 72 Privileges Scheduled Task control the ability to create modify
11. you need to access the console or via ssh to vApp and read files updatecli log and vami log in the opt vmware var log Vami folder SETUP OF A PROXY UPDATE SERVER It s possible to maintain independently a proxy server for Eco4cloud vApp updates management The only prerequisite is to have a web server available In case of Windows environments the web server may be IIS web server in case of Linux environments this may be Apache web server Once you have successfully configured the web server simply copy the two folders for managing updates manifest and package pool in the web server root folder These will be sent in a zip file The customer has to properly explode it in the root of the web sever The example below shows a possible configuration A Ecorep site was created and the two folders manifest and package pool copied in it In this example the Ecorep site is available via the url http lt name of server gt or http lt server ip address gt All the network communications will take place through HTTP protocol on TCP port 80 E Server Manager i File Action View Help e s Alm B Server Manager UPFDATEMGR Internet Information Services 115 Manager El Be Roles DNS Server E Web Server 11S uh Internet Information Seryic Features Diagnostics if Configuration 2S Storage na Stark Page ERE UFDATEMGR UFDATEMGR Administrator iee Application Pools A 6 Sites E Default Web Site E
12. 0 145 63 55 gt fy 150 145 63 56 Monitor Info Farm Details Farm name Farm Demo Number of Virtualization Platforms Managers 1 Description Demo Farm Number of Clusters 1 Number of Hosts N Number of Virtual Machines 76 Fig 35 Dashboard Home You can change any Virtualization Platform information including Virtualization Platforms Manager name and description IP username or password by clicking on Virtualization Platforms in the resources inventory and then on Advanced Settings After modifying parameters you can click on update button Page 30 WTO NIETO INTE Global Settings Virtualization Platforms Manager name MyV center Virtualization Platforms Manager description MyV center Description Edit Virtualization Platforms Manager Settings Virtualization Platforms 150 145 63 60 Ei Manager IP address Username eco4cloud Password eecccccece Fig 36 Performances data collection In the Main tab the three following charts are available Cpu and Ram utilization Performances Cpu Ready Time and Ballooned Memory CPU Ready time is a metric showing how much time virtual CPU is ready to be scheduled on the physical host Ballooned Memory is the RAM Memory reclaimed by Vmware balloon driver The user can monitor both performance metrics allowing to know when they get too high this is a symptom of contention on CPU and memory respectively RESOURCE MAIN TAB After selecting an resource in the resource inventory on t
13. 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 31 10 01 11 01 11 02 11 02 11 03 11 03 11 04 11 04 11 Fig 59 Number of active hosts with and without Eco4Cloud graph The chart in Fig 59 reports the number of active servers with and without the use of Eco4Cloud The table Host Switch On Off Events shows which hosts and when E4C Workload Consolidation switched on off The last table VM Migrations Fig 60 shows the VM migrations issued by E4C Workload Consolidation Page 47 WORKLOAD CONSOLIDATION VM Migrations records per page Search oorr Vm Source Host Destination Host gt Date gt Cause Resource gt Eco4AppTelecom20140218 150 145 63 51 150 145 63 56 2014 11 03 21 21 Overload prevention RAM Eco4Cloud_V2_Lagana 150 145 63 51 150 145 63 56 2014 11 04 18 11 Overload prevention RAM Eco4Cloud_V2_ Testing 150 145 63 51 150 145 63 56 2014 11 08 02 09 Overload prevention RAM Ubuntu49 150 145 63 51 150 145 63 56 2014 11 03 18 01 Overload prevention RAM Showing 1 to 4 of 4 entries Fig 60 VM Migrations issued Selecting a Host you can see only Host Switch On Off Events and VM Migrations Finally selecting a VM you will see only VM Migrations Page 48 SMART BALLOONING Smart Ballooning Smart Ballooning allows releasing unused memory by virtual machines and making it available for ESX ESXi which possibly will allocate it to other Virtual machine in the data center Smart Ballooning is inspired by a mechanism already available in VMwa
14. 6 26 27 30 31 32 33 36 36 36 38 38 SUMMARY Mailer company info Advanced Configurations Users Health Status Support Software updates Migrations Warnings and errors Search resources Workload Consolidation Settings on cluster host and vm CHARTS Smart Ballooning Troubleshooter Toubleshooter Settings Troubleshooter Risk and efficiency Details view CDSM Capacity Decision Support Manager CDSM wizard New clusters configuration Existing clusters configuration Load variation Load on Cluster in terms of Vm Host Action CDSM Report Appendixes Appendix A Privileges Requirements Manual Role creation Automatic Role Creation by powershell script 38 39 40 41 41 42 42 43 44 45 47 47 49 51 51 53 56 58 58 61 62 62 62 63 63 65 65 65 65 66 SUMMARY Appendix B IMPORTANT NOTES about eco4cloud software 77 ABOUT THIS BOOK About this book This document the Eco4Cloud User Manual describes how to install and use the Eco4Cloud software components monitor and manage the information generated by the components build your Eco4Cloud datacenter environment consolidate virtual machines within the datacenter environment and set up rules for virtual machines hosts and clusters included into the datacenter environment INTENDED AUDIENCE The information presented in this manual is written for system administrators who are experienced Windows or Linux system administrators and who are famili
15. ECO4CLOUD USER MANUAL ECO4CLOUD SUITE FOR DATA CENTERS V 2 0 With e VMware VSphere 4 x e VMware VSphere 5 x This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions of this document see http www eco4cloud com support The Eco4Cloud Web site also provides the latest product updates If you have comments about this documentation submit your feedback to info eco4cloud com Copyright 2013 2014 Eco4Cloud All rights reserved This product is protected by Italian and international copyright and intellectual property laws Eco4Cloud products are covered by one or more patents listed at http www eco4cloud com patents SUMMARY Summary About this book Intended Audience Document Feedback Installation requirements Hardware and Software compatibilities Minimum System Requirements Recommended System Requirements Operating system and features Installation on VMware Systems Installation through ovf import Best Practices VApp Management VMware Console WEB Application Updates management Updates Logs Setup of a proxy update server Initial setup of Eco4Cloud dashboard Monitoring Resource MAIN tab resource power tab Consolidation Scenarios Simulation results Resources utilization without Eco4Cloud Resources utilization using Eco4Cloud Administration Panel Licenses N NO N N 11 12 12 15 22 2
16. OK OK OK Fig 50 Services Health Status The table Fig 51 below service health status shows the user permissions that eco4cloud user has to have so that all services work properly Page 41 ADMINISTRATION PANEL a VCenter User Permissions MyVcenter Show records per page Search C Workload Smart Optional VCenter Permission gt Monitorings Consolidator gt Ballooning Troubleshooter CDSM gt gt Plugin Ea System Anonymous OK System View OK OK OK System Read OK OK OK Global VCServer OK OK Fig 51 Eco4cloud user permission SUPPORT This section gives the opportunity to generate by pressing Generate button the Eco4cloud application log and download by pressing Download button the generated tar gz file to desktop This file can be sent to support eco4cloud com to control Eco4Cloud anomalies or errors By switching on Obfuscate content Data Base default is OFF datacenter private data are not written into logs and not showed to Eco4Cloud support Support Contact us at suppot eco4cloud com to know how to provide data for support Get data for support Get data for support OFF Obfuscate content Data Base Data last creation Tue Nov 11 14 42 17 CET 2014 Fig 52 Support section SOFTWARE UPDATES This section gives the opportunity to upgrade software Fig 53 After Eco4cloud support sends you the zip file containing updates you have to click on Upload Pat
17. Permissions Description Modify a duster s specification Fig E Host Inventory Page 69 APPENDIXES Privileges Host gt Local Operations controls action ile ti csi acer EEE gt eae eee pela ei ed executed when vSphere Client is directly connected to a by enabling or disabling the check boxes host Name Privileges a 7 Host Hocem This class of privileges is needed by the smart o E E Configuration o a E Inventory ballooning module because the module should modify y Local operations o J Add host to vCenter VM memory resources limits C Create virtual machine C Delete virtual machine C Manage user groups Z Reconfigure virtual machine Poi Rel h i ao 2 Reconfigure virtual machine reconfgure virtual 1 Host profile 5 O Network H C Performance H C Permissions H C Profile driven storage r z Resource V Scheduled task h o Sessions w C Storage views Description All Privileges machine memory limits Fig F Host Local Operations Page 70 APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges m C Performance H C Permissions H O Profile driven storage i E Resource o Apply recommendation l oO Assign vApp to resource pool M Assign virtual machine to resource pool C Create resource pool Migrate i C Modify resource pool C Move resource
18. Reclaimed Memory Ballooned Memory 12 Balooning Memory 1 0 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 12 11 15 00 12 11 15 10 12 11 15 20 12 11 15 30 12 11 15 40 12 11 15 50 12 11 16 00 12 11 16 10 12 11 16 20 12 11 16 30 Fig 64 Smart Ballooning Memory Page 50 TROUBLESHOOTER Troubleshooter Virtualization comes with a wealth of needed configurations along with the benefits delivered by isolation of virtual machines More often than expected a virtualized environment is not properly configured and non optimal configurations lead to resources waste poor consolidation ratio uncertain SLA compliance Troubleshooter performs continuous monitoring of well known virtualization options and sets immediate warning alerts when wrong configurations are detected and Help virtual infrastructure administrator to solve possible drawbacks TOUBLESHOOTER SETTINGS By clicking on troubleshooter button the configuration settings pane appears Fig 65 Troubleshooter settings Generate Report Xi Schedule Weekly Report amp Configure Visibility categories 5 Ignore Rules Generate Report Generate de Download Start date Qf 2015 1 14 End Date amp 2015 1 21 Xi Send report by email after generation OFF Fig 65 Troubleshooter settings You can immediately generate a report by selecting Start date and End date moreover you can switch on Send report by email after generation to automatically send the Report to the Mail Receivers c
19. T HOST 150 145 63 51 on HOST HOST 150 145 63 545 Fig 68 Ignore Category list In the last tab of Troubleshooter settings there is a summary of all Ignored rules Fig 69 Every ignored rule can affect a single entity or a category or both By clicking on Resolve the rule is canceled Page 52 TROUBLESHOOTER 2 Generate Report Xi Schedule Weekly Report amp Configure Visibility categories Ignore Rules Ingore Rules records per page Search Entity a Category Rule ACTIVE NETWORK NOT ACTIVE NETWORK NOT ACCESSIBLE is Ingored Resolve ACCESSIBLE CLUSTER cluster_test MISSING BMC CONFIGURATION CATEGORY MISSING BMC CONFIGURATIONIS IGNORED ON CLUSTER cluster_test is Resolve Ingored CLUSTER cluster_test VIRTUAL DISK NOT ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY VIRTUAL DISK NOT ACCESSIBLEIS IGNORED ON CLUSTER cluster_test is Resolve Ingored Fig 69 Ignore Rules TROUBLESHOOTER RISK AND EFFICIENCY For every resource you Select troubleshooter will compute two scores Risk and Efficiency Risk is a value influenced by the set of problems and respective severity that affect the selected resource and all its children The score is comprised between 0 no observed problems to 100 maximum risk severity value 57 57 Risk Efficiency Gi Risk fd Efficiency 100 100 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 o o 16 01 17101 18 01 19 01 20 01 21 01 16 01 17 01 18 01 19 01 20 01 21 01 Fig 70 Risk and Efficiency Page 53 TROUBLESHOOTER Ef
20. URATION For new clusters you can configure incoming load in term of VMs By clicking Add VM Template button you can choose the number of VMs the type and the percentage of CPU usage and RAM usage Fig 83 When you click on type menu a list of VMs templates that will be used to simulate the load appears from a tiny VM template with one CPU core and 512 MB of RAM until Gigantig VM Plus template with 24 CPU cores and 64 GB of RAM Furthermore in the Cluster Property pane by switching on off Relocate you can decide if this cluster can be modified during the scenario creation moving in hosts from other clusters or moving hosts out to other clusters Cluster_6 Load on Cluster in term of Vm of Type Cpu Usage Ram Usage vm 1 K Tiny VM 1 Cores 512 Mb of Memory 30 70 Add VM Template Cluster Property Relocate fon Dismiss OFF Add aD Fig 83 Adding load to new cluster Finally if you would to add new hosts to this cluster switch on Add Page 61 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER EXISTING CLUSTERS CONFIGURATION The first step of an existing cluster configuration is to decide if the type of load on the cluster will be calculated on percentage of Load variation or in term of VMs Load variation Default choise is Load variation and it can be modified increasing or decreasing Cluster Load slider When the percentage gets modified the number of VMs in the Current Cluster Load pane vari
21. a new eco4cloud item appears when you right click an resource as a host or a VM By clicking on Eco4cloud menu you can manage all Eco4cloud parameters from vmware vclient Performance Data Interval permits to specify the number of days starting from now to backward in order to save performances data on database Performances data are used to run consolidation scenarios and or CDSM scenarios More days require more datastore allocation for eco4cloud Virtual appliance Advanced configurations x For expert users Eco4Cloud Plugin for vCenter OFF Performances Data Interval number of days Fig 48 Advanced configurations Page 40 ADMINISTRATION PANEL USERS This section shows the list of Eco4Cloud users By clicking on Add User button a new user wizard Fill the fields in the first part of wizard with the user data information then set its permissions as Fig 49 shows A user could have Administrator permissions i e Full Control on selected farm read only or read write permission Finally confirm data After creating a new user you can modify its permissions by clicking edit link DashBoard Administrator CY icar cnr READ OFF WRITE fon Fig 49 User Permissions HEALTH STATUS In the health status section you can control if the E4C services are running Services Health Status VCenter a Monitoring a Workload Consolidator a Smart Ballooning a Troubleshooter a CDSM MyVcenter OK OK
22. and Administration panel Eco4Cloud Admin Change Password Troubleshooter 6 SEM CULE ELD UNMET Administration Panel 5 Logout Hew Farm af Consolidation Scenarios Fig 44 Right top Menu The administration panel allows you to manage products licenses mailer users Advanced configurations and Support LICENSES In the license section you can find all licensed products license expiration date number of hosts supported current active licenses residual licenses number and the license status To add or upgrade a license you have to contact Eco4Cloud by clicking on Request License button A pre compiled form appears and you have just to specify which product you want to license then press Send button to email to eco4cloud support your request If you haven t configured the smtp server in the mailer section yet you have to compile the form and then click on the link just below send button and follow the instruction MAILER The Fig 45 shows mailer configuration panel Eco4Cloud sends periodical reports of its activity and immediately notifies users of possible malfunctions In order to obtain this service the user needs to configure the mail service Host name port sender mail and sender name are mandatory fields If you enable Server Authentication you have to fill Username and password field too If you use an SMTP server that requires an encrypted session you have to switch on SSL Connection Page 38
23. and removed scheduled tasks Create tasks create a new scheduled task Modify task modify a scheduled task Remove task remove a scheduled task Run task run a scheduled task Privileges Tasks control extensions ability to create and update activities on vCenter server Create task allows an extension to create a user defined task Update task allows an extension to modify a user defined task This class of privileges are useful to schedule needed operations to VM consolidation APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name E4CRole Privileges virtual machine o BM Configuration Add existing disk a J Add new disk C Add or remove device M Advanced DJ Change CPU count J Change resource C Configure managedBy La C Disk change tracking a J Disk lease a C Display connection settings 5 J Extend virtual disk C Host USB device H Memory Description All Privileges Help OK Cancel Fig I Virtual Machine configuration Page 73 Privileges Virtual Machine gt configuration control the ability to configure VM and devices options Advanced add or modify advanced options in VM configuration file Change resource Change resource configuration ofa set of VM nodes in a given resource pool Itis required for the use of the Smart Ballooning Mem
24. ar with VMware virtual machine technology and datacenter operations DOCUMENT FEEDBACK Eco4Cloud welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation If you have comments send your feedback to info eco4cloud com Page 1 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS Installation requirements Eco4Cloud is composed of two components a java monitor and virtual machines consolidator and a web dashboard Eco4Cloud provides a vApp to simplify the software installation The vApp can be imported into a VMware Datacenter or into free stand alone systems like VMware Player or VMware Server or non free systems like VMware Workstation HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITIES Eco4Cloud Virtual Machine has a VMware version 7 virtual hardware and has the following requirements Minimum System Requirements e 4 GB of RAM memory e 1 processor e 20GB of thin provisioned storage SATA drive with a 15MBps throughput e 1network card Recommended System Requirements e 8GBofRAM memory e 1 processor e 40 GB of thick provisioned eager zeroed storage SSD drive with a 1OOMBps throughput e 1 network card Virtual systems supporting vApp are e ESX ESXi 4 x 5 x e vCenter 4 x 5 x e vCloud Director 1 x e Server 2 0 e Workstation 6 5 x 7 x e VMware Player OPERATING SYSTEM AND FEATURES VApp is a Virtual Machine with an Ubuntu 10 04 Operating System with a single 64 bit processor 4GB of RAM memory a network card and a CD ROM Of co
25. cal hosts in the data center and the overall energy consumption per host per day can be reported The third chart reports the CPU ready time VMWare has set two thresholds for the CPU ready time of a VM 5 is a warning threshold while 10 represents an alert The fourth chart reports the amount of ballooned memory VMWare specifies that the presence of ballooned memory should be avoided even if a small presence of memory ballooning is not a sign of serious memory contention Resources utilization using Eco4Cloud This section includes two charts Page 36 The first chart is the Number of active servers with and without Eco4Cloud Fig 43 and it reports the number of active servers with and without the use of Eco4Cloud The second chart is the Number of overload prevention and workload consolidation migrations per hour and it reports the number of migrations per hour in the whole data center during the week of simulated Eco4Cloud operations MONITORING with Eco4Cloud VM migrations allow this number to decrease from 4 to 3 o Figure 5 Number of active servers with and without Eco4Cloud 50 E With Eco4Cloud Without Eco4Cloud 45 2 5 20 T5 1 0 0 5 0 0 01 11 02 11 02 11 03 11 03 11 04 11 04 11 v Fig 43 Number of active servers with and without Eco4Cloud Page 37 ADMINISTRATION PANEL Administration Panel In the right top of home page there is the Menu for changing admin password logout from session
26. ch file button Page 42 ADMINISTRATION PANEL Then selects the package and waits for the upload to finish Software Updates X You can install software updates for Eco4cloud Virtual Appliance Manual Update B Install Update F Upload Pateh File Fig 53 Software Updates By pressing Install Update button the vapp will be upgraded to new version Logout and login again to navigate in the dashboard MIGRATIONS WARNINGS AND ERRORS In the right top of home page there are three icons representing respectively Migrations Warnings and Errors Fig 54 Eco4Cloud Admin You have 4 errors Host 150 145 63 51 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for host 150 145 63 51 2014 11 06 12 48 24 Host 150 145 63 52 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for host 150 145 63 52 2014 11 06 12 48 24 Host 150 145 63 55 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for host 150 145 63 55 2014 11 06 12 48 24 Host 150 145 63 56 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for host 150 145 63 56 2014 11 06 12 48 24 View All Errors Fig 54 Errors By clicking on view all errors you can see more details In the same way you can view warnings and migrations Page 43 ADMINISTRATION PANEL SEARCH RESOURCES In the Left top of home page there is the search box Fig 55 Simply inserting part of name of an resource such as a cluster or VM search function will list all resources containing typed character Eco4App_90Clone Ec
27. cription ec eco4cloud S 324 X 60 20 77 KB Fig 30 First login form The next step is to configure your Server Farm inserting a Farm Name and a brief description Fig 31 useful if you will work with several farms at the same time 1 Change Password Hypervisor You are logged as admin please set your FARM Informations Farm Name Description Target Resource Utilization Ss 20 Maximum Resource Utilization es EJ Fig 31 Farm Information Moreover there are other two parameters e Target Resource Utilization The percentage of host utilization CPU RAM that Eco4Cloud Workload Consolidation will try to achieve Default value is 80 Page 28 INITIAL SETUP OF ECO4CLOUD DASHBOARD e Maximum Resource Utilization The maximum host utilization CPU RAM allowed If Exceeded Eco4Cloud Workload Consolidation will migrate VMs to other hosts Default value is 90 In the next step another form Fig 32 collect data about your virtualization platform such as Ip address username and password to gain access to your virtual farm You are logged as admin please set your VCENTER Informations Virtualization Platform Address 10 10 10 10 Virtualization Username eco4cloud Virtualization Platform Password Virtualization Platform Name MyVPlatform Virtualization Description Hypervisor e VMWare VSphere Fig 32 Virtualization Platform information After clicking on next button you can co
28. d alarms must not be canceled Page 77
29. dates management By default automatic updates are not enabled Fig 24 You can change the settings and choose Automatic check for updates with which the vApp periodically checks whether new updates have been published but not install them The installation is carried out manually by clicking on the button Install updates from the first screen Fig 23 Finally if you want to fully automate you have to select Automatic check and install updates and choose the frequency and time A OEE E or et canefouri ry Eco4App System Network Settings Update Settings No automatic updates Automatic check for updates Save Settings Automatic check and install updates Cancel Changes Schedule a frequency for the updates 300AM Y Update Repository Use Default Repository RepositoryURL http 150 145 63 144 Username administrator Use CDROM Updates O Use Specified Repository Repository URL N Username Optional Password Optional Powered by VMware Studio Fig 24 Automatic updates management Page 23 UPDATES MANAGEMENT At the bottom of the screen you have to choose the update repository By default it is configured eco4cloud company repository server Otherwise if the vApp does not have internet access Eco4Cloud will send a CD ROM with the updates and then you need to select Use CD ROM Updates Finally if the URL of the repository changes you will need to select Use S
30. e problem you can see the details such as where the problem is at which time it occurred and the description Finally on the bottom of details pane you can find the exclusion rules Clicking on active link you can see Ignore Reason List Fig 76 that shows where the rule is applied On the right side you can click on resolve to cancel the rule Category ACTIVE NETWORK NOT ACCESSIBLE is Ignored on all Entity Resolve Category ACTIVE NETWORK NOT ACCESSIBLE is ignore on Entity Resolve Fig 76 Ignore Reason List Page 57 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER CDSM Capacity Decision Support Manager Capacity Decision Support Manager CDSM is a capacity planning software enhanced by Eco4Cloud s workload consolidation algorithm which provides a solution to efficiently plan and use shared pools of resources in virtualized data centers Eco4Cloud s CDSM addresses and solves the capacity planning problem by modeling it with historical workloads and considering the peak workload for resource allocation In fact CDSM creates demand patterns through the analysis of workload traces measured in the data center This enables CDSM to accurately predict future demands CDSM allows planning the whole virtualization layer within few minutes from the initial deployment The setup is quick and hassle free CDSM immediately starts collecting historical performance data sampled by virtualization platform and makes capacity planning featu
31. eached through virtual machines consolidation If the resource utilization goes above this threshold virtual machines migrations will be issued to lower the utilization e Power off min uptime Minimum number of minutes of activity before a host can be powered off default 120 e Power on min uptime Minimum number of minutes of activity before a host can be powered on default 120 Page 45 WORKLOAD CONSOLIDATION By enabling consolidation on farm all the resources in the resource inventory will inherit this property If you don t want consolidation be active for some resource it can disabled separately On the contrary if consolidation is disabled on farm automatically it is disabled on entire resource inventory Override Migration warnings button shows a warning s list that could be ignored during VMs migrations You can switch on off nearly every warning based on your polices Fig 57 For example Eco4Cloud wants to migrate a VM and a No guest heartbeats warning stops the migration In this scenario if the switch is on the on position the warning will be overridden and the migration can go on This is the list of warnings to be ignored during vm migrations A Update Ignore All OFF Ignored in to migration Description validation NO GUEST OS HEARTBEATS knowledge base DEVICE BACKING NOT ACCESSIBLE OFF knowledge base Fig 57 Override Migration warnings New Veenter button allows to add a new vC
32. ent Manual Role creation In the section Home gt Administration gt Roles Fig A a new role must be created with the set of privileges in the following The name to assign to role will be E4CRole o gt WIN 2G F2IBY Y CU Sphere Client File Edit View Inventory Administration Plug ins Help ka Home gt Gi Administration b amp Roles p gia WIN 2GVFZTEVYCL fg Add Role yg Clone Role Roles Usage E4CRole PTE a eg Virtual machine power user sample agp eco4cloud E E e4c_best Virtual machine user sample tbo E eco4tcloud Resource pool administrator sample YMware Consolidated Backup user sample Datastore consumer sample Network consumer sample eco4cloud E4CRole Y 4 H gJ Tasks Alarms Administrator 2 Fig A Role creation Page 65 APPENDIXES Automatic Role Creation by powershell script We create two PowerCli scripts for automatic role creation 1 CreateEco4CloudRole ps1 2 CreateEco4CloudRole_PowerCLI4 0 ps1 The first one is for powerCli version 5 0 or above the second one for Powercli version 4 0 The scripts can be used on the vCenter server locally or remotely from other PC with Powercli installed on In local mode you have to open a PowerCli console with administrator permission and launch CreateEco4CloudRole ps1 The script will create E4CRole with the necessary permissions In remote mode you have to open a PowerCli console and launch the same scr
33. enter server You have to fill the form Fig 58 filling Server Host field with IP address or hostname then username and password of an administrative account and finally press Update button Add Virtualization Platform E Update Server Host IP address Username admin t Password rTTTItTitCt i Fig 58 New Vcenter Page 46 WORKLOAD CONSOLIDATION This configuration data can be modified deleted afterwards selecting the vCenter in the left pane New Domain Controller button allows to add a new Domain controller to manage Microsoft Hyper V environments Finally you can also delete a Datacenter SETTINGS ON CLUSTER HOST AND VM Depending on the selected resource in the left pane the Workload Consolidation settings pane has a second different field other than consolidation switch e For clusters Always on hosts field is the minimum number of hosts that must be always switched on in this cluster e For hosts StandBy Enabled field If it is disabled and Consolidation is enabled on this server Eco4Cloud will be able to migrate VMs in out this server but the server will never be switched off CHARTS Selecting a farm or a cluster additional information is available a chart and two tables respectively Number of active hosts with and without Eco4Cloud Host Switch On Off Events VM Migrations Number of active hosts with and without Eco4Cloud 5 0 WM With Eco4Cloud WW Without Eco4Cloud 45 i 3 0 2 5 2 0 1
34. es The Type of VM displayed represents a sample of all VMs inside the cluster In the case that the cluster load type is based on Load variation the type of VM CPU usage Typical daily based maximum CPU usage of the VM and RAM usage Typical daily based maximum memory usage of the VM cannot be modified CLUSTER_5 Cluster Load Type Load variation Load on Cluster in terms of Vm Cluster Load 100 T 500 i Current Cluster Load Number of Vms Type Cpu Usage Ram Usage 221 Medium VM 1 Cores 4 GB of Memory 35 72 Fig 84 Load Variation Load on Cluster in terms of Vm Choosing Load on Cluster in terms of VM you could change all the values in Cluster Load pane Fig 85 The number of VMs currently shown represents the original number of VMs it can be changed with the best value that fits your aim The type of VM displayed is a representative sample of all VMs inside the cluster and cannot be modified Instead CPU usage and RAM usage can be modified either by the slider or manually writing the value in the field If you want Additional workload you can add other VMs by pressing Add VM Template button In this pane you can modify number of VMs Type of VM CPU usage and RAM usage Page 62 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER CLUSTER_3 a Cluster Load Type LoadonClusterintermsofVm v Cluster Load CLUSTER_3 NumberofVm Type Cpu Usage Ram Usage E 143 Med
35. ficiency is a score conveying the right allocation and configuration of resources of selected resource and of all its children under it Fig 70 shows risk and efficiency computed on a farm Fig 71 represents Risk Factor deriving from hosts health state In this charts Troubleshooter represents the main risks for a farm such as high CPU ready time or too much Ballooned memory Other risks are the Hosts in maintenance mode or hosts disconnected Host operational status is represented also with the pie chart below ful Host health state CPU ready thre alarm IN dub CRU ready time warasing 23 Fathead otorey daam gt Ballooned memory waning 024 kyin berge ee Diss cepted ad Fig 71 Host health state Fig 72represents the factors affecting VMs performances such as Resources Limit Resources reservation etc VMs resources reservation is represented also with the pie chart below Page 54 TROUBLESHOOTER Chi Vis resources assignment and performances kala Wits Rarourced ti ra En Resourcer Limi CPU ready tite alarm 10 GPU resc kime warairg 32 Ballsorid mamery Mam 13 Ealkbored memory warning 2 Over praviiihad mandenced Under provpieped ra paces Fig 72 VMs resources assignment and performances Depending on the selected resource in the left pane Eco4cloud Troubleshooter shows the specific Entity Properties Fig 73 Entity Properties for e Hosts show the possible sta
36. gs of clusters servers and VMs can be set For servers and VMs you can decide to switch on off Consolidation and automated StandBy for idle hosts for each cluster you can set the minimum host number that must be always on Fig 42 Page 34 MONITORING 3 Advanced O Run Scenario O Results Advanced settings You can customize workload consolidation behaviour for each cluster server and vm amp Cluster Settings 10 V records per page Serch SNS Name a Consolidation ServerAlwayson cluster_test ON 2 Showing 1 to 1 of 1 entries ie Save and Close Save and Run Fig 42 Advanced simulation Parameters Clicking next simulation runs and results are shown Page 35 MONITORING SIMULATION RESULTS The results are divided in four sections Test Description Resources utilization without Eco4Cloud Resources utilization using Eco4Cloud and an appendix with scenario parameters details Resources utilization without Eco4Cloud This section reports four graphs The first chart is Average CPU and RAM utilization of the hosts before using Eco4Cloud and it shows the average CPU utilization of the hosts during the monitoring period It also shows the average RAM allocation again in percentage with respect to the total amount of RAM of the servers The second chart is Average power consumption of each server Eco4Cloud is able to collect hosts power consumption data so the overall power consumption of the physi
37. he left side of main window further information and details will be shown in the right pane For example clicking on a host Fig 37 the status of VMs belonging to will be shown Moreover Host Details pane will show some hardware and software information about the host Page 31 MONITORING Host Properties Number of Powered ON VMs 5 Number of Powered OFF Vis 10 Number of Suspended VMs 0 Number of VMs Templates 1 Host Details A Virtualization Software Version VMWare 5 0 0 Host Power State Powered On Vendor Supermicro Model XODTT IBX Processor Model Intel R Xeon R CPU E5520 2 27GHz Number of CPU Sockets 2 CPU Frequency 2266 00 MHz Number of CPU cores 6 RAM 24 GB Fig 37 Resource properties RESOURCE POWER TAB The second tab is Power tab Fig 38 The chart shows the power consumption of the hosts compliant with the power consumption monitoring feature Page 32 MONITORING lal Power consumption uy H Average Power 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 LL 9 0 30 07 30 07 10 30 07 12 30 07 14 30 07 30 07 18 30 07 20 30 07 22 31 07 31 07 02 31 07 04 31 07 06 31 07 31 07 10 31 07 12 31 07 08 16 00 08 14 Fig 38 Power consumption CONSOLIDATION SCENARIOS It is a feature that allows to simulate Eco4cloud Workload Consolidation in your own farm After clicking on your company a page with Consolidation scenarios tab appears In this pane you can find the New Consolidation Scenario button Fig 39 a
38. ipt with following parameters vCenter Ip Address vCenter administrator username and password CreateEco4CloudRole psi vCenterAddress vCenterUsername vCenterPassword After creating E4CRole you can add eco4cloud user account to the role Page 66 APPENDIXES Now it is possible to assign the needed privileges by clicking with the right button of the mouse on the name of the role f Edit Role Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges a M All Privileges i Alarms i Acknowledge alarm Z Create alarm i Disable alarm action Z Modify alarm H C Datacenter H C Datastore H C Datastore cluster H C dvPort group H C ESX Agent Manager H C Extension H C Folder 5 Global J Act as vCenter Server O Capacity planning J Diagnostics C Disable methods Description All Privileges Fig B Alarms Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name E4CRole Privileges E Global i Act as vCenter Server Disable methods C Enable methods J Global tag Manage custom attributes J Script action H C Host profile H C Network Description All Privileges Fig C Global Page 67 Alarms privileges control the ability to set and respond to alarms on inve
39. ium VM 1 Cores 4 GB of Memory mm 23 a 60 Additional workload Number of Vm 2 Type Cpu Usage Ram Usage B 1 Tiny VM 1 Cores 512 MB of Memory 3 a 7C 2 Fig 85 Load in term of VMs When you click on Type menu a list of VMs templates that will be used to simulate the load appears wich allows selecting the VM category ranging from a tiny VM template with one CPU core and 512 MB of RAM up to Gigantic VM Plus template with 24 CPU cores and 64 GB of RAM Host Action In the Host Action pane you can specify which actions to enable on the hosts of the current cluster The Relocate and Add options have already been covered Dismiss option allows to remove obsolete and inefficient hosts from this cluster CDSM REPORT After configuring all settings and pressing the Run button CDSM will generate a report A brief introduction will describe what CDSM is and what the output of the scenario will be The first paragraphs of the report will describe the scenario of the test and the Resources utilization with a major focus on Ram usage during monitoring period In Scenario Parameter paragraph you will find the summary of configuration settings of all clusters that you made Page 63 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER The following paragraph will show the results that consist in two scenarios for all single clusters both of them contains Residual workload on each cluster How many hosts if any are
40. nd a list of the previous consolidation scenarios Company co4cloud Main 6 Advanced Settings Scenarios List 10 y records per page Search Creation Name gt Date gt StartDate End Date gt Ta gt Th gt Status lt Automatic 2015 10 16 2015 10 02 2015 10 16 80 0 90 0 COMPLETED OPTIONS Consolidation 23 18 Scenario of 2015 10 16 Fig 39 Simulation list window After clicking on New consolidation scenario button a wizard pops up to configure a new simulation Fig 40 First of all select the farms of the scenario Page 33 MONITORING 1 Farms Q Parameters oS Advanced r 4 Run Scenario e Results Select farms Select the farms to be consolidated ICAR_IP90 ICAR_IP90 TON Fig 40 Simulation list window In the next step fill the Simulation name field Target Resource Simulation E4C Workload Consolidation will optimize host utilization up to this value and Maximum Resource Utilization E4C Workload Consolidation will migrate VMs away from hosts with utilization rates higher than this value finally choose Start Date and End Date both not older than two weeks of simulation Fig 41 Advanced O Run Scenario O Results Choose parameters Enter basic info to start a simulation Simulation Name Target Resource Utilization Maximum Resource Utilization E Stat Date End Date A 2014 10 29 a 2014 11 05 Fig 41 Simulation Parameters In the next step Advanced settin
41. nfigure your smtp server Fig 33 settings you can configure it afterwards as explained in the Mailer paragraph of Administration panel section of this manual or skip this step and begin to use the dashboard 1 Change Password 4 Hypervisor You are logged as admin please set your SMTP Server ADVICE You need to configure both an SMTP Server and a list of receiver addresses for E4C automated mails Fig 33 Smtp configuration Page 29 MONITORING Monitoring When the user logs into the dashboard all Eco4Cloud products Monitor Workload Consolidation Troubleshooter CDSM appear on the top of the page At the very beginning only Monitor product is active and free for use Once the configuration wizard is completed monitoring become to collect performance data Fig 34 Virtualization Platforms Manager VCenter Service is collecting historical performances data Time left 3m9s 62 N Fig 34 Performances data collection When historical performances data are completely collected you can see the resources inventory of your farm on the top left side of the home page 4 Ecod4cloud Monitor Workload Consolidation Smart Ballooning Troubleshooter Inventory and perfo ces stribution S nfigurations Optimize Workload Di Save RAM memory Solve miscor Farm_Demo 4 E MyVcenter Ean Farm_Demo 4 cluster_Demo gt Bp 150 145 63 51 gt Bp 150 145 63 52 Main 2 Advanced Settings 4 Power gt By 15
42. nore VM Eco4App201403 CPU Ready Time of vm Eco4App20140318 07 04 46 VIRTUAL MACHINE CONFIGUR Ignore VM Eco4App201403 CPU Ready Time of vm Eco4App20140318 07 04 46 CPU READY TIME OVER 5 PE Ignore VM OpenVPN AS Ap No guest OS heartbeats are being receiv 07 03 28 VM Eco4App_Clonel No guest OS heartbeats are being receiv 07 03 27 Ree ales tla Ignore VM Eco4Cloud_V2_2 No guest OS heartbeats are being receiv 07 03 27 VM IDLE 28 Ignore VM Eco4App Win2k8 Unable to access the virtual machine co 07 03 26 CLUSTER RECOMMENDATIONS g ignore VM Eco4AppTelecon Unable to access the virtual machine co 07 03 25 SMALL CLUSTER Ignore Fig 74 Details view By clicking on the name of a category a new browser window links the Eco4cloud Knowledge Base explaining the problem and the official solution by the relative vendor and or Eco4Cloud Beside the category there is the occurrences number and then the ignore link S Ignore Category MISSING BMC CONFIGURATION Ignore All problems on farm icar dem OFF Ignore MISSING BMC CONFIGURATION on farm icar dem OFF Ignore MISSING BMC CONFIGURATION on all Entity OFF Fig 75 Ignore You can choose if to ignore the error on the selected entity or on all entities or even to ignore all problems on the entire Farm by switching right side button on off finally pressing Save Changes button Page 56 TROUBLESHOOTER On the right side of Details pane there is the list of all problems By clicking on a singl
43. ntory objects This class of privileges is useful to insert automatic alarms within the vCenter in case of overloads Acknowledge alarm recognition of an alarm Create alarm creation of a new alarm Disable alarm action block of the reaction to an alarm Modify alarm modify of an alert object Remove alarm removal of an alert object Set alarm status modify the status of an alarm to Normal Warning or Alert Global privileges control global tasks related to tasks scripts and extensions Furthermore it is used to manage custom attributes such as Annotations Act as vCenter Server Prepares or starts a vMotion Cancel task Cancels an executing task Manage Custom attributes Add remove or rename custom field definitions Script Action Schedule a scripted action in conjunction with an alarm Set Custom attribute View create or remove custom attributes for a managed object APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges amp M Configuration b C Advanced settings Authentication Store C Change date and time settings Change PciPassthru settings Change settings C Change SNMP settings H Connection Memory configuration C Network configuration H Power C Query patch C Security profile and firewall C Storage partition configuration
44. o4App20140318_ 1404 Fars Eco4App Win2k8 E PREE ile i Eco4AppUBI_201407301439 we cluster test bsa Taw Oboe Vat wee WI AMan nN Fig 55 Search Page 44 WORKLOAD CONSOLIDATION Workload Consolidation Workload Consolidation requires you insert a license In order to obtain a valid code contact Eco4Cloud support at support eco4cloud com go to Administration Panel click on Licenses then Add licence and insert it After that click on Workload Consolidation button and select a farm previously configured Enabling Consolidation Eco4Cloud will be able to migrate VMs between hosts inside this farm and switch on off hosts if BMC are correctly configured in power management section in VMware vClient Workload Consolidation settings Consolidation a on Target Resource Utilization 8t Maximum Resource Utilization 83 Power off min uptime 121 Power on min downtime 120 Overridable migration warnings Fig 56 Workload Consolidation Settings Fig 56 shows workload consolidation settings You can enable or disable consolidation with the appropriate switch You have to specify the reason at least 10 characters of the operation and finally confirm You can also change e Target Resource Utilization the target percentage of hosts resource utilization to be reached through virtual machines consolidation e Maximum Resource Utilization the maximum percentage of hosts resource utilization to be r
45. onfigured in Mailer configuration settings You can also download the generated Report clicking on Download Schedule Weekly Report Receive Weekly Report CY Send on at eV 5 Receiver Address Eco4Cloud Reports support eco4cloud com sci Fig 66 Schedule Weekly Report Page 51 TROUBLESHOOTER By selecting Schedule Weekly Report Fig 66 you can automatically receive weekly report You need to specify the day and the hour and which users will receive the report by email By selecting Configure Visibility categories Fig 67 you can customize your reports 2 Generate Report X Schedule Weekly Report Configure Visibility categories 6 Ignore Rules S Categories List records per page Search y Name gt ACTIVE NETWORK NOT ACCESSIBLE Ignore Rule AFFINITY RULE VIOLATED Ignore Rule BALLOONED MEMORY OVER 2 PERCENT Ignore Rule BALLOONED MEMORY OVER 5 PERCENT Ignore Rule Fig 67 Configure Visibility categories Every category in the list is included in the report If you want to exclude one of them from the report click on Ignore rule on the right side and a new pop up appears Fig 68 Then you can decide if ignoring this category on all entities switching on the side button and or Ignore Category on Single Entity such as Cluster Farm Host or VM Ingore Category on All entity cr records per page Search TYpe a Name gt Ignore Category fs CLUSTER CLUSTER cluster_test OFF FARM FARN icar dem on HOS
46. oot is completed the starting window the console will appear Fig 12 f a Eco4App 3 on 150 145 63 56 File View VM ja ujo 6G amp Ble p Use Arrow Keys t and lt ENTER gt to select 1 Fig 12 Vapp Console Page 12 VAPP MANAGEMENT The vApp can be managed via browser inserting the IP address as suggested in the screen shown in Figure 12 Alternatively the console let the user to log in into the Operating System Ubuntu 10 4 4 or to modify time zone settings Choosing Set Timezone the screen in Figure 13 will appear The following screens show how to modify the time zone 4 Eco4App 5 on 150 145 63 56 File View VM m amp SH BP amp p Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly Please select a continent or ocean Africa Americas Antarctica Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Ocean fustralia Europe Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean none I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format Fig 13 Time zone modify Page 13 pal Eco4App 5 on 150 145 63 56 Wiew Ha Aner icas Antarctica Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Ocean Australia Europe Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean none I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format Aaland Islands Greece Norway Albania Guernsey Poland Andorra Hungary Portugal Austria Ireland Romania Be larus Isle of Man Russia Belgium Italy san Marino Bosnia amp Herzegovina Jersey serbia Britain
47. ory modify the allocated memory to the VM APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges EY Virtual machine o E A Configuration H C Guest Operations 3 A Interaction C Acquire guest control ticket i C Answer question Fig L Virtual Machine Interaction Page 74 Privileges Virtual Machine gt Interaction control the ability to interact with VM console configure media execute power up down operations and install VMware Tools Console Interaction interaction with VM using mouse keyboard and monitor APPENDIXES Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name Privileges E Tasks tL vApp ci E Virtual machine o E M Configuration H C Guest Operations o amp J Interaction u Inventory i O Create from existing a Unregister i H Provisioning D State o E C vSphere Replication ci C VMware vSphere Update Manager E C VRMPolicy H C vService H C vSphere Distributed Switch Description All Privileges Fig M Virtual Machine Inventory Page 75 Privileges Virtual Machine gt Inventory control the ability to add move and remove VMs This class of privileges is needed to issue vMotions Create new Create a new VM Move move a VM in the hierarchy Regis
48. pecified Repository writing the new url and login credentials As stated above for manual installation or a manual check for updates click on the Status button back to the previous page and then click Check Updates and Instll Updates Fig 25 If new updates are available anotify appears with the words Available Updates and the serial number of the new software version ry Eco4App System Network Status Update Status Vendor Eco4cloud srl Check Updat Appliance Version 2 0 0 18 Details ok Updates Install Updates E Available Updates Appliance Version 2 0 0 19 Details Last Check Monday April 15 2013 5 26 39 PM GMT 02 00 Last Install Tuesday April 9 2013 2 10 19 AM GMT 02 00 Powered by VMware Studio Fig 25 Updates check Page 24 UPDATES MANAGEMENT Figures 26 and 27 illustrate the process of updates installation G y VMware Studio eco4cloud dashboard Eco4App x WI Install Update Are you sure you want to install updates OK Cancel Fig 26 Update process r ia VMware Studio ia eco4cloud dashboard e Eco4App x int Las 03 Installing updates Installing Eco4App 2 0 0 19 please wait Fig 27 Updates installation Page 25 UPDATES MANAGEMENT UPDATES LOGS If for some reason the updates were not installed properly will need to check the logs In order to do this
49. perties ae Eco4App Ready to Complete Folder etc_test Host Cluster cluster_test2 Specific Host 150 145 63 51 Datastore Storages Disk provisioning Thin Provision Network Mapping Network 1 to VM Network Property gateway Property DNS Property ip Property netmask r Power on after deployment Fig 11 Final configuration recap BEST PRACTICES Once Eco4Cloud virtual appliance starts working network communication starts between the appliance and the vCenter For performances reasons it is advisable to run Eco4Cloud and vCenter on the same physical machine In order to do that it is possible to set affinity rules between the virtual appliance and the virtual machine where vCenter runs Depending on vCenter installation if the vCenter has been installed directly ona physical host an affinity rule can be set between E4C appliance and the physical host running the vCenter If affinity rules are not available it is also possible to disable consolidation of E4C virtual appliance and optionally of the vCenter virtual machine itself via E4C dashboard as described in section Virtual machines consolidation constraints Page 11 VAPP MANAGEMENT VApp Management VMWARE CONSOLE After importing Eco4Cloud vApp into vCenter in needs to be powered on The first boot can be slower because the virtual machine has to install possible new Operating System updates and configure the environment Once the b
50. re systems named memory ballooning and which allows releasing consumed memory In order to enable Smart Ballooning switch it on in Smart Ballooning Settings pane Smart Ballooning settings Smart Ballooning Fig 61 Smart Ballooning settings Under Smart ballooning setting pane you will find the Smart Ballooning Operations table Fig 62 that shows the Smart Ballooning activities on each VM In the table you will see when Smart Ballooning activities happened as well Smart Ballooning Operations records per page Search t CS SN VM a Start Date gt End Date gt Reclaimed Memory MB Eco4Cloud_V2_Demo 2014 11 12 07 18 10 0 2014 11 12 07 18 31 0 10 0 Eco4Cloud_V2_Leopoldo 2014 11 11 17 28 57 0 2014 11 11 17 29 17 0 0 0 OpenVPN AS Appliance 2014 11 11 17 44 03 0 2014 11 11 17 47 10 0 23 0 SRV Backup 2014 11 12 17 08 48 0 2014 11 12 17 11 34 0 316 0 Vmware UpdateMgr 2014 11 12 17 12 50 0 2014 11 12 17 13 55 0 26 0 Showing 1 to 5 of 5 entries Fig 62 Smart Ballooning Operations The next two charts Fig 63 e Fig 64 show the amount of memory reclaimed hourly by Smart Balloning and RAM Memory reclaimed by Vmware balloon driver respectively Page 49 SMART BALLOONING Reclaimed Memory B recovered memory mb 200 250 150 100 i l 1 amp 11 1200 1 amp 11 14 00 12997 16 00 1211 18 00 1211 20 00 1211 22 00 1311 00 00 1 11 02 00 1311 04 00 1311 08 00 1311 08 00 13 11 10 00 Fig 63 Smart Ballooning
51. res available in few minutes The results obtained through CDSM are enhanced by Eco4Cloud s workload consolidation algorithm guaranteeing the best resource utilization possible CDSM WIZARD Clicking CDSM button the CDSM list pane appears This shows all CDSM scenarios you made and a new CDSM button to create a new one In the general settings you can choose the scenario name and the type of environment Production to priorize QoS or Test and Dev to priorize resources efficiency 1 CDSM Fams Cluster Cluster Settings General settings Choose Scenario Name and Environment of CDSM Scenario Name Environment Production pessssssssssessssssssssssssesssssssssssssseseeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesesssssssssss Test and Dev Fig 77 New CDSM wizard In the next page you can choose the farm included in the scenario if you have more than one Page 58 CDSM CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT MANAGER The next step is choosing the clusters to include Fig 78 You can also exclude one of the listed clusters by switching off the button DATACENTER_1 Cluster Settings Add Cluster 2 10 records per page Search one a Inclusion CLUSTER_1 CLUSTER_2 CLUSTER_3 CLUSTER_4 CLUSTER_5 CLUSTER_6 ABA BAB CLUSTER_7 CLUSTER_8 Q SA aL Fig 78 Cluster settings You can create a new Cluster too by clicking on Add Cluster button and adding a name Fig 79 Afterwards
52. s Source OVF Template Details End User License Agreem Licenza d uso per utente finale Name and Location Host Cluster Resource Pool Disk Format Properties Ready to Complete Fig 4 End User License Agreement Page 6 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS The next step is the choice of Eco4Cloud virtual machine name and the datecenter wherein it must be deployed Fig 5 Specify a name and location for the deployed template Source Name OVF Template Details 4App OVE Template Details E End User License Agreement Name and Location The name can contain up to 80 characters and it must be unique within the inventory folder Host Cluster Resource Pool Disk Format Propertes Ready to Complete Inventory Location Fig 5 Virtual machine name and datecenter Page 7 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS When datacenter is selected it is possible to choose the cluster where the virtual machine must be deployed Fig 6 and the specific host within the chisen cluster Fig 7 Deploy OVF Template Host Cluster On which host or duster do you want to run the deployed template Source OVF Template Details End User License Agreement Name and Location Host Cluster Specific Host Resource Pool Disk Format Properties Ready to Complete Specify a Specific Host On which host within the duster should the deployed template run Source Choose a specific host within the duster OVF Template Detail
53. s On dusters that are configured with vSphere HA or Manual mode vSphere DRS each virtual machine must End User License Agreement be assigned to a specific host even when powered off Name and Location E Host Cluster Select a host from the list below Specific Host Disk Format ERTE Properties Ready to Complete Fig 7 Host choice for the Eco4Cloud VM Page 8 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS Furthermore it is possible to insert the datastore where virtual disks will be stored and their format Fig 8 e Fig 9 Deploy OVF Template Storage Where do you want to store the virtual machine files Source Select a destination storage for the virtual machine files OVF Template Details End User License Agreement M Storage Profile Name and Location ta Host Cluster 5 T Storage50 Unknovm Disk Format Properties Ready to Complete D I Disable Storage DRS for this virtual machine Select a datastore Drive Type Capacity Provisioned Free Type Thin Pro Disk Format In which format do you want to store the virtual disks Stor 50 OVF Template Details End User License Agreement __247 7 Name and Location Host Cluster Storage Disk Format Properties Ready to Complete Thick Provision Eager Zeroed Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed Thin Provision Fig 9 Storage format for the Eco4Cloud VM Page 9 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS Clicking again on
54. surf the internet using a proxy server To do so check the option Use a proxy server and enter further requested information as IP address port user name and password Finally save all new information clicking Save Settings Update Actions HTTP Proxy Server E Save Settings Proxy Port Sa Cancel Changes Proxy Username Optional ProxyPassword Optional si Powered by VMware Studio Fig 22 Proxy server settings Page 21 UPDATES MANAGEMENT Updates management One of the best features of vApp is that it can be updated The updates may include for example the addition of modules of the operating system or running a particular configuration script or changes in the Eco4Cloud software ry Eco4App System Network Update Update Status Vendor Eco4cloud sri Actions liance Name E oJ oe Version spayed Details Patch dashboard2 Install Updates No update is available Last Check Wednesday April 10 2013 12 32 52 PM GMT 02 00 Last Install Tuesday April 9 2013 2 10 19 AM GMT 02 00 Powered by VMware Studio Fig 23 Update Status and appliance version Page 22 UPDATES MANAGEMENT By clicking on the Update tab you will see a summary page on the application version Before you can check for new updates you need to click on the Settings button and verify all the parameters The configuration page allows you to automate or semi automate or manual leaving all the up
55. ter add a VM to vCenter server or host inventory Unregister remove a VM to vCenter server or host inventory APPENDIXES Privileges Extension control the ability to install and manage plug ins Edit the role name or make changes to the effective privileges allowed in this role by enabling or disabling the check boxes Name This class of privileges is needed to use Eco4Cloud Plug Privileges in a M All Privileges l i FZ Alarms Register extension Registers an extension plug in f Datacenter C Datastore n C Datastore duster Unregister extension Unregisters an extension plug H C dvPort group H C ESX Agent Manager in aM ff Register extension l l Z Unregister extension Update extension Updates an extension plug in Update extension H C Folder H E Global H E Host H C Host profile H C Network H C Performance H C Permissions H C Profile driven storage H E Resource H M Scheduled task Description Extensions Fig N Extension Page 76 APPENDIXES APPENDIX B IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT ECO4CLOUD SOFTWARE During normal operations eco4cloud software will generate two scheduled tasks 1 HypervisorLifeChecker 2 E4C Crash Detection Task and an alarm 1 E4C Crash Detection Alarm These tasks and alarms are needed to allow normal vCenter operation in case of failure of eco4cloud or in case vApp doesn t reach vCenter These tasks an
56. tes of hosts such as disconnected or Maintenance mode or ballooned memory alarm or Cpu ready time alarm e VMs show the possible states of VMs such as powered off idle or ballooned memory alarm or Cpu ready time alarm or over under provisioned etc amp Entity Properties Disconnected NO Maintenance Mode NO Ballooned memory warning gt 2 NO Ballooned memory alarm gt 5 NO CPU ready time waming gt 5 NO CPU ready time alarm gt 10 NO Fig 73 Host entity properties Page 55 TROUBLESHOOTER DETAILS VIEW In order to understand errors and warnings you can click on Details button near overview Another pane Fig 74 opens and shows errors and warning by Categories and Problems and below you can find ignore rules that you have configured Categories Problems 159 MISSING BMC CONFIGURATION Ignore Source Type Category Description Time NO GUEST OS HEARTBEATS Ignore CLUSTER cluster_te Cluster cluster_test is too small 4 ho 07 04 47 CLUSTER cluster_te There are 0 unapplied recommendation s 07 03 41 VIRTUAL DISK NOT ACCESSI EJ Ignore SERVER 150 145 63 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for 06 32 32 WRONG RESOURCES ASSIGNME Ignore SERVER 150 145 63 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for 06 32 32 WRONG RESOURCES RESERVAT 1 Ignore SERVER 150 145 63 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for 06 32 32 SERVER 150 145 63 Missing or wrong BMC configuration for 06 32 32 OVERPROVISIONED VM GD Ig
57. the following procedure a URL will be used Fig 2 Deploy OVF Template Source Select the source location Source OVF Template Details Name and Location Host Cluster Resource Pool Disk Format Deploy from a file or URL a ee http 150 145 63 253 build Eco4App 5 exports ovf Eco4App_OVF 10 ovf v Browse Enter a URL to download and install the OVF package from the Internet or specify a location accessible from your computer such as a local hard drive a network share or a CD DVD drive Fig 2 Selecting ovf file source Page 4 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS Clicking on Next button a first virtual machine features recap window will be shown Fig 3 OVF Template Details Verify OVF template details Source OVF Template Details End User License Agreement Eco4App Name and Location Host Cluster Resource Pool Vendor Eco4doud sri Disk Format Properties Publisher No certificate present Ready to Complete 2 0 0 19 Download size 737 8 MB Size on disk 1 8 GB thin provisioned 40 0 GB thick provisioned Description Software Prodotto da Ecocloud srl Fig 3 OVF template details Page 5 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS In the following window it is possible to accept End User License Agreement by clicking Accept and then going ahead clicking on the Next button Fig 4 Deploy OVF Template End User License Agreement Accept the end user license agreement
58. urse virtual hardware can be modified according to new needs even after the installation Page 2 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS Installation on VMware Systems INSTALLATION THROUGH OVF IMPORT Default Virtual Machine format is OVF 1 0 so compatibility is guaranteed with VMware vSphere 4 x and 5 x or VMware vCloud Director 1 0 If requested also OVF 0 9 is available as it can be imported into legacy systems like ESX ESXi 3 5 and VMware stand alone products as Workstation 6 5 x or 7 x Moreover ZIP format for free systems as VMware server and player is available too The following procedure shows standard OVF 1 0 format import Choose the option Deploy OVF Template Fig 1 from File menu in the vSphere Client connected to vCenter A wizard will start including an automatic download of Eco4Cloud virtual application files Export Report Browse VA Marketplace Getting Started ummary ResourceAllocation Performance Print Maps Eco4 pp i SON COU Version 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 E Templa Vendor Eco4doud srl E Test Ballooning E vapp Guest OS Ubuntu Linux 64 bit VM Version 7 Fig 1 Deploy OVF Template wizard Page 3 INSTALLATION ON VMWARE SYSTEMS In the first wizard window the ovf file URL for Internet download will be requested Alternatively it is possible to enter a folder from local file system or CD ROM In

Eco4Cloud User manual

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents