SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
Agenda
VMware industry leader
Customer challenges
What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
The Offer
Why Choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
Next Steps: Activating your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
for VMware entitlement
VMware – The Proven Market Leader
Company Overview
~$2 B in 2009 revenue
~7,000 employees worldwide
5
thlargest infrastructure SW
company
Proven in the Trenches
150,000+ VMware Customers
100% of Fortune 100
Gartner: “VMware is the Clear Market Leader”
“VMware is clearly ahead in”:
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Understanding the market•
Product strategy•
Business model•
Technology innovation, Product capabilities•
Sales execution
“VMware Strengths”:
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Far-reaching virtualization strategyenabling cloud computing, new application architectures and broader management
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Technology leadership and innovation•
High customer satisfaction•
Large installed base (especially Global 2000), and rapid growth of serviceproviders planning to use VMware (vCloud)
“VMware stands alone as a
Today’s IT – Complex, Inefficient, Inflexible
Cause
• Overwhelming complexity
• Reliance on brittle infrastructure
Effect
• >70% of IT budgets just
“maintaining” status quo
• <30% of IT budgets goes to
innovation and competitive
advantage
Where IT Energy Is Spent
Our Mission is Your Mission
Reduce the Complexity
Dramatically Lower Costs
Enable Flexible, Agile IT Service Delivery
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Increase automation
Virtualization Changes the Economics of Computing …
Cost per VM hour
2
Increase automation
. . . and begets a new paradigm for IT
Cost per VM hour
(2GB instance) 20¢ 18¢ 16¢ 14¢ 12¢ 10¢ 8¢ 6¢ 4¢ 2¢ 0¢ 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% Increase utilization
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UtilizationCloud Computing is an approach, not a destination
Cloud Computing is an approach to computing that leverages the efficient pooling
of on-demand, self-managed virtual infrastructure, consumed as a service.
Pooling
From machines to on-demand, highly elastic resource pools
Zero-touch Infrastructure
Policy-driven automation of provisioning, deployment and
management
Self-Service
Easy access with policy-based provisioning and
deployment
Control
Application-aware infrastructure with built-in availability, scalability, security
and performance guarantees
Open & Interoperable
Application mobility between clouds, based on open
standards
Leverage Existing Investments
Benefits of cloud computing to existing applications and
datacenters
Efficiency thru Utilization
VMware Industry Leader vSphere for cloud computing
Cloud computing is the emerging model that breaks IT’s
ever-increasing complexity and costs that end up consuming 70% - 80%
of IT budgets just to keep the status quo running.
Virtualization is the foundation upon which cloud computing
architectures are and will be built because virtualization is the only
technology that offers an evolutionary path to cloud computing.
VMware vSphere is the industry’s leading and only robust
virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures.
An Enterprise Linux OS with vSphere at no cost
As a data center professional, your on-going challenge is to
provide fast and secure access to core business applications,
systems and data.
You need a reliable, high-performance server operating system
that cost-effectively delivers critical business services.
With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware you can deploy
such operating system in your VMware vSphere environments at no
cost.
Plus you can now have one line of support from VMware by
purchasing our support offering for your SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
VMware’s Offer for Enterprise Linux on vSphere
VMware vSphere customers receive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
VMware – at no additional cost!
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Qualified vSphere customers with active VMware SnS contracts are entitled to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware (SLES for VMware)•
SLES for VMware comes with free subscription to patches and updates at no additional cost•
Ability to run as many VMs per host as you want•
Why purchase another OS when you can get an enterprise Linux solution at no cost with vSphere?
Purchase technical support for Linux directly from VMware
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A single source for support of the the combined VMware vSphere and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solution from VMware’s Global Support Services for your virtual machines.•
Support is available at both Basic (12x5) and Production (24x7) levels•
To purchase VMware technical support of SLES for VMware:• visit the VMware Store @ www.vmware.com/go/buyslesforvmwaresupport
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
• Industry proven enterprise Linux operating system
Based on Novell SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server
• Recommended by application ISVs including SAP Oracle and IBM
• Supported by over 5,000 applications
Accelerates the evolution
to a fully virtualized
datacenter
• Entitlement with orders as of June 9th, 2010 • No additional cost
Delivered as part of
VMware vSphere
• With a paid, separate, support agreement
Benefits of SLES for VMware
• Proven enterprise Linux operating system at no cost
• VMware provides free subscription to patches and updates to qualified customers
Lower cost of ownership
• Most extensive application support among any enterprise Linux operating with over 5,000 applications certified
Broad application support
• Up to date support and certification for applications as well as a high degree of interoperability among supported platforms
Lower risk
• Ability to run as many SLES for VMware virtual machines as you want on every qualified VMware vSphere host
Improved IT agility
• Proven reliability and high-performance of an enterprise Linux operating system
Enterprise level capabilities
• Purchase technical phone support delivered directly from VMware
SLES for VMware accelerates the journey to cloud
Key Benefits
Efficiency Thru Utilization and Automation -
SLES for
VMware provides customers with a proven enterprise Linux
operating system, at no additional cost, with their vSphere
subscription. Customers have the opportunity to drive even
greater ROI and operational efficiency when they obtain support
for the OS directly from VMware ‘s Global Support Services.
Agility with Control
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SLES for VMware is based on a
proven enterprise Linux operating system, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 11, and therefore delivers the highest levels of
reliability, scalability and performance and is a proven choice to
run any type of application – including mission critical and Tier-1
– in a VMware virtual environment.
Freedom of Choice
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Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Why Choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
The most scalable and high performing Linux
operating system – reliable and secure
Interoperability with UNIX- and Windows-Systems
Reference platform for enterprise applications,
including SAP
Optimized to run on VMware vSphere
Ready for Your Mission Critical Applications
SLES for VMware is ideally suited for mission-critical workloads
that require outstanding reliability, performance and scalability, as
well as other server workloads.
Target workloads include:
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SAP applications•
Other ERP, CRM and enterprise business applications, including Oracle applications•
JEE applications and the underlying middleware infrastructures offered by IBM,Oracle, SAP, Hitachi and others
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Enterprise database environments, such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL, MySQL, ADABAS, InterBase and others•
NET-based applications•
Other custom and legacy enterprise applications•
IT infrastructureSUSE® Linux Enterprise
The Preferred Linux Platform for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the only Linux platform SAP
recommends for its customers
Market leader with 75 percent market share of SAP on Linux, with
more than 1,000 customers
Joint development and support of virtualization solutions involving
SAP applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE® Linux Enterprise is the only operating system that runs
SAP's Business Warehouse Accelerator.
First Linux high availability solution for SAP applications in a
virtualized environment.
How to get started with SLES for VMware
Purchase qualifying edition of vSphere Activate the subscription to patches for SLES forNext Steps: Activate your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
VMware Entitlement
Customers entitled to SLES for VMware will receive an email from VMware
including the activation code to obtain the subscription to patches and
updates to SLES for VMware at no cost
To activate the subscription the code must be registered in a Novell portal:
• If you are a Novell customer and you have a Novell account go to www.novell.com/register to activate your subscription
• If you are not an existing Novell customer, do not have Novell account, go to
www.vmware.com/go/activateslesforvmware to register and activate your subscription (Note: you
will be redirected to a Novell site)
To download SLES for VMware go to
www.vmware.com/go/downloadslesforvmware (Note: you will be redirected to a Novell site)
Resources and contacts
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SLES for VMware website: www.vmware.com/go/slesforvmware•
Press release: www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/novell-vmw-partnership.html•
Email Sandi Terry, [email protected] Sr. Director for Emerging Products or contact your local VMware representative or partner.•
VMware Store @ www.vmware.com/go/buyslesforvmwaresupportThe Value of Linux on vSphere
Lowers Costs
Designed for Mission
Critical workloads
Reliability, &
Performance & Usability
•SLES provides advanced memory management and processor support, multi-pathing, and I/O capabilities, coupled with support for high speed interconnects and multi-threaded file systems. Ideal choices for high performance computing
•Includes familiar administration tools that provide excellent usability
•A robust platform for mission-critical
workloads
•Provides rock-solid reliability and
availability for mission-critical deployments •Recommended by application ISV such as SAP Oracle and IBM applications
•Supported by 5,000+ certified independent software vendor (ISV) applications
•Customers routinely save 50 to 80% on hardware license and maintenance fees when migrating from older RISC-based systems to modern x86, POWER, Itanium
• Consolidate
operations on fewer operating systems and server platforms in order to reduce the management
