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Architecture and Design 17 JUL 2018 VMware Validated Design 4.3 VMware Validated Design for Management and Workload Consolidation 4.3 Architecture and Design You can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware website at: https://docs.vmware.com/ If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to [email protected] VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.vmware.com Copyright © 2017–2018 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright and trademark information. VMware, Inc. 2 Contents About Architecture and Design for Consolidated SDDC 5 1 Architecture Overview for Consolidated SDDC 6 Infrastructure Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 8 Workload Domain Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 9 Cluster Types for Consolidated SDDC 10 Physical Network Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 11 Availability Zones and Regions for Consolidated SDDC 16 Virtual Infrastructure Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 17 Virtual Infrastructure Overview for Consolidated SDDC 18 Network Virtualization Components for Consolidated SDDC 19 Network Virtualization Services for Consolidated SDDC 20 Operations Management Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 23 ESXi Patching and Upgrade Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 23 vRealize Suite Lifecycle Management Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 26 Monitoring Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 29 Logging Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 33 Cloud Management Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 39 vRealize Automation Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 40 vRealize Business for Cloud Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 44 Business Continuity Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 46 Data Protection and Backup Architecture for Consolidated SDDC 46 2 Detailed Design for Consolidated SDDC 48 Physical Infrastructure Design for Consolidated SDDC 49 Physical Design Fundamentals for Consolidated SDDC 49 Physical Networking Design for Consolidated SDDC 53 Physical Storage Design for Consolidated SDDC 57 Virtual Infrastructure Design for Consolidated SDDC 67 ESXi Design for Consolidated SDDC 69 vCenter Server Design for Consolidated SDDC 71 Virtualization Network Design for Consolidated SDDC 81 NSX Design for Consolidated SDDC 92 Shared Storage Design for Consolidated SDDC 114 Operations Management Design for Consolidated SDDC 133 vSphere Update Manager Design for Consolidated SDDC 133 vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Design for Consolidated SDDC 141 vRealize Operations Manager Design for Consolidated SDDC 160 VMware, Inc. 3 Architecture and Design vRealize Log Insight Design for Consolidated SDDC 176 Cloud Management Design for Consolidated SDDC 195 vRealize Automation Design for Consolidated SDDC 196 vRealize Business Design for Consolidated SDDC 227 vRealize Orchestrator Design for Consolidated SDDC 228 Business Continuity Design for Consolidated SDDC 234 Data Protection and Backup Design for Consolidated SDDC 234 VMware, Inc. 4 About Architecture and Design for Consolidated SDDC The Architecture and Design document for the VMware Validated Design for Management and Workload Consolidation contains a validated model of a consolidated cluster implementation of a VMware Validated Design, and provides a detailed design of each management component of the data center stack. Chapter 1 Architecture Overview for Consolidated SDDC discusses the building blocks and the main principles of each SDDC management layer. Chapter 2 Detailed Design for Consolidated SDDC provides the available design options according to the design objective, and a set of design decisions to justify selecting the path for building each SDDC component. This document refers to the VMware Validated Design for Management and Workload Consolidation as the Consolidated SDDC. Intended Audience VMware Validated Design Architecture and Design is intended for cloud architects, infrastructure administrators, and cloud administrators who are familiar with and want to use VMware software to deploy in a short time and manage an SDDC that meets the requirements for capacity, scalability, backup and restore, and extensibility for disaster recovery support. Required VMware Software VMware Validated Design Architecture and Design is compliant and validated with certain product versions. See VMware Validated Design Release Notes for more information about supported product versions. VMware, Inc. 5 Architecture Overview for Consolidated SDDC 1 VMware Validated Design for Consolidated Software-Defined Data Center (Consolidated SDDC) enables an IT organization to automate the provisioning of common repeatable requests and to respond to business needs with agility and predictability. Usually, this use case is referred to as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). However, VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center extends the typical IaaS solution to provide an IT solution with features across many areas such as IaaS, operations management, business continuity and security. The VMware Validated Design architecture is based on layers and modules. You can replace components to implement the end solution or outcome such as the SDDC. If a particular component design does not fit a business or technical requirement for some reason, you can swap it out for a similar one. A VMware Validated Design is one way of assembling an architecture. It is tested for stability, scalability and compatibility. The design of the system ensures achieving best IT outcomes. Figure 1‑1. Architecture Overview Service Cloud Service Catalog Business Security Management Management Continuity Layer Self-Service Portal Orchestration Virtual Hypervisor Infrastructure Backup & Governance Layer Pools of Resources Restore Virtualization Control Portfolio Risk Management Physical Compute Layer Storage Operations Compliance Management Network VMware, Inc. 6 Architecture and Design Physical Layer The lowest layer of the solution is the physical layer which consists of the compute, network and storage components. The compute component contains the x86-based servers that run the management, edge and tenant workloads. This design provides some guidance about the physical capabilities that are required to run this architecture. However, you select a specific type or brand of hardware according to VMware Compatibility Guide. Virtual Infrastructure Layer The virtual infrastructure layer is on top of the physical layer components. The virtual infrastructure layer controls the access to the underlying physical infrastructure, and controls and allocates resources to the management and tenant workloads. The management workloads consist of elements in the virtual infrastructure layer itself, together with elements in the cloud management, service management, business continuity and security layers. Cloud Management Layer The cloud management layer is the top layer of the stack. Service consumption occurs at this layer. This layer requests resources and orchestrates the actions of the lower layers from a user interface or application programming interface (API). Service Management Layer When building any type of IT infrastructure, you use portfolio and operations management for continuous day-to-day service delivery. The service management area of this architecture focuses on operations management, in particular lifecycle management, monitoring, alerting, and log management. Operations Management Layer The architecture of the operations management layer includes management components that provide support for the main types of operations in an SDDC. In the operations management layer, you monitor the underlying physical infrastructure and the virtual management and tenant workloads in real-time. Information is collected in the form of structured data (metrics) and unstructured data (logs). The operations management layer also retrieves the SDDC topology, that is physical and virtual compute, networking, and storage resources, which are key in intelligent and dynamic operational management. The operations management layer consists primarily of monitoring and logging functionality. VMware, Inc. 7 Architecture and Design Business Continuity Layer A consolidated SDDC must contain elements to support business continuity by providing data backup and restore. If data loss occurs, the right elements must be in place to prevent permanent loss of business critical data. This design provides guidance on how to operate backup and restore functions. Security Layer All systems must be secure by design. A secure design reduces risk and increases compliance while providing a governance structure. The security layer outlines the operations and setup that you must provide to implement an SDDC that is resilient to both internal and external threats. This chapter includes the following topics: n Infrastructure Architecture for Consolidated SDDC n Virtual Infrastructure Architecture for Consolidated SDDC n Operations Management Architecture for Consolidated SDDC n Cloud Management Architecture for Consolidated SDDC n Business Continuity Architecture for Consolidated SDDC Infrastructure Architecture for Consolidated SDDC The architecture of the data center physical layer is based on logical hardware domains and the physical network topology. Figure 1‑2. Physical Infrastructure Design in the SDDC Service Cloud Service Catalog Business Security Management Management Continuity Layer Self-Service Portal Orchestration Virtual Hypervisor Infrastructure Backup & Governance Layer Pools of Resources Restore Virtualization Control Portfolio Risk Management Physical Compute Layer Storage Operations Compliance