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IBM Knowledge is Power

IBM Knowledge is Power

Conference

Conference

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Thailand

Thailand

Introduction

Introduction

Agenda

Agenda

• IT challenges & Objectives

• Consolidation Cycle

• Virtualization Build Overview

• Overview of the Primary Data Centre

• Learning's & Summarize

• Q&A

Bunnings History in Retail

Bunnings History in Retail

Store Network

Store Network

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May 2006

May 2006

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Stores/Warehouses 210+

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WIDEST RANGE

LOWEST PRICES

BEST SERVICE

Agenda

Agenda

• IT challenges & Objectives

• Consolidation Cycle

• Virtualization Build Overview

• Overview of the Primary Data Centre

• Learning's & Summarize

• Q&A

IT Challenges & Objectives

IT Challenges & Objectives

• Deliver a business scalable platform

for legacy and new applications

• Maximise ROI

• Improve system flexibility

• Data Centre Consolidation

• Architecture Simplification and

Standardization

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Performance

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• Migration from Data

General mainframe to

IBM RS/6000 970

1999

• S80 12-way, 32GB mem

• S85 12-way, 32GB mem

• 500 GB disk, HACMP

2003

• p690 16-way, 96GB mem

• 44 TB disk

2005-2006

• p595 #1 48-way, 320GB mem

• p595 #2 32-way, 208GB mem

• 116 TB disk

Legacy Scaling Issues

Legacy Scaling Issues

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• Increasing workloads

• Single threaded application

• Kernel locks and limitations

• ISAM File/Data Structures

• Batch Window Challenges

• Data integrity

• System Management overheads

Agenda

Agenda

• IT challenges & Objectives

• Consolidation Cycle

• Virtualization Build Overview

• Overview of the Primary Data Centre

• Learning's & Summarize

• Q&A

• Why? We chosen to Consolidate?

• Some of the Challenges

– First on IBM System p5 (595) in Perth!!

– Consolidated 14 critical environments onto one

physical server

– Learning New Technology

– Project Timing and Dependencies

Consolidation Cycle (Initial)

Consolidation Cycle (Initial)

Consolidation Cycle (Process)

Consolidation Cycle (Process)

LPAR

LPAR 1

LPAR 2

App 1

App 2

App 3

IBM p595 (Production)

Server

•Single LPAR to be used

to host all applications

once migrated

IBM Power3 Server

•Running multiple

Oracle Applications

IBM p595 (Production)

Server

•Applications to be split

onto multiple LPARs

Power3 Server (1 x N)

Power5 Production

Consolidation Phase

Power5 Production

Segregation Phase

Consolidation Cycle (Delivery)

Consolidation Cycle (Delivery)

Results

– 14 environments

migrated with minimal or

no impact! From Power 3

physical servers

– Clean-up of the Data

Centre, now we have “57

LPAR’s on 2”

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Process Type

• We can now provision quicker with virtual resource pools

• Deliver Performance and maximise investment levels

• Deliver one-to-one environments

Consolidation Cycle (Challenges)

Consolidation Cycle (Challenges)

• On-going Capacity Planning

and Forecasting

• Managing multiple

applications – more

partitions

• Operational effects

• Managing Business

Expectations

• Standardize Base Image,

and clean-up

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Virtualization Build Overview

Virtualization Build Overview

P595 Architecture

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FC

GbitGbit

LPAR 2

Prod

AIX 5.3

TL03

2-3 CPUs

2 x FC

2 x Gbit

FC

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FC

Gbit

Gbit

LPAR 3

Prod

AIX 5.3

TL03

3 CPUs

2 x FC

2 x Gbit

FC FC

FC

FC

FC

GbitGbit

LPAR 1

Prod

AIX 5.3

TL02

4-5 CPUs

2 x FC

2 x Gbit

FC

FC

LPAR 7

Test

AIX 5.3

TL02

0.5 CPU

LPAR 8

Test

AIX 5.3

TL03

0.1 CPU

LPAR 9

Dev

AIX 5.2

TL06

0.1 CPU

LPAR 10

Test

AIX 5.3

TL02

1 CPU

LPAR 11

Dev

AIX 5.3

TL03

0.5 CPU

LPAR 12

Test

AIX 5.3

TL02

0.5 CPU

Gbit

LPAR 4

Dev

AIX 5.2

TL06

1-2 CPUs

1 x FC

1 x Gbit

Gbit

LPAR 5

Prod

AIX 5.3

TL02

3-4 CPUs

2 x FC

1 x Gbit

FC

GbitGbitGbit

VIO Server

2 x FC shared between VIO LPARs

2 x Gbit shared between VIO LPARs

FC

GbitGbit

LPAR 6

Test

AIX 5.3

TL02

0.5 CPU

1 x FC

2 x Gbit

New Prod LPAR

created and

allocated dedicated

FC/Gbit cards

New Test LPAR

created and

allocated dedicated

FC/Gbit cards

New Dev LPARs created through

VIO and allocated shared FC/Gbit

cards with other VIO LPARs

Dedicated Gbit deallocated

from LPAR2…

FC card deallocated

from LPAR2

…and reallocated to

LPAR6

FC card deallocated

from LPAR2…

Dedicated Gbit deallocated

from LPAR2…and assigned

to VIO server for shared

used

Moving Resources

is that simple!

Agenda

Agenda

• IT challenges & Objectives

• Consolidation Cycle

• Virtualization Build Overview

• Overview of the Primary Data Centre

• Learning's & Summarize

• Q&A

Data Centre Virtualization

Data Centre Virtualization

IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

•4-node cluster

•100TB of virtualised DS8300 and ESS DASD

disks (vdisks)

•Flashcopy data between DASD subsystems

IBM p595 (Production) Server

•16 LPARs using dedicated

hardware (HBAs, gigE etc)

IBM p595 (non-Production) Server

•16 LPARs using dedicated

hardware (HBAs, gigE etc)

•25 LPARs using shared hardware

through VIO

Cisco MDS-9509 SAN Director

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

LPAR

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LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR

Dedicated

LPARs

VIO

LPARs

VSAN

VSAN

VSAN

VSAN

VSAN VSAN

Prod VSANs

Dev VSANs

Test VSANs

VDISK VDISK VDISK VDISK

VDISK VDISK VDISK VDISK

VDISK VDISK VDISK VDISK

DS8300 VDISKs

ESS VDISKs

Technology as a Culture

Technology as a Culture

• People and technology

• Leading edge or not – will we be the first?

• Need for change – our culture

Agenda

Agenda

• IT challenges & Objectives

• Consolidation Cycle

• Virtualization Build Overview

• Overview of the Primary Data Centre

• Learning's & Summarize

• Q&A

Learning's & Summarise

Learning's & Summarise

• Sustaining Growth – p-series

• Consolidation Learning's

– Consolidate

– Segregate

– Virtualization

• Transition Learning's

Next steps

Next steps

• Business drivers in 2010

• How will technology address this?

• Vendor partner role

Q&A

Q&A

• My contact details

John Olszewski

IT Manager – Infrastructure & Architecture

Bunnings Group Limited

jolszewski@bunnings.com.au

www.bunnings.com

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