VSLAB Projects (2017-2019)
- Potheri Mohan (Deactivated)
This is a list of items that are completed or in progress.
Area | Project | Description | Planned Deliverables | Location | Start Quarter | Status | Owner (type "@" to write owner) |
SAP | SAP HANA Application Workload Guidance | Project to create a VMware Validated Design for SAP. | Whitepaper: Blog: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2017/06/awg_s4hana_part1.html VMworld: | SC2 | 2017 Q2 | Completed | |
Big Data | New Architectures for Apache SPARK & Big Data
| Used GlusterFS as an alternative to HDFS for Apache SPARK | Blog: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmw-architectures-for- apache-spark-and-big-data.pdf VMworld: https://videos.vmworld.com/global/2017/videoplayer/16273
| SC2 | 2017 Q3 | Completed | |
Big Data & HPC | Big Data & HPC Experts event Palo Alto | Training was conducted for Big Data and HPC Experts in US. VSLAB was used for demo and hands on exercises. | External Blog: {+}http://michaelcorey.com/blog/vmware-experts-program-big-data/+ | SC2 | 2018 Q1 | Completed | |
SQL & Oracle | SQL & Oracle Experts event Sydney | Training was conducted for Oracle & SQL Experts in APAC. VSLAB was used for demo and hands on exercises. | Video: | SC2 | 2018 Q2 | Completed | |
Oracle | Oracle Security | Develop Best Practices guidelines for cloning Production Oracle Databases for test and development environments. Ensuring that security and compliance regulations are part of the process. | Demo: TBD Whitepaper TBD | SC2 | 2018 Q2 | In Progress | Marlin McNeil (Yucca Group) Victoria Whitlock (Boeing) Fred Gomez (Netapp) |
Big Data | Apache Spark with DataBricks on vSphere | Validate DataBricks runtime on vSphere on premises environment. Validate solution with NFS as the storage mechanism for SPARK. | Paper: Internal Document. Awaiting DataBricks sign off | SC2 | 2018 Q2 | Completed | |
Big Data | Apache Spark with DataBricks on VMC and S3 | Validate DataBricks runtime on vSphere on VMC environment. Validate solution with S3 as the storage mechanism for SPARK. | Paper: Internal Document. Awaiting DataBricks sign off | VMC | 2018 Q2 | Completed | |
HPC | Throughput testing in VMware Cloud on AWS | The goal of the proof of concept was to validate that the VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure is viable and performant for HPC throughput workloads. Testing was done with throughput workloads to ensure that they were functional and ran well in the environment. | Blog: High Performance Computing Scalability Testing with VMware Cloud on AWS | VMC | 2018 Q2 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | Enhanced ML Features in vSphere 6.7 | Deploy a vSphere based Machine Learning environment leveraging 6.7 and NVIDIA GPU cards. Show case pause and resume use cases for ML with GPU. | Demos: Blogs:vSphere 6.7: Suspend and Resume of GPU-attached Virtual Machines VMworld: {+}https://videos.vmworld.com/global/2018/videoplayer/22954+ | SC2 | 2018 Q2 | Completed | |
Big Data | Cloudera on VMware Cloud on AWS with S3 | Deploy and Validate Cloudera with VMC on AWS. Leverage S3 as the data storage platform. | Blogs: How Virtualization helps Data Science and Machine Learning | VMC | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
HPC /ML | Real World ML Use Cases on vSphere | Identify useful real world machine learning use cases. Deploy use cases in a virtualized environment leveraging NVIDIA Grid and TensorFlow. | Demos:
| SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | UC Berkeley CS Students |
Oracle | Oracle E-Business Suite Virtualization | Oracle E-Business Suite Hybrid Cloud Failover with the VMware Cloud on AWS | Demos: DR for Oracle EBS using VMC | SC2 VMC | 2018 Q3 | Completed | Dean Bolton (VLSS) |
HPC /ML | Machine Learning leveraging NVIDIA GPUs with Bitfusion on VMware vSphere | Virtualization, which has a reputation of facilitating sharing of hardware resources, can also be leveraged for sharing GPUs. In this study we will look at the performance impact of sharing GPUs leveraging BitFusion. | Multi Part Blog: | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
HPC /ML | Machine Learning leveraging NVIDIA GPUs with Bitfusion on VMC and AWS EC2 | Replicated previous project on VMC on AWS with EC2 GPU instances | Project deemed infeasible due to latency issues on the ENI connection to EC2. Lessons learned about VMC that were conveyed to engineering. | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | Using GPUs with Virtual Machines on vSphere | Studies comparing different mechanism for deploying and using GPUs with vSphere | Multi Part Blog: | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
HPC | Sharing GPUs in Singularity Containers | Virtualization, which is a proven way of facilitating sharing of hardware resources, can also be leveraged for sharing GPUs. Combining containers with vSphere virtual machines can bring together the best of both worlds. | Blogs:Sharing NVIDIA GPUs in Singularity HPC containers leveraging vSphere | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
HPC/GPU Accelerated Databases | Accelerating Database Analytics with GPUs and SQReam DB | Validate vSphere as a platform for GPU accelerated databases. SQReamDB with TPC-H testing | Blogs: Virtualizing SQReamDB GPU accelerated Databases Solution Brief: In Progress | SC2 | 2018 Q4 | Completed | |
Apps | Accelerating Applications with virtualized Persistent Memory | This work covers initial configuration of the PMem in vSphere and the way how different virtualized business critical applications (like SQL Server, Oracle, SAP) can profit from using the PMem. | Blogs: Accelerating applications performance with virtualized Persistent Memory | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
Apps | Labs and Exercises for VMworld Bootcamps | Bootcamps were conducted as part of Pre-conference training for customers for all areas including Microsoft, HPC, Big Data & Oracle. | Blogs: VMworld 2018 US Virtualizing Applications Track – Pre-Conference Customer Boot Camps | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
SQL | Using Persistent Memory with a virtual Microsoft SQL Server | This project covers how an instance of Microsoft SQL Server (further referenced as SQL Server) can consume virtual NVDIMM device in vPMem | Blogs: Using Persistent memory with a virtual Microsoft SQL Server – vPMem mode | SC2 | 2018 Q3 | Completed | |
Oracle | Oracle and vSphere Persistent Memory (PMEM) performance studies | Deploy a solution showcasing integration between VMware PKS, Kubernetes and MongoDB Enterprise Manager. | Demos : Accelerating Oracle Performance using vSphere Persistent Memory PMEM – Demo Blogs: Oracle on vSphere Persistent Memory Instance Recovery | SC2 | 2018 Q4 | Completed | |
SAP | SAP HANA with Persistent Memory in vSphere 6.7 | Investigate the functionality of Persistent Memory (PMEM) in vSphere 6.7 with an SAP HANA system. | SC2 | 2018 Q4 | Completed | ||
NSX | Networking for VMC configuration testing | Different network configurations and testing for hybrid cloud between VSLAB and VMC for Experts & Partners | New shared Environment for partners and Alumni from Expert events | SC2 & VMC | 2018 Q4 | Completed | |
MongoDB | MongoDB Manager integration with Kubernetes with PKS | Deploy a solution showcasing integration between VMware PKS, Kubernetes and MongoDB Enterprise Manager. | Demos: Blogs: | SC2 | 2019 Q1 | Completed | Mohan Potheri |
Machine Learning | H20.ai platform on vSphere | Deploy and validate H20.ai ML platform on vSphere | Demos : Blogs: | SC2 | 2019 Q1 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | H20.ai platform on vSphere | Machine Learning with Apache Spark, H2O.ai & NVIDIA GPUs | Blogs: Deploying a Machine Learning Model into Production on VMware with H20, Apache Spark and GPUs | SC2 | 2019 Q1 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | Leveraging VMC for Machine Learning | University students leveraging VMC infrastructure for ML | Exposure to VMware for Academia. | SC2 | 2019 Q1 | Completed | Enrique Corro |
Machine Learning | Caffe2 & PyTorch on VMware PKS | Deploy a solution showcasing integration between VMware PKS, Caffe2 and PyTorch for Deep Learning workloads | Demos: Blogs:https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/05/k8_ml_caffe2_pytorch_1-of-2.html | SC2 | 2019 Q1 | Completed | Mohan Potheri |
HPC | VMware Platform features can greatly benefit HPC environments. | Show case VMware Platform Benefits such as Multi-tenancy, HA, DRS, Snapshots, etc. in HPC. | Demos: Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/07/vmware-hpc-benefits.html | SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | Charu Chaubal |
Machine Learning | Leveraging GPU sharing with data scientists for H2O.ai | Build a solution leveraging vSphere and Bitfusion for GPU sharing in virtualized H2O.ai platform. | Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/02/machine-learning-with-h2o-the-benefits-of-vmware.html | SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | Deploying a Machine Learning Model into Production on VMware with H2O, Apache Spark and GPUs | his article describes the various options for production deployment of ML pipelines using H2O’s tools, the JVM and the Apache Spark platform. | Blogs: hhttps://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/03/deploying-a-machine-learning-model-into-production-on-vmware-with-h20-apache-spark-and-gpus.html | SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | Machine Learning on VMware: Training a Model with H2O.ai Tools, Inference using a REST Server and Kubernetes | In this article, we explore the tools and process for (1) Training a machine learning model on a given dataset using the H2O Driverless AI (DAI) tool, and (2) Deploying a trained model, as part of a scoring pipeline, to a REST server for use by business applications. | SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | ||
SAP | Live Migration of SAP HANA 2.0 SP3 Deployed on Persistent Memory on vSphere 6.7 | In this article we show an experimental deployment of a test S/4HANA system running SAP HANA 2.0 SP3 on vSphere 6.7 with persistent memory (PMEM) – this is the first version of HANA that supports PMEM and is PMEM aware. | SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | ||
SAP BCA Workshops | Experts event Palo Alto | Training to be conducted for SAP Experts. VSLAB will be used for demo and hands on exercises. |
| SC2 | 2019 Q2 | Completed | BCA Team |
Data Science | Machine Learning with H20.ai | Machine Learning with H2O on VMware Cloud on AWS: Moving a Live Training Experiment Between Servers | Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/09/machine-learning-with-h2o-on-vmware-cloud-on-aws-moving-a-live-training-experiment-between-servers.html https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2020/01/virtualized_drl_bitfusion.html
| SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | |
HPC | Virtualized HPC Cloud Platform with UberCloud & HPE | Deploy and validate the UberCloud Container platform solution for HPC on vSphere and the HPE Apollo HW platform | Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/10/on-demand-hpc-on-vsphere-with-ubercloud.html | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | UberCloud (Baris Inaloz)
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Apps | Labs and Exercises for VMworld Bootcamps | Bootcamps will be conducted as part of Pre-conference training for customers for all areas including Microsoft, HPC, Big Data & Oracle. | Application Bootcamps at VMworld 2019 | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | Oleg Ulyanov Vas Mitra Sudhir Balasubramanian |
VMware Cloud Foundation | Deploy VSLAB Hybrid Cloud leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation | Rebuild VMware Solutions lab from scratch by leveraging VCF. Deploy hybrid cloud with VCF on premises and VMC public cloud infrastructure. | VMworld session | SC2 | 2019 Q3 |
| Heath Johnson |
Machine Learning | Distributed Machine Learning with Horovod | Deploy Horovod on vGPU and PVRDMA and create demo for VMworld! | Paper: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/files/2019/08/Horovod_vGPU_PVRDMA_NVIDIA.pdf Video: | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | Mellanox NVIDIA |
Machine Learning | End to End Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing | Showcase ML for Natural Language processing on Kubernetes training with GPU. Deploy and demonstrate inference with CPU in remote location. (Edge) | Video: | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | InterraIT |
SAP | Management of SAP Data Flows in the Software Defined Datacenter with vRealize Network Insight | VRNI and its use with SAP for security and network analysis | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | ||
Kubernetes | Jupyter Notebook as a service | Leverage PKS Enterprise with Pure Storage Orchestrator to leverage persistent volumes and build Jupyter notebook as a service | Blogs: https://blog.purestorage.com/jupyter-flash-kubernetes/ | SC2 | 2019 Q3 |
| Pure Storage |
Kubernetes | Extend Kubernetes capabilities to support Bitfusion | Extend capabilities of PKS enterprise with Bitfusion driver at the Bosch node level | VMworld Session: https://videos.vmworld.com/global/2019/videoplayer/28505 | SC2 | 2019 Q3 | Completed | |
Kubernetes | Leveraging Singularity as Runtime for Kubernetes with PKS | Proof of concept with Singularity runtime on PKS Essentials | SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed | ||
Kubernetes | Distributed Machine Learning on VMware vSphere with GPUs and Kubernetes | Leveraging Horovod and vGPU for distributed ML | Webinar: | SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed |
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Kubernetes | Deploying and running Kubernetes on VMC on AWS | Provide guidance for running PKS Essentials on VMC on AWS | Blog: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2019/11/deploying-and-running-kubernetes-on-vmware-cloud-on-aws.html | VMC Oregon | 2019 Q4 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | VMware Bitfusion POC images | Development of POC templates for VMware Bitfusion |
| SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed | Jim Brogan |
Cloud Native | Pivotal apps on VCF and NSX-T | Validate Pivotal solution on NSX-T and VCF | ISV Validation
| SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed | Pivotal |
Cloud Native | CockroachDB on VMware SDDC | Validate CockroachDB solution on VMware SDDC | ISV Validation
| SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed | CockroachDB |
Data Science | Anaconda Enterprise on vSphere & PKS Essentials | Show case Anaconda Enterprise and its cloud native data science applications on vSphere. | Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2020/01/virtualized_drl_bitfusion.html Videos:
| SC2 | 2019 Q4 | Completed | InterraIT |
Oracle | Oracle Experts event DOAG Germany | Training was conducted for Oracle Experts in DOAG. VSLAB was used for demo and hands on exercises. | Labs and Workshops | SC2 | 2020 Q1 | Completed | |
Machine Learning | PCIE Device placement and NUMA | Device locality and NUMA placement on vSphere | Blogs: https://frankdenneman.nl/2020/01/10/pcie-device-numa-node-locality/ | SC2 | 2020 Q1 | Completed | Frank Denneman |
Kubernetes | Pure Storage Orchestrator with PKS | Leverage PSO for seamless kubernetes storage provisioning and management | Blogs: https://blog.purestorage.com/jupyter-flash-kubernetes/ | SC2 | 2020 Q1 | In Progress | Pure Storage |
Machine Learning | Distributed Machine Learning with VMware Bitfusion |