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VMware and BEA WebLogic Solutions Deployment Guide
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1.5 BEA-VMware Solutions
The BEA-VMware solutions delivers distinct value add to a BEA WebLogic application environment
providing for high levels of server consolidation and rapid provisioning capabilities reducing the Total Cost of
Ownership, cost and time to deployment of a BEA application environment..
1. Server Containment
In traditional BEA WebLogic deployments, there is significant server sprawl primarily due to the need to
provision separate systems for development, test and production environments. Each developer would
require his own system and each test cycle would require dedicated servers assigned for the duration of the
tests. This leads to over provisioning, manageability and resource issues resulting in higher ownership and
operational costs.
VMware’s virtualization technology is able to contain server sprawl by running BEA WebLogic Servers in
virtual machines consolidated onto fewer, highly scalable, reliable enterprise-class servers leading to
increased server utilization.
Key Benefits:
1. Dedicated and isolated developer environments for all developers while consolidated to one
physical system.
2. Multiple BEA WebLogic Servers on same physical system providing significant consolidation and
lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).
3. Multiple OS and BEA WebLogic Server versions on the same system eliminating the need for
dedicated hardware and provide for interoperability.
4. Multiple Test environments sharing same physical system eliminating the need for dedicated test
systems.
5. Consolidate multiple BEA WebLogic Server applications with non BEA applications on the same
physical system in production achieving lower TCO.
Customers using VMware Infrastructure have been able achieve significant levels of consolidation per
physical processor, thereby drastically increasing server utilization and containing server sprawl.
2. Rapid Provisioning
VMware Virtualization solutions significantly reduce time to provision new BEA WebLogic (development, test
or production) application environments. Typically, for a new deployment, it is required to procure new
hardware, install the operating system and the applications. This process takes significant time and IT
resources in addition to the need for dedicated hardware. While using VMware Infrastructure, BEA
customers can take advantage of Virtual Machine Libraries and virtual machine templates to provision new
pre-configured BEA WebLogic application environments in minutes on virtualized infrastructure hardware.
This provides for rapid BEA WebLogic application deployments with sophisticated automation capabilities,
centralized control and responsibility for hardware resources while giving business units and application
owners complete control over how resources are utilized.
Key Benefits:
1. Rapid Provisioning of new BEA WebLogic Server instances from VM templates.
2. BEA WebLogic Server development images can be passed directly to testers.
3. Testers can pass BEA WebLogic Server virtual machine images back to development for problem
replication and resolution.
4. Recreate distributed BEA WebLogic Server production environment in a single physical system for
test purposes.
5. Move Test/QA BEA WebLogic Server instances to production in minutes.
6. Reset Test Images (after test completion) from templates and virtual machine libraries cutting down
on test setup and reset time.
7. Store different BEA WebLogic Server and versions in virtual machine libraries that can be
provisioned instantly.