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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

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Master your virtual environment with the ultimate vSphere guide Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 is the fully updated edition of the bestselling guide to VMware's virtualization solution. With comprehensive coverage of this industry-leading toolset, this book acts as an informative guide and valuable reference. Step-by-step instruction walks you through installation, configuration, operation, security processes, and much more as you conquer the management and automation of your virtual environment. Written by certified VMware vExperts, this indispensable guide provides hands-on instruction and detailed conceptual explanations, anchored by practical applications and real-world examples. This book is the ultimate guide to vSphere, helping administrators master their virtual environment. Learn to: Install, configure, and manage the vCenter Server components Leverage the Support Tools to provide maintenance and updates Create and configure virtual networks, storage devices, and virtual machines Implement the latest features to ensure compatibility and flexibility Manage resource allocation and utilization to meet application needs Monitor infrastructure performance and availability Automate and orchestrate routine administrative tasks Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 is what you need to stay up-to-date on VMware's industry-leading software for the virtualized datacenter.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword xxiii Introduction xxv Chapter 1 • Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 1 Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7 1 Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite 3 Examining the Features in VMware vSphere 8 Licensing VMware vSphere 17 Why Choose vSphere? 20 The Bottom Line 22 Chapter 2 • Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 23 VMware ESXi Architecture 23 Understanding the ESXi Hypervisor 23 Examining the ESXi Components 24 Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment 25 Choosing a Server Platform 26 Determining a Storage Architecture 28 Integrating with the Network Infrastructure 29 Deploying VMware ESXi 30 Installing VMware ESXi Interactively 31 Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi 35 Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy 38 Performing Post-installation Configuration 40 Reconfiguring the Management Network 40 Using the vSphere Host Client 42 Configuring Time Synchronization 43 Configuring Name Resolution 45 The Bottom Line 46 Chapter 3 • Installing and Configuring vCenter Server .47 Introducing vCenter Server 47 Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On 49 Understanding the Platform Services Controller 52 Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration 53 Providing an Extensible Framework 54 Choosing the Version of vCenter Server 55 Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment 56 Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server 56 Planning for vCenter Server Availability 58 Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs 60 Installing vCenter Server and Its Components 63 Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group 74 Exploring vCenter Server 77 The vSphere Web Client Home Screen 78 Using the Navigator 80 Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory 80 Understanding Inventory Views and Objects 80 Creating and Adding Inventory Objects 83 Exploring vCenter Server’s Management Features 86 Understanding Basic Host Management 86 Examining Basic Host Configuration 89 Using Scheduled Tasks 93 Using the Events and Events Consoles in vCenter Server 95 Working with Host Profiles 95 Tags and Custom Attributes 99 Managing vCenter Server Settings 102 General vCenter Server Settings 102 Licensing 105 Message of the Day 106 Advanced Settings 106 Auto Deploy 106 vCenter HA A 106 Key Management Servers 106 Storage Providers 106 vSphere Web Client Administration 106 Roles 107 Licensing 107 vCenter Solutions Manager 107 System Configuration 107 VMware Appliance Management Administration 109 Summary 110 Monitor 111 Access 113 Networking 113 Time 113 Services 113 Update 114 Administration 114 Syslog 114 Backup 115 The Bottom Line 115 Chapter 4 • vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools .117 vSphere Update Manager 117 vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance 120 Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional) 121 The vSphere Update Manager Plug-in 122 Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility 123 Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version 124 Configuring vSphere Update Manager 124 Creating Baselines 130 Routine Updates 134 Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups 135 Performing a Scan 137 Staging Patches 141 Remediating Hosts 142 Upgrading VMware Tools 145 Upgrading Host Extensions 148 Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager 148 Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline 148 Upgrading a Host 151 Upgrading VM Hardware 152 Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade 154 Investigating Alternative Update Options 155 Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI 155 Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager 156 vSphere Auto Deploy 157 Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy 157 vCenter Support Tools 172 ESXi Dump Collector 172 Other vCenter Support Tools 175 The Bottom Line 176 Chapter 5 • Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network .179 Putting Together a vSphere Network 179 Working with vSphere Standard Switches 182 Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches 183 Understanding Ports and Port Groups 184 Understanding Uplinks 186 Configuring the Management Network 189 Configuring VMkernel Networking 192 Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 197 Configuring TCP/IP Stacks 198 Configuring Virtual Machine Networking 200 Configuring VLANs 202 Configuring NIC Teaming 207 Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping 219 Bringing It All Together 220 Working with vSphere Distributed Switches 224 Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch 224 Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch 229 Removing a Distributed Switch 230 Managing Distributed Switches 231 Working with Distributed Port Groups 234 Managing VMkernel Adapters 240 Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches 245 Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols 247 Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 248 Setting Up Private VLANs 249 Configuring LACP 252 Configuring Virtual Switch Security 256 Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode 257 Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits 258 The Bottom Line 262 Chapter 6 • Creating and Configuring Storage Devices .265 Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design 265 Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals 267 Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage 269 Defining Common Storage Array Architectures 271 Explaining RAID 273 Understanding vSAN 278 Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design 282 Choosing a Storage Protocol 284 Making Basic Storage Choices 299 Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals 301 Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts 302 Understanding Virtual Volumes 318 SCs vs LUNs 320 Storage Policies 320 Virtual Volumes 321 Working with VMFS Datastores 322 Working with Raw Device Mappings 337 Working with NFS Datastores 339 Working with vSAN 347 Working with Virtual Machine–Level Storage Configuration 349 Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices 361 The Bottom Line 366 Chapter 7 • Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity .369 Understanding the Layers of High Availability 369 Clustering VMs 371 Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering 371 Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering 372 Implementing vSphere High Availability 384 Understanding vSphere High Availability Clusters 384 Understanding vSphere High Availability’s Core Components 385 Enabling vSphere HA 389 Configuring vSphere High Availability 393 Configuring vSphere HA Groups, Rules, Overrides, and Orchestrated VM Restart 409 Managing vSphere High Availability 413 Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance 415 Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability 421 Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases 421 Planning for Business Continuity 422 Providing Data Protection 422 Recovering from Disasters 426 Using vSphere Replication 427 The Bottom Line 432 Chapter 8 • Securing VMware vSphere .433 Overview of vSphere Security 433 Securing ESXi Hosts 434 Working with ESXi Authentication 434 Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts 439 Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched 447 Managing ESXi Host Permissions 447 Configuring ESXi Host Logging 455 Securing the ESXi Boot Process 456 Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations 459 Securing vCenter Server 459 Managing vSphere Certificates 460 Working with Certificate Stores 460 Getting Started with Certificate Management 463 Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On 465 Understanding the vpxuser Account 469 Managing vCenter Server Permissions 470 Configuring vCenter Server Appliance Logging 482 Securing Virtual Machines 483 Configuring a Key Management Server for VM and VSAN Encryption 483 Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0 490 Configuring Network Security Policies 491 Keeping VMs Patched 492 The Bottom Line 492 Chapter 9 • Creating and Managing Virtual Machines .495 Understanding Virtual Machines 495 Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside 495 Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside 498 Creating a Virtual Machine 503 Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine 513 Sizing Virtual Machines 514 Naming Virtual Machines 516 Sizing Virtual Machine Hard Disks 516 Virtual Machine Graphics 518 Installing a Guest Operating System 518 Working with Installation Media 519 Using the Installation Media 521 Working in the Virtual Machine Console 523 Installing VMware Tools 524 Installing VMware Tools in Windows 525 Installing VMware Tools in Linux 529 Managing Virtual Machines 532 Adding or Registering Existing VMs 532 Changing VM Power States 534 Removing VMs 535 Deleting VMs 535 Modifying Virtual Machines 536 Changing Virtual Machine Hardware 536 Using Virtual Machine Snapshots 541 The Bottom Line 546 Chapter 10 • Using Templates and vApps .549 Cloning VMs 549 Creating a Customization Specification 550 Cloning a Virtual Machine 555 Introducing vSphere Instant Cloning 558 Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines 561 Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template 563 Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template 564 Using OVF Templates 566 Deploying a VM from an OVF Template 567 Exporting a VM as an OVF Template 569 Examining OVF Templates 571 Using Content Libraries 573 Content Library Data and Storage 573 Content Library Synchronization 574 Creating and Publishing a Content Library 574 Subscribing to a Content Library 575 Operating Content Libraries 577 Working with vApps 579 Creating a vApp 580 Editing a vApp 581 Changing a vApp’s Power State 586 Cloning a vApp 586 Importing Machines from Other Environments 587 The Bottom Line 588 Chapter 11 • Managing Resource Allocation .591 Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation 591 Working with Virtual Machine Memory 594 Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies 595 Controlling Memory Allocation 599 Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization 608 Default CPU Allocation 609 Setting CPU Affinity 610 Using CPU Reservations 611 Using CPU Limits 612 Using CPU Shares 613 Summarizing How Reservations, Limits, and Shares Work with CPUs 615 Using Resource Pools 615 Configuring Resource Pools 616 Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools 619 Regulating Network I/O Utilization 625 Controlling Storage I/O Utilization 630 Enabling Storage I/O Control 632 Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine 635 Using Flash Storage 639 The Bottom Line 643 Chapter 12 • Balancing Resource Utilization .645 Comparing Utilization with Allocation 645 Exploring vMotion 646 Examining vMotion Requirements 650 Performing a vMotion Migration within a Cluster 653 Ensuring vMotion Compatibility 656 Using Per-Virtual-Machine CPU Masking 656 Using Enhanced vMotion Compatibility 658 Using Storage vMotion 662 Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion 665 Cross-vCenter vMotion 668 Examining Cross-vCenter vMotion Requirements 669 Performing a Cross-vCenter Motion 670 Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler 671 Understanding Manual Automation Behavior 672 Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior 672 Examining Fully Automated Behavior 673 Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules 674 Working with Storage DRS 682 Creating and Working with Datastore Clusters 683 Configuring Storage DRS 686 The Bottom Line 694 Chapter 13 • Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance .697 Overview of Performance Monitoring 697 Using Alarms 698 Understanding Alarm Scopes 700 Creating Alarms 700 Managing Alarms 706 Working with Performance Charts 708 Overview Layout 708 Advanced Layout 710 Working with esxtop 719 Monitoring CPU Usage 721 Monitoring Memory Usage 725 Monitoring Network Usage 727 Monitoring Disk Usage 729 The Bottom Line 732 Chapter 14 • Automating VMware vSphere 735 Why Use Automation? 735 vSphere Automation Options 736 Automating with PowerCLI 737 PowerShell and PowerCLI 737 What’s New in PowerCLI 10 741 Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on Windows 741 Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on macOS 745 Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on Linux 747 Additional PowerCLI Capabilities 749 Getting Started with PowerCLI 750 Building PowerCLI Scripts 755 PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities 767 Additional Resources 771 The Bottom Line 772 Appendix A • The Bottom Line .775 Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 775 Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 776 Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 777 Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools 780 Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network 781 Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices 783 Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity 787 Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere 788 Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 790 Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps 792 Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation 794 Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization 796 Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance 798 Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere 799 Index 801


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  • ISBN-13: 9781119512943
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Sybex Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 848
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1361 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1119512948
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Width: 188 mm


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