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Mastering VMware vSphere 6 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.

About the Author

Nick Marshall is an Integration Architect at VMware, where he helps build products including vSphere, vRealize Operations Manager, and vRealize Automation Center. He has over 14 years of IT experience and holds multiple advanced IT certifications.



Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Introducing VMware vSphere 6 ·Exploring VMware vSphere 6.0 ·Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite ·Examining the Features in VMware vSphere ·Licensing VMware vSphere ·Why choose vSphere? ·The Bottom Line Chapter 2 Planning and Installing VMware ESXi ·Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment ·Choosing a Server Platform ·Determining a Storage Architecture ·Integrating with the Network Infrastructure ·Deploying VMware ESXi ·Installing VMware ESXi Interactively ·Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi ·Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy ·Performing Post installation Configuration ·Installing the vSphere Desktop Client ·Reconfiguring the Management Network ·Configuring Time Synchronization ·Configuring Name Resolution ·The Bottom Line Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vCenter Server ·Introducing vCenter Server ·Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On ·Understanding the Platform Services Controller ·Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration ·Providing an Extensible Framework ·Choosing the Version of vCenter Server ·Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment ·Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server ·Choosing a Database Server for vCenter Server ·Planning for vCenter Server Availability ·Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs ·Installing vCenter Server and Its Components ·Configuring the vCenter Server Backend Database Server   ·Configuring the ODBC DSN ·Installing the vCenter Server Components ·Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group ·Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance ·Exploring vCenter Server 91 ·What's in the vSphere Web Client Home Screen? ·Using the Navigator ·Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory ·Understanding Inventory Views and Objects ·Creating and Adding Inventory Objects ·Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features ·Understanding Basic Host Management ·Examining Basic Host Configuration ·Using Scheduled Tasks ·Using the Events Console in vCenter Server ·Working with Host Profiles ·Tags ·Managing vCenter Server Settings ·General vCenter Server Settings ·Licensing ·Message of the Day ·Advanced Settings ·vSphere Web Client Administration ·Roles ·Licensing ·vCenter Solutions Manager ·Log Browser ·The Bottom Line Chapter 4 vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools ·vSphere Update Manager ·Installing vSphere Update Manager ·Defining the Requirements ·Configuring VUM's Database ·Creating the Open Database Connectivity Data Source Name ·Installing VUM ·Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional) ·Installing the vSphere Update Manager Client ·Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility ·Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version ·Configuring vSphere Update Manager ·Creating Baselines ·Routine Updates ·Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups ·Performing a Scan ·Staging Patches ·Remediating Hosts ·Upgrading VMware Tools ·Upgrading Virtual Appliances and Host Extensions ·Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager ·Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline ·Upgrading a Host ·Upgrading VM Hardware ·Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade ·Investigating Alternative Update Options ·Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI ·Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager ·vCenter Support Tools ·ESXi Dump Collector ·Syslog Collector ·Other vCenter Support Tools ·The Bottom Line Chapter 5 Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks ·Putting Together a Virtual Network ·Working with vSphere Standard Switches ·Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches ·Understanding Ports and Port Groups ·Understanding Uplinks ·Configuring Management Networking ·Configuring VMkernel Networking ·Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions ·Configuring TCP/IP Stacks ·Configuring VM Networking ·Configuring VLANs ·Configuring NIC Teaming ·Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping ·Bringing It All Together ·Working with vSphere Distributed Switches ·Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch ·Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch ·Removing a Distributed Switch ·Managing Distributed Switches ·Working with Distributed Port Groups ·Managing VMkernel Adapters ·Using Net Flow on vSphere Distributed Switches ·Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols ·Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions ·Setting Up Private VLANs ·Configuring LACP ·Examining Third-Party Distributed Virtual Switches ·Cisco Nexus 1000V ·IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V ·HP Flex Fabric Virtual Switch 5900v ·Configuring Virtual Switch Security ·Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode ·Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits ·Looking Ahead ·The Bottom Line Chapter 6 Creating and Configuring Storage Devices ·Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design ·Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals ·Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage ·Defining Common Storage Array Architectures ·Explaining RAID ·Understanding Virtual SAN ·Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design ·Choosing a Storage Protocol ·Making Basic Storage Choices ·Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals ·Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts ·Understanding Virtual Volumes ·SCs vs. LUNs ·Storage Policies ·Virtual Volumes ·Working with VMFS Data stores ·Working with Raw Device Mappings ·Working with NFS Data stores ·Working with VM-Level Storage Configuration ·Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices ·The Bottom Line Chapter 7 Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity ·Understanding the Layers of High Availability ·Clustering VMs ·Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering ·Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering ·Implementing vSphere High Availability ·Understanding vSphere High Availability ·Understanding vSphere HA's Underpinnings ·Introducing Virtual Machine Component Protection ·Enabling vSphere High Availability ·Configuring vSphere High Availability ·Managing vSphere High Availability ·Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance ·Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability ·Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases ·Planning for Business Continuity ·Providing Data Protection ·Recovering from Disasters ·Using vSphere Replication ·The Bottom Line Chapter 8 Securing VMware vSphere ·Overview of vSphere Security ·Securing ESXi Hosts ·Working with ESXi Authentication ·Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts ·Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched ·Managing ESXi Host Permissions ·Configuring ESXi Host Logging ·Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations ·Securing vCenter Server ·Managing vSphere Certificates ·Getting Started with Certificate Manager ·Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On ·Understanding the vpxuser Account ·Managing vCenter Server Permissions ·Examining vCenter Server Logging ·Securing Virtual Machines ·Configuring Network Security Policies ·Keeping VMs Patched ·The Bottom Line Chapter 9 Creating and Managing Virtual Machines ·Understanding Virtual Machines ·Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside ·Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside ·Creating a Virtual Machine ·Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine ·Installing a Guest Operating System ·Working with Installation Media ·Using the Installation Media ·Working in the Virtual Machine Console ·Installing VMware Tools ·Installing VMware Tools in Windows ·Installing VMware Tools in Linux ·Managing Virtual Machines ·Adding or Registering Existing VMs ·Changing VM Power States ·Removing VMs ·Deleting VMs ·Modifying Virtual Machines ·Changing Virtual Machine Hardware ·Using Virtual Machine Snapshots ·The Bottom Line Chapter 10 Using Templates and vApps ·Cloning vMs ·Installing Sysprep on the vCenter Server ·Creating a Customization Specification ·Cloning a Virtual Machine ·Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines ·Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template ·Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template ·Using OVF Templates ·Deploying a VM from an OVF Template ·Exporting a VM as an OVF Template ·Examining OVF Templates ·Using Content Libraries ·Content Library Data and Storage ·Content Library Synchronization ·Creating and Publishing a Content Library ·Subscribing to a Content Library ·Working with vApps ·Creating a vApp ·Editing a vApp ·Changing a vApp's Power State ·Cloning a vApp ·Importing Machines from Other Environments ·The Bottom Line Chapter 11 Managing Resource Allocation ·Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation ·Working with Virtual Machine Memory ·Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies ·Controlling Memory Allocation ·Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization ·Default CPU Allocation ·Setting CPU Affinity ·Using CPU Reservations ·Using CPU Limits ·Using CPU Shares ·Summarizing How Reservations, Limits and Shares Work with CPUs ·Using Resource Pools ·Configuring Resource Pools ·Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools ·Regulating Network I/O Utilization ·Controlling Storage I/O Utilization ·Enabling Storage I/O Control ·Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine ·Using Flash Storage ·The Bottom Line Chapter 12 Balancing Resource Utilization ·Comparing Utilization with Allocation ·Exploring vMotion ·Examining vMotion Requirements ·Performing a vMotion Migration within a Cluster ·Ensuring vMotion Compatibility ·Using Per-Virtual-Machine CPU Masking ·Using VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility ·Using Storage vMotion  ·Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion ·Introducing Cross vCenter vMotion ·Examining Cross vCenter vMotion Requirements ·Performing a Cross vCenter Motion ·Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler ·Understanding Manual Automation Behavior ·Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior ·Examining Fully Automated Behavior ·Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules ·Working with Storage DRS ·Creating and Working with Data store Clusters ·Configuring Storage DRS ·The Bottom Line Chapter 13 Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance ·Overview of Performance Monitoring ·Using Alarms ·Understanding Alarm Scopes ·Creating Alarms ·Managing Alarms ·Working with Performance Charts ·Overview Layout ·Advanced Layout ·Working with resxtop ·Using resxtop ·Capturing and Playing Back Performance Data with resxtop ·Monitoring CPU Usage ·Monitoring Memory Usage ·Monitoring Network Usage ·Monitoring Disk Usage ·The Bottom Line Chapter 14 Automating VMware vSphere ·Why Use Automation? ·vSphere Automation Options ·Automating with PowerCLI ·PowerShell and PowerCLI ·What's New in PowerCLI 6 ·Installing and Confi guring PowerCLI ·Getting Started with PowerCLI ·Building PowerCLI Scripts ·PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities ·Using vCLI from vSphere Management Assistant ·What's New in vCLI and vMA for vSphere 6 ·vCLI Requirements ·Getting Started with vCLI  ·Using vSphere Management Assistant for Automation with vCenter ·ESXCLI and PowerCLI ·Leveraging the Perl Toolkit with vSphere Management Assistant ·Automating with vRealize Orchestrator ·New Features in vRealize Orchestrator 5.5 ·Understanding vRealize Orchestrator Prerequisites ·Configuring vRealize Orchestrator ·vRealize Orchestrator Appliance ·Implementing the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance ·Accessing vRealize Orchestrator ·vRealize Orchestrator and vCenter Server ·Assigning a Workflow to vCenter Inventory Object ·Using an Orchestrator Workflow ·The Bottom Line Appendix The Bottom Line Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788126555673
  • Publisher: Wiley India Pvt Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 840
  • ISBN-10: 812655567X
  • Publisher Date: May, 2015
  • Language: English

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