| About the Author xix Dedication xx Acknowlegments xxi About the Reviewers xxii Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Planning, Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 3 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 3 Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 6 Identifying Available vSphere and vCenter Server Editions 6 Deploying the vCenter Appliance 9 Installing vCenter Server into a Virtual Machine 14 Sizing the vCenter Server Database 17 Installing Additional vCenter Server Components 17 Installing/Removing vSphere Client Plug-Ins 18 Enabling/Disabling vSphere Client Plug-Ins 19 Licensing vCenter Server 19 Determining Availability Requirements for vCenter Server in a Given vSphere Implementation 21 Determining Use Cases for vSphere Client and Web Client 22 Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi 22 Performing an Interactive Installation of ESXi 22 Deploying an ESXi Host Using Auto Deploy 24 Configuring NTP on an ESXi Host 26 Configuring DNS and Routing on an ESXi Host 27 Enabling/Configuring/Disabling Hyperthreading 27 Enabling/Sizing/Disabling Memory Compression Cache 28 Licensing an ESXi Host 30 Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 31 Identifying Upgrade Requirements for ESXi Hosts 31 Identifying Steps Required to Upgrade a vSphere Implementation 32 Upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch 33 Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5 34 Upgrading VMware Tools 34 Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware 37 Upgrading an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager 39 Determining Whether an In-Place Upgrade Is Appropriate in a Given Upgrade Scenario 42 Securing vCenter Server and ESXi 43 Identifying Common vCenter Server Privileges and Roles 43 System Roles 44 Sample Roles 44 Custom Roles 45 Describing How Permissions are Applied and Inherited in vCenter Server 45 Example 1: Permissions That Apply Directly to an Object Supersede Those That Are Inherited 46 Example 2: If a User Is a Member of More Multiple Groups, the User Is Assigned the Union of the Privileges for Each Group 46 Example 3: User/Role Pairings Applied Directly to an Object Supersede User/ Role Pairings That Are Inherited 47 Example 4: Permissions That Are Applied Directly to a User Supersede Permissions That Are Inherited Through Group Membership 48 Configuring and Administering the ESXi Firewall 49 Enabling Lockdown Mode 50 Configuring Network Security Policies 51 Promiscuous Mode 52 MAC Address Changes 53 Forged Transmits 53 Viewing/Sorting/Exporting User and Group Lists 54 Adding/Modifying/Removing Permissions for Users and Groups on vCenter Inventory Objects 54 Creating/Cloning/Editing vCenter Server Roles 55 Creating Roles 55 Cloning Roles 56 Editing Roles 59 Adding an ESXi Host to a Directory Service 60 Applying Permissions to ESXi Hosts Using Host Profiles 62 Determining the Appropriate Set of Privileges for Common Tasks in vCenter Server 62 Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions 62 Identifying Available vSphere Editions and Features 63 Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures 63 Explaining Private/Public/Hybrid Cloud Concepts 64 Determining the Appropriate vSphere Edition Based on Customer Requirements 66 Summary 67 Chapter 2 Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking 73 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 73 Configuring vSphere Standard Switches 76 Identifying vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) Capabilities 76 Creating / Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 77 Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 81 Adding / Configuring / Removing vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch 82 Configuring VMkernel Ports for Network Services 88 Adding / Editing / Removing Port Groups on a vSphere Standard Switch 90 Determining Use Cases for a vSphere Standard Switch 94 Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches 94 Identifying vSphere Distributed Switch Capabilities 95 Creating/Deleting a vSphere Distributed Switch 97 Deleting a vDS 100 Adding/Removing ESXi Hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch 100 Adding/Configuring/Removing dvPort Groups 104 Adding/Removing Uplink Adapters to dvUplink Groups 108 Creating/Configuring/Removing Virtual Adapters 111 Migrating Virtual Adapters to/from a vSphere Standard Switch 117 Migrating Virtual Machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch 119 Determining Use Cases for a vSphere Distributed Switch 123 Configuring vSS and vDS Policies 124 Identifying Common vSS and vDS policies 124 Configuring dvPort Group Blocking Policies 132 Configuring Load Balancing and Failover Policies 133 Load Balancing 134 Network Failover Detection 134 Notify Switches 135 Failback 135 Configuring VLAN Settings 137 Configuring VLAN Policy Settings on a VDS 139 Configuring VLAN Trunking Policies on a VDS 140 Configuring Private VLAN Policy Settings on a vDS 140 Configuring Traffic Shaping Policies 142 Traffic Shaping Policies for vSphere Standard Switches 143 Traffic Shaping Policies for vSphere Distributed Switches 144 Enabling TCP Segmentation Offload support for a Virtual Machine 145 Enabling Jumbo Frames Support on Appropriate Components 147 Enabling Jumbo Frames for VMkernel Interface on a vSS 147 Enabling Jumbo Frames on a vDS 148 Enabling Jumbo Frame Support on Virtual Machines 149 Determining Appropriate VLAN Configuration for a vSphere Implementation 149 Summary 151 Chapter 3 Planning and Configuring vSphere Storage 159 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 159 Configuring Shared Storage for vSphere 162 Identifying Storage Adapters and Devices 162 Fibre Channel 163 FCOE 163 iSCSI 164 NAS 164 Identifying Storage Naming Conventions 164 Storage Naming Conventions for Local and SAN 165 Identifying Hardware/Dependent Hardware/Software iSCSI Initiator Requirements 166 Comparing and Contrasting Array Thin Provisioning and Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 168 Array Thin Provisioning 168 Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 169 Describing Zoning and LUN Masking Practices 170 Zoning 171 Masking 172 Scanning/Rescanning Storage 172 Identifying Use Cases for FCOE 173 Creating an NFS Share for Use with vSphere 174 Connecting to a NAS Device 175 Enabling/Configuring/Disabling vCenter Server Storage Filters 177 Configuring/Editing Hardware/Dependent Hardware Adapters 179 Enabling/Disabling Software iSCSI Initiator Settings 180 Configuring iSCSI Port Binding 181 Enabling/Configuring/Disabling iSCSI CHAP 183 Determining Use Cases for Hardware/Dependent Hardware/Software iSCSI Initiator 185 Determining Use Cases for and Configuring Array Thin Provisioning 186 Configuring the Storage Virtual Appliance for vSphere 186 Defining the VSA Architecture 187 Configuring ESXi Hosts as VSA Hosts 188 Configuring the Storage Network for the VSA 189 Deploying/Configuring the VSA Manager 189 Administering VSA Storage Resources 190 Administering VSA Clusters 191 Administering VSA Datastores 191 Administering VSA Cluster Membership 191 Determining Use Case for Deploying the VSA 192 Determining Appropriate ESXi Host Resources for the VSA 192 Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores 193 Identifying VMFS and NFS Datastore Properties 193 Identifying VMFS-5 Capabilities 195 Creating/Renaming/Deleting/Unmounting a VMFS Datastore 195 Mounting/Unmounting an NFS Datastore 205 Extending/Expanding VMFS Datastores 209 Extending VMFS Datastores 209 Expanding VMFS Datastores 213 Upgrading a VMFS-3 Datastore to VMFS-5 218 Placing a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode 220 Selecting the Preferred Path for a VMFS Datastore 221 Disabling a Path to a VMFS Datastore 223 Determining Use Cases for Multiple VMFS and NFS Datastores 224 Determining Appropriate Path Selection Policy for a VMFS Datastore 224 Summary 225 Chapter 4 Deploying and Administering Virtual Machine and vApps 235 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 235 Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines 238 Identifying Capabilities for Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 238 Identifying VMware Tools Device Drivers 240 Identifying Methods to Access and Use Virtual Machine Console 240 Identifying Virtual Machine Storage Resources 242 Placing Virtual Machines in Selected ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools 243 Configuring and Deploying a Guest OS Into a New Virtual Machine 243 Creating/Converting Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks 245 Configuring Disk Shares 246 Installing/Upgrading/Updating VMware Tools 249 Configuring Virtual Machine Time Synchronization 251 Converting a Physical Machine Using VMware Converter 252 Importing a Supported Virtual Machine Source Using Vmware Converter 255 Modifying Virtual Hardware Settings Using VMware Standalone Converter 256 Configuring/Modifying Virtual CPU and Memory Resources According to OS and Application Requirements 256 Configuring and Modifying Virtual Machine CPU 257 Configuring and Modifying Virtual Machine Memory 258 Configuring/Modifying Virtual NIC Adapter and Connecting Virtual Machines to Appropriate Network Resources 260 Determining Appropriate Datastore Locations for Virtual Machines Based on Application Workloads 261 Creating and Deploying vApps 262 Identifying vApp Settings 262 Options 262 Start Order 266 vServices 267 Creating/Cloning/Exporting a vApp 267 Adding Objects to an Existing vApp 274 Editing vApp Settings 274 Configuring IP Pools 274 Suspending/Resuming a vApp 276 Determining When a Tiered Application Should Be Deployed as a vApp 276 Managing Virtual Machine Clones and Templates 277 Identifying the vCenter Server, Managed ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machine Maximums 278 Identifying Cloning and Template Options 280 Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine 281 Creating a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine 282 Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template 285 Updating Existing Virtual Machine Templates 287 Deploying Virtual Appliances and/or vApps from an OVF Template 290 Importing and /or Exporting an OVF Template 293 Determining the Appropriate Development Methodology for a Given Virtual Machine Application 295 Administering Virtual Machines and vApps 295 Identifying Files Used by Virtual Machines 295 Identifying Locations for Virtual Machine Configuration Files and Virtual Disks 297 Identifying Common Practices for Secu... |
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