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E-raamat: Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 [Wiley Online]

  • Formaat: 848 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2019
  • Kirjastus: Sybex Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1119549299
  • ISBN-13: 9781119549291
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  • Formaat: 848 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2019
  • Kirjastus: Sybex Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1119549299
  • ISBN-13: 9781119549291
Teised raamatud teemal:
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.

Foreword xxiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 1(22)
Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7
1(19)
Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite
3(5)
Examining the Features in VMware vSphere
8(9)
Licensing VMware vSphere
17(3)
Why Choose vSphere?
20(2)
The Bottom Line
22(1)
Chapter 2 Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 23(24)
VMware ESXi Architecture
23(2)
Understanding the ESXi Hypervisor
23(1)
Examining the ESXi Components
24(1)
Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
25(5)
Choosing a Server Platform
26(2)
Determining a Storage Architecture
28(1)
Integrating with the Network Infrastructure
29(1)
Deploying VMware ESXi
30(10)
Installing VMware ESXi Interactively
31(4)
Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi
35(3)
Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy
38(2)
Performing Post-installation Configuration
40(6)
Reconfiguring the Management Network
40(2)
Using the vSphere Host Client
42(1)
Configuring Time Synchronization
43(2)
Configuring Name Resolution
45(1)
The Bottom Line
46(1)
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 47(70)
Introducing vCenter Server
47(8)
Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On
49(3)
Understanding the Platform Services Controller
52(1)
Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration
53(1)
Providing an Extensible Framework
54(1)
Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
55(1)
Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
56(7)
Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server
56(2)
Planning for vCenter Server Availability
58(2)
Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs
60(3)
Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
63(11)
Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group
74(3)
Exploring vCenter Server
77(3)
The vSphere Web Client Home Screen
78(2)
Using the Navigator
80(1)
Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
80(6)
Understanding Inventory Views and Objects
80(3)
Creating and Adding Inventory Objects
83(3)
Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
86(16)
Understanding Basic Host Management
86(3)
Examining Basic Host Configuration
89(4)
Using Scheduled Tasks
93(2)
Using the Events and Events Consoles in vCenter Server
95(1)
Working with Host Profiles
95(4)
Tags and Custom Attributes
99(3)
Managing vCenter Server Settings
102(4)
General vCenter Server Settings
102(3)
Licensing
105(1)
Message of the Day
106(1)
Advanced Settings
106(1)
Auto Deploy
106(1)
vCenter HA
106(1)
Key Management Servers
106(1)
Storage Providers
106(1)
vSphere Web Client Administration
106(3)
Roles
107(1)
Licensing
107(1)
vCenter Solutions Manager
107(1)
System Configuration
107(2)
VMware Appliance Management Administration
109(6)
Summary
110(1)
Monitor
111(2)
Access
113(1)
Networking
113(1)
Time
113(1)
Services
113(1)
Update
114(1)
Administration
114(1)
Syslog
114(1)
Backup
115(1)
The Bottom Line
115(2)
Chapter 4 vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools 117(62)
vSphere Update Manager
117(3)
vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance
120(4)
Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional)
121(1)
The vSphere Update Manager Plug-in
122(1)
Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility
123(1)
Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version
124(1)
Configuring vSphere Update Manager
124(6)
Creating Baselines
130(4)
Routine Updates
134(14)
Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups
135(2)
Performing a Scan
137(4)
Staging Patches
141(1)
Remediating Hosts
142(3)
Upgrading VMware Tools
145(3)
Upgrading Host Extensions
148(1)
Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
148(6)
Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline
148(3)
Upgrading a Host
151(1)
Upgrading VM Hardware
152(2)
Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
154(1)
Investigating Alternative Update Options
155(2)
Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI
155(1)
Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager
156(1)
vSphere Auto Deploy
157(1)
Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy
157(15)
vCenter Support Tools
172(4)
ESXi Dump Collector
172(3)
Other vCenter Support Tools
175(1)
The Bottom Line
176(3)
Chapter 5 Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network 179(86)
Putting Together a vSphere Network
179(3)
Working with vSphere Standard Switches
182(42)
Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches
183(1)
Understanding Ports and Port Groups
184(2)
Understanding Uplinks
186(3)
Configuring the Management Network
189(3)
Configuring VMkernel Networking
192(5)
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
197(1)
Configuring TCP/IP Stacks
198(2)
Configuring Virtual Machine Networking
200(2)
Configuring VLANs
202(5)
Configuring NIC Teaming
207(12)
Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping
219(1)
Bringing It All Together
220(4)
Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
224(32)
Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch
224(5)
Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch
229(1)
Removing a Distributed Switch
230(1)
Managing Distributed Switches
231(3)
Working with Distributed Port Groups
234(6)
Managing VMkernel Adapters
240(5)
Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches
245(2)
Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols
247(1)
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
248(1)
Setting Up Private VLANs
249(3)
Configuring LACP
252(4)
Configuring Virtual Switch Security
256(6)
Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode
257(1)
Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits
258(4)
The Bottom Line
262(3)
Chapter 6 Creating and Configuring Storage Devices 265(104)
Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
265(2)
Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
267(34)
Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage
269(2)
Defining Common Storage Array Architectures
271(2)
Explaining RAID
273(5)
Understanding vSAN
278(4)
Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design
282(2)
Choosing a Storage Protocol
284(15)
Making Basic Storage Choices
299(2)
Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
301(60)
Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts
302(16)
Understanding Virtual Volumes
318(2)
SCs vs. LUNs
320(1)
Storage Policies
320(1)
Virtual Volumes
321(1)
Working with VMFS Datastores
322(15)
Working with Raw Device Mappings
337(2)
Working with NFS Datastores
339(8)
Working with vSAN
347(2)
Working with Virtual Machine-Level Storage Configuration
349(12)
Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
361(5)
The Bottom Line
366(3)
Chapter 7 Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity 369(64)
Understanding the Layers of High Availability
369(2)
Clustering VMs
371(13)
Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering
371(1)
Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering
372(12)
Implementing vSphere High Availability
384(31)
Understanding, vSphere High Availability Clusters
384(1)
Understanding vSphere High Availability's Core Components
385(4)
Enabling vSphere HA
389(4)
Configuring vSphere High Availability
393(16)
Configuring vSphere HA Groups, Rules, Overrides, and Orchestrated VM Restart
409(4)
Managing vSphere High Availability
413(2)
Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
415(7)
Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability
421(1)
Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases
421(1)
Planning for Business Continuity
422(10)
Providing Data Protection
422(4)
Recovering from Disasters
426(1)
Using vSphere Replication
427(5)
The Bottom Line
432(1)
Chapter 8 Securing VMware vSphere 433(62)
Overview of vSphere Security
433(1)
Securing ESXi Hosts
434(25)
Working with ESXi Authentication
434(5)
Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts
439(8)
Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched
447(1)
Managing ESXi Host Permissions
447(8)
Configuring ESXi Host Logging
455(1)
Securing the ESXi Boot Process
456(3)
Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations
459(1)
Securing vCenter Server
459(24)
Managing vSphere Certificates
460(1)
Working with Certificate Stores
460(3)
Getting Started with Certificate Management
463(2)
Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On
465(4)
Understanding the vpxuser Account
469(1)
Managing vCenter Server Permissions
470(12)
Configuring vCenter Server Appliance Logging
482(1)
Securing Virtual Machines
483(9)
Configuring a Key Management Server for VM and VSAN Encryption
483(7)
Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0
490(1)
Configuring Network Security Policies
491(1)
Keeping VMs Patched
492(1)
The Bottom Line
492(3)
Chapter 9 Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 495(54)
Understanding Virtual Machines
495(8)
Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside
495(3)
Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside
498(5)
Creating a Virtual Machine
503(15)
Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine
513(1)
Sizing Virtual Machines
514(2)
Naming Virtual Machines
516(1)
Sizing Virtual Machine Hard Disks
516(2)
Virtual Machine Graphics
518(1)
Installing a Guest Operating System
518(6)
Working with Installation Media
519(2)
Using the Installation Media
521(2)
Working in the Virtual Machine Console
523(1)
Installing VMware Tools
524(8)
Installing VMware Tools in Windows
525(4)
Installing VMware Tools in Linux
529(3)
Managing Virtual Machines
532(4)
Adding or Registering Existing VMs
532(2)
Changing VM Power States
534(1)
Removing VMs
535(1)
Deleting VMs
535(1)
Modifying Virtual Machines
536(10)
Changing Virtual Machine Hardware
536(5)
Using Virtual Machine Snapshots
541(5)
The Bottom Line
546(3)
Chapter 10 Using Templates and vApps 549(42)
Cloning VMs
549(12)
Creating a Customization Specification
550(5)
Cloning a Virtual Machine
555(3)
Introducing vSphere Instant Cloning
558(3)
Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
561(5)
Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template
563(1)
Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
564(2)
Using OVF Templates
566(7)
Deploying a VM from an OVF Template
567(2)
Exporting a VM as an OVF Template
569(2)
Examining OVF Templates
571(2)
Using Content Libraries
573(6)
Content Library Data and Storage
573(1)
Content Library Synchronization
574(1)
Creating and Publishing a Content Library
574(1)
Subscribing to a Content Library
575(2)
Operating Content Libraries
577(2)
Working with vApps
579(8)
Creating a vApp
580(1)
Editing a vApp
581(5)
Changing a vApp's Power State
586(1)
Cloning a vApp
586(1)
Importing Machines from Other Environments
587(1)
The Bottom Line
588(3)
Chapter 11 Managing Resource Allocation 591(54)
Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
591(3)
Working with Virtual Machine Memory
594(14)
Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies
595(4)
Controlling Memory Allocation
599(9)
Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
608(7)
Default CPU Allocation
609(1)
Setting CPU Affinity
610(1)
Using CPU Reservations
611(1)
Using CPU Limits
612(1)
Using CPU Shares
613(2)
Summarizing How Reservations, Limits, and Shares Work with CPUs
615(1)
Using Resource Pools
615(10)
Configuring Resource Pools
616(3)
Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools
619(6)
Regulating Network I/O Utilization
625(5)
Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
630(13)
Enabling Storage I/O Control
632(3)
Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine
635(4)
Using Flash Storage
639(4)
The Bottom Line
643(2)
Chapter 12 Balancing Resource Utilization 645(52)
Comparing Utilization with Allocation
645(1)
Exploring vMotion
646(10)
Examining vMotion Requirements
650(3)
Performing a vMotion Migration Within a Cluster
653(3)
Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
656(6)
Using Per-Virtual-Machine CPU Masking
656(2)
Using Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
658(4)
Using Storage vMotion
662(3)
Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
665(3)
Cross-vCenter vMotion
668(3)
Examining Cross-vCenter vMotion Requirements
669(1)
Performing a Cross-vCenter Motion
670(1)
Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
671(11)
Understanding Manual Automation Behavior
672(1)
Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior
672(1)
Examining Fully Automated Behavior
673(1)
Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules
674(8)
Working with Storage DRS
682(12)
Creating and Working with Datastore Clusters
683(3)
Configuring Storage DRS
686(8)
The Bottom Line
694(3)
Chapter 13 Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance 697(38)
Overview of Performance Monitoring
697(1)
Using Alarms
698(10)
Understanding Alarm Scopes
700(1)
Creating Alarms
700(6)
Managing Alarms
706(2)
Working with Performance Charts
708(11)
Overview Layout
708(2)
Advanced Layout
710(9)
Working with esxtop
719(2)
Monitoring CPU Usage
721(4)
Monitoring Memory Usage
725(2)
Monitoring Network Usage
727(2)
Monitoring Disk Usage
729(3)
The Bottom Line
732(3)
Chapter 14 Automating VMware vSphere 735(40)
Why Use Automation?
735(1)
vSphere Automation Options
736(1)
Automating with PowerCLI
737(34)
PowerShell and PowerCLI
737(4)
What's New in PowerCLI 10
741(1)
Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on Windows
741(4)
Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on macOS
745(2)
Installing and Configuring PowerCLI on Linux
747(2)
Additional PowerCLI Capabilities
749(1)
Getting Started with PowerCLI
750(5)
Building PowerCLI Scripts
755(12)
PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities
767(4)
Additional Resources
771(1)
The Bottom Line
772(3)
Appendix A The Bottom Line 775(26)
Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
775(1)
Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
776(1)
Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
777(3)
Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
780(1)
Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
781(2)
Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
783(4)
Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
787(1)
Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
788(2)
Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
790(2)
Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
792(2)
Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
794(2)
Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
796(2)
Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
798(1)
Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
799(2)
Index 801
Nick Marshall has worked in the IT industry for nearly 20 years. As a senior integration architect at VMware, he now helps develop products such as VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Validated Designs and vSphere itself. Nick blogs at nickmarshall.com.au and you can follow him on Twitter at @nickmarshall9.