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Implementing VMware vCenter Server : a practical guide for deploying and using VMware vCenter, suitable for IT professionals /
This book is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you learn everything you need to know to administer your environment with VMware vCenter Server. Throughout the book, there are best practices and useful tips and tricks which can be used for day-to-day tasks. If you are an administrator or a t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham :
Packt,
2013.
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| Colección: | Professional expertise distilled.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; vCenter Deployment; Key vCenter functions and capabilities; VMware terminologies
- vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS; GUID-A8B8E6DC-A881-4F14-AEC1-D17365731E6; vSphere component layers; The VMware licensing model; Planning the vSphere environment; vCenter system requirements; vSphere physical topology; Virtual versus physical vCenter Server; Installing the Management Suite; Linked Mode groups; Configuring a database for vCenter Server; Accessing vCenter with vSphere Client; Accessing vCenter with web client; Summary; Managing ESXi Hosts; Adding and removing existing hosts.
- StorageHost storage adapters and storage configuration; Internet SCSI (iSCSI); Network-attached storage (NAS); Storage LUNs and datastores; Storage multipathing and failover; Storage Thin Provisioning; Networking; Network adapters and network configuration; Virtual switch concept; vSphere Standard Switch; GUID-7D1541E1-E0FC-47D9-9EA1-CE905B66C4E; vSphere Distributed Switch; Setting up networking with redundancy; EVC mode; Managing hosts with different CPUs; Host Profiles; Profile workflow; Managing profiles; Checking compliance; Summary; Virtual Machine Management; Creating a new VM; _GoBack.
- New VM wizardVirtual hardware; Virtual CPUs (vCPUs); The SCSI controller; Virtual disks; Expanding a drive; Booting a VM from CD-ROM; Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system; VMware Tools; Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest; Installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest; Time synchronization; Tick counting; Tickless timekeeping; VM time synchronization; Cloning the existing VM; Hot and cold cloning; Post-cloning tasks for Windows guests; Deploying a VM from a template; Creating a template; Post-deployment tasks; Keeping templates up-to-date; Template best practices.
- Importing/exporting an OVF templateImporting the OVF template using the command line and GUI; Importing OVF templates into previous versions of vSphere; USB support; Snapshots; Free space; Seeking additional free space; Another task is in progress; Summary; Availability Management; Reducing planned and unplanned downtime; GUID-8A4C395F-382B-4CCC-B15A-3AADCBD9533; Planned downtime; GUID-6CA570F0-BEDD-4005-97D0-3F718F2762E; vSphere requirements for vMotion; Migration with vMotion; Unplanned downtime; High availability (HA); GUID-F6088A3D-EE09-4C17-B327-FEEEA6FA487; Creating a vSphere HA cluster.
- HA settingsHost monitoring status; Datastore heartbeating; Virtual machine options; VM monitoring; Admission control; HA security and logging; Using HA with DRS; What to expect when HA is enabled; Fault Tolerance; Preparing hosts and VMs; Configuring FT; Using FT with DRS; Summary; Security Management; User management; Authentication; Users and groups; Roles and permissions; Securing ESXi; Using a firewall; GUID-ECEA77F5-D38E-4339-9B06-FF9B78E94B6; Using security certificates and encryption; Enabling lockdown mode; _GoBack; Summary; Resource Management; Resource allocation.