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VMware vSphere design essentials : unleash the performance, availability, and workload efficiency of your virtual data center using this fast-paced guide /

If you are a VMware beginner, VMware engineer, VMware SME, or VMware architect, then this is the book for you. A basic understanding of virtualization is a prerequisite.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Udayakumar, Puthiyavan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2015.
Colección:Professional expertise distilled.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Essentials of VMware vSphere; Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape; Designing VMware vSphere; The PPP framework; List of challenges and encounters faced on the virtual infrastructure; Designing accelerates the solution that resolves real-world obstacles; Requirements; Analysis; Planning; Designing; The values and procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphere; Readiness; Performance; Manageability; Recovery; Security; Assumptions; Constraints; Risk
  • Procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphereDiscovery; Requirement gathering; Reviewing the existing document; Technical assessment; Design integration; Summary; Chapter 2: Designing VMware ESXi Host, Cluster, and vCenter; Design essentials for ESXi; Designing ESXi; Design configurations for ESXi; Key design considerations for ESXi; Designing an ESXi scenario; Design essentials for upgrading ESXi; Design essentials for migrating ESXi; Pre-migration; Migration; Post-migration; Delivery considerations; Provisioning; Operations; Designing essentials for the management layer
  • OS instances and database requirementsvCenter SSO; Deployment SSO models; VMware vCenter Inventory Service; Design decisions for the management layer; Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on a physical server or on VM Server; Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on the Windows platform or vCSA on the Linux platform; Identifying the database server location on primary sites or remote sites; Configuration maximums to be considered; Design considerations for management layers with industry inputs; Summary; Chapter 3: Designing VMware vSphere Networking
  • VMware vSphere networking essentialsThe design of VMware VSS and VDS; Determining factors that influence virtual networks; Choosing a physical switch; Choosing the right virtual switch; Ethernet capacity sizing; Choosing the right enhancers; Adapting ESXi server architecture to accommodate the network; Designing a vSphere network; Readiness; Performance; Management; Recoverability; Network configuration limits; Design considerations for networks with industry inputs; Summary; Chapter 4: Designing VMware vSphere Storage; VMware vSphere storage essentials
  • Determining factors that influence vSphere storageHard disks; Performance; Capacity; IOPS; Spindles; Cost; Designing vSphere storage; Storage considerations; Local storage versus shared storage; Raw device mapping; Virtual SAN; Multipathing; SAN multipathing; Native multipathing plugin; NAS multipathing; Configuration considerations for better vSphere storage design; Design considerations of storage layers with industry inputs; Summary; Chapter 5: Designing VMware vRealize; Cloud computing essentials; Cloud fit-for-purpose considerations; VMware vRealize Suite essentials