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Implementing VMware vCenter Server
Table of Contents
Implementing VMware vCenter Server
Credits
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. vCenter Deployment
Key vCenter functions and capabilities
VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
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
2. Managing ESXi Hosts
Adding and removing existing hosts
Storage
Host storage adapters and storage configuration
Fibre Channel (FC)
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
vSphere Distributed Switch
Setting up networking with redundancy
EVC mode
Managing hosts with different CPUs
Host Profiles
Profile workflow
Managing profiles
Checking compliance
Summary
3. Virtual Machine Management
Creating a new VM
New VM wizard
Virtual 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
Postcloning tasks for Windows guests
Deploying a VM from a template
Creating a template
Postdeployment tasks
Keeping templates up-to-date
Template best practices
Importing/exporting an OVF template
Importing 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
4. Availability Management
Reducing planned and unplanned downtime
Planned downtime
vSphere requirements for vMotion
Migration with vMotion
Unplanned downtime
High availability (HA)
Creating a vSphere HA cluster
HA settings
Host monitoring status
Datastore heartbeating
Virtual machine options
Restart priority
Isolation response
VM monitoring
Admission control
Admission control policies
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
5. Security Management
User management
Authentication
Users and groups
Roles and permissions
Securing ESXi
Using a firewall
Using security certificates and encryption
Enabling lockdown mode
Summary
6. Resource Management
Resource allocation
Understanding shares
Understanding reservations
Understanding limits
Resource pools
Advantages
Creating and editing pools
DRS
Understanding the DRS cluster requirements
Creating a DRS cluster
Disabling DRS
Using power management
Cluster validity
Affinity rules
CPU affinity rules
CPU power management
Summary
7. Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions
Events, alarms, and system monitoring
Alarms and events
Acknowledging and resetting triggered alarms
Monitoring host health
Guest performance and storage usage
Snapshot size monitoring
Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
Viewing and scheduling tasks
The Update Manager plugin
Installation
Working with baselines
Scanning and remediating objects
Deploying Windows updates
Summary
8. VMware vCenter Operations
Installing and configuring vCenter Operations
What is vCenter Operations?
vCenter Operations Manager Standard deployment
Basic configuration
Additional configuration and usage
Evaluation tasks
Badges and scores
Hierarchy views
Health details
Scorecards
Analyse using heat maps
Memory pressure and ballooning
Summary
9. VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
System requirements and components setup
Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
Initial configuration
Network access
SSL certificate
LDAP configuration
Database connection
Server certificate
Plugin configuration
Installing Orchestrator as a system service
Administering vCenter Orchestrator
Overview of workflows
Resource elements and actions
Summary
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