VMware Cookbook by Troy, Ryan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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VMware Cookbook

Preface

Audience Organization of This Book Font Conventions Using Code Examples We’d Like to Hear from You Safari® Books Online Acknowledgments

1. VMware Infrastructure Installation

What Is VMware Infrastructure 3? What Is VMware vSphere 4.0? VMware ESX 3.x/4.x Configuration Maximums

See Also

2. Storage

Comparing ESX Storage Options

Problem Solution Discussion

Storage Device Naming Scheme

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a Network for a Software iSCSI Initiator

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Software iSCSI

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring a Hardware iSCSI Initiator

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring iSCSI in Windows Virtual Machines

Problem Solution Discussion

Opening Firewall Ports for an ESX iSCSI Software Initiator

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Multipathing with iSCSI

Problem Solution Discussion

Adding Fibre Channel Storage in ESX

Problem Solution Discussion

Raw Device Mapping in Virtual Machines

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a Port to Access NFS Datastores

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring ESX to Use NFS

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a VMFS Volume in vCenter

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Performing a Storage Rescan

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a VMFS Volume via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Viewing the Files That Define a VMFS Volume

Problem Solution Discussion

Extending a VMFS Volume

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Reading VMFS Metadata

Problem Solution Discussion

Renaming a VMFS Volume Label from the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Manually Creating and Aligning a VMFS Partition

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a Diagnostic Partition

Problem Solution Discussion

Removing Storage Volumes from ESX

Problem Solution Discussion

Determining Whether a VMFS Datastore Is on a Local or SAN Disk

Problem Solution Discussion

Adjusting Timeouts When Adding Storage in vCenter

Problem Solution Discussion

Setting Disk Timeouts in Windows

Problem Solution Discussion

3. Networking

Understanding Differences Between ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 in Network Support

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring ESX Network Ports and Firewall

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a vSwitch for Virtual Machines

Problem Solution Discussion

Removing a Virtual Switch

Problem Solution Discussion

Adding VMotion to Enable Virtual Machine Migration

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Creating a Service Console Network via the CLI

Problem Solution Discussion

Checking Connectivity Using vmkping

Problem Solution Discussion

Modifying the Speed of a Network Adapter

Problem Solution Discussion

Choosing Network Elements That Protect Security

Problem Solution Discussion

Setting the Basic Level 2 Security Policy

Problem Solution Discussion

Ethernet Traffic Shaping

Problem Solution Discussion

Using Multiple Gateways

Problem Solution Discussion

Load Balancing and Failover

Problem Solution Discussion

Creating a Jumbo Frame VMkernel Interface for iSCSI

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Enabling Jumbo Frames on a vSwitch

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Enabling Jumbo Frames on a Virtual Machine

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Changing the Service Console IP Address

Problem Solution Discussion

Using the Command Line to Locate Physical Ethernet Adapters

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Changing the Ethernet Port Speed via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Restoring a Service Console via the CLI

Problem Solution Discussion

4. Resource and vCenter Management

Understanding Virtual Machine Memory Use Through Reservations, Shares, and Limits

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Virtual Machine CPU Limits

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring Virtual Machine CPU Shares

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring Virtual Machine CPU Reservations

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Setting Up Resource Pools

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Understanding Resource Pools

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Expandable Reservations in Resource Pools

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Creating a Cluster

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Adding Hosts to a Cluster

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Enabling DRS in a Cluster

Problem Solution Discussion

Understanding Cluster States and Warnings

Problem Solution Discussion

Reconfiguring HA on a Host

Problem Solution Discussion

Using ESX 4.x CPU/RAM Hot Add/Hotplug Support

Problem Solution Discussion

Surviving a vCenter Server Failure or Outage

Problem Solution Discussion

5. Useful Command-Line Tools

Entering Maintenance Mode via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Displaying Server Information

Problem Solution Discussion

Viewing the ESX Version

Problem Solution Discussion

Changing the Virtual Disk from BusLogic to LSI Logic

Problem Solution Discussion

Hiding the VMware Tools Icon

Problem Solution Discussion

Emptying a Large Virtual Machine Logfile

Problem Solution Discussion

Viewing Disk Partitions via the Console

Problem Solution Discussion

Monitoring CPU Usage

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Monitoring Memory

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Monitoring Storage Performance

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Monitoring Network Usage

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Managing Virtual Switches

Problem Solution Discussion

Generating a Logfile for VMware Support

Problem Solution Discussion

Checking ESX Patches

Problem Solution Discussion

Enabling NTP in vCenter

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Enabling NTP via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Changing the ESX Server’s Time

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Using TCP Wrappers

Problem Solution Discussion

Restarting the vCenter Agent

Problem Solution Discussion

Unregistering a Virtual Machine via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Registering a Virtual Machine via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Finding Virtual Machine Snapshots

Problem Solution Discussion

Renaming a Virtual Machine via vCenter

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Renaming a Virtual Machine via the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Using Host Files

Problem Solution Discussion

Setting ESX Options Using the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Authentication Choices Using the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Manipulating the Bootloader

Problem Solution Discussion

Manipulating the Crash Dump Partition

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring a Firewall on the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Managing ESX Driver Modules

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Storage Multipathing

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing NFS Mounts

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing Disk Volumes with ESX4

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Ethernet Adapters

Problem Solution Discussion

Rescanning Host Bus Adapters

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing ESX4 Add-ons from the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing Resource Groups from the Command Line

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing VMkernel Network Routes

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Software iSCSI Options

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring Hardware iSCSCI Options

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Upgrading Your Version of VMware

Problem Solution Discussion

Displaying vmhba Names with Associated Mappings

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Managing SCSI Device Mappings with ESX4 vSphere

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Managing VMkernel Ports

Problem Solution Discussion

Managing vswif Console Network Settings

Problem Solution Discussion

6. General Security

Enabling SSH on ESXi

Problem Solution Discussion

Enabling Direct root Logins on Your ESX Server

Problem Solution Discussion

Adding Users and Groups

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Allowing or Denying Users the Use of SSH

Problem Solution Discussion

Turning on the MOTD for Console Users

Problem Solution Discussion

Changing the root Password via the Console

Problem Solution Discussion

Recovering a Lost root Password

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling Direct root Console Logins

Problem Solution Discussion

Securing the GRUB Bootloader Menu

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling USB Drive Mounting

Problem Solution Discussion

Opening and Closing Firewall Ports via the Console

Problem Solution Discussion

Checking Default ESX Ports

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Turning on SNMP for Remote Administration

Problem Solution Discussion

Using SNMP Version 3

Problem Solution Discussion

Using sudo

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Configuring sudo

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Tracking Users via the CLI

Problem Solution Discussion

Configuring Active Directory Authentication

Problem Solution Description

Setting a Maximum Number of Failed Logins

Problem Solution Discussion

Limiting Access to the su Command

Problem Solution Discussion

Setting User Password Aging

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling Copy and Paste

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling Disk Shrinking on Virtual Machines

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling Unneeded Devices

Problem Solution Discussion

Preventing Unwanted Device Additions and Removals

Problem Solution Discussion

Disabling VMware Tools Settings Override

Problem Solution Discussion

7. Automating ESX Installation

Enabling Scripted Install Support on ESX

Problem Solution Discussion

Using the Scripted Installer

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Enhancing the Kickstart Configuration

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Copying the CD-ROM to Facilitate NFS Installations

Problem Solution Discussion

Advanced Install Scripting Using %pre

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Advanced Install Scripting Using %post

Problem Solution Discussion See Also

Using the ESX Deployment Appliance

Problem Solution Discussion

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