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Index
Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Publisher Letter
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
PART I: Building a VMware vSphere Environment
Chapter 1: Introduction to vSphere
Understand the Legacy Features of vSphere
Understand the New Features of vSphere
Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring ESXi
Prepare for Installation
Install ESXi
Configure Post-Install Options
Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
Prepare for Installation
Install a Database
Prepare and Install vCenter Server
Install vSphere Client
Configure vCenter Server
Chapter 4: Understanding Licensing
Become Familiar with VMware Licensing
Manage Licenses
Review Installed Licenses
Chapter 5: Upgrading to vSphere 5
Prepare for the Upgrade
Upgrade vCenter Server
Upgrade ESX/ESXi Hosts
Perform Postupgrade Tasks
PART II: Configuring Your vSphere Environment
Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Virtual Networking
Understand the Basics
Network with vSwitches
Network with vSphere Distributed Switches
Understand Advanced Networking
Chapter 7: Configuring and Managing Storage
Become Familiar with Storage Concepts
Configure Fibre Channel SAN Storage
Configure iSCSI SAN Storage
Configure NFS Storage
Chapter 8: High Availability and Business Continuity
Minimize Planned Downtime
Protect Against Host Failure
Guard Against VM Failure
Chapter 9: Managing Virtual Machines
Create Virtual Machines
Modify Virtual Machines
Manage Virtual Machine Hardware Versions
Perform Other Virtual Machine Management Tasks
Chapter 10: Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines
Understand the Migration Process
Perform a Physical-to-Virtual Migration
Perform a Virtual-to-Virtual Migration
Import an Open Virtualization Format Template
Chapter 11: Configuring Security
Configure vCenter Server Access Control
Secure vCenter Server
Secure Your ESXi and ESXi Hosts
Secure Your Virtual Machines
Chapter 12: Managing Resources and Performance
Understand Resource Allocation
Allocate Resources to Virtual Machines
Use Resource Pools
Monitor Performance
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