Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5

The 2013 edition of the bestselling vSphere book on the market Virtualization remains the hottest trend in the IT world, and VMware vSphere is the industry?s most widely deployed virtualization solution. The demand for IT professionals skilled in virtualization and cloud–related technologies is great and expected to keep growing. This comprehensive Sybex guide covers all the features and capabilities of VMware vSphere, showing administrators step by step how to install, configure, operate, manage, and secure it. This perfect blend of hands–on instruction, conceptual explanation, and practical application is reinforced with real–world examples. Led by Scott Lowe and Nick Marshall, both VMware vExperts, the author team provides expertise that will prepare IT professionals to excel in using this virtualization technology. Virtualization is seen as a best practice for high availability and disaster recovery solutions, as well as for applications such as Exchange Server and SharePoint IDC estimates that there are as many as 7 million jobs available worldwide in virtualization and cloud technology Provides hands–on instruction in all the latest features and capabilities of VMware vSphere, with both conceptual explanations and practical applications Author team is lead by Scott Lowe and Nick Marshall, well–known VMware experts and popular bloggers Mastering VMware vSphere provides what every virtualization professional needs to know. INDICE: Foreword  xxiii Introduction xxv Chapter 1 • Introducing VMware vSphere 55 1 Exploring VMware vSphere 55    1 Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite  3 Examining the Features in VMware vSphere  8 Licensing VMware vSphere   18 Why Choose vSphere? 22 The Bottom Line 24 Chapter 2 • Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 25 Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment  25 Choosing a Server Platform   26 Determining a Storage Architecture28 Integrating with the Network Infrastructure 29 Deploying VMware ESXi   30 Installing VMware ESXi Interactively   31 Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi 35 Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy   39 Performing Post–installation Confi guration 47 Installing the vSphere C# Client   47 Reconfiguring the Management Network 50 Configuring Time Synchronization 52 Configuring Name Resolution 53 The Bottom Line 54 Chapter 3 • Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 57 Introducing vCenter Server 57 Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign–On  59 Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration  62 Understanding the vCenter Inventory Service 62 Providing an Extensible Framework 63 Choosing the Version of vCenter Server    64 Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment 65 Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server 66 Choosing a Database Server for vCenter Server    68 Planning for vCenter Server Availability 70 Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs  72 Installing vCenter Server and Its Components   74 Configuring the vCenter Server Backend Database Server    75 Installing the vCenter Server Components   80 Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group   88 Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance 91 Configuring an IP Address on the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance   94 Accepting the End–User License Agreement  95 Configuring the Database 96 Setting Up Single Sign–On    96 Active Directory Settings 97 Starting the vCenter Server Services 97 Exploring vCenter Server   97 What’s in the vSphere Web Client Home Screen?   98 Using the Navigator 100 Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory 100 Understanding Inventory Views and Objects 100 Creating and Adding Inventory Objects 103 Exploring vCenter Server’s Management Features   106 Understanding Basic Host Management 106 Examining Basic Host Confi guration   108 Using Scheduled Tasks 111 Using Events Console in vCenter Server 113 Working with Host Profi les  114 Tags 116 Managing vCenter Server Settings   120 General vCenter Server Settings  120 Licensing 123 Message of the Day 123 Advanced Settings 123 vSphere Web Client Administration 123 Roles    124 Licensing 124 vCenter Solutions Manager  124 Log Browser 124 The Bottom Line 126 Chapter 4 • vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools    129 vSphere Update Manager  129 Installing vSphere Update Manager  131 Defining the Requirements   132 Configuring VUM’s Database 133 Creating the Open Database Connectivity Data Source Name   136 Installing VUM   137 Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional) 140 Installing the vSphere Update Manager Plug–in   141 Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility 142 Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version  143 Configuring vSphere Update Manager    143 Creating Baselines    149 Routine Updates 153 Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups 153 Performing a Scan 156 Staging Patches    159 Remediating Hosts 160 Upgrading VMware Tools   164 Upgrading Virtual Appliances and Host Extensions   166 Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager    166 Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline    167 Upgrading a Host  168 Upgrading VM Hardware   171 Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade173 Investigating Alternative Update Options 173 Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI  173 Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager 174 vCenter Support Tools175 ESXi Dump Collector   175 Syslog Collector   181 Other vCenter Support Tools 185 The Bottom Line 185 Chapter 5 • Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks    189 Putting Together a Virtual Network 189 Working with vSphere Standard Switches 192 Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches   193 Understanding Ports and Port Groups  194 Understanding Uplinks 196 Configuring Management Networking 198 Configuring VMkernel Networking    202 Configuring TCP/IP Stacks   207 Configuring VM Networking209 Configuring VLANs   212 Configuring NIC Teaming   216 Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping 229 Bringing It All Together 230 Working with vSphere Distributed Switches   234 Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch 234 Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch 239 Removing a Distributed Switch   240 Managing Distributed Switches  240 Working With Distributed Port Groups 244 Managing Adapters 252 Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches  257 Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols   259 Setting Up Private VLANs   260 Configuring LACP 263 Examining Third–Party Distributed Virtual Switches 268 Cisco Nexus 1000V 269 IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V  269 HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v    270 Confi guring Virtual Switch Security 270 Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode    271 Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits    272 Looking Ahead 276 The Bottom Line277 Chapter 6 • Creating and Configuring Storage Devices 279 Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design  279 Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals 280 Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage    283 Defining Common Storage Array Architectures  284 Explaining RAID  286 Understanding VSAN  290 Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design 292 Choosing a Storage Protocol  294 Making Basic Storage Choices 307 Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals  309 Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts  309 Working with VMFS Datastores  327 Working with Raw Device Mappings   347 Working with NFS Datastores 349 Working with VM–Level Storage Configuration   359 Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices  372 The Bottom Line377 Chapter 7 • Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity 379 Understanding the Layers of High Availability 379 Clustering VMs 381 Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering 382 Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering 383 Implementing vSphere High Availability  395 Understanding vSphere High Availability  395 Understanding vSphere HA’s Underpinnings    396 Enabling vSphere High Availability    399 Configuring vSphere High Availability 401 Managing vSphere High Availability   413 Implementing vSphere Fault Tolerance    415 Using vSphere Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability  420 Using vSphere Fault Tolerance with vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler   420 Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases    421 Planning for Business Continuity 421 Providing Data Protection   421 Recovering from Disasters   425 Using vSphere Replication   427 The Bottom Line431 Chapter 8 • Securing VMware vSphere 433 Overview of vSphere Security   433 Securing ESXi Hosts  434 Working with ESXi Authentication 434 Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts 441 Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched 449 Managing ESXi Host Permissions 449 Confi guring ESXi Host Logging  458 Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations 458 Securing vCenter Server   459 Authenticating Users with Single Sign–On  460 Understanding the vpxuser Account   464 Managing vCenter Server Permissions 466 Examining vCenter Server Logging    476 Securing Virtual Machines 477 Configuring Network Security Policies 477 Keeping VMs Patched  478 The Bottom Line 478 Chapter 9 • Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 481 Understanding Virtual Machines 481 Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside 481 Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside   484 Creating a Virtual Machine 488 Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine  499 Installing a Guest Operating System 504 Working with Installation Media 505 Using the Installation Media 507 Working in the Virtual Machine Console   508 Installing VMware Tools  509 Installing VMware Tools in Windows  510 Installing VMware Tools in Linux 514 Managing Virtual Machines    516 Adding or Registering Existing VMs   516 Changing VM Power States  518 Removing VMs    519 Deleting VMs 519 Modifying Virtual Machines    519 Changing Virtual Machine Hardware  520 Using Virtual Machine Snapshots 524 The Bottom Line 529 Chapter 10 • Using Templates and vApps   531 Cloning VMs   531 Installing Sysprep on the vCenter Server 532 Creating a Customization Specification 533 Cloning a Virtual Machine   538 Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines 541 Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template   542 Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template    544 Using OVF Templates 545 Deploying a VM from an OVF Template 546 Exporting a VM as an OVF Template   549 Examining OVF Templates   550 Working with vApps  553 Creating a vApp   553 Editing a vApp    555 Changing a vApp’s Power State   559 Cloning a vApp    561 Importing Machines from Other Environments 562 The Bottom Line 562 Chapter 11 • Managing Resource Allocation 565 Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation    565 Working with Virtual Machine Memory   568 Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies 569 Controlling Memory Allocation  572 Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization   581 Default CPU Allocation 582 Setting CPU Affi nity   583 Using CPU Reservations 584 Using CPU Limits  584 Using CPU Shares 585 Summarizing How Reservations, Limits, and Shares Work with CPUs 587 Using Resource Pools 588 Configuring Resource Pools  590 Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools   591 Regulating Network I/O Utilization 597 Controlling Storage I/O Utilization  602 Enabling Storage I/O Control 604 Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine   606 Utilizing Flash Storage 611 The Bottom Line615 Chapter 12 • Balancing Resource Utilization 617 Comparing Utilization with Allocation    617 Exploring vMotion   618 Examining vMotion Requirements 622 Performing a vMotion Migration 626 Ensuring vMotion Compatibility 629 Using Per–Virtual–Machine CPU Masking   629 Using VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility 630 Using Storage vMotion 634 Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion 637 Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler  640 Understanding Manual Automation Behavior    641 Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior   642 Examining Fully Automated Behavior  642 Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules  644 Introducing and Working with Storage DRS   651 Creating and Working with Datastore Clusters   652 Configuring Storage DRS    656 The Bottom Line 664 Chapter 13 • Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance    667 Overview of Performance Monitoring 667 Using Alarms   669 Understanding Alarm Scopes 670 Creating Alarms   671 Managing Alarms 677 Working with Performance Charts   679 Overview Layout  679 Advanced Layout  681 Understanding vCenter Operations Manager  692 Installing vC Ops  692 vC Ops Foundation Features 694 Working with resxtop 695 Using resxtop 696 Capturing and Playing Back Performance Data with resxtop 698 Monitoring CPU Usage 698 Monitoring Memory Usage 701 Monitoring Network Usage 703 Monitoring Disk Usage 705 The Bottom Line 707 Chapter 14 • Automating VMware vSphere 709 Why Use Automation? 709 vSphere Automation Options   710 Automating with PowerCLI 711 PowerShell and PowerCLI   711 What’s New in PowerCLI 55 715 Installing and Confi guring PowerCLI  715 Getting Started with PowerCLI   718 Building PowerCLI Scripts   722 PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities 725 Using vCLI from vSphere Management Assistant    729 What’s New in vCLI and vMA for vSphere 55    729 Getting Started with vCLI   729 Using vSphere Management Assistant for Automation with vCenter732 Leveraging the Perl Toolkit with vSphere Management Assistant   733 Automating with vCenter Orchestrator    736 New Features in vCenter Orchestrator 55   736 Understanding vCenter Orchestrator Prerequisites 737 Configuring vCenter Orchestrator737 vCenter Orchestrator Appliance  744 Implementing the vCenter Orchestrator Appliance 745 Accessing vCenter Orchestrator  746 vCenter Orchestrator and vCenter Server   746 Using an Orchestrator Workfl ow  747 The Bottom Line 748 Appendix • The Bottom Line 751 Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 55   751 Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi    752 Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server753 Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools 756 Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks  758 Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices 761 Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity 764 Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere 766 Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 767 Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps   769 Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation 771 Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization 773 Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance   775 Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere 777 Index  779

• ISBN: 978-1-118-66114-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 840
• Fecha Publicación: 22/11/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés